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Small History No.5 - The John Gould Charity
Who was John Gould?

Small History No. 4
The Slow Train from Drimpton
An 1863 plan to build a railway from Lyme Regis to Crewkerne via Drimpton...

Small History No.3 - The Whetham Family
A tale of Cavaliers and Roundheads but on whose side?

Small History No.2 The Middle Ages.
Fascinating tales from 15th Century Court Rolls.
Who ran an illegal brewery? Who let their pigs roam freely? Who broke into a house with swords and daggers? Why were the tenants required to construct a gallows?

Small History No.1.
Roger Morey - Drimpton's first Emigrant?

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Drimpton Cross 1907
But in 1493 the local tenant had to repair the road.