Booklets
The Village Archive contains numerous books and booklets which are listed here. Those highlighted in red are downloadable.
The archive holds many booklets about the village. These are listed here.
| 1907 | Book : Highways and Byways in Dorset [School Edition] |
| 1940/1946 | Drat-those-pesky-vacuees.pdf The war time memories of Robert Holdeman |
| 1967 | A Parish History of Child Okeford by Judy Wareham |
| 1967 | The Hill; Volume 1 Edition 1 |
| 1969 |  Child Okeford Panorama by Richard Taylor [Rector 1950 – 1966] |
| 1979 |  Dorset-Treasures-Child-Okeford.pdf In December 1976, The Dorset Association of Local Councils launched an initiative styled “Dorset Countryside Treasures”. The archive has an original copy of the submission from our village. Please note Mr Wilson does not live at the address given on the front page. |
| 1980 |  Book: My Dorset Days by Tim Barnes |
| 1983 |  Child Okeford History 1883 – 1983 by Clarence M Smith. Full of fascinating stories about the village several of which have already been posted on the website and published in The Hill. A copy can be downloaded here. |
| 1994 | Hambledon Hill Leaflet |
| 1996 |  Book: “Dorset within Living Memory” , Dorset Federation of WI |
| 1996 | Hambledon Hill Leaflet |
| 1998 | “A Village Walk” available to view here https://www.childokeford.org/walks-around-the-village/ |
| 1999 |  Child Okeford the first 6000 years. By Mr C Giles. |
| 1999 |  Book: Around the Maypole , Shillingstone Millennium Book |
| 1999 | Book: Child Okeford ; A Dorset Village . Millennium Book Downloadable version  |
| 2000 | The Millennium Book Reviews and Letters An account of how the Millennium book was produced and received told through newspaper articles and letters. |
| 2001 |  Book: “Memories of a Dorset Countryman” by Jack Hooper [autographed] |
| 2002 | Queens Golden Jubilee Competitions . Essays and Poems |
| 2004 |  “Up Hill and Down River” 10 walks from Child Okeford |
| 2005 |  Book: “History of Child Okeford WI|” by Kate St George |
| 2005 | Baker Arms “A Farewell to Maureen and Norman Mills” |
| 2006 | Book : “Blackmore Vale Childhood” by Hilary Townsend |
| 2008 |  “Men in the Kitchen” collated by Ewen Pinsent and Ronnie Daniels A collection of recipes from local men. |
| 2009 | Child Okeford Roll of Honour by kind permission of the Author Helen Kerridge |
| 2010 | Child Okeford Village Hall 1909-2009: A history. |
| 2017 |  Child Okeford End of an Era 1815-1860 by John Housley CO End of an Era_Optimized |
| 2018 | “Michael Oliver: King of Steam” by Brian Moore. Commemorative Edition. A biography of the man behind the Great Dorset Steam Fair. |
| 2020 |  Book “Super Old Job” by Dr Roger Prior, retired General Practitioner in Child Okeford. |
| 2021 |  A history of the bridge over the Stour between Child Okeford and Shillingstone. A copy can be downloaded here Hayward Bridges |
| 2021 |  Recently published Tom played for the Child Okeford Cricket Team. An excerpt from the book is downloadable below. Bowlers Name by Tom Hicks |
| 2021 |  2021 was the bicentenary of the Baker Arms . David Pope has produced this definitive history of the pub. Download here The-Bicentenary-of-the-Baker-Arms.pdf |
| 2022 |  80 page book looking back at the village’s celebrations of royal events from 1887 to 2022 The book can be read and downloaded from here. |
