In a rural parish where national events were marked through local initiative, the coronation of Edward VII in 1902 provided an opportunity for Hardington to
Introduction This is the story of how the Surrey-born Lillie Louise Jearum became a music teacher and church organist in the small, relatively secluded village
On the evening of Thursday, 21 October 1886, Thomas Pine Laver left a meeting of the Melplash Agricultural Society at Beaminster to ride the six
On the fateful day of 28 January 1952, Anthony Vivian Younger of Hardington and Ronald Russ of West Coker were killed when their lorry crashed
The context for this wedding is that it occurred during the darkest days of World War Two, a time of unremitting hardship and sacrifice for
I am grateful to Jennifer Woolmington for this photograph of four Hardington ladies engaged in a theatrical performance or entertainment. The are, from left to