Winspit Quarry at Worth Matravers

The 1979 Dr. Who feature ‘Destiny of the Daleks’ was filmed here (no steps on this route!).

Winspit Cottage: the home of William Jeremiah Bower (1886 – 1966) known as ‘Billy Winspit’, the last man to work in Winspit Quarry.

St Nicholas of Myra church c1100: grave of Benjamin Jesty, who in 1774 introduced the Cow Pox by Innoculation for the first time. Also that of the sculptor Mary Spencer Watson.

 

 
   

 

 

 

 

 

 

           
         
   

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