Christchurch History Society

For six medium mince pies take half a peck of finest flour, 2lb of sugar, 2lb of butter, a fat mutton loin, with a little leg of veal minced with it, 2lb each of raisons and currants…

Once again we were blessed with good weather as we drove down the narrow country lanes into the charming village of Edmondsham.

On Wednesday 12th September we start our Dorset History Bus Tours.

Written by Phil Tate For over 40 years the remains of a stone building next to the millstream in the south-east corner of the Priory grounds has been described as a…

Thank you to everyone who has popped in to see me at The History Shop. We are planning our grand opening (and a ‘bit of a do’) for some time in August in the vain hope of some better weather.

Christchurch History Society had their first trip of the season on May 15th 2012 with a visit to Stonehenge, then on to the village of Avebury set amid its circle of standing stones.

Written by Bill Hoodless. Perhaps mystery is too strong a word for these two items, which I hope nonetheless are still of some interest.  The first one concerns the Ordnance Survey…

Queen Victoria’s funeral service in the church was attended by the Mayor (myself), the Corporation and a large congregation.

We know that Christchurch was the Saxon Burgh of Tweoxneam, (the place) “betwixt the waters” (Avon and Stour). But was the town once a Roman/British settlement?

About the year 1856 the old Country House, a range of thatched buildings comprising the Public House and outhouses, which stood in the road just above Mr. Linwood Pike’s, leaving only about 14ft of roadway, was pulled down and the site thrown into road.