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Facsimile of “Alfred Ordered Me Made” Masterpiece Returns To Gold Hill Museum
The ninth century Alfred Jewel was unearthed by the ploughing…
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Hollywood Aerial Stunt – or Real Life Above the Western Front?
In 1915 Dorset Royal Flying Corps pilot Louis Strange fell out…
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From Private Banker to Aesthetic All-Rounder and Shaper of Stourhead
At 2.30p.m. on 09 April at Gold Hill Museum, the National Trust's…
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The 17th century Queen who could say “There were three of us in this marriage”
Professor Maria Hayward, Head of History at Southampton University,…
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A Turn of the Century Lady Photographer – and More
Members of the Shaftesbury & District Historical Society…
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Restored “Made in Shaftesbury” Cheese Press Gift to Museum
A substantial piece of Shaftesbury's industrial past has been…
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Beckford Expert To Give Update On Tower Project
On Tuesday 09 January at 2.30p.m. popular speaker Dr Amy Frost…
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Slow and Dirty? Swift and Delightful? or Sabotaged and Defeated?
On Tuesday 05 December at 2.30p.m. at Gold Hill Museum, Professor…
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The Impact of the 1914-18 War on Children
Historian and broadcaster Dr Vivien Newman will shed new light…
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An Expert View of the Dissolution of the Monasteries
On Tuesday 03 October at 7.30p.m. Professor James G. Clark of…
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Two Hundred Years Since A Second Outbreak of Fonthill Fever
On 09 September 1823 the sale by public auction began at Fonthill…
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Last Two to Three Weeks for “Women of the World”
This 1913 photograph from Miss Dunn's Grosvenor House School…
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A Unique View of Gold Hill, Shaftesbury, Dorset
Elaine Barratt captured this view of one of the most photographed…
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A Dynasty of Shaftesbury Clockmakers, All Named Jasper Guy
In April Gold Hill Museum was delighted to receive the generous…
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Historic School Photographs On Show During July and August
Forty years ago in 1983 three local secondary schools were merged…
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Architectural Oddities of Swanage Revealed to The S&DHS
25 members of The Shaftesbury & District Historical Society…
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Museums Education Team Help Abbey Primary School Celebrate a Big Birthday
Claire Ryley and Penny-Jane Swift looked every inch Victorian…
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One Week Left to View a Peach of an Exhibition
In September 1931 Doris Peach, youngest daughter of John and…
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Who Let The Bloodhounds Out? William Beckford Apparently
Bridport-based artist Jules Cross has very kindly donated his…
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The Two Coronations of the Previous King Charles
On 01 January 1651 the 20-year-old Charles II was crowned King…
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Join the Historic Byzant Ceremony on Monday 08 May 11.00
The Byzant is unique to Shaftesbury, though it resembles May…
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It’s a Peach of an Exhibition
For the new season beginning 01 April 2023 Gold Hill Museum…
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Escape or Die 1651 – Charles II the Most Wanted Man
On 03 September 1651 the mainly Scottish army of the 21 year-old…
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How Swanage (Dorset) Became “Little London By The Sea”
Former Lord Mayor, Sir John Stuttard, explains at 2.30p.m. on…
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Another Chance to See Tyler Photographs of Edwardian Shaftesbury
By popular request, Claire Ryley and Ann Symons are repeating…
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Joan of Arc – Condemned to Death for Wearing Trousers?
On Tuesday 07 February at 2.30p.m. at Gold Hill Museum, French…
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King Henry VI – More Popular Dead Than Alive?
