Fascinating, Liz. I'm interested in the Pitt Rivers reference; I know the Pitt Rivers museum in Oxford ... such a wide reach those estates had/have! Thank you for this latest installment xx
Up until 1958 the estate included the whole of Burton Bradstock as well - that was the year they sold it off. How Adela managed to persuade them to part with a field on the Coast Road almost 30 years before that in 1921 is a mystery!
A significant member of the Pitt Rivers family was interned during WWII because of his pro Nazi pronouncements.
Fascinating, Liz. I'm interested in the Pitt Rivers reference; I know the Pitt Rivers museum in Oxford ... such a wide reach those estates had/have! Thank you for this latest installment xx
Dear Helen thank you for your comment. The Pitt Rivers family is still one of the largest landowners in Dorset according to this website: https://whoownsengland.org/2020/01/04/the-ten-landowners-who-own-one-sixth-of-dorset/
Up until 1958 the estate included the whole of Burton Bradstock as well - that was the year they sold it off. How Adela managed to persuade them to part with a field on the Coast Road almost 30 years before that in 1921 is a mystery!
A significant member of the Pitt Rivers family was interned during WWII because of his pro Nazi pronouncements.