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[Frampton]  Grampy
Pam Bailey, 1983.  A5 booklet in photo-card covers enclosing 82pp, 9 photos, other ills inc 2 pedigrees.  Grampy was Sidney Frampton of Holtwood; this book is his story of his early years as remembered by him and told to his grand-daughter.  Worn and slightly dogeared copy with the top corners of several leaves creased.  G.  (ref 210/23)  £3.50 UK post-free

[Symonds] A Twentieth Century Dorset Family
Ena M Symonds, nd but 1960s. A5 booklet of 67pp, blue card covers, 5 photo-ills. Slightly dogeared, a little damage to foot of rear cover, but a clean copy. (ref 1575)  £4.00 UK post-free

Bradford Abbas
Eric Garrett, 1989. 286pp inc index, quite a few ills, bibliography. 4to, F in VG but slack d/w. (ref 4238)  £7.50

The Registers of Beer Hackett, Dorset, from 1549 to 1812
Privately printed for the Parish Register Society, 1896.  7+42pp inc 2 indexes (names and places).  Apart from the top of the rear board which is damp-marked, this is a very nice clean and robust copy which belies its age.  The book is from the library (and bears the bookplate of) Robert Washington Oates, antique dealer and antiquarian bookseller who in 1954 was largely responsible for securing The Wakes, Selborne home of naturalist Gilbert White.  Oates was also cousin of the famous polar explorer Capt Lawrence Oates who died on Scott's 1912 expedition.  (ref 3282)  £25.00

[Buckland Newton document]  Official Copy of Order by Land Commissioners
This is an official signed copy of an 1888 Order scheduling Sir Arthur Temple Felix Clay's 158 acre estate for alterations and improvements to the manor house.   The schedule shows Sir Arthur occupying the manor house and several tenants (Holland, Galpin, Foot and Kingsbury) occupying what appear to be two farms and other plots of land.  Manuscript on parchment, size approx 27"x22", bears the embossed seal of the Land Commissioners.  (ref 448/2)  £15.00 post-free   Not for export

Ivy Cottage, Burton Bradstock, 1923
6"x4" photo, rather the worse for wear, but probably unique. (ref 6886)   £5.00  UK post-free

The Giant of Cerne Abbas
H S L Dewar, 1968. Small 10pp booklet in the West Country Folklore series. Useful bibliography.   £1.00 UK post-free

[East Lulworth document]  Official Copy of Order Scheduling Lulworth Castle Etc
This is an official signed copy of an 1896 Order scheduling Reginald Joseph Weld's 152 acre Lulworth Estate to secure £597 for (unspecified) improvements.  The entire estate was being tenanted by William Bellasis.  Manuscript on strong parchment, size approx 23"x19".  (ref 448/4)  £15.00 post-free  Not for export

A Slightly later Order scheduling more lands -  Also 1896 but in addition to the Lulworth Castle estate, the schedule now includes the 583 acre Monastery Farm, tenanted by William Henry Hawkins, and the Weld Arms and Farm, tenanted by George Wood Homer.  Manuscript on parchment, approx 23"x19".  (ref 448/6)  £15.00 post-free  Not for export

Another copy Order of the same date scheduling the same lands but the monetary consideration is different.  Manuscript on parchment, approx 23"x19".  (ref 448/7)  £15.00 post-free   Not for export

Ferndown, A Pictorial History
Roger Guttridge & Audrey Greenhalgh, 1997.  4to, unpaginated but 181 mostly photo ills, followed by good bibliography and index.  The 20th century saw Ferndown develop from a modest village on the heath to the 5th biggest town in Dorset.   The ills are preceded by a 10pp intro outlining this growth.  The title still in print at £13.99, this VG copy (ref 0000)  £8.00

Another copy
Another VG copy with some mild scraping & scoring (someone's used the book as a flat base for writing on) and one minor ink line.  (ref 625/38)  £7.00

[Gillingham]  Sale Particulars of the Thorngrove Estate
Printed particulars for the 1863 sale held at the Phoenix Inn.  The estate lies on the South-West side of Gillingham.  It then consisted of a 'substantial farmhouse with commodious barns, stables, stalls & suitable outbuildings, cottages, dairy buildings, bartons, and numerous closes of highly productive and very valuable orchard, arable, meadow & pasture land.'.  The estate, comprising well over 350 acres, was broken into 13 lots and each is shown with names of fields, such as the 17 acre Trimtrams.  Accompanying the particulars is a large [approx 24"x18"] hand-coloured multi-folding site plan.  Some wear and tear, but perfectly acceptable for a document of this age.  (ref 3114)   £27.50 UK post-free

