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[Symonds] A Twentieth Century Dorset Family
Ena M Symonds, nd but 1960s. A5 booklet of 67pp, blue card covers, 5
photo-ills. Slightly dogeared, a little damage to foot of rear cover, but a clean copy.
(ref 1575) £4.00 UK post-free
The Registers of Beer Hackett,
Dorset, from 1549 to 1812
Privately printed for the Parish
Register Society, 1896. 7+42pp inc 2 indexes (names and places).
Apart from the top of the rear board which is damp-marked, this is a very nice
clean and robust copy which belies its age. The book is from the library
(and bears the bookplate of) Robert Washington Oates, antique dealer and
antiquarian bookseller who in 1954 was largely responsible for securing The
Wakes, Selborne home of naturalist Gilbert White. Oates was also cousin of
the famous polar explorer Capt Lawrence Oates who died on Scott's 1912
expedition. (ref 3282) £25.00
Ivy Cottage, Burton Bradstock, 1923
6"x4" photo, rather the worse for wear, but probably unique. (ref 6886)
£5.00 UK post-free
[East Lulworth document]
Scheduling of Land by the Board of Agriculture
Official copy of an 1893 Order
concerning a 35 acre block of land tenanted by Henry Penny and owned by Reginald
Joseph Weld, described as 'a person of unsound mind'. Unfortunately the
house and land isn't specifically named but a check against the 1891 census may
prove worthwhile. Manuscript on parchment, size approx 27"x14" though be
warned the greater part of this is taken up by a schedule of repayments over 25
years. (ref 122/1) £12.00 post-free
Not for export
Ferndown, A Pictorial History
Roger Guttridge & Audrey Greenhalgh, 1997. 4to, unpaginated but 181
mostly photo ills, followed by good bibliography and index. The 20th century saw
Ferndown develop from a modest village on the heath to the 5th biggest town in Dorset.
The ills are preceded by a 10pp intro outlining this growth. The title still
in print at £13.99, this VG copy (ref 0000) £8.00
[Gillingham, Buckhorn Weston and Kington Magna
document] Scheduling of Sandley House Farm by the Board of Agriculture
This is a formal copy of an 1895 Order by the Board of Agriculture scheduling
the 151 acre Sandley House Farm, owned by John Williams Bill of Gillingham and tenanted by
Capt Geoffrey Stanley Phipps Hornby. Manuscript on parchment, approx
24"x19", bears the red seal of the Land Loan & Enfranchisement Company.
(ref 448/12) £12.00 post-free Not for export
[Loders, Dottery & Askerswell] Yours
Reverently
From the pulpit, the pub and the parish notes of Rev Oliver Willmott
[1910-1996], 1997. Green card covers, 211pp, several drawings. Between 1948
and 1982 Rev Willmott wrote 750,000 words chronicling the life of his three parishes.
This book contains the nuggets from just the first 5 years of his pastoral
observations, which range from rook pie to a tribute to King George 6th. This paperback
has been dropped on its top corner so that virtually all top edges are creased, there's
also a mild crease in the front cover o/w it is a VG clean copy. £9.99 when
published, this copy (ref 525/15) £4.50
[Lyme Regis indenture] Assignment
of House in Silver Street
This 1827 assignment concerns 'All that messuage or tenement together with a
small garden behind the same situate in Lyme Regis in a certain street there called Silver
Street formerly in the occupation of Edward Lock which messuage or tenement and premises
were purchased by Abraham Spooner Lillingston of ['from' in modern times] .... Edward Lock
and by the said Abraham Spooner Lillingston sold to.....Edward Hillman and then in the
occupation of.....Thomas Legg......'. Manuscript on large parchment sheet, bears
signatures Thomas Legg and Robt Cox to whom the house was being assigned. (ref 6184)
£17.50 post-free Not for export
[Melcombe Regis documents] Deeds to
22 Bath Street
An 1887 mortgage taken out by Emma Sophia Derriman of Weymouth, and a
conveyance of 1888. Both in manuscript on parchment, both signed by Emma
Sophia. The pair (ref 191/49) £15.00 Not for export
[Milton Abbas document] Official Copy of
Order by Inclosure Commissioners on the Milton Abbey Estate
This is an official signed copy of an 1879 Order scheduling Charles Joseph
Theophilus Hambro's 438 acre Milton Abbey Estate under the 1864 Land Improvement Act.
