Mince Pie Morning The Friends of St. Giles Church warmly invite you to join them for their Xmas Mince Pie Morning on Tuesday 18th December. This will be held in the church from 10-30am to 12noon. The church is always beautifully decorated for Christmas and there will be seasonal music to enjoy your refreshments. Tickets […]
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FLOODING IN CHIDEOCK SATURDAY 7TH JULY
Continue Reading · March 7, 2012
After torrential rain and a high tide many chideock residents woke up to floods. Mill Lane and the Playing Field were particularly hard hit as were Seahill Lane, Pettycrate Lane, Main Street and other areas. After frantic phone calls for sandbags to te WDDC hotline not much was forthcoming so local residents set to with […]
A Mother’s Day Poem by Terry Elwick
Continue Reading · March 7, 2012
MOTHER A MOTHER DIES A THOUSAND TIMES UNTIL THE CHURCH BELL’S FINAL CHIMES THE AGE TWIXT SLAP AND CHILDS FIRST CRY FROM THAT MOMENT – EYES NEVER DRY DANGERS WHEN HER BABE FIRST WALKS ANXIOUS TIMES TILL THE CHILD TALKS THE CUTS AND BRUISES WHEN OUT TO PLAY FEAR AND DREAD NEVER FAR AWAY THEN […]
Cantamus in Chideock, Saturday 16th March
Continue Reading · March 5, 2012
An exciting new chamber choir, Cantamus, will give a concert at Church of Our Lady on Saturday, 16 March at 7.30 pm. They will sing a selection of works by Byrd, Palestrina, Faure and Mozart, and have a website: cantamus-dorset.org where you can listen to them sing. Tickets are £7 each from Gaby Martelli (01308 […]
CHIDEOCK PRE CIVIL WAR RECORDS OF TENANTS AND RESIDENTS
Continue Reading · February 27, 2012
These pre civil war records are of particular importance as there are no parish registers for Chideock before 1650. Probably most of the people who lived in the parish and manor of Chideock appear in these records as the records include surveys of all tenants and residents taken in 1629 and 1634. The system of […]