EDWARD PHELIPS V DIARIES: Excursion to Wiltshire: A Brief Time of Happiness at Stourhead in April 1784 followed by a visit to Zeals House
In Edward Phelips’s diaries statements of activity are recorded, often related to hunting and dining. These statements position Edward and his associates in time and place. Beyond that there is a context that can inform historians. In this case it is the information...
DIARIES OF EDWARD PHELIPS V: 1779 PATRONAGE OF THE LONDON COFFEEHOUSE
I have been working on analysing the diaries of Edward Phelips V of Montacute House, Somerset (1725-1797). This is one of the blog posts which attempts to contextualise entries to examine the culture of the 18th C English country gentry. This post relates to January...
The Church of St Andrew, Winterborne Tomson: An apsidal chancel, wagon roof, west gallery and box pews
The second of the Dorset churches on my August ‘church crawl’ (as John Betjeman would have called such a quest) is just over 3 miles east from Bere Regis in Dorset. A turning off the A31 leads to the settlement of Winterborne Tomson. In a field by a farm is the Church...