Visiting Hardy's Houses

The Kersley-Allinson family visit Max Gate and Bockhampton

Oliver (11) and Samuel (7) Kersley Allinson at the Bockhampton Cottage

The Kersley-Allinson family live in Hertfordshire but regularly visit Dorset to see family. Oliver and Samuel love learning about how Hardy lived in the nineteenth century.

‘Young explorers learning what it would have been like for young Thomas Hardy growing up at the cottage and the type of activities he might have been expected to undertake.’

Playing fiddles at the Birthplace Cottage in Bockhampton

Helen Kersley-Allinson in one of Hardy's studies at Max Gate

Helen Kersley-Allinson 22nd September 2019

• Associated pages
• A Visit to Bathsheba Everdene's House
• Visiting Hardy's Houses
• A Hardy Postcard Collection in Virginia
• A Hardy Family History Research Trip
• Sharing a Wedding Anniversary with Hardy
• Celebrating 150 Years Since Hardy Met Emma Gifford
• On Rainbarrows with Alban O'Brien

Dates for your Diary

From 14/09/2024 until 01/08/2026
Starts 09:00 until 18:00

10th DORCHESTER LITERARY FESTIVAL

From 12/10/2024 until 19/10/2024
Starts 12:00 until 19:30

MARK CHUTTER A LITERARY WALK – WESSEX WRITERS

On 13/10/2024
Starts 12:00 until 14:00

Alan Hollinghurst

On 16/10/2024
Starts 18:00 until 21:00

Thomas Hardy Society visit to Stourhead

Sep2024

Neolithic site found under Max Gate

Sep2024

A Hedgehog Hospital for Dorset

Aug2024

Thomas Hardy Society Schools Outreach

Aug2024