Virtual Shaftesbury Abbey Redesigned Following Latest Expert Findings
There’s been an encouraging response to the digital reconstruction of Shaftesbury Abbey by Bristol University history student Fraser Guard.
There’s been an encouraging response to the digital reconstruction of Shaftesbury Abbey by Bristol University history student Fraser Guard.
A 20-year-old University of Bristol history student has used a video game to help us visualise how impressive Shaftesbury Abbey would have been.
Shaftesbury historian Bob Kelley shares stories about Guys Marsh Prison’s former use as a military hospital.
Previously on Alfred, Alex Wynter shared the story behind the Enmore Green memorial that commemorates the Weirs.
Historian Bob Kelley has been investigating the Earls of Shaftesbury, who lived at Wimborne St Giles in East Dorset and have no apparent connection to our town.
It’s easy to miss the enchanting wooded area, Bury Litton, at the top of Shaftesbury’s St John’s Hill.
Shaftesbury historian Dave Hardiman continues sharing the stories of our town’s former residents.
Shaftesbury musician John Cluett is a huge fan of the North Dorset dialect poetry of Victorian writer William Barnes.
Shaftesbury historian Bob Kelley celebrates our unique Byzant procession.
Shaftesbury has two main war memorials – at Park Walk and just outside the secondary school. Alfred’s Alex Wynter has been looking at a third memorial, that stands at the bottom of The Knapp in Enmore Green.