There is a sound you don’t hear very often these days, the ringing of church bells. I loved to hear them. At one time their merry peel would call villagers to worship on Sundays, ring out joyfully at wedding ceremonies, or the solemn death knell rung to mourn a person passing. In the Victorian era…
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1871; Digging Through Weymouth History; The Old Rectory, Magic, Musicals and Movies.
If you do a little digging you can uncover some fantastic history about your local buildings. Such was the case with one of Weymouth’s top attractions (well…as I knew it in my time anyway). This building has endured a somewhat chequered history. On the 22nd October 1886 a grand scheme was set before the council…
VICTORIAN TALES FROM WEYMOUTH AND PORTLAND 