Cycling deep into Thomas Hardy country to uncover the story of an ancestral home that vanished (almost) without a trace
Medieval foot bridge in Dorset.
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Description : The Old Stone Crosses of Dorset With An Introduction and Descriptive Articles Batcombe Down ("Cross and Hand" Stone); Beaminster; Blandford Forum; Bradford Abbas (Churchyard); Bradford Abbas (Village); Bridport; Cattistock; Cerne Abbas; Cheselborne; Childe Oak; Compton Abbas; Corfe Castle; Corfe Mullen; Fifehead Magdalen; Fontmell Magna; Gussage All Saints; Gussage St Michael; Hammon alias Ham-Mohun; Iwerne Courteney alias Shroton; Langton Herring; Leigh in Yetminster (Village; Leigh in Yetminster (Churchyard); Lytchet Minster; Maiden Newton (Village; Maiden Newton (Churchyard); Melbury Bubb; Melbury Osmond; Milton Abbas; Minterne (Little); Motcombe; Okeford alias Ockford Fitzpaine; Parley (West); Pimperne; Poorstock alis Powerstock; Puncknowle with Swyre; Rampisham (Churhyard); Rampisham (Village); Shaftesbury (Various Crosses); Shaftesbury (Holy Trinity); Shaftesbury (St John's); Shapwick; Sherborne (Conduit); Shillingstone (Village); Shillingstone (Churchyard); Spettisbury; Stalbridge; Stinsford (On the Heath); Stinsford (At Duddle); Stinsford (At the Cross Roads); Stratton (Churchyard); Stratton (Grimstone Down); Studland; Sturminster Marshall; Sturminster Newton; Sydling St Nicholas; Tarrant Crawford; Tarrant Hinton; Tarrant Monkton; Todbere; Tyneham; Whitcombe; Winterborne Strickland (Church); Winterborne Strickland (Village) Author : Alfred Pope Publisher : Chiswick Press Date : 1906 Format : Hardback Number of Pages : 145 gilt tipped pages Illustrated : Black and white illustrations - one loose Map of the area Size : 22.5cm x 18.5cm Condition : The book is in very good condition for its age. Inside first blank page is missing.
This Charming Scottish Victorian Wool-Work Tapestry depicts a Child in Highland Dress accompanied by a large recumbent Dog In a Landscape with Fir Trees and a Border with trailing Fruit and Vines. Within a Lovely Birdseye Maple Frame Entitled: LOVE ME LOVE MY DOG, worked by Sarah George Mayo, Fifehead, November 1st 1847 Measures: 15 x 19 inches - 38 x 48 cm to include frame In very good condition commensurate with age - one or two stitches missing in the panel, hardly noticeable. The Frame has the odd bit of wear and tear but nothing major. Please enlarge the photos which will give you an accurate account of the overall condition. Happy to answer any queries
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Cycling deep into Thomas Hardy country to uncover the story of an ancestral home that vanished (almost) without a trace