Dr James Ross, biographer of Henry VI, assesses the claim that…
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Rivals for the title of “England’s Worst King”
At Gold Hill Museum at 2.30p.m. on Tuesday 10 January 2023,…
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More of a Pit Stop than a Royal Visit
In October 1899 Shaftesbury Council built a temporary grandstand,…
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Trace Your Family Tree at Gold Hill Museum
A new Family History group starts at 10a.m. on Thursday 24 November…
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Turn of the Century Royal Visit Recorded by Shaftesbury Photographer
On Tuesday 06 December at 2.30p.m. at Gold Hill Museum, Claire…
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The Dorset Soldier Who Won The First World War
On Tuesday 01 November at 2.30p.m. Dr Rodney Atwood will talk…
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“William Beckford After Fonthill” Lecture at Shaftesbury Town Hall
At 7.30p.m. on Tuesday 27 September Dr Amy Frost, (above, centre)…
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Thank You, Ma’am, for a Lifetime of Service
As many people of the UK, the Commonwealth, and throughout the…
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The Unsung Dorset Pioneer of Vaccination Against Smallpox
With the next booster campaign of Covid vaccines due to begin…
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Laser-Cut Steel Artwork Inspired By Gold Hill Museum Displays
Artist Bruce Williams has completed several commissions for…
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Thirty / fifty years of hurt? A century for women footballers
The Lionesses' superb victory in the 2022 Women's Euro Final…
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Blue Plaque Trail for Shaftesbury
Most Shaftesbury residents know of the existence of the town's…
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The Finest in Motion Picture Entertainment at the Savoy April 1958
Gold Hill Museum was delighted recently to receive from Mrs…
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Pre World War One Shaftesbury Through The Camera Lens
Early, mostly open-top, motor vehicles parked in Shaftesbury’s…
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Beckford’s Stairway to Heaven, to “the Finest Prospect in Europe”
Visitors from The Shaftesbury & District Historical Society…
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Hardy’s Wessex Landscapes – From Casterbridge to Shaston
The largest ever multi-venue show of objects from the life and…
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Beckford’s Fonthill Abbey Treasures – Where Can They Be Seen?
To settle enormous debts, slaveowner William Beckford put the…
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400 Years of Dorset Buttons
Shaftesbury can lay claim to being the cradle of the Dorset…
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Fonthill Fever Breaking Out At Gold Hill Museum
Two hundred years ago the reclusive owner and creator of Fonthill…
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Saving Evidence of Shaftesbury Life for Future Reference
Heather Blake had no previous experience of archives when she…
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How To Build An Elizabethan Theatre – With No Surviving Plans
Conservation Architect Paul Simons talks on Tuesday 01 March…
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In The Footsteps of Thomas Hardy
Thomas Hardy fan and expert Alban O'Brien (above) previews his…
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Great War Researcher Chris Posts 1300th Life Story
On 07 January 2022 Shaftesbury & District Historical Society…
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Thomas Hardy 01 February Talk is ON
Thomas Hardy fan and all-round literary expert Alban O'Brien…
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Making Our Local History Library More Accessible
Gold Hill Museum volunteer Jeanette Hardiman in the process…
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Bumper Byzant Magazine Marks 75 Years of The S&DHS
As 2021 ebbs away there is just time to note that The Shaftesbury…
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Groundhog Day Moment As January Lecture Postponed For Second Time
As the highly-infectious Omicron variant takes hold, it has…
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Lord Mayor’s Lecture on London and Dorset Construction Links Postponed
Sir John Stuttard's illustrated talk London and Dorset: A Shared…
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Lord Mayor’s Talk on London’s Architectural Links with Dorset
At 2.30 p.m. on Tuesday 07 December at Gold Hill Museum, former…
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Posted in the Past: Second Delivery
Local author Helen Baggott introduces a sample of the postcards…
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Shaftesbury’s Park Walk War Memorial Unveiled One Hundred Years Ago
On Sunday afternoon 23 October 1921, as reported by the Western…
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Tisbury Author Launches New Book on the Parents of Rudyard Kipling
Christina Richard signed copies of her latest book "Mr &…
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Enmore Green War Memorial Unveiled One Hundred Years Ago
