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Dear All,
During the Easter break I visited Dorset and came across an abandoned village. In the village was the school and the pegs caught my eye. Here is the story of the village.
Tyneham is a small abandoned village around 5 miles west of Corfe Castle. The village dates back before medieval times and was a small thriving community with a Parish covering 3000 acres.
Six days before Christmas in 1943, the villagers of Tyneham in Dorset were ordered to leave their homes so the army could practise for the D-Day landings. The promise that they could return was broken. The army kept the land and the public was banished from this beautiful part of the Countryside.
After the war the village remained under military control and has been used for the past 50 years as a target area for the tanks stationed at the nearby barrack.
“Please treat the church and houses with care. We have given up our homes where many of us lived for generations to help win the war to keep men free. We shall return one day and thank you for treating the village kindly.”
Helen Taylor a seamstress at Tyneham House wrote these poignant words when leaving Tyneham and pinned them to the doors of St Marys Church.
(the decription above is not my own. The picture is)
The villagers were never allowed to return.
Picture taken with canon 5d mark 2 F4, TV 1/500, Iso 1600.
During the Easter break I visited Dorset and came across an abandoned village. In the village was the school and the pegs caught my eye. Here is the story of the village.
Tyneham is a small abandoned village around 5 miles west of Corfe Castle. The village dates back before medieval times and was a small thriving community with a Parish covering 3000 acres.
Six days before Christmas in 1943, the villagers of Tyneham in Dorset were ordered to leave their homes so the army could practise for the D-Day landings. The promise that they could return was broken. The army kept the land and the public was banished from this beautiful part of the Countryside.
After the war the village remained under military control and has been used for the past 50 years as a target area for the tanks stationed at the nearby barrack.
“Please treat the church and houses with care. We have given up our homes where many of us lived for generations to help win the war to keep men free. We shall return one day and thank you for treating the village kindly.”
Helen Taylor a seamstress at Tyneham House wrote these poignant words when leaving Tyneham and pinned them to the doors of St Marys Church.
(the decription above is not my own. The picture is)
The villagers were never allowed to return.
Picture taken with canon 5d mark 2 F4, TV 1/500, Iso 1600.
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