Saturday 22 March 2008

DENNIS DOLMAN 1935 CALNE


This is another page from D H Blackford's book. Does anyone know who Dennis Dolman is? I can't place him in the family tree. The photo was taken in May 1935 and is of the Calne Scouts helping to build a bonfire in Cherhill. (The Silver Jubilee celebrations of King George V and Queen Mary, 6th May, 1935)

William Dolman 1850 Cherhill, Wiltshire


This is a page from D H Blackford's book The Village and Manor of Cherhill. (transcript of Parish Records - 1850)
The William Dolman mentioned is the William Dolman that was the reason for starting this blog. William Dolman (1803)

Tuesday 18 March 2008

The Internet Surname Database

This very interesting surname is of early medieval English origins, and describes one who was an official of the village. The Doleman was responsible for the maintenance of the boundary posts and markers which delineated the village limits, and he was also responsible for "the dole". This was an area of common land which was divided into areas and uses, such as grazing, cuttage and turvery, the latter being the right to take turf for fuel, the "Doleman" ensuring that the rights were not abused. The surname is recorded in the varied spellings of Dollman, Dolman, Doleman and the locational Dole, Doll and Deale. The modern meaning of "Dole" derives from the original medieval translation of "equal shares". The name, perhaps not surprisingly, is regularly recorded in early Court and Charter records; Richard Doleman appears in the Hundred Rolls of Oxfordshire in 1279, whilst one of the earliest settlers in the New American Colonies (Virginia) was Thomas Doleman, who appears in the Muster of Captain Raph Hamor, on January 23rd 1624, having arrived in 1622 on the ship "Returne" of London. The first recorded spelling of the family name is shown to be that of William Dolman, which was dated 1260, a witness at the "Cheshire Assize Courts", during the reign of King Henry 111, known as "The Frenchman", 1216 - 1272. Surnames became necessary when governments introduced personal taxation. In England this was known as Poll Tax. Throughout the centuries, surnames in every country have continued to "develop" often leading to astonishing variants of the original spelling.

http://www.surnamedb.com/surname.aspx?name=dolman