Dorset Days

(Dorset Days continued)

DORSET PAST AND PRESENT

About Early Bournemouth and Kinson.

Holdenhurst and Kinson were recorded in the Domesday book they had 55 villages and 21 serfs between them.Holdenhurst consisted of some 181 acreas of meadowlands and Kinson some 100 acreas.Both had mills.

The inhabitants of these communities were largely dependent on pigs for their livelihoods.These pigs were mainly pastured in the woodlands.

The landscape in the early 1800s was very similiar to The New Forest of today with vast areas of heathlands.

Canford Village

Kinson was then part of Canford Magna estate with the higher grounds known as Howes.

The principle valley was referred to as Bourne Valley.

The important landowning families of that age were Bankes,Portman.Grosvenor and Weld.

Pokesdown was the home of Mary Elenor Bowes Lyon who lived in Stourfield House she was the ancestor of the present monarch.

The area then provided turves which were used by the poor for winter fuel hence the name Turbary.

In Redhill was a bakery which was called old cottage and provided bread to the whole of Bournemouth.

Primrose cottage slades farm

The heathlands then was regarded as wastelands with no one owning it.

But with everyone having free access to it.Initially there were some mud hut homes for some folks.There were brightly coloured gypsy caravans at that time which belonged to the travelling didycoy.These gypsies regularly would stop in the area on their route from new forest to the Purbecks.

These gypsies and travellers show up on the census throughout the 19th century as do tent dwellers whose homes were scattered across the heathlands.

Parliament had long recognised the danger of letting folks build houses on common land.Which provided grazing for the many Manors of the county.

CANFORD MAGNA

PRESENT DAY IN THE PARISH OF CANFORD

Lady Wimbornes Cottages

The Graves of THE GUEST FAMILY

The 11th CENTURY Parish church of Canford and outhouses

EARLIER TIMES IN DORSET

In earlier times the Lord Lieutenant was appointed by the king.He was the head of magistrates and JPs in the county.

The very first police force in Dorset was at Sturminster Newton in 1849.

In1872 the Reverand Carr John Glyn established an Industrial school and reformatory at Poole which was specifically for girls.

In the late 19th century a Dorset lad could pay a penny to see a giant,jugglers,conjuror,carnivals which sold cheap jewellry,he could have his fortune told and get drunk.

At this period in history almost most of the shire towns had their own fairs.

Even in Dorchester Dorset fairs were held alongside the gallows hangings.

So folks could both view the hangings as well as join in with the merriment.

Wareham

A Visit to Carey School Camp Wareham

Wareham Quay

Carey Camp

Deep witin the heart of Carey stuated on the Carey road to the rear of Wareham railway station and the bere regis road.Is to be discovered Dorsets own School childrens holiday camp now known as Dorset schools education resource centre.

Here in the heart of Dorset finest countryside is to be found one of the best national resources for children in the UK.

Operating since the nineteen sixties it still attracts thousands of children each year,school groups,youth organisations and brownies.

In a delightfull setting is a camp site and facilities catering for up to 120 children at a time.

I had the good fortune to work here during the late sixties,early seventies,little has changed apart from the buildings,the camp site still remains attractive and vibrant.

From here children discover the delights of the surrounding Purbeck countryside,outdoor pursuits and adventure activities throughout the season.

CAREY SCHOOLS CAMP

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CREECH

CREECH GRANGE

The house was built by Sir Oliver Lawrence, who acquired the land from the former Bindon Abbey, near Wool, after Henry VIII had abolished the monasteries in 1539. Lawrence was the brother-in-law of Henry's Lord Chancellor.

Lawrence was an ancestor of the first American President, George Washington, and the joint arms of the two families - the famous stars and stripes of Washington's signet ring and the American flag - appear in memorials at Steeple and Affpuddle.

Creech Grange was bought by Nathaniel Bond in 1691,[1] and the family still hold their Purbeck estates. It was Thomas Bond who in Stuart times laid out the famous London Street over fields of swamp and refuse tips and lost a fortune.

Only fragments remain of the original house built by Lawrence before his death in 1559, partly because it was damaged by fire by the Parliamentarians during the Civil War, and finally because in 1846 the entire front was taken down and rebuilt in the local Tudor style.

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There are panoramic from nearby Creech Barrow. Though part of the Purbeck Hills, Creech Barrow stands out, detached. The church tower of Lady St Mary in the old town of Wareham stands proud. Poole Harbour assumes dominance as the view moves north-easterly, its southern shore dominated by the deep green of Rempstone Forest. After the blur of the Poole/Bournemouth conurbation, the ruins of Corfe Castle conclude the sweep as the eastern view disappears into the Purbeck Ridge.

Dorset Scenic views