Booklets about the village.
Use these links to access the archives catalogue.
The archive holds many booklets about the village. These are listed here. Highlighted booklets are available for viewing. Depending on how your browser is configured the booklets will either download directly to your computer or open in a page in your web browser.
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1907 |
Book : Highways and Byways in Dorset [School Edition] |
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1940/1946 |
The war time memories of Robert Holdeman. |
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1967 |
A Parish History of Child Okeford by Judy Wareham |
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1967 |
The Hill; Volume 1 Edition 1 |
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1969 |
Child Okeford Panorama by Richard Taylor [Rector 1950 – 1966]
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1979 |
Dorset Treasures- Child Okeford
In December 1976, The Dorset Association of Local Councils launched an initiative styled “Dorset Countryside Treasures”. The archive has an original copy of the submission from our village. Please note Mr Wilson does not live at the address given on the front page. |
| 1980
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Book: My Dorset Days by Tim Barnes
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1983 |
Child Okeford History 1883 – 1983 by Clarence M Smith |
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1983 |
One Hundred Years in Childe Okeford 1883-1983 Full of fascinating stories about the village several of which have already been posted on the website and published in The Hill. |
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1994 |
Hambledon Hill Leaflet |
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1996 |
Book: Dorset within Living Memory , Dorset Federation of WI
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1996 |
Hambledon Hill Leaflet |
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1999 |
Child Okeford the first 6000 years. By Mr C Giles.
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| 1999 |
Book: Around the Maypole , Shillingstone Millennium Book
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| 1999
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Book: Child Okeford ; A Dorset Village . Millennium Book Downloadable version Child Okeford A Dorset Village
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| 2001
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Book: Memories of a Dorset Countryman by Jack Hooper [autographed]
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2002 |
Queens Golden Jubilee Competitions . Essays and Poems |
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2004 |
Up Hill and Down River 10 walks from Child Okeford
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2005 |
Book: History of Child Okeford WI by Kate St George
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2008 |
“Men in the Kitchen” collated by Ewen Pinsent and Ronnie Daniels A collection of recipes from local men.
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2009 |
Child Okeford Roll of Honour by kind permission of the Author Helen Kerridge |
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2010 |
Child Okeford Village Hall 1909-2009: A history.
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2017 |
Child Okeford End of an Era 1815-1860 by John Housley
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| 2018
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“Michael Oliver: King of Steam” by Brian Moore. Commemorative Edition. A biography of the man behind the Great Dorset Steam Fair.
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| 2021 | Hayward Bridges
A history of the bridge over the Stour between Child Okeford and Shillingstone. |
| 2021 | 
Recently published Tom played for the Child Okeford Cricket Team. We aim to publish an excerpt from the book in October 2021. |
| 2021 | 
2021 is the bicentenary of the Baker Arms . David Pope has produced this definitive history of the pub. Download here ; |
Page last updated 01/08/2021