At 4p.m. on Sunday 09 October 1921 a Memorial to the men of…
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American History Expert Talks on the 2020 U.S. Presidential Election
There is probably no better qualified British commentator on…
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First Mass Evacuation of Civilians by Air – from Kabul in 1928
Perhaps History does repeat itself. In July 1928 King Amanullah…
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Follow the Blackmore Vale Art Trail to Gold Hill Museum
Local artist Jane Shepherd exhibits a series of paintings exploring…
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Shaftesbury Remembers the Bastable Brothers
On 16 August 1914 Private William Richard Bastable (service…
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Human Rights Campaigner John Rutter Welcomes The End of Slavery
Slavery was officially abolished in the British Empire on 01…
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John Rutter Blue Plaque to Be Unveiled on 07 August
Angus Campbell, Her Majesty's Lord Lieutenant of Dorset, will…
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The Turbulent Quaker of Shaftesbury and Riots in The Commons
The Commons in question being almost a public square where Shaftesbury…
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Gold Hill Museum Opens New Shows From Monday 31 May
Volunteers at Shaftesbury's Gold Hill Museum have been mastering…
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Dave Hardiman on “The Cantankerous Clergyman” of 1870s Shaftesbury
"If he were not a clergyman, I would give him a good thrashing."…
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550 Years Ago England’s Worst King Murdered In The Tower
On 21 May 1471 the last of the Lancastrian kings, Henry VI,…
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Mr Toad’s Abandoned Caravan, and Other Amazing Spaces
Kindly given by Toad to Ratty and Mole who refurbished it for…
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Three Hundred Years Ago The First Prime Minister Enters Office
Or so the postmark said on today's letters. "(Sir) Robert Walpole…
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Shaftesbury’s Gold Hill Museum Reaches For The Skies
Bristol-based professional video maker Chris McComish was flying…
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Shaftesbury Vinegar Tycoon and FA Cup Winner’s Country Retreat
Dorset Council has recently bought the former St Mary's School…
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Amazing Spaces Challenge Now Open to All
In 2019 Gold Hill Museum was given a collection of superb hand-made…
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One Hundred Years Ago Bournemouth Is Given a Treasure Trove
On 27 January 1921 Sir Merton Russell-Cotes died. In the course…
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Gold Hill Museum to open Tudor Tea Rooms for 2021 Season (but see below)
Cafe proprietors - and there are several excellent Shaftesbury…
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Blue Plaque to Recognise one of Shaftesbury’s Greatest Citizens
A newly-minted blue plaque, the first to recognise the life…
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“Swing” Rioters Smash Machinery at Pythouse near Tisbury
On 25 November 2020 local historian Christina Richard wrote:…
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First Women Mayors – and the Loss of a Popular Male Mayor
In 1933 Edla Marian Norton (nee Eklund) became the first…
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Great War Researcher Chris Clocks Up 1000 Life Stories
In late August 2020 volunteer Chris Stupples posted his thousandth…
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BBC South on “Culture in Quarantine” at “Quirky” Gold Hill Museum
BBC South's regional news programme at 6.30p.m. on Tuesday 13…
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The S&DHS Holds Successful AGM On-Line
On Thursday 24 September at 11.00a.m. The Shaftesbury &…
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Gold Hill Museum Opens For Weekends Until 2.30p.m. Saturday 29 August
Gold Hill Museum opened to the public on Friday 07 August at…
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Baker’s Boy Delivers to Gold Hill Museum
Forty-seven years after it was first made, homage continues…
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One Hundred Years Ago To The Day ….
On 15 June 1920 the renowned Australian operatic soprano Dame…
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Five Hundred Years Ago to the Day ….
In June 1520 King Henry VIII of England met with King Francis…
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The New Normal in Lockdown Shaftesbury 2020
New levels of inventiveness were necessary to commemorate the…
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Such “Goings On” at Shaftesbury – VE Day Tuesday 08 May 1945
Mayor and Mayoress Lead the Revels.
Shaftesbury was beflagged…
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Prime Minister Laid Low By Pandemic Virus – September 1918
In September 1918 Britain's dynamic wartime Prime Minister,…
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Top Of The Bill – But Not Worth An Oscar
Rin Tin Tin, the canine superstar of the 1920's, was a big hit…
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What’s On At The Picture Palace in 1920?
