| Photographs
of Okeford Fitzpaine
Fourteen photographs of the church, monumental stones and the village. Please be patient whilst they download. We hope you enjoy these photographs, further contributions are always welcome, whether village views, landscapes, buildings, monumental stones or old photos of previous residents of the parish. All photographs on this page by Derek Stone © unless otherwise indicated. |
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| This cottage used to be the New Inn | The Royal Oak, the only public house remaining in the village |
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| The church burial ground. Photograph courtesy of Alison Lavine ©. | Okeford Fitzpaine village school. |
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| Junction of Back Lane and Shillingstone Lane | Cottages in Back Lane |
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| Cottages in Okeford Fitzpaine with the church tower just visibile. Courtesy of Alison Lavine | Halter path to Sturminster with Etheridges Farm in the distance. |
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| Castle Lane at the junction of Lower Street. The building on the left is the Royal Oak. | These two young people are stood at the grave of their 6x great grand father Roger Ridout, died 1811. A story about Roger Ridout and a copy of the grave stone appears in Roger Guttridges book Dorset Smugglers |
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| Monument to Agnes Mary RIDOUT, died 25th April 1912 | Monument to Edwin RIDOUT, died 4th October 1929. |
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| Annie Ridout born 28th Feb 1862, daughter of Tom and Sarah Ridout (formerly ROSE) in Okeford Fitzpaine. She was baptized 6th April 1862 at St Michaels (now St Andrews) Parish Church. She married Henry Rose of Broad Oak at St Mary's Parish Church, Sturminster Newton July 4th 1892 and died in Kimpton Hapshire 11th May 1941. Photo circa 1910 | Annie
with her youngest daughter Ena Louisa Rose. Their ages were 65 and 21
and the photo dates to 1927. |
