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An article written by William Barnes for The Gentlemans Magazine, May 1839

William Barnes took up his duties as Rector of Winterborne Came in July 1862. His association with the parish went back much further, to early 1847

Sir Frederick Treves, went to the school run by William Barnes, who became his life-long mentor and whose influence never left him.

This FREE online reading performed by Rod Drew of the William Barnes Society

Musician John Blackmore explores the works of Ralph Vaughan Williams

Local writer and musician Jerry Bird examines the case of the Leigh Witches

A selection of poems written by Jim Potts

A contribution from William Barnes Society member, John Osman

Following on from his previous article Jim Potts looks at case of another William Barnes

Regular contributor, Jim Potts examines social justice and punishment at the time of William Barnes

Sam Jeffery's Great Grandfather Charles Jeffery, a gunmaker in Dorchester reminisces on his meeting with William Barnes.

As a part of series, Hilary Townsend continues to look back on how William Barnes poetry reflected in her growing up in the Blackmore Vale

Jim Potts has been wondering how little Barnes wrote about the sea or the Dorset coast. Thomas Hardy wrote much more.

Jim Potts takes a look at Maiden Castle and the archaeologists, writers, poets and composers who where inspired by one of Dorset's magnificent prehistoric Hillfort

Jim Potts returns to Greece to explore Athens and the Influence of Greek Culture in works of Byron, Barnes and Hardy

As a part of series, Hilary Townsend continues to look back on how William Barnes poetry reflected in her growing up in the Blackmore Vale

Regular contributor, Jim Potts looks at regional poetry surrounding Christmasing and Wassailing

Jim Potts travels to Bermuda to discover the islands connections with Dorset and William Barnes

Jim Potts examines the illustrations by artists Winslow Homer and Hammatt Billings for William Barnes book 'Rural Poems' published in Boston, America in 1869

Photographs of Rural Life in the time of William Barnes

Jim Potts travels to Greece to explore Evangelistria Monastery and how the wall paintings relate to one of Barnes poems

As a part of series, Hilary Townsend looks back at her childhood and how William Barnes poetry reflected in her growing up in the Blackmore Vale

Dorsetshire Customs, & C. by William Barnes. Harvest Home, Hay making, Matrimonial Oracles, Midsummer Eve, Peace in 1814, Country Pairs, Perambulations

Surdly Sam by David Downton. A sketch '˜Surely Sam' and poem entitled '˜Zummer' taken from George Philip Rigney Pulman Pulman's '˜Rustic Sketches: Being Rhymes on Angling and Other Subjects Illustrative of Rural Life' written in the East Devon dialect.

The Stained Glass Attitude: The Parsons' Window at Liverpool Cathedral

Marion Tait looks at William Barnes insight into Social Change and upheaval in the 1830's can be found in the following eclogues.

WESSEX WORTHIES: William Barnes by J. J. Foster

The Folk-Lore of William Barnes by John Symonds Udal

Extract taken from Thirteen Worthies by Llewelyn Powys published in 1923