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IDVIIUIH IDVIIUIH DORSET'SIVIUISNONI
INDUSTRIAL HERITAGE
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INTRODUCTIONNOII)NCOU1NI
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THE COUNTY of Dorset summonssuouJLLrns up a Industrial archaeology is concerned with the
vision 1o lP.rn.r lP.rn.r ]sed ]sed re] plaleru sr;er )llllpr )llllpr ruorl ruorl lllpoedsa pa^ouJar pa^ouJar ue:,futsnpur, 'seqr^rpe s,ueul s,ueul puPl puPl
far removed from)pq) 'industry': an idyllic rural land- material relics of man's past activities, especially
lnq lnq op op u aq] u aq1 ur qlrM'edels
pepoo^ pepoo^ su,^ su,^ qtuaalaLr qtuaalaLr Suruur8aq 'lrnluer 'lrnluer -rale^^ -rale^^
'selP^ 'selP^
scape, with chalk downs, wooded vales, water- in the nineteenth century, but beginning in1o the
aqt aqt ue ue Lnlua: Lnlua: d d aql aql anbsarnp anbsarnp sa8ell^ oppau]
pouad pouad e8eur e8eur prur s,^ s,^ qluaatq8ra qluaatq8ra
meadows andpLre picturesque villages — an image mid-eighteenth century — the period of the le-r]snpu
lq lq jo jo eqt eqt se se euros euros qrns Ll)nLu
seu.roqf seu.roqf s8uqr.r,,rl s8uqr.r,,rl pa)uequa pa)uequa 'serrlsnpllr 'serrlsnpllr
much enhanced by the writings of Thomas Industrial Revolution.'uo[nlo^au Some industries, such as tsnl tsnl ]p ro ro lpreH Lots Lots oq^\ oq^\ aur[ aur[ Surlrru
ato.r,^^ ato.r,^^ eql eql e ra8uol q ueqM ueqM a,req pu?
'8url.lrenb '8url.lrenb
Hardy who -snpur milling or
wrote just at the time when indus- quarrying, lla^\ have a longer history and
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ur ur aq] elpp!h elpp!h reln)4-led reln)4-led lpear a.ra,^^ pue pue le,ulrer a'.1] a'.1] pa!srqelsa pa!srqelsa aBe aBe aJs,vi
try and in particular the railway age were were alreadyp well established in the Middle I I
tas]oc tas]oc las:o6 las:o6 ol ol aq1 aq1 SuruurSaq -pup -pup palle palle 'saBV
beginning to 'eJ Ages.
ler$npur ler$npur
affect Dorset life. The Dorset land- ]o tasroc lsourp lsourp lq lq sp^ sp^ e e eq1 eq1 ad€ts seq seq Suol Suol ',ssa-r3o.ld, ',ssa-r3o.ld, fuo1s elsl -p -p palllersun palllersun q
scape was almost unscathed by 'progress', al- Dorset hasPeqrnd a long industrial history. The Isle of 1o 1o $eor $eor utsunol utsunol Suop supd aql eql 3q],o 3q],o a-rlual a-rlual q8noq1 aLuos ur uo.rl se,M se,M l.r]snpur l.r]snpur
though tourism along some parts of the coast Purbeck was the centre of industry in the Iron lo lMerds lMerds tEer8 tEer8 aql aql otu slalurrv a8y ueqrn ueqrn q8norql eql ueuroy pu€
qlnoLuau-rno€.]o qlnoLuau-rno€.]o
and the great urban Age through into the porred Armlets of
sprawl of Bournemouth -llun Roman period. 1€ 1€ lpeurol lpeurol slood alod alod aSpuaurrur;1 aleqs q)n!u) q)n!u) eprsu ara,u ara,u
SOLIIP SOLIIP a.rqsdLueH a.rqsdLueH
uO uO
Poole (much formerly inside Hampshire until Kimmeridge shale were turned peurnl on pole lathes at | luaurel]]as aqf aqf are are salrs salrs 'qpoL-ulaM 'qpoL-ulaM sa_ror
sdeqred sdeqred derra derra paPre)srp
are are
pue pue aqt
1974), '(116 and perhaps Weymouth, are the excep- settlement sites. The discarded cores are )l )l 1eo3 1eo3 leql leql ]as]oc ]as]oc o] o] s s ul uol aqt se se laLloh laLloh eql eql anrl alnr alnr u,aaoul
a8pr..reururrl a8pr..reururrl
tion to the rule. It is true that Dorset wassP,^^ known as Kimmeridge Coal Money. In the lel lel I lq lq Llsnpu Llsnpu uorpnpord uorpnpord ueruog laeaq laeaq sem sem s.rallo s.rallo pouad eraql paq.rnlstpun alers e3:e1 e3:e1
,o ,o
undisturbed by heavy industry, yet it offers lerr$npur Roman period there was large scale production aluap^a 1sea'a1op1 1sea'a1op1 1e 1e lleuen lleuen ro1 ro1 rauur;1o rauur;1o Sursudrns Sursudrns edog edog apqr'r'a8p apqr'r'a8p a1e1 a1e1 p p
evidence for a surprising variety of industrial ge le le
lernteu lernteu at Rope Lake Hole, east of Kimmeridge, while at lsoLUP lsoLUP 'sall^lpe uo uo llu€] llu€] paseq paseq se se erour erour apeL! apeL!
uap.roN spooS qrns a.raM a.raM 'se)rnosor 'se)rnosor
activities, almost all based on naturalJo resources, Norden more fancy goods were made such as aqf aqf ro ro se,^ se,^ ueproN ueproN alqer aql aql srale;d lSoloe8 lSoloe8 spnpo.rd ruo4 pue pue
ae-rasso] ae-rasso]
's3a1 's3a1
from geology or products of the land. The table legs, platters andpup tesserae. Norden was ))aq]nd ))aq]nd sarlsnpu sarlsnpu aq1 aq1 a^eq a^eq ueaq ernlnruSe e osp roleu.r
uoq:npoJd uoq:npoJd
a:1ua: a:1ua: ro1
major industries have been agriculture, the also a production centre for Purbeck marble,'elqreLu 1au 1au 'lep 'lep auolslo auolslo ador 8ur4ro.u 1r 1r eraq^ aA[EJO]ap aA[EJO]ap pue pue pue olut olut apeLu apeLu 'quaLLrnuoL! '8ur>pu '8ur>pu
working of stone and clay, rope and net making, where it wassP,/t^ made into monuments, decorative
Surr*erq arnl arnl 'slelur l-rauod l-rauod 3u11rr"u 3u11rr"u apressel apressel
LUnJ
pL-re pL-re sre1.,roLu sre1.,roLu brewing and milling. furniture inlays, mortars andpue tesserae. Pottery 2 DORSET'SDORSET'S INDUSTRIALINDUSTRIAL HERITAGEHER TACE was producedproduced on aa commercial scalesca e fromfrom the ter. Other clays havehave beenbeen worked for brickbrck firstllrst century AD, usingusing thethe clayscays around PoolePoole makingmaknS throughoutthroughout Dorset,Dorset, withwth the greatest Harbour,Harbour, while saltsalt was produced inin clayclay vatsvaG concentration around Poole.Poole. Cement was alongalong the south sidesrde of PoolePoole HarbourHarbour and atat made at LymeLyme RegisRegis andand Wareham. The latteriatter Kimmeridge.Kimmeridge. There are findslnds inin variousvarous locallocal was set up at RidgeRrdge inin thethe 1870s 870s by Thomas museums,museums, butbLrt especiallyespec aly thethe County MuseumlYuseLlm inln Powell,Powell, andand usedused chalkchalk marlmarl quarried at Cock-Co.k Dorchester.Dorchester. OfOf RomanRornan roadsroads inn Dorset,Dorset, thethe nowle.nowle. AcklingAck[ng Dyke across Oakley DownDown nearnear Six-Sx Other mineralsm nerals which havehave beenbeen worked were penny HandleyHandley isrs one of thethe bestbest preservedPreserved ironstone,ironstone, gypsum, alum,alum, copperascopperas and oiloilshale. shale. sectionssectrons inin the whole country. There was anan There being nono coal to power the Industriallndustria aqueduct supplyingsupplyrng water toto RomanRoman Dorches-Dorches RevolutionRevo ution inn Dorset,Dorset. thisthis lastlast hashas beenbeen worked ter (Durnovaria),(Durnovafla), and much of itsts lengthlength can be forfor itsrts fuelfuel content, especially at Kimmeridge tracedtraced asas anan earthwork on thethe south side of thethe where itit was once usedused to fireflre a glassworks. FromeFrome valley.va ley. KimmeridgeKrmmeridge was alsoalso the sitesite of salt pans,pans, asas Thelre extractivee l,aatrr'e industriesr.d-)l e) werev\ere importantnportdnl in,n were LymeLyme Regis,Regis, Charmouth andand thethe shoresshores of Dorset.Dorset. The PurbeckPurbeak marble industryrndlstry was re-re_ PoolePoole Harbour.Harbour. This was once a profitableprofitable busi-busr vivedv ved inin medievalmedieval times,t mes, when thisthrs shellyshe ly lime-lime- ness,ness, and salt was exported to France inn thethe stonestone (not(not a true marble)marbLe) was inin demand forfor fifteenthflfteenth century. decorativeoe' oral',p work inr^ churches.r^-rches. PortlandPo'lldnd stoneslone isrs Dorset'sDorset's streams and riversrvers have providedprovided world famous,farnous.^o,l bestbest knownknown forfor itsits useuse inin Wren's power for many corn mills,mlls, inrn the formform of St Paul'sPaul's Cathedral and manymany LondonLondon land-land waterwheelswaterwhee s and, later,later, turbines.turbines. Water power marks.'na 's Itlr.ouo could beoe sent
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DORSET'S INDUSTRIAL tvttlsncN HERITAGE 3
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leuPl leuPl
lasroc lasroc ]asreLuos ]asreLuos suolnq seM seM lq lq elaM elaM sno4tqurp qfnlu qfnlu ut ut q8rq q8rq pLreLlep pLreLlep 'l1ar:os 'l1ar:os
ambitious Dorset & Somerset Canal was. buttons were much in demand by high society. ,sdo1
]sJU ]sJU lnq lnq u:eqp.rqv s,aspl s,aspl suo4nq suo4nq tesraLuos tesraLuos araaa araaa sled sled ut ut qBrp, qBrp, uo uo I I pesrroqlne ur ur
,9511 ,9511
Abraham Jo Case's first buttons were 'High Tops' lrnq lrnq
authorised inll 1796, but only parts in Somerset ertuer ertuer )sip )sip e e uroq uroq eq] eq] aoq aoq s,Luer s,Luer areM q]r'^ q]r'^ ur ur se^ se^ ot ot roc roc papuelur papuelur _ralue _ralue p
were built. It was intended to enter north ql.rou Dor- a disc of ram's horn with a hole in the centre do] do] uaLll uaLll euo) euo) r.to r.to pea.rqt pea.rqt palerorep palerorep pup q] q] aql aql eroLlq)elg eroLlq)elg Surssorl Surssorl olpn olpn r'r', r'r', urolo] urolo] -leuEl -leuEl
p p
set,,tes crossing the Blackmore Vale to join a canal- and linen cone on top decorated with thread. le le esel rs^o rs^o raqlo raqlo qrnlLr qrnlLr slodap slodap sluaSp sluaSp ]a^u ]a^u pup pup peq peq rnols rnols 'ssorJ 'ssorJ pasr s,uEg s,uEg e)uaql e)uaql pup pup
01 01 Case and other agents had depots over much
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ised River Stour at Gain's Cross, and thence to tos]oc aq1 aq1 ur ur epeur epeur ereM ereM qlrou qlrou suollnq suollnq aql aood aood
are^ are^
aLl-L aLl-L os os s.taloLlo_rd s.taloLlo_rd -uo) -uo)
the Poole area..pa.re The promoters were so con- of north Dorset. The buttons were made in ol ol ieqt ieqt tuapq ue)e] ue)e] eq1 eq1 pup'sasnoq}o/t^ pup'sasnoq}o/t^ seSeUol pue pue slr slr esrno) esrno) uo uo seuroql seuroql srpadde srpadde
fident that its course appears on Thomas Dix's s,xrc cottages and workhouses, and taken to the slodap .raqlpr .raqlpr ot ot aq aq .ro] .ro] uat1o uat1o aLi|o aLi|o spoo8 spoo8
pa8uetllxa pa8uetllxa /AaN deN deN
,4uno) ,4uno) .TasJogyo .TasJogyo u u
paqs;qnd paqs;qnd depots to be often exchanged for goods rather
ozg ozg New Map of leot
I I the County of
I Dorset, published in aq1 aq1 a-raM a-raM ueq] relrea relrea sLrol.lnq sLrol.lnq qlolr qlolr lasreuros lasreuros pe! pe! uaeq uaeq aql aql
uJo_rl uJo_rl 'leuoLl 'leuoLl
,]lrnq ,]lrnq
than lo buttons were
money. The earlier cloth ler:eds
1820. Had it been built, coal from the Somerset |e lq lq lo lo eperu eperu lLlSnorq lLlSnorq
e e ur ur pe)plda] 8ut.r 8ut.r
'sauo 'sauo uaaq uaaq plno) plno) a^eq a^eq paulpol olur olur
lldeaq) lldeaq) replaced by ring ones, of a special alloy made in coalfield could have been)sE] brought tasroc tasroc cheaply into
ra,ro ra,ro rueqSurL-utr5 suSrsap suSrsap era^^ era^^ qrrq,u qrrq,u lq lq -ralel -ralel
'papeerq] 'papeerq] qlnos aqt aqt paurrofad paurrofad
p p Birmingham threaded.
over which designs were 0OZ'I
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south Dorset, a task later performed rl lasreluos by the )asJoc )asJoc LrauJoM LrauJoM u
paloldLua paloldLua q)1V q)1V uosu uosu 'ZIBI 'ZIBI lp,^ lp,^ teu teu q)tqM q)tqM pa^^ollo, pa^^ollo,
p p women
Somerset & Dorset Railway which followed a In 18 I 2, Mr Atchinson employed 1,200 l€1ot aqt aqt uarplrrlt uarplrrlt lrnqsaueqs lrnqsaueqs pue punorp punorp pue pue te te tu.ls
'alno.t 'alno.t
similar and children around Shaftesbury and OO0, the total route. lernr lB lB o] o] etll etll sr sr prls prls a^eLl a^eLl uaaq uaaq pa^lo^ur euros,lepol lpuaredde lpuaredde ldaals ldaals
Today, some apparently sleepy rural villagessa8pllr^ involved is said to have been 4,000. By the
-ltlo]le -ltlo]le sotgl l]tsnpu l]tsnpu ur ur aq1 aq1 se^^ se^^ pup pup
arout arout q)nr! q)nr! uolno8 uolno8 € € 3p 3p 'eurllap 'eurllap snot]tsnput snot]tsnput q ur ur
'lsed 'lsed 1840s the industry was in decline, and effecti-
hide a much more industrious past. Jo Bourton in ]asroc ]asroc lpr-rlsnpur lpr-rlsnpur lq lq lla^ 'Sururrg 'Sururrg
pallrl pallrl uopnq uopnq aurq:er,u aurq:er,u s,uotqsv s,uotqsv E E q!,lou sr sr euu euu ue ue eldu_texa eldu_texa
)oot )oot
vely killed by Ashton's buttonJo machine. Birming-
north Dorset is a fine example of an industrial tsoLu eqt eqt 'ap€r) 'ap€r) Sursnel Sursnel
ureq
z z eq1 eq1 o8e o8e s.real s.real a8e1lr,r pa:punq pa:punq qsred qsred
-ndod -ndod causing
village a hundred years ago. The ham took most of the trade, OSf parish I popu- lsnl lsnl re^o re^o u u q)rq^ q)rq^ drqsprpq drqsprpq pe.rdsep^ parrol parrol 'lBBl 'lBBl uorlpl sp,a sp,a g€g g€g pue pue sr sr quoM quoM
widespread hardship which forced over 350 llr]s
lation was just 838 in trqs 1881 ro , and it is worth u u
q88l q88l 01 01 suopnq suopnq sorlLtlel Suqonb e e elll elll lJopaJp lJopaJp uto_tl uto_tl
:aLurl :aLurl 'elpr8tula 'elpr8tula
families to emigrate. In 1885, shirt ^^aJ buttons still
quoting le,,saleuJa]
from a directory of the time: lueurloldure ro] ro] papt^ord e,, e,, Apunol Apunol uot uot ue ue are are eroH,, ralroq ralroq
pue pue u8e u8e
puE puE provided employment for "a few females" at
Jo Jo "Here are|ern1|n: an iron foundry and boiler and agri- luaualduLr luaualduLr
g sLLrnasnX sLLrnasnX llnqsageq5 llnqsageq5 pro.,puel€ pro.,puel€
pue pue lopelnueut lopelnueut -lal -lal eLuos eLuos
Blandford. .p.rolpue Shaftesbury and Blandford Museums
cultural !o implement manufactory of some cel- Ddlo) tJs tJs
a.P.l roc roc l1]qe pue pue ro] ro]
sarrotleJnuelu sarrotleJnuelu or,a1 or,a1 xeu xeu \lro \lro '(uou^B '(uou^B
,1ua1xa ,1ua1xa have collections of Dorset Buttons. JO JO
ebrityIruE and extent, two manufactories for flax sartlol sartlol
alroqulM a)uo a)uo a.ra,4 a.ra,4 elood elood pue pue eoqs eoqs
>Jles >Jles pue pue 3u 3u >1:es >1:es 'Aopelnuer.u 'Aopelnuer.u
,pearql ,pearql Wimborne and Poole were once centres of
and shoe thread, sack))t_rq and sacking manufactory,
oml oml all all '3urleut '3urleut lrauu4 lrauu4
LDi LDi 3ur>1:o1s ut ut Sursrpoads Sursrpoads pan pan pue pue a a >];rs >];rs q)rq^ q)rq^ pup pup 's>poa,r 's>poa,r
rB rB p
a tannery, two brick stocking making, specialising in silk and knittedZtgl and tile works, Jo which give ul ul tuaLlloldula ]ea_13 ]ea_13 .ra^o .ra^o uallooarr
lla^pedser lla^pedser €ur>1>o1s €ur>1>o1s ot ot -laqLunu -laqLunu e e :spueq :spueq osle osle
woollenooo,l respectively. In 1842 over
l stockings
employment to a great number of hands; also P|es ol ol lrns lrns aq aq
are,^ are,^ sp3 sp3 ueuroM ueuroM on on pletl pletl anlq anlq pLte pLte -uJa -uJa 3u 3u
pue pue pups pups 'auols 'auols
two quarries, ,saurenb yielding blue and 1,000 women and girls were said to be em-
]nq ]nq }e }e sand stone, suit- tou urol urol laqt laqt 'au]oquJM 'au]oquJM palold rri rri elqe plnol plnol Surplnq Surplnq ql.^ ql.^ petlauuol petlauuol .ro.1 .ro.1
able for building purposes. sesod.rnd Connected with Mr ployed at Wimborne, but they could not com- aqt aqt ur ur qu"\ qu"\ alad re,llg alr]e4 alr]e4 aq1 aq1 SuDlru) SuDlru) llopel llopel petuo^ur petuo^ur s,33e6 s,33e6 aoqs aoqs xeg xeg e e pue pue
peerqt peerqt
sr sr in the
Oliver Magg's flax and 0g shoe thread pete with the knitting frame invented ]noqe ]noqe factory is a laa] laa]
lrnlual lrnlual lpPo e.ra^ e.ra^ apeu.] apeu.] sSuDllols sSuDllols ur ur
qluealautu qluealautu eeq/Nale/v\ -uof -uof
'ralaurep 'ralaurep early nineteenth Stockings were made century. lP waterwheel about ,, 60 feet in diameter, con-
'eolec 'eolec osla Surp.tolle Surp.tolle O] O]
aSOLI] aSOLI] pue pue papnJls uorrJo uorrJo
iron." elsewhere, ,eJaq^ and according to Defoe, those at structed of lsaq8rq
+saq +saq a.ra^ a.ra^ orll orll 'lsouu,, 'lsouu,, a8puqlels pue pue
StalbridgePezud were the "finest, best and highest ,, ,, .l ut ut eql eql
prized in the land." puPl luelrodur luelrodur atrl pro]pirels pro]pirels sp,^\ sp,^\ 3u 3u >1eru >1eru
Lace making was important aroundpuno.rP Blandford ',(rntuel ',(rntuel aql aql ur ur qtueatua^as qtueatua^as euroqraqs euroqraqs pue
rir and Sherborne in the seventeenth century, ]au]lol ]au]lol aq] aq] ao,e6 sP,, sP,, euoq euoq arPl arPl LUo.rJ LUo.rJ Surpurl Surpurl
Defoe finding lace from the former "astl1 ,,'pue13u3 bone ,,'pue13u3 u u suiqlrH suiqlrH lue lue auu
ut ut s; s; sp sp
fine as any in England," whileq,,u Hutchins in 1774
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lElll lElll ll_l ]o ]o uJorl uJorl retleq retleq T T enba enba ua^a ua^a o1 o1 paraprsuol
IU considered it to equal or even better that from ..r ..r olur olur erpl erpl se,^ se,^ IiI pe)nportur pe)nportur Bur>plu Bur>plu
Flanders.s.rapuel Lace making was introduced into
11e 11e Lnlua: Lnlua: erull o1 o1 8ag 8ag ur ur etll etll a a qluealq8re qluealq8re s s
Lyme Regis in the eighteenth century toll)s allie- lo] lo] uo^^ uo^^ asoq.M asoq.M 'ueLlro^^ 'ueLlro^^ rlsp.teq rlsp.teq elet^
viate hardship d for women, whose skill won
'eIolrELlJ 'eIolrELlJ u u
uaeno uaeno ro, ro, appLu appLu ssa.rp ssa.rp Lr.Iplfte
p p Charlotte,
acclaim lo in a dress made for Queen 11 11 sSroag sSroag al al
wiferur of George III.
1oo13ur1ecu 1oo13ur1ecu
lll'.| lll'.| aql aql ll.rea ll.rea aaol9
ur ur
ur ur a>e1d a>e1d uorr uorr aN aN ra$urr!_rnrs
Sturminster Newton Mill. Glove making took place in Bridport podp.rB in the early
o] o] 'lrnluel 'lrnluel ser:nlue) ser:nlue) u u relel relel
Surpea.rds Surpea.rds
fifteenthqluaa111 century, spreading in later centuries to t:,vllo,
sllulsnoNt sllulsnoNt aural aural
-a]aqs -a]aqs 'sr8eu 'sr8eu aJa€ aJa€ 'seqqv 'seqqv
Beaminster,,JalsuturEa8 Cerne Abbas, Bere Regis, Shere- o8e]lol o8e]lol srs)Jo.Mlno srs)Jo.Mlno uU uU prolpuel€ prolpuel€ au.roq COTTAGE INDUSTRIES pue
borne and Blandford. Cottage outworkers fin-
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srarnlleJnupLu srarnlleJnupLu spoo8 spoo8 urorJ urorJ r01 r01 a8puo) a8puo) paqsl ']asrauros ']asrauros seulsnpur seulsnpur an-rt an-rt lueu.t lueu.t -ar -ar peq peq
many true cottage industries re- ished]o goods for manufacturers from Somerset. DORSET had lnq '0161 '0161 ul ul eLll eLll aa.tql aa.tql au-roqraLls au-roqraLls ur ur seuoDe] seuoDe] stlerl stlerl qlop qlop e^eq e^eq apeJl apeJl o] o] qlns qlns
3u 3u aLll aLll
petpl Sherborne in 1910, the Of 699 three factories in latedlal to the clothing trade, but such crafts have llureru llureru saaloldrue saaloldrue eJe,u eJe,u
(luolpq) (luolpq) 3u;eLu 3u;eLu uol1ng uol1ng ou ou
a)uapr^a a)uapr^a pleu pleu
left no field evidence. Button making (buttony) 600 employees were mainly outworkers.'sle)ro,4\}no -]oc -]oc 'lepo-L qLou qLou sa)e] sa)e] aleld aleld 8ur)eur 8ur)eur 3 3 e^o e^o ur ur sOBg sOBg eq] eq] -a^ap -a^ap ur ur Anqsaleq5 Anqsaleq5 pue pue ur ur
ueBaq Today, glove making takes place in north Dor-
in the 1680s andlqun devel- ]e ]e began in Shaftesbury les u u u.rpqSurltg u.rpqSurltg aa.rql aa.rql roDpl roDpl pue pue sa sa -salJeqs -salJeqs sa8elr^ sa8elr^ SurpunoJ.rns SurpunoJ.rns prolpuelB prolpuelB pado ur ur
o\11 o\11 set at three factories in Gillingham and Shaftes-
oped in the surrounding villages until Blandford lrls loldura loldura eql eql
r]lrq^^,trnq epPL! epPL!
au.rpraq etu etu ,(llnlrlneaq ,(llnlrlneaq 'sra:]oMmo 'sra:]oMmo aq] aq] u u became the main centre.'3r1ue) The beautifully made bury which still employ outworkers. 4 DORSET'S INDUSTRIAL NDUSTRIAL HERITAGEHERTACE
as brewing or milling.miling. With this inin mindmind thethe AGRICULTURE gazetteer isis concerned withwrth agricultural monu-monu- mentsments ratherrather than craft toolstools or implements,implements, THIS HASHAS alwaysa ways beenbeen anan importantrmpoftant activityact vrty inrn although manymany of the latteratter are displayed at suchsuch a ruralrural county as Dorset,Dorset, withwrth arable and museumsmuseums throughout thethe county. Similarly,Similar y, sheepsheep grazing on thethe chalkchalk downs, andand dairyingda ry ng whilewhre DorsetDorset hashas many finel_rne examples of farm inrn thethe lusherlusher valesva es andand valleys.va leys. Stevenson's Gen-Gen buildingsbuidings suchsuch asas barnsbarns andand dovecotes,dovecotes these are eral ViewVrcw of the Agriculture of the County isis eral of the Agnculture of the County arguablya'gudbl/ architecturald,(hrtecru.dl featuresfe,rtures and soio just_L't a. among thethe moremore useful books giving a factualfactual samplesarnple iss given here.here. NumerousNumerous smallsma I limekilnsllmekilns account of the agriculturalagriautLrral scenesaene inin thethe early were part of the locallocal agriculturalagraultural scene, to nineteenth century, whilewhrle Thomas Hardy'sHardy's produceproduce limelime forfor spreadingspread ng on thethe landland of per-per Wessex novelsnovels paintpaint a picturepicture of farmingfarm nE at aa hapshaps justjust one farmfarm or estate, but these are timetme when mechanisationrrecha^isat on was+as beginningbegrr^rng toto ^f,F. industrialrndustrial structuresstructures whichwhch deserve a separateseparate appear on thethe land.land Inn Tess of thethe d'Urbervilles,durberv les sectionseclron inin thethe gazetteer.gazetteer. hishis Vales of LittleLttle DairiesDarres and the Great Dairies,Darries, AnimalAnrr,al and water powerpower were\eere onceorce primepn're are real,real, inin thethe Blackmore Vale and thethe FromeFrome moversmoveTs on farms,farms, and farmfarm waterwheels are valley, thesethese contrasting withwth the bleakerbleaker arable includedincluded under thethe agricultural headinghead ng ratherrather tracts of the chalk plateau at 'Flintcomb-Ash','Flntcomb-Ash, thanthan with the more usual water mills.mlls. They believedbe reved toto be thethe regionregion nearnear Piddletrenthide.P ddletrenthrde. were usedused toto pumppump water, grind animalanrmal feed, AgricultureAgr au ture sufferedsuffered aa depression inn thethe secondsecond powerpower equipment such as chaff cutters or halfhalf of the nineteenthnineteenth century,century although forfor threshingthreshing machines,machines, and inn some laterlater casescases to some farmersfarmers thethe railwaysralways were a godsend as generate electricity. PortablePortable horsehorse mills,mllls, often theythey stimulatedst mulated dairying inin order toto supply milkm lk mademade by locallocal foundries, were handyhandy as they andand dairydarry products to the LondonLondon markets.markets. For could be moved easily about the farm forfor the industrialrndustnal archaeologist, this isrs a goodSood differentdifferentjobs. jobs. example of where two widelywdely differentd fferent indus-indus The laterlater nineteenthnineteenth and early twentiethtwentreth centu-centu triestries hadhad aa common interest.interest. ries'e) sawsdw the useuie ofo' thelhe agriculturalag (uhLrd tractiont"dctro. AgricultureAgrculture fallsfals uneasilyuneasily withinwthin the termterm 'indus-'rndus' engine, forfor haulage,haulage, ploughing,plou8hing, threshingthreshrng and try' inin the faceface of moremore acceptableacceptable activitiesaclivities such sawing.sa,v,ng Horse-drawnHorre d dwn portableportdble steamstedm enginesengnes
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l.rols l.rols e e q q seq seq pnord pnord Suol Suol palo[ue palo[ue
pup pup history
,o I DORSET has enjoyed a long and proud |a,^
uMou) uMou) a^ell a^ell staaq staaq ueoq ueoq
pue pue qr qr
of brewing, ,SutMerq and its beers have been well known L.J L.J u u eql eql aq] aq] qtuaouu qtuaouu 'llnlual 'llnlual elpp elpp e)u e)u s
since the Middle Ages. 'saBV In the fifteenth century, I aqt aqt are^ are^ 'aN 'aN olur olur
alood alood sdoq
u.ro.l.) u.ro.l.)
hops were imported pelodLLl into Poole from the Ne- eql eql se^ se^ 01 01 reeq reeq pelodxa pelodxa altq,M altq,M 'spuplraql
therlands, while beer was exported lo to the tlpur tlpur aq1 aq1 L
uonlnpord uonlnpord
auupql urorJ urorJ
Channel Islands.spuqsl The production of malt from lLrPllodLUr lLrPllodLUr lelrpq lelrpq .raqloup .raqloup se/v\ se/v\ u,,'ro"t3 u,,'ro"t3
locallyl;1e:o| grown barley was another important u u oo] oo] 'ZlBl 'ZlBl seM seM pup,llr^pp srLll srLll pelrodxa pelrodxa
activity,' and this too was leur exported. In 1812,
o1 o1 payodxa payodxa
Suraq Suraq uosua,ralq
Stevenson recordedpap;o:a.l malt being exported to PUe PUe
qlnoursl.rod
'uopuol 'uopuol
rasroO lpar8 lpar8
uo8ra uo8ra Suuds Suuds or or uoll)a uoll)a urrEl urrEl
Portsmouth and London. 1o eq1 eq1 seur^ seur^ q)uarl q)uarl Sui.rnp Sui.rnp uo4tqrqord uo4tqrqord
Dorset spring wagon, Bredy Farm collection. aq1
lo lo
The prohibition l during the of French OOl wines
o] o] 3u,^ 3u,^ erq erq
qluell eq] eq] sreM sreM punor€ punor€ pal pal
l-ro^ l-ro^
1e 1e
aq aq uo uo oslp oslp plnol lueLi-l lueLi-l punol punol
'sureJ 'sureJ French brewing of
wars aroundlpu.r 1700 led to the
lsauu lsauu tp tp
aql aql
u,Mo] u,Mo] eq] s.ronbrl s.ronbrl
could also be found at work on many farms, 'ralsaq]roc
]saq ]saq ltprluo) ltprluo) llpolqnopun llpolqnopun uo uo uauo aq1 aq1
pejLl pejLl the finest malt liquors at Dorchester. The town
lq lq puolas puolas aLll aLll ot ot ro} ro} seM urquleur urquleur
'uorwlnder 'uorwlnder
often hired on p
contract. Undoubtedly lo the best
ol ol aql aql lueur lueur l.rluno) l.rluno) -ard -ard asaql asaql e)pld eas eas ur ur
lo lo second
waslleq to maintain a reputation, for by the $oq,, $oq,,
Lnluat Lnluat
aqt aqt
pup pup ellt ellt
place in the country to see many of these pre-. qluaalq8re
Le Le
uorll€ uorll€ sr sr
ut ut s_talsuoLu s_talsuoLu aL.l1 aL.l1
psroc psroc
pa^_tas half of the eighteenth century, the "best and
lsauu
luas luas urojl urojl ereq ereq
se^^,,puplSul se^^,,puplSul Suraq Suraq
served monsters in action is at the Dorset ur.raaq
aql aql ale ale rpal rpal ut ut ,(ra^e ,(ra^e plotl plotl LLleetS reu-rLuns reu-rLuns
,.lpl ,.lpl finest beer in England" was being sent from here
saqlroc saqlroc
ol
lpteH lpteH seLuorll seLuorll
Steam Fair, held in the late summer every year paqr.r)sap
.Lropuol .Lropuol
rPau proJpuelB proJpuelB
'ulnrol 'ulnrol to London. Thomas Hardy described Dorches-
1a[eN 1a[eN
a'ql a'ql pue pue raaq raaq ur ur 3uor1s 3uor1s s,ra1
near Blandford Forum. pdLunJf
1o 1o
ut ut atll atll a;dut a;dut
ler* ler* qtnh Surru"le1 Surru"le1 s;oo1 s;oo1 pue pue
ter's strong beer)unrp in the Trumpet Major, and
eq eq auolue o13ur,ro:d o13ur,ro:d lpaprosrp lpaprosrp pue pue
Much in the way of farming tools and imple- pq
uel uel
ut ut
aq aq alaLll'SLunesnu alaLll'SLunesnu uaas uaas erP erP
slueLu anyone drunk and disorderly but proving to be
lq lq
ot ot erlt erlt aql aql ulsrp ulsrp ra8uer]s ra8uer]s
sen sen e
u,.^ol u,.^ol
ments can be seen in museums. There are pess
]srleoads
1e 1e urrpl urrpl lpalg lpalg q)os q)os pue pue
se se
,suo[fallo] ,suo[fallo] a stranger to the town was dismissed by the
leql leql llnel llnel
ou ou
€ € salerlsr8eut euo euo ua>leua^o ua>leua^o ur ur se,, se,,
specialist)red collections, such as at Bredy Farm and lnq lnq ]soLu ]soLu
swnasnur swnasnur
e,req e,req Surqtaruos Surqtaruos
,urrpl ,urrpl magistrates "as one overtaken in a fault that no
lsutpSe lsutpSe
u^ u^
plnol plnol aq1 aq1 01 01 oq^A oq^A peretua peretua ueLU pr?n3 pr?n3
Park Farm, but most museumsUer: have something
uor]lalol uor]lalol aql aql roc roc eq1 eq1
uo
ur ur e.rn_r e.rn_r
.leldstp .leldstp the town man could guard againstleltedse who entered
,, ,,
y y
s,lpreg s,lpreg
sr sr I I a a uV uV serp^\pun
on display. The rural craft collection in the Dor- Suo.l1s
las
llunol llunol (-ra$eq)roc) (-ra$eq)roc) a-rnseerl a-rnseerl Lunesnh Lunesnh
sr sr
p p unawares." An especially strong Hardy's Ale is
]e ]e
eq1 eq1 lepol lepol
:eSaqlJoc :eSaqlJoc La,nrarg La,nrarg
eqt eqt
set County Museum (Dorchester) is a treasure pa.aerq
se se Suru'le;1o Suru'le;1o e e 'uo8e,l 'uo8e,l
pat-tel pat-tel sE sE a,ro.t1
sLLtaI sLLtaI today. The brewed at the Dorchester l)ep Brewery
aqt aqt ot ot anp anp qI^ qI^ sdeqrad sdeqrad uopuol uopuol
epe_tl
trove of farming items, as varied as a wagon, 'pau
l3sroc l3sroc 1uau.rdrnba 1uau.rdrnba
anlg anlg ro] ro] Bul)eLU Bul)eLU
,s1oo1s,q1u_ts with the trade 1o London declined, perhaps due to
lsot lnq lnq
se^ se^ up8e up8e
srql srql
smith's tools, equipment for making Dorset Blue ps^r^er
,podsue4 ,podsue4
asealll asealll lauur^ _la^el _la^el Asaaql Asaaql Ssa-ld Ssa-ld pue pue aPeLU aPeLU
p p
cost of transport, but this was revived againlrnq
ar8 ar8 ur ur aLll aLll ralsaq)roc ralsaq)roc l]an l]an se^^ se^^ ueq^
Vinney cheese 6 and a lever cheese press made
lq raprJ raprJ sp^ sp^ 3u)eLU 3u)eLU
p:olplel€ p:olplel€ puo6 puo6
I I
,uo5 ,uo5 in
when0ggl the Dorchester Brewery was built
trarlp trarlp
uopuol uopuol aql aql
s8ulprs s8ulprs LUor, LUor,
by Pond & Son, Blandford. Cider making was q)!M Pue Pue
s s 'lll^rllp 'lll^rllp uJol uJol e e e)uo Lu_te] Lu_te]
peerdsapi,M peerdsapi,M 1880 with direct sidings from the London &
u.laNaM u.laNaM le^^|leu le^^|leu
once a widespread farm activity, and is com- qlnos
aq] aq] oH oH ra^a/ ra^a/ paluasarder paluasarder ut ut lluoLLl
'su.lnasnut 'su.lnasnut South Western Railway.
monly represented in museums. However, llrl^ the ]srieDeds ]srieDeds lseq ul ul
uopallo) uopallo) aql aql
sr sr
best collection is in the specialist Mill HouseesnoH le le raptl aqtr aqtr eJaq,^ eJaq,^ 'au8roLLt]a^O 'au8roLLt]a^O
Cider Museumu.tnasnri at Overmoigne, where the lueuJdlnbe aq aq
urueas urueas
uP) uP)
equipment can be seen in use. 'asn lpnsnun lpnsnun ue ue sMoppeul sMoppeul erp erp ern]lnllr8e ern]lnllr8e
Water_laleM meadows are an unusual agricultural
)leLl) )leLl) JO JO o] o] Slr.reerls Slr.reerls eq1 eq1 peuguo: peuguo: lpsoL-u lpsoL-u
feature,eJn1ea1 confined mostly to the chalk streams of
las-roc las-roc
a:rqsdueg a.teq a.teq ur ur ur ur pue pue pue pue
Hampshire and Wiltshire, ,atrqqr6 and here in Dorset in
]a$eq)]oc ]a$eq)]oc aq aq eLuorl eLuorl e^oqe e^oqe lalE^ lalE^ eq1 o o pue pue r' r'
u
l.lJ
the Frome valley ]o above and below Dorchester.
u u aql aql opeaLu opeaLu ralir^^ ralir^^ aq1 retp^^ retp^^ s^ s^ Surpoog Surpoog li,
fi
The flooding of the ril
water meadows in winter ]o
lq lq I I e e rea rea Luelsls Luelsls 3u 3u _rds _rds pello.rluot pello.rluot pu€ se?u se?u
and early spring was controlled by a system of lr a[qM a[qM ap ap uapoo/1 uapoo/1 seq]]eq seq]]eq slsuueql oslP oslP
channels andpue wooden hatches. While also de-
srLll')lrs srLll')lrs e|I}la] e|I}la] 3q] 3q] papalord papalord aLuos aLuos SuDsod puel puel
)
positing some fertile silt, this protected the land m _lo _lo tso_tl tso_tl do.tl do.tl lHee lHee Luor] a^e8 a^e8 3q] 3q] sser8 sser8 ur ur ue ue pup pup
from frost and gave an early crop of grass in the L }e }e oq] oq] Uaq,l Uaq,l uo uo e e eulr] eulr] Sutz€r8 Sutz€r8 Surrds puelu,Mop puelu,Mop
spring at a time when grazing on the downland i lLts lLts
sp,^
was still poor.'-rood
PUp PUp
uo)eq uo)eq u_tot u_tot sar.llep sar.llep a.t8 'reJ 'reJ 'sllruJ 'sllruJ
Breweries, ,se!an corn mills, dairies and bacon fac-
eql eql sa.rlsnpur sa.rlsnpur SuoulE SuoulE a.re a.re satJol Surssa)ord Surssa)ord
ltnqurer.,J
a{ a{
tories are among the processing industries .tra,^
lsrr.l lsrr.l arqM arqM lasol) aLll aLll Sutul]€J Sutul]€J Lllr,1^ Lllr,1^ palet)oss€ palet)oss€ Marnhull Brewery.
lo lo
closely associated with farming. While the first ]o
lue^pp lue^pp -raSrel -raSrel 'saJeMarq 'saJeMarq aql aql 1 aq) aq) rrE rrE o^ o^ e e osla osla 'areq^ 'areq^ eroJa€ eldurexa eldurexa paJe^ot paJe^ot poo8 poo8
two are covered elsewhere, a good example of Before the advent of the larger breweries. leurs
le-rnlln)rr8e le-rnlln)rr8e lrolrp] lrolrp] )as )as aql aql o o e e uo)eq uo)eq r r eq] eq] lueru ut ut sSuqlpLll sSuqlpLll u,^ u,^ ua^t8 ua^t8 t^ t^ sr sr seSel seSel pue pue ppLl ppLl
ae bacon factory is many maltings and a small llnqurehl llnqurehl ]o ]o given in the agricultural sec- villages had their own ]e ]e araq] araq] araqM araqM se se uo]
aql aql
qlns'asnoq,Ma.tq tion of the gazetteer. 'raeuazeS • brewhouse, such as at Marnhull where there 6 DORSET'SDORSET'S INDUSTRIALINDUSTRIAL HERITAGEHERITAGE
were fivefve malthouses.malthouses. Cerne Abbas was notednoted forfor itsrts maltingmalting andand brewingbrewing fromfrom at leasteast thethe midm d-eighteenth e ghteenth century untiluntr thethe 1820s.1820s. Often,Often, village malthousesmalthouses havehave become houseshouses andand survivesuruve inin namename onlyon y (such(such as Malthouseflalthouse Cot-Cot tagestages at Bourton),Bounon), butbut thethe NottingtonNottington malthousemalthouse isrs stillst easilyeasrly recognisedrecognised (site(ste 19).l9). The Gladwyns brewedbrewed at LittonLrtton Cheney fromfrom 17921792 untiluntt about 1890.890 MostlYost beer was suppliedsupplred forfor locallocal con-con sumption,sumption, but somesome was sentsent toto Portland,Portland, over 1414 milesmiles (22(22 km) away. The smallsma I brewhousebrewhouse re,,1 tolo the brewer's cottage was still)trl surviving)Lru,! ^8 next rhe Drerv^r..o1dge ^d: inrn DecemberDecember 19881988 [SYfsY 553906].5539061. A malthousemalthouse atat nearbynearby Barge'sBarge's FarmFarm hashas disappeareddrsappeared beneathbeneath aa Weymouthweymouth BreweryBrewery (Deverush).(D€venlsh). housinghousrng estate.estate. Itlt isis said thatthat thethe NewNew Innlnn atat Shipton Gorge [SY[sY 496916] hadhad a brewhousebrewhouse inrn about 1830,1830, runrun byby thethe foremanforerna. ofof thethe localoca limekilnsimekrlns forfor hish s workers. THE BREWINGAiEWINC PROCESSPROC€SS OF HEALTH IS EVERYTHING.EVERYTHING, ELDRIDGEEIDRIDCE POPEPO'C && CO.CO, HEALTH IS it DIGESTIONDtGESTtON ASSISTED,ASStSTED, CHEERFULNESS PROMOTED,PROMOTED, ENERGY RESTORED,RESTORED, ENERGY _ t"--•:.-)-11 TheThc MILLM LLBnni!rh€ grinds the maltruk totosnn grist. ISY 1HE t 01 „ .....,.. MARSH'SDIATtSiII'fi CelebratedCelebrated Blandford Ales,Ales. GuaranteedGuaranre.d BrewedBrewcd only from the GristGnn goessei throughrhrou8h theihr MASHINGMASHING .- MACHINEMACHINEniedwtrhhorw.r mixed with hot water Finest Malt and Hops --.1 - --— into the MASH TUN. See Medical Rcport 11,11.1imat u Wholesalelllrolcsalc and nd RetailRollil Wine\\iIe anda[d SpiritSf,iril Merchant.i]lcrchant. yam ... .,,,, oxorsaa---,.-- -ro10 J_ r-_ lYrARSg, klJrirl .TEE BREWERY,EIF.EII/EFY. BI-AITDFORT,.L. A. XV131, 0 Ft13...... _d,. ilo MaltMilt sugarq,r solutione un6n (wort)(*on) istr runruo off from the MASH TUN through the UNDERBACK to the PrivatePrivate houseshouses hadhad theirtheir own brewhouses,brewhouses, andand rs COPPER. Kimmeridge 4 therethere iss one at Smedmore House,House Kimmerid8e :r Hops are added and the Aiga...... [SY[sY 924788].924788] The wallwa I of thethe brewhousebrewhouse at Dor-Dor- mixture is boiled. chester'schester's CollitonCollton HouseHouse hashas beenbeen rebuiltrebuilt at thethe SpentSp. hopshops.ikeredlromth€ are filtered from the L HOPl]OP BACK.AACK Thefte liquidlLqu'd thenthei passespses DorsetDorset County Museum.lYuseum. Another museum,museum, at through the COOLER. ParkPark Farm,Farm hashas some itemstems fromfrom thethe MiltonlYrlton Abbas Brewery.Brewery. From the COOLER the liquid passes into the FERMENTING ForFor itsts size, DorsetDorset hashas a good numbernumber of VESSELS where yeast is added and survivingsurviv ng breweries, and threethree continue inin oper- fermentation takes place. ation, at Blandford,Blandford, BridportBridpoft andand Dorchester.Dorchester. Inln I 1889,1889, therethere were thirty-twothrfty two brewersbrewers inn thethe county.county, butbut thethe present situationsituat on isis thethe resultresult ofof years of take-overstake-overs and amalgamations.amalgamations. SomeSome DryDry hopshops andrnd finingsrion3r are e addedadded toro longlonS-closed-closed towntown breweriesbreweres havehave been demo-demo cask conditioned beer. lished,lqred. for'or example"'arrp e Marsh'sY.r,h, BreweryB eaer, inrr BryanstonBryanston Street, BlandfordBlandford Forum,Forum which sur-sur ColdCord storagenoli3. and:nd filtrationri rt on forrd kegk.s beers. vived untiluntil 1986.1986. Sherborne's brewery inin LongLong tCI and bottled StreetStreet was demolished and itsits maltingsmatings totallytotaly transformedtransformed intonto flats.flats. Courtesycotn6, EldridgeEtdrdse PopePoPe&co. & Co. p.l.c.pt.
