The tale of Joseph Damer, 1st Earl of Dorchester and the man who - TopicsExpress



          

The tale of Joseph Damer, 1st Earl of Dorchester and the man who shifted a town so that he might improve his view. When plans to landscape the grounds of his mansion were frustrated by the people who happened to live right on the proposed site of his ornamental lake, Damer moved the residents to the newly-created village of Milton Abbas. When one man refused to move, the Earl resorted to a more extreme technique.
Posted on: Wed, 12 Mar 2014 10:09:41 +0000

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