Bere Regis Village Website News Archives
Scroll down the page to see all the old village website news items or look at the menu below...
October 2003
A new dawn for the Village as we go online. Click the photo above to have a look around the site as it was in the beginning...
November 2003
The Village business directory has been created & filled with all of the Parish magazine advertisers. Click the photo above to search it
December 2003
We have set up a village diary section which replicates the diary in the parish magazine so you can always stay abreast of what is going on in the village, whereever you are! Click the photograph above to view it
January 2004
We have created a sub-website for the Parish Church of St. John the Baptist. Click the photograph above to view it
February 2004
We have incorporated a search facility into the website, so now you can find anything you want, such as family names & village history, with a click of a button. Click the photo above to access the search page
March 2004
We have had over 1,000 visitors to this website! They have come from as far afield as the US, Canada & Australia!!
April 2004
Find out details about our upcoming historical village exhibition - 'A step back in time'. Click the photo above for more information
May 2004
The village website is now ranked #1 in all searches for 'Bere Regis' on the worlds most popular search engine. Try it for yourself by clicking the logo above!
June 2004
The Village history section now has 35 then and now photos included. We have taken some well known old photos of the village and reshot them at the exact same location. See the results by clicking the photo above
We have created a village classifieds section so you can advertise items for sale or wanted. Click the photo above to access it
August 2004
We have added an Ancient History of the village into the Village History Section. It covers village history from pre 2500 BC up to 1066 AD - click the picture to view it
September 2004
The number of photographs in our historical photo gallery has passed the 250 mark! Click the photo above to view them all in their different sections (street scenes, general views, industry, churches, schools, sports, bypass construction, woodbury hill fair & villagers)
October 2004
Baptisms, Marriages & Deaths for the village from the 1600's up to the 1800's are now available in our Village History section. Click the photograph to see them
Nov 2004
We have set up a Village Forum section so you can air your views on anything, within reason, that you like! Click the photograph above to view it
December 2004
We have added a section explaining all of Thomas Hardys literary Links with the Village ('Kingsbere')
January 2005
We have put together a new section which outlines all the local attractions that should suit any visitors to the village. Click the photo above to have a look...
February 2005
We will soon be distributing the Parish Plan Questionnaire - look out for it in your post or fill in the online version by clicking the photo above...
March 2005
We have added the Shitterton 1851 Census. Click the Photograph above to see the results...
April 2005
We have collected all the details about the listed buildings in Bere Regis from the National Monuments record.Find out about them and see photographs of each one too. Click the Icon above to enter...
May 2005
Now that the General Election is over, look at our section detailling the results & the candidates involved. Click the Monet above to find out what happened...
June 2005
We have created a Site Map for the website - click the image above to view it...
July 2005
The results from the Parish Plan Questionnaire can be found by clicking the photo above...
August 2005
There are plenty of local transport options for villagers to get around without having to use their cars. Click the photo above for more information...
September 2005
September 2005 - The Parish Council Meetings Minutes have been archived stretching back to January 1988. You can see them here. The Drax Hall Meetings Minutes have been archived stretching back to April 1993. You can see them here
October 2005
We have added a map to our Guestbook page that shows where in the world all our Guests live. Click the world above to see it...
November 2005
We have reached our 5,000th Unique Visitor!!!
A big thank you to all our readers & I hope you have got as much enjoyment out of this site as I have. Since we started in November 2003, the site has grown to over 450 pages with more than 500 photographs...read more here
December 2005
Now that the temperatures are plummenting, click here to read our advice & tips for making this your most comfortable & safe winter ever...
January 2006
We have added the 12 Photographs of the Village in the 1950's from the Ashley Series of Photographs & Calanders held in the Birkinshaw Archive. They were taken by Donald Ashley Birkinshaw (1922 - 1988). We now have 280 Historical Photographs in our Collection. Click the photo above to see the Birkinshaw Photographs...
February 2006
We have added 41 Historical Photographs of the Village to our Galleries, bringing the total to 322 Historical Photographs in 9 Galleries. The new additions are courtesy of Mark Bennett. Click the Photograph above to explore the Galleries...
March 2006
We have added 11 more pairs of Photographs to our Then & Now Gallery. Click the Photographs above to see how the Village has changed over the last 120 years...
