The Heritage and Legacy of Sylvia Townsend-Warner 1893-1978

Join Mark Chutter at Dorset History Centre for a talk on the life of Sylvia Townsend-Warner.

Sylvia and her partner, Valentine Ackland, fell in love with Dorset and lived in Chaldon Herring and Frome Vauchurch near Maiden Newton from 1930 till the end of their lives.

Mark Chutter, Chair of the Thomas Hardy Society, and a leading light in the campaign for the statue of Sylvia Townsend Warner recently unveiled in Dorchester, will talk on the life and legacy of this important Dorset-based writer in a talk to mark LGBTQ+ history month.

Tickets are £8 for Dorset Archives Trust members, or £10 for non-members. Please book via ticketsource. Tickets include a glass of wine and nibbles.

Location: Dorset History Centre, Bridport Road, Dorchester, DT1 1RP

Dorset Archives Trust are planning a fundraising campaign to catalogue the archives of Townsend-Warner, held at Dorset History Centre.

This event is being held in support of Dorset Archives Trust, a charity that works to preserve and promote Dorset’s rich archival heritage. Its strapline is ‘Saving Dorset’s disappearing history’ and it undertakes this work by fundraising, holding events, supporting projects and promoting the value of archives. DAT works closely with the Dorset History Centre in Dorchester which holds archive collections dating back over 1000 years from across Bournemouth, Poole and wider Dorset.