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From 1860 to 1966, Blandford Forum was a stop on the Somerset and Dorset Joint Railway, which ran from Bath to Bournemouth, though until the bridge was built over the river Stour, opening in 1863, [48] the Dorset Central section of the line terminated at the hamlet of Blandford St. Mary. [49] Blandford Forum railway station, along with the ...
Born on 6 May 1875, Fynes-Clinton was the son of Charles Henry Fynes-Clinton, Rector of Blandford Forum, Dorset, following an initial career as a civil engineer, [2] and of his wife Thomasina Gordon Shaw of Ballyoran, County Down. [3] He was the grandson of Charles John Fynes Clinton, Rector of Cromwell, Nottinghamshire. [4]
Pimperne (/ ˈ p ɪ m p ər n / PIM-pərn) is a village and civil parish in north Dorset, England, situated on Cranborne Chase two miles (three kilometres) northeast of the town of Blandford Forum. At the 2011 census the civil parish had 478 households and a population of 1109. [1]
The Town Hall, Blandford Forum Blandford Forum, Church of St. Peter and St. Paul. John (ca 1688–1770) and William Bastard (ca 1689–1766) were British surveyor-architects, and civic dignitaries [1] of the town of Blandford Forum in Dorset. [2] John and William generally worked together and are known as the "Bastard brothers".
The church was rebuilt again in 1732 by John and William Bastard, Dorset architects who most notably rebuilt nearly the entire town of Blandford Forum following a catastrophic fire the previous year. The Bastard siblings also rebuilt Blandford's parish church concurrently with that at Wimborne St Giles.
Tarrant Monkton is a village and civil parish in north Dorset, England, situated in the Tarrant Valley about four miles (six kilometres) east-northeast of Blandford Forum. [1] Within the parish boundary, 1 + 1 ⁄ 2 miles (2.5 kilometres) over hills to the west, lies the major part of Blandford Camp army base (including the Royal Signals Museum).
St Mary (the Virgin) 105 – All Saints 49 – St Andrew 38 – St Peter 38 – St Michael (& All Angels) 36 – St Nicholas 35 – St John the Baptist 25 – Holy Trinity 25 – St James 20 – St Martin 16 – St John the Evangelist 15 – St George 12 – Christ Church 11 – St Lawrence 9 – St Mary Magdalene 9 – St Catherine 7 – Holy ...
Wimborne St Giles is a hundred and parish located in the wooded valley of the River Allen, near the royal hunting ground of Cranborne Chase.As originally divided, various parishes and villages resided within the hundred, including the parishes of West Woodyates, St Giles, and All Hallows.