Tyneham and Environs

In WWII, the British Army required a larger training area so they evacuated the occupants of the Tyneham Valley. In 1943, Winston Churchill's War Cabinet issued clearance notices to 106 properties in a 12 square mile area including Tyneham Village. They were given one month to leave. As their houses were the property of the Squire, most tenants were given only the value of the produce in their gardens as compensation.

Tyneham School closed (because of declining numbers) in 1932. The school has been maintained as it was then, the children's names are still on the pegs.

This is the remains of the laundry. These were the only properties to have running water.

This is an information plaque about the rectors of Tyneham. Christopher Wordsworth was the rector here at one time - is he relation of our friends David and Carol?

St. Mary's Church is a small cruciform-plan building with walls of limestone rubble. The North Transept and parts of the Nave are medieval, dating from the 13th century, while the South Transept was rebuilt in the mid-19th century by the Rev. William Bond.

Worbarrow Bay, is a 20 minute walk from Tyneham, it  is a large broad shallow bay and is part of the Jurassic Coast World Heritage Site.

 

If you wish to visit Tyneham check the website first. It is in the middle of a MOD firing range and is usually closed during the week.