Reginald Wareham

Reg pictured in what I believe is his uniform whilst with the North Staff Regiment in World War 2. Reg was at Dunkirk and was a despatch rider. He later became a Military Policeman.

Coombe House, Near Shaftesbury, Wiltshire

Coombe House was where Walter Wareham worked as gardener/groundsman from the late 1890's until the early 1940's. It was built as a private residence by Mark Hanbury Beaufoy, then became a hotel in the 1930's, was a rest home for US bomber crews in WW2, became a convent after the war and is now St Mary's Girls School. A friend of my dad's, Fred King, is funnily enough the current groundsman at the school today and has been for a few years now.

Rodney Wareham 2004

My father outside Downing Street in London on our visit in November 2004.

Claire and Mark Wareham

My sister and I as children at our house at the time which was 21 Ten Acres, Shaftesbury.

Mark Wareham

This is a picture of me after my first day at Shaftesbury Grammar School.

Gold Hill, Shaftesbury

This is the famous Gold Hill in Shaftesbury. Yes it is down south and not up north as in the advert! I used to deliver papers down this street and used to drink at the Two Brewers pub at the bottom in my early drinking days.

Shroton village in about 1900

This view shows the village stores and main street in about 1900. Although my great grandfather Walter was probably living near Shaftesbury by this time and his parents George and Jane were deceased this view of the village and people was probably how Walter would have know it. Walter and his parents were still in Shroton in at least 1891 and I believe he returned to the village from time to time, especially at Fair time, to visit friends and family for many years.

Coombe House c.1900

Taken from the 'Dorset Life' magazine 1974 (no 37) this picture apparently shows Mark Beaufoy and friends and staff at Coombe House in about 1900. Walter George Wareham will probably be in this picture as he was at Coombe by the 1901 census. I am currently trying to get an original and better copy from Shaftesbury Museum or Dorset Life if the picture can be found.

Sidney Wareham's grave in Shaftesbury

This is my grandfather's grave in Mampitts Road Cemetery. He is buried not far from my nan and also in the graveyard are his sons Alex and Don and brother Walt.

13 Christy's Lane, Shaftesbury

This is the former Council house in which a generation of Wareham's were raised. Sidney and Violet Wareham moved here with their family after he'd returned from the far east in the war. My dad was raised here. Both Sidney and Violet were still living here when they passed away and the house became the home to one of my uncles and family until the 1990's when they moved just round the corner. The house has changed rather since the Warehams lived in it as there was no drive at the front, it was just grass, and there was a nice thick hedge at the front which helped keep some privacy of the house from the busy road.

Mark Wareham

Picture of me in my office at Bourne Hill in Salisbury. This picture appeared in the Council's community paper advertising the SouthWilts.com free web service and this website was used as an example of the types of pages people have set up.

The Cross, Shroton, Dorset

Another photo of the cottages in the cross area of the village (see also page one of Wareham pictures). The cottages on the corner on the right of this picture are called 'Cross Cottage'. George and Jane Wareham (great x2 grandparents) are recorded as living at Cross Cottages in 1891. Are these the buildings? Seems very likely. If not they are the ones on the left (one of which is the Old Bakery).