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BRICKWORKSBRICKWORKS AND POTTERIESPOTTERIES
TODAY, therethere are onlyony two brickworksbrrckworks inin Chickerell Brickworks. Dorset,Dorset, atat GodlingstonGod rngston near Swanage (site(site 29), and at Corfe Mullen,llullen, where the BeaconBeacon HillHrl BrickBri.k Co. makesmakes calciumcalcum silicates lcate (sandlime)(sandlime) bricks.brcks. Yet, brickmakingbrickmak ng hashas takentaken placepla.e at about 170170 sites inn Dorset.Dorset. Only demand and the suitabilityslrtab rty of claysc ays determined thethe size of oper-oper' ations, and products includedincluded bricks,brcks tiles and agricultural drainpipes. Clays ofofseveral several differentd fferent geologicalgeological periodsper ods produced distinctlydrstinctly coloured bricks.br cks. Over a hundredhundred brickworks were con- centrated inrn south-eastsouth east Dorset,Dorset, around PoolePooe andand Bournemouth,Bournemouth, where sanitarysan tary wares were also produced.produced. Some became large mechanised aso Some became large meahan sed 2 milemrle (3.2(3.2 km) brick wall besidebesrde the A3143 .. Itlt was works afterafter thethe mid-nineteenth nlneteenth century when builtbuit inin about 1840 at the samesarne time as the thethe railwaysrailways could bring inrn coals.coals. There was anan turnpiketurnp ke road.road. ambitious schemesaheme on Brownsea Island in the ambtous on Brownsea sland rn the PhysicalPhys cal evidenceev dence may be difficultd fficu t to find, and to 1850s, making bricks, sewage pipes and terra l850s, makng bricks, sewage pipes and terra useuse ruralrural northnorth Dorset as an example, the only cotta. The 1960s and 70s saw many closures, .otta. The 1950s and 70s saw many .losures, evidence may be a place name,name, such as Brick- competition from modern plants duedue toto competitron from modern plants and thethe yard Cottages nearnear Stourton Caundle. Brick-Bflck- revolutionTevo ut on caused byby plastic pipes. The clay pits Pipes. Pts yard LaneLane at BourtonBoudon isis another clue. Here, a became restricted byby encroachingencroach ng urban devel- beaame restricted deve shallowsha low clayclay pit iss nownow overgrown,overSrown, while one of opment,opment, beneathbeneath whichwhrch manymany of thethe sitessites havehave thethe largerlarger pits at GillinghamGr ngham isis now a fishinglshing now disappeared. One of the lastlast was the Sand- now drsappeared ol the was the Sand pond. The GillinghamG llingham works were demolisheddemol shed fordford works,works. whichwh ch was aa familiarfam liar landmarklandmark be-be to makemake way forfor an industrialindustral estate. but to-to sideside thethe A35A35l I one milemile (1(L5.6 km)km) north of wards Shaftesbury a longlong dryingdryng shed at thethe Wareham,Wareham, butbut allal tracetrace hashas gone beneath aa Hawker'sHawker's HillH ll(Yotcombe) (Motcombe) brickworksbnckworks hashas beenbeen housinghous ng estate.estate. incorporatedncorPorated inrn aa farm.farm BricksBricks areare alwaysalways interestinginteresting when they have a namename or initialsnitials stamped on them as this often givesgives theirtheir origin.or8in. ForFor example,exampe, 'R.English,'R.English KingKing (,t I Stagg'Stagg conveniently gives the brickmaker'sbr ckmaker's namename i ,l{l n; 'i too. Being on thethe WestminsterWestm nster estate,estate bricks fromfrom MotcombelYotcombe were stamped 'W'.'W'. The : (. were stamped The letterletter irrr; !,tIO 'G''G' isis alsoaso foundfound inn thethe district,distrct, perhaps rep-rep resentingresenting Grosvenor, thethe familyfamiy namename of the Westminsters.Westm nsters. John Hussey's bricksbncks atat MarnhulllYarnhul were stamped 'H''H'from from thethe 1850sI B50s untilunti 1901l90l .. DespiteDespite thethe working andand export of clays at ThereThere was aa groupgroup ofof brickworksbnckworks aroundar6und Wey-Wey nearbynearby PurbeckPurbeck andand Wareham, there was no mouth,mouth, where thethe growthgroMh of thethe resortresort was a largelarge scalescale pottery productionproducton inin thethe PoolePoole readyready market.market. BrickmakingBrickmaking tooktook placeplace atat Broad-Broad- district untiluntl the secondsecond halfhalf of thethe nineteenthnineteenth maynemayne villagev llage untiluntil thethe SecondSecond World War, century.century. The PatentPatent Architectural PotteryPottery Co producingproou(l^8 thethe familiarfamilar speckledipFrLl'd bricksbri(ls seen.,e'n in^ was establishedeslao is'ed atat HamworthyFarnwonr/ inn 1854,854 makingra, irg Dorchester.Dorchester. BridportBridport inin thethe west hadhad brick-brick- colouredcoloured andand glazed bricks,bricks, mouldingsmouldings andand wall works, while therethere were scatteredscattered works tiles.tiles. CornishCornish chinachina clayclay was added toto thethe locallo.al throughoutthroughout northnorth Dorset.Dorset. SomeSome largelarge countrycountry rawraw material.materal. The KinsonK nson PotteryPottery was begunbegun atat estatesestates hadhad theirtheir ownown brickyards,brickyards, suchsuch asas atat aa similarsimiar time,time, andand mademade drain pipespipes andand terraterra CharboroughCharborough ParkPark where therethere isis aa remarkableremarkable cottacotta goods.
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serrellod serrellod eql'eerP eql'eerP qlm qlm 3ur1eur1:rq 3ur1eur1:rq eq1 eq1 sy ur ur
area, the potteries l.vrf As with brickmaking lar\ in the ]nq ]nq aood aood seq seq La]]od La]]od u^ u^ ou>l ou>l aqt aqt
closed,'pasol) but the well known Poole Pottery has CLAY
urapoLr urapoLr llqB llqB (92 (92 al al
e e se se s) s) q q pa^^rns 'uo4erado 'uo4erado
l5lHl
Sl Sl
lsed lsed 1o 1o
as a highly modern operation. 11eq O9B O9B survived (site 26) I lel: lel: oluapi^a oluapi^a lnoqe lnoqe 3ur>po,u 3ur>po,u Nel Nel l€no l€no srlll un8aq un8aq s>]rol^ s>]rol^ ur ur se^^ se^^
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THERE IS evidence of ball clay Jo working — past
tnq tnq
This East Quay Works was begun in about I 860 luasaJd o] o] tltnos tltnos
eqt eqt 1l 1l 'LJ-reqa.re^A 'LJ-reqa.re^A pup ]oou ]oou sal[ sal[ ra)PM ra)PM oq,M oq,M sP/!\ sP/!\ lq epeur epeur seurPl seurPl
lo lo but
and present — to Wareham, lrH t18l t18l the south of by James Walker who made floor tiles. It was 1oo, lleln)ued aql aql )i)aqrnd )i)aqrnd ]no ]no s s aql aql Suole Suole aql aql u u ]q8noq .ra!e) .ra!e) lq lq assaf assaf
particularly lte€ along the Purbeck Hills 0S9 0S9
| | foot of the
out by Jesse Carter in lernpalq:rv 1873. The bought )oo) lpll lpll a8p! u u roj roj areq] areq] 1e 1e seM seM e e pueLuap pueLuap Aapo; Aapo; sr3lel
eq] eq]
.ra^o .ra^o ridge. Back in 1650 there was a demand for clay Carters took over theS5Bl Architectural Pottery at rol o)lpqol o)lpqol ur ur pup pup eqt eqt sedrd sedrd qtuaetq8re qtuaetq8re pue pue sa]olle] sa]olle] u u oMl oMl
eq1 eq1
pue pue
lq]-roMureH for tobacco pipes and in the eighteenth and
Hamworthy in 1895 and le^ the two factories o] o]
aql aql
rnlual rnlual l€ll l€ll u pepodxa pepodxa qluaeleu qluaeleu se,M se,M se se e^4erolap e^4erolap roou roou pue pue s314 s314 ur ur pue pue
specialisedpesreDeds in floor and wall tiles and decorative nineteenth centuries clay was exported to the g g uollnoc uollnoc 1o 1o se.r.Iod se.r.Iod uolurr.J
pu€ pu€ poo,ua8pa,r,1 poo,ua8pa,r,1 uro4 uro4
lpea lpea sareru sareru ed ed saldr"uex3 saldr"uex3 palu palu
l.lagod Minton and Wedgewood potteries. Doulton &
+uaurdole^ap +uaurdole^ap ]nq ]nq
pottery. Examples of painted wares from earlyJo
let.peq let.peq 'qrd 'qrd eq] eq] upLU upLU
aql aql uo uo aql aql Lnlua: Lnlua: Lunesnlu Lunesnlu
aq aq uaas uaas ur ur ql s s
in of the Co..o3 had 'clay pits, but the main development seen the museum Jo lq lq this century can be alpl qlo8 qlo8 sraqlor8 sraqlor8 1uo4 1uo4 urueluag urueluag e)lrd e)lrd rsnf rsnf pue pue seaa lenl lenl
eql eql
alood Aeltod Aeltod aqt aqt
3uole 3uole was by Benjamin Fayle and Pike Brothers. Both
1eo3 1eo3 of l
Poole Pottery. Just along the Quay, the front1o u/,\o u/,\o JeLl] JeLl] sle^^LlPr] sle^^LlPr] lnq o1 o1
s s 'a.raqalPprl 'a.raqalPprl ueer8 ueer8 su.lv su.lv aldurexe aldurexe auu auu aood aood aql
the Poole Arms is ap fine example of green built their own tramways to Middlebere, Goat- uroq slenb slenb pu? pu? e;oo6 e;oo6 a8prg a8prg uo uo pue pue I I
'rnoq:eH 'rnoq:eH
e,tr e,tr
pazel8 r1 r1
'sa 'sa horn and and ]o ]o Ridge quays on Poole Harbour, 1o
glazed wall tiles. led arp arp / / srql srql aseql l3o;oseqrre l3o;oseqrre ou ou eql eql alteof alteof -el -el alel alel a-te,a a-te,a 3utler-u 3utler-u sauepod sauepod oaal
Two making coarseware were re- these are now part10 of the archaeology of this potteries dn PeProl o1 o1 (gg; (gg; Lisnpu ]nq ]nq
setts) setts) pue pue u1 u1 tP tP 'zl8l 'zl8l
u u '1161 '1161 s,las]oc s,las]oc
retsurLuPe8 retsurLuPe8 industry 1812, up to
OO0'02
Dorset's (sites Jo 107 and 108). In Beaminster in 1812, but lp.rnr corded at leLls I I suol suol -raarl -raarl o1 o1 le le Buraq Buraq spr'^ spr'^ paddrqs paddrqs lsoLu
aq] aq] araM araM
sar]auod sar]auod
o o
qe)reuJa.r qe)reuJa.r 20,000 Liver-
lood tons of to
most remarkable potteries were the small rural clay was being shipped uodxl roJ roJ aq1 aq1 erqsproJ]ets erqsproJ]ets 'saJa]lod 'saJa]lod lla^pelol lla^pelol Jan Jan aql aql -}od -}od u/v\or]) u/v\or]) se se
poo^ poo^ seuo
lsgl lsgl
Verwood pot- pool for the Staffordshire9BZ'59 potteries. Export collectively known as the ot ones uy Bursealur Bursealur suol suol ur ur llolpaplv llolpaplv esor ie ie
luee luee
eql eql 8u[od 8u[od ur ur ue8eq ue8eq
sera] rose to 69,286 tons in 1851. An increasing
at Alderholt lla^ in the early teries. Potting began lqPlse
]l ]l a|1 a|1 aq] aq] Lapod Lapod u] u]
uorpodord pue pue se,lr se,lr pesn pesn lq lq
sp,^ sp,^ qluaaunol peLls peLls
fourteenth century.'lrnlua) It was well established by proportion was used in the pottery and tile alood alood aq] aq] qror ur ur puo)as puo)as paqsrlqelse paqsrlqelse punorp punorp uaq,M uaq,M sar.rnlual sar.rnlual
a a eql qluaalqB qluaalqB qluaalualas qluaalualas pue pue
lo lo
centuries, when workslleq established around Poole in the second the seventeenth and eighteenth le) eql eql lleu.rs ureL! ureL! aLll aLll oM1 oM1 sLr.l.ru sLr.l.ru
',(lnlua) ',(lnlua) le1: le1: Sutoldxa Sutoldxa ara^ ara^ slrsodap slrsodap eq) eq)
sdnor8 sdnor8 half of the century. The two main clay firms
small groups werelorlrepv exploiting the clay deposits alleg alleg euroxq euroxq o1gg51 o1gg51 ur ur 's'leqto,rg 's'leqto,rg lsaM lsaM
paS.Lerr rltr,a'uol]oH rltr,a'uol]oH a>1r6 a>1r6 01 01 !!o.r] qlnos qlnos
mergedI in 1948 to become Pike Brothers, Fayle llv llv ;errpeJd ;errpeJd Alderholt south-west to Horton, 1o with from ol ]p ]p 'Pll 'Pll
arlua) arlua)
aq] aq] sadA sadA
VerwoodpooMra^ at the centre. All types of practical & Co. Ltd. lq lq lllsotu lllsotu appL! appL! plos plos a-reM a-reM areMueq1ee
earthenware were made, mostlyOt sold by (u1 (u1 ot ot y9) y9) oq^ oq^ dn dn salrur salrur pe8uer pe8uer
hawkerssra>lmeq who ranged up to 40 miles (64 km) aqt aqt ur ur ,Llsnpur ,Llsnpur aql aql suli) suli) aq-L aq-L peurl)ep peurl)ep
fromLUor] the kilns. The industry declined in the Lnlua: Lnlua: r1ro4 r1ro4 uoqBedLuol uoqBedLuol
q8no]q1 q8no]q1
nineteenthqluealauru century through competition from ]p ]p aq1 aq1 sso-rl sso-rl speou speou ulr>l ulr>l sa-rp/( sa-rp/( sselu pe)npord pe)npord
mass produced wares. The Cross Roads kilnzs6l at )sel )sel a']1 a']1 ol ol 'asol) 'asol) u! u! eql eql seM seM poo,^/Lra^
I I 1952. The l-l)uq
Verwood was the last to close, in €) O O
tnoqp tnoqp
sulr) sulr) a.ram a.ram (LU (LU 'LlSrLl 'LlSrLl pau pau pal pal
brick-lined kilns were about 10Jo feet (3 m) high, le: le: lq lq e e 'qpea 'qpea pue pue
punou-] punou-]
pepunorrns of earth, clay and surrounded by a mound € aql aql sauatlod sauatlod slod slod ua>1orq pooa,uarl pooa,uarl putsrC putsrC
broken pots. The Verwood E86l & District Potteries ]sn.tl u u ard ard ot ot spn spn prolor prolor pau.ro] pau.ro]
Trust formed in 1985 to record andpue pre- was 1o a:uap,ra a:uap,ra aqt aqt
Surureuar Surureuar
erues aq1 aq1
serve the remaining evidence of the potteries. 'sauagod l-1alod l-1alod araql suoqfellor suoqfellor poor,ua1]o poor,ua1]o
ere ere
There are good poo8 collections of Verwood pottery
]E ]E ralsaLl)roc'q)rnq)]sutll ralsaLl)roc'q)rnq)]sutll aql aql sLr.rnasnuJ sLr.rnasnuJ u aulu aulu
in the museums at Christchurch, Dorchester Purbeck clayleg:1:aq.rn3 mine pue
and Poole. 'alood
OOO'007 OOO'007 slrd slrd 'suol 'suol uror., uror., lepol lepol sr sr pdp6 poqe poqe
lll lll
Output today is about 200,000 tons,leg from pits 1 1
lq lq slel3 slel3
ur ur sau sau pue pa8eueur pa8eueur
and mines managed by ECC Ball Clays. It must pnw 'lo1 'lo1 ]spal ]spal al[fe]]xa al[fe]]xa 'Alsnpu 'Alsnpu uaas uaas eq
s,]es.roc s,]es.roc
be Dorset's least seenle^ extractive industry, for
lq lq auo auo sals sals a-rp a-rp aql pauaarls pauaarls 's3e.rl 's3e.rl
the sites are welllerrnbs screened by trees. One a)urs a)urs e8e]}o] e8e]}o] aldurexa sr sr pa>l-ro/v\'13 pa>l-ro/v\'13
example is Squirrel lo worked since Cottage Pit, ]snu
]noq? aql aql aq aq ueprnqra^o ueprnqra^o spues spues '515I '515I
about 1979. The overburden Jo of sands must be lel) lel) 8np 8np rleas rleas o1 o1 sr sr aq1 aq1 urp8 urp8 pa^oLuo] q)rq,M q)rq,M
E E
gain 9) removed to which is 9 dug the seam of clay1o raq raq
lq (Lr (Lr ot ot
.rote^e)xe .rote^e)xe qldap qldap up up
p p depth of 15 feet (4.6 m). by an excavator to a Jo ] ] eql eql sedl] sedl] lel) lel) -az.rnl -az.rnl o^ o^ seurol o] o] aqt aqt a>ie) a>ie)
ur.rp ur.rp
Lorries)oorq take the two types of clay to the Furze- lodep lodep ur ur aq1 aq1 ose ose lel) lel) pa)ro,^ pa)ro,^ sr sr
brook depot. The clay is also worked inPelea)uo) drift llPuJs llPuJs le,^^ le,^^ elllle elllle uo uo slels slels e e 'sauru-r
mines, on a small scale and pue well concealed at the lsou] lsou] ]E ]E s s uap.roN uap.roN a)plns aLll aLll llqeqord llqeqord
surface. Probably the most visiblealqrsr^ is at Norden s s auu auu aqf aqf a!o) a!o) alsel alsel
-leau
near Corfe Castle. The Greenspecks q)adsuaa.rg Mine is ]e ]e ]uare]]rp urorl urorl eql eql aLll aLll arE]_rns arE]_rns paqs paqs
different. From the raisedpasre_r shed at the surface I0l0 DORSET'S INDUSTRIALNDUSTRIAT HERITAGEHERITACE
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which houses storage bins and a powerfulPowerful grown workings extend along thethe escarpments winch,wrnch, aa 22 inchlnah gaugeSauge tramway descends a II inin aroundaroJ.d Shaftesbury,Shahesb-D. wherearhere thethe Upper GreenC e"^- 66 inclineincline intointo thethe mouthmouth of thethe mine,orine, sur- sand was quarried for centuriescentures for localoca build-burld- roundedrounded by aa dense treetree cover — an almost fairyfalry ingin8 stone. A harderharder greensand known as ragrag taletale mine.mrne. The footfoot of thethe inclineincline iss 120120feet(36 feet (36 was quarriedquarr ed for cobbles and roadstoneroadstone as well m)m) belowbelow surface,surface, andand threethree teamsteams of twotwo menmen as building.building. There are sand and gravel pits inn work thethe seamseam of 'Prima''Prima' oror 'No.'No.l' I clay. They south-east Dorset.Dorset useuse pneumaticpneumatic tools with spadespade-like like bits toto ex-ex The famousfamous Portland quarriesquarnes furnishedfurnrshed stone tracttract thethe clay andand leaveleave aa thickth ck layerlayer toto formform a forfor Wren's St Paul'sPau s Cathedral,Cathedral. and centuries of watertight roof.roo{. When ready,ready, trainstrains of loadedloaded quarryingquarryrng have leftleft their mark on the island,island, claycla/ waggonswagjqon< areare winchedw,n(^ed out of thethe mine-rt-e to1o which hashas aa uniqueunique landscapelandscape scarred withwth old thethe surface. workings. Small shippingshpping pointspoints along the east Furzebrook,Furzebrook, thethe formerformer headquartersheadquarters of PikePike coastcoast and thethe MerchantslYer.hants RailwayRailway (site(site 109)109) are Brothers,Brothers, isis thethe mainmain processingprocessing depot where partparl of thethe industrialindustrial archaeology here.Thehere.The lat-at clay isis broughtbrought forfor storagestorage and processingProcess ng fromfrom ter was builtbuilt inin 18261826 to ease transporttransport when thethe halfhalf dozendozen or soso minesmines andand pits.pits. The clay isrs 25,00025,0@ tonstons of stone were beingbe ng shipped every shreddedshredded andand blendedblended intointo about twenty-fivetwenty five year. Inln 1839,1839, there were fifty-sixfifty-s x quarries em-em' grades,grades, andand baggedba8ged atat thethe modernmodern plant.pant. The ployingploylng 240 men.rnen. 1899 899 was a peakpeak year with mainmain useuse forfor Purbeck'sPurbecks claycay iss forfor thethe potterypottery 1I ,441,441 quarrymen andand masons, althoughalthough 820 of industry,ndustry, butbut otherother gradesgrades are usedused as fillersfllers inrn thesethese were employedemployed on thethe BreakwaterBreakwater ex-ex syntheticsynthetic rubber,rubber, fertilizersferlilLzers andand animalanimal feeds.feeds. tensiontension scheme.scheme. Today, about a hundredhundred are employed inn thethe industry.industry. The Islesle of PurbeckPurbeck was famedfarned for thethe quarry-quarry inging and fashioningfashion ng of PurbeckPurbeck marblemarble inin the STONESTONE QUARRYING of QUARRYING MiddleMiddle Ages. Corfe Castle becamebecame thethe centrecentre forfor manufacturingmanufactur ng cathedral and church fittings,fttings, WHEREVERWHEREVER THERE isis stonestone therethere are oldo d suchsuch asas pillars,pillars, tombtomb slabssLabs andand fonts,fonts, untiluntl thethe quarries,quarnes, forfor quarrying forfor buildingbu iding stonestone was aa stonestone fellfell outout of fashionfash on with thethe introductionintroductron of majormajor industryndustry inrn Dorset.Dorset They areare mostlymostly inrn thethe alabasteralaoxter forfo' carvingcdl.vr,lg effigies.clfig,e. ButBur in'n thethe nine-^rne Jurassic]urassrc limestoneslirnestones ofof Dorset'sDorset's variedvaried geology,geology, teenthteenth andand earlyeary twentiethtwentreth centuries,centurres, muchmuch of onon PortlandPortland andand Purbeck,Purbeck, butbut alsoalso around Brid-Br d Purbeck'sPurbeck's stonestone was worked underground. A portport (Bothenhampton)(Bothenhampton) andand Sherborne.Sherborne. An oo-oo- PortlandPortland typetype ofof stonestone was worked inin galleriesSaller es liticlitic freestonefreestone was quarriedquarried aroundaround Marnhull,MarnhulL alonga ong thethe cliffscliffs fromfrorn Tilly Whim toto Winspit, similarsimilar toto BathBath stone.stone. AsAs with thethe limestones,imestones, whilewhi e onon thethe highhigh groundground betweenbetvveen SwanageSwanage andand chalkchalk waswas oftenoflen quarriedquarried forfor limeburning.imeburn ng. Over-Over- Worth Matravers,l"latravers, throughthrough LangtonLangton Matraversllatravers
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Horse whim inin a PurbeckPurbeck stone quarry.quarry
and Acton,Acton. therethere were seamsseams of hardhard stonestone thethe eighteenth century around Sherborne andand worked from inclinedrnc ined shafts. These hadhad aa horse Shaftesbury, andand a boreholeborehole of 11,300,300 feet (396(396 worked capstancapstan at the toptop toto haulhaul upuP thethe stonestone m)m) was sunk atat LymeLyme RegisReg s inin 1901I 901.. All failed,failed, trucks.trucks. A fewfew sitesstes can bebe seenseen today,today, such asas but the so-calledso called KimmeridgeKmmerLdge Coal was the the wildwld area above Swanage knownknown as thethe mostmost promising. This bituminous shaleshale was usedused Townsend NatureNature ReserveReserve whichwhrch isrs pittedptted withwth by cottagerscottagers for fuelfue and was exploitedexploted com-com old workings and shaftsshafts [SZlsz 024783].02478]1. The two merciallymercally on severalseveral occasions.oacasions. Of allall industrialindustrial 'crab'crab stones'stones' whichwh ch heldhe d thethe capstancapstan maymay nownow sites,stes KimmeridgeKimmerdge isrs thethe one of thethe mostmost fasci-fascr- be thethe only clue,cue, standingstand ng beside a shallowshalow nating,natrng, especiallyespecialy the evidence of oiloi shaleshaie ex-ex depressiondepressron as at SZSZOl878l. 018781. Inn 1907,901 therethere were tractiontract on inin thethe nineteenthnineteenth century (sites(sites 44 andand -r,re\ 197l9l menmen workingwo4 ng in.n fifty-eightfifl/ "ghr stonesto^e mines. 126).126). At thethe turnturn of the century, thethe Kimme-Kmme- Swanage developed asas aa place ofofexport export before ridgeridge OilOi & Carbon Co claimedc a med thethe BlackstoneBlackstone itit becamebecame better knownknown as a touristtourrst resort.resort. Seam yieldedyelded 120120 gallonsgalons of paraffin perper ton.ton. Stone kerbskerbs and settssetts were stackedstacked along the The remainingrema ning coke and carbon was usedused as aa shoreline awaitingawating shipmentsh pment to LondonLondon untilunti thethe disinfectantd sinfectant and fertiliser.fertiiser. There isrs a modernmodern 1880s.l8BOs. industryindustry herehere too,too, forfor on thethe other sidesrde of the With two exceptions, thethe gazetteerSazetteer concen-concen baybay stands thethe'nodding 'nodding donkey' pumppump and well tratestrates on thethe quarries of PortlandPortland and Purbeck.Purbeck. headhead of thethe 19591959 oil find.find. OilOi shaleshale was also BothBoth districts havehave museumsmuseums with exhibitsexhibrts on worked at PorteshamPortesham andand Corton.Corlon. The PortePorte- thethe stone industry:industry: the PortlandPortiand MuseumMuseum at shamsham quarriesquarr es (site(site 35) overlook thethe overgrown Wakeham,Wakeham andand the Tithe BarnBarn Museuml'luseum at Swa-Swa remainsrema ns of thethe ManfieldManlleld ShaleShaie Pit,Pt, which had aa nage.nage. The stonestone museummuseum at LangtonLangton MatraversMatravers smallsmall engine househouse inin 1901 901 [SY[sY 609856]. Shale oiloi merits itsits own description.descripton. at Westham, Weymouth, proved unecon-unecon omical.omica. Other mineralsminerals hadhad allal thethe potential of aa chemi-chemr OTHER MINERALMINERAL WORKINGS cal industryindustry for Dorset,Dorset, but no attempt was very successful.successful. APART FROMFROII water power,power, the growthSroMh of AlumA -m was extracted fromfrom aluma -m stone or bitumi-brt-mr- Dorset'sDorset's industriesindustries was alwaysalways inhibitedinhibited byby thethe nousnous shalesl'are byb7 boiling.bo,lng. ItLt was usedu\ed inr.r preparingprepa'rng lacklack of fuel,fuei, especiallyespeaially once steamstearn power was mordants inin dyeing andand calicocalico-printing,-printing, preserv-preserv- introduced.introduced. There were attempts to findfind coalcoal inin ingng skins, candle making,making, and pharmacy.pharmacy. Inln thethe early seventeenthseventeenth century SirS r WilliamWlliam ClavellCavell KimmeridgeKrmmeridSe shaleshale quarry.quarry spentspent £4000{4000 on an alumaum works and a pierpier at N Kimmeridge,K mmeridge, but thisthis soon closedclosed when others
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lueled lueled alqereprsuol alqereprsuol e e are^ are^ ol,, ol,, ol ol palrodlu palrodlu auolsauJtl a-rnpe]nueL! a-rnpe]nueL! eql eql s,8ur>l s,8ur>l a-ra,M peluer8 peluer8
considerable lnl
were grantedla^rll the king's patent to manufacture limestone were imported "to a
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1e 1e lles lles U U quo^ quo^ os os eroqs eroqs ',,1uaya uo uo uaqt uaqt eq1 eq1
)])n )])n dn dn saldr-uexa saldr-uexa a a Lrrnp ur ur 8ur11as 8ur11as peq peq
alum. Clavell then had little luck in setting up salt1|9|u extent", so examples on the shore at Lulworth rrJ$ rrJ$ pL, pL, e^ol qlroJJpu) qlroJJpu) palo.^ palo.^ qlq^ qlq^ lllLarLrd\-o) lllLarLrd\-o)
asnollsselS asnollsselS
e e
pue's>po,u worked in I 6 I 7- Cove and conveniently
works, and a glasshouse whichleor Charmouth were
-reurLr; -reurLr; aql aql Suuodur Suuodur rol rol a)eu.rn] a)eu.rn] pa)eld e e se se
a8p a8p
g7 Sursn Sursn 'enl 'enl
23 using Kimmeridge coal as a fuel. 'lan] The furnace placed for importing fuel. )dLr]elle )dLr]elle up up aLll aLll >learq >learq raup raup o1 o1 palo]tsap palo]tsap
was sp,a destroyed after an attempt to break the
aqt aqt saps saps
lodouolu patua^a]d patua^a]d puoleq puoleq
monopoly whichqlrq^\ prevented sales beyond the lP)ol
local area. .EarP lq lq 'iorl^ 'iorl^
ro ro
seM seM uaer8 uaer8 pareda.rd pareda.rd
Copperas,'spraddoJ or green vitriol, was prepared by ur ur salr]ld salr]ld uo.r uo.r Ule.r Ule.r SurSodutotap SurSodutotap
dissolvingSu,rlossrp decomposing iron pyrites in rain ]uelodur ]uelodur srl1 srl1 ro ro atnlp atnlp
)r-rnqd )r-rnqd raleM pr)p pr)p
water or dilute sulphuricns acid. This important tles o11 o11 lq lq sralp sralp
alrqM alrqM s.rauu€t s.rauu€t pasn pasn
se,^ se,^
salt was usedpasn by tanners while dyers used it to u u eql eql slel slel anlq anlq uPssn.rd uPssn.rd qluaalua^as qluaalua^as
makea)€Lu Prussian blue. In the late seventeenth
o) o)
urorl urorl eql eql sauols sauols Ll)Paq Ll)Paq papal papal a.ra,M a.ra,M
century,'funlue) stones were collected from the beach
1o sle^ sle^ pue pue pa^lossrp pa^lossrp ur ur
pu€lsleesuMor8 pu€lsleesuMor8
of Brownsea Island, dissolved and boiled peiroq in vats. ]v 1e 1e s,uolel3 s,uolel3 slor* slor*
preq)u preq)u 'aurq 'aurq
.lrs .lrs rurs rurs re re
At a p similar time, Sir Clayton's works at Richard 13rrlr11o
als als aql aql seuols seuols
pnls pue pue
pesn pesn
Studland used stones from (r]or, the Isle of Wight. Pllrs Pllrs le le
aels aels It?qr It?qr
u]nsdlg uo uo uaaq uaaq e e seq seq pe}o,M pe}o,M rd rd auors8ur auors8ur rqS
Gypsum has been worked)raqrnd on a small scale at Shillingstone chalk pit uel uel aql aql leg leg qllaalauru qllaalauru uolsln6
Durlston Bay, Purbeck. InuL the nineteenth cen- ]e ]e I I
lpLus lpLus pa)ro/ pa)ro/ euolsuor euolsuor llipr)JauruJol llipr)JauruJol se^A se^A lue; ernln)-r8e ernln)-r8e sauo sauo 'l.rn] a.ra,M a.ra,M
tury, ironstone was worked commercially at Many sulr)lau.r limekilns lews were small agricultural ones 'arqsdurg 'arqsdurg }p }p '(at '(at uaq) uaq) als) als) l'lnqlsBuapl ppaH ppaH Lrr Lrr e e lauol lauol 'A.renb 'A.renb ap ap l[uenba.]l l[uenba.]l
Hengistbury Head (site 43), then in Hampshire, s8uo;e
lnq alongside a small at lonely JPLIS JPLIS 1e 1e quarry, frequently eluol eluol oot oot l.rnqsloqqv l.rnqsloqqv ura^ ura^ u u 01 01 e e pa^ord pa^ord Suouv Suouv alll alll npe npe salrs suoqdalxa suoqdalxa
u u e e r) r)
but a vein at Abbotsbury proved to contain too sites. sr Among the exceptions is a small kiln actu- ls] 1e 1e aq aq 01e)rlrs 01e)rlrs rllnLu llp
u.rel u.rel etlt etlt
33r.r, 33r.r, ')iLuouo)a ')iLuouo)a Suou.le Suou.le
much silica to be economic. s8urplrnq
ally among SfV [gz6]os the buildings at Grigg Farm [SY
tnoqe tnoqe aq aq uaas uaas uet uet q: q: orl] orl]
LUo4 LUo4 qaa qaa
t
504928] ,O
which can be seen 1o from the A35 about lodprg lodprg ]sEe ]sEe gt) gt) a.rour a.rour (ur) (ur) seplu seplu e e
SNII)l1.l11 3 miles (4.8 km) east of Bridport. Of a more
1e 1e
.q1 .q1 urapoLu Arenb Arenb s1q,q,1 s1q,q,1 pasnsrp pasnsrp aBE aBE
LIMEKILNS >1;eqr
modern age, the disused chalk quarry at White- ]eeqs
-aur -aur reau reau ueprehJ ueprehJ sPq sPq oM1 oM1 uol-MaN uol-MaN
,lrH ,lrH
f f
NlNungl|^ll
sheet Hill, }o near Maiden Newton, has two{086985 lime- t|nq t|nq ]sou.r ]sou.r i i 1S] 1S] oN oN a}a.rluol a}a.rluol sul) sul) spolq spolq ur ur su|:,i uoLLrLr]or uoLLrLr]or seM seM
LIMEBURNING inu1 kilns was kilns built of 586980]. Now common in most concrete blocks [SY lroq
tspl tspl lq lq aseqt aseqt aurl aurl a-la.M a-la.M uaao_t8ta,ro SuDnPord SuDnPord >lpLl) >lpLl) pa4o,nr pa4o,nr suoFaLUrl .roJ .roJ pue pue 'stfulsrp 'stfulsrp
l l
limestone and chalk districts, producing lime for overgrown, l these by Soil
were laJr last worked l l
l l uJr t1q t1q
l building mortars but mostly for spreading on Fertility Ltd. The last limekilns still at work)pql in the lrqs lrqs lan] lan] le le lluno) L.renb L.renb uelor8 uelor8 are are .raLlloue .raLlloue 'euo$Sur 'euo$Sur auo1s auo1s puelLllle] ur ur ara,M ara,M pue pue pepeol pepeol farmland. Broken]o stone and fuel were loaded in county are at Shillingstone, another chalk quarry 'ralel 'ralel dol dol ateurele ateurele a]!s) ur ur eql (oE (oE eLl] eLl] Suraq Suraq ulr>l ulr>l sz sz the top of the kiln in alternate layers, being (site 50). ]o 1O 1O ole ole a)u€Ltpro le^rns le^rns o1 o1 Ll)ur Ll)ur snonu[uo] snonu[uo] urnt. urnt. pue pue aqt aqt SurLrrnq SurLrrnq sdeur sdeur peqsrualda.t ,4 ,4 replenished to allow continuous burning, and Ordnance Survey 25 inch maps of the turn]o of ]urnq ]urnq }e }e 1eer3 1eer3 sul)l sul)l funluer funluer suorle.rlua)uo) suorle.rlua)uo) eur eur eq] aql eloq^ eloq^ palle]lxe palle]lxe eq] eq] ?rP ?rP ,{\oLls ,{\oLls u.ro.r.} u.ro.r.} V V the burnt lime extracted from the drawhole at the century show great concentrations le of kilns ]nq ]nq ]ou ]ou te te !t ul: ul: l]lunor l]lunor uJoloq uJoloq q)rnql q)rnql a^eq a^eq eLll eLll eulos eulos 'se3re 'se3re se se q)ns q)ns aq1 the bottom. A country kiln such as at Church in some areas, but not all have survivedpe^r^_rns the S S Jo Jo lEqt lEqt ool ool a], a], asoql'sreal asoql'sreal Sulua^lelLl ere ere e e suol suol (9t (9t al/r\ou) ureurer ureurer llLr€der llLr€der peq peq z/ z/ .ro., .ro., Z Z )pql lo lo Knowle (site 46) had a capacity for 512/ tons of1o intervening years. Those that remain are too lleLus lleLus lsrl lsrl uo[]alas uo[]alas 'lpol 'lpol ol ol os os llenpr^rpu llenpr^rpu g g suol suol suol suol snoraulnu e e plarl plarl 3u 3u pue pue chalk and 2 tons of coal,leol yielding 4 tons of numerous to list individually, so a small selection rol rol '719 '719 ua^tS ua^tS eql eql ut ut _raalazeS _raalazeS u.rln) u.rln) Sururnq Sururnq ar.ur>1:rnb u1 u1 st quicklime. In 1812, coal andpue culm for burning is given in the gazetteer. * I <{ g c.-sooka uofu"l utrlaLUrtBulxoH utrlaLUrtBulxoH ataou) ataou) qrrnq) Church Knowle limekiln. utrtaurr LangtonHi'erring 1t44 DORSET'SDORSET S INDUSTRIAL]NDUSTRAL HERITAGEHERTAGE PondPond of Blandford.Blandford. DorchesterDorchester hadhad importantmportant FOUNDRIES AND ENGINEERINGENGINEERING FOUNDRIES foundries, of which Lott & Walne was the lastlast to WORKS foundries. ofwh ch Lott & Walne was the to close.cose ThisThrs firmllrrr madenade agriculturalagfl(,ltLr'd equipmenteoLrp'nenl and street furniture,furnture, but specialisedspeciaised inin water GOOD EVIDENCEEVIDENCE forfor thethe existence of foun-foun- GOOD cartscads which were often soldso d outside thethe county.(ounty. dries in manymany small towns inin DorsetDorset comescomes dres in Within Dorset, their draindrarn gratingsgrat ngs went as farfar their cast ironwork.ironwork. The maker's namename fromfrom therr cast north as Shaftesbury,Shaflesbury, where thethe locallocal foundryfoundry (and(and sometimes the date) may be cast uponupon sometimes be.ast ofoflohn John FarrisFarris also mademade them.them. The Grove Ironlron such varied productsproducts asas agriculturalagricu tural implements,implements, such varied Works remainsrernains a working foundryfoundry justjust outside drain gratings, roadsigns,roadsrgns, sluicessluices or waterwheels, Bridport.Bridport. The works buildingsburld ngs are alongsidealongsrde a all of which can be foundfound throughout thethe al of which can be stonestone househouse close toto the mainmain roadroad at West county. county. Allington.A lington. PoolePoole Foundry,Foundry, whichwh ch backedbacked onto PoolePoole Quay, Q!ay, Outsiders found theirthe r way intornto DorsetDorsettoo, too, suchsuch was thethe lastast ofofthe the jobbingjobbrng foundriesfoundries inin thethe town as E.E. Cockey && Sons of Frome,Frome, who suppliedsupplied closed in 1985. The site was cleared forfor and closed in 1985. The srte thethe castcast ironiron pillarspillars forfor thethe main gallerygaiery at thethe development, a fatefate met by other residentialresidentral development, a met by DorsetDorset County Museumlvllseum inn 1883.1883. Their namename including Stephen Lewin's ear- PoolePoole foundries ncudrng Stephen Lewn's ear also appears on thethe cast ironiron milepostsmieposts along which is now lierher PoolePoole FoundryFoundry (1841-84)(l84l 84) which ]s now thelhe A30Al0 aroundarou^d Shaftesbury.Srafte,burr. Another Somer-Sorrer. the products of hishrs South Road School. Among the of setset foundry,foundry, DeningDen ng && Co. of Chard, suppliedslrpp ied launches and rail-rail foundry,foundry, LewinLewn made steamstearn launches and agriculturala8ricultural machineryrnachinery and cast ironrron tomb-tomb way locomotives.locomotives Customers forfor the latterlatter in-n stones. Josephloseph ArmfieldArmfle d of Ringwood,Rrngwood, Ham-Ham cluded the Guinness BreweryBrewery in Dublin.Dub|n. An cluded the Guinness ln pshire,pshrre, was a suppliersupplier of millingmi ing equipmentequ pment suchsuch early locomotivelocomotve was inin useuse at Seaham harbour,harbour, asas turbinesturbines and sluices.sluices Durham,Durham, until 19691959 and hashas beenbeen preserved. unti Another side of engineeringengneering was thethe blacks-blacks- More locally,loca ly, thethe foundryfoundry mademade thethe locomotivelocomotve ['1ore mith'sryrith's and wheelwright'swheelwrght's shop,shop, foundfound intn many Tiny for Fayle'sFayle's Goathorn clayclay railwayraiway inin 1868.1868. Itlt Iml for Goathorn smallsmall communities when horse-drawnhorse drawn wagons was scrapped inin 1948.1948. was scrapped were thethe mainmain method of ruralrural transport.transport. One There were smallsmalltown town foundriesfoundries and agricultu-agricu tu- suchsuch shopshop fortunatelyfortunately survivessunr'ives at SouthSouth Perrott.Perrott. ralra1 engineers,engrneers, such as FarrisFarns of Shaftesbury,Shaftesbury or- i )/ ( LottLott & Walne Foundry.Foundry ft l9vlNlH l9vlNlH s,ltsuoc DORSET'S INDUSTRIAL tvrulsncNt HERITAGE 15 w \, * * Itil t i1 ;!' IT Y Y t rr rr U :lt IE I t ---. E lsaM West Mill, Bridport.'uodpug'[rN PeuaAUo) PeuaAUo) plalas plalas slrul slrul o1 o1 a.roLr a.roLr a-ra,4\ a-ra,4\ 'Ln] s.lrllt tury, several mills were converted{pnsn to more luar:q.1a -soflq -soflq eurqrnl eurqrnl pa4ddns pa4ddns MILLS 'ra,arrod efficient by Jos- turbine Jo power, usually supplied sr sr aldLuexa aldLuexa ue ue q)ns q)ns qde plagLu]y plagLu]y pooMSlE pooMSlE llvds SIII SIII U]d U]d s,lesroc s,lesroc aldures aldures e e Luorl Luorl pnl pnl eph Armfield of Ringwood. llh Such an example is a], a], oq] oq] (t9 (t9 \eN \eN uot uot erellM erellM sample from Dorset's reFUrLU.rnlS SPACE PERMITS just a lpro^as lrr-ura1e,u1o lrr-ura1e,u1o arp arp JoJ JoJ a-raLll a-raLll aBepraq aBepraq 's 's q:r.r Sturminster Newton Mill (site 64) where the autqlnl uaeq uaeq a:u a:u seq seq gg51 gg51 s s rich heritage of watermills, for there are several 3ur>1.ro,u lrLu lrLu aq] aq] -ro -ro ur ur salrs salrs papJo)ar papJo)ar 'lluno) 'lluno) s s polpunll turbine has been working since 1904.llrLupur^ lsru lsru lasroc lasroc ol ol u u aq1 se^ se^ a)u3JaJa] a)u3JaJa] hundred mills or sites recorded in the county. p luer:ue luer:ue aql aql sels sels ur ur pauoquelu pauoquelu lue;1 uo uo eJe eJe slrur slrur The first reference to a windmill in Dorset was te'L9Z) te'L9Z) rl srql srql uotsal^ uotsal^ uroq)ln€ uroq)ln€ se,a,r se,a,r Many mills are on ancient sites mentioned in the ,qord alrssalfns alrssalfns t)oog t)oog -la11e -la11e rnqer rnqer lepsauroc 's8urp 's8urp in 1267, ]o at Buckhorn Weston. This was prob-lrLupu.