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Main menu A pathway in Purbeck “used for 50 years” has been blocked off by a “vicious razor blade wire”. by Ben Williets The path leading to Broad Bench, near Kimmeridge, has been cordoned off by a barbed wire fence, a move which one resident called “heavy-handed”. Frances Nicholson, 54, said: “There’s… Continue reading

Tall Story: Brilliant sketches by an Englishman which were found in a dusty folder show how the Eiffel Tower was built By Daniel Miller It was a wonder of modern engineering when it was completed in 1890 and remained the tallest building in the world for an astonishing 41 years.… Continue reading

Tyneham in Dorset was already a museum piece when it was shut down during the Second World War. It never reopened by David Randall There’ll be another burial in the village next week. Arthur Grant’s ashes will be interred in the churchyard at Tyneham in Dorset. He left more than… Continue reading

By Nick Churchill BENEATH the muck and dust of ages, Tyneham’s centuries-old farm is stirring. For nearly 65 years all that has moved through its stables and stalls are bats, creepy-crawlies and the odd range warden – but a new project is under way that will see these buildings restored… Continue reading

HISTORY stopped at Tyneham 32 years ago. Just before Christmas,1943, the villagers gave up their homes to make way for an army firing range, and the village died. The villagers of Tyneham never went back. Their bitter and protracted struggle for possession of their homes ended in failure as the… Continue reading

From a staff reporter Lulworth, Dorset, Aug. 4 The restricted beaches inside the Royal Armoured Corps Gunnery School range areas which civilians were asked to leave two weekends ago were opened to the public today, the start of the school’s summer leave. The operation of clearing the approaches to the… Continue reading

Letter to The Times From Philip Howard – Tyneham, Dorset, Sept. 2 All today, holiday crowds lay on the beach at Worbarrow Bay, happily staring up at the craggy cliffs of the Dorset coast. Children screamed in the surf: other people sprawled on the strange grassy mound called the Tout,… Continue reading

By Rita Marshall The Ministry of Defence has been giving away some of the last surviving parts of the derelict fourteenth-century Tyneham manor house, which for the past 25 years has been on the Lulworth artillery range, Dorset. Brigadier Martin (Mark sic) Bond, the head of a family that had… Continue reading

Mr. William Ralph Garneys Bond, of Tyneham House, Corfe Castle, Dorset’s new sheriff, was born in 1880, was educated at Eton and New College, Oxford. He served in the Sudan political service from 1905 to 1926 and was governor of Fung (1922-24) and of Dongola (1924-26). He is a Justice… Continue reading

Mr. and Mrs. Charles William Miller, of Worbarrow Bay, Dorset, have received a message of congratulations from the King and Queen on their diamond wedding. Mr. and Mrs. Miller have lived in the same cottage for 58 years. Published by The Times, Saturday 4 February 1939 Continue reading

Downside schoolboy’s skull fractured Roderick Maurice Fitzgerald ffrench-Mullen, aged 14, of Downside School , near Bath, whose parents are in India, was killed when he was thrown from a horse at Worbarrow Bay, Dorset, yesterday. He was spending part of his holiday with his uncle, Mr Desmond Nicholas Fitzgerald, a… Continue reading

TYNEHAM RECTORY ROOF – URGENT NEED OF REPAIR – GARDEN FETE WITH TWO-FOLD OBJECT The raising of funds towards meeting the cost of urgently-necessary repairs to the roof of the Rectory, the residence of the Rev. and Mrs. G. Clifford Frend, was the primary object of a fete held on… Continue reading

Tyneham House, Corfe Castle, a Dorset property that dates from 1580 and has been owned by one family for 250 years, has been let furnished on lease by Messrs. James Styles and Whitlock (St. James Place). Published by The Times, Thursday 31 October 1935 Continue reading

Dorset Beauty – Warbarrow Bay – Unspoilt English Splendour [By Stephen F Aylett] Seeing that the majority of our people live inland, it is not surprising that the many charming nooks and coves that form our coastline, should provide the change required by those who seek an environment of contrast… Continue reading

Fall from Farm Waggon – Bournemouth chauffeur as principal witness The tragic circumstances under which George Cleall (43), a cowman employed at Povington Farm, East Lulworth, met his death whilst returning from Hethfelton Farm with a load of straw on a haorsed waggon, formed the subject of an enquiry by… Continue reading

The proposed Tank School at Lulworth Sir: Permit me, on behalf of the residents and, more particularly, the fisherman of this bay, two miles east of the Tank Corps gunnery range near Lulworth, to urge the public and national need for preventing this monstrous local nuisance. Mr. R. D. T.… Continue reading

By the unveiling and dedication of the memorial tablet to the members of the parish who made the supreme sacrifice in the Great War the parish of Tyneham has worthily perpetuated the memory of its gallant sons, and also contributed its quota to the war memorials springing up all over… Continue reading

On Wednesday evening last week the members of the Povington Club visited Tyneham to shoot the return match to that won by the former Club by seven points on February 7th. Tyneham now won by 19 points, making 184 points, and Povington 165. Scores:- Tyneham – J. Curtis (captain), 23;… Continue reading

Mr. L.L. Yeatman-Biggs and Miss Cicely Bond The marriage of Mr. Lewin Legge Yeatman-Biggs, son on the Bishop of Worcester and the late Lady Barbara Yeatman-Biggs, to Miss Cicely Bond, daughter of Mr. William H. Bond, of Tyneham House, Wareham, Dorset will take place on September 6 at Tyneham Church.… Continue reading

The annual parish meeting was held in the Schoolroom on Saturday evening, the Rector (the Rev. C. S. Homan) being in the chair. Mr. W. H. Bond 1 proposed the re-election of Mr. Homan 2 as chairman. Mr J. Bascombe 3 seconded, and it was carried unanimously. Messrs. Job Chilcott… Continue reading

SCHOOL CHALLENGE SHIELD. – This school has won the challenge shield for the East Dorset Division this year. DR. BARNARDO’S HOMES. – A collection box has been made by the school children in aid of Dr. Barnardo’s Homes with the following results: – Irene Knight, 13s 7d; Lizzie Restreux, 11s… Continue reading

TYNEHAM v.  WARBARROW (A.) At Tyneham on Saturday, teams representing the two schools met. Willie Healey was captain of Warbarrow team, and Francis Willcox of Tyneham. This being a first match, the players were greatly excited. The kick-off was at four p.m., and the first goal was scored by Jesse… Continue reading

THE ROYAL WEDDING. – A tea for the people of Tyneham was given at Warbarrow by the Rev. J. Bond, of Tyneham House, to celebrate the wedding of the Duke of York. At the same time and place Mr. N. Bond, of Grange, gave a tea to the children of… Continue reading

Mr. J.E. Robens, of Weymouth, appeals for help for the widows and children of the coastguardsmen who lost their lives in Warbarrow Bay on the 19th ult. The Warbarrow Coastguard boat left that station for exercise in the bay at noon. On completing their exercises the men went into Lulworth… Continue reading

We regret to announce the death of the Rev. William Truell. B.A., rector of Tyneham, which took place at the Rectory on Sunday morning last. The deceased gentleman, who was 81 years of age, entered the Church of England in 1827, and was ordained priest in 1828; he has, therefore,… Continue reading