Manuscript on parchment, size approx 25"x21", bears the embossed seal of
the Inclosure Commissioners. (ref 448/1) £15.00 post-free Not for export
[Motcombe and Little Down document] Official
Copy of Order by Board of Agriculture
This is an official signed copy of an 1894 Order scheduling near-700 acres
owned by The Rt Hon Lord Stalbridge of Motcombe House. Of the 700 acres he occupied
about half, the rest (Park Farm) being tenanted by Charles and George Honeyfield.
Manuscript on parchment, size approx 21"x16". (ref 448/3) £12.00
post-free Not for export
[Preston cum Sutton Pointz & Wool document]
Scheduling of Farms by the Board of Agriculture
This is a formal copy of an 1894 Order by the Board of Agriculture scheduling
the 541 acre Southdown Farm, Preston cum Sutton Pointz, tenanted by Charles Scutt, and the
196 acre Bindon Mill and Farm, Wool, tenanted by Thomas Oliver Boatswain. Manuscript
on parchment, approx 24"x19". (ref 448/11) £12.00
post-free Not for export
[Radipole & Melcombe Regis] Sale
Particulars of 8 properties
These 1893 particulars concern the sale of (and show the tenants/occupiers
of) no's 1 & 2 Belgrave Villas (Radipole), 6 & 7 Melcombe Place (Melcombe Regis)
and 2, 3 & 6 Great Western Terrace (Radipole), especially the latter 3 properties
which are shown to have been purchased by Robert Lovell Legg of Radipole for £540.
Browned in places and somewhat creased. (ref 6700) £6.50 UK
post-free
[Sherborne] Greyhound Inn - Sale Conditions
This inn was put up for auction in 1860, the sale to be held at the Angel
Inn. These are just the conditions of sale and give no details of the Greyhound.
Manuscript on 4 sheets of folio paper, rather misfolded. (ref 754/257) £3.50
UK post-free
[Sherborne document] Scheduling of The
Sherborne Drapery Stores by the Board of Agriculture
This is a formal copy of an 1898 Order by the Board of Agriculture scheduling
a house, shop & premises occupied by Messrs Phillips and Handover. Manuscript on
parchment, approx 24"x19", signed and sealed by the Lands Improvement Company.
(ref 448/14) £12.00 post-free Not for export
[Sherborne document] Scheduling of
Grocer's Shop by the Board of Agriculture
This is a formal copy of an 1899 Order by the Board of Agriculture scheduling
a house, shop & premises occupied by T E Vincent, described as a grocer and butter
factor. Manuscript on parchment, approx 24"x19", signed and sealed by the
Lands Improvement Company. (ref 448/15) £12.00 post-free Not for export
[Stourpaine documents] Two Leases of
Stourpain Farm
In 1763 George and William Burt of Turweston took out a 7 year lease of
Stourpain Farm together with something called Harvey's Livings from George Pitt of
Stratfield Saye, Hampshire. All parties seem to have been satisfied with the
arrangements as in 1771 a second 7 year lease was agreed. On offer here are the two
parchment deeds, each bearing the signature 'Geo Pitt'. (ref 301/3) £22.50
post-free Not for export
[Stourton Candle documents] Deeds
to 2 Cottages adjoining the School House
These parchment deeds of 1885 and 1890 feature small plans. The 1885
deed bears the signatures of the Minister and Churchwardens. The pair (ref
114/19) £22.00
post-free Not for export
Swanage Its History, Resources as an
Invigorating Health Resort, Botany, and Geology
Edited by John Braye, 1891 3rd ed. 119pp, frontis photo view of town
'from the bathing ground', 12 other full-page photo ills as required (all with original
tissue-guards), 8 other photo-ills within the text, multifolding map of the area from
Lulworth Cove in the West to Bournemouth in the East, folding geological map.
As-issued printed paper covered boards rather grubby, the blank spine is heavily
sunned, eps browned as usual but rest of contents nice and clean, the multifolding
map is detached but in good clean condition. Wear and tear consistent with age,
though there is an inch round stain (a tea-stain perhaps) at the top of the front board.