^ llrLu llrLu ]sod ]sod lluo lluo llq? adll adll eql eql o/\^] o/\^] Domesday Book; after successive rebuildings, s 1qs 1qs 1e 1e asaLll asaLll 3uq4 3uq4 a] a] a.le a.le e e a:e;d a:e;d ,^ ,^ sr sr 8ur|;rru ably of the post mill type. Only two windmills uJo.!lasroc uJo.!lasroc ut ut sels sels o^t^.lns sd€qred sd€qred few. These are l}-irq1 milling is still taking place at a ler.rlsnpur 1sr8 1sr8 sllur sllur ro ro u.rol se se urreJ urreJ pue pue 's1rLU 's1rLU survive in Dorset, from perhaps thirty sites. osaql ol ol ur ur uo uo are are ro^ ro^ pue pue qloq qloq puPFrod puPFrod corn or grist mills, as farm and industrial mills 'sllrul La,r3 La,r3 req req re^u re^u araqmes;a araqmes;a se,M se,M paq.rlsap paq.rlsap a-te These are tower mills, both on Portland and in ([9 ([9 ) ) are are Ltot]tpuol Ltot]tpuol a]ts) a]ts) areld areld e e en en pooa are described elsewhere. Every river was har- seLLr€u s,]asroc s,]asroc lpnls lpnls o1lerrr o1lerrr Surlsaralur Surlsaralur ue ue 'passau pue pue good condition (site 63). Place Jo names are a clue ol xe xe se se q)ns q)ns aq] aq] aluals aluals raL!.]o] raL!.]o] nessed, and an interesting way to study Dorset's sreqlo lsnl lsnl ol ol elrnos elrnos uro4 uro4 re^rr re^rr sllrr! Mollo] Mollo] sr sr eLro eLro 01 01 to the llH llH formerlllurpul1,1 existence of others, such as ]e ]e 15] 15] 'lllH 'lllH 3e]s8ur) 3e]s8ur) .rEau .rEau mills is to follow just one river from source to sre>ped e e aql aql sr sr lpeln:ped lpeln:ped Surp,re,uer Surp,re,uer rno15 rno15 eas lgou[ Windmill Hill, [ST Jo lru.rpur6 at Packerslru.rpur6 Hill near Kingstag ]saa,l ]saa,l orre6 orre6 qlnos qlnos '/l '/l sea. The Stour is a particularly rewarding pue 1e 1e eraaas eraaas ereld ereld uorlerolsag uorlerolsag ua1e1 ua1e1 seq seq aldr.uexa 717106] and Windmill Barrow, ltttttt south-west of lpqs-rer1 lpqs-rer1 ts) ts) 1p 1p a-raLll a-raLll ra]surLurnls example. Restoration has taken place at several se,la lrrll lua)eJ lua)eJ s s Sursealu Sursealu araql araql ue ue sreal sreal ur ur pue pue s s | | Sturminster Marshall [SY 937977]. There was,o at }e }e DV DV tspal lq lq auo auo pautLlred pautLlred up up mills in there is an increasing .tts recent years and ,elood eql eql raqurnu uedo uedo 01 01 qnd qnd 'lr 'lr least one at Poole, permitted by an Act of 1543. number open to the public. 1o aql aql ol ol aq] aq] araqt'LUPa-r]s araqt'LUPa-r]s a-rntPu a-rntPu Surp.ro))v of the stream, there laaLl^ laaLl^ According to theJo nature 1e 1e loqs.rapun loqs.rapun ol ol er sadll sadll rate,a rate,a Liro.r] Liro.r] are all types of1o waterwheel from undershot to 1saralur 1saralur loqsrano -re;nrrled -re;nrrled eq) eq) uaqM uaqM v v the overshot, of particular interest when leLus aq aq leur leur ouJeu ouJeu alep alep s,-ra)eu] pue pue be cast.'$e) A small maker's namelaaquralertr and date may lq8rur lq8rur sauo$.lo sauo$.lo oMl oMl ed ed a,rrp a,rrp pup pup s-r s-r waterwheel might drive two pairs of stones)res and lsroq lsroq srql srql e e 01 01 sepnllur sepnllur qlplu qlplu raqto other machinery. 'l)au This includes a sack hoist to aqllo aqllo do] do] alel o] o] Lro-4 Lro-4 surq surq uJo) uJo) rnq rnq ur ur Surp Surp take corn to bins in the aqt top of the building from ]r ]r uo uo ot ot aLl] aLl] sauols sauols lq lq llr^e-r8 llr^e-r8 aLlt aLlt spaa] spaa] a.laq,l where it feeds by gravity to]o the stones on the uo uo aleld aleld eq1 eq1 rnou rnou sa)e1 sa)e1 ru 33eq 33eq Joog Joog 3u 3u milling 3ur1 floor. The bagging of flour takes place on Jo Jo ual ual aql aql al.l] al.l] punorv punorv u-rn} u-rn} roog roog punorB punorB theaq1 ground floor. Around the turn of the cen- l.rnqlah sEqqv sEqqv Melbury Abbas Mill. rl,,J 16t6 DORSET'S INDUSTRIALINDUSTRIAL HERITAGEHERITACE FlaxFlax andand hemphemp were grown betweenbetween thethe coastcoast TEXTILES at BridportBr dport and BeaminsterBeam nster sincesince at leasteast Saxon times.times. After harvesting,harvesing, bundles of flflaxax were ALTHOUGH thethe sheep of thethe DorsetDorset downs placedp aced inn water forfor about aa fortnightfortnrght to separateseparate had always suppliedsupp ied flflee.e,eece, the westcountry thethe fibresllbres fromfrom the rest.rest. Once dried, a laterater woollenwoo len textiletextile industryindustry only justjust reachedreached down processpTocess was calledcalled swinglingswinglng and involvednvolved re-re- intointo thethe county. LocallyLocally grown flflaxax was import-mport movingrnovrng brokenbroken straw.straw. The flflaxax was nextnext sep-sep- ant forfor linenllnen inn some parts.pafts. Inn thethe early seven-seven arated intointo parallelparalel fibresfibres byby heckling.hecklng. RichardRchard teenthteenth century.century, broadclothbroadc oth fromfrom DorchesterDorchester RobertsRoberts erected an early flflaxax swinglingswrnglrng millmill at was exported to France,France, but itit was mostlymostly BurtonBurton BradstockBradstock inrn 1803,1803, while spinningspinnrng tooktook producedproduced fortor localocal use.use Inln the eighteenther8hteenth cen-cen placeplace downstream at hishis Grove Mill.f'li1. tury,tury, swanskinswanskrn was made inin thethe districtdistricl around BridportBndport was thethe mainma n centre for roperope andand netnet Shaftesbury andand SturminsterSturrnrnster Newton,NeMon, thethe latterlatter makingmaking inin Dorset.Dorset. Inn 121l2 1I ,, aa thousandthousand yards of employing over 1I ,200,200 peoplepeople inin 1812.I 8 2. SwanskinSwansk n sailsar cloth 'andand hempenhempen ships'shps' cables were was a coarse white flflanneannel usedLrsed for soldiers'so diers' ordered, and twoir'/o years laterlater KingKinE John]ohn ordered clothingclothrng and NewfoundlandNew,found and fishermen.fishermen. DowlasDowlas as manymany ropesropes as possible.possrble. This was thethe (a(a coarse linen)iinen) and bedbed tickingti.king were madernade at beginning of a longong connection withwth the navy,navy, Gillingham and Silton,S lton, whilewhie somesome dowlas was which only diminisheddrmrnished when ropewalksropewa ks were also mademade at Cerne Abbas.Abbas LinenLrnen clothcoth was setset upJo ataI thell'e royal o/a dockyards.do(L)ard(. Inn 1793,lToJ itrt was ^aq mademade at Bourton,Bourton, where threethree quartersquarlers of thethe estimated thatthat 11,800,800 inin BridportBridport and over 7,0007 000 populationpopulaton were inn thethe weaving industryindustry inn thethe inin thethe neighbourhoodnerghbourhood were makingmaking everythingeveryth ng early nineteenthnineteenth century. LocallyLoaaly grown flflaxax was fromfrom smallsmall ropesropes toto ships'ships' cables.cables. By 1812,18 12, thethe supplementedsupplemented byby yarn importedimported from Holland.Ho land. districtdstrct waswas producingprooLar^g allal sortsiofl5 ofol twine,twne. string,stn^g SailclothSailc oth and sackingsack ng were produced inrn Beam- packthread,packthread netting,nettin8, cordage and ropes.ropes This inster,inster, where thethe churchchurah hashas aa carvingcarvrng of aa wool includedncluded the finestllnest threadthread usedused by saddlers,saddlers, merchant'smerchant's sign.sign. hugehuSe cables for warships,warshrps andand netsnets forfor thethe New-New BraidingBraidinS netsnecs atat EypeEype nearnear BridportBridpoft inin 1913.l9l 3 Y. --/ LI s,tls!oc tvNlsncNr tvNlsncNr lDVt lDVt DORSET'S INDUSTRIAL HERITAGE ulH 17 L, I I 'a' . I I // 4 I v !!oJ, !!oJ, radurnl radurnl urool SulreP SulreP A jumper loom dating from 1860.'o9gl Bridport Museum llesunoH llesunoH aql aql Apung Apung lraLlsu lraLlsu pu€lpunol pue pue $ile,^ .ro] .ro] aurMl ado.r ado.r 'sllrul pa-la^ol pa-la^ol pue pue foundland fishery. The Hounsell and Gundry mills, covered walks for rope and twine spin--urds ]ueu ]ueu aql aql urord urord ur ur lr$npur lr$npur serlrurpl alurs alurs eJa/1A eJa/1A Su,rear'r Su,rear'r sasnoqereM ro ro '3uru 'spaLls 'spaLls pu pu families were prominent in the industry since ning, weaving or net-making 3ur>1euL sheds, le le warehouses aql aql 'An1ua: 'An1ua: lprea lprea qluealueaas qluealueaas rellPl rellPl arould arould aq1 lqreal lqreal s))olq s))olq elq4ou 3)u_lo 3)u_lo P sr sr the early seventeenth century, the latter at andpue office blocks. Nearby Pymore is a notable a^o.rt a^o.rt 'UnoJ aJould aJould uaq118 uaq118 o^^l o^^l pue pue sprq] sprq] l]oDe] l]oDe] e8el|^ pue pue Court, Grove and 'atrs Jo Pymore. By then two-thirds village and factory Irs site. ]Plasroc ]Plasroc duaq duaq xpu xpu aLll aLll palodur palodur seaa seaa pue pue uJo.ll Sureq Sureq araLll eran eran qlou qlou reqs reqs sllrur sllrur of the flax and hemp was being ur ]l ]l imported fromPaueell There were silk mills in north 00t Dorset, at Sher- e3u e3u uo uo lrllPg seleld Lllns se se aLl) aLl) ot ot sP,^ sP,^ au:oq aq are,M are,M pue pue pue prps prps places such as Riga on the 'Lueq8url5 l l Baltic. It was cleaned borne and Gillingham, and 400 wereS91 said to be lq olu olu unds unds 's-raqLuo) 's-raqLuo) eun eun uo slaeLJM slaeLJM aql aql Lpnpur funqlsaM ur ur pourn] pourn] ur by combers, spun into twine on wheels paloldura turned employedlltl in the industry in 1765. Westbury ]e ]e lq lrLu lrLu uo uo lsrr8 lsrr8 pue'uarplqr pue'uarplqr edor edor paNr^e paNr^e o] o] 's)lP.^^ 's)lP.^^ pPorq pPorq auroqraqs peue^uol peue^uol se^\ se^\ by children, and twisted on broad rope walks, p Mill at Sherborne was a grist mill lo converted to ;1Ls alql alql lq lq ersqM aql seurq)elil seurq)elil sloq sloq pau]nl pau]nl a-1e,4 a-1e,4 lq lq uqof uqof Suranorql Suranorql re,r'leq5 re,r'leq5 'ladeq)alrq6 'ladeq)alrq6 where the machines were turned ^ by boys while l l silk throwing by John Sharrer of Whitechapel. ]no ]no lrryl lrryl 111r1 111r1 aql uaul uaul erp erp oqt oqt peq peq o1 o1 l+orir pellp,^^ pellp,^^ Su4srn Su4srn srg 'rnaqdau we aurp)aq .ra8eueLu .ra8eueLu the men walked ]o back to draw out the twisting His nephew, William Willmott became manager ]au ]au Ll)nh Ll)nh aql aql spearql lq lq auop auop sear sear 8ur>1eru 8ur>1eru '5911 '5911 uerpll ueds ueq,M ueq,M Surpu.a u >llrs >llrs pue pue threads. Much of the net qs ro making was done by in 1769, when Italian and Spanish silk winding aLll aLll aq aulnrl aulnrl o] o] s.ra)ro,^ s.ra)ro,^ aLll aLll 3u 3u ua)lp] ua)lp] .ratel .ratel uaLr.rolv\ uaLr.rolv\ era^^ era^^ sautqteu.l sseurshq sseurshq outworkers, the twine being taken to women pesn machines were used. The business llrJn later Led.re) Led.re) sraBellol oq,r oq,r ol ol eq1 eq1 aql aql paprerq paprerq peertll peertll 8ur^ea,^ penuluo) penuluo) qau qau pue cottagers who braided the nets. Carpet thread changedpeSLr€ql to luas luas weaving and continued until the 1 1 o] o] ralsurul.rapp) ralsurul.rapp) se,4 o3 o3 eq1 eq1 se/\^ se/\^ Lueq8u4;r5 Lueq8u4;r5 s6E51 peqsriq4sa peqsriq4sa was sent to Kidderminster. r5 lasunoH lasunoH 1950s. The 6911 Gillingham6911 Silk established Co. was lirl,J ]noqp ]noqp rauv )xeu )xeu aq1 aq1 aue)eq aue)eq 'suoqeureSPurp 'suoqeureSPurp s s eq1 eq1 uMol uMol 01 01 aLl] aLl] After amalgamations. the Hounsells became inur ]-lodpl.tg about 1769 next Town Mill. The ]o ]o to the salrlsnpul salrlsnpul Ll)]q^ Ll)]q^ 'pll 'pll pauqurol pauqurol qlL4\ qlL4\ alro1).lo^ u.ro.r, u.ro.r, pB pB sarrluardde papnpur0s papnpur0s t96l t96l Bridport Industries f Ltd, which combined with workforce of 150 included girl apprentices from ol ol IrodPrB IrodPrB lrpun, lrpun, u u o] ldals ldals qdasol Lr.rro] Lr.rro] u u orlr\ orlr\ lrolLurop uopuol 'sasnoq)ro,^ 'sasnoq)ro,^ e e Joseph Gundry &llls Co in 1963 to form Bridport London workhouses, who slept in a dormitory Lpung pll pll raloldua.to[eu] raloldua.to[eu] eq1 eq1 uJepo;1 uJepo;1 e e ur ur aq1 aq1 lqreau lqreau pasoll u Surprnq Surprnq Gundry Ltd, still the major employer. Modern in a nearby sseursnq le le building. business closed in S5B S5B The I lSolouqtal 1led sarqu sarqu er:yrpe er:yrpe are Mou pue pue a)er] a)er] spq spq sem suo8 suo8 -od.rolur pue pue 'pasn 'pasn technology and artificial fibres are ]o now used. 1895 and ]eu ]eu all trace has gone. Part was incorpo- lnq lnq a^qluqsp a^qluqsp s,uodp.rg ol ol lrlsnpur lrlsnpur edo] pue pue 'llll^ 'llll^ aql aql e slqt slqt pu! pu! ur ur a.ru palel u,^ u,^ peq peq Bridport's distinctive Uel industry of rope and net rated in the Town Mill, 1e 1e but this had a fire and 1o 1o lr lr .requrnu .requrnu rlsnpurlo rlsnpurlo seq seq e SuDleLrl ollep ollep s8urplrnq s8urplrnq rage llurela:un llurela:un e e 3uo; 3uo; se,M se,M making has left a number of industrial por:ad 1o 1o buildings, 8861 8861 after aPaqsl long period of uncertainty, it was demo- ql ql U lueru ou araql araql erp erp ra8uol o] o] q,u q,u aLll pesn pesn ur ur sesnoq sesnoq e_ra^^ e_ra^^ plrnq plrnq many of which are no 'apPrl Jo Jo longer used in the trade. PUe PUe lished in 1988 to build houses. There were ILlr ILlr lsot^l se^r^Jns se^r^Jns }e }e 3ql 3ql elel erP erP Llluaalaulu au-leJ au-leJ 'seqqv aSpuqlets aSpuqlets raleLUs s s rs rs pue pue Most survivals are of the late nineteenth and smaller silk >l mills Stalbridge and lnqureh at Cerne Abbas, lpea qla[ua^^l qla[ua^^l sa.rnlual apnrur pup pup early twentieth centuries and include spinningSuruurds Marnhull. 18t8 DORSET'SDORSET'S INDUSTRIALINDUSTR]AL HERITAGEHERiTACE bridgebndge andand short roadroad at Weymouth inin 1857.1857. Inn ROADSROADS all,al, there were twentyt'^/enty trusts.trusts. Some hadhad beenbeen abandoned by 18881888 when the newnew county AS WITH most counties,counties roadsroads were inin a poorpoor councilaouncrl became responsibleresponsible for thethe main roads.roads. statestate until thethe turnpiketurnpike truststrusts of the second halfhalf Dorset'sDorsets roadsroads offer muchmuch of interestinterest to thethe of the eighteentheghteenth century. EvenEven so, inn 1812l8l2 travellertrave ler withw th a keenkeen eye. ExamplesExamp es of bridgesbridges Stevenson describeddescrbed some lesserlesser roadsroads inn thethe rangingrangrn8 inrn date fromfrom the MiddleMrdde AgesAEes to thethe BlackmoreBackmore Vale andand west DorsetDorset asas "miry,"an ry, andand twentieth century are includedincluded here.here. Some scarcelyscarce y passable inin winter,w nter, andand thethe largelarge roughrolgh DorsetDorset bridgesbr dges havehave castcast ironiron notices,notices, reading:reading: looseoose stones with whichwhrch theythey abound renderrender DORSETDORSET themthem very unpleasantunpleasant inn summer." The turnpike ANY PERSONPERSON WILFULLY INJURINGINJURING truststrusts were set upup by Acts to collectcolect tollstols to ANY PARTPART OF THIS COUNTY BRIDGE improveimprove and maintainmaintain Dorset'sDorset's mainmain roads.roads WILL BE GUILTY OF FELONYFELONY AND TheirTherr effect was to fixfix the roadroad pattern forfor the UPONUPON CONVICTION LIABLELIABLE TO BE future.future. The firstfrst was the Shaftesbury & SherSher'- TRANSPORTED FORFOR LIFELIFE borneborne TrustTrLrst (1753-4),(1753 4), alongaLong the presentpresent A30, BYBY THE COURT followedfoJlowed immediatelyimmedatey byby thethe Harnham,Harnham BlandBland- 7&8GEO4C30S137&8GEO4C30Sr3 T.FOOKS fordford & DorchesterDor.hester Trust,Trust. nownow thethe A354.,A354. The FooksFooks was Clerk ofofthe the Peace,Peace, andand thethe detailsdeta ls of MaidenMa den NewtonNeMon Trust (1777-8)( 1777 8) was one of thethe this Act of 1828lB2B state thatthat anyone convictedconv cted mostmost importantmpoftant inrn centralcentra Dorset.Dorset. The Vale of could be "transported"transpofted beyondbeyond thethe Seas forfor Life,Lrfe, BlackmoorBlackmoor Trust gainedganed itsts namename in!n 1824-5,1824 5, or forfor any Term notnot exceedingexceed ng FourFour Years;Years;and, and, although itt hadhad beenbeen establishedestab|shed sixtys xty yearsyears ifrf aa Male,l''1a1e, toto bebe once.once, twice,twice or thricethr ce publicly or earlier.ear ier. This andand mostmost others hadhad branchbranch roads,roads, privatelyprivate y whipped (if(ifthe the Court shall soso thinkthink fit),llt), some crossing intonto other counties.countres. The PuddlePuddle- inin additionaddton to such Imprisonment."anprisonment.'These These were towntown & Wimborne Trust came late,late, inin 1840,1840, hardhard timestrmes and just sixsrx years beforebefore thethe famousfamous and was followedfollowed byby thethe lastlast trust consistingconsistrng ofofa a Tolpuddle MartyrsMartyrs were transportedtransported forfor form--form- Charminster tollhouse.tollhouse - 6t tlvl tlvl tlstoal tv tv ulsnatN ulsnatN BlH BlH DORSET'S s INDUSTRIAL HERITAGE 19 lps lps alq^ alq^ l]nqs l]nqs e e ur ur LlIlnoJ LlIlnoJ ereq] ereq] sr sr Museum,urnasn[J while there is a fourth in Salisbury ur€ur ur€ur sauolsalr.l sauolsalr.l up) up) aLll aLll Suol€ Suol€ eq eq uaas uaas Museum.'u.tnasnl Milestones can be seen along the main aq aq leur leur aq1 aq1 aluanbes aluanbes q8noqle q8noqle highways,'sle.aaq8rq although the sequence may be laql laql lpl! lpl! pe^rD pe^rD aq aq eladuto:ur sauols sauols qlLA qlLA ildl incomplete. carved They may be stones with $el uor uor ql,M ql,M srequrnu srequrnu sauoF sauoF pup pup letterssJaDel and numbers, stones with cast iron 11e'qsodalrLU 11e'qsodalrLU ro ro uo-lrlspl uo-lrlspl sa;l1s sa;l1s Burl-te,r Burl-te,r ur ur 'saleld v v plates, or cast iron mileposts, all in varying lleurs styles lsnr1 lsnr1 )elas )elas a)rduJnl a)rduJnl aq] aq] 8utp]ot)e according to01 the turnpike trust. A small selec- aql aql lluo lluo llsrratlErPll) llsrratlErPll) st st uot] -.roc -.roc uaAS uaAS tion only is given here.a-raq The characteristic Dor- tas l l ql^ ql^ aleld aleld e e -relnl-r -relnl-r s+sodapin3 s+sodapin3 'slpruu 'slpruu set guideposts with circular finials, giving 8ul^r8 a place leql leql aLleu a]e'eluera]a-r a]e'eluera]a-r plp plp ptJB ptJB 'pea.rdsaprM 'pea.rdsaprM l; name and grid reference, are widespread. They apeur apeur lluo uorl uorl alep alep ere/!^ ere/!^ gy51 gy51 't9 't9 pue pue poqe poqe Jo made only date from about 1948-64, lelog and were le le tsP) tsP) lq lq aqel aqel l.ro]rpl aqt aqt of cast aluminium u.rnruturnle by the Royal Label Factory at $rU $rU aq aq uo,ry-uodn uo,ry-uodn o) o) aq1 aq1 propalg Stratford-upon-Avon. erectedpetle]a llaH llaH The first to be 1e 1e sE^ _teau _teau 'relsutLutal 'relsutLutal was at Hell Corner, ,r3uro) near Yetminster. laeJF laeJF sapn)u sapn)u -]sod -]sod snoauellalstl,J u-rn] u-rn] Miscellaneous street furniture a.rn] includes post- durq,saxoq s]sod s]sod pue'sLrlelunol pue'sLrlelunol 'sq8no-r]-ralen troughs.'sq8no-r]-ralen boxes, lamp posts, fountains, and water llrts lasroc ]sar_rpa ]sar_rpa u u uel uel aql aql xoq xoq reltel reltel Dorset can claimLurpll the earliest letter box still in ]e ]e u u auo auo ut ut 'pueSul 'pueSul -]oc -]oc asn seurP8 seurP8 rsodalN 'sso-rl 'sso-rl ra$urru-JeLll ra$urru-JeLll use in England, at Barnes Cross. One in Dor- Milepost, Charminster. tnq s s a.raq] a.raq] ose ose s,ratsaql qlpM qlpM qlnos qlnos chester's South Walks is also early,'ll.rea but there ,sra)]o,4 ,sra)]o,4 uv uv ]a_t)as ]a_t)as snorallnu snorallnu uerropA uerropA raqlo raqlo ere saldlr.rexa saldlr.rexa e e aql aql ulre, ulre, suPI suPI 3ut 'uorun 'uorun ), ), are | examples. An ing a secret farm workers' union. The trans- numerous other Victorian)sor) aqt aqt lppa auoqdalal, auoqdalal, ur ur sr sr pspnllur pspnllur oslp oslp uoqepod a>qou a>qou paaourar paaourar s,urella.reM s,urella.reM LUorJ LUorJ plo plo early 'K l ' telephone kiosk is also included in the 1Z6l 1Z6l 1o 1o portation notice removed from Wareham's old 'lea11aze3 ]asro6 ]asro6 asne:aq asne:aq auo.tg q q eq] eq] llunol llunol a8pr:q a8pr:q ul ul 'l1rer 'l1rer ur ur Frome sr gazetteer because of its rarity. }]odsueJl }]odsueJl bridge rq in I 927 is in the Dorset County |n1u3t |n1u3t ) ) ur ur qlaquaMl 'sa 'sa )tlqnd )tlqnd LlaA LlaA u u eq eq s_laqlo s_laqlo up) up) a)eld a)eld uaas uaas uo uo ,Lunesnl lo4 lo4 vehicles, in Twentieth centuryJo public transport Museum,lpra^as but others can be seen in place on arE arE Llro] Llro] eql la la ]se) ]se) sesnq sesnq suJe.rl suJe.rl 'sasnq 'sasnq eratll eratll pue pue saSpuq saSpuq uor uor .tatllo .tatllo a_re a_re -ou -ou the form buses are la,^ of buses, trams and trolley several bridges. There are other cast iron no- le sue.r1 sue.r1 Lllnou-rau-rno€ Lllnou-rau-rno€ aq1 aq1 paluasardar paluasardar uJel uJel euJos euJos q) q) uor]leJl uor]leJl q/1 q/1 aut8ue aut8ue sJolup sJolup ,salq well represented at the Bournemouthlo Trans- tices, some tsarelu 1o which warn t_rod traction engine drivers el, up up (sg (sg Lunasnl Lunasnl luar:gnsur,, luar:gnsur,, palear palear are are saBpuq saBpuq q:rq,u q:rq,u ,tue: ,tue: of bridges which are o1 port Museum (site 85). Of related interest, an "insufficient to]o carry uJra] uJra] snu snu uoJt aleld aleld lallorl lallorl snq snq Suturnl Suturnl eql eql ur ur plo plo aq] aq] puolaq puolaq )U]er] )U]er] ,tleutpro ,tleutpro eqt eqt p p qq8ra.u -s -s terminus iron turning plate in the old trolley bus 1]O tl.rl weights beyond ilaM the ordinary ,, ,, traffic of the dis- aq e e prellno) prellno) ue) uaas uaas e^epa] e^epa] Llr Llr pedo pedo sv sv alqplou alqplou aJaql aJaql se se a_le a_le o/\^1 o/\^1 trict." As ,sa3pt]q can be seen in a redeveloped courtyard off well as bridges, ro there are two lsa^\ lsa^\ notable auel auel q)rnq) ut ut slouunl aql aql aql aql lluno) lluno) 'Ll)Jnqllsr.rql 'Ll)Jnqllsr.rql tunnels inut the west of the county. Church Lane in Christchurch. ::' It l{ ,t ,t rr saStot M 41'4 0` litiit \$ ti lunSsi't13 1J'HS titt SALISBURY 1453s:191 • 'lNr0sNYll SHAFTESBURY 164 CRANBORNE I,1Y U3 H H (Y0 . . DAM ER HAM 4s 3U3tI • HERE sHJ"SCNS ENDSTHE l{J.OOW,l.l,tt tu\4ll tu\4ll ras.ro6 rsodu8rs rsodu8rs Dorset finial prug signpost. J. johns o o WEYMOUTHN,v l l .ro .ro alSus laJols laJols sasnoqllol sasnoqllol aq aq ue) ue) o,. o,. Single uaas or two storey tollhouses can be seen sl,sSHCUOC .taL!ro] .taL!ro] lueu lueu a)rdurn] a)rdurn] Suop q8noqle q8noqle 'speor 'speor AND along former turnpike roads, although many o] o] os.ro os.ro ueeq ueeq a^eq aq aq pa.relle pa.relle peLlsrlou]ap peLlsrlou]ap DORCHESTER-LsnuJ have been lnlr]Ip demolished or so altered to be ]e ]e eql eql o1 o1 astuSoter astuSoter auo auo ralsururrelll ralsururrelll V V TRUST difficult to ,o recognise. The one atlo1 Charminster lpelnlrupd lpelnlrupd alrs) aull aull (BB (BB sr sr eq1 eq1 prPoq prPoq (site 88) ]o is particularly fine.]snrl A tollboard of the looLlllel€ looLlllel€ eq eq upl upl P P UO UO UaaS UaaS alp^ Vale of Blackmoor Trust 1s€v can be seen on a ]e ]e aq] aq] asnoqlol aprseq aprseq qmos qmos uoluaqJ uoluaqJ t tollhouse beside[stz€69 the A357 at South Cheriton rs] lsnl lsnl u u aprslno aprslno llunor llunor aq1 aq1 [ST 693248], just outside the county in Somerset. 'lasraLuos | | sp.reo€ uro4 uro4 aq] aq] uolselppn uolselppn sured sured rh rh selp8 selp8 pue pue BoardsJo from the Madjeston and Perns Mill gates . • e lsnrl lsnrl u u !p) !p) aql aql oq oq uaas uaas weq8urlrg weq8urlrg of the sameauJps trust can be seen in Gillingham 20 DORSET'SDORSET'5 INDUSTRIALINDUSTRIAL HERITAGE RAILWAYSRA.ILWAYS FOR INDUSTRYINDUSTRY RAILWAYS THE PRINCIPAL railway monuments inin Dorset includeinclude stations, bridges, viaducts and tunnels, whilewhrle cuttingscuttrngs and embankmentsembankr.ents should not be forgotten along some stretches of tracktrack. The effect of the railways was to bringbrng increasedncreased traffictrafic and prosperity to those towns which lay on their routes.routes. Two formerlyformer y importantimportant towns, Cerne Abbas and Beaminster,Beam nster, were missed by the railways,ralways, and both declined in populationPopulation thereafter. Still inin use are the twotvvo easteast-west-west London & Narrow gaugetaute railwayrailway at Norden clay mine, I1968 968 South Western Railway (LSWR)(LSWR) lineslnes through THE FIRSTFIRST railwaysrailways or tramways inin DorsetDorset north and south Dorset, the latteratter from served thethe claycay and stone industriesindustnes of Purbeck Bournemouth to Dorchester, and the north- and Portland.Portland. These were self-containedself contaned sys-sys south Great Western RailwayRa lway (GWR)(GWR) lineI ne from tems,tems, of sufficientsuffclent interestinterest to be distinguishedd st nguished YeovilYeoviL to Weymouth. The other north-south south from the main line networks. Most were horsehorse_- from the main Lne netvvorks. l'lost were route,roLte. thelhe SomersetSorrerset & DorsetDorsPt JointJol^l Railway,RalwaT, isl) worked, although steam locomotiveslocomotives were laterlater closed but much of its[s course can be traced.traced introducedintrodu.ed inin PurbeckPurbeck on the Goathorn Tram-Tram This isis alsoa so truetrLre of the branches to Lyme Regis way and the PikePike Tramway to RidgeRidge Quay,Quay' (mostly(mostly inin Devon!),Devon ), Bridport, Abbotsbury and bothboth forfor carrying clay. The FayleFaye Tramway from Portland. However, parts of the Swanage line NordenNorden to MiddleberelYidd ebere Quay was completed inn are open, includingincluding the restoredrestored Swanage Rail- 1806,1806, and was thusthus one of the earliest inn way. southernsouthern England.England. PurbeckPurbeck also hadhad tramways The firstilrst mainma n lineline inrn Dorset was the Southamp-Southamp atat Kimmeridge,Kimmeridge. Swanage Pier,Pier, and Cocknowle tonton & DorchesterDor.hester Railway,Raiway, opened inin 1847 and where anan inclineincline servedserved chalk and marlmarl pits. The taken over by the LSWR inn the followingfo low ng year.year Itlt Merchants'Merchanls' RailwayRa lwar ofof 1826lBrb had1ao ano^ impressivei'np"q551e entered the county viava Ringwood, WimborneW mborne inclineincline down toto CastletonCastleton fromfrom thethe top of Port-Pod. and Wareham, a circuitouscirauitous routeroute which gainedgalned land.land. itt the name "Castleman's"Castleman's Corkscrew" afterafler the There were otherother industrialrndustrial tramwaystramways inin Dor-Dor WimborneWmborne solicitor who was the chiefchref pro-pro in gazetteer, such as one of set,set, notnot includedincluded in the gazetteer, such one of moter. DorchesterDorchester South Station pointedPo nted west, aboutabout a milemrle (1( L6.6 km)km) connectingconnecting the pierPler and as there were plansDlans to extend the lineine to Fal-Fal clayclay pitspits with the brick,brick, pipe and terra cotta works on BrownseaBrownsea Islandlsland inln thethe 1850s.1850s. Other brickyardsbrlckyards hadhad internalinterna tramways,tramways, where the clay pitspits were some distancedLstance away. ForFor example,example, thethe.Gilingham .Gillingham brickbrick and tiletie works hadhad aa dieseldrese' hauledhau.ed narrownar"ow gaugegduSe tramwaytrarrwav inir thethe laterlater yearsyears untiluntrl closureclosure inin 1968.1958.. ti r C'1 1 r II. ri 1 ] ..i. 1- ---t— i -jni le -7-1 ' A .--1 vi ( " LewinLewin ofof PoolePoole builtbuilt locomotivelocomotive TinyTiny on thethe Goathorn Tramway.Tramway A 14 MIL \tih\.1,-...'\\ tz l5vtElH l5vtElH tvl-LsncN tvl-LsncN DORSET'Ss,-Llsloc INDUSTRIAL HERITAGE 21 t 1l I ii I aa uorr\aN uorr\aN uorrsrs uorrsrs uePEr,l ur ur Maiden Newton Station in 1964.'t961 lunq lunq lnq lnq ]nq ]nq ol ol 3u 3u 'ede)spue 'ede)spue atuasaJd ol ol aLl] aLl] Lr€lupLu aur aur aq] aq] €Lu €Lu u u a-reLls pa^-rnl pa^-rnl qlnos mouth,'qlnoL! but the main line curved south to share preserve the landscape, but to maintain hunting ]ea€ ]ea€ :o1 :o1 aql aql uro$eM uro$eM qlnoule^A slq8lr sso.rle sso.rle eurl eurl 01 aql 'alno.r 'alno.r Western line to Weymouth. For rights across the route. 3 the Great l.s.]oc luro[ luro[ ]asrauJos ]asrauJos eu eu aql o] o] dn dn olur aq] surert surert as.ra^a-r as.ra^a-r sreal sreal qlnur pe^o lueur peq Rail- -l many years up trains had to reverse into the The much loved Somerset & Dorset Joint1o }q8norq }q8norq Jo Jo lepLtoq lepLtoq spuesnoql spuesnoql aql aql aql q]!qr*'le,a,r sulrLuar sulrLuar sl sl Ll)lq,M Ll)lq,M UlLllr.^ /v\ou /v\ou station,'Uoqels the remains of which is now within the way, which brought thousands of holiday !!o4 !!o4 aql aql o] o] lq lq alood alood sre>ieur rllnoLLreu-rno€ alood alood Jalsaq).roc pue al al ,(raMa-rq ,(raMa-rq seM s s pa^-ras pa^-ras Bournemouth from the Dorchester brewery site. Pooleltun was served by makers to Poole and aq1]o aq1]o e^ e^ lq!o^ lq!o^ uorlPLUeSPur€ uorlPLUeSPur€ 'qle€ 'qle€ spuelpll s€M u€ o] o] araql e r.l)uerq u.reH u.reH sE,M sE,M perp perp p p lprluel lprluel the I I of Z18l Z18l a branch to Hamworthy, until there was a direct Midlands via Bath,lprtuel was an amalgamation las]au]os las]au]os lasroc €U €U sleM sleM Lnqs Lnqs ul ul eq-L uJo4 uJo4 auolspeo-rg pup aurl pS pS Broadstone in 1872. Dorset s18l Central and Somerset Central Railways line from The Salisbury & llnq $eM $eM au.roqLlrM au.roqLlrM eql eql sP^ sP^ le^ le^ rsLuro] rsLuro] LUo-r} LUo-r} re! re! srooh u uorpLlnfl3s]oc eurPr eurPr ot. ot. Wimborne Dorset junction Railway came to West Moors in 1875. The former 0981 was built from ]lorl.raply ]lorl.raply o] o] uomr€ uomr€ ol pepuaua pepuaua ur ur pue pue prolpuPlB prolpuPlB aBpuqBu aBpuqBu poo/Nan poo/Nan era era prog prog pue pue L"uo"q and Verwood to Blandford in 1860, and extended to Bruton from Fordingbridge98Iur via Alderholt eql eql pasoll pasoll aur aur seM seM oMllasrauJos oMllasrauJos ralelsJeal ro] ro] ur eq1 eq1 sle,Mller qtnoureu-rnoe qtnoureu-rnoe palsseJ palsseJ 995 995 in 1861. Bournemouth ]o resisted the railways for in Somerset two years later. The line was closed ued ued ol ol e e ser* ser* qfual qSnoqle) qSnoqle) p.rolpuet€ p.rolpuet€ Suol Suol pue'luaurdole,rap q q yoqs yoqs e Ur short length to Blandford a long part of I its development, and was in 1966 (although a tnq tnq 1q3ra4 1q3ra4 sl sl lq lq as]no) as]no) -ro] -ro] '(5951 '(5951 rlun rlun elood elood (lsar\) Llro.! Llro.! sau sau paureu.rer pue pue par.]:eordde freight until 1969), but its course approached by lines from I Poole (west) and remained for BBB BBB een een pu! oql oql a.rour)lel8 a.rour)lel8 re^o re^o aq aq uel (Iea) (Iea) I u u Ll)]nq)lsrrql uO uO areM eql oMl pare-4 pare-4 over the Blackmore Vale and Christchurch (east). Only in I 888 were the two can be traced ,o u6 u6 tuasard tuasard ats ats ot ot -puelg -puelg aql aql lalen lalen aq1 aq1 uuoJ uuoJ aqt rno15 rno15 LlSnorql q8norqt q8norqt patlauuo) patlauuo) linesseurl connected to form the present through through the Stour valley. On the site of Bland- e e doN--ra]rnq doN--ra]rnq sr sr uorlqs uorlqs run-rol run-rol /v\ou) /v\ou) oolraleM oolraleM ol L!orl L!orl p.rol (sleu etnor 'rllnoLulaM 'rllnoLulaM a buffer-stop is UI UI t t (now flats) route fromSI Waterloo to Weymouth. ford Forum station leurSuo leurSuo rqlool rqlool s8p s8p eql eql aql aql e e lrnqsrps lrnqsrps aq1 eurl eurl paruasard qteauaq puo)es puo)es peq peq original footbridge. lP lP The LSWR had ) a second line, the Salisbury & preserved beneath the 1r,roe1 o1 o1 eql eql saul saul uPur uPur eraM qrlqi qrlqi '(9-6S8 '(9-6S8 ur s,l3sroc a^u sassed sassed q)ueJq pue pue le,aaley le,aaley branch lines werelsgl) all to the I I five main which lqs passes in and Dorset's Yeovil io Railway (1859-6), t.rodplr€ t.rodplr€ lesroc lesroc ]no aql aql (9161 (9161 se,^^ se,^^ ll1 ll1 aq] aq] uPul q)uerq au au sr sr ql.rou ql.rou s s ']seol lMt lMt main line I The Bridport branch (1857-1975) was out of north Dorset. This is still the coast. le le le 'ralexl 'ralexl aurl aurl a3nP3 a3nP3 eLl) e e LUo.4 LUo.4 suorlels suorlels oopaEM oopaEM nq se peorq peorq 01 01 qll,^^ qll,^^ -|]9 -|]9 fromLUorJ Waterloo to Exeter, with stations at Gil- built as a broad gauge line from the GWR at ol ol aq] aq] uv uv apel! apel! uolsualxa uolsualxa se^^ se^^ uapleh aN uol,^ uol,^ ueqButl pue pue 'auroqraq5 'auroqraq5 extension was made to the Newton. An .,o Maiden lpiluatod lingham and Sherborne. 6 lrosal lrosal xa1,1 xa1,1 lasraLlos lasraLlos leg leg ur ur qlnoulaTq qlnoulaTq eql rnoqreq pue le,aalrey le,aalrey 'a.rqslrM 'a.rqslrM Railway and potential resort of West Bay in The Wiltshire, Somerset & Weymouth lrnoe1 harbour 9gg1 ) (!M, (!M, lq se/v\ se/v\ auri] auri] eq1 eq1 ern ern aurt prepuP]s qpoular\r1 qpoular\r1 q}qait q}qait 'ratp 'ratp paLpeer paLpeer 0t6l 0t6l l l ) ) Yeovil time the line was standard (later, GWR) reached Weymouth vialaunrg 1884 by which euJos euJos ur ur ere e-laLl1 e-laLl1 srql srql ul ul se.a se.a aLll re$eqlJoc re$eqlJoc pesoP pesoP '1s8 '1s8 pue Dorchester in 1857. I.K. Brunel was the gauge.'a8neB This closed in 1930. There are some and .1o Puno.re Puno.re alll alll relol relol srq]]o srq]]o eur aloqM aloqM -olrod -olrod a8ne8 a8ne8 aq] aq] peorq peorq raeur8ua suPLUel sllrq engineer of this broad gauge line. The whole of remains throughqSno.rLll the hills around ToIler Porco- le^e_] le^e_] rq rq laler laler aurorg aurorg uorpas uorpas snoraurnu sale8 seq seq sa8p sa8p uln.l Surssorl aq1 pue pue pue pue ')lolsraMo; ')lolsraMo; l[un l[un bridges )lPr] the Frome valley .lo section has numerous rum and Powerstock. Level crossing gates and ]seralLu ]seralLu tp tp aqt aqt alodpe]€ alodpe]€ 't18 't18 slauun] slauun] ssorle ssorle e ere pa^rassrd pa^rassrd pue sller peor peor | | and tunnels of interest. Until 1874, the track rails across a road are preserved at Bradpole Sg8 u u lpX .ralsaqlroc .ralsaqlroc o1 o1 qmoulalrl qmoulalrl seM seM Lu rlro]] eql p3x p3x a8euer,r5 a8euer,r5 seM pouado pouado qluP.rq qluP.rq 1885 Weymouth was mixed s May from Dorchester to The Swanage branch!MS-] was opened in le le se/ se/ oqt oqt qlr^ qlr^ o] o] 'a3eu€,^ 'a3eu€,^ araql araql e e uorpunl pue pue '!MSl '!MSl se se aql aql ureqereM ureqereM oBnEB there was a junction with the LSWR. uro.r] Swanage, and gauge as ]p from the LSWR at Wareham to -ra]saLp]oc -ra]saLp]oc sotnor sotnor '}.rose.r '}.rose.r aq] aq] leplloq leplloq aq1 leM ru.le.ll ru.le.ll r€.1 r€.1 rouJuJns pauueld pauueld qlnur 01 01 Mes routes at Dorchester the resort, ]o The planned railway saw much summer holiday traffic to lodxa la/v\ la/v\ Lnqune;1 Lnqune;1 aql aql palorlsep palorlsep se e)ol sBurX sBurX pue pue a,req a,req s-ra8uassed s-ra8uassed no,at pue pue p p sE export of Maumbury Rings l)e.rl destroyed and | the would I passengers and have as well as local Pasoll ZZ5 ZZ5 lnq'uollIq lnq'uollIq lq lq 1r 1r se^\ se^\ aq] aq] ueqM ueqM lell uaq,a uaq,a (L.lo Lnqpunod pare] pare] ur ur '$e1ord '$e1ord but when faced by protest, it track was lo only Poundbury hillfort, lauunl clay. When it closed in I972 the ol ol aql aql lel) lel) 'raLu-ro, 'raLu-ro, alaqM alaqM pro^e pro^e pup o1 o1 pue >ioorqezrnl >ioorqezrnl se,nr paa-r8e paa-r8e 01 01 paurgla-l tunnel oil traf-,lEr1 agreed to avoid the former, and to where clay and I was retained to Furzebrook lZ S S $ol $ol tp aqf aqf sr( sr( pue-rl pue-rl aql aql reuel aq1 aq1 le/,^l€! elrs) elrs) raleaJ8 raleaJ8 qlpauaq a8eup^ a8eup^ panuquol panuquol cost beneath the latter. The cut-and- )LJ Railway (site 121) is at greater l fic continued. The Swanage lauun] lauun] lou lou ]P ]P alt^ras alt^ras arotsal arotsal se,a se,a os o1 o1 reSuassed re^ol uoldLue.r uoldLue.r E E ou er 01'pre Suteq Suteq cover tunnel at Frampton was not so much q)nur to now being relaid, to restore a passenger service 22 DORSET'SDORSET'S INDUSTRIALINDUSTRIAL HERITAGEHERITACE and relievere|eve congestioncongestron on Purbeck'sPurbeak's roads.roads. PORTS AND SHIPPING The Weymouthweymouth & PortlandPortland RailwayRailway PORTS AND SHIPPING (1865-1965)( 865 1965) was runrun by thethe GWR and LSWR. Works involvednvolved cuttingscutt ngs and embankments, and DORSET has a longlong maritimemaritrme tradition, withwth viaducts across thethe Backwater and Fleet.Fleet. The activityactvity at ports fromfrom LymeLyme RegisRegrs inin the west to lineine servedserved the islandisland and the naval base.base. An PoolePoole Harbour inn the east. Christchurch Har-Har extension, thethe EastonEaston & Church Hope Railway,Railway, bour, formerly inin Hampshire, iss now includedncluded was authorised inn 18671867 but notnot opened untilunti too.too. Warehouses are part ofofthe the quayside scene 1900.I 900. Itt climbedcl mbed toto thethe top of the islandisland around at Weymouth and Poole. Inn additionadd t on to a mixed thethe eastea,t side)oe wherew^ere therethe e waswa. a longlong cutting.cuni,lg. trade, the former developed as a ferryferry port to MuchlYuch stonestone traffictraffc camecame fromfrorn Easton, but land-land FranceFrance and the Channel Islands.slands. Since the seven- slipss ps closedc osed thethe linelrne on at leastleast two occasions.occas ons. teenth century, Poole was associatedasso.iated with the The Abbotsbury branchbranch (1885-1952)( I 885- 952) from the NewfoundlandNeMoundland fisheriesllsheres trade for about 15050 GWR at BroadweyBroadwey near Weymouth was nono years. BridportBr dport completed the DorsetDorset connec-connec match^1atc' forfor roadroad transport.trd^5po'1. Minerallvr^aral traffict'afrc waswa5 tionton withwrth Newfoundland,New4oundland, findingfind ng a good market nevernever great, althoughathough an inclinerncline was laidaid to the for itsrts nets here.here. Wooden shipbuilding for locallocal PorteshamPortesham quarriesquarries (site(site 35). owners tooktook place at DorsetDorset ports,pons, notably at The LymeLyme Regis RailwayRarway (1903-1965)(1903 1955) was a BridportBridpoft and HamworthyHamworthy (Poole).