Branscombe Project © 2009-2018
Welcome to the Branscombe Project
The Branscombe Project began more than twenty years ago. A group of people, some of whom had lived all their lives in Branscombe, others relative newcomers, decided they wanted to find out more about their village and the wider landscape.
The time-
We have taped over a hundred interviews, dug in the archives and in the ground, and walked the landscape. People have lent us photographs, documents, postcards and objects.
We put on biennial exhibitions, winter talks, documentary dramas and ‘disappeared houses’ walks. We have covered topics as diverse as Branscombe Ghosts, Maps, Farming, Cliff Plats, Orchards, Shops & Trades, the Churchyard, Lace Making, Smuggling, Outside Loos, Road History, School History, Hedgerow Dating, Archaeological Excavation & Field-walking, House & Family Histories, Gardens, the Blackshirts, and the wreck of the Napoli.
Our events and activities are open to all - there is no subscription and no membership list.
We want to make as much of our work available on this website as possible. It will take time. We hope you’ll enjoy what’s here and find it useful.
To contact us please join up our email address in the usual way:
contacts at branscombe project dot org dot uk
contacts at branscombe project dot org dot uk
The Steamship ‘Ballarat’ bound for Australia one hundred years ago
The Branscombe Diaspora
Your help needed
Your help needed
If you know of anyone who left Branscombe to live in another country in the past, please contact us by email and we will add your stories to our website.
Read what we know so far here ...
Read what we know so far here ...
Branscombe Parish Council photo archive
We have been contacted by someone who acquired a photo album of images between 1929 and 1939. She said most have no labels, but a few are of Branscombe. It seems some are of Beer as well. If you recognise any of the places, or even people, please comment on Flickr.
Many thanks to Sarah.
Many thanks to Sarah.
Click here for the link to her Flickr account of the photo album.
Monday FEBRUARY 25
Art of David Shrigley
David Shrigley
Art of David Shrigley
David Shrigley
Turner Prize nominated artist talks about his art - about which, as he says, he’s an expert …
Tuesday MARCH 26
Digging Deeper at Aldborough Roman Town
Rose Ferraby
Monday APRIL 29
Crop Marks of 2018
Bill Horner
Monday APRIL 29
Crop Marks of 2018
Bill Horner
A hot, dry summer, a slew of crop marks,
and the stories they tell
and the stories they tell
Tuesday JANUARY 29
Climate Change – A Defining Challenge
Julia Slingo
Climate Change – A Defining Challenge
Julia Slingo
A defining challenge for the 21st century.
Branscombe Project Talk & AGM
7:30 Monday, December 10
Writing About Nature
Jos Smith
‘Nature’ and the way writing about it keeps changing.
Is ‘nature’ just something that’s ‘out there’?
Maybe it depends on different moments in time, or different circumstances?
Jos will consider the many ways in which people have written about ‘nature’,
and the arguments that still go on today.
7:30 Monday, December 10
Writing About Nature
Jos Smith
‘Nature’ and the way writing about it keeps changing.
Is ‘nature’ just something that’s ‘out there’?
Maybe it depends on different moments in time, or different circumstances?
Jos will consider the many ways in which people have written about ‘nature’,
and the arguments that still go on today.
Branscombe Winter Talks – 2018-19
An unusual schedule this winter
Please note that the first Talk is the second Monday in December: the 10th
The January Talk is on the last Tuesday: January 29th
The March Talk is on the last Tuesday: March 26th
The remaining two Talks are, as usual, on the last Monday of the month
7:30 in Branscombe Village Hall
An unusual schedule this winter
Please note that the first Talk is the second Monday in December: the 10th
The January Talk is on the last Tuesday: January 29th
The March Talk is on the last Tuesday: March 26th
The remaining two Talks are, as usual, on the last Monday of the month
7:30 in Branscombe Village Hall
Geoff Squire has written up more memories of his childhood in the village...