Shaftesbury's cinema The Picture Palace opened in the High Street…
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Albert Edward Tyler, 1873-1919, Photographer of Edwardian Shaftesbury
Prior to their now postponed talk Claire Ryley and Ann Symons,…
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Thomas Cromwell Visits Shaftesbury Abbey (Perhaps)
In the instalment of Hilary Mantel's new novel 'The Mirror and…
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Gold Hill Museum Will Remain Closed Until Further Notice
Gold Hill Museum will not open to the public for the new season…
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Photographs of Edwardian Shaftesbury 2.30pm Tuesday 07 April 2020 / Now Postponed
For the finale of The Shaftesbury & District Historical…
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Toymakers’ Workshop Wednesday 19 February Starts 2p.m.
Gold Hill and Shaftesbury Abbey Museums offer a joint programme…
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Great Chalfield Manor and its People
Great Chalfield Manor, near Bradford-on-Avon, has been the setting…
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On The Parish: Life in Dorset’s Workhouses
The question of how society should address the problem of poverty…
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Cancan and the Invention of Gay Paree 1867-1914
Dr Jonathan Conlin of Southampton University ushers in the New…
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Dorset Museums Volunteer of the Year Award
Long-serving Gold Hill Museum steward and gardener Jill Sumner…
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Stonehenge, Shaftesbury Abbey, and SAVED
BBC4's Digging for Britain, broadcast at 9pm on Wednesday 20…
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Park Walk’s Café – and Waiting to Watch Cars Crash
October’s Shaftesbury Remembers session has been the best…
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Dr Deborah Jones Makes A Case For The Brilliant Burneys
Deborah Jones is Secretary of the Burney Society UK and definitely…
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“Shaftesbury Remembers” Website Expands Coverage
The Shaftesbury Remembers website, created by Gold Hill Museum…
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Shaftesbury Miller Meets Unfortunate End
Oxford Professor Steven Gunn gave a polished and pacy Teulon…
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Bumper September Mailing Includes Bonus Pamphlet
Members of The Shaftesbury & District Historical Society…
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Tudor Disregard for Health and Safety at its Peak in the Summer
Professor Steven Gunn of Merton College Oxford is leading a…
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Perfect Weather for Garden Party
The Shaftesbury & District Historical Society chose one…
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Tudor Accident of the Month: Making and Taking Worming Powder
July 2019. Intestinal worms were an unpleasantly common affliction…
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Tudor Accident of the Month: Gathering Rock Samphire
June 2019. Rock samphire is a succulent coastal plant, nutritious…
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Dorchester Privilege Visit for S&DHS Members
The 2019 Summer Outing for members of The Shaftesbury &…
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TV News Crews Flock to Gold Hill
On Monday 03 June the famous Ridley Scott Hovis ad was re-launched…
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Byzant Ceremony Revived For Second Year During Food Fair
Gold Hill Museum volunteers and supporters were prominent among…
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Tudor Accidents of the Month: May 2019
Tudor England was a dangerous place. There were plagues and…
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Shaftesbury Camera Club Exhibition 04-10 May 2019
Shaftesbury Camera Club return for their fifth Annual Exhibition…
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Two New Exhibitions For Season’s Start
May 2019 marks the centenary of The Sale of Shaftesbury...
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An invitation to join the volunteer team
Each week during the season (starts Monday 01 April) Gold Hill…
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Tea and Talks – Tuesday 02 April 2.30pm
The Tea and Talks session provides an informal opportunity for…
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Chinese Dragon Lanterns, Snowdrop Tiles and Roman Gardens
By Friday 01 March Shaftesbury & District Historical Society…
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The Station They Never Closed – Lecture 2.30pm Tuesday 05 March
Shillingstone Station opened in 1863 lit by oil lamps and closed…
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Fish, Chips And Quiz Will Fund Museum Enhancement
Gold Hill Museum’s meeting and venue space is underused and…
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Shire Hall: Justice in the Balance – Lecture Tuesday 05 February 2.30p.m.
