Grove Road with links to Admiral Hardy


Admiral Hardy sailed on Nelson's ship flagship Victory

Admiral Hardy sailed on Nelson's ship flagship Victory

 

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In the butcher's shop

 

In the butcher·s shop

     

Steve Northover loading bread into the oven

at Rendells' bread mill  at "The Grove"

(This is believed to have been the original kitchen

at what is now called "Mill House")

 

Steve Northover loading bread into the oven at Rendells· bread mill  at ·The Grove·

     

Admiral Thomas Masterman Hardy GCB.   Captain, afterwards Admiral, Hardy had close associations with Burton Bradstock having been apprenticed, at the age of 12, to Captain Roberts who lived in  "The Grove"now "Grove House"”.  His birthplace Kingston Russell House and the family home at Portesham are other local connections.

 

Admiral Thomas Masterman Hardy GCB.

     

"The Grove"Burton Bradstock.   The home of Francis Roberts, Hardy's first Captain.

 

·The Grove· Burton Bradstock.

     

Similar view of Grove House

 

Similar view of Grove House

     

Captain Robert Francis who lived at The Grove

 

Captain Robert Francis who lived at The Grove

     

Admiral Hardy's home at Portesham

 

Admiral Hardy·s home at Portesham

     

Kingston Russell House

 

Kingston Russell House

     


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