Tyneham
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| Coordinates | 50 ° 37 ′ N , 2 ° 10 ′ W | ||
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| Part of the country | England | ||
| region | South West England | ||
| Ceremonial county | Dorset | ||
| Unitary authority | Dorset | ||
| Website: http://tynehamvillage.org | |||
Tyneham is a ghost town northeast of Worbarrow Bay on the peninsula Isle of Purbeck in the county of Dorset on the south coast of England .
location
Tyneham is about six kilometers south of Wareham and about ten kilometers directly west of Swanage . Tyneham and Worbarrow Bay are part of the Jurassic Coast , a World Heritage Site . The Jurassic Coast is one of the natural wonders of the world and is known for its fossil sites.
history
Evidence of Roman occupation has been found several times in the valley around Tyneham. It seems that Tyneham was once owned by Robert von Mortain , the half-brother of William the Conqueror . According to the Domesday Book , the village was named Tigeham and was then part of the Lulworth Estate . A century later the village was called Tiham , and in later times Tyneham . The village and the land were passed on from one generation to the next within different farming families. The limestone church of St Mary dates from the 13th century. In 1683, Nathaniel Bond of Lutton purchased the estate from the Williams family. From then on, Tyneham remained under the control of the Bond family.
The school was founded in 1860 by Pastor Nathaniel Bond (1804–1889). It was later declared property of the rectory. The school was closed in 1932 due to a lack of students. One of the buildings to be emphasized was the Old Manor House from the Elizabethan era .
Expropriation by the government
The entire Tyneham was briefly evacuated in December 1943 to make way for the army. This was the area as a training ground for the Allied landing in Normandy in World War II selected. The population was not allowed to return to this place even after the end of the war. At the time of the eviction during World War II, the Elizabethan mansion was owned by the Bond family. 252 people had to leave the village. Helen Taylor, a seamstress in the village, was one of the last to leave a note on the church door with the following wording:
"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. "
“Please treat the church and houses with care; we left our homes, where many of us have lived for generations, to help win the war, so that the people would be free. One day we will return and thank you for the kind treatment of the village. "
But the army area was retained for army purposes even in peacetime. Tyneham Manorhouse was demolished in 1967. Today Tyneham is only a relic of a few farmhouse ruins and its still intact village church, on which the Tyneham sign is still hanging: "Save our church!"
There are two museums within the ruined village of Tyneham. The church and school house have been preserved as museums since the 1970s. The ruined village and the bay are only accessible when the Lulworth shooting range is closed and the trails are reopened to the public. The bay can be reached with a 1.4 kilometer walk from the parking lot next to the village.
Others
The abandoned village was used as a filming location for the film Rebellion of the Lawless in the mid-1980s (original title: Comrades ). For the shooting, backdrops were set up between the dilapidated houses in order to give the impression of an inhabited place.
See also
Web links
- Tyneham - Dorset's ghost village , BBC, 13th November 2014
- The stolen village , article by Solveig Grothe in one day , December 16, 2011
Footnotes
- ^ Dorsetshire.com: Tyneham
- ↑ a b BBC : Tyneham - Dorset's ghost village . December 11, 2008 (last updated May 20, 2009)
- ↑ The Dorset Page: Tyneham . 2000
- ↑ England in World War II: The Stolen Village , Spiegel Online, December 16, 2011. Retrieved July 13, 2016.