Blackmore Vale Hunt

Evelina Haverfield (1867-1920): suffragette

In 1918 the Representation of the People Act gave the vote to certain women over the age of 30 who met a property qualification. The study of the suffrage movement has tended to focus on the actions of militant suffragettes in the larger cities, but women’s fight for the right to vote was also carried … Read more

Effield Bogle (1834-1905): a lady of considerable culture & a wonderful hostess

Mrs Effield Bogle breathed her last at the Old Bank House, Long Street, Sherborne, on 28 May 1905. A few days later the following obituary appeared in the Western Chronicle: ‘The death is recorded of Mrs Bogle, widow of the late Major Bogle, V.C., a very old resident of the town, who passed away at … Read more