[Gillingham, Buckhorn Weston and Kington Magna document]  Scheduling of Sandley House Farm by the Board of Agriculture
This is a formal copy of an 1895 Order by the Board of Agriculture scheduling the 151 acre Sandley House Farm, owned by John Williams Bill of Gillingham and tenanted by Capt Geoffrey Stanley Phipps Hornby.  Manuscript on parchment, approx 24"x19", bears the red seal of the Land Loan & Enfranchisement Company.   (ref 448/12)  £12.00 post-free  Not for export

[Loders, Dottery & Askerswell]  Yours Reverently
From the pulpit, the pub and the parish notes of Rev Oliver Willmott [1910-1996], 1997.  Green card covers, 211pp, several drawings.  Between 1948 and 1982 Rev Willmott wrote 750,000 words chronicling the life of his three parishes.   This book contains the nuggets from just the first 5 years of his pastoral observations, which range from rook pie to a tribute to King George 6th. This paperback has been dropped on its top corner so that virtually all top edges are creased, there's also a mild crease in the front cover o/w it is a VG clean copy.  £9.99 when published, this copy (ref 525/15)  £4.50

The First Fifty Years of the Lyme Regis Society
Joan B Walker, 1984. A5 in card covers, 53pp, several ills inc photos, 2 double-page maps. G. (ref 110/57)   £2.50 UK post-free

[Lyme Regis indenture]  Assignment of House in Silver Street
This 1827 assignment concerns 'All that messuage or tenement together with a small garden behind the same situate in Lyme Regis in a certain street there called Silver Street formerly in the occupation of Edward Lock which messuage or tenement and premises were purchased by Abraham Spooner Lillingston of ['from' in modern times] .... Edward Lock and by the said Abraham Spooner Lillingston sold to.....Edward Hillman and then in the occupation of.....Thomas Legg......'.  Manuscript on large parchment sheet, bears signatures Thomas Legg and Robt Cox to whom the house was being assigned.  (ref 6184)   £17.50 post-free  Not for export

[Milton Abbas document]  Official Copy of Order by Inclosure Commissioners on the Milton Abbey Estate
This is an official signed copy of an 1879 Order scheduling Charles Joseph Theophilus Hambro's 438 acre Milton Abbey Estate under the 1864 Land Improvement Act.   Manuscript on parchment, size approx 25"x21", bears the embossed seal of the Inclosure Commissioners.  (ref 448/1)  £15.00 post-free  Not for export

[Motcombe and Little Down document]  Official Copy of Order by Board of Agriculture
This is an official signed copy of an 1894 Order scheduling near-700 acres owned by The Rt Hon Lord Stalbridge of Motcombe House.  Of the 700 acres he occupied about half, the rest (Park Farm) being tenanted by Charles and George Honeyfield.   Manuscript on parchment, size approx 21"x16".  (ref 448/3)  £12.00 post-free  Not for export

[Motcombe, Shaftesbury, East Stour, Little Down, Todber, Marnhull, West Orchard, Manston, Stalbridge & Sturminster Newton document]   Official Copy of Board of Agriculture Order
This is an official signed copy of an 1896 Order scheduling over 13,000 acres owned by the Rt Hon Richard de Acquila Baron Stalbridge of Motcombe House under the 1864 Land Improvement Act.  The very lengthy schedule lists farms, orchards, fields, houses, cottages, shops, inns etc etc, together with names of tenants and acreages - to give you an idea of just how much detail is in this significant local/family history document, there must be approaching 1000 individual tenancies listed.  Manuscript on 25pp of parchment, size approx 10"x16".  (ref 448/5)  £35.00 post-free  Not for export

[Poole]  Sale Particulars for Lamorna, Stanley Green Road
Lamorna came up for auction in 1935.  Single page of particulars.   (ref 470/20)   £5.00 UK post-free

[Poole - Oakdale]  Sale Particulars for Houses in Shottesford Road
These 2 pairs of villas [Bendora, Shaston, Moulsoe & Woodcroft] came up for auction in 1944.  3pp of printed particulars showing names of tenants respectively as Rose, Robbins, Stickland and Greenslade.  (ref 470/29)   £5.00 UK post-free

[Preston cum Sutton Pointz & Wool document]   Scheduling of Farms by the Board of Agriculture
This is a formal copy of an 1894 Order by the Board of Agriculture scheduling the 541 acre Southdown Farm, Preston cum Sutton Pointz, tenanted by Charles Scutt, and the 196 acre Bindon Mill and Farm, Wool, tenanted by Thomas Oliver Boatswain.  Manuscript on parchment, approx 24"x19".  (ref 448/11)  £12.00 post-free  Not for export

