The Dorset walk, Chickerell and the Fleet
Published in November ’21
The view just before joining the South West Coast Path
IT IS the evening of 22 November 1824. The wind has been rising all day and is now a full gale or more; a naval officer at Portland compares it to the hurricanes he has endured while serving in the Caribbean. As that dreadful night goes on, the wind blows even stronger and in Dorchester, a respected clergyman and his wife are killed in their beds when the chimney stack topples through …
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