It's such a picturesque village. And the estate houses that Ernest Debenham and his architects created are so generous... Unbelievably so, by modern standards.
I think the war memorial may be modelled on some of the old market crosses that survive in a few Dorset villages.
Ernest Debenham must have really liked thatch! All the estate cottages were thatched. Though probably getting the roof re-thatched every twenty or thirty years was a lot cheaper in those days.
Such a beautiful model village. Ernest Debenham was amazingly generous to his workers.
Though I suppose there were always disadvantages when you were a farmworker living in a tied cottage - you couldn't do anything to risk displeasing the landowner in case you lost your home.
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I think the war memorial may be modelled on some of the old market crosses that survive in a few Dorset villages.
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Thanks for the tour!
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That village must really keep all the local thatchers in business!
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The forest looks like a nice place to walk. It's nice with the sunshine streaming through it.
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Though I suppose there were always disadvantages when you were a farmworker living in a tied cottage - you couldn't do anything to risk displeasing the landowner in case you lost your home.
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