(Poole). branchbranch fromfrom thethe LSWRLSWR at AxminsterAxm nster inn Devon.Devon. ShippingShLpprng was not lustjust concerned with the ports, OnlyO^l) thet.e lastldsl fewl"^ yards/aros werewere inrn Dorset,Do \el, arrivingarr vrg for the stone quarrying industryindustry had exposed atat LymeLyme RegisRegs stationstation atat 250 feetfeet (76m)(76m) above loadingloading placespaces with cliffsideciffsde cranes on thethe east sea level.leve. The wooden stationstat on buildingbuiding now side of Portland and alongalong the PurbeckPurbeck coast. servesserves asas aa shopshop at AlresfordAlreslord Station ofofthe the Midl"lid-- Short-livedShort lived piers were builtbu lt as a resultresLrlt of indus-indus HantsHants Railway.Raiway. The spectacularspectacLrlar concrete Can-Can_ trialtrial activitiesactrvrt es on thethe open coast at Kimmeridge.Kirnmer dge. ningtonnt.gton viaduct. rdolra' isrs inrn Devon,Devo-. butbul worth a visit.,'s,t. Small piersp ers on the south side of PoolePoole Harbour, 'ao.th There were twotwo shortshort militaryrnfltary branches,branches, both at Ridge,Rdge, Middleberel'liddlebere and Goathorn, were usedused aboutabout 2 milesm les (3.6(1.6 km)km) longlong andand inrn use forfor aa fewfew forfor loadingloadrng PurbeckPurbeck ballbal clay intonto barges which yearsyears afterafter thethe Great War: fromfrom BlandfordBlandford to carriedcarfled itft toto largerlarger ships at Poole. BlandfordBldnororo CampCa-rp anddno fromI oI-1 WoolWool toto BovingtonBo,/ ngo'1 There iss anotheranother sideside to shippingshipplng too.too. By their Camp.Camp. purpose, lighthouseslghthouses are conspicuous and impressiveimpressve monumentsmonurnents — especiallyespecally the one at PortlandPortland Bill — and are thus includedincluded inin the gazetteer. There are other miscellaneousrniscelaneous sitesstes of relatedreLated maritimemaritime interest,interest, suchsuch as coastguardcoastguard TheThe S.S.S.S. NermaNerma discharging hemphemp fromfrom thethe BalticBaltic atat houseshouses and lookouts.lookouts. StSt Aldhelm's HeadHead iss a BridportBridportc.l9oo. c. 1900. BridponB.,.tp6h@un Museum notablenotable example.examp e .t =aiF €z s,llsuoc l3vlNlH l3vlNlH DORSET'S INDUSTRIAL tvr!lsncNt HERITAGE 23 ol ol a.ra^ a.ra^ aloo3 aloo3 s1:o,ra s1:o,ra suo[e aql aql se8 se8 perrelsuprt perrelsuprt SIIIIIIIN ations were transferred to the Poole gas works lp lp leno leno uo aql aql elood elood urnl urnl aq11o aq11o UTILITIES on Poole Quay at the turn of the century. 'Ln1ua: lodpug lodpug te te ]as-roc ]as-roc aq1 sem sem seB seB ur ur qro,aa qro,aa prg prg lH1 se8'Ul1Vl se8'Ul1Vl l1:r'lpala l1:r'lpala llddns llddns The first gas works in Dorset was at Bridport pue pue -snpur -snpur se8 se8 3u:npord 3u:npord '(951 '(951 ueBaq ueBaq uruol uruol alrs) THE WATER, gas and electricity supply indus- q:rqzvr 1|e 1|e luepodr-u luepodr-u z€81 z€81 town gas auoaq auoaq (site 138), which began producing ueqrn ueqrn sar.4 llSursear:ur llSursear:ur se se ]sP) ]sP) alll alll uor uor u u elllozrJoLl elllozrJoLl L-l]o4 tries all became increasingly important as urban po) lnoq8norql lnoq8norql aqt aqt horizontal luer"udola,rap from coal in 1832. The cast iron passa.rSord passa.rSord uo] uo] laqqv laqqv lq lq aql aql a.ra^^ a.ra^^ qleaN qleaN s:t-.ro1e.l development progressed throughout the p3rtddns l l Iron fulunol retorts were supplied by the Neath Abbey nlual nlual qlaqual qlaqual eql eql ur ur qluaaleuru qluaaleuru pue pue taa-rts taa-rts tsru tsru oJ seg seg sp,^ sp,^ Jo; Jo; '8ur1q8r '8ur1q8r pq pq country in the nineteenth and twentieth centu- Co. Gas was first usedpasn for street lighting, but lra)oo) lra)oo) au.re)aq au.re)aq 'qq8l 'qq8l r4seruop s.raleaq s.raleaq 'seu ries. pue domestic lights, cookers | and heaters became araql araql aro^ aro^ reqlo reqlo aql aql a.roLll uoururo) uoururo) ur ur more common in the 1850s. 's0s8 There were other aull aull 1e 1e olior,r olior,r 'ueqBur1lr3 'ueqBur1lr3 're1surrleag 're1surrleag gasse3 works at Beaminster, Gillingham, Lyme e8prqels e8prqels pue pue 'Anqsageq5 'Anqsageq5 'aLrroqraqs 'aLrroqraqs Regis,'sr8ay Shaftesbury, Sherborne, Stalbridge and qlnourleM qlnourleM uo} uo} alll alll 'lllPnsnun 'lllPnsnun 4eN 4eN re$urLU-rnls Weymouth Sturminster Newton. Unusually, theM llnq llnq u u sp^ sp^ uop.rnB'M uop.rnB'M lq lq s)-]oM s)-]oM un-r un-r se8 gas works was built and pu€ run by W.W.Burdon in I lq lq -laM -laM ]a^o ]a^o eL[ eL[ ua)e] ua)e] aro]aq aro]aq Sureq Sureq 1836-67, '19-9tg before being taken over by the Wey- ol ol als als sP^\ sP^\ eq1 eq1 se5 se5 srau.rnslol srau.rnslol 'pll 'pll qlnoul mouth Gas Consumers tt6l Co. Ltd. The site was aqt aqt u u se8 se8 uo uo paurPPer paurPPer puel puel enlargedpeS]elue in 1933 on reclaimed land. The gas leLl,]s leLl,]s ara/r ara/r uaqM uaqM aql aql su,^^o] su,^^o] pasol) pasol) s)roM ur ur when works in the small towns were closed lnq o] o] elll elll u.ro4 u.ro4 urPur urPur pallauuo) pr]8 pr]8 'alood 'alood but connected to the grid main from Poole, l€rnlpu leql leql 9 9 o,^ o,^ usqM usqM aSJel aSJel Lla^e even that large works succumbed peqLunlrns when natural a)l a)l res res se^ se^ sraqto sraqto qlrq/\^ qlrq/\^ aqt aqt pa)npo.]}u pa)npo.]}u se8 which ser- auroqul6 Sudurnd Sudurnd qrorualEM qrorualEM was others gas introduced. Like the ] 'uotre$ 'uotre$ aP aP uaaq uaaq unurLlol unurLlol os os 'llaM 'llaM seq seq rreql rreql serl serl Wimborne Waterworks pumping station. pa^ ved their communities so well, it has been de-llpurs ,O e e sureluol sureluol euroqraqs euroqraqs L!nasnl/J L!nasnl/J lesroc lesroc paqsrloL-r.l u u eql eql aq1 aq1 s)Jo^A s)Jo^A are are llpoLr llpoLr ']sr! ']sr! l) l) contains a small3 molished.S'oN Sherborne Museum Of S the first, the uos works in ]azellv la la Dorset are mostly Lleals eur8ue eur8ue purH purH Suqterye Suqterye rol rol suotlpls suotlpls SurdLund rale,aa rale,aa u-ro-4 u-ro-4 -nr'l -nr'l engine (E.S.Hindley & Son pumping stations for extracting No.5]o Alcazer steam pnbr pnbr (SZ6l (SZ6l water from riv- a^o-rp .re] .re] 'uotrno8 'uotrno8 pup pup q)!q^ q)!q^ ro ro daap daap urql^ urql^ aql aql s8ulds s8ulds saloqe'loq saloqe'loq ,sra liquid 3 of Bourton, 1925) which Jo drove tar and tr tr ]o ]o ers, springs or deep se9 boreholes $lro^ within auroqrsLls the aq] aq1 aq1 sdu.rnd eql eql uoDns uoDns snorod zlulod zlulod alrs alrs >1pq: >1pq: aLl) aLl) pumps at the works of the Sherborne Gas & tou tou ro]'lasroc ro]'lasroc porous ol chalk. The Sutton Poyntz site of the Pof a>iol sP8 sP8 euoP euoP se,M se,M ur ur ol ol sp^ sp^ qyou/e711 lq lq s1.ro,u;a1e1r1 s1.ro,u;a1e1r1 pasr.roqlnp pasr.roqlnp Coke Co. Coal gas was not alone in Dorset, for ]ueld ]ueld 1o 1o Weymouth llv -aLuur) -aLuur) Waterworks alalll Co. was LleqareM Sursn Sursn ur ur authorised by se,M s s u u p p pue pue 'sqgi 'sqgi aLll aLll ue an paqursap there was a plant in Wareham using Kimme- Act of eql 1855, and is stqBrltaerts described in ol a)npo.rd a)npo.rd the ur ro] ro] e8prr sEB sEB aleLls aleLls lfu]srp lfu]srp asll asll aql aql _raeuezpa aql aql eraqr' eraqr' ut ut sr sr arou.r arou.r ridge shale to produce gas for street lights in the gazetteer. Elsewhere in the district is | the more s0t8 luata-t 'leug 'leug soE soE puP puP tq8uq tq8uq uappelrl uappelrl Surdutn; Surdutn; e e 'uor1e15 'uor1e15 1840s and 50s. recent Friar Wadden Pumping Station, a lsolu bright snonlrdsuo) s,]asroc s,]asroc ue) ue) alood LureP LureP u u e e lalp^ lalp^ ul ul )l)uq )l)uq reeu reeu lamdn lamdn Surplrnq Surplrnq per Poole can claim Dorset's most conspicuous ]e ler-rlsnpur red brick building in a valley luaurnuou near .]o Upwey. In uol€ls ]eMod ]eMod slr slr ur ur eloJ eloJ altsel altsel aqt,>lteqJnd Surdurnd Surdurnd uoqets uoqets station, at lprrtsnpur lprrtsnpur industrial monument in its power ro Fl Fl ]raq]nd ]raq]nd lz5 lz5 )ou )ou luaseJd Purbeck, the mq l..ied l..ied Corfe Castle pumping station of luppunpa.r | sr sr ur ur 'auo15 'auo15 pue pue spue]s spue]s eprsaq eprsaq 3Ll1 3Ll1 present redundant but not yet part of industrials6 I I 1921 is in Purbeck stone, ll and stands In e e beside the se ]V ]V ur ur ssrLuLlro) ssrLuLlro) sP,^ sP,^ pauo pauo leMler leMler aLlt.reau aLlt.reau 'l.Soloaeqlr€ peor peor puelpnls pnpe!^ pnpe!^ archaeology. It was commissioned in 1951 as a lnq lnq ur ur Studlandlla^ road near the railway viaduct. At UI- ro ro 01 01 pele^uol pele^uol seM seM 'uorlP]s 'uorlP]s patu-leol e e -leau -leau dsuol dsuol 'e8eup,lns 'e8eup,lns snonl snonl uErB uErB el el coal-fired station, but was converted to oil in well near)sreqo Swanage, a z68l conspicuous granite aq] aql so15l so15l sPq sPq q)rnq)]srrq) q)rnq)]srrq) lqreaN lqreaN -u.ro) -u.ro) uo uo ur'^oc ur'^oc ur ur se.M se.M p.rplleg p.rplleg papera papera the 1970s. Nearby Christchurch haslull]pall the com- obelisk on Ballard Down uorpallol lng lng was erected in 1892 a^suaqard poo,MSpaM poo,MSpaM ol ol lq 3&oag 3&oag alp-lou-]eulu,ro) alp-lou-]eulu,ro) eql eql ssa))ns ssa))ns ^ ^ prehensive Wedgwood Electrical Collection iruJs iruJs I I lsa-ralu lsa-ralu by]o George Burt to commemorate urel uo uo 1 1 the success uP'aels uP'aels 3u 3u (st (st ra ra a] a] ? ? s) olaq olaq aql aql a:uo a:uo qro,4\reler\ qro,4\reler\ pools pools -dns -dns (site 145). On a smaller scale, an interesting item ]e ]e of the waterworks below. It once lln] e e stood sup- sr Lun-roj Lun-roj aq] aq] urnasnL! urnasnL! pro.lpupl8 pro.lpupl8 ur )qSnorq )qSnorq Suuod e e se8 se8 ur ur du.lel du.lel ser,r ser,r pq pq 'uopuol 'uopuol in the museum at Blandford Forum is a fully porting a gas lamp in London, but was brought ]sru ou]eulp ou]eulp lpoq lpoq -lr.rop -lr.rop parddns parddns q)rqM q)rqM 3L-J1 3L-J1 psrolser allols allols 01 e e Surutnlar Surutnlar aSeuerrr5 aSeuerrr5 ur ur os os a-re,^ a-re,^ to Swanage in a returning stone se restored dynamo which supplied the first dom- boat as lllrllsle were so l$e eql eql luepunpe.r luepunpe.r ur ur aq1 aq1 'uMol 'uMol .leq1o .leq1o lueu.r suratr suratr lSoloaeqtre lSoloaeqtre estic electricity in the town. many]o other redundant items. The archaeology lut lut lueu] lueu] l;ddns l;ddns sapn sapn .La1e,u .La1e,u eq] eq] sdel sdel of water supply includes the many spouts, 'stnods taps lesJoc lesJoc sdutnd sdutnd o] o] aq aq uaes uaes pue ur ur uE) uE) q)t(.l/'\ q)t(.l/'\ and pumps which can be seen in Dorset towns su^ aq aq ue: ue: q8noqlle q8noqlle eseql eseql sa8el;r,r sa8el;r,r pue se se i9 and villages, although these can be classedpassel) as ]aarls Enm .ernlurnl .ernlurnl I I street furniture. C eq1 rale^A rale^A se/!\ se/!\ qlnou.rau.rnoB qlnou.rau.rnoB pr]ls pr]ls 'ol 'ol zg8 zg8 The Bournemouth & District Water Co. was E aqt aqt sE9 sE9 se se ur ur qlnou.raurno8 qlnou.raurno8 foundedpepuno] in 1862 as the Bournemouth Gas & ol ol o) o) .ralpM llddns llddns panu4uol panu4uol pup pup qloq qloq -uJor -uJor Water Co. and continued 6t5l to supply both com- eql eql uaqM uaqM se/1 se/1 se8 se8 saqpoLu modities untilqun 1949 when the gas was l€uorlpu ]le_rlxe ]le_rlxe aql aql salrs salrs rele,\^ rele,\^ uo uo rerppo rerppo nationalised. pas The earlier water extraction sites -lale,4 -lale,4 € € papnl)ut pue pue rueq8uo-1 rueq8uo-1 pJoJlEM pJoJlEM included Walford and Longham, with(llr,M a water ]ueld ]ueld tp tp lL..raru1ee'l1 lauraplv lauraplv .ror'Jassr .ror'Jassr treatment plant andpup reservoir at Alderney. tp tp Bur:npo'ld Bur:npo'ld eurnog eurnog se8 se8 ralLy -rado'la1pr1 -rado'la1pr1 uodPuS Jaaod Jaaod After producing gas at Bourne Valley, oper- Bridport Power Station. 'uorllls 2424 LOCATIONLOCATION OF SITES ININ GAZETTEER ,,-.;\ -- -. -... COUNTY BOUNDARYBOUNDARY CILLIN 11444 1 II I I I RAILWAYSRAILYVAYS ^,\__-^ RIVERS MAIN ROADSROADS - .i\-_-__, s&l -MAIN SHERBORNE 95,3 yr 0 140t,o A30 80 • 82 STURMINSTER NEWT(NEWTC 6 83al 919t 7 { 53 60 7 z 89 9297 81 14 at D 1 RR,. •O BEAMINSTERB€atttNsrER CERNECERNCASAAS ABBAS )37ttl 59 71 60 \ lla14 99 78la ll6 69 3' , 4.•;:::' 105 •128:. LYMELYME REGIS'.REGIS - BRIDPORT • • • 2010 8 DORCHESTER 72,7 • . •. 123121 27 5858 51 7l tal 4 L 7 4 - 76 . . 75 77 . • • - • 79 7 35l5 138t:13 45 1 1 1l 139t!9 67 143t,tl 65 t9 71 146la6 • WEYMOUTHWEYI1OUTH -124.2il]s-I35 , • 136 • . •• 131t3t '..• . • 3 • 6363 ISLE OF PORTLAND . .1 39 • • • • •1 3e' • • 130, . • • . . • 25sz • 71):: , \ • __ t6 '. '. za za at 93`. 13 22 HVHSI IGHAM tll nn 115 8 94 90 142 SHAFTESBURY 96 p30 SS 61 ,t 183 16 )N 54ts 4 56 97 s%5.44° 98 120 s 5 500l ,f> VERWOOD • 8! 90 28 BLANDFORD FORUM l Itt r.'{ 9 0t e N!OA{11 l-lSNll,.l ao 69 -' -' l_ l_ , mt sa 145stt t0l &o 101 62 CHRISTCHURC I I HlnO(lNlnOA " re4 . BOURNEMOUTH • . . • . . - . . ,l S&OR Btt SWR) l l 2967 113 46 CORFE CASTLE3]lsvlltlOl JZ t0t > 25 ****** 9Zt 133 . • ...... 126 36 ,co*onls'r'oirl, 44 ft 1210110.:tal SWANAGE 33 L,. 40 • 37LI 38.,.,_,31,-.-125!•-• • '. . • .• '132. 42 - . • • . . . . .• . • GAZETTEER This gazetteerEazexeer describesdescrtbes a personalpersonal choicechotce ofaf thethe low1ow archedarched bridges.br dges. They can bebe seen fromfrom most moremore visiblevtsible sitessites throughoutthroughout Dorset.Darset. ManyMany cancan be roadsroads which crosscross the valley.valey. A systemsystem isis being visited,visited. eithereither as aa publicpubhc attractionaftractian or byby courtesycaurtesy restoredrestored byby thethe DorsetDorset AgriculturalAgrcultural CollegeCo lege atat of thethe owner; at thethe veryvery leastleast theythey cancan be seenseen KingstonKingston Maurward,Maurward and can bebe seenseen fromfrom thethe fromfrom a road,road, footpath,footpath, railway,railway, or even thethe seasea asas pretty streamsidestreamsde footpathfootpath to Dorchester,Dorchester, twotwo inin thethe casecase of thethe cliffsidecliffside quarries inin Purbeck.Purbeck. fieldsfields west ofofthe the bridge atat Lower Bockhampton. TheyI het can(an bebe foundrcund bybt usingd )r,g thelhe numberedrumbet ed locationlocaton GUSSAGE SHEEP DIPDIP mapmap and thethe Ordnance Survey 1:50000lsa.)cD map, al-al' [lsr ST 9941ee410] ol 5 though the enthusiast will findfind the largerlarger scalescale though the enthusiast will the A wellwel preservedpreserved sheepsheep dip, brickbrEk linedined andand oval 1:25.000 mapmap gives much greatergedtct detail.deA,l AccessA'ce<< is t -,tX)O g\c. fir,h " shapedshaped with ironron grooves forfor thethe hatchhatch boards.boards. Itlt seldom denied,dented, soso alwaysalways askask permissionpermsson toto enter seldom makesrnakes useuse of thethe streamstrea.n immediatelyimmedrately behindbeh nd thethe property whenever inin doubt. Itlt isis worth remem-remem property Bournemouth & DistrictDrstrct Water Co.'sCo. s boreholeborehole sitesrte which open to the publicpublic beringbering thatthat manymany placesplaces whtch apen to the where thethe AcklingAcklng DykeDyke (Roman(Roman road)road) bridlewaybrdleway only do so during thethe summer months.months. MostMast maymay anly do so during summer meetsrreets ther5e valleyva e. roadrodd near,lcar GissageC ,.s"ge AllAl Saints.Sd'rl( locallocal museumsmuseums havehave somethingsomethtng of industrialindustrtal interestnterest relatingrelatng to theirtheir district,distnct, and referencereference toto somesome is]s given in]n thethe gazetteer.Sazetteer. I AGRICULTURE n5G ATHELHAMPTONATHELHAITIPToN DOVECOTEDoVECOTE [SY[sY 770942]77oe4z] I DatingDating fromfrom thethe earlyeary fifteenthfifteenth century,century, thisth s circularcrrcular dovecote isis believedbeleved toto bebe thethe oldest of severalseverai examples inn Dorset.Dorset. Itlt isrs ofofstone, stone, beneath aa conicalconical tiletile andand stonestone-sate-slate roof,roof andand containscontans somesome 600600 GussageGussa8e sheepshe€p dip. just Athelhampton pigeonpigeon holes.holes Itt isis just north-westnonh west of Athe hampton NEWISHl{EwlSH FARMFARl.l WHEEL, MILTONMILTON HallHall nearnear Puddletown,Pudd etown, andand isis open to thethe public.publc. ABBASAABAS 030 584 363. a 030 584 l5l. [STlsr 806001]80600r] 65 BREDYBREDY FARMFARi,t COLLECTION An ironiron wheel, 21)l'' x 4'4'7" 2" (6.4m(64m x 1I.27m), 27..) mademade [SY 507899] 2 [sY 507899] byby Hossey of Dorchester,Dorchester, with aa ringr ng gear drive byby This iss aa workingworkrng farmfarm inrn thethe attractiveattraclive BrideBr de valleyva ley LottI ott &8 Walne.Wd ne. It to..ed'o.cfdrmmd(h1e.r once drove farm machinery inno a toto thethe easteast of BurtonBLrrton Bradstock,Bradstock. and thethe collectioncolectron barnbarn viavra a longong shaft,shaft, and a generator untilunti thethe includesincludes old farmingfarrn ng toolstools and other equipment.equ pment. 1960s.1960s. NowNow underunder restoration,restoration. thethe wheelwhee can bebe TraditionalTradrtiona DorsetDorset wagons are amongamong thethe horse-horse seenseen withwth permissionpermssron at NewishHewrsh FarmFarm one milemle drawn items.rtems. Cider making takestakes placeplace herehere andand (1( .66 km)km) south of MiltonlY lton Abbas beside thethe lanelane toto therethere isis a workingworkng sawmill,sawm , usingusrng a horizontalhorzontal re-re- MilbornelY lborne St Andrew. ciprocatingcprocating sawsaw formerlyformery at MangertonlYangedon Mill.lYill An MILL}IILL HOUSEHOUSE WORKING CIDER ironiron waterwheel,waterwhee by WinterWrnter & Hossey ofofDorches- Dorches- MUSEUM, OVERMOIGNEOVCRitOtGNE ter,ter, iss awaitingawatrnS restoration..restorat on.. [SYfsY 773871]77l87rl 7 FORSTONFORSTON FARMFARM WHEEL AlthoughAthough notnot a traditionaltrad tronalste site, cidercder issmadeatthrs made at this [SY 666955] 3 [sY 6669ss] workingwork ng museummuseum andand thethe bestbest timetrme to visitvrst isrs fromirom A lowow breast shot wheel,wheel 16'6'x x 5'5'6" 6" (4.8m(4Bm xx midm d-October October untilunti December.December. The interestingnterest ng col-col- II -7m),7m), which once drove viava a longon8 shaft a pump,pump, lectionect on ofol cider makingmaking equipmentequ pment hashas beenbeen as-as- saw,saw, millstones,milstones, andand a milkingmiking machine.mach ne. Itt iss inrn thethe sembledsemb ed mostlymosty fromfrom outsideoutsrde Dorset,Dorset, andand includesrncludes open, andand cancan bebe seenseen acrossacross thethe Cernecerne rivernver fromfrom massivemass ve wood screw cidercider pressespresses fromfrom DevonDevon of thethe A352,A152, one milem le (1(l .6km)6km) southsouth ofofGodmanstone. Godmanstone. aboutabolt 17501750 vintage. There are midmrd-nineteenth n neteenth FROMEFROME VALLEY WATER MEADOWSMEADOWS centurycentury portablepoftab e cidercder millsm ls fromfrom Somerset andand a [SY[sY 717907]7r7eo7] 41 largelarge stonestone appleappe crushercrusher withwth a horsehorse-worked worked The FromeFrome valleyvaley above and belowbeLow DorchesterDorchester- edgeedge runnerrunner stonestone fromlrom Gloucestershire.Gloucestershrre. CiderCrder iss hashas manymany traces of abandoned ditches,d tches, sluicesslu ces andand forfor sale,sale. andand forfor details,detars. eE 03050]05 852220.852220 LZ s,llstoc tvulsncN tvulsncN DORSET'S INDUSTRIAL HERITAGE l9vllulH 27 '^uortvr '^uortvr s.oooa-t)tvo va va UIIIOI Nof Nof llnUrVUl llnUrVUl IIaHA IIaHA l.lUV, l.lUV, ^sl | | lrl6srr lrl6srr l.tvHrNnrtD OAKE-WOOD'S BACON FACTORY, TOLLER FRATRUM FARM WHEEL | , , GILLINGHAM I [SY 578973] 1 1 rsJ rrzroa rrzroa V )uns )uns leeq^\ leeq^\ 1soL!lp 1soL!lp llnl llnl ur ur qredns qredns [ST 809261] 8 punorS,rirolaq )rLq )rLq V A superb wheel sunk ground in ]l ]l almost fully below tuer)u! tuer)u! tp nq nq teer8 lrolrpj lrolrpj pur pur eluro asol) asol) rallol rallol ura.]d ura.]d sas sas aqt aqt 01 01 Surplnq ? ureq ureq A brick built factory and office purqaq 119 premises close to a building behind the ancient great barn at Toiler JO JO 1e1s 1e1s &,r,r;er &,r,r;er EP weq8u weq8u ur ur qelse qelse u]nr}?.rf '1tBl '1tBl o1 o1 eraq& eraq& peqsr peqsr sP,M Sl Sl U..r.,ref U..r.,ref 'uo 'uo eUO eUO SeSn SeSn Gillingham railway station, established,arnl-olnv in 1847. Fratrum Farm, where one of its last uses was to lun lun ]ods ]ods e)jeo eql Suun:1o Suun:1o aql I I patua^ur patua^ur daaqs poqlau poqlau ra,,,rod e^oq? e^oq? q1 q1 s s e>l Oake invented the 'Auto-Cure' method of curing power sheep shears. 'seaqs This unlikely spot above the ]q8norq ]q8norq anssard anssard u u uo)pq rapun rol's,]epurlb rol's,]epurlb qlq.^ qlq.^ aloop eq] eq] lq lq urerr sela sela lolp,r lolp,r releM releM partddns partddns bacon under pressure 000t7 in cylinders, for which the main Hooke valley was supplied by water brought llplor llplor ? ? teal teal p€d p€d sauec spMJeleM spMJeleM Buo Buo ui e e pauopueqP qtoq qtoq 01 01 puodlru.r puodlru.r .^^ou .^^ou pnuup pnuup Danes paid a £4,000 annual royalty. Water p laM laM was in a long leat to a millpond, both nowl[s abandoned pu? pu? LUo4 LUo4 e^suaua e^suaua 'dn 'dn uo] uo] padurnd sr?lle) rp rp araq] araq] qtpeuaq qtpeuaq e ue sl sl L]BnoLlt L]BnoLlt qSnor] qSnor] pue pe pe pumped from ap well, and extensive cellars beneath and dried up, althoughl'auPl there is still an iron trough laa[],M laa[],M ]seq ]seq ot ot eq] ara/^ loqsra^o l]olrp] l]olrp] aq aq eql lr lr eq] eq] futuno) futuno) ra^o pres pres ur eq] eq] uo.r aq aq Eu.rar Eu.rar the factory were said to be the su ]o ]o best in the country ,,2,l in over the lane. The iron overshot ,92 wheel remains lq lq roj uo)pq uo)pq ur Sulrn) Sulrn) aLlt x x u6-D u6-D 3urBupq 3urBupq e)ours e)ours ,< ,< poo8 Suunspeu.r 'uortpuo) 'uortpuo) for curing-by hanging bacon 0Sl in the smoke of good condition, measuring 26' x 2' 2" (7-9m x tsanbar tsanbar e]er\ e]er\ ]E ]E spoo^ spoo^ eruo eruo SuJeplnolUs pJpq pJpq -!!a -!!a e e ul?8 od od eql pue pue noqs ay ay uJ-rr] '(ur9.g p p smouldering hardwoods. 150 were once em- ^\ 0861 0861 0.6m), and a polite lnq lnq request at the farm should gain Iled Iled ]noqe ]noqe lrolrq lrolrq u u eqt eqt pelold o] o] sqt ssall? slr aq1 aq1 pasoll pasoll uapprq ruaS ruaS Lll Lll 'lalur?q 'lalur?q )|ur )|ur ployedlo but the factory closed in about 1980. Part access to this hidden gem. The hamlet, with its aq] aq] ]uer)u? s s sarriec sarriec asaaqr Aope] Aope] patruTl patruTl uJo4 uJo4 pu? pu? q)Jnq) q)Jnq) sSur/rrpl sSur/rrpl peqrPordde peqrPordde of the United Dairies milk and cheese factory ancient church carvings, is approached^\ol from 1o 1o 1 1 ]xeu ]xeu eLuar su su roop roop Suop u u Lrortpts Lrortpts peou peou uap?l aqt aqt uot^^aN uot^^aN pasoP pasoP eSpuq uo.lr uo.lr P P remains next door along Station Road. It qtPeueq 1951 closed in Maiden Newton bridge of the beneath l?r a low iron t-rodp t-rodp Burwo:eq Burwo:eq 1e15 1e15 e e Lpunel Lpunel Surl)pd Surl)pd po 33a 33a rB rB tl)uprq uo uo l?.^ l?.^ pr.Le pr.Le 1947, becoming^\a] a laundry and egg packing station old Bridport branch railway. Jol ? ? ,sreel ,sreel ISIA IIll.l IIll.l ISnOH ISnOH l.lUVJ l.lUVJ ISUOH 'ltntsnlt 'ltntsnlt for a few years. ^sl }luv, }luv, xuvd NOrrllt NOrrllt Zl Zl WEST FARMLl66ors HORSE MILL HOUSE PARK FARMsvaav MUSEUM, MILTON [SY 840997] 12 Jo Jo l)rrq l)rrq 6 6 e e srql relnrrD lszoo lszoo aeq^\ aeq^\ sr qPauaq esnoq esnoq ABBASrsl rs rs This beneath a circular wheelhouse ,oor is of brick P)ruo) [ST Lr ueaq ueaq 810028] parolser sPq sPq peqrlPql peqrlPql 9 puP ly l^ l^ lle^\ lle^\ 1 1 eq1lo eq1lo a,roqr a,roqr do1 do1 aq1 aq1 eqt eqt q q u.Mou>l u.Mou>l a8p a8p conical has restored in thatched ] roof, and been Posnoq Posnoq lue)e] JO' JO' e e eruo eruo reeS reeS as-roLl as-roLl At the top of the hill 'sJPel ,o above the well lpr lpr known village uo]Il uo]Il s?qqv s?qqv aql aql paqrleq] paqrleq] asroq asroq selqPts selqPts recent years. It once housed a horse gear for oll oll lreu lreu rap)P rnq rnq ro ro LurerSur^rp sserd p p q)er.r.r q)er.r.r of Milton ,o Abbas, the thatched lor cart-horse stables ]asroc ]asroc al! ro] ro] aLroq aLroq e8r?l uol]]a r.!.rE] r.!.rE] p p driving farm machinery or a cider press. The build- lo lo tsnf tsnf auroq-ralur^A auroq-ralur^A 3u spuels 'qlrnq)et 'qlrnq)et qM qM are home for a large collection of Dorset farm qtnos eraql eraql stueurelduj osp osp po po a-r? a-r? sqdErBoloqd sqdErBoloqd jo jo eq] eq] ing stands just south of Winterborne ) Whitechurch, PPo.r PPo.r ol ol o] o] asol) auroqrelurM auroqrelurM aLl] aLl] implements. There are also old 'uotsSu photographs of theBSZO& sural sural e8el e8el ,r eqt eqt pue pue LUor] plo plo village l.re.Ma.rq close to the road to Winterborne Kingston. t2088 and items from the old 9 9 brewery. 'RR 0258 880216. 'IItHA l.tuvt l.tuvt IXOU IUtS IUtS UV:IN UV:IN ROKESIDIU FARM WHEEL, NEAR BERE 0t 0t REGIS loe6srs [SY,\sl 835960] 10 ]Pq) ]Pq) ua^l dn dn os os lal?^ lal?^ araql e e q q q3 q3 sr q8noua q8noua Even so high up a chalk valley, there is just pnf enough ]oqqsPerq ]oqqsPerq ot ot Ao Ao sql sql Ltlperls urnl urnl _rele,M _rele,M aaqM aaqM stream water to turn this low breastshot wheel .1 spu?ts spu?ts llueurlLord llueurlLord qr qr sBuole sBuole ap aql aql uro4 q/!^ which stands prominently alongside the laneaLr?l from tS tS arag Ba! Ba! rtJ rtJ 01 01 auJoq auJoq arpuv arpuv suorsueurc suorsueurc s s '^ '^ L L tl tl | | Bere Regis to t)z Milborne St Andrew. Dimensions ]r ]r x x x x r'r1.9) r'r1.9) sE.^ sE.^ pue pue '(L!12 '(L!12 arep 22' x 4' 2" (6.7m x 1.27m), and it was tuaudrnbe tuaudrnbe u u 01 01 pau8lsep re^^od lqJpau lqJpau plnq plnq 's8u 's8u designed to power equipment in nearby buildings.586 sp^ sp^ 1l o] o] aql aql rapro rapro 8u:,1-ro.u 8u:,1-ro.u parolsar parolsar It was restored to working order inur 1985. The 1r 1r rl)r!r' rl)r!r' rnq rnq >1tuq Surp auots auots spu€]s spu€]s s?q E brick pureBe building against I Pal?p whichPal?p it stands PILU 0BB 0BB has a stone pu!,clls pu!,clls initialled pe 'SEED' and dated 1880. tEUoSPrro tEUoSPrro alIM 'll"uerB 'll"uerB LUrEJ LUrEJ Wyke Farm octagonal granary. ^uvNvut ,luvI ,luvI r)l1, fl fl llezr6l llezr6l WYKErs] FARM GRANARY [ST 791267] 13 v uo uo elo)a^op elo)a^op ?uo3?po ?uo3?po pue,(euPr3 pue,(euPr3 a >jrrrq >jrrrq el'tls el'tls dovecote on A small octagonal brick granary lo and PrPl PrPl lur?j lur?j a)lM a)lM up) up) aq alppel eql eql sauots sauots ur ur E staddle stones in the yard of Wyke Farm can be 1 1 8ot8 8ot8 ro, ro, se se Lll?qSurlt Lll?qSurlt sa^ea sa^ea uror] uror] eql uees from the 83081 as it leaves Gillingham for seen ]l ol ol Ltluaeleuru Ltluaeleuru aql aql lp?a sr sr pelep pelep Wincanton.'LrolL]PrurM It is dated to the early nineteenth century.'Anlua) Roke Farm wheel. 28 DORSET'SDORSET'S INDUSTRIALNDUS I R AL HERITAGEHER TAGE famefame isis that the UniversalUniversal Crown Cork was firstilrst BREWERIESBREWERIES AND MALTINGSMALTiNGS usedused here.here. The brewery makesmakes an immediateimmedrate ANSTY BREWERYBREWERY impressionimpression on the industrialindLJstral archaeologistarchaeologrst when firstfrst seenseen on thethe approachapproach fromfrom Blandford on the [STfsr 764032]764012l 1411 on the A350 road.road. PartParl of Charles Hall'sHal's smallsmal ruralrural brewerybreweryof of 17771777 survivessurvvcs as the villagevr age hallhal near the FoxFox Innlnn at DORCHESTERDORCHESTER BREWERY LowerLower Ansty. Among hishs earlyeary outletsoutets forfor beer [SY[sY 692901]6e2eor] 17ll was the militarym ltary campcamp set upup outsideouts de Weymouth The brewery of EldridgeEldrdge PopePope & Co. was builtbuit inin duringdtrr ng thethe FrenchFrench wars.wars HisH s sonson RobertRobeft tooktook GC ElE I 1880,1880, to the design of CrickmayCrckma/ of Weymouth. Woodhouse intonto partnershippartnersh p inn 1847,1847, andand soso thethe There were directdlrect railrail sidingssidings fromfrom the LondonLondon & .ar ldl presentD.a I firm1 n ofor Hall & WoodhouseWood^ou,e had1ao itsrt) originsor g 1) South Western Railway,Ra way, andand a DorchesterDorchester guide-gu de here.here. BrewingBrewng ceased.eased at thethe turnturn ofoF thethe centurycentury book of thethe timetime described thethe brewerybrewery as 'prob-prob- when the new when the new brewerybrewery was completedcompleted at BlandBland-- ablyably thethe finestfinest pilepie ofofbu buildings d ngs devoted toto industrialndustral fordford St Mary.l'aary purposes inrn thethe south of England'.England'. Indeed,lndeed, the BLANDFORDBL/ANDFORD BREWERYBREWERY brewery hashas notable architecture,architecture, withwlth thethe stylishsty 6h [ST 886058] 1515 [sr 8850s8] useuse of differentdrfferent coloured bricks. There was aa This largelarge brewerybrewery of HallHal & Woodhouse LtdLtd seriousserious firefire inrn 1922,1922, butbut the officeoFfice block, brewbrew-- (Badger(Badger Beer)Beer) isis outsideoutsrde thethe main towntown of BlandBand-- househouse and maltings are substantially as built.bult El-El- fordford Forum,Forum, acrossacross thethe Stour inin Blandford St Mary.l.ary. dridge PopePope came herehere to Weymouth Avenue The talltall brick brewerybrewery and maltingsmaltngs were com-com fromfrom thethe Green Dragon Brewery inrn Acland Road,Road, pletedpeted inrn 1900,1900 when theythey replacedreplaced an earlierearier which closedclosed inn 1883.88J. CharlesChares EldridgeEdridge hadhad comecome brewerybrewery whichwhi.h burnt down. The mainman buildingbutdng herehere inin 1837,1837, thethe firmllrm becomingbecoming EldridgeE dridge & MasonlYason containscontans anan originalorigrnal steam engine, built inin 18991899 byby inln 1850850 and eventuallyeventualy EldridgeEldridge Pope &&Co Co. inn Gimson of Leicester,Le cester, and once employed forfor 18711871.. Among other smallsma I breweriesbreweres inn nineteenthn neteenth workingworkng thethe mashmash tuns and hoistinghoistng malt sacks.sacks century Dorchester,Dorchester, thethe namename of thethe PalePale Ale There iss a separateseparate administrativeadm nrstratrve blockblock of thethe Brewery cancan be seenseen carved over an entranceentrance period, butbut thethe siteste hashas been greatly extended inin arch on the northnorth side of HighHgh EastEast Street [SY[sY recentrecent years toto accommodateaccommodate lager,lager, soft drinksdrnks 694908].69a908]. ThisThs was acquired and rebuiltrebu lt by thethe and canningcann ng plants.piants, DragonDragon BreweryBrewery inin 1854,854, but closedclosed inin 1883. 883. At CROWN BREWERY,BREWERY,FONTMELL FONTMELL the corner of FordingtonFordlngton HighHgh Street isis an old MAGNAMAGNA malthouse [SY[sY 696907].696907]. [ST 867169]867r6e] 1616 [sr MARNHULLMARNHULL BREWERYBREWERY An excellentlent example of a smallI country brewery, exce example of a sma country brewery [STlsr 780182] 1818 rebuiltrebL,rlt inrr itsLs presentpregelt formfo rr inrr 187687o bybr George6"o_ge Thomas BurtBurt startedstarted a brewerybrewery herehere at WaltonWaton FrederickFrederrck ApplinAppln Flower,Flower, whose initialsrnitals andand date Elmt m inn 1821 82 i. Jennings,Jer. ng). Jenningsle,ln,18- &8 BakerBdl e' andd t Styring,5L/,r^8. are over thethe door of thethe handsomehandsome brickbrck man-man White & Co were thethe laterlater brewers.brewers. Itlt was takentaken ager'sager's househouse on thethe west side.side. HisHis sonssons continuedcontinued over inn 1913l913 byby EldridgeE dr dge Pope,Pope, who soldso d itit toto HallHall as Flowerflower Bros.Bros underJnder whichwhrch namename theLhe businessbLs,ness a & Woodhouse inin 1935.1935. The brewery,brewery malthousernathouse tradedtraded untiluntlclosure closure inn 1904. 904 The buildings becamebecame and outbuildingsoLJtbrridings were convertedconvefted for privatepr vate aa depot, and moremore recentlyrecentiy a pottery. A claimclarm toto accommodation,accommodaton, and althoughalthough the mainmain buildingbuiding hashas aa gable roofroof itslts industrialrndustr]a originorgrn isis stillstrl clear.cear.lust Just toto the east, HingarstonHingarston HouseHouse was thethe PoplarPopar ElmElm Brewery of the Andrews familyfamily andand Johnlohn ParhamParham beforebefore beingbe ng takentaken over byby Styring,Styr ng, White & Co. NOTTINGTONNOTTINGTON MALTHOUSEiIALTHOUSE [SY[sY 661826]66 1826] 1919 The old malthousemathouse at NottingtonNottington nearnear Weymouth was,as convertedco',e'led tolo residentialrerdFnld accommodationdc'omn ooalion inrn the 1970s.1970s. However,However, thisthis threethree-storeyed-storeyed buildingbuildrng retainsretans itsts distinctivedistndrve cowlcow and lucamlucam and iss an exampleexample ofo[ thethe manymany ruralrura] maltingsmaltrngs thatthat operated inr'1 midm d-1rne(eerth-nineteenth century.ert.rry Dorset.Dor,e'. Aa .dateddre stone(to,le,s is Crown Brewery, inscribedinscr bed 'GNSGNS I 834'. 6t Fstoat tsncN tsncN tNtH :9V tvl)l tvl)l DORSET'S s. INDUSTRIAL HERITAGE 29 Jo Jo q q Aa,, Aa,, ourlaM ourlaM eql ar€ ernsol) ernsol) aql qsrue^ec qsrue^ec Brewery the closure of the Devenish Weymouth Jo adog adog epp)q aLlt aLlt aL]1 aL]1 >l)rq arenb5 arenb5 sodwr Bu Bu ur in ^ of the Hope Square. The imposing iO61 brick facade r r ul ul opu^ lqreeu lqreeu ureu.l sr La,Marq La,Marq main brewery is datedpatep 1904. In a window nearby !o.^ !o.^ o/!\l o/!\l are palrq selrBue pu? pu? 'dLlrnd Lueets Lueets qxe qxe p p are exhibited two[S5l steam engines and a wort pump, ]rnq ]rnq Deplo Deplo lq lq se/ se/ aq,L aq,L 'parreg r]un r]un pasn lo lo B untilB built by Barrett, usedlexl 1953. The oldest was uaaq uaaq smorpuv smorpuv Surpea1 Surpea1 aaeq leru leru Exall & Andrews, of Reading, andpue may have been Jo Jo I I EerD EerD }? }? raqlo raqlo rq^ rq^ ur\oqs eql qxl qxl uorlrq uorlrq e e 'lsB 'lsB I I shown at Exhibition I of 1851, while the other Great ,o S S llnq llnq uolnoB uolnoB lq lq ser' ser' suos suos la la aur8ua purH purH 'Larrarg 'Larrarg tB6 tB6 p16 Bourton sB sB engine was built0681 by E S Hindley & Sons of 'uodpug 'uodpug ]noqP ]noqP ur ur qloB qloB a]eM a]eM perotsar Old Brewery. Bridport. u 'turarua 'turarua in about 1890. Both were restored in 1983-85. 1o rauror rauror oro uo uo ruodoluS ruodoluS aprs8uolv aq] fuearaJq aqt qsrue^ec qsrue^ec ^s] Alongside the Devenish brewery, on the corner of OZ OZ adoH adoH [rz699r [rz699r edog s s raurJol erenbg erenbg Buud5 OLD BREWERY, BRIDPORT eq] pue pue 'peog 'peog [SY 465921] 20 Hope Square and Spring Road, is the))rq former Hope u u 'saBuedool se^or9 se^or9 1]e,1er€ uqof.lo per per t61l t61l aql u u erq erq l-re^ sp^ parnb)p parnb)p pepuno] pepuno] pu? pu? p p Cooperages, Brewery of John Groves in red brick. Jo uoq uoq .ql .ql rler rler o] o] 3u 3u sarols aq] 8urqpls a"re a"re pup pup The brewery was founded I in 1794 and acquired a U U H H I I rale rale sreal sreal lq lq raurpd raurpd asoqr\ asoqr\ parpunq puz puz stabling and bottling stores are to the rear of the tpru tpru pals pals a a arq eJp eJp sBuqeeu sBuqeeu r) r) su su pue pue q/v\ q/v\ hundred years later by J C and R H Palmer whose 'salra.^ les les 1e 1e lppot lppot smerq smerq areq areq nq pe; pe; LlrU eq11o Surp Surp breweries, while maltings and malt kilns are sited o] firm still brews here today. Part of the building at eq] lo lo 1 1 lsapl lsapl .]see .]see rguro) rguro) 8ur 8ur peol peol g leg leg peog peog aLt'] pue pue r15 r15 to the east. the corner of West Bay Road and Skilling Hill Road I)A, NVHDT{tIItD.AUIATUA NVHDT{tIItD.AUIATUA s s ot aq aq lluo lluo Aaa,rarq Aaa,rarq pLJ! pLJ! pres aq1 'paq)]eq] 'paq)]eq] s q:ns q:ns Zt Zt is thatched, and is said to be the only such brewery lrrzroz WYKErsl BREWERY, GILLINGHAM eql eql arp arp sBLrplnq sBLrplnq padno]8 padno]8 punor? u p p in Europe.'edornl The buildings are grouped around a [ST 796266] 22 PrPl lPuolrper] lP lP u u eql eql aqt aqt lo lo ue ue sr.r?e-r sr.r?e-r puP]euu?ur puP]euu?ur [!n [!n llurq llurq srql salaque6 salaque6 aqt aqt sem sem eq1 l.rer'rarq l.rer'rarq ,51 ,51 ,E yard in the traditional manner and at the rearS) is an iaaq.4^ra1e/!^ iaaq.4^ra1e/!^ [96 [96 x x x x uo] 6 6 Surnseaur Surnseaur This until was the brewery of the Matthews family tl LUg LUg 1 lq lq pg pg ur ur sera sera asnoqpooM asnoqpooM iron waterwheel, measuring 19' x 5' (5.8m x pa.lrnb:e lleM lleM I I I rel?