Posted on 7th July 2025
Listen to stories of Dorset men and women involved in the illicit trade of smuggling during the 18 and 19 centuries Talk by Mike... morePosted on 17th January 2025
Anne Brown: The Tolpuddle Martyrs and Shire Hall: we will, we will, we will be free! Shire Hall, Dorchester, was the centre of justice and local government from 1797 to 1955 The Georgian courtroom was the scene of many famous and infamous trials throughout this period, the most famous being that of the six agricultural labourers known as the Tolpuddle Martyrs This talk looks at the background to their story, the punishment they endured and the changes these ordinary Dorset working men made... morePosted on
Jacquie Wragg: Life on The Row Unlike the pretty Church Street in Sturminster Newton, The Row is a mismatch of properties However, surviving documents held at the Dorset History Centre reveal interesting information about some of the occupants and their homes which date back to 1650 This presentation will include details of residents in The Row affected by the Great Fire of 1729, a Waterloo veteran with a connection to Robert Young, the Dorset dialect poet, the draper who married his... morePosted on
Margot Choo: From Gott’s Corner to Tinsel Town The fascinating story of one of Sturminster Newton schoolmaster’s... morePosted on
Paul Cheetham: Standing on the shoulders (and other parts) of a giant: the Cerne Abbas Giant reconsidered Local archaeologist professor, Paul Cheetham, has been working on the dig in Cerne Abbas where surprising new discoveries have been made about the giant and its... more