attwooll

Updated: May 17, 2025

The constant repetition of three names on the stones in the burying grounds Attwooll, Pearce and Stone will bring home to the stranger the insularity of the "Isle of Slingers." The royal manor of Portland antedates the Conquest. It then included Wyke, Weymouth and Melcombe.

Edric Holmes - Wanderings in Wessex: An Exploration of the Southern Realm from Itchen to Otter