The Dorset Drowners
Posted on 9th February 2024
The Dorset Drowners
Speaker: Paul Cheetham
A ”Drowner” is an occupation that you may have found on a census form as an occupation of one of your ancestors. There were a lot of them in Dorset as they were necessary for the management of the water meadows and healthy crops and farm animals. Paul’s talk will particularly reference the local water meadows at Colber.