| Broadwindsor | ||||||||
| This is another of the many Dorset villages that can
boast of a tale about the flight of Charles II after the battle of
Worcester. It all came about after Sir Hugh Wyndham in Pilsdon was
having his home searched for a ladys servant that had been said was
behaving in a most peculiar manner. This was in fact King Charles and he
stayed at the inn dressed as a lady's servant when a troop of
Parliamentary soldiers arrived and demanded they get accommodation.
Charles had to wait for the troops to retire for the night before he was
able to quietly steal away. The Castle in was destroyed by fire in 1856
but a cottage which has been built on the site has a plaque that records
the stay. Broadwindsor village centre is mainly period houses and pretty cottages, there is a shop, public house and a church and also nearby can be found a craft centre with a cafe.
Another villager that is well noted was the Revd Thomas Fuller who used to have his congregation "rolling in the aisle with laughter" at church services and he was given the nickname Quaint old Tom Fuller.. The son of John PInney who was a minister here is als immoralised as he was sentenced to be deported after being found guilty of charges relating to his part in the Monmouth Rebellion but as the family were well established lace makers and held a great deal of land Azariah Pinney was sent to the West Indies as a free man and there he establish the lace making business and made a huge fortune.
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