Chaldon Herring
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Chaldon Herring or East Chaldon is a village in the Purbeck district of the county of the English
county of Dorset
. It is situated two miles from the coast
and eight miles south east of Dorchester. The village has a population
of 166 (2001), 11.9% of dwellings are second home
s.
Notable for being the home of Llewelyn Powys
, his wife, Alyse Gregory
and the sisters Elizabeth Muntz (sculptress) and Hope Muntz (authoress and historian) who wrote The Golden Warrior.
The village was home to an artists' colony under the patronage of T. F. Powys
.
England
England is a country that is part of the United Kingdom. It shares land borders with Scotland to the north and Wales to the west; the Irish Sea is to the north west, the Celtic Sea to the south west, with the North Sea to the east and the English Channel to the south separating it from continental...
county of Dorset
Dorset
Dorset , is a county in South West England on the English Channel coast. The county town is Dorchester which is situated in the south. The Hampshire towns of Bournemouth and Christchurch joined the county with the reorganisation of local government in 1974...
. It is situated two miles from the coast
Coast
A coastline or seashore is the area where land meets the sea or ocean. A precise line that can be called a coastline cannot be determined due to the dynamic nature of tides. The term "coastal zone" can be used instead, which is a spatial zone where interaction of the sea and land processes occurs...
and eight miles south east of Dorchester. The village has a population
Population
A population is all the organisms that both belong to the same group or species and live in the same geographical area. The area that is used to define a sexual population is such that inter-breeding is possible between any pair within the area and more probable than cross-breeding with individuals...
of 166 (2001), 11.9% of dwellings are second home
Second home
Second home may refer to:* Vacation property* Pied-à-terre* Second Home , an album by Marié Digby...
s.
Notable for being the home of Llewelyn Powys
Llewelyn Powys
Llewelyn Powys was a British writer and younger brother of John Cowper Powys and T. F. Powys.-Life:Powys was born in Dorchester, the son of a clergyman, and was educated at Sherborne School and Corpus Christi College, Cambridge. While lecturing in the United States he contracted tuberculosis...
, his wife, Alyse Gregory
Alyse Gregory
Alyse Gregory was an American suffragist and writer.Her father was a doctor in Nowalk. She showed musical talent at an early age, was sent to Paris, France, to receive a musical education when she was fifteen years old, and continued her study of music on her return to the United States...
and the sisters Elizabeth Muntz (sculptress) and Hope Muntz (authoress and historian) who wrote The Golden Warrior.
The village was home to an artists' colony under the patronage of T. F. Powys
T. F. Powys
Theodore Francis Powys was a British novelist and short story writer, born in Shirley, Derbyshire on the 20 December, 1875, the son of the Reverend Charles Francis Powys , vicar of Montacute, Somerset for thirty-two years, and Mary Cowper Johnson, a descendent of the poet William Cowper. He came...
.