Due to the Coronavirus (COVID-19) situation.  It is with regret that the William Barnes Society   must announce that the decision has been to cancel this event    

St Peter's Church, Winterborne Came, Dorset, DT2 8NT

Annual Service of Remembrance of William Barnes

Willam Barnes Society annual church service of remembrance and thanksgiving at St. Peter's Church, Winterborne Came, near Dorchester.  During the service dialect poetry readings will be read and after the service wreath laying at William Barnes and and his daughter Laura grave.

All are welcome to this morning service

For further information please contact the secretary via the contact page....

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