Category: History

Today, Brompton Regis is only a small village but reminders of its agricultural and industrial history endures with the names of the farms a reminder ...

The history of a settlement here goes back to Saxon times when it was called Brunetone, meaning “brown settlement” referring to the heath-covered Brendon Hills. ...

In the time of Henry II (1154-1189) the Manor became the possession of William-de-Say who founded a priory of Black Canons in 1174 at a ...

In spite of being a relatively small community, the village has a history of staging farming, sporting, family and entertainment events which have helped to ...

There are records of a settlement here going back to the Domesday Book when it was known as the King’s Manor of Brunetone. Subsequent records ...

Investigations into where to best build the dam were carried out in two phases. In 1968 and 1974, 24 boreholes and 22 trial pits were ...

Although Wimbleball Lake has a much to offer in terms of its wildlife, beauty and facilities, photographs taken before the valley flooded bear testimony to ...

The Baronsdown Estate, which included the farms of Oatway, Weatherham, Shircombe, Winslade, Kents, Stagshead, Daws, Expark, Blackbeards, Baronsdown and Barlynch, was a rather magnificent place ...

The influence of the 1804 Inclosure Act on today’s landscape can be seen by comparing the 1804 Parliamentary Inclosure Map of Storridge Common and the ...

 Are you a descendant of (or know of) any of the Brompton Regis men who died in the Great War? As part of the Centenary ...