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Devil’s Bellows Slideshow

Lyme Road c 1890
Lyme Road c 1890
opened 1825, closed 26 May 1924 (Source: Dorset History Centre D-PAV/5)
The Devil's Bellows (Charmouth Cutting)
The Devil's Bellows (Charmouth Cutting)
named because of the violence with which the wind blew through (Source: Dorset History Centre D-PAV/5)
Devil's Bellows from the west
Devil's Bellows from the west
by Miss Templer c 1850 (Source: Dorset History Centre D-PAV/7)
Devil's Bellows (A) from the east
Devil's Bellows (A) from the east
from Catherston c 1900 (Source: Dorset History Centre D-PAV/5)
Lyme Road landslip 1924
Lyme Road landslip 1924

Society News

Book Launch:

The “Charmouth in 1923” book has just been launched. It is available in the NISA and Morgan’s  in Charmouth at £7.99. Limited addition!

NEW YOUTUBE VIDEO:

For anyone who was unable to see Neil’s presentation “100 years of Charmouth”, in November, or anyone that would like to see it again,  he has kindly made a YouTube video:

Charmouth 100 years ago Talk recording – YouTube

CALL FOR VOLUNTEERS:

We are looking for help on the committee, in particular for:

  • Members Secretary

Please contact us if you are able to help in any way.

Did you know?

In the eighteenth and nineteenth centuries Charmouth village was a noted resort, with visitors including novelist Jane Austen who wrote in her novel Persuasion that it was "the happiest spot for watching the flow of the tide, a nice place for sitting in unwearied contemplation".
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