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Members who have , and continue, to assist in the aims of the group since its inception and first field visit, 9 May 2006 at Corscombe.

Cheaters Gate, Alderholt
Dorset Boundaries
The Group at Cheaters Gate, Alderholt
J Childs

 

Previous programme
Date Location Date Subject Note Info Report
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2015     2015 Annual Report     Link
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The 2016 programme of planning, field and dayschool meetings.
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03 Feb Somerset & Dorset Family History Centre, The Parade, Sherborne 10.00 for
10.30am		 KB will introduce things and, with the assistance of powerpoint, conduct a ‘virtual’ tour of the boundary inviting comments, observations and wider discussion. TBA
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06 Apr Landshire Lane, Stalbridge 10.00 for
10.30am		 Following an almost straight course across the formerly unenclosed land of the Great Common of Blackmore, the instance here of a ‘shire’ name suggests a deliberately ‘made’ section of the county boundary, a suggestion complemented by the fact that to this day it serves as a routeway – indeed, quite a busy road. Link
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08 Jun Clubmen Car Part then Ashmore 10.00 for
10.30am		 On the Dorset/Wiltshire border a meeting which will complement our earlier exploration of that border east of Shaftesbury. ‘The parish lies partly in vale and partly on rising ground’ notes Hutchins, Melbury Hill was the site of a beacon. Link
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03 Aug Holwell 10.00 for
10.30am		 This field meeting will ‘follow up’ that of 1 April last year in exploring the western length of this former Somerset ‘enclave. Until the parish/manor of Holwell was ‘enclosed’ by Dorset, ‘surrounded by that county on every side being more than three miles distant from the nearest part of [Somerset] Link
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19 Oct Alderholt 10.00 for
10.30am		 A further, follow-up field visit to Alderholt. We much look forward to continuing on from Cheaters Gate that memorable exploration of our north-eastern border last August Link
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1 Nov Dorchester 10.00 for
10.30am		 In the upstairs meetings room of The Pantry, High Street Dorchester on the morning of Tuesday 1 November – 10 for 10.30 – when John will be taking us on a tour of the website and to talk about further developments. -
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07 Dec Dorset History Centre, Bridport Road, Dorchester. 10.00 for
10.30am		 Mincepie Meeting -
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