In 1662 Thorne, Rector of Melcombe Regis, was expelled for refusing to use the Common Book of Prayer. He then led a small nonconformist group which eventually became the Congregational (later United ...

At the top of one of the most recognisable hills in the Dorset National Landscape, where St Catherine’s Chapel stands, is a great place to catch the sunset. Surrounded by Dorset’s rolling hills and ...