[Radipole & Melcombe Regis] Sale Particulars of 8 properties
These 1893 particulars concern the sale of (and show the tenants/occupiers of) no's 1 & 2 Belgrave Villas (Radipole), 6 & 7 Melcombe Place (Melcombe Regis) and 2, 3 & 6 Great Western Terrace (Radipole), especially the latter 3 properties which are shown to have been purchased by Robert Lovell Legg of Radipole for £540. Browned in places and somewhat creased. (ref 6700)   £6.50 UK post-free

A Short History of Sherborne from 705AD
W B Wildman, 1930 4th. 4to, 203pp, 2 folding plans, 14 plate-ills (all but 1 photos). Scattered light foxing, vellum spine, usual blue cloth boards, teg, rest untrimmed. Quite a decent tight copy of the scarcer large-paper edition (pp approx 7"x10"). (ref 1606)  £45.00

A Short History of Sherborne from 705AD
W B Wildman, 1930 4th. 12mo, 107pp, 2-on-1 folding plans of abbey and school,   9 full-page photo plate-ills.  This is the smaller 'Town and Abbey section' version, a similar copy being offered elsewhere on the internet at £27.50.  Our copy (ref 3989) £7.50

[Sherborne] Greyhound Inn - Sale Conditions
This inn was put up for auction in 1860, the sale to be held at the Angel Inn. These are just the conditions of sale and give no details of the Greyhound. Manuscript on 4 sheets of folio paper, rather misfolded. (ref 754/257)   £3.50 UK post-free

Sherborne Dorset Official Guide
76pp guide, 8th ed, nd but perhaps late 1960s, 37 photos, 2 fldg maps.   Nice clean copy, VG.  (ref 210/63)   £2.50 UK post-free

[Sherborne document]  Scheduling of The Sherborne Drapery Stores by the Board of Agriculture
This is a formal copy of an 1898 Order by the Board of Agriculture scheduling a house, shop & premises occupied by Messrs Phillips and Handover.  Manuscript on parchment, approx 24"x19", signed and sealed by the Lands Improvement Company.   (ref 448/14)  £12.00 post-free  Not for export

[Sherborne document]  Scheduling of Grocer's Shop by the Board of Agriculture
This is a formal copy of an 1899 Order by the Board of Agriculture scheduling a house, shop & premises occupied by T E Vincent, described as a grocer and butter factor.  Manuscript on parchment, approx 24"x19", signed and sealed by the Lands Improvement Company.  (ref 448/15)  £12.00 post-free  Not for export

[Stourpaine documents]  Two Leases of Stourpain Farm
In 1763 George and William Burt of Turweston took out a 7 year lease of Stourpain Farm together with something called Harvey's Livings from George Pitt of Stratfield Saye, Hampshire.  All parties seem to have been satisfied with the arrangements as in 1771 a second 7 year lease was agreed.  On offer here are the two parchment deeds, each bearing the signature 'Geo Pitt'.  (ref 301/3)  £22.50 post-free  Not for export

Swanage Its History, Resources as an Invigorating Health Resort, Botany, and Geology
Edited by John Braye, 1891 3rd ed.  119pp, frontis photo view of town 'from the bathing ground', 12 other full-page photo ills as required (all with original tissue-guards), 8 other photo-ills within the text, multifolding map of the area from Lulworth Cove in the West to Bournemouth in the East, folding geological map.   As-issued printed paper covered boards rather grubby, the blank spine is heavily sunned,  eps browned as usual but rest of contents nice and clean, the multifolding map is detached but in good clean condition.  Wear and tear consistent with age, though there is an inch round stain (a tea-stain perhaps) at the top of the front board.   (ref 1199)  £40.00

The Martyrs of Tolpuddle
TUC, 1934. 4to, 239pp, index is in prelims, dozens of photo & other ills. Contents a little loose but nice and clean, green cloth boards somewhat grubby, spine dull, nevertheless a G copy of this now uncommon title. (ref 7942)  £25.00

Tyneham - A Lost Heritage
Mrs L M G Bond, nd but 1956.  128pp, 9 photo ills.  The Army renaged on its promise to return the village after WW2.  What remains is a poignant reminder of a Dorset community and a way of life extinguished for ever.   The book is worn at corners (but not unduly so) and there's a waterstain at the leading edge of the front board, less than a couple of inches by about half-an-inch.  Inside, there's an inscription on the front endpaper - not by the author - and on the verso of the front endpaper someone has stuck a newspaper clipping consisting of a review of the book.  The contents are nice and clean.  Overall G compared with others we've seen.   (ref 8351)  £12.50

[Wareham document]  Humble Address to Lord Eldon from the Inhabitants of Wareham
This 1866 document expresses the town's hearty congratulations to Lord Eldon on his reaching his majority.  It is in manuscript on a large [approx 16"x25"] parchment sheet, and bears the signatures of 78 'obedient and humble servants' - was your Wareham ancestor one of them?  Quite nice clean condition though multifolded.  (ref 6192)   £55.00 post-free  Not for export 
John Scott, 3rd Earl of Eldon, was just 8 years old when he succeeded to the title.  The family lived at Encombe House near Kingston.   In later years the 3rd Earl paid for the rebuilding of Kingston church 'the cathedral of Purbeck'.