Shire Hall in Dorchester was Dorset’s courthouse from 1797…
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The Remarkable Dr Marie Stopes – Lecture 2.30pm Tuesday 08 January 2019
David Carter, Trustee of Portland Museum, brings an illustrated…
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A Hundred Years Since The Sale of Shaftesbury – The Town They Sold Three Times
At the end of the First World War, most of Shaftesbury was sold…
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Share Your Well And Spring Stories With Gold Hill Museum
Do you have a well within your home or a spring on your land?…
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Turbulent Quaker of Shaftesbury Book Launch Tuesday 04 December
The Shaftesbury & District Historical Society is delighted…
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Free Autumn Crafty Event Wednesday 24 October 2-4 p.m.
Gold Hill Museum is hosting an Autumn Crafty Afternoon on Wednesday…
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Small Earthquake in Wiltshire (1655) – Lecture Tuesday 06 November 2.30pm
This earthquake was political rather than tectonic. In March…
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Learn How Shaftesbury Was Once The Centre Of Shepherd Hut Building
Shepherd huts are currently all over the home and lifestyle magazines.…
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Was This Gabriel Oak’s Shepherd’s Hut, As Described By Thomas Hardy?
Aeronautical engineer David Morris has devoted his spare time…
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Children Encouraged To Find Special Gold Hill Museum Mice
There are mice in Gold Hill Museum. And the Museum Trustees would…
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The Amazing Upjohns
The founder of what grew into a multi-national pharmaceutical…
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Expert Declares Museum’s Oldest Object Is Even Older
An unexpected result of the Saturday 14 July session at Gold…
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Could You Be The Next Chairperson at Gold Hill Museum?
Have you got what it takes to lead one of Shaftesbury’s most…
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Sir John on “Turbulent John” at Gold Hill Museum Thursday 21 June 3.30pm
Former Lord Mayor of London Sir John Stuttard (above) has, with…
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S&DHS Members Enjoy Privilege Visit to Wells
Eighteen members of The Shaftesbury & District Historical…
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Shaftesbury’s Photographers Give Us Their Best Shots
Twenty years ago, serious photographers had to invest thousands…
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Buddhist Monks Create Religious Artwork for Shaftesbury Fringe Weekend
You’ll be able to watch Buddhist monks create beautiful patterns…
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S&DHS Members Snap Up Signed Copies of Shaftesbury Through Time
At the official launch party held at Gold Hill Museum on 28 March,…
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BV Dairy Sponsors New Gold Hill Museum Exhibitions
Gold Hill Museum opens for the season on Saturday 24th March…
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New Photo History Book: Cameras Capture Decades of Shaftesbury Development
Shaftesbury Through Time is published on 15 March by Amberley…
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Veteran Diplomat Talks On His Ancestor Mabel Giffard
Mabel Giffard was elected Abbess of Shaftesbury in 1291. She…
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Make Your Own Snowdrop Dragon on Thursday 15 February
Tickets for the Shaftesbury Snowdrop Festival event at Gold Hill…
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Leading Academic Returns Home to North Dorset for Guildhall History Talk
An expert in Britain's historic guildhalls is crediting her Child…
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Taking a New and Critical Look at Our Statues
On Tuesday 02 January 2018 at 2.30p.m. at Gold Hill Museum Dave…
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Loss of Last Link with Founders of Gold Hill Museum
Members and Trustees of The Shaftesbury & District Historical…
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‘The two Beckfords of Fonthill’ Podcast
Thanks to Keri Jones for creating, and former Lord Mayor of London…
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Wealth, Power and a Sex Scandal in the next Gold Hill Museum talk
A former Lord Mayor of London will present his research into…
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‘Shaftesbury Remembers The Great War’ Podcast
Shaftesbury & District Historical Society member Keri Jones…
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‘Shaftesbury Remembers’ Website Launched on Armistice Day
It was standing room only in the Anna McDowell Garden Room at…
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My Family And Other Smugglers by Roger Guttridge
Roger Guttridge is a direct descendant of North Dorset's most…
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Half-term Autumn Crafts Day Wednesday 25 October 10.30a.m.- 3.30p.m.
