The Bells, The Bells [Part two]
If you thought that you heard an occasional “dong” today coming from St Nicholas belfry, silent for the last two months, then you would not have been mistaken for the retuned old bells and
Archived Posts
How the water came to Child Okeford
On August 29th 1913 a meeting was held of the Sturminster Newton Rural District Council. There were two topics on the
The Green Lanes of Child Okeford
“In December 1976, The Dorset Association of Local Councils
The New Inn
A final dip into “One Hundred Years in Childe Okeford 1883 – 1983”.
The Emigrants
“At a Meeting of the Owners of Property in this Parish [Child
The Preaching Stone
Prior to the First World War, at the cross roads in the centre of the road to the church, was a block of green sandstone. This may have been a “Preaching Stone” and tradition has
A Tale of two Tenors
On the 26th April the Belfry of St Nicholas Church fell silent and empty as the bells were removed, to be replaced in due course. The last bell down was the massive tenor bell [above] which was
Samuel Arnold – Child Okeford’s Aussie Pioneer
Readers of The Hill have learned of a group of 30 emigrants to Australia in 1849.
The “Emigrant”.
Imagine for a moment that you have never seen a train, or the sea, or a ship. Sounds unlikely today but in 1849 it was normal not to have experienced any of these. Then imagine, those of you with children,
Report Bad Driving in the Village
The Village roads seem to be getting busier and busier, a situation which will not be helped by the various road closures around the area that