Beaminster
Beaminster is a small market town in
Dorset, with a population of around 2000. Set among beautiful undulating
farming country, many of its major buildings, dating from the eighteenth
century, are of the characteristic golden stone from Ham Hill. Other
notable buildings include the local church with its sixteenth century
tower. The town of “Emminster in Hardy’s novel “Tess of the
D’Urbervilles” is based on Beaminster.
The map below shows the features of the town of Beaminster as it was in
the mid twentieth century. Click on a selected area of the map below to
see an enlargement.
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