East Lulworth
| East Lulworth | |
|---|---|
 The Weld Arms, East Lulworth | |
  East Lulworth Location withinDorset | |
| Population | 160 |
| OS grid reference | SY860822 |
| Unitary authority | |
| Shire county | |
| Region | |
| Country | England |
| Sovereign state | United Kingdom |
| Post town | Wareham |
| Postcode district | BH20 |
| Police | Dorset |
| Fire | Dorset and Wiltshire |
| Ambulance | South Western |
| UK Parliament | |
East Lulworthis a village andcivil parishnine miles east ofDorchester,nearLulworth Cove,in the county ofDorset,South West England.It consists of 17th-centurythatchedcottages. The village is now dominated by the barracks of theRoyal Armoured CorpsGunnery School who use a portion of thePurbeck Hillsas a gunnery range. In 2013 the estimated population of the civil parish was 160.[1]
The nearbyLulworth Estategrounds contain the firstRoman Catholicchapelto be built since the time of theProtestant Reformation.It was designed in 1786 by John Tasker in the form of aGreekmausoleumat a cost of £2,380.[2]It was the private chapel of therecusantWeldfamily. TheWeld-Blundell family,formerly owners of the estate, were descendants of the Welds.
The Church of England parish church is dedicated to St. Andrew. Only the perpendicular tower and octagonal font are original from the medieval building; the remainder of the church was built in 1864. It was designed by John Hicks, who also designedEast Holmechurch.
Henry Rolls (1803-1877) was a shoemaker who taught himself to read and write. He kept a journal of the main happenings of village life from 1824 until 1877. After Henry's death, his son George Rolls (1846-1929) continued the journal, covering the period from 1877 to 1928. George's daughter Agnes Mary Rolls (1879-1961) then took over responsibility for the journal from 1929 to 1955.
See also
[edit]References
[edit]- ^"Parish Population Data".Dorset County Council. 20 January 2015.Retrieved12 February2015.
- ^Newman, John; Pevsner, Nikolaus (1972). "East Lulworth".Dorset Buildings of England - Pevsner buildings of England.The Buildings of England, Ireland, and Scotland Series. Yale University Press. p. 194.ISBN978-0-3000-9598-2.
- The Buildings of England by John Newman and Nikolaus Pevsner. Page 195. Published by Penguin Books 1972. Reprint 1975.ISBN0-14-071044-2(For churches).
External links
[edit]- East Lulworth OPC - information on East Lulworth and its residents over the centuries
- Henry Rolls' Journal of EventsArchived5 July 2017 at theWayback Machine
- East Lulworth Local HistoryArchived5 March 2021 at theWayback Machine
- Lulworth Online — Information on the villages
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