(ref 1199) £40.00
The Martyrs of Tolpuddle
TUC, 1934. 4to, 239pp, index is in prelims, dozens of photo & other ills. Contents a
little loose but nice and clean, green cloth boards somewhat grubby, spine dull,
nevertheless a G copy of this now uncommon title. (ref 7942) £25.00
Tyneham - A Lost Heritage
Mrs L M G Bond, nd but 1956. 128pp, 9 photo ills. The Army
renaged on its promise to return the village after WW2. What remains is a poignant
reminder of a Dorset community and a way of life extinguished for ever. The
book is worn at corners (but not unduly so) and there's a waterstain at the leading edge
of the front board, less than a couple of inches by about half-an-inch. Inside,
there's an inscription on the front endpaper - not by the author - and on the verso
of the front endpaper someone has stuck a newspaper clipping consisting of a review of the
book. The contents are nice and clean. Overall G compared with others we've
seen. (ref 8351) £12.50
[Wareham document] Humble Address
to Lord Eldon from the Inhabitants of Wareham
This 1866 document expresses the town's hearty congratulations to Lord Eldon
on his reaching his majority. It is in manuscript on a large [approx
16"x25"] parchment sheet, and bears the signatures of 78 'obedient and humble
servants' - was your Wareham ancestor one of them? Quite nice clean condition though
multifolded. (ref 6192) £55.00 post-free Not for export
John Scott, 3rd Earl of Eldon, was just 8 years old when he
succeeded to the title. The family lived at Encombe House near Kingston. In
later years the 3rd Earl paid for the rebuilding of Kingston church 'the cathedral of
Purbeck'.
[West Parley] Church Offertory
Collections & Payments
5 exercise books covering the periods 1874-1881 and 1904-1911 are all that
survive from an accumulation of at least 10 such items. As the years progress more
detail is recorded, including (probably) numbers attending church, some shorthand or
similar notes, and lists of names of those attending church. Though predominantly
West Parley, there are also details of amounts collected at East Parley and West Moors.
Quite often nothing at all is collected. Amounts paid include such things as
donations to the harmonium repair fund and in 1911 dental work. Very useful detail
for the local and family historian. The 5 (ref 6666) £40.00
post-free Not for export
[Weymouth & Neighbourhood] Sale Particulars -
Radipole, Westham, Melcombe Regis
Printed particulars for the 1893 sale of:
Radipole - 1
Belgrave Villas, tenanted by D Burnett
- 2 Belgrave Villas, tenanted by Mrs G Long
- 2 Great Western Terrace, late in the occupation of Mr Dallon
- 3 Great Western Terrace, tenanted by Mr Bartlett
- 6 Great Western Terrace, unoccupied
Westham - building
land fronting Highland Road, tenanted by George Cornish
Melcome Regis - 6 Melcombe Place, tenanted by Samuel Martin
- 7 Melcombe Place, tenanted by George Brooks.
This particular copy was used to record the £54 deposit paid by Robert Lovell Legg in
connection with his purchase of the three Great Western Terrace properties for £540.
Some foxing, but doesn't affect the page you'd see if you had this item framed.
Mild creasing. (ref 6700) £15.00 UK post-free
A Royal Warren or Picturesque
Rambles in the Isle of Purbeck
C E Robinson, 1882. Large
4to, 186pp inc index, 10 engraved plates
as required, 76 other ills in the letterpress, full page map towards end. Printed on hand-made paper,
leaves untrimmed, nice wide margins throughout, teg. A decent clean copy with the eps embrowned as
usual. Compared to other copies we've had, we'd grade this as VG.
(ref 3322) £110.00
Proceedings of the Dorset Natural History
and Archaeological Society
The following volumes are available. All are nice bright copies,
easily VG:
Vol 21, 1900 £18.50
Vol 52, 1930 £10.00
Vol 53, 1931 £12.50
Vol 54, 1932 £12.50
Vol 55, 1933 £10.00
Vol 56, 1934 £12.50
Vol 57, 1935 £12.50
Vol 59, 1937 £12.50