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View east from Church Yard in Evershot -
Photo:
Stephen McKay
CCL |
At
700 feet above sea level, Evershot is one of
the highest villages in Dorset and provides
the source of the River Frome. Lying to east
on the ancient Wessex Ridgeway, it was called
‘Evershead’ in Thomas Hardy’s novel ‘Tess of
the D’Urbervilles’ and besides the local
church is ‘Tess’s Cottage’. The poet George
Crabbe was a rector here in the late 18th
century. Nearby stands Melbury House. |
