Thursday, 27 May 2010
Otterton
Another area to which I must return. I enjoyed driving on the local roads and stopping to view the scenery at the areas which had been created for the purpose.Otterton village has a mill and it will be interesting to make a comparison with the one at Uffculme. At this stage I don't even know if they are the same type!
There are lots of small roads which lead off of this main one and down to the shore. It will be a super area to explore!
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Otterton
Labels: Devon
Wednesday, 3 March 2010
William Dampier 1651-1715
The Dampier name, whilst not common, is quite well known in my area of Somerset. William Dampier was from East Coker.
Today I went to Sparkford where there are a couple of Dampier family graves. They may well prove to belong to an unrelated line.
The only possible connection I have in the tree at the present time is where a John Dampier from Chard married a Charlotte Loving from Hawkchurch in 1804. My cousin Michael Loving's grandfather came from Hawkchurch so there is the possibility of a match. Whenever I see the Dampier name I think of the explorer and wonder if there is this oblique connection.
Labels: Devon, Dorset, Environs, Gravestones, Somerset
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