Bere Regis Village Website News Archives

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Village Website News Archives October 2003 - Village Website created November 2003 - Village Business Directory created December 2003 - Village online Diary created January 2004 - Church Sub-website created February 2004 - Search facility created March 2004 - 1,000th Visitor on the Site April 2004 - Step back in Time Village Exhibition May 2004 - 1st in Google searches on 'Bere Regis' June 2004 - Now & Then historical photo section created July 2004 - Village Classifieds section created August 2004 - Ancient Village History section created September 2004 - Historical Photo Gallery passes 250 photo mark October 2004 - Baptisms, marriages and deaths from 1600 - 1800 compiled November 2004 - Village Forum created December 2004 - Thomas Hardys Links with the Village January 2005 - Local Attractions section created February 2005 - Parish Plan Questionnaires being sent out March 2005 - Shitterton 1851 Census added April 2005 - National Monuments Record for Bere Regis archived May 2005 - May 2005 General Election section created June 2005 - Website Site Map created July 2005 - Results from Parish Plan Questionnaire August 2005 - Local Transport section created September 2005 - Parish Council/Drax Hall Minutes archived October 2005 - World visitor Map added to Guestbook November 2005 - 5,000th Visitor on the site December 2005 - Hints/Tips for dealing with Winter section created January 2006 - Birkinshaw Photograph Archives added February 2006 - 41 new Historical Photos added March 2006 - 11 new Now & Then Photos added April 2006 - Village History Fund Created May 2006 - National Census Records 1841-1901 added May 2006 - Pop In Place celebrates 10th Anniversary June 2006 - Village Painting & Drawing Gallery Added July 2006 - 12 more Now & Then Photographs added July 2006 - 3 Aerial Views from 2006 added August 2006 - 6 1963 Aerial Photographs of the Village added September 2006 - Draft Parish Plan ready for Public Consultation October 2006 - Scans of the village in The Domesday Book added November 2006 - Purbeck Local Development Framework Public Consultation November 2006 - 10,000th Visitor on the Site December 2006 - New Book written on Bere Regis by John Pittfield December 2007 - 10 new Historical Village Photographs added to the Collection January 2007 - Village Email Mailling List Launched February 2007 - Village Volunteers & Village Libre Launched March 2007 - 23 Aerial Photographs of the Village from December 2006 Added April 2007 - The 2007 Parish Plan has been published & is avaiable to read here May 2007 - Kellys 1939 Trade Directory & new Historical Material now available June 2007 - Bere Regis Stawberries & Cream Teas Party July 2007 - Historical Ordnance Survey Maps added from 1882 & 1902 July 2007 - Village Open Gardens 2007 blooms! August 2007 - Village Wills from 1559 - 1853 put onto the Site Sept-Nov 2007 - General Site Updating Details Jan - Feb 2008 - 7 Historical Trade Directories added to the Collection March 2008 - 19 Historical Photographs added to the Collection April 2008 - Village gets its own Facebook Page May 2008 - Shitterton makes it to the National News June 2008 - Dorset Kidney Fund host Strawberries & Cream Garden Party July 2008 - Yearly Snapshots of the entire Website from 2003-2007 made available August 2008 - 20,000th Visitor on the Site September 2008 - The elusive Zebra Crossing... October 2008 - Hundreds of Victorian Baptism, Marriage & Burial Parish Records added November 2008 - Village Scouts WW1 & WW2 Memorial Project added to the Village History Section December 2008 - Statistics compiled to show how the Village Website has grown from 2003 - 2008 January 2009 - Environmental & Life Tips Section added April 2009 - Villager Obituary section created May 2009 - Purbeck District Council release their Strategic Housing Land Availability Assessment (SHLAA) June 2009 - Dorset Kidney Fund host Strawberries & Cream Garden Party September 2009 - Village Guides from 1732 & 1819 added October 2009 - Village Clean details announced January 2010 - The Shitterton Sign needs replacing with one in Pubeck Stone - please help! March 2010 - St. Johns Ambulance Training Course in the Village

 

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

Don't forget to come to our upcoming historical village exhibition - 'A step back in time'. It's in the Drax Hall, at 4pm on the 12th April.

