Posted in Dorset, tagged Chesil Beach, Fleet, J. Meade Falkner, Moonfleet on March 25, 2009| 1 Comment »
Picture by tricksydicksy
This is all that is left of the Moonfleet church featured in J. Meade Falkner novel, lying close to the lagoon, it suffered badly as the sea came crashing over the Chesil Bank on 24 November 1824. The nave of the old church was completely demolished. All that remains today is a tiny church, with a few gravestones in the churchyard.
Posted in Dorset, tagged Chesil Beach, Fleet, J. Meade Falkner, Moonfleet on March 24, 2009| Leave a Comment »
Picture by Suzie
This is not the Moonfleet church featured in J. Meade Falkner novel as that was destroyed on On 24 November 1824 when strong winds and a storm surge caused waves to breach Chesil Beach. Building began a quarter of a mile further inland in 1826 and was completed in 1829. The new church was dedicated to the Holy Trinity in a ceremony conducted by the Bishop of Bristol later in 1829
Posted in Dorset, tagged Abbotsbury, Barnes Wallis, Fleet on September 8, 2008| Leave a Comment »
Bouncing Bomb by Jon Large
Barnes Wallis tested the first experimental bouncing bomb on the Fleet in March 1943. This display is housed at Abbotsbury Swannery at the western end of the Fleet
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