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Bincombe Churchyard, with snowdrops, close to the supposed (unmarked) graves of:
"Christoph Bless, belonging to His Majesty's Regmt. of York Hussars, who was Shot for Desertion, was Buried June 30th, 1801, aged 22 years. Born at Lothaargen, Alsatia."
"Their graves were dug at the back of the little church, near the wall. There is no memorial to mark the spot, but Phyllis pointed it out to me. While she lived she used to keep their mounds neat; but now they are overgrown with nettles, and sunk nearly flat. The older villagers, however, who know of the episode from their parents, still recollect the place where the soldiers lie. Phyllis lies near".
Thomas Hardy, The Melancholy Hussar of the German Legion
See also Charles Foot's comments on Bincombe (Ridgeway Voices)
Dorset AONB: Delightful old Bincombe, Charles Foot recalls the village of his childhood
In my younger days there were numerous houses in Bincombe. I should think twenty more than there are today. Most of those houses had thatched roofs which were extremely low, and they were disposed of or knocked down not too long after the war. I suppose had they been around today they would probably be listed. But there are some beautiful paintings around and pictures of those houses and they do look delightful, but certainly as a small child I remember going into those and they were low and damp and thatched and not perhaps the most desirable places to live in.
More AONB Ridgeway Voices Transcripts
Charles Foot recounts the history of his family farming at Bincombe and on the Ridgeway, and some of
the changes he has seen. Interviewer: June Salt, Interview Date, 26/01/2010. Extract:
“I farm in Bincombe and in Upwey. My family have farmed here since 1878, but in Dorset we
have records of them farming in the Purbecks in the 1600s. From there thy moved to Glanvilles
Wootton from there to Beaulieu Wood at Buckland Newton, from there to Bookham at
Buckland Newton and my Great Grandfather was the younger of about 8 children and he
ended up becoming tenant of East Farm Bincombe in 1878. The whole of the Village of
Bincombe is owned, and has been since 1635 I think by Gonville and Caius College Cambridge.
The estate of Bincombe was given to Gonville College by Dr John Caius and from that time on
they let it to various different tenants. Now 1878 seems along time for the Foot family to be
farming there but in Bincombe, certainly when I was young, there was four farmers...
See also Charles Foot's comments on Bincombe (Ridgeway Voices)
Dorset AONB: Delightful old Bincombe, Charles Foot recalls the village of his childhood
In my younger days there were numerous houses in Bincombe. I should think twenty more than there are today. Most of those houses had thatched roofs which were extremely low, and they were disposed of or knocked down not too long after the war. I suppose had they been around today they would probably be listed. But there are some beautiful paintings around and pictures of those houses and they do look delightful, but certainly as a small child I remember going into those and they were low and damp and thatched and not perhaps the most desirable places to live in.
More AONB Ridgeway Voices Transcripts
Charles Foot recounts the history of his family farming at Bincombe and on the Ridgeway, and some of
the changes he has seen. Interviewer: June Salt, Interview Date, 26/01/2010. Extract:
“I farm in Bincombe and in Upwey. My family have farmed here since 1878, but in Dorset we
have records of them farming in the Purbecks in the 1600s. From there thy moved to Glanvilles
Wootton from there to Beaulieu Wood at Buckland Newton, from there to Bookham at
Buckland Newton and my Great Grandfather was the younger of about 8 children and he
ended up becoming tenant of East Farm Bincombe in 1878. The whole of the Village of
Bincombe is owned, and has been since 1635 I think by Gonville and Caius College Cambridge.
The estate of Bincombe was given to Gonville College by Dr John Caius and from that time on
they let it to various different tenants. Now 1878 seems along time for the Foot family to be
farming there but in Bincombe, certainly when I was young, there was four farmers...
We’ve had a bit of a set back in 2009 in that the Weymouth Relief Road has carved a great swathe of
land through the farm, in fact reduced our farm area by 150 acres which is rather surprising",
land through the farm, in fact reduced our farm area by 150 acres which is rather surprising",
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