Obituary: Douglas Stuckey
WR officers recently learned of the death in August of one of our oldest and most committed members, Douglas Frederick Lancelot Stuckey. He was 99. Douglas entered active politics through…
WR officers recently learned of the death in August of one of our oldest and most committed members, Douglas Frederick Lancelot Stuckey. He was 99. Douglas entered active politics through…
Newton Abbot racecourse, situated on the edge of Dartmoor, was founded in 1866 as a community venture, funded by local horse racing enthusiasts. However, it lacked a proper grandstand for…
William D'avenant (sometimes spelled without the apostrophe) was born in Oxford in 1606, the son of John and Jane D'avenant, owners of the Crown Tavern, where Shakespeare was said to…
St Catherine's Oratory on the Isle of Wight was built in 1328 by Walter de Godeton, lord of the manor, as a penance ordered by the pope after he was…
Bounded by Wessex's historic capital, Winchester, to the south, and the newer commuter towns of Basingstoke and Andover to the north and west respectively, the Hampshire Downs is an area…
Anyone who has travelled through Westbury in Wiltshire cannot fail to have noticed the magnificent white horse carved into the side of Bratton Camp hillfort, visible from the approach to…