An all-age Autumn Crafts Day at Gold Hill Museum on Wednesday…
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King Alfred: Man and Myth – the facts at Shaftesbury Town Hall Tuesday 03 October 7.30p.m.
One of two English kings named "The Great"; saviour of Anglo-Saxon…
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TripAdvisor Certificate of Excellence for Gold Hill Museum
Travel website TripAdvisor has awarded its Certificate of Excellence…
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Lord Mayor and Diplomat Feature in New Season of History Lectures
Contributors to the 2017-18 programme of Shaftesbury & District…
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Centenary of Passchendaele Remembered
Researcher Chris Stupples has listed 31 men from Shaftesbury…
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Great Houses near Shaftesbury and their Owners
Local History Librarian and Archivist Ray Simpson has created…
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Alfred the Great comes third in BBC History Magazine Hot 100 List
Readers of BBC History Magazine have voted King Alfred, founder…
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Decapitated Statue – but where and of whom?
The Shaftesbury & District Historical Society is shortly…
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King Alfred backs Trustees
At the July AGM of The Shaftesbury & District Historical…
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Bee Hotels in ideal spot says Brigit Strawbridge
Renowned wild bee advocate Brigit Strawbridge has expressed her…
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In the footsteps of William Beckford
The 06 June summer outing of The Shaftesbury & District Historical…
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Tisbury Tithe Barn and Fonthill Old Abbey
On the afternoon of Tuesday 06 June members of The Shaftesbury…
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Sensation at The Sun and Moon November 1906
Hanging once again outside Gold Hill Museum, above the passageway…
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19 Lodgers at No.1 Gold Hill in 1911
Members of The Shaftesbury & District Historical Society…
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Gold Hill Museum Opens For The 2017 Season
From Saturday 01 April to Tuesday 31 October Gold Hill Museum…
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Do You Know These Men?
A photograph recently acquired by the Heritage Lottery Funded…
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“I do not think any two boards remained together.”
Dorchester author Philip Browne gave a graphic account of The…
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Turn of the Year Exacts Heavy Toll
A few winter weeks have seen the passing of three strong supporters…
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The other “Great” English King, apart from Alfred
A full house at December's Shaftesbury & District Historical…
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Honour for Shaftesbury Museums Volunteer
At the AGM of the Dorset Museums Association held on 24 November…
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A Commemoration in Words, Music and Images of the Great War
A moving commemorative event organised on Saturday 12 November…
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Smith and Jones Design The Cabinet of Curiosities
Chris Jones of Smith and Jones Design Consultants popped into…
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Walter Bagehot – A Voice of Sanity
On Tuesday 01 November at 2.30p.m. in the Garden Room at Gold…
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Bumper Audience for “The Beckfords at Fonthill”
Ninety-plus Shaftesbury & District Historical Society members…
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Venue for The Beckfords at Fonthill
The subject of the 2016 Teulon Porter Lecture for The Shaftesbury…
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Reminisce about Plants and Gardening Tuesday 30 August 2.30p.m.
The next Shaftesbury and the Great War Community Project Reminiscence…
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The Beckfords at Fonthill
The Shaftesbury & District Historical Society's season of…
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A Cabinet of Curiosities Briefly Opened
On 02 August professional photographer Paul McCabe of Southampton…
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Memorial to the Fallen
According to Australian historians Robin Prior and Trevor Wilson…
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Sand Mandala Attracts Record Number of Visitors
During the penultimate day of their residency at Gold Hill Museum,…
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A Remarkable Work of Art Takes Shape in the Garden Room
From Monday 27 June Tibetan monks from the Tashi Lhunpo Monastery…
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Meet the Team on Saturday 25 June 11a.m. – 3p.m.