^ rel?^ ]o] ]o] 1963. It alq"dpl alq"dpl 3ursrpl,o 3ursrpl,o it was acquired by Hall & in (urZS. (urZS. Woodhouse pup pup rts lnq lnq ero$ ero$ Surlloq Surlloq pasol) reUeereql se se peurpLuer peurpLuer I .52m) and still of raising well p 1 1 capable waterlo for tl tl ]Inq ]Inq lodpLg lodpLg lq lq store oq] se,, rpalleH rpalleH closed bottling a-rq a-rq thereafter but remained as a l-ra^ l-ra^ aqt aqt ol ol oN oN pala^uol pala^uol r r eu-ros eu-ros slEU Jo1 's-real 's-real | | the brewery. It was built ro by T Helyear of Bridport 618 618 oI oI for the a!1 a!1 qros qros aqt aqt some years. s s ur Now converted to flats, esnoqMarq esnoqMarq e e pooS pooS un un Ie3re Ie3re elrols elrols .roualxe .roualxe s,La,Me-rq in 1879. To the south of the brewhouse is a good sul?LUa.r lp)rdl] lp)rdl] largely un- ele ele s8uqeur LupJld LupJld brewery's stone exterior remains s peloor peloor qllM qllM pedeqs pedeqs p p 80tg 80tg trqLup trqLup sno sno eqt eqt seq seq I I pu? pu? ep ep up s,MoLls s,MoLls peHurq) slate roofed | maltings with typical pyramid-shaped 6q8 6q8 ]ou ]ou tnq tnq u u lernpalqr:e 3sn 3sn changed beside the B308I . and shows an ambitious 'u[) palep palep sP sP aql aql 'qlns 'qlns ellp ellp a!!os a!!os aleuer?il aleuer?il qlar qlar rptap rptap kiln, dated 1859, but not in use as such. 's HINO}.AII AUIAIUA AUIAIUA architectural style with some Italianate details. The ) ) eq] eq] jo jo s asod.rnd asod.rnd uro.rl .raLuJol aql aql rnq rnq 3Lip 3Lip rpe tZ tZ [s8r8e [s8r8e WEYMOUTHrs] BREWERY former purpose of the building is clear from the lqrpeN lqrpeN a3pu-]oo] a3pu-]oo] rlletu rlletu rolepluaa rolepluaa u u pue pue [SY 681785] 21 lucam,'Lue:n| roof-ridge ventilators and maltkiln. Nearby lrnq lrnq 1o: 1o: o] o] lsour lsour se8euo) e^eq uJeq uras Luaes peLl)elap- peLl)elap- uoi:a uoi:a a,rssardur a,rssardur raurolyo raurolyo ller*arq Theaq1 most impressive collection of former semi-detached cottages seem to have been built | | brewery 986 986 lJa^\erq lJa^\erq eql eql laro6 laro6 ro1 plnq /'^er€ ql/v\ s8u s8u ur ur pesear ur 'sJe)jJoM 'sJe)jJoM buildings in Dorset. Brewing 3u ceased in 1986 with for the brewery workers. a{p1 Wyke Brewery. lrauarg f I t 6 ll uL Jrl lj ! t I 3030 DORSET'SDORSET S INDUSTRIALiNDUSTR]AL HERITAGEHERTAGE POWERSTOCKPOWERSTOCK COMMONCOITIMON BRICKWORKSBRICKWORKS && POTTERIESPOTTERIES [SY[sY 542974]5.t2e7r] 272t The remainsremarns ofofa a side firedllred SuffolkSuffolk kilnkiln can bebe seenseen BROWNSEABROWNSEA ISLANDISLAND onon part of a woodlandwood and naturenature trailtra I developed by [SZlsz 013875]or]87s1 2323 the DorsetDoret TrustTr-:sl foror NatureNat.r.e ConservationLo.l.e^airor on Inn thethe 1850s1850s ColonelCoonel WaughWauSh developeddeveoped aa highlyhghly PowerstockPowerstock Common,Cornmon, aboutabout 3 milesmt es (5(5 km)km) west mechanisedmechanrsed potterypottery works toto produceproduce sewage ofof Maidenl'larden NewtonNeMon nearnear Bridport.Bndport. The chamberchamber iss pipes,prpes. sanitarysantary wares andand ornamentalornarnental terraterra cotta.cotta 14'14'6" 6" (4.4m)(4 4-rl) longong andand 12' 2'3" 3" (3.7m)(37m) widewde andand A horsehorse-worked worked tramwaytramway broughtbrought mostmost of thethe wouldwoud havehave heldheld 20,00020,000 bricks.brrcks. UnderUnder the flllooroor clayclay fromfrom thethe northnorth sides de ofofthe the islandisland (at(at Seymours, are three archedarched firellre tunnelstunnels with unusualunusual cast ironron nownow on thethe naturenature reserve).reserue) Waugh hadhad hopedhoped toto firefire doors. Itt iss believedbe ieved toto havehave beenbeen builtbu t inin 18571857 produce porcelain.porcelain, but thethe clayclay was onlyon y suitablesu table and producedproduced handhand-made made andand perforatedperforated wirecutw recut forfor the lessless profitableprolltabe coarsercoarser ware, andand therethere bricks,brcks, landland drain pipespipes andand somesome roofingroofing tiles,ttes, thethe raw were soonsoon financialfi nanc al difficultiesdifllcLrlties afterafter soso muchmuch capitalcapita raw materialmatena beingbeing obtained fromfrom aa clayclay pit toto thethe outlay.outay. The works carried onon untiluntl 1887.1887. south.south. On the south-westsouth west coast, aroundaround ShardShard Point,Pornt. thethe VERWOOD POTTERIESPOTTERIES beachb.a.' and"rd lowor cliffs,l'f aredre thickll cL with&rll brokenb.oler pipesprpe, [SU[su 091077]o9ro77] 28ZA and highlyhrghly glazedgazed bricks,bncks andand therethere are a fewfew Very littlehtte remainsremains of this onceonce widespreadwrdespread indus-indus- overgrownovergrown tracestraces ofofthe the works inland.nland. The exportexport try inin the VerwoodVer..r'r'ood district.distrct. A largelarge kilnkiln moundmound cancan pierprer hashas beenbeen repairedrepared byby thethe NationalNatonal Trust.Trust bebe seenseen on thethe west sideslde ofofthe the B30728t072 at SUsu 091077,091077. NearbyNearby cancan be seenseen thethe ruinsrurns of Maryland,Maryand, aa andand thisthrs maymay bebe thethe earliestearl est inn Verwood.Verwood There areare model villagev lage of sixteensixteen houseshouses inin fourfolr blocksblocks for twot!!o importantmDo4a'll sites5 t.\ int thethe vicinity,v{tr t/ bothbotr onon privatepivate thethe workers. property. At PottersPotters EndEnd [SU[sU 076085],076085], thethe originalongna potter'spotter's househouse andand twotwo buildings survivesurvve withwth aa kilnk ln CHICKERELL CHICKERELL moundmound—the the onlyony eighteenthetghteenth century group of itsits [SY[sY 645798]64s7e8] 24 typetype leftleft inln thethe countrycountry—and and atat SandalholmeSandaholme [SU[sU Two chimneysch mneys and a continuouscontnuoLrs kilnkin are visiblevisble 079083]0790811 survivesuNve a kilnkln mound,mound a longlong drying shedshed besidebesrde thethe B3157Bl157 atat Chickerell.Ch ckerel. The associatedassocrated clayclay andand otherother potterypottery buildings.bu ldings. ThisTh s kilnkiln was worked pitpt underunder Crook HillH I isrs nownow partlypartly occupiedoccupted byby aa byby thethe Andrews familyfamily andand closedclosed inin aboutabout 1907.1907. readyready-mxed-mixed concreteconcrete works andand depot, and aa BeyondBe.or o Verwood,Ve..,rood. a kilnI'ln moundmoLld partiallypalrdlr survives\Jnves motormotor engineeringengrneering firm.frm G HH Crickmay hadhad a largearge at PresseysPresseys Corner,Corner, AlderholtAlderhotISU [Su 122132].l22t]21 works herehere inn thethe 1850s, 850s makingmak ng bricks,brcks, tiles,tiles draindratn pipesP'pe9 potterypotlef andard stoneware.storeware. LaterLate, ownersowre- in-,"- BALLBALL CLAYCLAY cludedcuded Bagg && Sons LtdLtd and Webb,Webb Majorl,lajor & CoCo Ltd,Ltd, beforebefore thethe brickyardbflckyard closedclosed inin 1969. 969. BLUEBLUE POOL,PIOOL, FURZEBROOKFURZEBROoK [SY[sY 935833]e3s833] 29 GODLINGSTON BlueBiue PoolPoo isis justlust southsouth of Furzebrook,Furzebrook, whichwhch iss thethe [SY 020803]o2o8o3l 25 lsY mainmain processingpro.ess ng centre forfor thethe PurbeckPurbeck clayclay indus-indLrs ThisThrs isrs aa workingworkrng brickyardbr ckyard ofofthe the Swanage BrickBrick && try. Itt isrs aa strangestrange place forfor an industrialndLlstrral monument,monument TileT e Co Ltd,Ltd, where thethe localoca claysclays havehave been ex-ex but thisthis popular beauty spotspot iss a flfloodedooded clayca/ pitprt ploitedploited sinces nce 18611861.. There are three oiloll firedfired downdown-- surroundedsurrounded byby trees.trees. MinuteIYinute claycay particlespafticles inrn thethe draughtdralght kilns,kilns each with aa capacitycapacty ofof upup to 64,00054,000 water diffractd ffract sunlight,sun ight, givinggvng varying shadesshades of bricks.brcks. The firmflrm specialisesspecraises inrn handhand-made made bricksbncks deep blueblue or green underunderthe the rightrght conditions.condrtons. The whichwhch havehave a nationwidenationwtde market.n'tarket. AlthoughAthough notnot smallsmal museummuseum atat thethe sitesfle hashas a display onon thethe open toto visitors,vsitors, thethe works can be seensben nearnear historyhistory of thethe ball clayclay and potterypoftery industries,industnes andand UlwellUlwe lon on thethe northnodh sidesrde ofofSwanage. Swanage. exhibitsexhrbits includernclude aa tubal,tubal thethe curiouscurous narrownarrow spadespade onceonce usedused forfor cuttingcutting clay.clay. VA 0929509295 51408. POOLEPOOLE POTTERYPOTTERY DOol BlueBlue Pool is, justtJSl oneo1e ofot manyn rT, flflooa.oooded clayCla/ pitsp,l intl [SZ[sz 012903]or2eo]l 2626 therhe area,a ed, butoJt is. thelhe bestbesL knownL^o^.r andd1d mostrro\t accessi-d.cesst- The Carters' well knownknown potterypottery works isis stillstl inn ble.ble. Modernlvlodern clay pitspits and minesmines areare generally wellwe I productionproductron onon thethe Quay atat Poole.Poo e PartPart datesdates fromfrom Quay hidden,hidden, butbut forfor example,example, thethe covered storagestorage binsbins thethe latelate eighteenth century.century The craft showroomshowroom and inclinednclned shaftshaft of NordenNorden Minel'aine [SYlsy 949827]9-i9827] can hashas a smallsmal museummuseum which containscontains displays of be seen fromfrom a footpath.footpath. The museumrnuseum at thethe potterypottery mademade here, asas well asas aa reconstructedreconstructed clayclay PoolePoole PotteryPottery (siteGlte 26)26) hashas aa reconstructedreconstrucred clayclay minemrne andand bottlebottle kiln.kiln. VI 0202O2A) 666200.66Qln. mine. t€ s,llstoc lrvlNlH lrvlNlH DORSET'S INDUSTRIAL lvtulsncN HERITAGE 31 l]rEno l]rEno qurnqUrnS '^uuvno '^uuvno roorr roorr Suckthumb Quarry. P. Trim DNrrNvo DANCING,,IgUNd LEDGE QUARRY, 1g 1g lr:zrse lr:zrse PURBECKrsl 'NIAUUV [SY 997769] 31 lods lods y auols auols se8pe; se8pe; re;ndod re;ndod areq,u areq,u Surdo Surdo s s lpue8 lpue8 INOIS G A popular spot where gently sloping stone ledges alll alll uo uo o] o] ssel)p ssel)p a^t3 ?es ?es aql aql paLls?,^ paLls?,^ ureur ureur STONE QUARRYING give access to the sea.'pas On the main sea-washed lq lq supr supr uroq uroq aq aq uP) uP) eqt eqt q)€Jt q)€Jt e8pal uaes uaes 'slruuvno 'slruuvno pasn pasn flla oNvrruod oNvrruod ^sl ledge can be seen the tracks used by horn-carts otlr otlr Butl]Jpl Butl]Jpl lo, 3u]rp,M 3u]rp,M Surppo Surppo ro] ro] auols auols ot ot 'sa8req 'sa8req BILL QUARRIES,Fseele PORTLAND for carrying stone for loading into waiting barges. eqf punor3repun punor3repun l]renb l]renb euros euros u u sr sr qyaa qyaa 'e^oqe 'e^oqe [SY 676684] 30 puJ lo lo url url -rnqre^o -rnqre^o aq1 qlM qlM dr],Oa^ dr],Oa^ pupLod pupLod sr sr e e ,Mol ,Mol t t The main quarry is above, with some underground6tu 1l 1l tsplsp.^ tsplsp.^ paH paH pa>lro/^ pa>lro/^ puqeq puqeq The very tip of Portland is low overbur- s3u:,1-ro,u with little 1o 'uap Surlrrpnb Surlrrpnb Suqeur Suqeur lsea lsea eq1 eq1 11lenb 11lenb qSnoqle qSnoqle workings behind. It was Jl last worked in 1914. Hed- 1x3u 1x3u ) ) spre^ spre^ o] o] aql aql sp.]e/$]saM sp.]e/$]saM /Jnq ,Or?nb ,Or?nb den, making quarrying easy although the quality of sr lou lou aLlI aLlI eql snouJp, snouJp, euols euols se se poo8 poo8 a a es es sr sr sp sp bury is the next cliff .quarry westwards towards 'eJeqr 'eJeqr ^ou.te-] ^ou.te-] 'aqLUolPes the stone is ltog not as good as elsewhere. The famous lq lq ! ! 1d1n3 eJn]€u eJn]€u se/'^ se/'^ pe}?er) pe}?er) 3u 3u 'luvra 'luvra Seacombe.IsvI oNvlluod oNvlluod Pulpit Rock was | created by removing a natural leurs leurs ]noqe ]noqe araql araql It It q)re 3u:1rorra 3u:1rorra are are ut ut q1g q1g 'sa:e1 'sa:e1 lsrztor lsrztor EASTrs] WEARE, PORTLAND ))o-r ))o-r arch in lo about 1875. There are small working faces, esrnoraql esrnoraql atse.^ atse.^ qrolq qrolq selid paldd?)s paldd?)s pu? pu? [SY 703715] 32 V 1o 1o ]per8 ]per8 sl)o sl)o pi pi q)rLlM q)rLlM quJni quJni q q paddrtspue paddrtspue piles,o of scappled blocks and waste rock.The course pe.r? e e qt^ qt^ auols auols l?MLlert l?MLlert q)olq q)olq sesspd sesspd redaals redaals A great blocks which landslipped area of tumbled lodxe tsru tsru ellt ellt ro] ro] 01 01 aq aq Suoute Suoute ara.a.r pe)roM pe)roM of a tramway with stone sleeper ]rrr blocks passes asnoqlq8 asnoqlq8 jo jo ? ? ereq,^ ereq,^ rllnos eq] eq] o1 o1 saS.rpq saS.rpq ,\^ol ,\^ol were among worked for export the first to be d lllol lllol ue-rM ue-rM uror, eurBr.ro eurBr.ro sra sra e e s s p.rnc p.rnc pue pue 's,8ur;1 's,8ur;1 south of the lighthouse to[osssoel,,.s] a low cliff where barges ]uasa.rd ]uasa.rd eq1 eq1 aaa,r ereil ereil aueD aueD papeol papeol from original King's, Folly and Durdle Piers.Jo Wren's tspl tspl s s areaM areaM ur ur s8uqro,l ara^r ara^r were loaded [SY qrnl,.l lpurS:o 6806850].lpurS:o The present crane here 'ereq 'ereq ]ou ]ou s s Sulsroq Sulsroq eq] eq] ro1 ro1 pasn pasn pu? pu? pue pue sr workings were,o here. Much of East Weare is in ar?eM ar?eM e)ualec e)ualec s,uuad s,uuad f,qs f,qs lpadord lpadord pq pq is not the original and is used for hoisting and ullrJ eraql eraql saupl..raqlo saupl..raqlo Sute/ Sute/ rl?oq rl?oq ol er? er? pu? pu? SurLlsU SurLlsU Ministry of Defence property, but Penn's Weare e^ol e^ol ue: edo edo eq eq paq:eoJddr paq:eoJddr urory urory lowering fishing boats. There are other cranes and q)rnqJ lpurs ts?or ts?or aql aql ot ot req!n] req!n] illrou illrou sarrJpnb sarrJpnb eq] eq] SuolE SuolE can be approached from Church Ope Cove. 'HnrsnN sur^vurvtt sur^vurvtt NolgNvr small quarries further along the coast to the north-[169969 ls] ls] ]sru ]sru Lrpno Lrpno e^pl e^pl s s aloH aloH aq1 aq1 ']sea east. The first is Cave Hole Quarry [SY 696691] LANGTON)rraund MATRAVERS MUSEUM, l^ l^ s s reqrurl reqrurl a^oqp a^oqp ep ep areqr* e e peuo[sod peuo[sod >1:Jrap >1:Jrap p p tt tt PURBECK [oszeeo where a timber derrick is positioned above a wide .r.s] ty ty ap1le ap1le furpnb furpnb uado uado leA leA 3u 3u e,ret aql aql puelu puelu cave opening, withL]]r./\^ the quarry a little way inland. At [SY 998789] 33 1269189 1269189 ]snI ls] ls] asnoH asnoH aqt'q).rnqr aqt'q).rnqr q)?ol q)?ol LunesnLT.i LunesnLT.i edo edo are are aLll aLll qaq qaq sau?rl sau?rl pu pu ,Mou ,Mou o,Ml o,Ml eLro]s8uol Ia^ Ia^ Longstone Ope [SY 687692] are two cranes now Just behind the church, the))aqrnd Coach House Museum ol ol lrlsnpur lrlsnpur aql aql pue pue euols euols sleoq sleoq sr pup pup pelo^ap pelo^ap palddDs palddDs .ro1 .ro1 Surqsl Surqsl 3ura.nrol 3ura.nrol pasn is industry and well used for lowering fishing boats, and scappled devoted to the ll Purbeck stone lupl! lupl! Lrenb Lrenb slr€luo) slr€luo) dn dn sLuelr sLuelr eq1 eq1 plrp plrp qrop -oqd -oqd ra^eu ra^eu peld peld quo/v1 pq pq p p 'lBA 'lBA 'peddrqs 'peddrqs worth a ]o and pho- blocks piled up but never shipped. The quarry18 visit. It contains many items ru ru auols auols pue pue 3u 3u uo uo aq] aq] sLlde.rSo] ),paq.rnd ),paq.rnd aLlt aLlt pn pn redeaP redeaP uPqt uPqt uado 'l]lsnpur 'l]lsnpur ere ere s8u s8u q)nur q)nur openings are much deeper than on the Bill, and tographs of the Purbeck stone industry, including a p lros lros tnr tnr u.rol u.rol ellJo ellJo lq lq aro!^ aro!^ aluo aluo euots euots aulL!, aulL!, laql laql ueaq ueaq peDnr$uo)eJ se)e] se)e] a^eLl a^eLl euros /\^oqs /\^oqs tzt tzt e e 89 89 6Z60 6Z60 com- reconstructed stone 'mine' P of the sort once some facesleuueqt show where they have been cut by uolLr Lj Lj eq1 eq1 Surpuno-r.rns Surpuno-r.rns prrr prrr Bu Bu channelling machines. 'saurqteuu mon in the surrounding district. S' 0929 423168. 32 DORSET'SDORSETS INDUSTRIALNDUSTRAL HERITAGEHERTAGE MARNHULLI.IARNHULL QUARRIES STsT ALDHELM'SALDHELI'l'S QUARRY,QUARRY' PURBECKPURBECx [STlsr 796198]7e6re8] 3431 [SYlsY 965761]e6s76rl 37 Muchl'4uch of the landand toto thethe east of MarnhulllYarnhu hashas beenbeen ThisThs iss a workingworkng quarry and the only one inn the quarriedquarred for aa freestone whichwhrch made a goodSood localloca districtd stnct where the PurbeckPLr rbeck- -PortlandPo rt and stonesione isrs ex-ex buildingbuilding stone (such(such asas inin thethe finefine church) as wellwel as tractedtracted for masonry.masonry WW]Haysom J Haysom &&Son Son have being burntburnt forfor lime.lime Cottages can be seen inrn old installednstaled a modern stone dressingdressng plant,pant. but the sunkensunken quarriesquarres at SalisburySa rsbury Street [ST[Sr 786188],786188] but quarryqLrarry retainsretains the lastlast completecomp ete timbertrmber derrickderrck thethe most extensiveextensrve area iss on both sidessrdes of thethe standingstand ng inn a PurbeckPurbeck or,or indeed,rndeed, any DorsetDorset B3092 at Gannetts, where one part iss still worked inin 81092 at Gannetts, where one stLll worked quarry. The cliffciff top of StStAldhelms Aldhelm's Head [sY[sY aa smallsmal way [STlsr 796198].796 98] 962754]962754]has has been quarriedquarred innthepast the past, leavingeavngsome some PORTESHAMPORTESHAM QUARRIES strikingstr krng pinnacles.p nna(les. 35 [SY[sY 610859]6ro85e] 15 SEACOMBE QUARRY, PURBECKPURBECK LimestoneLimestone quarriesquarres on the hillsideh ls de toto the east of [SY[sY 984766]e84766] 38l8 thethe villagevr lage were connectedconne.ted byby anan inclinenc ine fromlrom thethe Where thethe dry valleyvaley ofo[ SeacombeSeacombe Bottom meets Abbotsbury railwayra way inn 1887.BB7. WilliamWlam Manfieldllanfeld thethe coast therethere were quarries forlor the PurbeckPLrrbeck- leasedleased thesethese quarriesquarr es and gravelSrave pitsp ts furtherfufiher upup thethe PortlandPortland stone,stone. at work fromfrom about 17001700 untiluntr thethe hillhr nearnear Hardy'sHardys Monument,lYonument, butbut byby 18951895 therethere 1930s.910s. There are undergroundundergroLrnd workings with thethe were nono workers recordedrecorded and thereafterthereafter onlyonly roofroo supported.Lpponed bybr uncut-r.rt pillarsp 1" . andard precariouspre."',oJ. twotwo oror three.three. Intermittentntermittent workingworkrng appearsaPPears to pilespres of blocks.bocks By 1839,1839. usesuses of stone fromlrom thisthrs havehave ceasedceased inln 1928.1928. There were twotwo limekilns,lmekins, quarry hadhad beenbeen for thethe clock house on DoverDover butbut onlyonly partpart of oneone remains.remans The course of thethe pier,pier, WinchesterWnchester prison,prison West Indialndia Docks,Docks. light-lght inclinenc ne cancan bebe barelybarely traced,traced butbut partpart ofofa a protrud-protrud houseshoLrses at MargatelYargate and thethe Islesle of Wight,Wght and ingngralrsacue rail is a clue. numerousnumerous churcheschL-Lrches andand bridgesbrdges inn thethe county. PURBECKPURBECK MARBLEMARBLE WORKINGS SUCKTHUMB QUARRY, PORTLANDPORTLAND [SY[sY 984796]e84796] 36 [SYLsY 687707]6877071 3919 Overgrown medievalmedieval pitspits alongalong thethe thinth n seamseam of ContainsContarns thethe onton[, standingstand ng timbertimber derrickdernck inn a PurbeckPurbeck marblemarb e cancan bebe tracedtraced atat thethe footloot of thethe PortlandPortand quarry, aa 33ton ton crane without a jib.ilb. The limestoneimestone escarpmentescarpment whichwhrch extendsextends fromfrom PeverilPeverl quarryquarry clearlycear y showsshows thethe methodmethod of working.workrnS, withwrth PointPornt toto WarbarrowWarbarrow Tout. Some,Some, forfor example,exampe aa deep gullyguliy and benchbench behind. A largelarge areaarea hashas cancdn beDF seenreer fromrro_n thelre laned1c betweenbetreer Harman'sHa'n'an'_ beenbeen quarried andand thethe CoombefieldCoombelle d andand Weston CrossCross andand Sunnydown,SLrnnydown, nearfear DownshayDownshay Farm.Farm. sectionssectons havehave beenbeen worked inn recentrecent years. '19". -.• ..._ ''': • • .• -- - $.1P-: : a, ••••• ...,«...... _ ' -,, 1°1:el r..7.•...... ,":4;11A°11 0 0.--,:7---- m,,-:.- t1., , .1, 'n A quarry mouth. tt s,tlstoc l9vlNlH l9vlNlH ulsoatN ulsoatN DORSET'S INDUSTRIAL tv HERITAGE 33 T.lNll.l T.lNll.l S9NIXUOA S9NIXUOA UIHLO I OTHER MINERAL WORKINGS lunarsl9NaH rNorsNout rNorsNout ovtH ovtH [, [, froozr froozr HENGISTBURYzs] HEAD IRONSTONE ^pups ^pups I [SZ 176906] 43 u u uo uo euolsuol spaq spaq eq] eq] srn))o srn))o qt qt ppall ppall Ironstone occurs in the sandy beds on this s head- Jo Jo 1 1 t€ t€ sp^ sp^ .q1 .q1 ]noq_r€q ]noq_r€q pu?l q)rnLlllsurll q)rnLlllsurll r.llnoLLr r.llnoLLr was land at the mouth of01 Christchurch harbour. It lsBua; lsBua; lq lq gt8| gt8| ur ur pelrenb paseq-qs]e41eql paseq-qs]e41eql I I h h Hengist- quarried in 1848-70 by the Welsh -basedJlq lrnq le/v\olol] le/v\olol] peBeupu|ol peBeupu|ol p!.H p!.H Suru Suru Holloway, ap bury Head Mining Co.,leot managed by J E ]upq)reLu ]upq)reLu aql aql euolsuo.r euolsuo.r s?,M s?,M SouthamptonuoldLueqlnos coal merchant. The ironstone was ]r ]r ol ol aJaqr\ aJaqr\ .ur .ur s?M s?M uotdLupqtnos uotdLupqtnos seSrpq seSrpq Lte)e] taken in• barges to Southampton, l?o) where it was ]s?l€q ]s?l€q urnlar urnlar .ro, .ro, 3u 3u se se sdrqs sdrqs par]alsupr] returning transferred as ballast for ]V coal ships ]srq ]srq auolsuo-r auolsuo-r o] o] ltdLla eSrel eSrel sele^A sele^A qlnos qlnos l.usno l.usno aqurorPas empty to South Wales. At first large ironstone atll atll ero, ero, ro ro e.re^ e.re^ paDslo) paDslo) Lrror] Lrror] 'sl)olq Seacombe Quarry. 'sreb:op fore- blocks, or doggers, were collected from]o the ]nq ]nq uos uos 'luuvno 'luuvno sJlP sJlP aroqs s[]t s[]t eq] eq] uoos uoos pa pa o1 o1 uorsora uorsora l,ttrl )rlsund )rlsund }.IHA }.IHA shore, but this soon led to erosion of the soft cliffs ]soLU ]soLU eql eql 1p 1p leq] leq] arnteal arnteal a a qrqr' ppq ppq qrs^ qrs^ palretord palretord lerz lerz TILLYzsl rto rto WHIM QUARRY, PURBECK which they had protected. The most visible feature Fp)uodo Fp)uodo sr sr q:rqm q:rqm lppo] 3ur>por* 3ur>por* pereLl]€aM pereLl]€aM [SZ 031769] 40 p speq speq 0_re,1 0_re,1 >i)eqrnd palloM palloM pu?ltrod pu?ltrod -_rapun -_rapun today is a weathered opencast working which ))oC t t $or.!p oH oH slnr slnr aq} aq} o^ o^ s,l?,^,\o s,l?,^,\o ur ur Purbeck-Portland beds were worked under- puElpEaq euols euols aqt aqt olLr olLr se8req se8req Lllor1 Lllor1 plp plp aqt aqt pappol pappol punor8 almost cuts]nl the headland in two. Holloway's Dock o] o] Jol Jol auJ€) auJ€) qrrqr' qrrqr' 'ppo 'ppo seBr?q seBr?q eq1 eq1 spM groundllll and the stone loaded into barges from the llrl llrl o] o] sr sr e^pq e^pq pa^elaq pa^elaq rpnb rpnb eqt eqt iraaq iraaq was cut for the barges which came to load. aql aql auolsuor auolsuor raqlouv srelle€ srelle€ eql eql lrrenb lrrenb sp^\ sp^\ cliff. Tilly is believed to have been the quarry Lro , , ,Lurtl/l ,Lurtl/l eltq^ eltq^ o] o] eq] eq] s,rau,Mo auPJr auPJr slara_r slara_r 'eLupu 'eLupu Another ironstone quarry was the Batters on the s s a)u a)u o] o] tou ep ep e>lplr] e>lplr] s s ql ql peLuurpp peLuurpp 'puod 'puod owner's name, while 'whim' refers to the crane p auots auots Sure^\o Sure^\o ullof ullof eq] eq] _ro] _ro] rua rua sr sr Mor{ Mor{ pesn pres pres north side, since dammed to make a pond. used for lowering the stone. John Mowlem is said ol loq loq a^pq a^pq e e sp sp o-rolaq o-rolaq e-reLl e-reLl l.rr?nb l.rr?nb eqt eqt pa)lro/\^ pa)lro/\^ Ia.S Ia.S tDOlUIl.ll{l) to have worked here1g; as a boy before the quarry lnoq? lnoq? ^s] ung ung a8roa3 a8roa3 ul ul asaql asaql pesop pauedo pauedo 'tr 'tr tv tv closed in about 1814. George Burt opened these KIMMERIDGE [88t606 SHALE lnq lnq lleruE lleruE upl! )rqnd )rqnd se^pl se^pl aq] aq] up up s€ s€ apeu.] apeu.] ro.l ro.l man-made caves as an attraction uo for the public, but [SY 909788] 44 11 11 4snpur 4snpur e)urpr^6 e)urpr^6 laql qlM qlM y eql eql ueqr\ ueqr\ era,M era,M Lols Lols oLullaq oLullaq pesop pesop eresun eresun )iro.r )iro.r e e elrs elrs 3uo1 3uo1 q q they were closed q1r,r.r evidence when the rock 1o with became unsafe A Jo site with a long industrial history, lelll'.ralp lelll'.ralp eq] eq] sirnpord sirnpord llau llau ur ur s-rpel s-rpel oqt oqt upureJ upureJ Llior] Llior] elqrs^ elqrs^ apqs apqs uo uo Ll pesru?3Jo pesru?3Jo pnpord pnpord ninety years later. They remain visible from the of organised production of shale products inJpol the eqt eqt elspo) e^oq! e^oq! tll?dtool tll?dtool uro_r] uro_r] a8p a8p relr.rurl> relr.rurl> aq] aq] pue pue Llo.I seurqaLuos seurqaLuos pele) pele) '33€ '33€ coastal footpath above, and from the west. 'lsa,\^ iron age. Sometimes called Kimmeridge Coal, the -ro1 -ro1 s]jp s]jp eqt eqt snoururnlrq Suole Suole aPqs aPqs peL.]?nb peL.]?nb bituminous shale wasse,^^ quarried along the cliffs for lProl lProl u u ! ! lq lq qtueeteuru qtueeteuru aq] aq] stuPtrqPllu stuPtrqPllu esn anl anl sp sp 'luuvno 'luuvno lnor oNvrluod oNvrluod 'e 'e use as a fuel by local inhabitants. In the nineteenth Po.d tLr) d d rrd.lt rrd.lt o) o) ara& ara& 10 10 r r n n cldL-Ip cldL-Ip ,/ ,/ ;y ;y luzzsat luzzsat TOUTrsl QUARRY, PORTLAND century there were various attempts to produce ]qroJlsoueM ]qroJlsoueM ol3 ol3 e e ppq ppq lllP lllP ).reLuLr]o) ).reLuLr]o) [SY 685727] 41 ropups?8 lo lo }? }? ]soLLrp ]soLLrp do] do] aql aql eqt eqt uy /Or?nb /Or?nb SurSaralur SurSaralur gas and oil commercially. Wanostrocht & Co. had a le le lupd ro, ro, ur ur sdLup sdLup sp8 sp8 urpq.r€M urpq.r€M An interesting quarry almost at the top of the 8ur)npo-rd euols euols aisE.^ aisE.^ LUo4 LUo4 e-teq,^ e-teq,^ qtnur qtnur sp^^ sp^^ pupsr pedde pedde plant at Wareham producing gas for lamps in ]q8rl ]q8rl ]lprluo) ]lprluo) ot ot srpel srpel P P ue] ue] 'gt8l Lro,1^]3lP Lro,1^]3lP pu? pu? island, from where muchlll stone waste was tipped ]saM ]saM at]] at]] urlllrl^ urlllrl^ elots elots ll-renb ll-renb er]] er]] ra^o contract to light I848, and ten ,o years later won a eurur) eurur) epPlr epPlr uror.l uror.l aql slaerls slaerls srred srred qlr,^^ qlr,^^ over the West Cliff. Within the quarry stone s?ts s)rolq s)rolq salllup..rq.lo salllup..rq.lo pro)al pro)al radeeF esrnor esrnor L!o-rJ L!o-rJ eql eql the streets of Paris with gas made from Kimme- -rezluel -rezluel are^ are^ a8pr rO rO oslp oslp aeqs aeqs pup pup 'pelnpord 'pelnpord ,slueLp-raN ,slueLp-raN lr?U lr?U from sleeper blocks record the course of branches ]seul eql llqssod llqssod le,^ le,^ aLlt aLlt -nuoL! -nuoL! ridge shale. Oil and fertilizer were alsoz98l produced. arEM arEM aql aql lq lq ualel ualel s>|o^ s>|o^ ra^o ra^o eq1 sP/1^ sP/1^ the Merchants' Railway. Possibly the finest monu- Lrr ]ueul € € P P llnlmPaq llnlmPaq uo uo sr sr peDn]lsuor peDn]lsuor pu?lt-rod pu?lt-rod 3 3 The works lro was taken over in 1862 by the Ware- PUP PUP alpuel alpuel reqlo reqlo surJu surJu urpLl 'oJ 'oJ ment on all Portland is a beautifully constructed 'po^\olloj oupl'l'J. oupl'l'J. auolsllp qtra qtra ? ? euolsle>l euolsle>l paql])su paql])su qrre qrre ham Oil & Candle Co. and other firms followed. rat rat alq^ alq^ rol o] o] s?^ s?^ uoqrD uoqrD lJel lJel pe)npord pe)npord r.l r.l ues ues p p V V lo lo drystone,tEBl arch, with a keystone inscribed 'J. C. Lano ou?l ou?l aq] aq] aqt aqt filter ]eEpu?LU ]eEpu?LU 65-g99; 65-g99; s?,M s?,M to 'l]rpnb 'l]rpnb For a while sanitary was produced carbon 1.ro^^ lspl lspl lq lq aLll aLll ur ur ser'r ser'r roieLu roieLu 3u 3u as 'e3p^ 'e3p^ lo lo 1854'. Lano was the manager ZgBl of the quarry. A Inq Inq rol rol oupl oupl s!/\^ s!/\^ leMLr]er} leMLr]er} puolas B B q).re q).re sewage. The last major working was in 1883-90 by p p ? ? oq^\ oq^\ rO rO eq] aBpraurL!ry aBpraurL!ry second Lano arch of 1862 was for a tramway 'oluo+€J iuapuadepu iuapuadepu uolsaM uolsaM olur olur aql aql eq] eq] p?or p?or a qleeuaq the Kimmeridge Oil & Carbon Co.. who built aLll aLll pe4o/^ pe4o/^ a?qs a?qs uro4 uro4 se/^ se/^ rard rard urle,,aue-q e e pue pue V V )p^\ )p^\ ]JrJ ]JrJ beneath the Weston road into the Independent1o 1seM 1seM do] do] eqt eqt $Lrrpno Suoe Suoe tramway inland from a The shale was worked tsl pier. 1d 1e 1e lqllou lqllou aql aql pteuu?1^J pteuu?1^J Quarries. A walk along the top of West Cliff 'punorSJepun / / ]e^o ]e^o alspM alspM auoJs auoJs oq oq qrnu qrnu se/^ se/^ spa^al pedde pedde .Manfield Pit [SY underground,ltezzre notably at the y y slpe^a] slpe^a] eql3uo? eql3uo? aroqs aroqs sp:e,tqsea sp:e,tqsea reveals how much waste stone was tipped over >1;em sprp^1ol sprp^1ol aperl aperl are are sa.rr?no sa.rr?no areq] areq] .3pa .3pa aq1 aq1 aql 917783]. A walk eastwards along the shore reveals a)e]# a)e]# euorse))o euorse))o qt^ qt^ )eqlursla^el )eqlursla^el aLlt aLlt -urer] -urer] Trade Quarries there are plo the edge.lpre^as Towards the ] ] sq] sq] auols auols 3u 3u sesserlnq sesserlnq dd dd pau,rpr pau,rpr q)rq,^ q)rq,^ old levels in the cliff face with the occasional tram- iuaurel iuaurel os? os? se,\\ se,\\ &M l?r l?r auols auols ^t ^t '3urpn4ord '3urpn4ord ^rpe ^rpe several stone buttresses which carried the tippingItzztag,\sl ):e.rt ):e.rt dotu dotu ssorl! ssorl! slp,Mu.leJl aq] aq] was also p p stone way rail protruding. Prtsnpul Cement ]€ ]€ aroq aroq eSp.raLuLU) eSp.raLuLU) -ur -ur tramways across the clifftop track [SY 683723]. workedpe)Jo,M here. Industrial activity at Kimmeridge in- l ]lps ]lps esnoqssplS esnoqssplS ur ur ue ue q.ro^ q.ro^ s)-ro,M s)-ro,M urnle urnle pue pue papn papn rtdsNra glasshouse in )rraund.auuvno )rraund.auuvno cluded an alum works, salt works and llrea llrea aq1 ,0n1ua: ,0n1ua: qluealue,res qluealue,res at at lryzze lryzze the early seventeenth century. WINSPIT,r.sl QUARRY, PURBECK [SY 977761] 42 ) ) e^lsLrayl rrpnb rrpnb plp plp eprs,r, eprs,r, sa sa punorBrepun punorBrepun Extensivelro,u cliffside quarries and underground ]e ]e s8u s8u are are q!oM,uo q!oM,uo punol punol sra^e.rpl^ sra^e.rpl^ aq aq workings are found below Worth Matravers at the eq] Ap Ap ryo ryo lq lq lale,r lale,r pue sleqrull sleqrull pe>lueg pe>lueg duts duts end of a dry valley flanked by superb qredns strip lynchets. euots sE^^ sE^^ urorl urorl aqt aqt paurlnb paurlnb eroq eroq ua) ua) Stone was quarried here from the eighteenth qlueelqSa cen- 4un 4un umop umop ,trn1 tury down until 1945.gg51 3434 DORSET'SDORSET'S INDUSTRIAL NDUSTRAL HERITAGEHERITAGE e' 1t! '!: Abbot's limekiln.limekiln. LIMEKILNSLIMEKILNS stonestone quarry. Itlt iss inrn good conditioncondtion andand hashas an BISHOP'S,BtsHoP's, ABBOTSBURYaBaorsBURY invertedlnverted V arch toto thethe draw hole.hole. A springspr ng emerg- inging fromfrom thethe backback of thethe kilnkin mustmust havehave causedcaused [SY[sY 587858]5878s8] 45 problems andand makesmakes anan unusualunusual feature.feature. The hill-hi I A smallsmall limekiln,lmekln, about a centurycentLrry old and partlypartly sidesrde sitesfte isis owned by thethe NationalNatrona Trust andand over- restoredrestored byby thethe County Council.Counci. An illustratedlJLrstrated lookslooks West Bexington.Bexington. The DorsetDo6et coastalcoasta informationnformat on board explainsexpla ns thethe limeburninglmeburnrng pro-pro- footpath passespasses closec ose by.by. cess.cess HereHere atatthe the Bishop'sBshop's LimekilnLimekin PicnicPicn c Site therethere iss a goodgood viewpointviewpornt besidebesde a lanelane whichwhch climbs PORTLANDPORTLAND [SY 691727]6e 49 steeplysteeply north-eastnorth-east aboveabove AbbotsburyAbbotsb!ry village.vi age. [sY 1727] A limekiln on the CHURCH KNOWLEXNOWLE A imekln on the easteast sidesde of the mainmain roadroad toto Easton,Easton, difficultd filcult to spotspot asas aa lowlow buildingbuild ng surroundsslrrounds [SYlsY 945822]e4s822l 4616 thethe drawhole arch.arch An interestinginterest ng limekilnlmekrn at thethe footfoot of KnowleKnowe Hill.Hrl, withwth a smallsmall chalkchak quarry behind.behind Itt isis unusualunusua inn SHILLINGSTONE [ST 823098] 50 havinghaving a smallsmal limeburner'slmeburner's 'bothy''bothy builtbLr t intonto thethe lsr 8230e8] west side. Itlt has been restoredrestored byby thethe DorsetDorset A working,orl nB chalkcl-a I quarryq rd ) anddnc limeworks, me^o t\. cutrJl intorr'o CountrysideCountrys de Volunteers. thethe wooded escarpmentescarpment of ShillingstoneShilingstone HillH ll andand LANGTONLANGTON HERRINGHERRING • 4741 clearlyclearly visiblev srble fromfrom many milesm les away.away Two pairsparrs ofo{ kilnskins have been burningburn ng continuouslycontrnuously sinceence thethe [SY 622825] A mostmost unusualunusual limekilnlmekln standingstand ng ISY 1930s.1930s The ShillingstoneShilingstone LimeLrme & Stone Co Ltd.Ltd. was alone inin aa slopings oping fieldfieid below thethe lanelane fromfrom Lang-Lang- establishede .rdol,\red in,r 1924io)4 anddro is . now.ro^ theit e lastldll producerp-odu..r in1 ton Cross intonto the village.vllage A broadbroad arch gainsgarns Dorset,Dorset, sendingsend ng hydratedhydrated limeime to builders'buiiders' mer-mer access to the drawhole which isrs below ground Brolnd chantschants as farfar as Gloucester and Cornwall.Cornwal. A levellevelon on the lowerlower side.sde grindergr nder at thethe mouthmolrth of thethe kilnski ns iss byby thethe PatentPatent LIMEKILNLllrlEKlLN HILL,HtLL' WEST BEXINGTONBEXINGTON LightningLightning Crusher Co Ltd,Ltd and isis saidsaid to be thethe [SY[sY 538871]s]887il 48 oldest suchsuch workingworkrng inn England.England. The chalkchalk quarry Just]ust visiblevLs ble fromlrom thethe B3I57Bl 57 coastcoast road.road, thisthrs limekilnrmekrn hashas anan old aerial ropewayropeway systemsystem installedinsta led during liesies atat thethe lowerlower edge of aa smallsma I overgrown lime-rme thethe Second World War. st s.t3s80c l9vLNlH l9vLNlH DORSET'S INDUSTRIAL tvt!ISncNl HERITAGE 35 '^uoNnot '^uoNnot rrot tNrva tNrva ? ? s s ,NrulrNrtNr ,NrulrNrtNr uoNnor ? ? LOTT & WALNEUTISIH'UOO FOUNDRY, ^s] FOUNDRIES & ENGINEERINGs)uoa zS zS DORCHESTER [ro6e6e WORKS [SY 696907] 52 lo lo 3 3 Norunoa luoNnoJ l]ol l]ol ]? ]? aulpM aulpM pI pI uot8u uot8u eq_[ LUerd ses ses pro: pro: ls ls The premises of Lott & Walne Ltd at Fordington lol€sll lol€sll BOURTON FOUNDRY 1ae.45 u u lrea lrea as] ararn ararn pa]!lp^ pa]!lp^ q8noqte q8noqte q8rg [ST 775310] 51 High Street were vacated in early 1988,'986t although uor aLll aLll puno, puno, luPL! 3u 3u s.rPel pasPal pasPal urPLLr urPLLr lueyodeu lueyodeu 'arolaq 'arolaq araql sP^ fupunq 'uo|lnog ur ur uE uE iron founding ceased many years before. The main lo, ))L]q lsr! lsr! saPp saPp ?q ?q e!} e!} 3u 3u llq?qord llq?qord uror] pllnq pllnq There was an important foundry Jo in Bourton, }e }e ? ? aql aql aurL] aurL] e32l^ e32l^ auo auo rauenb sP^ areq,^ brick building probably dates from the first half of eq] l]nlual l]nlual u u qluoaleu qluoaleu eupJl sprl sprl -3u?q]e^o -3u?q]e^o Jo Jo where at one time a quarter of the village was pu? 11Lr 11Lr 1sol,.J 1sol,.J p eq] eq] elrs peloldu3 l-lopel aaou aaou sr sr p p the nineteenth century and has a crane overhang- tnq tnq rlo^^ rlo^^ uo aq aq 3u eq] aLll aLll employed. Most of the site is now a milk factory. llalpuntiolun laruPc ']ee.ils ,533PN ,533PN lqPlse apunol apunol s?r\ s?r\ aqt ur ur -prL! -prL! peqs peqs ing the street,Joor but unfortunately the works bell on e[qM e[qM eql s?q s?q sE osp osp pe]eaddpsrp pe]eaddpsrp Daniel Maggs' foundry was established in the mid- Surp? PU! PU! l1!r.r l1!r.r ]r ]r Lntua) Lntua) .raurro] .raurro] u-rol ? ? quaalau quaalau x€u u the roof has disappeared. While as 3 3 also acting io] io] uol uol raql raql raqlo raqlo surr! alP^A stuaSe nineteenth century at a former corn mill ep?LU H H and flax B B lq lq 'll 'll ra]!t ra]!t lelpu ru pa>l]o,M s33etJ s?,M s?,M pue pue pup pup agents foi- other firms, Lott & Walne made their ls?) ls?) sued sued -ro] -ro] I I f u/\o ?Jn]lnluSe ?Jn]lnluSe mill, and was later worked by Maggs & Hindley and a-r3r\ S S (raurll)PLu (raurll)PLu nS nS nour nour ueq] lelpurH uos uos elqpt 3u 3u pues pues p p own agricultural machinery. Parts were cast for t!?) t!?) -ralPM E E aql aql rale/( urru urru pue pue then E S Hindley & Son. Suitable moulding sand apeur 'sla3q.^ 'sla3q.^ aSpl aSpl sloot sloot P^? P^? lqreau lqreau alqq alqq ernlln)u3P ernlln)u3P se.