 

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

 

 

July 2004

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 the Image above 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 have put all the available scanned copies of the 493 Villagers Wills from 1559 - 1853 into Galleries within our History Section. Click the Image below to see the Archive...

 

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...

 

April 2008

To show Bere Regis to even more people around the world, the village now has its own page on social networking phenomenon facebook. Click the image above to see it (you will need to be a member of facebook to view the page)

 

May 2008

Shitterton (part of Bere Regis) has made the National News! Click the Photograph above for more details...

 

June 2008

The Dorset Kidney Fund invites you all to a Strawberries & Cream Tea Garden Party at Honeycombe Cottage on Sunday 29th June. Click the Photograph above to find out more details...

 

July 2008

Ever wondered how this website has grown over the years - click the Image above to see the whole website as it was a month after we first started in 2003...

 

August 2008

We have reached our 20,000th 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 700 pages with more than 909 photographs (modern & historical) and a wealth of historical resources on the village. Click here to find out more

 

September 2008

Nearly 2 years ago, Dorset County Council (DCC) agreed to install a Zebra Crossing near the Village School. Funding for the Crossing, as part of the Safe Route to School Scheme, had been very generously given by BP. Since then DCC have given new meaning to the word inertia and the Zebra Crossing is nowhere to be seen. Use your democratic right to make these people take responsibility and contact our Councillor directly on his email address here - Ed - This has now been resolved; we now have a new Crossing!

 

October 2008

We have added hundreds of Victorian Baptism, Marriage & Burial Parish Records for the Village to our History section. Click the Photograph above to see them...

 

November 2008

As we remember the sacrifice of all who have fallen & those who continue to do so in our name, let us not forget them. Click the Poppy above, to see the WW1 & WW2 Bere Regis Village War Memorial Project, that was completed by the Village Scouts...

 

December 2008

We have compiled some Statistics together, to show you how the Village Website has grown from its inception in 2003 till today - click the Image above to see them...

 

January 2009

There are many things that people in the Village can do to help the environment. The Village Green page gives some ideas. There are also some general everyday living tips that may help make your life a little bit more simple and successful...

 

April 2009

We have added a Villagers Obituaries section covering from 2009 onwards. Click the Photograph above to read them...

 

May 2009

Purbeck District Council have released their Strategic Housing Land Availability Assessment (SHLAA). You can read it by clicking the photograph above...

 

June 2009

The Dorset Kidney Fund is hosting a Strawberries & Cream Tea Garden Party at Honeycombe Cottage in Shitterton, Bere Regis. Its on Sunday 28th June - click the lovely strawberries above to find out more...

 

September 2009

Read up on the Village from 2 guides, one published in 1732 & one in 1819. Click the Image above to find out more...

 

October 2009

This years annual Village Tidy is on Sunday 18th October. Meet in the Car Park next to the Recycling area at 10am. Sacks, gloves & brooms etc will be handed out! Any queries, then please contact Martin Howard on 01929 472 841 or via email here

 

January 2010

The famous Shitterton sign has gone missing again! People certainly like taking it as a memento of a faboulous name - however perhaps it's time we got something more permanent. Ian Ventham is very keen to install an attractive stone sign that will be very difficult to move. A local contractor of Purbeck Stone has quoted him £500 for the work. He is asking residents of Shitterton to consider donating £20 towards the work as a quality sign would fall outside of the remit of Purbeck District Council. If you would like to donate, please could you email Ian here to let him know your interest in helping. All non-Shitterton residents are more than welcome too!

 

March 2010

St John Ambulance is offering a free training programme to Informal Carers in Bere Regis and the surrounding areas. The Course will include a free lunch and is at the Drax Hall on Wednesday 31 March. Click the Logo above to find out more.

 

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