Field Trip: Dorset Building Stones Group. B: The Building Stones, History and Geology of Milborne Port

Dorset Building Stones Group. B will host a field trip on the Tuesday 24 September 2024
Title: The Building Stones, History and Geology of Milborne Port. (Fully booked on 24th September but a repeat visit could be arranged) Contact Sheila Alderman on alderman.sm@gmail.com about going on a waiting list or repeat trip as this date is fully subscribed

Leader: Martin Gledhill/Sheila Alderman
Location/Time: Contact Sheila Alderman: start time 10:30 am

Cost: Contact Sheila Alderman

Registration: Contact Sheila Alderman
Event Description: Milborne Port is an ancient village with roots going back to Saxon times. It was centred round 2 manors, one of which, Kingsbury Regis, was a royal manor from the time of Alfred the Great to that of Henry VIII. Other buildings we will see include Ven House (a William and Mary mansion), the Parish Church with Saxon and early Norman features, the 18th century Town Hall, the butcher’s shop which has a Norman doorway as it was originally a mediaeval guildhall, the market cross, the ball court, picturesque thatched Newtown, Manor Farm, 2 former gloving factories and Kingsbury Mill and the mill stream which gave the village its name.
Photo: Courtesy of https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Milborne_Port#/media/File:The_Old_Town_Hall_-_geograph.org.uk_-_4170772.jpg
Further Reading
See the website:

1. https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Church_of_St_John_the_Evang elist,_Milborne_Port