^^ water wheels, and the firm llp made water carts a 'lIpr)ads re^o re^o eq] Surlos Surlos was available nearby. Edge tools, agricultural Lueqt 'l]lunor 'l]lunor alqzuod alqzuod pue pue lrEuolle$ Lueals Lueals q)€ur pue pue '/Leu '/Leu speciality, selling them all over the country. ]oc ]oc elqptoN sDnpo.rd sDnpo.rd ueas ue) ue) aq punore machinery, and Lll portable and stationary steam qr'^ tlnq tlnq ralv ralv '9061 '9061 p p e]e.M e]e.M suo8e^\ seur8ua Llrpats Llrpats Dor- Notable products which can be))or seen around epnilu epnilu ra]saql ? qBnoro€ re,Mo] re,Mo] engines were all built. After 1906, steam wagons ur qredns qredns oot oot ? ? lalpurH lalpurH potuated potuated ere^ parddns q8rq q8rq paeds paeds chester include a superb clock tower in Borough lnols lnols lsod ueJp ueJp suapr€3 s-ra^o) s-ra^o) dLUp dLUp pup pup were supplied too. Hindley patented a high speed l-ra^ p p rol rol eArP eArP er.rpele q)rqi q)rqi 8ua eu eu plno) plno) 'srotPJeueS 'srotPJeueS Gardens, drain covers, and a very stout lamp post ,o ,o ,Jo ,Jo s s aruari aruari sq] sq] ratsaq)roc LaMarB aql aql o engine which could drive electrical generators. For ap llpu.rs llpu.rs lue lue arlu3r arlu3r eSpll^ eSpll^ roleLu roleLu reJ reJ uro.rJ uro.rJ qrns srq] p p outside the off-licence of the Dorchester Brewery ]o uoll]alor uoll]alor elaql elaql qrourleM qrourleM ? ? u enue^v enue^v such a small village far from any major centre this sr a$ a$ ue ue alrnb alrnb l]punoj l]punoj pup pup spr' 'luaLla^erqrp 'luaLla^erqrp of in collection zt6 Weymouth Avenue. There E18 is a | aql aql ol ol ,09 ,09 ,Z sureued sureued uaPooM 3ur1?p 3ur1?p u.ro-r] was quite an achievement, and the foundry ur laeq.^ laeq.^ x x e e x x (u9.6 (u9.6 rele^ r-ug.g|) r-ug.g|) peuods wooden patterns dating from 1875 to 1932,leslr in the ]asJoc llunol llunol ue ue 1[B 1[B seq seq urnasn^ urnasn^ sported a 60' x 2' (18.3m x 0.6m) waterwheel qrq,M ]1 ]1 ur]rnqs?^ ur]rnqs?^ '8i61ur sP,\ sP,\ q)q,M paluPLusp paluPLusp an Dorset County lo itself has Museum, A which )Jo^\ )Jo^\ 3u$aralu alard alard s] s] upuolr upuolr uoJ which was built in 1837. It was dismantled in 1918, -)nrls )reur )reur ur ur ldlaaqM ldlaaqM ]Pa..i8 ]Pa..i8 ellllnq sureurar sureurar eqi eqi eql.lo but the wheelpit remains and pue the mark of the great interesting piece of Victorian iron work in its struc- uP) uP) aq uo aq] ueas ueas J?lrd eaqr' ? q)rq^\ q)rq^\ pal-roddns pal-roddns ture. s.avo rHtlua.lttHf rHtlua.lttHf wheel can be seen on a pillar which supported the ? ll ll ! ! npunol npunol eruos eruos rnq rnq pur pur sBurp sBurp eBre eBre LU LU 'rapune tNrurrNrtrar launder. Some foundry buildings and a large mill- DAW'S WHEELWRIGHT & Hlnos'dolts a]aql a]aql u u osl? osl? arP puod pue'a^r,\rns sleel pernoluo) pernoluo) pond also survive, and there are contoured leats in ENGINEERINGrrouutd SHOP, SOUTH 1o 1o e]eq^ e]eq^ s]dlnB s]dlnB ol eq] spunorS spunorS asnoq uorssrLrlred uorssrLrlred t9 t9 [8e0 [8e0 ] ] the grounds of Bullpits house, where permission to PERROTTrsl lqSnos lqSnos I I l?ur l?ur aq aq visitsr^ may be sought. [ST 474068] S3 o] o] u u 1q8r,ulaaqa,r 1q8r,ulaaqa,r y a-r3^ a-r3^ aaq/\^Jalel^ sno-rp^ palddns palddns dLuo; dLuo; s s s s qrPlq qrPlq 8ue 8ue a1e a1e reau reau rr-r.r rr-r.r 3u 3u pue pue Water-wheels were supplied to various mills in- A complete ^\ec blacks- wheelwright, engineering ll and lso^ord lso^ord |nq |nq aN aN seqqv seqqv rnols rnols pnll Bu Bu 'uupl 'uupl doqs doqs pe)!o,^ pe)!o,^ ur pue pue SurSuolaq SurSuolaq Jr.l oqM qr qr o1 o1 cluding Cann, Melbury Abbas, Stour Provost and mith shop, belonging to Mr Ellis sr Daw who worked le le 1snl 1snl tleq tleq u u ej ej r3proq r3proq sr] sr] od roJ roJ rale,1 ssorle eqt auo -ro] SurdLllnd SurdLllnd seqlel seqlel pu? areq Je^ one for pumping water just across the border in here all his life. Power for belt drivenua^Lrp lathes and V V lddns lddns Plsur Lp Lp lq lq s s sM?s e eJrqs]lM srauad l[ua]ar l[ua]ar 8ua 8ua pa pa eu pe 'ouar 'ouar puE-rq puE-rq ppeq.rnots ppeq.rnots 'suaprp) 'suaprp) ^ ^ Wiltshire at Stourhead Gardens. A recently reno- saws is supplied 616l by a Petters engine installed brand u u r'Ir?l r'Ir?l era^ era^ epeur epeur eu e)uo e)uo rlau rlau suoS?M suoS?M Lnqsau?qs Lnqsau?qs pale^ qSnort.rale/v\ raqlouP sr sr new in 1919. Carts puP wagons were once made vated water ]o trough near Shaftesbury is another and ]u ]u r! r! areq areq sapnl)u reql reql pu? aLll etrs oslp eldL!€xe Slq unasnt^J unasnt^J per pue ureqSur ureqSur P P pdar pdar pd pd p p ')ro,M ')ro,M and repaired here and the site also includes a paint example of their work. Gillingham Museum has a lo ]se) ]? uolurM uolurM -rrar -rrar uor uor Llorl Llorl aq1 aq1 uappol uappol doqs ? d d e}?ld e}?ld aLlt aLlt /}^?s /}^?s pu? pu? paqr)sur paqr)sur 'a]6 'a]6 'a8p.rB 'a8p.rB 't 't V V Winton castl, shop and a saw pit. The site, at the rear of H H iron plate from Lodden ,8981 Bridge, inscribed S S ]uodde ]uodde 9stv 9stv a8ellol lq lq uo uo ue) ue) aLl] aLl] uot]noB uot]noB aq lapuH lapuH LU!;E LU!;E palsr^ palsr^ 'E. S. Hindley, 'lelpu Bourton, 1868'. A Hindley steam Cottage on the A356, can be visited by appoint- ll ll tuaL! }? }? tp tp :&) :&) equro)s]ol (t[z (t[z s s u?l eq >lro,^,\ >lro,^,\ aurBuo uees ds ds palp palp aql qmoLrrlaM ar€ La,^ p p alrs) is ment (e: Corscombe 234).lo It can be seen at work enginez displayed at the Weymouth Brewery (site lsnBnv lsnBnv ls.r!.1 ls.r!.1 ( ( aql aql Surnp Surnp eqt uo ra a3e alq^\ alq^\ slJo^ lppuns lppuns Jeqloup Jeqloup eq] euroqreqs uro.r.] uro.r.] se3 se3 on the first Sunday of August during the village 21), while another from the Sherborne gas works P le)ol le)ol ]sal rrieeM rrieeM eqt eqt ur ur sr is in the local museum. 'u.]nasnLu festival week. ,gw R R tlol tlol uE) uE) lq lq uor uor auFM auFM ralE^\ ralE^\ parnrrEjnupu parnrrEjnupu aqr aqr LPUnol LPUnol JetsaqrroOlo Improvedpa^ordrul iron water cart — manufactured by the Lott & Walne Foundry of Dorchester. 36 DORSET'S INDUSTRIALNDUSTRIAL HERITAGEHERITACE MILLSMILLS ALDERHOLT MILL [SU[su 1ll19143] er4]l 54 Inn a pleasantpeasant settingsett,ng on Ashford Water,Water. rightriSht on thethe borderborder withwth HampshireHampshrre and justlust west of For-For_ dingbridge.d ngbndge There was a millm I here inn thethe fourteenthfourleenth century,century butbut thethe present millml isrs muchnruch later.ater Itit worked untiluntrl 1942,1942, and hashas beenbeen underunder resto-resto_ I rationraton sincesrnce 1982 982 when itt became aa craftcralt shop and artaft gallery.gallery The machinerymachrnery iss once againaga n inn workingworkrng order andand flllourour cancan bebe produced. The ironron under-ullder shotshot wheel measures II ' x 7' I0"0" (3.3m(3 3m x 2.6m),2 6m) and was mademade by WilliamW I iam Mundenllunden of Ringwood.R ngwood. Ma 0425 53130.53110. CANN MILL,MILL, NEARNEAR SHAFTESBURY [ST 872208] 55 lsr UpweyUpwey Mill. A working millmrl where NN RR Stoate && SonsSons LtdLtd pro-pro duce wholemealwhoemea flflour.our. The buildingburdrng was rebuiltrebu t KINGSKINGS MILL,t.IILL, MARNHULLlllARNHULL afterafter aa firellre inn 1954.1954 An unusualunusua windmillwndmil on thethe [STlsr 766172]755172] 57S7 mill'smil's flflatat roofrcof andand a largelarge millpondmi pond make thisthis aa A substantialsrrbstant al stone millmrl buildingburldinS on thethe Stour, highlyhighly conspicuousconsprcuous landmarklandmark fromfrom A350Al5O justJLrst south of visiblevsibe from KingsKngs MilllYilBridge Bridge on thethe roadroad fromlrom Shaftesbury. The watermillwaterm I hashas an overshotovershot wheelwhee Marnhullllarnh!llto to Stalbridge.Sta bridge LittleLittle remainsremarns ofofthe the wheel.whee. byby HindleyHindley of Bourton.Bourton. The windmillw ndmrl was builtbu lt inn LITTONLITTON CHENEY MILLiIILL 1971 and iss notnot just aa curiosity,curosity, for itt does work l97l and lust lor [SYlsY 550904]ssoeo4l 58 fromfrom timet me toto time.time. Cann andand MelburylYelbury Abbas are The millm ll hashas beenbeen converted.onverted toto a house,house but thethe thethc onlyon y survivorssurvrvors ofof fivefive watermillswatermr s on just aa milemile iust largelarge wheelwhee (built(burt inrn 18661866 by Coombs of Beam-Beam stretchstretch of thethe RiverRiver Sturkel.Sturke . Of thethe others,others, FrenchFrench inster)inster) cancan bebe seen; dimensions,drmensions, I 1 ' 6" x 6' 6" MillM isq nownow aa house.hotrse (3.5m(3 5m x 2m). The millm I racerace joinsjo ns thethe stream whichwh ch FIDDLEFORD MILL FIDDLEFORD MILL runsruns down the sides de ofolthe the villagev liage street. [ST 80180 r 136]l]61 56 lsr MAIDENl.lAlDEN NEWTONNEYTON MILL There isrs aa medievalmedieval househouse herehere withwth a finellne timbertimber [SYlsY 596977]se6e77l 59 roof,roof, andand openopen toto thethe public (English(Engish Heritage).Hentage). PLrbrc There were twot",/o undershotundershot waterwheelswaterwhee s here However,However thethe millmill isis aa smallsma L stonestone buildingbu ld ng toto thethe untiluntil thethe present largelarge ironron wheel was installed,instaled, northnofth on what mustmust bebe aa longlong establishedestab ished site.ste On measuringrreasunnS 15'I 5' xr 12'2' (4.6m(4 6m x 3.6m)3 6m) and made byby thethe millmll wallwal isrs an interestingnterestrng inscriptionnscrrpton of 1566,566, Winter & Hossey of Dorchester.Dorchester. The millm I hashas been whichwh ch reads:readsi a carpet.arpei factoryrd'ro'/ butDJr is now'lo^ ad small.-dl engineeringe18,1eer 19 OperamOperam dedi 15661566 meismers sump'saliensump salien sissis works. Itlt cancan bebe seenSeen fromfrom thethe A356,4156 as itt crossescrosses HeHe thattthatt wyll haveheve herehere anythingeanythinge done thethe RiverRrver FromeFrome inin Maidenl'4aiden Newton.Nev!.ton. The nearbynearby LetLet himhim comcom fryndley{ryndley hehe shallshall bebe welcom ForgeForge CottageCottage hashas anan ironiron wheelwhee bondingbondinS platepLate set A fryndlrynd toto thethe ownerowner andand enemyenerny toto no manman inin thethe groundground outside.outs de. PassPass al herehere freelyfreely toto corncom when theythey cancan MANGERTONMAXGERTON MILL,].IILL, NEARNEAR ForFor thethe taletale ofof trothetroche II do alway professepro{esse BRIDPORTBRIDPORT MyllerMyller bebe truetrue disgracedisgnce notnot thythl vestvest [SY[sY 490957]4eoe57] 60 If falseheadfalsehead appeereappeere the faulte shallshall bebe thynethyne lf the lauke A pairpar of wheels,whees each 12'12' x 4' (3.6m(3 6m x 1.2m),2m), And if sharpesharpe punishmentpunishment thinkthink meme notnot un-un- if drove aa gristgrst millm ll on one sides de andand aa flflaxax millmrl on thethe kind other.other OriginallyOnginally breastshot, theythey were laterater rolledrolled behove ThereforeThere{ore bebe truetrue ye shalshal theethee behove outout andand reversedreversed toto becomebecome overshot.overshot The flaxilax above. To pleaseplease GodGod chieflychielll thattha. livethliveth above. millmri becamebecame aa sawsaw mill,mil, andand itsts wheelwheelwas was replacedrepaced TheThe waterwheelwaterwhee was replacedrepaced byby anan ArmfieldArmfed byby aa turbineturbne which cancan bebe seenseen stillstrl inn place.place The turbineturbine toto workwork twotwo pairspairs ofof stones,stones, butbut thethe millm I iss corncorn millm I hashas beenbeen restoredrestored toto workingwork ng orderorder andand nownow disused.disused. ThtsThrs isis aa pleasantp easant spotspot onon thethe StourStour isis openopen toto thethe public.pubic. There iss alsoalso aa teatea roomroom justjustdownstream downstream fromfrom SturminsterSturm nster Mill.Mrl. here.here.I010 030 885885 224.224 It :rY1t:H :rY1t:H !I:SIOC DORSET'S INDUSTRIAL rv!15ncN HERITAGE 37 'trl]ll 'trl]ll uvrN uvrN I I AUnartH svgsv lur lur aq aq s s arnlpel arnlpel anbsa-rn]rd anbsa-rn]rd aLl] qeq qeq puod puod pu pu p p r,unsstlJvHs MELBURY ABBAS MILL, NEAR the millpond is a picturesque feature behind. The ]o ]sar ]sar [u.r alr alr aq],o aq],o auols,o auols,o s,ra s,ra n n esnoq esnoq qrnu.r 19 19 SHAFTESBURY lloza8 miller's house is of stone, like much of the rest of rs] eq] a8ll 61 r^ [ST 877207] the village. 'rtrll doouHr uvrN V lrur lrur }V }V r r u u ol ol uado uado aql SuDlroM SuDlroM rep-ro qnd qnd puP puP I I open to the public. At HlnoHtNunos A mill in working orderlo and loqsrelo loqsrelo THROOP MILL, NEAR e e aq1 aq1 e8uer sr qros qros eu eu arll pua pua 99 99 the south end of the range is a fine overshot BOURNEMOUTH lasrr zsl r r uorl uorl aqt aqt p! p! llelp llelp pa1 pa1 puod; ru ru paurLlr qaq eaq,^a fed from the millpond immediately behind. [sz I 13958] 66 1 1 unq unq 5 5 wheel, 1o g1g g1g lq letpurll letpurll uo}rno€ uo}rno€ r1 ur ur pu? pu? sear, sear, ! ! ]e ]e door]l u uolpuor uolpuor Suol Suol sa^^rns sa^^rns rN rN poo8 , , Hindley It was built I in 1875 by E S of Bourton, and ,q ,q ,,9 ,,9 long urt.t) urt.t) (url. (url. Throop Mill condition at a x x x x survives in good lo lo serns€eLu paqsqrnlax paqsqrnlax uo uo rnols o] ra^ eq] eql quou quou 'qrouraurnofl 'qrouraurnofl measures I x 5' 6" (3.3m x 1.7m). Refurbished ,o tr tr Bournemouth. ]o sred sred o,!\] o,!\] weir on the Stour to the north of lesroc /Mou /Mou s)-ro,M qlrer.J qlrer.J 'q86 'q86 u lq lq aql aql xs xs e)ns aql aql ee]q] erP erP in March 1985, it now works two pairs of 'set€8 by the Dorset the six sluice three are ltol ouros ouros ro psel psel Of gates, ro, ro, sauo$ sauo$ pup pup arrqs,(qJac rur ol ol oerql oerql lq prlJrup prlJrup alood alood sreqlo erp erp Derbyshire millstones for animal feed and some lrpunoluor V V )u )u by Lott sl]lunol sl]lunol Poole. Three others are Ironfoundry3 Co of sapn sapn rapD rapD ap ap Lunasnr.l -leur -leur Jnols Jnols uo^v, uo^v, ralseqrroc.lo.euPl^ ralseqrroc.lo.euPl^ paqu)su paqu)su 'JnoU flour. A Countryside Museum includes cider mak- pue 'Avon Stour ]usrudrnba ]usrudrnba uuel uuel and inscribed e3plurl e3plurl sluaruadur sluaruadur sre) & Walne'of Dorchester ] ,9[6 ,9[6 3u 3u ]uaurql]?l 3u 'preo8 'preo8 & & [9lZ [9lZ vintage cars ing equipment. farming implements.1]10 Catchment Board, 1936'. ro]our ro]our saPA puP rrvrd and motor cycles. V 0747 2 163. HrunHrrsruHr'rrll.r z9 z9 PLACE MILL,frzror CHRISTCHURCH zsJ [sz 160924]r 62 tLU tLU ot ot sql Lou6 Lou6 qrrnq:1slrq] qrrnq:1slrq] pa3uoteq pa3uoteq This smallpurs mill belonged to Christchurch Priory PUP'6[9 PUP'6[9 []un o^ o^ u u uou]ossrc uou]ossrc > > eq1 eq1 until the Dissolution in 1539, and continued panuluor work- ] ] ]l ]l tLre^ tLre^ aqt aqt lrPe ueaq ueaq sEq sEq |lun |lun 3u qta ing until the early twentieth century.'l-rnlue) It has been s s )lqnd )lqnd eq] eq] aq] uado uado 01 Surnp pup pup restoredparolsal and is open to the public during the ereql ereql a^]re]llP a^]re]llP eq] ue ue )jPM sr sr aprseq summer.JeuJu.]ns There is an attractive walk beside the ol ol uo^v uo^v aw aw etl] Luorl Luorl u^ e3PJ€ uo millstreamLLrPar]sllru from the Town Bridge on the Avon. O]{vlIUod Slt!l.lONIA Slt!l.lONIA t9 t9 PORTLAND WINDMILLSlz[t69 ? ? ,ls] [SY 690713fl1069 & 691712] 63 ls] ls] ILrrpur^^ ILrrpur^^ ]e ]e spaluouol spaluouol sraao] sraao] euols euols o.^^l windmill towers at Cottonfields [ [SY Two stonef. oo oo . dof dof r.p ert Obo o"p o"p r_ r_ (pLeeo.) (pLeeo.) doorql rN rN 1a^\ pup pup 690713] and Top Growlands 1o [SY 691712] are the u u lprql lprql lluo eurer eurer sr^ sr^ /\^ alq alq umou>1 |LUP! |LUP! sl su su Throop Mill and weir. remains of thirty known windmills in only visible )lPq ]asroc HI.NO}IATA HI.NO}IATA U\'IN U\'IN laLll laLll AIAdN o} o} uaq^{ aq} aq} e}Pp e}Pp s0091 IPLU IPLU ^s] .IITH .IITH Dorset. They may date back to the 1600s, when Lg ]un ]un ]s-ru ]s-ru ara/ ara/ I I eJaq eJaq WEYMOUTH puP puP pa>l]o^ pa>l]o^ UPWEY MILL, NEAR sllru pepro)a-r mills were first recorded here, and worked until [SY 663851]rssree 67 eql v ILU ILU rno] rno] s]oou s]oou pup .s068I .s068I n9 n9 au! au! 3ur)ro^ 3uP 3uP the 1890s. qrr,r NorflN NorflN rrll{ ulrsNlt{unls four floors, and A fine working mill building with laeq,\}!retP^ 769I 769I sarnspeur sarnspeur eq1 eq1 L!o4 L!o4 eSnq eSnq SurtPp ,9 ,9 [st [st STURMINSTERrsl NEWTON MILL rzez rzez a a measures datingtlz from I 802. The huge waterwheel tes tes s s uq]^\ uq]^\ elll \ \ \ (ru/.z (ru/.z tLL.9) tLL.9) [ST 782135] 64 22' x 9' (6.7m x 2.7m) andpuP is set within the ]l ]l ]V }? }? e^ e^ surperts surperts rnols rnols lq lq r r uo aqt reFururrnts eSprB aqt aqt r?eu s s o,M1 o,M1 aq] aq] pe] rnq SurP pue pue weir on the Stour near Sturminster Bridge, qt-rou streams At the lror,r two PeJotseJ PeJotseJ building I by IrLU IrLU at the north end. It is fed ]oqs ]oqs ]Pqi ]Pqi toqs]a^o tsPerq tsPerq pue pue s s e e uo]erlsuoLLrep srql sr sr 3u pue pue qloq qloq os this is a working and demonstration mill, restored pu? shot, and | | breast tl tl Jo Jo 186 186 so that it is both overshot and u u auol srld srld o.u; o.u; sped eq] qlr/\ qlr/\ sr sr r^e sem sem .rartrpe a]eq] a]eq] sauots sauots sa^ sa^ o,^^] q8noqte q8noqte rp inur 1981. It was in two parts, with the earlier stone drives two pairs of stones although there is evi- lP lP lPql lPql aLlI aLlI llq llq aqllo a[q,u'l]ntua) srPd srPd euo Surplnq aq] ssod ssod eurQ eluep areq] areq] e^u s s qtuee]x qtuee]x century, while ere/!^ time. The building possibly ))Jq of the sixteenth the pairs at one ]lnq ]lnq dence that there were five lluJ lrLU lrLU s s uraLluou a,M a,M q)rnql q)rnql s,rolsr^ s,rolsr^ a-r! ur ur sr sr qlLrealq8re qlLrealq8re pue 'leaJls 'leaJls 'lrnlue) 'lrnlue) 'aurof 'aurof mill is eighteenth century. €tzr welcome. northern brick built I are mill is ins0t0 Church Street, and visitors @ ]orlsrepun ]orlsrepun laB srl] srl] eJar' eJar' urSql urSql o^^] uaa^ uaa^ 'slasq/u 'slasq/u [M [M the them were two 6tg undershot wheels, Between I V 0305 814233. ouolrva ]ep ]ep ]s?l TNUOAt|lIA'tlrlt TNUOAt|lIA'tlrlt lq lq urorr urorr sauo sauo pue par]ddns ur?r ur?r Bu Bu last dating from 1849 and suppliedt06 by William ones S9 1o 1o Bu! Bu! ul [100600 [100600 eql eql sleeq^ ere.M ere.M uePLrnN WIMBORNE poo^ poo^ WALFORD MILL, ns] Munden of Ringwood. In 1904,arrdurl the wheels were 68 lq lq [su 009007] e e {q {q appL! appL! eurqrn] eurqrn] qslug qslug pa)?ldal )oo.Dqou> )oo.Dqou> lluu lluu sP,M'p?o! sP,M'p?o! plrq plrq aLlI ur ur 'SurPrnq 'SurPrnq replaced I by a 'British Empire' turbine made by s,uepunh s,uepunh Josse)rns Josse)rns oq,M oq,M seM pleulurv pleulurv qdasof The brick mill building, in Knobcrook 985 Road, was Parolsar eq] eq] o] o] euroraq euroraq pa!e^uo) pa!e^uo) ur ur Joseph J Armfield who was Munden's successor. pue luar>g1a luar>g1a aLI aLI p?l p?l arour arour saurq.rn] saurq.rn] q8noqly l"rl l"rl become the and converted in 1986 to ]]prl restored 'B lll,.J lll,.J ]esroc ]esroc jo jo arluel arluel elll elll Although more efficient, turbines lack the pro]lPM laaq,.,r laaq,.,r tuar,ualrrxa oH oH e e jo jo eqt eqt Sururnt Sururnt 'ra^a/ 'ra^a/ -llLU -llLU Craft ZOZ0A) ZOZ0A) Dorset Walford Mill Craft Centre of the lru.r PtlnD aql aql sr sr a3€tlor a3€tlor pto pto (OO (OO excitement of a turning wheel. However, )ro,M the mill- ]p ]p aq aq uer uer 3ur)npord 3ur)npord uaes uaes l-]eu l-]eu 3u q>eu q>eu Guild (V 0202 841400). The old mill cottage is lrur lrur 1esl seq seq eql]o eql]o trelPSPr' trelPSPr' rolraturaqt alq.M alq.M ou ll ll ing producing t1 machinery can be seen at work 8sz0@ PUE PUE rnou rnou spee] spee] .rol .rol eur eur u? now a gallery, while the interior of the mill itself has looqls looqls 'elPs 'elPs lJPr) lJPr) ? ? ueursll2-D ueursll2-D doqqro^^ a)€ds a)€ds roJ roJ pu! pu! lih lih animal feeds and flour for sale. 0258 73151 {s9 . I I unl unl e 9n1sl }xau }xau tlpa4sdn tlpa4sdn e e sr sr eq1 LU LU school workshop space for craftsmen and a craft l I I tnoqP tnoqP eql eql ulorj ulorj eql eql do] uo rL! salep 'ggg The next mill upstream is Cutt Mill [ST 776165], a 'Jooll ]! ]! lods lods ! ! re^^ re^^ pue e8puqtooJ e8puqtooJ enbsa.rnDd .reeu .reeu on the top floor. The mill dates from about 1686, trnqa] trnqa] lrqSnoqlP I I u u aq] aq] qluaatau seM seM rPe u u picturesque spot at a weir and footbridge near q)nL! t5 t5 loqsrapLrn loqsrapLrn lJe6 lJe6 uapoo,{ uapoo,{ aq} aq} qBnoqlly qBnoqlly uolurl-.q although it was much rebuilt in the early nineteenth loqsrapun loqsrapun aql aql relE^ relE^ -ro] -ro] lrnlua) sSurlunour sSurlunour Hinton St Mary. Although the wooden undershot o.^^t leeq.M llplur llplur s s aLll aLll sa^^rns q)eL! q)eL! l.rau l.rau 'ua>lorq 'ua>lorq century. The mountings for two undershot water- areql areql s?^^ s?^^ Burp[nq Burp[nq seeqM u?) eq aq] uaes uaes machinery aPrsrlr wheel is broken,)l.rq the survives intact ll ll eqt eqt euols nq ur ur aprsur pue pue was '3urp '3urp There lo lo building. wheels can be seen inside the )re1s ple ple ul ul se^^rns se^^rns eql eql LllPe]s LllPe]s aurBua qlrLl/r qlrLl/r P inside the brick and stone mill building.llt}. zlNl.od zlNl.od Norrns survives, and inV ^sl engine, of a steam whichlasap the stack re,Mod re,Mod ]ale P s.r?al s.r?al pepr^o.rd aurSua aurSua S9 S9 SUTTON lrrseor POYNTZ MILL later years a diesel engine provided power. A ! ! f f ot ot plnq plnq sBu sBu aqt aqt aPrstno aPrstno sr an an auolslrur auolslrur a a [SY 706837] 65 Surs V l)Lrq l)Lrq wd wd the building's I I single millstone outside is a clue to a^qlu$ a^qlu$ I I 01 01 nq nq pala^uor pala^uor 3u 3u alrs) alrs) pl pl eq1 eq1 rate^ Surdurnd Surdurnd uor}?ls ru.r ru.r p p e^A e^A su8rro converted to pro] A distinctive brick mill building, partly rq (site leeqM leeqM origins. The Walford water pumping station oLll oLll uo[epouJuror]! uo[epouJuror]! seq seq I ra^r ra^r 8u^r 'eLro8 'eLro8 (tt (tt lees lees uD uD ?,^^ ?,^^ aq aq uro.rl eq] ap ap living accommodation. The wheel has gone, but 144) can be seen from the riverside walk. ') 3838 DORSET'SDORSET 5 INDUSTRIALINDUSTR]AL HERITAGEHERTACE BRIDPORTBRIDPORT MUSEUM1|lUSEUlrl [SY[sY 466929]466e2e] 7212 \ The museummlseum andand art galleryga lery inin South Street hashas aa good collectioncol ect on of roperope andand netnet makingmakrng machinery preservedpreserved herehere atat thethe heartheart of thethe industry.ndustry. Itemsltems includern,rud, ad rope'ooe makingrrdt ng jackJdcl anddnd ad',Lnper 'jumper' loom,oom inn ,'*' useuse for net makingmakng at BridportBridpoft from 1840 840 untiluntil 1968.968 There are also photographsphotographs ofofthe the industry.rndustry. ',,I ea0l0B 0308 221 16.t6. iy BURTONBURTON MILL,MILL, BURTONBURTON BRADSTOCKBRADSTOCK Walford Mill. [SY[sY 490897]4eo8e7] 7373 BesideBes de the RiverRiver Bride,Bnde. thisthis stonestone builtburt millm ll hashas lostost WEST MILL,1.IILL, BRIDPORTBRIDPORT itsrts wheel and hashas been convertedconvefted toto residentialresidentia [SY[sY 463931]46]elrl 69 use.use The sluice,slu ce, byby LotteLotte & Walne,Walne remains.remarns. On aa A strikingstrkng brickbr.k building with castcast ironiron window lowlow rangerange facing Grove RoadRoad isis an inscriptioninscripton frames besidebes de West Street,Street nownow convertedconverted toto anan recordingrecording thethe mill'sm l s significance.sgn llcance. Itlt reads:reads: 'This'This flflaxax- architect'sarchrtect's office. Itlt was builtburt inrn 18781878 on thethe siteslte of swinglingswing rng mill,mr I, the firstllrst introducedintroduced intonto the West of a corn and ballingbaing millmi of whichwhrch the northnorth wing England,Engand, was erected byby RichardRichard Roberts,Robefts, 1803.'lB03 remains.rernarns. A turbineturbrne by HickHrck Hargreaves of BoltonBoton RobertsRoberts diddrd much to transformtranslorm thethe localloca flaxflax indus-ndus was installedrnstalled inn 1886.1886 Water fromfrom sluicessluices cancan be trytry fromfrom a craftcraft toto factoryfactory basis,basis, andand he alsoalso oper- seenseen passingpassrng beneath thethe building.bui d ng atedated GroveCrove Milll'1ll inin thethe village.vilage WHITE MILL,MILL, NEARNEAR STURMINSTER MARSHALLMARSHALL COURT WORKS, BRIDPORTBRIDPORT [STlsr 958006]essoo6l 7070 [SY[sY 464931]46493r] 7471 ThisThs largelarge brickbflck millml dates fromfrom the eighteenth NowNow thethe centrecentre of thethe modern industryndustry of Brid-Brid century and ceased work inn 1944.1944 The water-water' port-Gundrypol1 Cundry Ltd.,Ltd. thisth s sites te retainsretains some nineteenthn neteenth wheel hashas gone, but thethe wooden gear survivessurvives andand centurycentury features.fealures. The officeofilce blockb ock on West Street iss saidsa d to be thethe oldesto dest inn thethe county.county The millm I and iss dated 1844 844 andand somesome older buildings toto thethe rearrear attachedattached miller'smiler's househouse standstand nearnear thethe picturesquepicturesque are thethe survivorssurvrvors of a seriousserous firefire inin 1949.1949 One WhitemillWhtemi I BridgeBridge acrossacross thethe Stour.Stour WhiteWh te Milll.r I iss brickbrck warehouse hashas a date stone 'G.PERRIMANG.PERRII4AN owned byb7 thel5c National\atronal Trust-rLst anda'rd restoration is in 1811Brr.,1'. o^1ca 'eslo.airor^ 'c '- progress.progress. GROVE MILL,I LL, BURTONBURTON BRADSTOCKBRADSTOCK TEXTILES,TEXT|LES, ROPESROPES && NETSNETS [SY[sY 488894]4888e4] 75 Off MilllY ll Street,Street, thisthis was thethe secondsecond sitesite operated BOURTONBOURTON CLOTH MILLSMILLS [ST 775312] 717l byby RichardRr.hard RobertsRoberts inrn BurtonEurton Bradstock. Itlt was aa lsr singlesrnge storeyed factory,factory laterlater steamsteam powered.powered. A BullpitsBul prts isrs onlyon y recognisablerecogn sable as a house,house but was a but terraceterrace ofo[ workers'workers cottagescottages beneathbeneath thethe church-church built aroundaround aa clothcloth or flflaxax millmill of the earlye3r y eight-e ght yard wallwa I hashas aa date stonestone inscribedrnscr bed 'R'R RR 1800'.1800 eenth century.century. FlaxFlax was grown inn thethe nearbynearby fields,lle ds, whilewhle on thethe slopeslope belowbelow the househouse three leatsleats were usedused forfor flflaxax rettingrett ng as well asas servingservrng MaggsMaggs NORTHNORTH MILLS,MILLS, BRIDPORTBRIDPORT & Hindley'sHrndey's foundryfoundry (site(ste 52). One hashas beenbeen fullyfuliy [SY[sY 465935]46se3s] 7675 restored.restored. The Maggsl'laggs familyfamily manufacturedmanulactured sackssacks The formerlormer works of WilliamWrliiam HounsellHounse I & Co.,Co.. andand alongsidealongsrde thethe foundry,foundry, employingemployrnS over 200 inrn the nownow an industrialndustrial estate. There were twotwo power-power midm d-nineteenth-nineteenth century. A secondsecond cloth millmil of fulflr steamsteam engines andand aa waterwheelwaterwhee workingworkrng atat thisth s 18201820 was behindbehind the premises of thethe BourtonBounon complex,complex, which produced lines, nes, twinestwnes and nets.neG. FencingFencingCo, Co, besidebesde the mainmarn roadroad throughthrough thisths DespiteDespite demolition,demohton, muchmuch survives,survives includingincludLng hemphemp northnorth DorsetDorset village [ST[sr 777309].777]09]. stores,stores walkswa ks andand thethe old tariar house.horrse 6t :lv :lv lN:H lN:H tvN tvN tsnalN tsnalN Fsxoat DORSET'S s. INDUSTRIAL HERITAGE 39 luotud r,uodolug's1rll.t r,uodolug's1rll.t sovou tL tL llz6rer llz6rer PRIORYls] MILLS, BRIDPORT [SY 463927] 77 ROADS llrnE rol rol sO€81 sO€81 eq] eq] ueqdals ueqdals utstvs LuprllaqM LuprllaqM rtolua rtolua u1 u1 'suosB 'suosB ,o ,o Built in the 1830s for Stephen Whetham & Sons, z8 ]l ]l 1 1 sro)eul sP,r sP,r pue pue seul/1 seul/1 ulPa]s ulPa]s les les 'Sautl 'Sautl rnt rnt BAGBERrs] BRIDGE makers of lines, twines and canvas.'sP^uP) It was steam aql1o aql1o uoqplo uoqplo 82 eqt eqt Lleeq Lleeq pur pur aur8ue aur8ue para/*od ue) ue) [ST 764156] lddns "le,rp "le,rp lq lq e8puq e8puq uo.r uo.r aql aql ra,ro ra,ro pa pa Lry 'ueppll 'ueppll powered and the location of the beam engine can^ lq lq u u a8rel a8rel aqt aqt opur/^ opur/^ aq pappeLl pappeLl supplied by paulluapi paulluapi punor punor An iron bridge over the River Lydden, se,M se,M ol ol eLl[ eLl[ alpp)oorqleol alpp)oorqleol reaur8ua reaur8ua eq] be identified lrur by the large round-headed window in s,Lxeqpql4 s,Lxeqpql4 asnoqerpn asnoqerpn Surplrnq Surplrnq eql sr sr raur-ro1 raur-ro1 the Coalbrookdale Co. The engineer was ]se) ]se) eCM aq1 aq1 Suer]s aJeM aJeM s.repr8 s.repr8 uo.r uo.r mill building. Whetham's former 'ser' lp] lp] the warehouse 1o is le le 'lq.rrau rauror rauror edo; edo; auols auols e e aqt aqt W streng- 3urplrnq 3urplrnq Dawes. The cast iron girders were ]q3norM ]q3norM qlr' qlr' uor uor aldsep aldsep poLu poLu pup pup peuaq] 'spor 'spor nearby, a tall stone building at the cornerfszes*.r.s]euel of Rope Lpun.l Lpun.l s1;e11 thened with)ro/ wrought iron rods, and despite mod- poe poe a)uprpedd€ a)uprpedd€ s] s] ura aql aql eurSro eurSro e8p..rq e8p..rq Walks and Gundry Lane [SY 465928]. ern work the bridge retainssuretar its original appearance e e lPr lPr qrrp qrrp eDUeB eDUeB qtl/,^ pueq pueq pup pup 's 's with 'xos srltll srltll luox^d a gentle arch and hand rtvtlr^ rtvtlr^ rails. uvtlld uvtlld oNv oNv srNuvs ssou, ssou, 8t 8t lsriour lsriour II'AlOH PYMORErs] MILLS AND VILLAGE BARNES CROSS PILLAR BOX, [SY 470946] 78 fg rl HOLWELL lzr reog reog aql aqtJo aqtJo erourld erourld siro,M siro,M Jeurroj Jeurroj llrunLrruJol llrunLrruJol pup pup [ST 693117] 83 The former works and community of the 9 Pymore ,o V olllh aql aql rll rll Ung Ung tlM tlM xeu xeu lq lq dureq dureq pup pup ur ur rafarno rafarno pernpplnu?Lu pernpplnu?Lu rplrd rplrd uqof uqof apelu apelu xoq xoq Mill Co which I ltls ltls llLU llLU manufactured flax and hemp. The Gloucester in A pillar€S8l box, made by John Butt of lsu8 lsu8 lsopo lsopo u u uro4 uro4 e e peue^uol peue^uol ro ro eq] eq] pue pue s?.M s?.M xpu Lr Lr esn esn pupBul pupBul peesu4 peesu4 pue pue ' ' ZlB| ZlB| mill l$! from a flax converted linseed oil, grist rq was 1 and 1853, and the oldest still in use in England. It 1l 1l ]ols]eDe ]ols]eDe lq lq l]opel l]opel eLlereq eLlereq Suipq spq spq deu deu el+ra^ el+ra^ raqtear\ raqtear\ sr sr saJnlpal e e Ll].M Ll].M p p 'r 'r balling mill by 1812. It became a factory but6s6l has weather flap. It is ]l ]l features a vertical letter slot with ]u]nq ]u]nq aql aql lods lods 1e roour>il?l€ roour>il?l€ u u efurs efurs jo jo u^^op u^^op lauol lauol paul?u]er uo uo e e n.r n.r aqt aqt aL.l] aL.l] aSur-r, aSur-r, remained ap ruin since it burnt down in 1959. The lonely the fringe of the Blackmoor ! ! at a spot on lsaq lsaq aoqr aoqr s€ s€ sr sr alpune] alpune] xalduro) pue pue eql eql pe/'\er^ pe/'\er^ s6pnl)ur s6pnl)ur s,doqsB s,doqsB Luorl Luorl qlporddp qlporddp pup pup complex is best viewed as a whole, and includes 'ele^ Caundle rs] ltut ltut Vale, and the approach from Bishop's u-rn]e u-rn]e eq] eq] a8pr]g a8pr]g relel arnt arnt (lropplnupLu (lropplnupLu Mou)s Mou)s pJoluJo] pJoluJo] s.ssor) Surlsarelur Surlsarelur 'puodllur 'puodllur 08tl 08tl later mills (now a furniture manufactory), millpond, crosses the interesting Cornford ,o Bridge [ST ]nq ]nq e e erlJo erlJo qlnLl qlnLl s,JaSpueur s,JaSpueur 'looq)s 'looq)s arntln]ts arntln]ts ')le/,^adoJ ')le/,^adoJ 'asnoq 'asnoq mo,eu mo,eu 'sa)rnls sluices, ropewalk, manager's house, office, school, 692120],'foztz6t a narrow structure of 1480 but much leur>se1 leur>se1 srql'sasnoq,s-re:Jo,M srql'sasnoq,s-re:Jo,M pue,sa:querdde 3u 3u urpar urpar eq] eq] LltuaalLlSra LltuaalLlSra 'lrntuer 'lrntuer apprentices' and workers' houses. This fascinating repairedpdal in the eighteenth ]Prolse.r ]Prolse.r century. srels e e Surle^ Surle^ site is awaiting restoration. 'uo 'rlvrs! 'rlvrs! ls s.rtvHrrlt s.rtvHrrlt DNrovur DNrovur ST MICHAEL'SLuodotu€ TRADING ESTATE, ^s] 6L 6L BRIDPORT [8z6rer [SY 463928] 79 ro ro !odpuB !odpuB eql raLlro, raLlro, sarrlsnpu sarrlsnpu sasrueJd sasrueJd ''pll ''pll I I The former premises ,o of Bridport Industries Ltd., ]se^\ ]se^\ ls ls s,a?q)l s,a?q)l eue] eue] aq] aq] ap ap sr\l sr\l s s uo the west side of St Michael's Lane. This exten- -uatxe on PeLUroJsuPrl aql aql alel alel sPr' sPr' ur ur atrs atrs o^rs sive site was transformed in the late nineteenthqluaaleuru uJorl uJorl qfos qfos sernluer sernluer ol ol qlelue,MlIree qlelue,MlIree ql-iolr ql-iolr ple and early twentieth centuries. FromJo south to north ]s ]s qroM qroM eql eql s,lapq)rx s,lapq)rx rM rM urerl urerl eJa^\ were the St Michael's Works of William Edwards,'spJPMpl re^ols re^ols jo jo llreu,o] eq]'punorB eq]'punorB qroM qroM qreaE qreaE 3u 3u p p ll v v l ,o ,o Works of formerly a bleaching ground. the Stover lll^A s s e9 e9 $jJoa $jJoa eql eql urP urP sprPApl sprPApl e e pue pue W S Edwards, and the works of Williaml)rrq Gale. A s s e e arnleel arnleel Surprnq Surprnq q1,^ q1,^ pe.r pe.r ,Mol ,Mol e e qqor-r notable feature is ap low red brick building with a .raaot .raaot squarea.rpnbs tower. IIllt IIllt It{uoautHs )ttls )ttls 08 08 [5srs€9 [5srs€9 SHERBORNE1s] SILK MILL [ST 635159] 80 l l I I ]o ]o I I ll ll tnoqe tnoqe 1e 1e Anqlsa1 Anqlsa1 aq1 Ll Ll ser,r ser,r lurBuo lurBuo rs rs The originalIEI silk mill was at Westbury Mill of about q)q^ q)q^ ou ou r r ssel8rel ssel8rel ur ur aql aql sr sr 1753, which is now incorporated paterodro)ur in the Marglass l4eqluls l4eqluls .ra^o .ra^o se)lur se)lur fuope1 selllxal selllxal L1:rq,u L1:rq,u eql eql rsod !e !e ssoJl ssoJl xoq xoq (tSBt) (tSBt) sauJrg sauJrg factory which makes synthetic ,o textiles. Over the ]? ]? lretlo lretlo uorpunl uorpunl lJnqlseM lJnqlseM aq] aq] pue pue Post box ( 1853) at Barnes Cross. ,ppoJ rNolstl[{ rNolstl[{ ouoloN\rE Hnuot Hnuot Pepara Pepara road, at the junction of Westburyllu.r and Ottery s s lq lq aupl snon)rdsuo) snon)rdsuo) ? ? aql aql e8uer e8uer ta ta [rgorss [rgorss BLANDFORDrs] FORUM MILESTONE Lane,l^A is a conspicuous mill range erected by the gig gig ssor)V ssor)V sllour sllour ot ot eq] eq] Suil?ld Suil?ld ur ur aq1 aq1 spleu spleu [ST 883061] 84 Willmotts in 1840. Across the playing fields to the lseM ]ee.rls ]ee.rls : : u u a)up]s a)up]s eqt eqt o1 o1 auolsal auolsal I'lllrou q1 sa^ sa^ s s p p LU LU sral-ro,Mro sral-ro,Mro e)errai e)errai Suolp Suolp 'sesnoq 'sesnoq i0l) i0l) north, is a long terrace of workers' houses. This milestone lr?d in West Street gives the distance to craql craql reurol reurol aplH sr sr 'roqtou? 'roqtou? rur rur (sa (sa another, l)arur l)arur Hyde Park Corner (104 miles). There 9 is lstv lstv auo auo urorl urorl uo uo durexe durexe roj eql eql xuv^ a a utrsNll.tvrs'Noluva utrsNll.tvrs'Noluva for example, on (1.6 km)(LU)l from [sgglze the [sgglze A351 one mile ,\s] ,\s] 18 18 ureqa.reM [] [] r8r r8r YARN.tsl BARTON, ro ro BEAMINSTER Wareham [SY 924889]. ^1ou ^1ou HrnolltNunoa [ST 481014] 81 ruodsNvul I I V ueu ueu qlol)lps qlol)lps 'Aopej 'Aopej pLre pLre e e 3Lr 3Lr sr sr 'pasnsrp 'pasnsrp A BOURNEMOUTHxntsnlt TRANSPORT sailcloth and ro netting factory, now disused. It is a)r?d ] ] 3! 