Les Décrottoirs de Stalbridge
Despite the fact that the Romans built raised pavements with stepping stones connecting them, so you could cross a road without disappearing under the mud, up until the end of the eighteenth century, only the poor walked around the towns and cities. The wealthy travelled on horseback and in carriages along the bumpy, rutted and often […]
The Pubs of Stalbridge
Stalbridge History Society Talks presents “The Pubs of Stalbridge”- a Talk by Jacqui Wragg, on Saturday 7th March in The Hub at Stalbridge, Station Road DT10 2RG.Refreshments at 10.30am, Talk begins 11.00amEntry at the door: Free to History Society members: Non-members £4 Jacqui Wragg is no stranger to Stalbridge History Society, having played a major […]
Stalbridge History Matters- Volume 7, Issue 4 Christmas 2025
Letters to Dear Readers (Pt. 4)
Dear Readers, When last I wrote to you about the Stalbridge of fifty-something years ago I left you standing at the bottom of Barrow Hill, across the road from the post office, viewing the windows of Grace’s large department store. Moving on! What a store, that was! Grace’s sold bridal wear mainly, beautiful […]
Stalbridge History Matters- Volume 7, Issue 3 Michaelmas 2025
Finders Keepers- The continuing story of Keepers Cottage
“Since 2022, Stalbridge and District Amateur Archaeology Group (SDAAG) have been investigating a long-lost site that is shedding new light on the medieval and post-medieval history of the town. Finds suggest numerous buildings of high status once existed where today there are only fields”. Keepers Cottage PHOTO COPYRIGHT NIGEL JONES Please note that Keepers Cottage […]
Stalbridge History Matters- Volume 7, Issue 2 Midsummer 2025
Stalbridge History Matters- Volume 7, Issue 1 Lady Day 2025
Stalbridge Sold- A Town under the hammer
Stalbridge Sold- A town under the hammer Stalbridge Sold- A town under the hammer Stalbridge History Society presents a NEW exhibition ‘Stalbridge Sold- A town under the hammer’, at Stalbridge Hall from Friday 13th June to Sunday 15th June 2025 We invite you to join us for a trip back to 1918.Our main exhibition illustrates […]
Letters to Dear Readers (Pt. 3)
Dear Readers, When I wrote to you last, we were standing at the top of Church Hill waiting to cross the road towards the Church and the Rectory so that we could visit the shops on that side of the High Street. I remember there was a little spring of water which ran permanently: where […]