[West Lulworth document]  Scheduling of West Lulworth Farm by Board of Agriculture
Official copy of an 1894 Order scheduling the 168 acre West Lulworth Farm, tenanted by the surely uniquely named Obadiah Legg.  Manuscript on large parchment sheet [approx 23"x18"].  (ref 448/9)  £12.00 post-free  Not for export

[West Lulworth and Winfrith]  Scheduling of Farms by the Land Commissioners
Official copy of an 1889 Order by the Land Commissioners which contains a schedule of two farms owned by Reginald Joseph Weld.  These are the 713 acre Newlands Farm and the 474 acre Hanbury Farm, both tenanted by Edward John Dent.  Manuscript on parchment, size approx 23"x18".  (ref 448/8)  £12.00 post-free  Not for export

A later Order - this one dated 1894.   Covers additional property inc East Fossil Farm, tenanted by widow Georgiana Gillingham; a house & garden [Joseph John Hokins]; Spring Cottage [James Williams]; Rose Cottage [Harriet Susannah Hannah]; cottage & garden [Joseph Chaffey]; Cove Villa [Edward James Randall] and Sea View Cottage [John Hazel].  Interesting to see that the acreages for Newland Farm and Hambury Farm have apparently shrunk since 1889.   Manuscript on parchment, size approx 23"x19".  (ref 448/10)  £15.00 post-free  Not for export

[West Parley]  Church Offertory Collections & Payments
5 exercise books covering the periods 1874-1881 and 1904-1911 are all that survive from an accumulation of at least 10 such items.  As the years progress more detail is recorded, including (probably) numbers attending church, some shorthand or similar notes, and lists of names of those attending church.  Though predominantly West Parley, there are also details of amounts collected at East Parley and West Moors.   Quite often nothing at all is collected.  Amounts paid include such things as donations to the harmonium repair fund and in 1911 dental work.  Very useful detail for the local and family historian.  The 5 (ref 6666)   £40.00 post-free  Not for export

The Parish Church of St Mary, Weymouth
Souvenir booklet produced for the 150th anniversary of consecration, 1967. 48pp inc 7pp of ills. Card covers with gilt lettering.   £1.00  UK post-free

[Wimborne]  Sale Particulars for Sunnymeade Nurseries, Hayes Lane
Sunnymeade Nurseries came up for sale in 1948.  3pp of printed particulars in grubby paper covers, extensively waterstained and with badly rusted staples.  (ref 470/26)   £6.00 UK post-free

Inside Dorset
Monica Hutchings, 1968 2nd & rev ed.  Blue card covers, 240pp inc index, 24pp of photo-plates (mostly 2 to a page), folding county map at end.  One of the standard modern works on the county, containing a gazetteer containing a paragraph or more on every town & village.  Becoming dogeared but still G.  (ref 210/33)   £6.00

The Dorset Coastline
Llewellyn Pridham, nd but 1954.  4to, 127pp, 84pp of photos & other ills, map eps.  Bottom corners of both boards damp-affected though contents surprisingly clean, d/w grubby and quite worn & torn, but at least this copy (ref 1682) is affordable at £12.00

Old Dorset
H J Moule, 1893. 240pp inc index. Eps foxed, rest of contents clean, old fold in top corner of 1 leaf. VG. (ref 8308)  £45.00

A Royal Warren or Picturesque Rambles in the Isle of Purbeck
C E Robinson, 1882.  Large 4to, 186pp inc index, 10 engraved plates as required, 76 other ills in the letterpress, full page map towards end.  Printed on hand-made paper, leaves untrimmed, nice wide margins throughout, teg.  A decent clean copy with the eps embrowned as usual.  Compared to other copies we've had, we'd grade this as VG.  (ref 3322)  £110.00

Proceedings of the Dorset Natural History and Archaeological Society
The following volumes are available.  All are nice bright copies, easily VG:
Vol 21, 1900  £18.50
Vol 52, 1930  £10.00
Vol 53, 1931  £12.50
Vol 54, 1932  £12.50
Vol 55, 1933 £10.00
Vol 56, 1934  £12.50
Vol 57, 1935  £12.50
Vol 59, 1937 £12.50