3! slerols slerols o^ o^ Mol plnq plnq aprs3lolp aprs3lolp rp) rp) eLl] eLl] sg sg [*oro [*oro zs] MUSEUM r low building ,ro of two storeys alongside the car park laell laell teerls teerls Ued Ued Nerp?e Nerp?e erLtprlua aq1 aq1 satPp satPp [SZ 109944] 85 v lo lo entrance off Fleet Street. The earliest part dates lor lodsuPrt lodsuPrt lra lra uro4 uro4 )rqa^ )rqa^ )tqnd )tqnd }e }e sa sa raqtouv raqtouv o8-rel o8-rel uo uo uro_r] qto) qto) l-roDeJ l-roDeJ ralsurur?e€ ralsurur?e€ res res .0911 .0911 A vehicles from | | large collection of public transport l06 from 1780. Another Irr.l sailcloth factory at Beaminster 4srp 4srp rP)urPrl rP)urPrl 3q] SulPnllur SulPnllur quouaurnoB quouaurnoB asfoq asfoq 01paua^uo),Mou 01paua^uo),Mou lel}?q^^ lel}?q^^ P P sE,M e e was Whatley Mill, now converted to a house. the Bournemouth district, ',D including a 1901 tramcar 40 DORSET'SDORSET 5 INDUSTRIALINDUSTRIAL HERITAGEHER TAGE body,body. a restoredrestored 1914914 tram,tram, trolleybuses,tro leybuses, and upstream side.s de. TimberT mber handrailshandra ls have been added motormotor busesbuses fromfrom 191019 0 toto 1969.1969 The museum isrs inn more recentrecent times.trmes. atd therl p busb-c depoto.pot inrr Mallardvdl,i,d Roadoodd anddr d openingop{.1,1g is. HORN HILL TUNNEL,TUNNEL' BEAMINSTERBCAIIINSTER restricted.restr cted. A 02020202 21009. [STlsr 467032]4670121 92 CHALBURY MILEPOSTI.IlLEPOST The A306641066 passes though thisthrs tunnel whichwhrch was [Sulsu 01o 1075joTs] 86 builtburt inrn tenten months inrn 1831-2.l83l-2. Itlt iss 345'145'( ( I 05m) A cast.ast ironrron milepostmrlepost givinggiv ng thethe distancesdrstances of 55 miles longo, anddrd was originallyor g'ral litl t byo. paraffinoa a'f.r lamps.dn os. ItI is9 notr-ol (8(8 km) to Wimbornewmborne and Cranborne and the 8 ^dt , km) to and the easy toto stopstop and readread the inscriptionsrns.riptrons of the por-por namenarne 'PoolePoole Trust'. There are several of thesethese Trust of talsLd whichryl'( 1 proclaimp-o' thattl at Giles(rr -\ Russello , sel ofo'Beam Beaminster ,1ricr between WimborneW^borra anddro Cranborne.ardlborne. ThereThc is a "r- oe,^Fpr e 5a was responsible.respons ble. prominentprominent example of thisths typetyPe where thethe A35IAl5l Wareham roadroad leavesleaves thethe roundaboutroundabout at LytchettLltchett Minsterllinster [SYIsY 955925]. CHARMINSTERCHARI.IlNSTER MILESTONEMILESTONE [SYLsY 671919]5Trerel 8781 A talltal milestonem lestone besidebeede thethe A37A17 justiust west of CharminsterCharminster hashas an ironron platep ate whichwhrch readsreads '2'2 Dor-Dor chesterchester byby thethe NewNew Road/MaidenRoad/lYarden NewtonNeMon 6'. The 'NewNew road'road refersrefers toto anan earlyeaiy example ofola a by-passby pass whichwhrch avoidedavoided Charminster village.v llage. An Act of 18401840 authorisedauthorEed thisth s forfor thethe Maidenllaiden NewtonNeMon Trust. ( CHARMINSTERCHARI.IlNSTER TOLLHOUSE [SY67592I][sY67se2r] 88 AA finefine exampleexampe ofof aa smallsmal tollhouse,to lhouse, sixsix-sided-sided underunder aa slateslate roof,rool besidebeside thethe A37Al7 justJUst north-westnorth west p\Le'. ofot Dorchester.Do Ll Itlr isr ono'r therl"e 'NewNew Road'Podd by-passingb7 p"s.'g HornHorn HillHillTunnel. Tunnel. Charminster. LONGMOORLoNGMOOR MILEPOST,l.llLEPOST, NEARNEAR COSMORE TURNPIKE STONE COSMORE TURNPTKE STONE GILLINGHAMGlLLlNGHAl.l [ST 676056]6760s5] 89 lsr [STfsr 828290]8282901 93 A smallsmal stonestone withwrth anan ironron platepate inscribedrnscnbed'Here 'Here A cast ironron plateplate ofofthe the Wincanton TrustTnrst between endsends thethe Weymouth andand DorchesterDorchester Trust',Tnrst', atat thethe Merellere andand Shaftesbury,Shaftesbury, at aa cross roadsroads 2 milesmiles (3.2(J 2 footfoot ofof thethe chalkchalk escarpmentescarprnent on thethe highhigh roadroad km)km) north-eastnorth east of Gillingham,G lrngham givesgrves 'Shaftesbury'Shaftesbury 5 fromfrom DorchesterDorchester toto Sherborne. TheThe milestonesmiestones onon MereMere 2'.2. The smallersma ler words 'Town'Town Hall'Hal ' (referring(referring thisth s routeroute havehave shapedshaped ironiron platesplates andand thethe firstfrst upup toto Shaftesbury)Shaftesbury) havehave beenbeen paintedparnted out. Itlt isis thethe thethe hillhll [ST 673043]671041] iss exactlyexactly 99 milesmres (144(144 km)km) lsl only milepostmilepost on thisth s roadroad whichwh ch passespasses throughthrough betweenbetween eacheach town.town. MotcombeYotcombe village.v llage. ENMOREENMORE GREENGREEN WATER TROUGH,TROUGH' NEARNEAR SHAFTESBURY MOTCOMBEMOTCO}IBE TURNPIKE COTTAGE [ST 835243] 94 [STlsr 859234]859234] 90 [sr 83s243] 91 An ironron waterwater trough,trough by Maggsl'1aggs && HindleyHrndley ofoi A tollhouseto lhouse onon thethe 83081BJ08 ShaftesburyShaftesbury'Ci-Gillingham ingham atat Bourton,Boufion, withwth aa lion ion water spoutspout setset in n aa greensandgreensand ad junctionlJr clror toto Motcombe.Yolcon oa.'l It is. ad.Lo(tdrta substantial househoL\. inn wall,wal withwrth thethe datedate 1844 844 carvedcarved above.above ThisThis mustmust locallo.a greensand,greensand, with aa datestonedatestone of 1866.1866. Miles-l'1ies- havehave beenbecn aa welcomewecome spotspot inin thethe daysda/s ofof horsehorse tonestones on thethe GillinghamG llLngham roadroad havehave shieldsh eld shapedshaPed transport,transpoft, beingberng partpart wayway upuP thethe longlong hillhrl fromfrom ironron platesplates givinggivlng thethe details.deta s TheThe parishParsh iss carvedcaryed GillinghamG lngham intointo ShaftesburyShaltesbury (now(now B3088108 0. ) Itlt was onon thethe edge ofofthe the stones.stones restoredrestored inn 1988.1988. OBORNE TOLLHOUSE, SHERBORNE FIFEHEADFIFEHEAO NEVILLENEVILLE PACKHORSEPACXHORSE [ST[sT 6516s r 177]r77] 9595 BRIDGEBRIDGE A singles ngle storeystorey tollhouseto lhouse besidebeside thethe A30,Al0 aa milem le [ST[sT 7721772[ I Ir] ] 919l outsideoutsrde Sherborne. Itt iss lowerower thanthan thethe road,road, sug-sug- A smallsmal restoredrestored packhorsepackhorse bridgebrrdge besidebeside aa fordford gestinggest ng howhow thethe highwayh ghway hashas beenbeen builtbu lt upup over acrossacross thethe RiverRrver Divelish.Drvelsh. TwoTwo pointedponted archesarches therle years since(n e itt was built.burlt The-he nearby1ca.b/ cast(d I ironio'r 7.d,. ^d. carrycarry thethe footway,footway. withwth aa singlesrngle cutwatercutwater onon thethe milepostm lepost andand oneone atat 22 milesm les (3.6(3 6 km)km) fromfro.n Sher-Sher t9 : : lrl .r, .r, Vi l'lYLll l'lYLll . . : DORSET'S INDUSTRIAL '. HERITAGE 41 tt6l tt6l -t -t t]un ero"1 ero"1 s s euroq er? c?r ? ? lq lq r? r? e n3usper n3usper u3aq u3aq aur[ aur[ pooE pooE q^\ q^\ ort] q. q. sl!p.r] r.^ r.^ borne are rectangular with a cap. There is a good until 1943, by which p?Ll been lort lort time the trams had DUclJc DUclJc }p o,^] esnoqlo] larols larols aurooo a}lqM a}lqM lq lq la la parpldar 's]sr 's]sr 'sesnq 'sesnq two storey tollhouse beyond li. Oborne at White t! t! replaced by trolley .r'l .r'l buses. rsod ltvHtN^r xsol) xsol) rNoHdrrrr rNoHdrrrr uo uo aqr 83145 [ST 64,': ^sl Post on the zot l.unaslrrvHs lsod:trtya lsod:trtya TYNEHAM Lroszss TELEPHONE KIOSK 95 95 lszzees lszzees [SY 882803] 102 SHAFTESBURYrsl MILEPOST i i lsaq lsaq weqeull s s Lrotpn)p^a Lrotpn)p^a rol rol u/!lou) u/!lou) [ST 866228] 96 aBe1,r evacuation V Tyneham village is best known for its tse) tse) )sodaluJ )sodaluJ uor uor I I ]?M ]?M uroqreqs uroqreqs sa)ue]sp sa)ue]sp llpt llpt Sur^r8 Sur^r8 eLll rol €r] 3Lrrnp 3Lrrnp aq] Lu Lu u 3u puoras puoras ptro^A A cast iron milepost 0a giving the distances 'Sherborn for military training Second World War. S during the I4s I4s ] tnq tnq uo uo l]nqslps l]nqslps sarp, sarp, o^11 o^11 aqt aqt \lsred s s Eural Eural lldlua lldlua a-raLl a-raLl urlirr^ urlirr^ aql pL-rE pL-rE saBuer 15 Salisbury 20' on two faces, and the parish It still remains sLr empty within the ranges, but there is ]l ]l 1S, rrqlp! rrqlp! ]spr ]spr srelad srelad )lqnd lrnqsellpqs lrnqsellpqs u,\\op ertua) se^ eqt eqt a^r a^r eraq] eraq] ou sserrP sserrP sr sr SuJU LreqM LreqM 'St Peters Shaftesbury' lo down the centre. It was cast public when there is no live firing. Rather access lo le)lol le)lol ]xalr ]xalr eql eql lq auror! auror! o1 o1 sprp^ sprp^ llppo apslno arer arer saBello: saBello: ssagoor ssagoor e e sr sr Mor Mor -roqs -roqs p p 's 's l l by Cockey of Frome. The ;" next towards Sher- ltrM .. .. oddly. outside a row1o of roofless cottages is a rare r, r, .r, .r, ou.oq o' o' ue ue reo reo <" <" qruo1o1,1 qruo1o1,1 3 euoqdee] xoq xoq alerluol pooM pooM pue pue .7 .7 in [ST ' borne, lo S| 852233], 'Motcomb' parish also gives loor iauroqreqs iauroqreqs with an telephone box of concrete and)sor; wood sqI sqI ol ol all all ad,(t ad,(t s s salpqs salpqs u8sap srql srql se[LLr se[LLr itpLrro eq] eq] p p 15 miles to Sherborne! This type of the 'oN z6 z6 f,) f,) Shaftes- ornate roof. This is the 'Kiosk No. I ', a design Isnrl Isnrl 0tV 0tV 1 1 l]nq auroqreqs auroqreqs luareJ] luareJ] spuala spuala o] o] s s eq] eq] L!or, L!or, 3uolP 3uolP aq] aq] parnporlur ur ur p p qrnur qrnur , , bury & Sherborne A30 t Trust extends along the ) 9) to9) l8rzzgt l8rzzgt introduced in 1921. It is much $aM $aM different from the :so :so rs] rs] u u lq lq rnois rnois sa sa oN oN pue pue puo,{oq sap aroLLr rLLp] r?r qlrq,\^ qlrq,\^ pauB pauB sp,M sp,M [ST 762218] '9 beyond West Stour and 4 miles (6.4 more familiar c Kiosk No.6, which was designed by Pe)npord Pe)npord ls ls tP tP tlors tlors uaql uaql olur olur uv uv r! r! er er rM rM spr?,/!\lsee spr?,/!\lsee ro^ ro^ qst qst rrs (LU) sa pP3quoc pP3quoc aq} ur ur rs km) eastwards into Wiltshire at Donhead St An- Sir Giles Gilbert puP in the Silver Jo Jo Scott and produced A A a.rp 3u) 3u) rpal rpal aatqnf e8roeD drew. '^ Jubilee year of King George V. uIlsNll{unl's'ttolus uIlsNll{unl's'ttolus UIISNII{UNIS NOININ Itll.ttltHA TDOIUA TDOIUA t6 t6 lsr lsr STURMINSTER[8r-rs] NEWTON BRIDGE WHITEMILLIIVHSUV9' BRIDGE, STURMINSTER [ST784135] 97 tot [soo8s6 [soo8s6 MARSHALLrs] V llnqa-r llnqa-r -rnols -rnols l]ntue, l]ntue, qluaollg qluaollg eq] e8puq e8puq ssorrp ssorrp [ST 958005] 103 A fifteenth 028 century bridge across the Stour, rebuilt V'lrlle}qM V'lrlle}qM ]? ]? eql eql ]? ]? !O Jo] Jo] lll8ra alrolsalPp alrolsalPp srql aprsdn ul sr u,Mop u,Mop paqlrp paqlrp aql aql rnols in 1820. The datestone for this is upside down at On the Stour at Whitemill. A narrow Morrpu eight arched tr tr eqt]o eqt]o ertua) ertua) aq} espq relP^^lnl relP^^lnl qlrq,\ qlrq,\ selqPLre selqPLre srr]?,Mln) srr]?,Mln) saSnlar qrEi qrEi pur pur qt,,!\'e8pl]q uo the base of the central cutwater, which enables it bridge, with cutwaters and refuges on each pier,'lard I I aq aq eJeql eJeql uro4 uro4 s o1 a^oq? a^oq? uoqElodsup]]. ppar ppar euros euros urpL! urpL! euolsalr euolsalr sn Juolsqleaq Juolsqleaq Eu Eu qlr/v\ qlr/v\ ,( ,( pu? pu? p p ^asf€) ^asf€) to be read from above. There is a 'transportation' using mainly heathstone, with limestone and91 some )l )l ]lnq ]lnq uV uV aled araq sdaa) lp lp all all peq)r€ peq)r€ eq} eq} u u uo e^!q e^!q pPor pPor lPur uaeq plate here. An arched causeway keeps the road greensand.puPsuaarS It may have been built in 1 175. on the ]so ]so a^a a^a uo tsa^\ tsa^\ 1nq e^oqe eps eps qlou qlou rllErl poou poou po slr slr uror] uror] pPoJ pPoJ auroqLur^A lNvuuvl above flood level on north side. tsnoHllol NoJ,NtH NoJ,NtH old road west from lost its traffic Wimborne, fOootlm but ]tnq ]tnq ZS] ZS] sur\op sur\op uoq,u a8plg a8plg n[ n[ ue ue sem sem 86 86 lrrre% lrrre% TARRANTrsl HINTON TOLLHOUSE when Julian Bridge [SZ 0049990] was built downs- 10z0616 10z0616 ]xeu ]xeu 1sl 1sl eq] eq] prot^\?rl prot^\?rl aSprrB aSprrB sr [ST 948114] 'Lrrperl 98 I tream. Crawford Bridge [ST 919020] is theotg next lnoq? lnoq? euo LlPerlsdn sal?p rEtv rEtv lLro.rl lLro.rl s?q ? pu? pu? alt alt apisag aLll o] o] l]nqsrtes l]nqsrtes ppor ppor pJolpupl€ pJolpupl€ one upstream and dates from about 1530. It has a ,o ,o Beside the A354 Salisbury to Blandford 3 road, the uo uo s?M s?M artual artual drLrnq drLrnq p.u.pr^^ p.u.pr^^ Dqt Dqt pu? pe>ppru Lr eql eql elnor LU?qL|?H LU?qL|?H ra]seq)roc ra]seq)roc prorpuelB prorpuelB marked hump in the l1 was widened on I I centre and route of the Harnham, Blandford & Dorchester 6 tsnrl eql u u lrr?c_r]suMop lrr?c_r]suMop ap s s uV uV e3urs e3urs lerols lerols .snoqlot .snoqlot ped?qs ped?qs ql,/!^ ql,/!^ the downstream side in 1719. Trust. An loor L-shaped single storey rooa ,ltllo3, ,ltllo3, lleeuaq lleeuaq with l90tus l90tus tollhouse oro P P ul ul uoJ eles eles opLJrr' opLJrr' s.^ s.^ tot tot lzlss]s lzlss]s iron 'gothic' windows beneath a slate roof.I In 1zB 1zB lle^ lle^ WOOLrsl OLD BRIDGE cd cd uo uo are aqt srellel e e etPP pequ)s pu? pu? ,fI ,fI I V V 1827 [SY 845872] 104 scribedl on a wall are the date and letters ' PD lqJpau lqJpau euolseltu sr sr pasr)u pasr)u p.rolpuelg uo eurorl eqt aq] aq] apsaq rouPu esnoq esnoq T TG'. A nearby milestone is incised 'Blandford 5 ePeLU ,11 ,11 On the ]o rol rol Buraq]a]]P Buraq]a]]P Frome beside the manor house made aLll aLll aur?u aur?u Lunres aLl] plo plo -srtPs -srtPs u u reqn,p reqn,p seuroql seuroql s,lprPH s,lprPH 5sa1 snoLr.rq Sarum 17', the latter being the old name for Salis- famous in Thomas Hardy's Tess of thedq1 d'Urber- l,nq ]nq ]nq r1 r1 sr sr Lnlua; Lnlua; ser'r ser'r llqeqord llqeqord qtuaelq qtuaelq bury. sa77n villes. It is probably1O9l fifteenth century, but was 'rrNNnr 'rrNNnr ttlslHl oMt oMt sarnlue) lrtH lrtH Li Li re]€l parpdar pu" -auols -auols repaired in 1607 and two centuries later."snoHrrol Stone- )ro,^\ sapnpu sapnpu orq u^ u^ >lrPP >lrPP THISTLE HILL TUNNEL,HINOHUVH' 'euolsL]}?aLl 'euolsL]}?aLl ^sl work includes dark brown heathstone. rsra 66 66 Nor9Nlrrv CHARMOUTH let68tt [SY 348948] 99 WEST ALLINGTONruodolua TOLLHOUSE, I sty sty ]p sasspd sasspd srll srll eq eq do] do] urpLLr urpLLr qBnorql qBnorql auun] eq] sol sol BRIDPORT lottzsr The main A35 ,r.s] ]o passes Jo Jo through this tunnel at l) l) the top lInB lInB te te ]sa,M ]sa,M a$ a$ eql eql qur qur auEs 'qlnolrlrPqJ 'qlnolrlrPqJ [SY 457930] 105 of the V climb west of Charmouth. Built atI the same ZtSl ZtSl lfH lfH leuunl leuunl olps olps u u OZZ OZZ qt^ qt^ o8.rel o8.rel 01 asnoq asnoq Su8upq]e^o '))rq '))rq eq] eq] uroH s lluo lluo sp sp ur eLLrq A largeloor tollhouse in brick, with overhanging slate Horn Hill tunnel in ro ]seM ]seM ]p ]p time as the 1832, it is only 220 I]odp.rB sq1 sq1 olpC olpC aqt aqt eqt sp'M sp'M 3uo 3uo (ur19)]eel l roof. Thisc was at the West Gate of the Bridport feet (67m) long. 'slsod ]rirts ]rirts ]sr ]sr doouHl ovou ovou sv9 sv9 dHvr dHvr First District Trust. .lsnrl THROOP ROAD GASHLnOltrNunog LAMP POSTS, oot oot BOURNEMOUTH [re66or zs] 1ls!00 1ls!00 lo lo [SZ 109961] rlcNnoc 100 -rllinoc. lla^l})pJuv uor-tspr uor-tspr pelprorap pelprorap durpl slsod ? eJp eJp DORSET sNuloYM - rO rO COUNCIL SU3^lB0 OF la la O1 O1 Attractively decorated cast-iron lamp COUNTYloN lrts.rp lrts.rp posts are a tSlB:n tSlB:n s! s! )Slplsou VVACCONS arnl?a1 arnl?a1 laqt laqt rol 4VIH sp sp esn esn Lr Lr sp3 U?h10 DRIVERSU?h10 OF 'slq8 'slq8 NOTICEcNV TO - - -' - - !cr10N !cr10N nostalgic feature as they are still in use for gas lights. OTHER HEAVYlrvl VEHICLES l l AND aq1 doorq,l sossed sossed ppor ppor rl,.] rl,.] pup pup 're^ 're^ "gotus "gotus r'l1il r'l1il lrCl,lrloC lrCl,lrloC lltl lltl • lvlll The road passes Throop Mill and weir. • — TAKE NOTICE,\INn0C - sNSnYC WILLsNSnYC NOI!3J NOI!3J ,\l{v ,\l{v COUNCIL THAT THE 310c!s0ld COUNTY Nolxrnl lDunHrlstuHr lDunHrlstuHr srH! srH! lovlcos lovlcos ro CAUSINGro 0l 0l lH.l' lH.l' PERSON PROSECUTE/\lnlNr ANY 3Sf 3Sf l0l l0l U3.Ord,rr OF U3.Ord,rr THIS [E266]r [E266]r 3Hl SURFACE3Hl TUCKTON BRIDGE, ovou zsl CHRISTCHURCH THE ,l€ ,l€ INJURYNlYr\ TO ^q ^q !o !o loHscvlc IMPROPERloHscvlc USE Nvaolts Nvaolts THE l0 BY [SZ 149923] 101 MAIN Y ROAD 1o 1o . 4 uy a,puq a,puq sp/. raqurrl raqurrl rer;rea rer;rea ggg; ggg; OR palqdar palqdar DRACSHOE OF A SKIDPAN?SIM!!H.LO 8- s06l s06l An earlier timber bridge of 1883 was 3lou0 replaced by r OTHERWISE l u u leql leql uor uor alarluo) alarluo) auo auo os os aq] aq] pue pue srLlt ION0Oo ION0Oo ORDER,[lNl103 !00 L this iron and concrete one in 1905. so that the s BY q q sur!]] sur!]] ssorl eql Jnots Jnots ouraurno€ LlroJJ LlroJJ plnor plnor COUNTY COUNCIL Bournemouth trams could cross the Stour from DORSET ]t ]t o] o] e e eurnoqqlnos a3puql;o1 a3puql;o1 q)-rnq)lsurll q)-rnq)lsurll Southbourne to Christchurch. tt wass€n^ a tollbridge 4247 DORSET'SDORSET'S INDUSTRIALINDUSTRIAL HERITAGEHERITACE HartlandHartland Moorf'1oor naturenature reservereserve andand cancan bebe fol-fol- RAILWAYSRAILWAYS FORFOR INDUSTRYINOUSTRY lowedowed onon foot,foot, withwrth gentlegentle curvescurves passingpassing throughthrough aa cutting(utt ng andand overover aa lowlow embankment.embankment. KIMMERIDGE TRAMWAYS, Xll.ll.lERlDGE TRAIT!WAYS, MiddlebereM dd ebere QuayQuay [SY 975866]9758561 hashas lainlain abandonedabandoned PURBECK Lsy PURBECK sinces nce 1905 905 whenwhen thethe tramwaytramway waswas replacedreplaced byby thethe 106t06 GoathornGoathorn TramwayTramway toto GoathornGoathorn PierPrer [SZ[SZ 016863],0 686]], permitted buildingburldlng of the firstfirst An ActAct ofof 1847 847 permitted thethe the aa wooden jettyletty onon SouthSoLrth Deep.Deep. lessess silted.slted, andand tramway,trarnway, which was worked inrn 1848-541848 54 byby thethe servingservrng claypitsclaypits atat Newton.NeMon. ThisThis lastedlasted untilunt aboutabout BituminousBituminous ShaleShaeCo. Co. ThereThere areare slightslght tracestraces 1936.1916 Inln 1948 948 aa smallsmal sectionsectron ofof thethe tramwaytramway was where itt runsruns behindbeh nd ClavellC avel TowerTower andand HenHen Cliff.Clff. relaidrelad toto I'' 1llt,4'(0-6r-|)112/ " (0.6m) gaugeSauge aroundaround NordenNorden with aa cuttingcuttng descendingdescend ng towardstowards thethe quayquay [SYlsy where therethere was aa depotdepot andand exchangeexchange sidingssid ngs 910787].9 0787]. TheThe secondsecond tramwaytramway was moremore ambi-amb- withwrth thethe SwanageSwanage railway.rai way. SmallSma dieselsd esels were used,used, tious,tous, worked inin 1883-90 BB3 90 byb), thethe KimmeridgeKi..mer d8e OilO I && andand thethe lastlast steamsteam locomotive,ocomotve, thethe Russell,Russeil hashas CarbonCarbon Co.,Co curvingcu|1rng aroundaround inlandinand forfor nearlynearly aa beenbeen preservedpreserved inn NorthNorth Wales.Waes. milem e (I( .66 km)km) acrossacross thethe fieldsllelds fromlrom aa pierprer toto thethe PIKEPIKE TRAMWAY,TRAMWAY, PURBECKPURBECK 108IO8 Manfieldl.lanield ShaftShaft [SY[sY 917783].e r778]1. FAYLE'SfAYLE'S TRAMWAY,TRAMWAY, PURBECKPURBECK BuiltBu lt byby PikePrke Bros.Bros. inin 1838-40lB38 40 toto linklnk theirtheir clayclay pitspts 107t07 andand minesmines aroundaround FurzebrookFurzebrook with RidgeRidge WharfWhar{ onon thethe tidaltrdal RiverRrver FromeFrome nearnear Wareham.Wareharn. OriginallyOrginally ThisTh s was thethe firstlrst railwayraiway inrn Dorset,Dorset, builtbu lt byby Benja-Benja aa horsehorse tramwaytramway ofof 2'2' 8"8" (0.8m)(o8m) gauge,gauge, steamsteam minrnrn FayleFaye inn 1806-7.18067. Itt was aa plateway,p ateway, 331 2/I milesm les locomotiveslocomotves were introducedlntrodu.ed afterafter 18661855 andand (5.6km)(5 6km) long,long, toto carrycarry ballbal clayclay fromfrom Fayle'sFa/es works namednamed withv\/lth LatinLat n numbersnumbers fromfrom PrimusPnmus to1o Septi-Septi atat NordenNorden toto Middleberel'lddlebere Quay onon PoolePoole Har-Har mus.mug Secundus,Secundus, datingdatrng fromfrom 1874,1874, iss nownow pre-pre- bour.bour. Itlt was ofoi3' 3' 9"9"(l ( I • 14m)4m) gauge,gauge. withwrth 3'3' (0.9m)(09m) servedserved inin thethe BirminghamBlrmingham MuseumlYuseum of Science5c ence andand longlong tramwaytramway plates.p ates. StoneStone sleepersleeper blocksblocks survivesurvrve Industry.lndustry. ThereThere was aa works atat Ridge,Rdge, butbut FurzeFurze- inrn isolatedrsoated sectionssectons acrossacross thethe heaths.heaths. There areare brookbrook was thethe headquartersheadquarters ofofthe the system.system. andand anan alsoa so somesome cuttingscuttings andand embankments.embankments. engineengine shedshed survivessuruives todaytoday amidamid thethe modernmodern pro-pro TwoTwo shortshon tunnelstunnes were builtbLrit underunder thethe Ware-Ware cessingcessrng works. ToTo thethe south-westsouth,west areare numerousnumerous ham-Corfeham Corfe roadroad nearnear NordenNorden atat SY5Y 948832.948812. A overgrownovergrown branches,branches, while thethe tracktrack toto RidgeRdge sectionsection of thethe oldold A35IAl5 survivessurvrves asas a lanelane andand Wharf isrs aa straightstraght line ine due north.nor1h. AA bumpbLrmp inrn thethe footpathlootpath after roadroad improvementsrmprovements inn 1988,1988, andand Arne roadroad atat SY5Y 937863917861 showsshows where itt crossedcrossed thethe twotwo tunnelstunnels cancan bebe seenseen here,here. theirthe r oldold tracktrack- andand aa sectionsecrion ofof railratl isrs stillstll inrn position.postron RidgeRidge Wharf ways inn floodedllooded gullies.glrlles. The dresseddressed keystonekeystone ofof iss nownow a boatboat yard. thethe northnorth tunneltunne iss inscribedinscr bed 'BF'BF 1807',1807', makingmakrng thisthrs MERCHANTS' RAILWAY, oneone ofofthe the earliestear iest railwayra lway tunnelstunnek inin thethe country.country A IiTERCHANTS' RAILWAY, PORTLANDPORTI.AND 109IO9 To catercater forfor thethe greatgreat increaserncrease inin stonestone traffictraffic and relievereLieve thethe burdenburden on horses,horses thethe 4' 6" ((1.37n) I •37m) gaugegauge Merchants'llerchants RailwayRallway was builtburlt inn 18261826 fromfrom thethe top ofof Portland.Portand. Here,Here, therethere were branchesbranches intonto Tout Quarry,Quarry and truckstrucks were loadedloaded byby crane at PrioryPriory Corner. Two lines,lnes withwth stonestone sleeper blocksb ocks inn place,place can bebe seenseen curvingcuruing around thethe west flflankank of thethe Verne toto thethe toptop of thethe thethe FreemansFreemans Inclinenclne at SYSy 689738.689738 FromFrom here,here. stone ladenladen truckstrucks descendeddescended toto CastletonCast eton PierPier onon Port-Pod- landand harbour.harbour. A complexcompiex of bridgesbridges and inclinesncl nes at SYSY 692733692711 iss of a laterater datedate and isrs associatedassocated withwth thethe PortlandPortland BreakwaterBreakwater works,works. but connectedconnected with thethe Merchant's Railway.Rarway. On the north-eastnorth east Faylesfayles Tramway TunnelTuflnel On the side of PortlandPortland was thethe AdmiraltyAdm ralty or BreakwaterBreakwater RailwayRaiway of 1847,847, an inclinencine with threethree windingwndng thirdthrrd tunnel was builtbLrit underunder thethe StudlandStud and roadroad [SY[SY 963827]9618271 inrn aboutabout 1850.1850. TheIhe course of thethe tramwaytramway drums at intervals.ntervals. Itlt descended fromfrom thethe Admir-Admrr crosses SlepeSepe Lane,Lane, betweenbetween Corfe andand Arne, at alty andand ConvictConvrct quarriesquarr es toto thethe startstart ofofthe the break-break SY5Y 963853.961851. On one sidesrde thethe tracktrack servesserves Middle-lYiddle water, and isis nownow inn Ministry[1 nistry of DefenceDefence property.propefty. bere Farm,Farm. but thethe other traverses thethe lonelyloney The Merchants'llerchants'Ra Railway lway closedc osed inin 1939.1919. tt ilv1EIH ilv1EIH tV!1SnCN tV!1SnCN ltStOC DORSL I 'S S INDUSTRIAL HERITAGF 43 ,gvNvas urrd urrd t t ra^o ra^o .avartvu .avartvu saip.rq saip.rq aql aql sesso.o sesso.o ur^ ur^ qlpaH elo15 elo15 al al pred pred SWANAGE)lrtgund PIER RAILWAY, Heath crosses twin stone bridges over the parallel s,elll s,elll sq]ro sq]ro aur aur sas.tno) e8pu?,\S e8pu?,\S aq] aq] q)uprq q)uprq pLre pLre r r [,,rrro [,,rrro zs] PURBECK or courses of this Swanage branch line and the Fayle's /,Aorrpu tu?rt tu?rt aBne8 aBne8 ^\orrpN [SZ 033787] 1 10 narrow gauge tramway. .lp^ uD uD s[p] s[p] lees lees eq eq 3!op 3!op aBnEB aBnEB eq] eq] lpno lpno NOldl.tVUt IINNnJ' IINNnJ' Narrow gauge rails lrnq can be seen6EB; along the Quay. lp lp srql le,uruert le,uruert se,,,r se,,,r eqt eqt ur ur eurl.u.rps eurl.u.rps s€ s€ ttt ttt [ts6tre [ts6tre This tramway was built in 1859 at the same FRAMPTONrs] TUNNEL lrouLro) lrouLro) lr lr time as o] o] aq] rard rard qlr^ qlr^ auols auols aLll aLll sre>lulq sre>lulq pue pue [SY 631951] 114 v lo lo lauunl lauunl )n) )n) e e eidluexa eidluexa .r3^o) .r3^o) the pooS pier, to -uo) connect it with pup tE tE the stone bankers and serr?nb aBEUp,l^S aBEUp,l^S pue pue uotSuel uotSuel sre^prl€l,J sre^prl€l,J A good example of a cut-and-cover tunnel, con- llrnq llrnq ol ol aq] aq] e^rase.rd e^rase.rd eqtJo eqtJo quarries at paDn_rls p.rol p.rol Swanage and Langton Matravers. s,roupLLr o] o] areq-L aq aq seqtlprq seqtlprq era,M era,M pup pup peut)ur peut)ur r-tp r-tp 'oupld 'oupld structed to preserve the lord of the manor's hunt- er.qI er.qI slq8rr slq8rr s s a^oqp a^oqp 3ur There l-ra^ elurl elurl e e t t were branches punorB to be and IErreurLlol lnq ]rnq ]rnq an inclined plane, 'eprM liuo liuo s?.M s?.M sp sp sp sp rpl rpl p€o! p€o! ing rights. There is very little ground above a wide, ro] ro] aq1 aq1 puno.l but u a8ne8 a8ne8 q)rp q)rp it was s1>er19143 /\^t /\^t only built as far Commercial peorq lnB as lnB Road. uqof ua1,tro6 ua1,tro6 ^ou ^ou aSroag aSroag pue pue ere^\ ere^\ cq] cq] Suourp Suourp round arch for twin broad gauge GWR tracks. The .lo ]snl ]snl re,ro re,ro a8p-]q eul eul alSurs alSurs eq1 eq1 P P John Mowlem and George Burt were among the Llt-roLr ls ls rll sroDar sroDar bridge lo over the now single linela)xa just north of ]ue ]ue uoldLuerl up up eq] eq] se^8 se^8 aBrlr^ aBrlr^ first er^ directors. ,\ Frampton village giveslauun] an of the un) un) excellent view 3uo eq]]e eq]]e 3u 3u s^vartvu pup pup long cutting 'pue RAILWAYS and tunnel at the end. rtolus rtolus Notlvls Notlvls 1{vHSNrrrrD It It IINNNI IINNNI TA}IO'NIg I I s s I I lrezors lrezors GILLINGHAMrs] STATION & BRIDGE , , t t fsserzr fsserzr BINCOMBErs] TUNNEL [ST 810261] 115 V lo lo llpLr]s llpLr]s ]ets ]ets rataxl rataxl alll alll l-rnqs l-rnqs uo uo poled poled pup pup [SY 673855] pS V sprel sprel g g lrsslp lrsslp 8uo 8uo eqt eqt (urrt1) (urrt1) se)lp} se)lp} euun1 euun1 A small period station of the Salisbury and Exeter uo uo qI^ qI^ d d u,ro|e u,ro|e ? ? (!MSl) (!MSl) le,{\lrft pauaqt8ua pauaqt8ua A classic!M9 tunnel 814 yards (744m) long takes the aq] aq] uMoC uMoC aqLUo)uB aqLUo)uB -a8pr -a8pr q8rLl q8rLl q]eeuaq q]eeuaq lo lo platform on)lu.r Railway ,dn, (LSWR), with a lengthened ot ot aSeroF aSeroF aql aql ooiralpM ooiralpM ro, ro, aq] GWR beneath Bincombe Down, the high ridge- aprs tEtv tEtv roc roc aqi aqi qL!r) qL!r) 01 01 seq seq uea^^]aq uea^^]aq q)rq^ q)rq^ lp,M the 'up' side to Waterloo for the storage of milk uorlels uorlels etsodd6 etsodd6 rol rol uopuol uopuol eqt eqt surnq) pauesep pauesep way which the A354 has to climb between Dor-llesl Luorj Luorj eq] eq] ra]sall) ppor ppor qlnoLulaM qlnoLulaM pue pue station churns destined for London. Opposite the lp)_rar.rJLuol s s urelseM urelseM a)uprtue eq] eq] plo plo road, itself qlnos chester and Weymouth. lauun] From the l?Lus l?Lus plod plod uP) uP) eq eq uees uees aLll aLll a^oqe qtnos qtnos ? ? Commercial ]o entrancelaloH is the old South Western lsod lsod ]P ]P ]l ]l aq1 aq1 urn] urn] nq nq eLlt eLlt pue pue 8Lr 8Lr 'asnoH 'asnoH above l€)o a small tunnel, can be seen the south portal un) un) lq lq a^sseur a^sseur auots auots pa)urg pa)urg e e 3u 3u ur Hotel and Posting House, built at the turn of the ro, ro, areq] areq] a)ed a)ed treqBulg treqBulg e e se,, se,, lJnlue: lsnq lsnq in local stone flanked by a massive cutting.'srrnovrA alttvA alttvA rrunog century. Gillingham was a busy place, for there Lo])p] Lo])p] e)eo e)eo uo)?q uo)?q o] o] spooM spooM ere^ eqt eqt prs prs sBu sBu BOURNE VALLEYII.IOSXNl/US VIADUCTS, were sidings to the Oake-Woods ))rq bacon factory qro^^ qro^^ e|ll e|ll Lupq8ur[f Lupq8ur[f eq] eq] als) pup pup pue pue (B (B zll zll [zztzgo [zztzgo BRANKSOMEzs] 896 896 (site 8), and the Gillingham brick and tile workslPrlsnpu ol ol uP uP aLuoleq aLuoleq paso) paso) ur ur [SZ 062922] 112 whichr.l)rq^ closed in 1968 to become an industrial ]up8ela ]up8ela larrn5 larrn5 aaoqe aaoqe aBre^uo) aBre^uo) stlnper^ stlnper^ oaa1 Two elegant viaducts converge above Surrey estate.'al?]sa ]sn[ rol rol ]sea ]sea lalen lalen Je^o Je^o ssor) ssor) e8plq e8plq laqt laqt eurno8 eurno8 aql aql sp sp ppo! uo.r uo.r jo jo eql eql uorlpts uorlpts ue ue ppor ppor sr sr ')rrrq ')rrrq Road as Valley. For brick, {zrzt bridge over they cross the Bourne road 1ee1s Just east of thersl station is an iron a a raprrS raprrS lren)Ued lren)Ued slplap slplap are are laq] aul aul Burueg8uerl5 Burueg8uerl5 pelprorap pelprorap aqt 'auu 'auu qtr,^^ qtr,^^ ls6 ls6 they are particularly .lo fine, with decorated details the line [ST 813262]. Strengthening steel girders ]lnq ]lnq r80t8 r80t8 ]PLl] ]PLl] o1 o1 os os aLlI aLlI 1r 1r eq] eq] eqt eqt puPuod puPuod pu! esn esn a^oqe a^oqe -s?9 -s?9 eu_ros eu_ros ur ur ereM and the use of some Portland stone.'euols The Gas- built above it in 1951, so that the B3081 to lrnpPr^ lrnpPr^ were ]sPe ]sPe u u ]o ]o a[rn] a[rn] aL!?]3q aL!?]3q s)roM pasnsp pasnsp '))Eq '))Eq padLUnq padLUnq Anqsatjpqs sessor) sessor) ue ue pelpreSSpxe pelpreSSpxe l,1,1sl l,1,1sl in works Curve or east viaduct became disused | humped back, 1951 Shaftesbury crosses an exaggerated tnq tnq lnq sarr?t sarr?t atpd atpd st st .rau1rpd .rau1rpd aq] aq] eu eu uor uor eq eq € € LreLU LreLU ue) ue) uaas uaas qt,M qt,M aqt aqt Molaq Molaq suBds suBds o8NIUB o8NIUB 1967, but its partner carries the main LSWR line but the iron spans can,8E8 be seen below, with a plate areql areql lsPr o] o] eood eood eJP eJP lllnou]aurno€ lllnou]aurno€ a^rss?ur a^rss?ur uJorJ from to Poole. There areleual?!! massive Bournemouth PLrP,Morreq cast 'BRYMBO Pasn 1858'. lnr aql aql epPL! epPL! uv stueur)uPqure re^ re^ 01 01 qJr^ qJr^ pelp^elxa pelp^elxa 3lpuJo 3lpuJo apeds apeds 'oo] 'oo] embankments too, made with material excavated s to cut the tlnl3uo tlnl3uo An ornate barrow and silver spade used tsru urea5lq srp srp o] o] ar? ar? eql eql ,laou ,laou urory urory Surprnq Surprnq 3u 3u l,r,reu l,r,reu eq1 eq1 le.u1e..r le.u1e..r eq1 eq1 pos pos ueq,la ueq,la ']spe ']spe by steam navvy from the long cutting to the east. first sod when building the llrt railway are now dis- te te u u !l]eq8u !l]eq8u urnasnu.r urnasnu.r eLll eLll playedpel?d in the museum at Gillingham. tNolsNrut rrnovt^ rrnovt^ I I ls*org ls*org 9l 9l GRIMSTONE,r.sl VIADUCT [SY 640945] 116 v loqs loqs ]nq ]nq auols auols erluElsqns erluElsqns aSprq aSprq rre) rre) aq1 aq1 sa sa A lMt short | but substantial stone bridge carries the pls.ro^o pls.ro^o eu eu 3!r 3!r ot ot e e eurl eurl ;ur ;ur pls pls GWR line over Sydling pue.re}?M Sydling Water and a lane to Jo ls ]se3re ]se3re aql aql srloqlrN srloqlrN lprp lprp ertuer ertuer eerqt eerqt sr sr St Nicholas. The centre arch is theaqt largest of three s} s} a^eq a^eq srard srard rno, rno, pue q)ee q)ee peqrr? peqrr? 's8urlodo 's8urlodo t, and its piers each have four arched openings. '- '- -s*' q I t { n)npEr^ n)npEr^ auJno€ Bourne Valley lalFA viaducts. truo, lrnovl^ lrnovl^ rrlsvr rrlsvr I I I fszeore fszeore CORFErs] CASTLE VIADUCT [SY 960825] 113 g V leurs leurs Dnpp^ Dnpp^ lq lq aql aql rluELLror rluELLror pa^\oppqsre^o pa^\oppqsre^o 'i.. A small overshadowed by the romantic ))eqrnd viaduct ]l ]s?l ]s?l alrol,o alrol,o rno] rno] ur ur surn.r sPq sPq e e 'sa!l)rP 'sa!l)rP ruins of Corfe Castle. It has four ) arches, in Purbeck buel buel alep alep aq] aq] auo6 auo6 uo uo e e (SBB (SBB qtnos qtnos stone, withq1rr"r'auop a fancy date stone (1885) on the south o1tsnf o1tsnf aql aql ot ot -q!ou -q!ou eu? eu? araqa araqa e e epE pprl,,l pprl,,l r9 'lsa,^ 'lsa,^ auolsu auolsu side. Just to the north-west, a lane to Middlebere Grimstone viaduct. 'rrnPer^ fb lSvlNlH lSvlNlH S.llSIOC DORSE 'S INDUSTRIAL tvNlSnCN HERITAGE 43 '^vartvu '^vartvu lgvNvfs urrd urrd alerpd alerpd sassor) sassor) ralo ralo auols auols eql eql u,M] u,M] sa3prrq sa3prrq qleaH SWANAGE)l)ISUTld PIER RAILWAY, Heath crosses lo twin stone bridges over the parallel s,ellel s,ellel ses.rnor eq] eq] alrl alrl qt qt aApu?.MS aApu?.MS s s pue pue q)uprq q)uprq lgfito lgfito 0ll 0ll PURBECKzs, courses of this Swanage branch line and the Fayle's eBn?3 eBn?3 r'^oJrprJ [SZ 033787] 110 narrow gauge tramway. 'l?Mure]t ,.aorre1 aq aq ue) ue) srer srer lpno lpno aBne8 aBne8 aql aql Lleas Lleas 3uolp 3uolp IINNNI IINNNI NOId}IVUI Narrow ^sl gauge rails can be seen6EB along the Quay. l l ler,rure,q ler,rure,q url url ser'r ser'r aqltp aqltp srLl_1 rnq rnq eLu?s eLu?s sp sp aLU aLU I I ,l ,l This tramway was built in FRAMPTON lrs6rre TUNNEL I I 1859 at the same time as d d aLo o1 o1 eql eql Llt^^ Llt^^ auols auols sra)luPq sra)luPq pauuor pauuor puP puP [SY 631951] ,Je ,Je 114 1o 1o ]nr ]nr y alduuexa alduuexa -uo) -uo) relot-pur relot-pur euun] euun] e e the pier, to connect it with the pooB tp tp stone bankers and r3"r"vS r3"r"vS rof-r1 rof-r1 DUp DUp s13 s13 .r[rpn: p.P4 p.P4 A good example of a cut-and -cover]o tunnel, con- ]unq ]unq pro pro o1 o1 aruesard aruesard aq1 aq1 aql aql pepn.4s quarries at Swanage and Langton Matravers. s-rouELU aJeql aq aq ere/^ ere/^ seqrulrq seqrulrq o1 o1 aupd aupd u? u? puE puE paurru paurru structed to preserve the lord of the manor's hunt- 1 1 areql areql ap ap 3ur La,r La,r plnor8 plnor8 e^oq? e^oq? sr sr M M ap1 ap1 lnq lnq There were ? ro to be branches and an inclined plane, qq8u ]r ]r luo luo ser,r ser,r sp sp re/ re/ s? s? 'ppol 'ppol prreluu.rol prreluu.rol ing rights. There is very little ground above a wide, eql eql Ll)rp Ll)rp ut^u ut^u s))p.r]!71,1g s))p.r]!71,1g but it punol ro1 ro1 a8ne3 a8ne3 was only built as far as Commercial Road. peo-rq oh oh uqol e8roa3 e8roa3 LU.l,^ LU.l,^ pue pue eJea,r eJea,r Suoure Suoure eq1 eq1 png png round arch for twin broad gauge GWR tracks. The .lo ]sn{ ]sn{ ra^o ra^o eq} eq} ,\ou ,\ou eSpl.tq eurl eurl alSus alSus John Mowlem and George Burt were among the qtrou ]srLl .sropalp .sropalp bridge over the now single line just north ,o of ]uellerxe ]uellerxe ellt ellt a8plr^ a8plr^ uoldLuprl u? u? first /!^a^ directors. sa^rB Frampton village view of the leuunl givesleuunl an excellent 1e 1e Buol Surpnt Surpnt eqt eqt pue pue pue pue SAVAIIVU long cutting and tunnel at the end. RAILWAYS rtotus }avHtNnttt ? ? Nou.vrs Nou.vrs IINNnI IINNnI S, S, ISl.aorNlg lrezo lrezo ^s] STATION & BRIDGE GILLINGHAMrsJ ra ra t t BINCOMBE [sssue TUNNEL [ST 810261] 115 ro ro V lpLus lpLus rapx3 rapx3 funqs;e5 funqs;e5 aql aql pue pue pouad pouad [SY 673855] I II uorlels B B V teuunt teuunt sprpl sprpl (urttl) (urttl) )ssell )ssell eq] eq] sa)et sa)et Suot Suot A small period station of the Salisbury and Exeter uo uo d d '(!MSl) '(!MSl) LUroIe LUroIe ler'^rel peueqlSuet peueqlSuet ql,M ql,M p p A !M9 tunnel 814 yards (744m) long takes the classic B aqt aqt a3p-l a3p-l u,\oC u,\oC eqLuo)u eqLuo)u ,o ,o )l )l q8rLl q8rLl on qtpeueq qtpeueq platform Railway ,dn, (LSWR), with a lengthened ell] ell] LU LU re]€M re]€M Jol Jol a8eJots a8eJots o] o] oo oo eql s s GWR beneath Bincombe Down, the high ridge- ep tStY tStY ol ol uaaMlaq uaaMlaq quril quril aql aql -roc -roc s?q s?q IP^^ q)rq,, q)rq,, Waterloo for the storage of milk the 'up' side to lpls lsap lsap uo uo soddo soddo eqt eqt at at uopuol uopuol ro, ro, surnql pau pau way which the A354 has to climb between Dor-llen urorl urorl eql eql ppor ppor ple ple qtnoLulaM qtnoLulaM raNeq) station Opposite the lpD]aLulr]ol churns destined for Plo London. uJelsaM uJelsaM eq] eq] eluerlua qtnos qtnos sr sr chester and Weymouth. From the road, itselflpuod leuun] leuun] lleurg lleurg uer uer aq] aq] eq eq uees uees ,o ,o a^oq! qtnos qtnos entrance is the old South Western I Commercial p p ]p ]p oq1 oq1 urnl urnl aqt aqt nq nq asnoH asnoH elop Surtso; Surtso; above a small tunnel, can be seen the south portal pue le)ol le)ol iln) iln) lq lq e^ e^ 3u 3u auols auols 9 9 sspLu sspLu pa)uEu pa)uEu ur turn of the Hotel and Posting I House, built at the p p ro] ro] areqt areqt Lnlue: ? ? lsnq lsnq se^ se^ 'e)pd 'e)pd ueqBu ueqBu in local stone flanked by a massive cutting.'slrnovt^ t t r'ttlv^ r'ttlv^ unoa century. Gillingham was a busy place, for there elpo elpo l-roD?.1 l-roD?.1 uor€q uor€q spooM spooM aq] aq] o1 o1 ers,u sBu sBu prs prs BOURNE VALLEYtltosxNvua VIADUCTS, were sidings to the Oake-Woods bacon factory alt alt plp plp qro.M qro.M rj)rq rj)rq urrq8urlg urrq8urlg (B (B aqt aqt pup pup arrs) I I zl zl [zzozgo [zzozgo zs] BRANKSOME le]lsnpu (site 8), and the Gillingham 896 brick and tile works o] o] ue ue auro)aq auro)aq ur ur pesol) pesol) [SZ 062922] 112 q)rq^ industrial 1 which closed in 1968 to become an ]upBale ]upBale a^oqe a^oqe la-r.,rns la-r.,rns a8re,ruor a8re,ruor spnpera spnpera o,, o,, Two elegant viaducts converge above Surrey 'elqsa estate. Jo ra^o ra^o ]sea ]sea ]sn[ ro! ro! lale^ lale^ ssol ssol u! u! 