Branscombe Project © 2009-2017
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.
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
Read Sue Dymond’s latest talk here ...
Branscombe Allotments Revisited
Read John Torrance’s latest talk here ...
A Medieval Hydraulic Landscape
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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
A new Branscombe Project book!
It tells the story of a handwritten recipe book belonging to a Branscombe family. Started in the 1700s, the recipe book contains 217 recipes written by four women, probably farmers’ wives.
We see what foods they liked to eat, what home-made wines they drank, and how their kitchens were equipped. Their home remedies include many garden and wayside herbs. The cure for consumption begins ‘Take 300 snails ... then take a pint of great earthworms’. A good read!
With four colour plates, and Illustrated with original drawings by Cory Lyons, the price will be just £3.50.
It tells the story of a handwritten recipe book belonging to a Branscombe family. Started in the 1700s, the recipe book contains 217 recipes written by four women, probably farmers’ wives.
We see what foods they liked to eat, what home-
With four colour plates, and Illustrated with original drawings by Cory Lyons, the price will be just £3.50.
NEW!
An Old Recipe Book from Branscombe
A handwritten recipe book from the late 1700s and early 1800s has come down in the Tucker family of Branscombe. Perry and Carole Tucker kindly lent it to the Project to display in an exhibition in the village in 2016, and have given permission for the recipes to be displayed on the Project website. Read more...
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. We will be updating on this site with what you’ve found.