Items in Dorset

Chained Library in Wimborne Minster.

A library room with glass display cabinets in the middle of walls lined with shelves of chained books. “In a room of the eastern tower of Wimborne Minster, Dorsetshire, is an important collection of c [...]

Keywords: old books, pictures of books, books, libraries

Places shown: Wimborne; Dorset; England

Added: 2005-02-06

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Cranborne Manor House: The Loggia

Located near Wimborne, Dorset, and now known for its gardens. It was originally built at the start of the 13th Century, but the entrance shown here is much later, postdating the English Civil War.

Keywords: manors, entrances, arches

Places shown: Cranborne; Wimborne; Dorset; England

Added: 2006-01-12

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Overview map of Dorset, England

Taken from the map of England and Wales on page 2237.

Keywords: colour, maps

Places shown: Dorset; England

Added: 2006-01-20

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126.—Amphitheatre at Dorchester.

From a Sketch taken from the south-west.

The amphitheatre is at Mambury Rings, a stone age site not far from Dorchester. The Modern Antiquarian has some photographs of the area.

Keywords: amphitheatres, people, horses, animals, cattle, sheep, roman remains, ruins, wallpaper, backgrounds, views

Places shown: Mambury Rings; Dorchester; Dorset; England

Added: 2005-12-20

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2106.—Inn at Charmouth.

I’m not sure if The Queens Arms is the same place. let me know!

Keywords: inns, animals, people, horses, carts, streets, cobbles, christmas

Places shown: Charmouth; Dorset; England

Added: 2005-12-20

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Corfe Village and Castle

There has been a castle on this site for well over a thousand years. The buildings there now were started in the 11th century, but were slighted (made insignificant, or at least indefensible) after t [...]

Keywords: ruins, castles, towers, wallpaper, backgrounds

Places shown: Corfe Castle; Wareham; Dorset; England

Added: 2006-10-31

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