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Although this charming Dorset village features
strongly in Thomas Hardy’s sweeping novel
‘Tess of the D’Urbervilles’, it is probably
better known for its evocative 16th Century
bridge over the River Frome. Hardy called this
town ‘Wellbridge’ and based his tragic tale
around a legend involving the Turberville
family who lived at Jacobean Woolbridge Manor
– now a hotel.
His heroine, ‘Tess Durbeyfield’, spent her
fictional honeymoon in the manor with her
husband-to-be, Angel Clare. Nearby stand the
ruins of 12th Century Bindon Abbey. |
Wool Bridge - Photo:
Chris Shaw
CCL |
