Catalogue of Archive contents

The following is a summay of the archive files we hold.

Index

Booklets

Church Documents

Maps

Newspaper Cuttings

Photographs

Posters

Programmes

Sundries      A number of separate sundry files are maintained that do not, at the moment, readily lend themselves to easy conversion to being “web friendly”.

For reasons of copyright, licence or sheer size certain items in the archive will not be made available on this site. This is particularly relevant for the Data records and Maps. If you would like further details on these please contact

David Pope 01258 861411 ([email protected])

Booklets

Date	Event
1940/1946	“Drat Those Pesky ‘Vacuees” Wartime memories of Robert Holdeman
1967	“The Hill”; Volume 1; Edition 1
1969	Child Okeford Panorama
1977	Dorset Countryside Treasures 1979 – 1980
1983	Childe Okeford History 1883 – 1983
1994	Hambledon Hill Leaflet
1996	Hambledon Hill Leaflet
1999	Child Okeford – the First 6000 years Mr C Giles
2002	Queen’s Golden Jubilee Competitions: Essays & Poems
2010	Child Okeford Village Hall 1909 – 2009: A History
2011	St George’s Day
2017	“CO End of an Era 1815 – 1860” by John Housley Read about village life , from paupers to emigrants in John Housley’s history of the village long ago. CO End of an Era_Optimized

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Church

Date	Item
1969	Series of 6 articles in The Hill: “The Story of Child Okeford Bells” 1969_The Hill_Bells article
1973	The Parish Church of Childe Okeford 1973_Church Booklet
1996	A Short History 1996_Short History of St Nicholas Church
2008	A Short History 2008_Book 1 Short History Mr C Giles
	Visitors Guide 2008_Book 2 Visitor’s Guide Mr C Giles
	Church Bells 2008_Book 7 Church Bells Mr C Giles
	Bishop’s Bible 2008_Book 5 Bishops Bible Mr C Giles
	Stained Glass Windows 2008_Book 4 Stained Glass Mr C Giles
	Memorials 2008_Book 3 Memorials Mr C Giles
	Church Music & the Church Organ 2008_Book 6 Music & Organ Mr C Giles

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Maps

Date	Item	Detail	Comment
1841	Tithe Map	Full Map 1840 Tithe Map courtesy Dorset History Centre
		Field Analysis and names Field use and names in 1840 Kevin Pearce
		Use Of Land
		Medieval overview
		Major Farmers – Distribution of Land
		Gobson Common
1845	Enclosure Map	Complete Map Child Okeford Inclosure Map 1845 Courtesy Dorset History Centre
		Lower Common & Higher Common
		Net Mead & Gobson Common
2016	Foot Paths	Definitive Map
1967		Child Okeford
1941	Courtesy DHC*	National Farm Survey	The National farm survey was conducted in 1941 by the government to assess the state of agriculture in the country. These maps show that within the village there were at least 16 different farmers occupying the land.
1941	Courtesy DHC*	National Farm Survey	The surveyor was instructed to colour all the holdings of individual farmers in one colour. The maps may be quite rare as the were not generally released and indeed the data for each parish is still not generally available.

*DHC = Dorset History Centre

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Newspaper Cuttings

We are working on this section.

Photographs

200 plus photographs are currently held but need processing to enhance the quality and then categorised and indexed before suitable for display.

We hope to start this work in the autumn of 2018.

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Posters

Date	Event	Event
1957	Melways Hatchery Sale	Church
1998	Millennium Book	Church Celebration British Music
1998	Caribbean Night	Okeford Minstrels
1999	Millennium Book	Play Einstein
2001	Coves AGM	Hambledon Story
2001	Coves Quiz	Last Night Proms
2001	St Nicholas Wives Coffee	Church At Home
2001	Xmas Fair	Oh Nicholas
2002	Coves Quiz	Queen 60 Ann Charity Raffle
2002	Jubilee Memorial	Queen 60 Ann Timetable
2002	St Nicholas Wives Coffee	St Georges Day
2002	Xmas Fair
2003	Buy A Brick Poster
2003	St Nicholas Wives Coffee
2003	Xmas Fair
2004	St Nicholas Wives Coffee
2004	Xmas Fair Schools
2004	Xmas Fair
2005	Church Holiday Club
2005	Church Holiday Club
2006/7	Xmas Fair
2006	Church
2006	Play Nobody rides the Unicorn
2007	Church
2008	Church Celebration British Music
2008	Okeford Minstrels
2008	Play Einstein
2009	Hambledon Story
2009	Last Night proms
2010	Church at Home
2013	Oh Nicholas
2013	Queens 60th Anniversary Raffle
2013	Queens 60th Anniversary timetable
2014	St Georges Day
2018	Birds of Prey Experience
Artsreach:		COMPACT
	6 Impossible Things	Trafalgar
	A Love Like Salt	1920 Speakeasy
	Boxed In	Grand Ceilidh
	Freya	Snow White
	Harlequin goes to the Moon	Al Laddin
	Ik’R’Us Inc	Cider with Compact
	New Rope String Band	Forty Winks
	Swingers in Suspenders
	The Beacons
	The Last Illusion
	The Ragged Trousered Philanthropist
	The Story Giant
	The Unhappy King
	The Wife

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Programmes

Date	Event
1937	Coronation Celebrations Manor House (copy)
June 1946	The Okefords Parish Magazine (copy)
1950	Theatre Group “Easy Money” (copy)
1950	Theatre Group “If Four Walls Told” (copy)
Undated	Theatre Group “Barnet’s Folly” (copy)
1969	Valedictory by Revd Dr R.M.Taylor
1977	Silver Jubilee
1977	St Nicholas Church Festival of Flowers & Music
1978	St Nichols COE Service of dedication (copy)
1978	CORBL “All Your Own”
1998	Impact “The Good Old Days”
2000	Piano Recital by Juliet Chaplin
2000	Millennium Words and Music
2002	Dorset Police Male Voice Choir
2002	Reduced Shakespeare
2002	Golden Jubilee
2004	Play: Pious Pirates of Portland Bill
2005	Trafalgar
2008	Celebration of British Music
2009	Hambledon Story
2009	Last Night at Proms
2009	Lost Voices of World War 1 – A Recital
2010	Church “At Home”
2012	Queen’s Diamond Jubilee
2013	60th Anniversary Queen’s Coronation Programme
2013	60th Anniversary Queen’s Coronation Flyer
2016	Play: Nicholas, The Man from The Sea

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Sundry

Files

CO Union Benefits Society Banner

Domesday Book

Enclosure Act Data

Enclosure Act Summary

Footpaths & Bridle Ways

Golden Jubilee 2002

Hayward Bridge

Manors of Child Okeford

Names: Origins Child Okeford & Field Names

Old Post Office Cottage

Silver Jubilee 1977

CO Calor Gas of the Year Presentation 2002

CO & Hanford Parish Plan 2004

CO Village Design Statement 2007

Projects

Inns and Beerhouses

Listed Buildings

Ongoing

COCCL (Child Okeford Centre for Care & Learning)

Hanford

Hey Day History

Playgroup, Pre School and The Ark

Playing Field and Recreation Ground

St Nicholas School

The Hill: Selected Extracts

Village Hall

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