April 2006
We have set up a Village History Fund - you can now donate money to the Fund to help us aquire historical documents/photographs relating to the Village which will be then made avaialble online & in Exhibitions. Click the Photograph above to find out more...
May 2006
We have added the years 1841 - 1901 of the National Census covering Bere Regis which occurs every Decade. Click the Photograph above to see the findings...
The Pop In Place is celebrating its 10th Anniversary! Click the Photograph above to find out more and to read its Anniversary Brochure...
June 2006
We have added a Gallery containing Paintings & Drawings of the Village. Click the Painting above to view it...
July 2006
We have added 12 more Pairs of Photographs to our 'then & now' Gallery - click the Photographs above to see the Gallery...
We have just added 3 Aerial Views of the Village taken in April 2006. Click the Photograph above to view them...
August 2006
We have added 6 Aerial Photographs of the Village taken in 1963 - click the Photograph above to see them...
September 2006
The Draft Parish Plan is now ready. Click the Photograph above to find out where you can go and see it and give your comments and suggestions before the Final Plan is put together...
October 2006
We have added electronic scans of the actual pages in The Domesday Book where the village is mentioned. Click the picture above to see them...
November 2006
Purbeck Council have published their Local Development Framework Document which sets out the long term spatial vision and headline planning policies for Purbeck over the period 2006-2021. The period for Public Consultation ends at 4pm Friday 10th November, so get your Opinions in now. Clcik the Photograph above to see the Document & find out how you can get your opinions to the Council
We have reached our 10,000th Unique Visitor!!! A big thank you to all our readers & I hope you have got as much enjoyment out of this site as I have. Since we started in November 2003, the site has grown to over 626 pages with more than 843 photographs (modern & historical) and a wealth of historical resources on the village. Click here to find out more
December 2006
A new Book on Bere Regis has been written by John Pittfield & Rodney Legg. There are some wonderful stories & photographs of the village over the ages. Click here to find out more...
We would like to wish all our readers a very Happy Christmas & Wonderful New Year! As the site goes from strength to strength why not look at the 10 new Historical Village Photographs we have added to our Collection? Click here to see the enlarged Collection which now numbers 339 Photographs...
January 2007
The Parish Council is launching an Email Mailling list to allow rapid dissemination of village news and information. If you would like your email address added to the list then please click the Photo above to find out how...
February 2007
We have launched 2 new online services for the Village. Village Volunteers matches people who would like to voluntarily give their time & skills to Villagers who need things done. Village Libre matches people who have things to give away that Villagers might want.
Click the above left photo for Village Volunteers and click the above right photo for Village Libre...
March 2007
We have added 23 new Aerial Photographs of the Village taken in December 2006. Click here to see them
April 2007
The 2007 Parish Plan has been published, click the above left Photograph to view it. Click the above right Photograph to view the associated Action Plans. If you wish to download either document, then right click either Photograph and select 'save target as'...
May 2007
Kellys 1939 Trade Directory for the Village is now in our online Collection & we have added new historical material to the following sections - Village Births, Village Marriages & Village Burials. Click the Document above to see it all...
June 2007
Bere Regis friends of Cancer Research UK invite you all to a Strawberries & Cream Tea Garden Party at Honeycombe Cottage on Saturday 16th June. Click the Photograph above to find out more details...
July 2007
We have added historical Ordnance Survey Maps of the Village from 1887 & 1902. Click above to see them...
The Pop in Place invites you to the 2007 Bere Regis Open Gardens Event in aid of Cancer Research UK on Sunday 15th July. Click the Photograph above to find out more details, look at Gardens from previous years and to donate to Cancer Research UK if you unable to come but would still like to contribute towards this worthwhile cause...
August 2007
In the largest project in this Websites history we are gradually putting all the available scanned copies of Villagers Wills from 1559 - 1853 into Galleries within our History Section. Click the Image above to see how the Archive is coming along...
September - November 2007
This has been a relatively quiet time for the site. Alot of the functionality and historical content is now in place. There will be new additions, but just not in quite the frenetic pace of the past 4 years!
December 2007
I would like to take this opportunity to wish all our readers & villagers a very merry Christmas & happy New Year!
January - February 2008
We have added 7 more Historical Village Trade Directories to our Collection. Click the Photograph above to view them...
March 2008
We have added 19 more Historical Village Photographs to our Collection. Click the Photograph above to view them...
© Bere Regis Village Website 2008 - Site by Chola Design
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