The last surviving former resident of the 'ghost village' of Tyneham in Dorset has died aged 100. Peter Wellman made a final visit last year to see the abandoned coastal village where he was born and ...

Wool is a small Dorset village that has a few features linked to history and a couple of nice pubs (Image: Richard Murgatroyd Photography/Camera Club) There are plenty of Dorset villages that are well ...

Fontmell Magna is a village in northern Dorset that has a population of 483 residents and has features such as a chalk stream ...

Fontmell Magna is a village in northern Dorset that has a population of 483 residents and has features such as a chalk stream ...

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Harman's Cross in Dorset is best known for being a stop on the Swanage Railway (Image: Steve Tarrant/Camera Club) Dorset is home to a huge number of tiny villages with beautiful scenery, one of which ...

(Editor's note: This column will be an occasional column on the history of East Dorset. If others would like to submit columns on their towns, contact editor Darren Marcy at ...