The Charminster book costs around 10 pounds sterling - can't be absolutely sure as my mother bought it for ma as a present. Charminster is the village I grew up in. The Charminster Local History Group can be contacted at 15 North Street, Charminster, Dorchester, Dorset DT2 9QZ. Please don't contact me about the Group, as I have no connections with them, their address was in the book. If anyone has ancestry in Charminster I can thoroughly recommend the book; I learnt things I didn't know about the village, and also found answers to why certain things we took for granted came about originally - like the fact that there was, indeed still is, a public right of way along the river (not just across it) for a 100 yards stretch alongside the churchyard. Which explains why, when I lived in the village, one of the old farmers used to take his horse along the river once a year. (For anyone who is unfamiliar with quaint English common law, a public right of way is only deemed such if it is used at least once a year, otherwise the right could eventually be lost). Alan A J Brown Living in Bournemouth, England http://www.ajbrown.eu.com -----Original Message----- From: Helen Jones [mailto:hsj@melcombe.freeserve.co.uk] Sent: 07 August 2003 16:39 To: ENG-DORSET-LIFE-L@rootsweb.com Subject: [DOR-LIFE] Charminster Book There was a query about Charminster recently. I was in Ottakers Dorchester book shop last week and noticed there is a new book about the history of Charminster and published by the Local History Society. Unfortunately the copies on sale had no price on them, no ISBN and no contact address. I was on my lunch break so did not have time to queue up to ask more. If you are interested I would suggest you contact Ottakers direct on 01305 257123. There is also a national website for the chain but I don't know the URL off hand and I don't know how much use it would as this is one of those books that is only sold locally. If someone on the list knows of contact details for the Charminster Local History Society or can give any more information about this book, then I am sure that it would be of interest to those researching this village. I will continue to keep my eyes open for new local books which might be of use to people Helen, sweltering in the current temperatures. I function better when it is 10 degrees cooler! Helen Jones, Weymouth, Dorset http://www.melcombe.freeserve.co.uk List Admin Rootsweb Eng Dorset & Scammell Lists, and British Genealogy Eng-Dorset, Surnames & Forenames list ==== ENG-DORSET-LIFE Mailing List ==== Visitng the Society of Genealogists? Check their online catalogue to see which Dorset registers they hold: http://www.sog.org.uk/prc/dor.html ============================== To join Ancestry.com and access our 1.2 billion online genealogy records, go to: http://www.ancestry.com/rd/redir.asp?targetid=571&sourceid=1237