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Melbury Osmond

It was in the Church of St Osmund in this pretty village that Thomas Hardy’s parents, Jemima Hand and Thomas Hardy, were married in 1839. At the northern end of the footpath through the churchyard is a thatched house where Hardy’s mother is thought to have lived as a child. In Hardy’s novels the village appears as Great Hintock which provides the setting for The Woodlanders. Melbury Osmond is still unspoilt and picturesque with many oak trees – find time to walk down from the church to the water splash, and beyond to some 17th century thatched stone cottages.

Available Guidebooks for this region:

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The Hidden Places of Dorset, Hampshire and the Isle of Wight

This guidebook offers the reader places to stay, eat and drink as well as interesting places to visit and many main heritage sites. You can read more here.

The Hidden Places of England

This national guidebook covers every county in England offering places to stay, visit, eat and drink as well as places to visit. You can read more here.

The Country Living Guide to the West Country

This guidebook covers Cornwall, Devon, Dorset and Somerset offering places to stay, visit, eat and drink as well as places to shop. You can read more here.

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