'lll]q 'lll]q aurnog aurnog eSpLq eSpLq uo-r uo-r uo[els uo[els aqt aqt laqt laqt aq] aq] sr sr se se ppo.r ppo.r ppo! laels laels over Road as they cross the Bourne Valley. For brick, Just east of the stationlagat is an iron road bridge rsl rsl s-rapr8 s-rapr8 8 8 Buruaq€ua]t5 Buruaq€ua]t5 eul eul slptap slptap auu auu lren)Ued lren)Ued are are aql qtL,{\ qtL,{\ pelerolap pelerolap laql ls6 ls6 I I girders particularly Jo fine, with decorated details Strengthening steel lell lell they are PuPt-rod the line [ST 813262]. t80t8 t80t8 ]r ]r o1 o1 sel sel eql eql aql aql os os ara/ euos euos a^oq! a^oq! aq] aq] nq nq ur ur esn esn pup 'euols 'euols Gas- 83081 to and the use of some Portland stone. The PasnsP were built above it in 1951, so that the llnpPr^ llnpPr^ u u ]sPe ]sPe ellr)eq ellr)eq ]o ]o padurnq padurnq a/JnJ a/JnJ '1:eq '1:eq Anqseupqs up up sesso.r) sesso.r) pelereSSpxa pelereSSpxa workss)jro^ Curve or east viaduct became disused in exaggerated humped back, 196 Shaftesbury crosses an ]nq ]nq ated ated nq au|gMSl au|gMSl qt^ qt^ sarrrpr.rauupd sarrrpr.rauupd ureur ureur aLll aLll Molaq Molaq u!) u!) aqt aqt uor uor eq eq uaes uaes q q sueds sueds p p plate 1967, but its partner carries the main LSWR line O€t..rlu8, below, with a but the iron spans can1BSB be seen re: eraql eraql eood eood eJP eJP o1 o1 eA eA ss€LLr ss€LLr u.ro.r] qlnoureurno€ Bournemouthqlnoureurno€ to Poole. There are massive tnl tnl from cast 'BRYMBO 1858'. Puz aLll aLll pale^oxo pale^oxo oo] oo] Er]alPlu Er]alPlu ra^l ra^l opeLu opeLu 01 01 epPds epPds uv qt,^ qt,^ pesn pesn slueu)uPqLLra eleu.ro eleu.ro s s embankments too, made with material excavated An ornate barrow MorrPq and silver spade used to cut the ts?e ts?e ]srg p p Mou Mou arE arE aql aql uaLl^ uaLl^ ueau ueau ot ot aql aql lq rer rer -s -s 3Lr{tnr 3Lr{tnr ler'a ler'a 3uol 3uol urorl urorl rnq aqt aqt lnaeu lnaeu pos pos Surp Surp by steam navvy from the long cutting to the east. first sod when building the 3 railway are now dis- | | }P }P tuPq8u tuPq8u eq] eq] pal?ld urnesnLu urnesnLu played inur the museum at Gillingham. lrnovl^ lrnovl^ INorsl{tu, 9, 9, fsrco* fsrco* GRIMSTONErsJ VIADUCT [SY 640945] 116 v -.:? lplu€]sqns lplu€]sqns lroqs lroqs lnq lnq eql eql suols suols serr?r serr?r eBPLq eBPLq UMI lpls lpls A short but substantial lpls stone bridge carries the o] o] eue eue r.1eM r.1eM Je^o Je^o aur aur 3u 3u 3u 3u pu? pu? p p I I GWR N line over Sydling Water and a lane to Sydling ts lsa8rel lsa8rel aruar aruar s s aa-rqlJo aa-rqlJo oq) oq) aql aql q)r? q)r? eq eq St Nicholas. 'se The centre arch is the largest of three s} s} rno] rno] sra sra d d e^pq e^pq q)pa q)pa paqlrp paqlrp pu€ and its piers each have four arched openings. 'sSLruado n)np!t^ n)np!t^ laIEA laIEA Bourneaurno€ Valley viaducts. tlrsv, tlrsv, Irnovl^ Irnovl^ tJuo, ^s] fl fl I I CORFE CASTLElszsoe6 VIADUCT [SY 960825] 1 13 l?!us l?!us V lq lq eqt eqt )rtu?Luo-r )rtu?Luo-r peMoppqsre^o peMoppqsre^o A pnpel^ small overshadowed by the romantic )leqrnd viaduct ll e}rol]o e}rol]o ellspl ellspl rno] rno] ur ur spq spq surn_l 'saqlre 'saqlre ruins of Corfe Castle. It has four l) arches, in Purbeck buq buq eql eql z z uo uo euols euols alep alep qlnos qlnos q}aa q}aa (S8g (S8g 'auo1s stone, with a fancy date stone (1885) on r.l the south ]se^ ]se^ ]sn[ ]sn[ o] o] alel alel ot ot e-reqelpp e-reqelpp Lllou Lllou eql eql epts euo)sulrrg p p side. Just to the north-west, a lane to Middlebere Grimstone viaduct. 'l)nPer^ 44 DORSET'S INDUSTRIALINDUSTR AL HERITAGEHER TACE MAIDENI'lAlDEN NEWTONNEW'TON STATIONSTATION SWANAGE RAILWAYRAILWAY & STATIONSTATiON [SYlsY 599980]5ee98ol 117I 17 [SZlsz 029789]ozet&e) 121l2l A goodgooa..d-noeo[".oL example of a country tr, stationtar.o1 atdt aaL'r01 junction The Swanage RailwayRarway isrs nownow beingbeng relaidreard fromfrom (GWR).(GWR) BuildingsBu ld nes on both platformsplatforms areare wellwel builtbu t Swanage. thethe intentionntenton beingbeng toto restorerestore a steamsteam ofot flintflnt withwth HamHam stone dressingsdressrngs and slateslate passenger serviceserv ce asas farfar asas Wareham.wareham. The stationstatton roofs.Theroofs The disusedd sused baybay for the BridportBndport branchbranch terminusterrr nus hashas beenbeen restoredrestored andand thethe yard isis fullfu I of remains.rema ns Justlust north,north, the grassedgrassed over cuttingcutlng of that rollingro lng stock.sto.k. ThisTh s iss thethe centrecentre of thethe projectprolect and branchbran.h curves(urves awayaway underunder an ironron roadroad bridge.brdge A hashas alla thethe atmosphere ofol itsis earlierearler days. ftI0929 0929 brickbflck signalsrgna boxbox completescomp etes thethe scene. 425800. POUNDBURYPOUNDBURY TUNNEL WAREHAM STATION [SY[sY 682912]682er2] 118I 18 [SYfsY 920881]92o88rl 122122 This tunnel takes the GWR linellne beneathbeneath PoundPound- A handsomehandsome VictorianVcloran stationstatron building,burldrng, inn brickbrck burybury hillforthrlfort on the approachapproach to Dorchester,Dorchester. anan withwlth stonestone dressings, thethe LSWR'sLSWR's coat ofol armsarms andand earlyear y exampleexamp e ofofthe the preservationpresen,atron ofolan an archaeolo-archaeolo- 18861886 date stone.stone. DecoratedDecorated cast ironron postsposts sup-sup gical8 ca monumentmonurnent (NB(NB also the LSWRLSWR linerne was madernade portpol1 thethe canopiescanopies on bothboth platforms.platforms The earlierearrer toto avoidavord Maumburyl'laumbury RingsRnSs at Dorchester).Dorchester) At thethe station)(alo' was justLsr to'o the5e eastea'r where a. brickb rl enginee'1gr'e ^dr ^l'ere northnorth end,end thethe tracetrace of thethe RomanRoman aqueductaqueducl intornto shedshed survives.survrves DurnovariaDLrrnovar a cancan bebe seenseen on thethe slopeslope justlust belowbelow thethe railway.ra way SANDLEY TUNNEL [STlsr 775247]77s747) 119I 19 AdverseAd e F geologicalgFoog,d conditionsror-dtror',a caused .ed many*61. engin-nlgn- eeringeerng difficultiesdrfficLrhes when thisthis tunneltunne was builtburt inn 1859.1859. Itlt can bebe seenseen fromfrorn aa lanelane overbridgeoverbrdSe toto thethe east,east, whilewh e a laneane above thethe west portalportal givesgrves a finefne viewvew of the LSWRLSWR tracktrack (now(now single)sngle) acrossacross thethe vale to Templecombe inrn Somerset.Somerset SHILLINGSTONE STATION [STlsr 8241824r 17]17] 120120 The brickbrck builtbu t station buildingburld ng survivessuNves withwlth anan Wareham Station. unusuallyunusua y largelarge canopycanopy whichwh ch hashas beenbeen attributedattnbuted to EdwardEdward VII alightingalghting herehere on visitsvists to nearbynearby to Vl to WEST BAYBAY STATION Iwernelwerne MinsterlYrnster House.Ho!se BothBoth platformsplatforms remainrema n too.too. [SYlsY 465904]{5seoll 123123 The Somerset & DorsetDorset RailwayRailway Trust iss preserv-preserv An attractiveattractrve littleittle stationstatron buildingbu drng with talltal chim-chm inging thisth s loneone survivorsuryrvor on thisth s stretchstretch ofofthe the line.I ne. neysne/s andand thethe platformp atform survive,survrve, butbut inn aa poorpoor condi-condi tion.tron, West BayBay was once busy with summersummer visitors,vsrtors but notnot enoughefough for thisthrs part of thethe Brid-Br d portpol1 lineine was closedclosed toto passengerspassengers inin 1930. 910. \ WEYMOUTHWEYMOUTHTRAMWAY TRAMWAY [SY[sY 680787] 124121 Inln 1865,1865 a tramwaytramway was laidlad fromfrom Weymouth stationstatron alonga ong thethe quay toto serveserve thethe cross channel steamers.\t-a^c'\. UntilU.t thethe closing' o.rg ofoa thetl_e ferrytFr'l service,se^i,c visitors to WeymouthWeymoLrth hadhad the extraordinaryextraord nary tl experienceexpenence of witnessingwitnessrng trainstrarns sharingsharng the roadroad t withwth motormotor cars.cars. Shillingstone Station.Station s' l9vlElH l9vlElH lvr!lsncNl lvr!lsncNl DORSET'Ss.-Llsuoc INDUSTRIAL HERITAGE 45 oNvIIUod stsnoHlHtrr flaa flaa sluod ? ? DNtddlHs DNtddlHs 0g 0g ltarzzr ltarzzr PORTLANDrsl BILL LIGHTHOUSES PORTS & SHIPPING [SY 677684] 130 t),91 t),91 965 965 1o 1o a^issardureql s s (u,r. (u,r. asnoqtqSr asnoqtqSr rsnoHlHttr rsnoHlHttr rrANv lNrod lNrod The impressive 8l lighthouse of 1906 is 136' (41.4m) 6Z) 1q3lureu 1q3lureu aq1 aq1 -ro, s s pue'q3q alqrs^ alqrs^ serur I I L6elszo L6elszo sz sz ANVILzs) POINT LIGHTHOUSE high, and the main 1L!) lar'^ lar'^ ] ] light is visible for 18 miles (29 leuBrs leuBrs qlror' qlror' sr sr rre rre 3u11s^ 3u11s^ sp aLl] 3o1 [SZ 029769] ^\o 125 km). It is well worth visiting as the v fog signal air Jo Jo rl1 uro))e,sredee) esnoq}tl?rl esnoq}tl?rl qlr,^^ qlr,^^ paq)zlte paq)zlte ]serelur s s ra^o ra^o eJe eJe oslE srossa-rduJo) This low lighthouse enb?ld with attached188 keepers' accom- I I compressors are also of interest. A plaque681 over uo]epour ur][nq lq lq s s aqt s?^^ s?^^ papunor-rns papunor-rns s s aq] roop roop roou roou eLlpr punor8 punor8 pup pup modation was built in 1881. It is surrounded by the pe]ep )red )red the ground lo floor door is dated 1789, and 691l came uo$rnc rltunol rltunol peaH peaH rpau elll elll erlt erlt 'eBpu?MS 'eBpu?MS rarnol rarnol rer.ree rer.ree asnoqlq3l asnoqlq3l Durlston Head Country Park near Swanage. fromr.uo.r, the earlier )rplu lower )srteqo 1789. The lighthouse tr€ of 1o 1o lq;r lq;r ]uo.r] ]uo.r] lpp lpp uo uo eq] eq] eq] ur ur ,9OlUll.lNl)l ^s] 1 1 obelisk day-mark on the I Bill in front of the light- H H l1u:1 l1u:1 esnoq sr sr 3u..ua1er 3u..ua1er 9zl 9zl o1 o1 paqllsur paqllsur ',ttg ',ttg KIMMERIDGE [881606 house is inscribed 'T.H. 1844',lilprpH referring to Trinity tou) tou) ]qBl ]qBl esnoH aLlI aLlI s?uroql s?uroql [SY 909788] 126 urapour 1o 1o ere ere aleH snouel surn,l surn,l qlr'^ qlr'^ pele)ossp pele)ossp s.-rard s.-rard House (not Thomas Hardy!). The modern light- asnoq der der eql p p sasnoqtLlSrl sasnoqtLlSrl pu! pu! reMol pare pare Here are various ruins of piers associated with raq3 allqs allqs y y o^ o^ o] o] stduratl? lenb lenb s).-ror s).-ror pue pue r.r.rnl? r.r.rnl? house replaced the Higher lo69 and Lower Lighthouses lpor lpor t69119 t69119 89 89 g g .r.s] .r.S .r.S q.4\ q.4\ e_ra,M e_ra,M qr qr pa._rll pa._rll attempts to work I shale. A quay and alum works l l ]nq ]nq tsour tsour 3ra/{ '019 '019 s s ur ur LUo! LUo! aLI a)uapr^a a)uapr^a rnq rnq lnq lnq [SY 677693 U3l & SY 681690], 911 which were coal-fired isr1 isr1 aq1 aq1 o1 o1 ueqM u! u! ra/ ra/ se/'^ se/'^ were built in 1570, but V most evidence is from the Jo Jo -rad -rad lJnluer lJnluer 'sauols 'sauols qlueeleuru paurnr aBJe aBJe when first built in 1716. The Lower Light was ]srlleqtspMpup6g1l ]srlleqtspMpup6g1l url|nqaJ o] aqlu aqlu asn asn .ro,^ .ro,^ nineteenth century. A ruined pier of large p stones, € trl)ortsou?M trl)ortsou?M ]lrnq ]lrnq lq lq Surdo Surdo s s s sp,M qli^1 'sap 'sap 'ol 'ol rebuilt in 1789 and was the first in the world to use lV lV 1qB1 1qB1 ] ] anr] anr] aql aLl raq8r6 au au aures aures sea,r sea,r p 'sual 'sual with I sloping sides, was built by Wanostrocht & Co. lpoqs'O9B lpoqs'O9B reue reue ot alnpo.rd ur Surul?8 Surul?8 p?rluo) p?rluo) p p a true lens. At the same time the Higher Light was r-ru r-ru eqt lJlunor lJlunor o] o] ur ur aq aq aLll aLll ro peull peull pueSrv in 1860, shortly after gaining a contract to produce qt,M tqSr tqSr a8pueuru) a8pueuru) uror, uror, o] aqt aqt elpqs elpqs aq] staa.rls staa.rls se8 the first in the country to be fitted with Argand oil ] ] u u lepol lepol aq1 aq1 nq sasnoqlq8r sasnoqlq8r uees e-re/1 e-re/1 'sdLuel tBB tBB gas 3 lo from the Kimmeridge shale to light the streets ul ul aqt aqt Jel Jel s]ed s]ed aSpueuur> rO rO lamps. The lighthouses seen today were built in ol ol eq] eq] auo ra,l ra,l sr sr P -[resqo -[resqo pu?'6981 Alou p_rq p_rq of Paris. In I 1883, the Kimmeridge Oil & Car- ol ol loq e e nq nq eBr o] uePoo,^ uePoo,^ rerd e aq] quou quou 1869, and the lower one is now a bird observ- '1.-rotP bon Co. I built a wooden pier a little to thePa]leford north, sql sql uel uel aq aq uaes uaes a-raLl^ uror, uror, e pue atory. and it can be ll?^ seen where this projected from a areql areql euols ledsrp ledsrp sr sr Burueldxe Burueldxe eued eued pes pes stone sea wall. p ]o ]o There is a display panel explaining aq] aql lrols lrols q q .als .als the history of the site. 'AO' I{IUOAINI Ltt Ltt LULWORTH [56lrzs COVE [SY,l's] 824799] 127 ,suesol aJa/ aJa/ srau?els srau?els e-rnseald e-rnseald qlnoLuleM qlnoLuleM u-ro.-rJ u-ro.-rJ Cosens' pleasure steamers from Weymouth were la/ le le srep) srep) a^or a^or Jpnre]reds Jpnre]reds a)uo rpn8a.r srql srql once regular callers at this spectacular cove,o well ]uese]d ]uese]d aql aql olu e Ll)nlu eq1 eq1 n..r n..r su into the present century.',t]nlua) The ruins of a much 1! 1! apl apl auo]s auo]s d ol uo JarJPa eJP eJP a pe^Jnl pe^Jnl .ra .ra qrsr^ qrsr^ earlier curved stone pier are visible at low /1 Jo Jo tide on I I wd wd $ar' $ar' aql aprs aprs pue pue se^ ulrleLu ulrleLu e e pesodxe pesodxe the west side.Jjrp and part of a limekiln I was exposed lun lun lpMdF lpMdF eq] eq] eq] eq] rpeu rpeu seM seM paqsp/ paqsp/ u in the cliff near the slipway until it was washed ]o lua)a.r lua)a.r talurPq talurPq !r !r ul ul aql e e Mo] Mo] sr sr lpr' lpr' 'srpel 'srpel awayp in recent years. In the hamlet is a row of JauJro] pr?nSlspol pr?nSlspol former coastguard cottages. 'seBluol rltl.l sl9ru sl9ru rg rg puEt!od Portland Bill lighthouse.'asnoqx.tBrt 8zl 8zl 1fl66€€ 1fl66€€ LYMEtsl REGIS UIMX\,IUS UIMX\,IUS [SY 339915] 128 ON\ftIUOd ^s] s s qqol qqol aq-[ snouJp, snouJp, Jn) Jn) pup pup uol uol e^rsspur e^rsspur Sur Sur p p Ifl Ifl The Cobb is a famous and massive PORTLAND losreor BREAKWATER )?a.rq )?a.rq curving con- ol ol slle slle uo+)n_r]s e e se se q)rLl/r^ q)rLl/r^ eql eql rale^ rale^ rPq rPq [SY 706750] 131 struction which V acts as a har- sp,, elqrsuodsar elqrsuodsar breakwater to the ro1 a^rsseuJ a^rsseuJ 3u)zuapun 3u)zuapun q)rq/'^ q)rq/'^ lr lr rnoq un3a€ un3a€ 'lrntual 'lrntual eq] eq] Llluaelrrqt ur ur ueeq ueeq seq seq A massive undertaking which was responsible for tsrg tsrg bour. Begun in the thirteenth century, it has aql pupuoJ pupuoJ been aq] uosud uosud 3uBuuq o1 p^uol p^uol s s raro raro pa.ledar pa.ledar aq] saunluel pue pue poBrelua pup pup bringing the convict prison to Portland. The ]o first )?e.rq tlnq tlnq enlarged and repairedPurpod over the u!lo[ centuries and is spr' ]e]p^ ]e]p^ rapun eqt uorpo-rp u u auols auols paLlsrull ^.vno ^.vno 6t8l 6t8l %s %s breakwater was built under the direction of John Jo finished in lotrur Portland apool stone. suoi ur ur ^]sour ^]sour '21 '21 pu? pesn a.r00d Coode in 1849-72, and used 53/4 million tons of lq lq sllr^uo) sllr^uo) auols auols pup u/'\eLl u/'\eLl pueluod 6tt 6tt ltoeom QUAYltoeom POOLEzsl convicts and Portland stone, mostly hewn byiporB ]q8norq lp,Mlet lp,Mlet sls sls lq lq o] o] eq] eq] aq] [SZ 009903] 129 ratp/l ^ ^ ll}s ll}s lrod lrod l l ,o ,o Railway oo; Breakwater srleno srleno lsnq lsnq brought to the s s eqt eqt site by the q8noqtp q8noqtp e e pesn pesn p p areM areM au au aql aurl)u JeIPM)l?a.rq o,^ o,^ sLU.r? Poole is still a busy port, uerl although the Quay is used incline. S68l breakwater lq lq plo plo Two new were are are arms of the a.rnsPald a.rnsPald sasnoqarP/!^ llu llu -)ar Pru ! ! e8Eror])u? e8Eror])u? eql eql e^e8 e^e8 papp? q1q,M q1q,M mainly by pleasure craft. Old warehouses are rec- '€06l ]eB ]eB ]srnol ]srnol added in 1895-1903, which gave the anchorage e^oqP e^oqP sluol1]qsllq"lsa alqPsruSo uea,^ aq1 aq1 uopeloJd uopeloJd !uo-4 !uo-4 opedrot qr?up qr?up Jelpar8 ognisable above tourist establishments. Betweenl8l llnqer llnqer raw raw urolsnl urolsnl aql greater protection from torpedo attacks. The asnoH asnoH aru '€ '€ ur ur P P pu? pu? le^PU le^PU luo) luo) eq] eq] as?q as?q 3^.rq1 sanu sanu o1 u u ql^^ ql^^ pue|}ro{] the Custom House, rebuiltlo after a fire in 1813, and alujo alujo Lnlual Lnlual Portland naval base continues to thrive within the e e sr sr ro rnoqrlq rnoqrlq qtuaauu qtuaauu 'ZZ8 'ZZ8 aLl] t?erB t?erB rallaqs rnoqreq rnoqreq ql ql s s the harbour office of 1822. is a fifteenthlel century oI oI shelter of this great harbour. aql aql euols u,Mou) u,Mou) srLll oo,M esnoq u,^ u,^ sP sP 'sJe 'sJe woolhouse known as the Town Cellars. This stone S.l.lIlHOMS P|nq OVIH OVIH ]uefl ]uefl eluo) eluo) lunasnfl aq] aq] 3u 3u aur su su qrq/v\ qrq/v\ /\^ou /\^ou Zg Zg izszore izszore rsl building ]o now contains the Maritime Museum which ST ALDHELM'S HEAD lsed lsed rU rU aood aood ol ol s,alood s,alood sle] eBpu€ eBpu€ Suuereas Suuereas [SY 960757] 132 tells of Poole's seafaring past.uer) Poole Bridge lifts to V Jo Jo ol ol raqlo raqlo eql eql rauur rauur oll? sdrrls pu? pu? qSnorql /1 /1 oJ oJ Lnlual Lnlual u u ,, ,, qtuaaleu qtuaaleu se8ello) pl€n8]s?ol pl€n8]s?ol allow ships and other craft through to the inner A ^\ 1l 1l row of lqlor' lqlor' nineteenth t+lauuol t+lauuol alood LlpH LlpH century coastguard cottages rnoqrPq Peaq Peaq pue pue qtr,l^ qtr,l^ tde^^spu tde^^spu uo uo spusls srql Surpurlsdn Surpurlsdn pu? pu? pLrP pLrP harbour. It connects Poole126 with Hamworthy and stands on this durol durol windswept and upstanding l]rp headland. lo lo sl,^^ ur ur pata pata tnoloole tnoloole erell s s a;pe a;pe eql eql uo uo was completed in 1927. There is a lookout on the edge of the aqt cliff. 4646 DORSET'SDORSET S INDUSTRIAL NDUSTR AL HERITAGEHER TACE SWANAGE chant'schants house.house OfOfspecal special interestnterest issthegrey the grey stonestone F,sh 1855, with a wide [SZlsz 035787]o3s7s7] 133l3l Fish MarketI'larkei andand Icel.e House of i855 wth a wtde canopiedcanop roof.rool The railway,rarway, which addedadded a tram-tram Swanage was a stone shippingshipprng portport before itlt be-be ed way along the quay to the pierprer in 1859,859. assured camecame a resort.resort. There were stonestone bankersbankers alongaong way along the to the n Weymouth's future as a ferry portpol1 with crossings thethe eighteentheighteenth century quay,quay and theirtherr productsproducts Weymouths luture as a ferry wth crosengs Channel Islands. However, were carried intonto thethe water on largearge wheeledwhee ed cartscarls toto Cherbourg andand thethe Channe lslands. However, services were withdrawn inin the I 980s. until they couldcoud be transferredtransferred toto smallsmall barges.barges servrces were wthdrawn the These tooktook the stone out toto largerarger vesselsvesses an-an WHITEHEAD TORPEDO FACTORY,FAC'ORY, chored inrn thethe bay.bay. ThisThrs inefficientrneficent systemsystem was WYKEWYXE REGISREGIS replacedrepaced byby a pierpier inrn 18591859 when aa tramwaytramway was [SY[sY 667763] 136136 laidlard from thethe bankers.bankers. The tradetrade had declineddec ned byby WellworthyWelworthy EngineeringEngneer ng nownow occupiesocc!pres partpart of thethe 1896l896 when aa secondsecond pierp er was built.bu lt This was usedused WhiteheadWhrtehead Torpedo Factory,Factory establishedestablshed by Ro-Ro by pleasurepleasure steamers,steamers, but bothL,oth pierspers are nownow bert WhiteheadWhfehead inin 1891l89l nearnear Ferrybridge,Ferrybridge, atat derelict.derelct. Wyke Regis.Regs.This This was on the edge of PortlandPoftland WEST BAYBAY harbourharbour where itit was closelyclose y associatedassocBted withwth navalnaval [SY[sY 462904]462e04] 134134 activities.advties. A longlong pierprer was builtbu t intointo thethe water asas Inln thethe fourteenthfourteenth century,century attempts toto make aa partpart of aa testtest range.range The factoryfactory was modernisedfirodernised harbourharbour forfor BridportBr dpoft atat thethe mouth ofofthe the BritBrit soonsoon inn 1934934 andand closedclosed after thethe Second World War. became chokedchoked with sandsand and gravel.grave A harbourharbour Whitehead hadhad houseshouses builtbuit nearby forfor hish s withwth sluices andand piersprers was builtbuit inin the 1740s,740s and workers. much developed inn 1823-5.823-5. Importsmports of hemphemp forfor ropemakingropemakng declineddecined withwth the fortunesfortunes of thatthat industryindustry byby thethe 1870s. 870s. WithW th thethe openingopen ng of thethe railway.ra lway, attemptsattempts were mademade to develop West BayBay PUBLICPUBLIC UTILITIESUTILITIES as a resort.resod. TimberTrmber and coal continued to be brought in,n whilewhre gravel from thethe beachbeach was ex-ex' brolght BEAMINSTERBEAl.IINSTER GAS HOUSEHOUSE ported,pofted butbut West Bay isrs nownow aa fishingllshing port.por1. The [STlsr 479001]4Troorl 137137 dock walls are of tough PortlandPortland roach,roach The Gas HouseBouse iss atat thethe endend ofol St Maryl'1ary WellWe LaneLane approachedapproached throughthrough a narrownarrow entranceentrance betweenbetween and dates from 1839,1839 just fivelrve years afteralter thethe two piers.prers. A dam holdsholds back thethe RiverRiver BritBrit andand lust lears industryndustry came here.here NowNow ail privatepr vate house,house inn sluicessluices allow the harbourharbour to bebe scoured atat lowlow cream stonesto.e withw th brickbrak details,deta s itsts namenarne iss thethe onlyon y tide.tde. A prominentprom nent three-storeyed storeyed warehouse inn cluealuc toto itsts origins.ong ns George Street hashas beenbeen convertedconverted to offices. Itlt iss hardhard to believebe ieve thatthat wooden shipssh ps were builtbu lt on thethe west sideside ofofthe the harbourharbour inrn I1779- 779- 1885.1885. BRIDPORTBRIDPORT GAS WORKS [SY[sY 465923]45se2]l 138l3S BridportBridport hadhad thethe firstfirst gas works inin thethe county, when the BridportBridporl GasGasCo Co was establishedestablshed inin 183183 l,, andand was thethe filrstrst inill thethe county.county. Gas makingmaking ceasedceased inn 19581958 and mostmost of the siteste has beenbeen cleared.ceared However,However, therethere areare areare two good stonestone tl buildingsbu ldrngs separated by the formerformer gasgas works en-en trancetrance inn SouthSotrth Street. The manager'smanager's househouse hashas a datestone 'BGC'BGC 1872'lB72' and iss nownow a fishflsh andand chipch p shop,shop, while the formerformer showroomshowroom (I(899) 899) isis a r motor cyclecyc e centre. BRIDPORT POWER STATION Weymouth FishmarketFishmarket iceice house.house. BRIDPORT POUER STATION [SYlsY 463933]453e331 139139 WEYMOUTHWEYI.IOUTH The MunicipallYunicipa ElectricEleclrc PowerPower StationStaton was opened 135 [SY[sY 680787] 135 inn 1929. 929. Itlt was builtbLr lt by George Abbot & Son andand isis Warehouses along Custom HouseHouse Quay havehave aa distinctivedGt ncrlve brickbrlck buildingbu drng withwth clerestoryc erestory roof.roof. Itt isB beenbeen convertedconverted to restaurantsrestar-Lrants andand other touristtourrst inin StStS!'thins Swithins Road,Road, Allington,Allngton andand isrs stillstrll occupiedoccuPred attractions.attract ons The Custom HouseHouse iss a formerformer mer-meT byby thethe SouthSoLrth Western ElectricityE ectric(y Board.Board. L9 s.llstoc l5v1fulH l5v1fulH ulsncN ulsncN DORSET'S INDUSTRIAL tv HERITAGE 47 s)luoflult s)luoflult zlx^od zlx^od NoIInS va va ^s] tlt tlt SUTTON [6r8eor POYNTZ WATERWORKS [SY 706839] I 43 !]noLUlaM.q1 ralp^ ralp^ s.ol s.ol SurdLlnd SurdLlnd s)l]o.r\ s)l]o.r\ The Weymouth Water Co's works andpup pumping a,l a,l ]els ur ur I I auolsaLlrl auolsaLlrl q]r,\ q]r,\ lro lro station, well constructedpalfnrlsuol in limestone, with aq1 aq1 se3!]lo) se3!]lo) srelro.M peaq8uud5 peaq8uud5 workers' cottages alongside.eprsBuolE The Springhead s s e!] e!] rapun rapun e)rnos e)rnos >llPqr >llPqr rale^\ 'lueurdrelse 'lueurdrelse lo lo water source is under the chalk escarpment,lls teer9 teer9 ualsel ualsel sa^Jas sa^Jas eq] eq] sP sP eJeq^ auunl auunl where ]o the funnel of Great Eastern still serves as lp8 lp8 t-red rad rad otuesal otuesal arll arll ro] ro] ur6 ur6 suo suo oura^o oura^o ,\ ,\ .r .r part of the reservoir overflow for 9m gallons per,gg elll elll ]q8noq ]q8noq dor dor aqr aqr lep ralpM ralpM lupdLuo) lupdLuo) day. The lo water company bought the top 30' 1.6) Uod Uod lnd lnd aql aql olur olur a'rlnl a'rlnl uaqM uaqM lls lls aq] aq] d d (9.1m) (ur of the funnel when the ship put into Port- req req uo uo rellp rellp E E rnoqr?H rnoqr?H reroq reroq uorsodxe uorsodxe pupl ^ ^ lo lo land Harbour after a 659l boiler explosion on her eq] eq] ul ul e8Elo^ e8Elo^ aq] aq] ur ur u.p?Lrl UBs UBs maiden voyage in 1859. In the village, aBP the sign of nrdap nrdap aql aql a1o; a1o; auun] auun] SuLeq SuLeq eq1 the Springheadpeaq8ur:d5 Hotel depicts the funnel being lq lq ot ot sesroq sesroq u,.,\erp aqt aqt drawn by horses to the waterworks. 's)Jo^/!rele/^ 's)luof 's)luof ouolrva urrva urrva ^r uodpu6 qroM qroM sEg sEg L'rooJ,^^oqs L'rooJ,^^oqs Bridport Gas Works showroom. WALFORD WATER:rNU08l. WORKS, n, [6ootoo [6ootoo WIMBORNE ytt [su 007009] 144 ,06 ,06 t t 968 968 l l eql nq nq a^l})urts a^l})urts p p s>lJoM s>lJoM nq nq lrr lrr sBurpt sBurpt 'Norrvrs 'Norrvrs Norrrrsv, DNrdHnd DNrdHnd The distinctive works )]o^\)r buildings, llpq built in 1896-1904 rq rq eq eq sloo-r sloo-r L.rP) L.rP) qt,\ qsrl]s qsrl]s punor punor pue pue CASTLETON PUMPINGINUOSUtHS STATION, with stylish brickwork and can be lqnd lqnd half-round roofs, sr.l| sr.l| se^ se^ Llledlool Llledlool e e uro..l] uro..l] r r e e sSuo sSuo pe,Mar^ 'ap 'ap I I O' O' [6e [6e $] SHERBORNE 3 rere rere viewed from a public footpath alongside. This was ]srq ]srq lduraue lduraue lq lq eqt eqt spg spg eql qlooureurno€ qlooureurno€ [ST 646169] 140 ^ the first attempt by the Bournemouth 3 Gas & V D D rlslc rlslc ou) ou) lP lP ou ou oJ oJ ralp^ qlnouaurnoB qlnouaurnoB eq] eq] Supinq Supinq er?nbs er?nbs le^\lpJ le^\lpJ r?eu r?eu ?LUs ?LUs ,[ ,[ ,92 ,92 Water Co. (now Bournemouth & District ,,6 ,,6 A small square building near the railwaylaaq,l!al!^ line at ]s?l daap daap uog uog (ol (ol o1 o1 ret?M e-rnd e-rnd ure1qo ure1qo rate/"\ rate/"\ x x aB]P aB]P surPtuo) surPtuo) uo]e uo]e e e Water Co) to obtain pure water 1o Castleton contains a large waterwheel, 26' xlo 3' 9" from deep o] o] aq] aq] (ur (ur lq lq spupLuep spupLuep orH orH llddns llddns 8ur^ 8ur^ apeur apeur 'punor8repun el,Lt^^ el,Lt^^ uJ61) x x -pa! -pa! (7.9m x 1.Im), made by Edwardpr?Mpl White of Red- underground. to supply the growing demands of lq lq ]l ]l sp,\ sp,\ uosdLuS uosdLuS durnd durnd rltnouraurnoB llelrro, llelrro, LUEats LUEats 3u 3u s] s] .rat?^ .rat?^ elqo elqo P P LUo]J LUo]J Luearls Luearls q)l q)l peu peu p Bournemouth.Steam pumping Simpson6E6l 8681 8681 was by ditch. It formerly obtained PU€ its water from a stream lq lq tropuel tropuel ur ur perpder perpder o1 o1 punoduuo: Lr Lr euroqJeqs euroqJeqs e>i?l e>i?l s€.M s€.M pellPtsur pellPtsur 'seur3ua 'seur3ua pu? compound tandem engines, replaced in 1959 by installed in 1898 to luaurtea]l'sdlrrnd laeq/1 laeq/1 and Sherborne Lake, and was iupid rrllaa o] o] seM seM pelEtslr pelEtslr e)llr3^ e)llr3^ re]ee re]ee urer urer aeJLll3u aeJLll3u u?a)edel Jp Jp electric pumps. Treatment plant was installed to driving three 3 vertical ram 5981 5981 replace an earlier wheel ]o Ud Ud lreqlols lreqlols e e !ra! !ra! aql aql ueuos ralpM ralpM ur ur u u oLUeJ oLUeJ lq lq pue pue r-ltP€ r-ltP€ sdurnd palddns palddns 'slrsodap 'slrsodap pumps supplied in 1869 by Stothert 096 & Pitt of Bath. soften the water and remove mineral deposits. lnq lnq ]noq? ]noq? u u o^Pq o^Pq a)!rs a)!rs llun llun esaql a]aM a]aM asn asn IV'IUI'II' IV'IUI'II' since OOOADO'A These were in use until aboutlaaq^\ 1960 but have ell ell lq lq uaaq uaaq sEq sEq parotso.r parotso.r ueaq 'paddpr)s 'paddpr)s been scrapped. The wheel has been restored by WEDGWOOD ELECTRICAL HrunHrlstuHt'rotlrIIro, raleM raleM uolpro$eu uolpro$eu uotaltsel uotaltsel aaq.^ aaq.^ aLl] 'llar)os 'llar)os sfl sfl lro6es lro6es I I the Castleton Waterwheel Restoration Society, COLLECTION,zsl CHRISTCHURCH s s -raLuLuns -raLuLuns uo uo auros auros lrlqnd lrlqnd aql aql -!ns -!ns o1 o1 Lrado Lrado andpuP is open to the public on some summer Sun- [sz 156901] 14S OOS OOS nqrLlxe nqrLlxe s^€p ra^O er? er? ur ur pue pue aqt aqt aur3ua aur3ua days. pesnoq Over 500 exhibits ]o are housed in the engine and l? l? lJelleq aq] aq] raMod raMod uorlpts uorlpts sLuoo.r sLuoo.r battery rooms of the formerralr.r.ro] power station at leql leql ro^o ro^o uar uar ullstHruoo sale8reg ? ? urpdxe urpdxe s)uoa s)uoa sv9 sv9 q:.lnqr1s,lq3 q:.lnqr1s,lq3 lo lo Bargates, lo Christchurch. They explain over a cen- ]ueurdola^ap ]ueurdola^ap l l 'u 'u eqt eqt ,(]nl llddns llddns ls6eso6 ls6eso6 llrrrrDala llrrrrDala DORCHESTERrsl GAS WORKS tury of development of the electricitylo supply in- lrea lrea ara!]l ara!]l se)rder se)rder [SY 905695] et? 141 fuo}?roqel 'lrlsnp ro ro s}o^ s}o^ }p }p a!!os eqt eqt e^ e^ r'Jns r'Jns sp3 sp3 nq nq sSLjp sSLjp elrs elrs sr.l1 sr.l1 dustry. There are replicas of early laboratory nbe Srole-reue3'luau.rd Srole-reue3'luau.rd 'sJaL!.ro15ue-r]',.rPa3q)],Ms 'sJaL!.ro15ue-r]',.rPa3q)],Ms Some of the gas works buildings survive at this v site ? ? lq lq ^^ ^^ oureJ oureJ s,pooM s,pooM e)ru e)ru pardn)lo,MolJ sa.rols sa.rols equipment, generators, switchgear, transformers, V a3r!l a3r!l se)lprdde SutqBrt SutqBrt sLuetsls sLuetsls pup pup SuLr SuLr ,jo ,jo now |plap occupied by Wood's removal stores. A nice qtr' qtr' 3u^rnl 3u^rnl uet uet aqt aqt lp/ lp/ sr sr peor peor lpAA lpAA appliances, lighting and wiring systems.3 A large I I ]as ]as )Lt )Lt e€ e€ Suqe.rela3 L!O)-rOl,.l L!O)-rOl,.l LUEets LUEets Sapn Sapn S S detail is the curving roadway off Icen Way, with p t t auo]s elu?r3.,o elu?r3.,o or' or' sllas sllas sautl sautl sqels sqels .reeq .reeq pup pup o1 o1 generating set includes a Bellis & Morcom steam s s .q] .q] urerllnos urerllnos ssa))v ssa))v rolPrnJ rolPrnJ LlSnorql LlSnorql stone setts and two lines of granite slabs to bear aurSLra elo) elo) jo jo slasq^^ slasq^^ aql sE sE )Ll.l?rt )Ll.l?rt qtns qtns ,(^€aq ,(^€aq pup pup po) po) engine. Access SZ is through the Curator, Southern l])rlretl lolpA lolpA euJno€ euJno€ 'euros)u?rB 'euros)u?rB the heavy wheels of traffic such as coal and coke 'p?o! 'saPrqa^ Electricity, 25 Bourne BZBZ91Z0Z0I Valley Road, Branksome. vehicles. etood Poole. 0202 762828. HINOHA'A IINNNI IINNNI SV' SV' ^s] lunaslrlvHs )tuoa )tuoa svt svt WEYMOUTH [68leae GAS TUNNEL gtl SHAFTESBURYsr9vuot GAS WORK [SY 676789] I 46 ]da)rl tit tit ! ! l6zz6s8 l6zz6s8 eqt eqt el.ll el.ll rsl ro.l ro.l $lro/^ $lro/^ srB srB .rapoqseB .rapoqseB COTTAGES -tsaM Except for the gasholder, the gas works in West- [ST 859229] ]nq u u e e s?q s?q l?,u ppo! ppo! 142 eq] euoS euoS euols euols e.rnlPeJ e.rnlPeJ 3 3 elol elol pll pll oJ oJ aql s?g s?g Lnqsatlpqs Lnqsatlpqs qplse qplse ser'^ ser'^ way Road has gone, but a stone feature in the ]J?qs ]J?qs eluo) eluo) sserrP sserrP ra]?,M)lp8 P P a^P8 a^P8 O1 O1 su su qr qr q/\\ q/\\ p p The Shaftesbury I Gas & Coke U3 U3 9gg 9gg Co Ltd was estab- trarls trarls | | u u I I aqt aqt ddns ddns ur ur o1 o1 paqsr 3u 3u 'u,Mo] 'u,Mo] ^\OU ^\OU Backwater contains a shaft which gave access to a Sullrr!) Sullrr!) auunl o] o] rnoqrei] rnoqrei] aql aql oqt oqt rapun rapun s?3 s?3 lished in 1836 to supply street lighting in the town. u€LLr elll lq lq s s ats ats eql eql s?3 s?3 perdn)ro perdn)ro s>1.1o/1,\ s>1.1o/1,\ -nqLlP -nqLlP tunnel carrying the gas main under the harbour to raqto raqto qlou qlou raqun, raqun, eLrols eLrols sarnDnrls sarnDnrls aq1 The gas works site is now occupied by the ambu- 'uMo] lodurg lodurg ]p ]p ]nq ]nq alupl 'er 'er araql araql episSuolp episSuolp Uorlsls Uorlsls the town. Other further north stone structures PPq e)P e)P ot ot alodrpP! alodrpP! eJeM o] o] urpp urpp e e plorl plorl lance station at pal?ta-r Bimport, but alongsidelo there re- llpJ]]? llpJ]]? se8Pl:lor,sral.ro^ se8Pl:lor,sral.ro^ u? u? etp..tral etp..tral ? ? sueLU mains an attractive a^ a terrace of workers' cottages were related to a dam to hold back Radipole lake. t t lq lq araM araM aq] aq] rnq rnq ,4u?duro) ,4u?duro) q) q) whichq,1 were built by the company. FURTHERFURTHER READINGREADING Addison,Add son,l. J. & Wailes,Warles, R.R. DorsetDorset Watermills,Waterm lls, Trans. Newcomen Society,Socierl, XXXVXXXV( (1962-3), 962 3\, I 93-216.93116. Algar, D., Light,Light, A. & CoplandCopland-Griffiths,-Griffiths, P.P. The Verwood and DistrictD strict Potteries:Potter esi A Dorset Industrylndustry (Verwood,(Verwood 2nd ed. 1987)987) Benfield,Benfleld, E. Purbeck Shop:Shopia a Stoneworker's Story ofofStone, Stone, (1940)(1940) Bettey,Bettey, J.l. The IslandIsland and RoyalRoyal Manorflanor of PortlandPortland (1970)(1970) Bone,Bone, M.l'4. The BridportBr dport FlaxFlax and Hemp Industry,lndustry, BristolBnstol IA/A Soc. Journal,JaumaL 18I I (1986),( I 986), 19-31I 9-3 L. Chubb, L.,1., et al,al Dorset TollTol-House-House Survey (Dorset(Dorset C C, 1977)1977) Cockburn,Cockburn E.O.E.O. The Stone Quarries of DorsetDorset(DNHAS (DNHAS Mansel-Pleydelll'lansel-Pleydell Prize Essay,Essay. 1971) 971 ) Davies,Davies, W.K.J.W.K.l. PikeP ke Bros,Bros, FayleFayle & Co. Ltd., FurzebrookFu rzebrook (Narrow-gauge(Narrow-gauge Railway Society, 1957)I 957) Dewar,Dewar. H.S.L.H.S.L. The Windmills,Windmils, WatermillsWatermr]ls and HorsemillsHorsemils of Dorset,Do(set, Proceedings of Dorset NatNat HistHist & Arch Soc,So., vol\tol8) 82 (1960),( 1960), 109-132.109- 132. Good, R.R. The Old RoadsRoads of DorsetDorset(new (new edition,edtion, 1966)1965) Gow, W.G., et al,a DorsetDorset Milestonel'liestone Survey (Dorset(Dorset C C, 1980)l9B0) Leach,Leach, R.R. An Investigationlnvestgation intointo thethe use ofofPurbeck Purbeck Marblel"larble inin Medievall.ed eval England (Crediton,(Crediton, 2nd ed, 1978) 978) Legg,Legg R.R. PurbeckPurbeck Islandlsland (Wincanton,(Wrncanton, revisedrevsed edition,ed ton, 1989)989) Purbeck'sPurbecksHeath(l9B7) Heath (1987) Lucking,Lucking,l.H. J.H. DorsetDorset RailwaysRa lways (Wimborne,(wimborne 1982)1982) Morris,florris, S.S. Portland:Portland: anan illustratedrllustrated historyhistory (Wimborne,(Wimborne, 1985)I 985) Sanctuary,Sanctuary, A. Rope,Rope, TwineTw ne andand Net Makingl4aking(Shire (Shire, 2nd2nded. ed. 1988) 988) Saville,Saville, R.J.R.l The Industriallndustrral Archaeology and Transport ofofPurbeck(Globe Purbeck (Globe Education, I1976) 976) Langton'sLangton's Stone Quarries (Langton(Langton Matravers,l4atravers,2nd 2nd ed 1986)1985) Seekings,Seekings J.l. Thomas Hardy'sHardy! Brewer:Brewer the story ofofEldr Eldridge dge PopePope & Co (Wimborne,(W mborne, I1988) 988) Stevenson,Stevenson, W. A GeneralGeneralV View ew ofofthe the Agriculture of DorsetshireDorsetshire (( I 812) Wallis,Wd is, A.J.A.l. DorsetDorset Bridges,Br dges, A HistoryHistory & Guide (Abbey(Abbey Press,Press, 1974)1974) Wear,Wear R.R. & Lees,Lees, E.E Stephen LewinLewin &&the the PoolePoole FoundryFoundry (1978)(1978) Young, D.D. BrickmakingBrickmak ng inin Dorset,Dorset, ProceedingsProceedings ofof Dorset Darset NatNat HistHist & Arch Soc,Soc,vo vol 93 (1971),(t91t).2t)-)4). 213-242. Young, J.J Old DorsetDorset BrewersBrewers (1986)( 1986) SOCIETIESsoclErlEs ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS DorsetDorset Industriallndustrial Archaeology SocietySoc ety SpecialSpecra thanksthanks are givengven toto MikelYike BoneBone for assis-asss BrendaBrenda Innes,lnnes, 10l0 GoldGold Hill,Hill, Shaftesbury,Shaitesbury, SP75P7 8HBBHB tancetance with thethe breweriesbreweres and BridportBrdport industries.indLrstres. CastletonCastleton WaterwheelWaterwhee RestorationRestorat on SocietySociety AlsoAso toto Alan Bailey,Baiey, Graham Bendall,Bendal, PennyPenny Co-Co GrahamGraham Bendall,Bendall, 22 StSt Mary'sl'aary's Road,Road, Sherborne, plandpland-Griffths,-Griffiths, Martinl4artin Hammond,Hammond LeslieLes|e Hayward,Hayward, DT9DT9 6DG6DC BillBil Hines,Hines, Tony andand Brenda Innes,lnnes, Judelude James,lames, Michaell'lichae Lester,Lester, BrianBran Miller,Yiler, RogerRoger Peers,Peers, RolandRoand PoolePoole Industriallndustrial Archaeology GroupGroup Tarr, BrianBran Toop,Toop DerrickDerrck Warren, Tony Yoward BillBillHines.22 Hines, 22 SarkSark Road,Road, Parkstone,Parkstone, Poole,Poole, BHBH 12l2 anddnd alld lotl-ers others who,l'o have1a!.1elped helped inrr smallsn_a Ld7 ways. ' 3PN3PN Verwood && DistrictDstrid PotteriesPottenes Trust Secretary,Secretary, 10l0 BridportBridport Road,Road, VerwoodVerwood FrontFront cover:cover:waterwheelat Waterwheel at Old Brewery,Brewery, Bridport.Bridpon ISBNISBN 0O 906294906294 1717 77 ©@ PeterPeter H.H StanierStanier 19891989 AllAll rightsri8h6 reserved.reserved. NoNo partpart ofof thisthis publicationpubli€ation maymay bebe reproducedreProduced oror transmittedtransmitted inin anyany formform oror byby anyany meansmeans withoutwirhout thethe priorprior written permissionPermission ofofthe the publisher.PLrblisher. FirstFirst publishedpublished 1989I 989 byby Twelveheads Press,Press, ChyChy Mengleth,MenSleth, Twelveheads,Twelveheads, Truro, Cornwall TR4TR4 8SN.8sN.