Unposted postcard produced by Photocrom Co Ltd of London and Tunbridge Wells

An unused and undated postcard produced by Judges Ltd Hastings. The village of St James at the bottom of the hill is said to be the oldest part of Shaftesbury.

Unposted postcard produced by Jarrold & Sons, Ltd. Norwich England. No collection of images of Shaftesbury would be complete without one of Gold Hill.

Unposted postcard produced by E Williamson & Co., Trowbridge.

Unposted postcard produced by Judges' Ltd, Hastings

Postcard produced by R Wilkinson & Co of Trowbridge and printed in Germany. This postcard was postmarked Woking 8 May 1915 and addressed to Mrs Law, Laurel Cottage, Hartgrove Hill, Shaftesbury and referring to these terrible times (ie the Great War, now known as World War I).

Mrs Law was probably Eliza Law nee Tuffin. Eliza Tuffin was born in Sutton Waldron in Dorset in 1853 and she married Ezekiel Law (1849 - 1916) in 1875. They did not have any children.

Coombe House was orignally a private house built in 1886. It was part of St Mary’s School, a Roman Catholic School for girls for many years. The school closed in 2020.

Genealogical Note: Some of John's ancestors (particularly the surnames Buckland and Swyer) came from Shaftesbury.