Each day of the season at Gold Hill Museum six volunteer stewards…
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Remembering the Great Battles of 1916
Fourteen British ships were sunk, and over 6000 Royal Navy personnel…
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Summer Outing Catches the Midwinter Sun
On 14 June eighteen members of The Shaftesbury & District…
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Make and Flavour Soft Cheese with Hedgerow and Garden Herbs
Local herbalist Kate Scott returns to the Garden Room at Gold…
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What Our Visitors Say
Recent entries in our Visitors' Book:
23 April 2016 A really…
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Shaftesbury Remembers the Great War
Claire Ryley (left) and Ann Symons are staging a "Shaftesbury…
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Medieval Feast Sunday 15 May 1 – 3 p.m.
As part of the Shaftesbury Food and Drink Festival on Sunday…
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Old Wives’ Tales or Old Wise Tales?
Kate Scott returns to Gold Hill Museum on Friday 13 May with…
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Five Temporary Exhibitions to see this week
448 visitors came through the door of Gold Hill Museum during…
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Childhood Theme to Reminiscence Afternoon Tuesday 26 April 2.30 – 3.30p.m.
The focus for the next Reminiscence Afternoon at Shaftesbury…
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Tea and Talks at Gold Hill Museum
The Shaftesbury & District Historical Society concluded their…
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Tibetan Monks to Create Sand Mandala at Gold Hill Museum
Visitors to Gold Hill Museum from Monday 27 June are promised…
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Hands-on Activities for Younger Visitors
Cup and ball, yo-yo, kaleidoscope, slate and chalk: all these…
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Shaftesbury Camera Club Exhibition at Gold Hill Museum
Following last year's successful Photographic Exhibition held…
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Reminiscence Afternoon 2.30 – 3.30 Tuesday 29 March at Shaftesbury Library
Ann Symons and Claire Ryley are holding a further Reminiscence…
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Life in Shaftesbury and Tisbury Workhouses
A new exhibition for 2016 created by Librarian and Archivist…
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34035 “Shaftesbury” arrives at Gold Hill Museum
"Shaftesbury" was one of the Southern Railway Company's "West…
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The Language of the Fan at Gold Hill Museum
Gold Hill Museum re-opens on Saturday 19 March with many new…
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New Face in the Garden at Gold Hill Museum
Biffo the Gargoyle has taken up residence in the Museum Garden.…
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Dorset Mayors Visit Gold Hill Museum
Over 30 Dorset Mayors and their consorts visited Gold Hill Museum…
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Ancestry Afternoon Friday 26 February Fully Booked
The opportunity to uncover Family History with the help of experienced…
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Reminiscence Afternoon Tuesday 23 February 2.30 – 3.30p.m.
In conjunction with Shaftesbury Library, Claire Ryley and Ann…
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Gold Hill Museum Open for the Snowdrop Festival
Take refuge from February's biting winds in the light and warmth…
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Finding Pitt-Rivers at Gold Hill Museum
Jane Ellis-Schon brought a tiny sample of the 15,000 objects…
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Celebrate the Snowdrop at Gold Hill Museum
Anna McDowell, seen here [left] with her cousin Catherine Erskine…
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BBC Radio Solent Visit Gold Hill Museum
Steve Harris, "Breakfast in Dorset" radio presenter based in…
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News Blog Connected to Facebook
The Gold Hill Museum News Blog is now connected to both Facebook…
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Standing Room Only For Julian Richards
TV archaeologist and Shaftesbury resident Julian Richards attracted…
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Operation Warhorse by Julian Richards
The Shaftesbury & District Historical Society's January lecturer…
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Dickensians meet Alfred The Great
Visitors to Gold Hill Museum's late-night Christmas shopping…
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Dorset Clay Pipes
December's lecturer, Robert Lancaster, brought an array of examples…
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Christmas Fun
Christmas Fun at Gold Hill Museum
Sunday 6th December 2015 -…
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November News
Gold Hill Museum closed its doors at the end of the regular season…
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Teulon Porter Memorial Lecture
New President of The Shaftesbury & District Historical Society,…