John Edward Foss Ford Ambrotypes
I just couldn’t believe what I saw, Elizabeth was born in Beaminster, Dorset!
The Gibbs Family of Beaminster. Pt 2.
What a bonus to have another photo that is written on of the same Gibbs family!
William John Gibbs, Baker & Confectioner🍞🥖🧁Beaminster, Dorset. Pt 1.
Imagine my surprise when I looked on the back of these photos to see they were of a family from Beaminster, Dorset!
Martha Brown Hanging 160 years on
On this date 160 years ago at just a few minutes after 8am Elizabeth Martha Brown was hanged at the entrance to Dorchester Gaol…. I wrote this blog back in 2011, after a book I had just read about Martha Brown, by Nicola Thorne (Rosemary Ellerback) Martha was […]
