tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4228081722487474323.post4891941028163993067..comments2024-03-25T15:10:13.792+00:00Comments on English Buildings: Knowlton, DorsetPhilip Wilkinsonhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04893714514416441572noreply@blogger.comBlogger11125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4228081722487474323.post-44237126589996510492014-01-09T20:58:55.772+00:002014-01-09T20:58:55.772+00:00Sorry to disappoint you, Bazza, but the Dormy Hote...Sorry to disappoint you, Bazza, but the Dormy Hotel closed on 19th December, 2004.Ridinghunterhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07357107321134406614noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4228081722487474323.post-36630516774220714902010-06-05T21:33:09.681+01:002010-06-05T21:33:09.681+01:00Wharram Percy, I meant to say, sorry! Do have a lo...Wharram Percy, I meant to say, sorry! Do have a look at some of the research, it's fascinating.LondonGirlhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17532160454896753797noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4228081722487474323.post-76360428314537943802010-06-05T19:05:22.160+01:002010-06-05T19:05:22.160+01:00This is one of the DMV sites on which a lot of wor...This is one of the DMV sites on which a lot of work has been done, isn't it? Fascinating stuff, which I must read up.Philip Wilkinsonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04893714514416441572noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4228081722487474323.post-42723753136376759222010-06-05T12:46:52.669+01:002010-06-05T12:46:52.669+01:00I've recently been reading a fascinating book ...I've recently been reading a fascinating book about the decades-long excavation and research at Percy Wharram, there is an awful lot which can be learned from the DMVs.LondonGirlhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17532160454896753797noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4228081722487474323.post-55363346233222881682010-06-05T08:11:35.682+01:002010-06-05T08:11:35.682+01:00LondonGirl: Thank you. Absolutely - DMVs became de...LondonGirl: Thank you. Absolutely - DMVs became deserted for many different reasons. Plague (14th century); change in land use (small crop farms giving way to large-scale sheep pastures, for example, which happened in some places in the 15th century); villages being moved or wiped out wholesale to make way for a landscaped park around a nobleman's house (18th century especially); changes as a result of enclosures (various centuries) all these are examples of developments that could lead to villages vanishing.Philip Wilkinsonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04893714514416441572noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4228081722487474323.post-28791095712698192892010-06-05T00:46:48.147+01:002010-06-05T00:46:48.147+01:00Wonderful article!
Hels, you said, "Yet not ...Wonderful article!<br /><br />Hels, you said, "Yet not a trace of the village/town/community remains? This is a job for archaeologists and social historians"<br /><br />There are actually quite a lot of so called "DMVs" in England - Deserted Medieval Villages. They used to be thought to be all victims of the Black Death in the 14th century, but the current thinking is that while many were mid-14th century casualties, they weren't all.LondonGirlhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17532160454896753797noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4228081722487474323.post-31638223915309636812010-06-04T07:11:20.722+01:002010-06-04T07:11:20.722+01:00Hels: There are plenty of examples in England of q...Hels: There are plenty of examples in England of quite substantial medieval churches serving very small communities – there's not necessarily a direct relationship between the size of the village and the size of the church. Big churches occur in small villages when there was a rich local patron (or patrons) who wanted to build a church. There were all kinds of reasons why a patron would want to do this: to glorify God, to ensure his/her future in the next life, to create a space where masses could be said for the souls of dead members of the patron's family, etc. <br /><br />Having said all that, archaeological work would almost certainly reveal the sites of former medieval houses somewhere near this church, but I'm not aware that this work has been done. It's only in the last decade or so (I think) that much research has been done into the prehistoric monuments at Knowlton.Philip Wilkinsonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04893714514416441572noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4228081722487474323.post-73404430488477346972010-06-04T04:47:05.122+01:002010-06-04T04:47:05.122+01:00You would assume that if a large amount of money w...You would assume that if a large amount of money was put into building a substantial church in an area, it would have been to serve a fair-sized community. <br /><br />Yet not a trace of the village/town/community remains? This is a job for archaeologists and social historiansHelshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02849907428208235392noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4228081722487474323.post-38377161673943833882010-06-03T21:46:54.923+01:002010-06-03T21:46:54.923+01:00Bazza: It's definitely worth taking a detour t...Bazza: It's definitely worth taking a detour to Knowlton. Southern England is indeed very rich in buildings. <br /><br />K and K: Coincidence corner: good to see your picture of Knowlton, and of Odda's Chapel, which I've also blogged about at <a rel="nofollow">http://englishbuildings.blogspot.com/2009/01/deerhurst-gloucestershire.html.</a>Philip Wilkinsonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04893714514416441572noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4228081722487474323.post-63858611339511533442010-06-03T21:07:49.492+01:002010-06-03T21:07:49.492+01:00What a lovely blog entry. Strangely I wrote about ...What a lovely blog entry. Strangely I wrote about Knowlton (far less knowledgeably!) a couple of days ago myself. I suspect there must be something in the air!Katehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01583541982504301756noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4228081722487474323.post-80904998140765114262010-06-03T20:32:14.872+01:002010-06-03T20:32:14.872+01:00Next time I stay at the Dormy Hotel in Ferndown I&...Next time I stay at the Dormy Hotel in Ferndown I'll detour to Knowlton on the way back to London!<br />Thanks for another informative and interesting post; you could probably go on posting articles like this indefinitely without going out side of southern England. That's OK with me. I tend to blog about the arts but I might include some local buildings now my appetite is whetted.bazzahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14794010156639774028noreply@blogger.com