The nearby Moreton Tea Rooms contain a room of Lawrence images, while the bier which carried his coffin is currently serving duty as a cake stand! This is open to all, though it is necessary to make an appointment Tel: The church is normally locked but the key can be obtained from A. This was the Dorchester home of Thomas Hardy. Lawrence became friends with Hardy and his wife Florence, and was a regular visitor when stationed at Bovington.
The house is owned by the National Trust and is open to visitors from March to November. This is a small cove across the Lulworth Ranges from Bovington where Lawrence used to swim with friends in the Tank Corps. The cove is now fenced off due to the possibility of unexploded ordnance in the water.
There is equally fine swimming at nearby Worbarrow Bay. Access to the area including the deserted village of Tyneham is possible only when the ranges are not in use by the military. A spectacular ruin largely wrecked by Cromwell in the Civil War, also now owned by the National Trust.
A favourite place for Lawrence to visit and the scene of one of his many motorcycle crashes. Clouds Hill In , his younger brother A.
Bovington Bovington Camp provides training for the Royal Armoured Corps and other units, and is much changed from when Lawrence served in the Tank Corps. View waymark gallery. Lawrence of Arabia , Wareham, Dorset. Posted by: Aldenbob. Quick Description: The tomb of 'Lawrence of Arabia'. Published By: rangerroad.
Download this waymark:. GPX File. LOC File. Long Description: T. Lawrence died in a motorcycle accident and was buried on May 21st in the cemetery annexe of St Nicholas Church, Moreton, just a few miles from his home at Clouds Hill in Dorset. For information about the unveiling ceremony see Proceedings at the unveiling of the memorial to Lawrence of Arabia Oxford, J.
Thornton, There is a plaque in Lawrence's memory in the college entrance, a cast of Eric Kennington's bronze bust of Lawrence at the entrance to the chapel and, in the Hall, a copy by Mrs Alix Jennings of Augustus John's three-quarter length oil portrait of Lawrence in Arab dress after the original in the Tate Gallery, London.
At Bridlington, where Lawrence worked during the last months of his RAF service, there is a memorial sundial. The plaque reads: 'This sundial has been erected to the memory of Lawrence of Arabia who as Aircraftsman [ sic ] Shaw served in the Royal Air Force in Bridlington between Lawrence's birthplace.
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For more information, see our cookies page , which also explains how to block or remove cookies. Search T. Lawrence Studies Loading. Memorials to T. Lawrence Click on any picture to open a larger image in a new window Dorset Clouds Hill, Moreton, Dorset Lawrence's cottage, together with its furnishings, was presented in to the National Trust by A.
Information online Clouds Hill visitor information and opening times, National Trust website opens in a new window Pictures of Clouds Hill taken shortly after Lawrence's death in T. Lawrence at Clouds Hill, a detailed account of Lawrence's association with the cottage drawn from his correspondence List of books in Lawrence's library at Clouds Hill in , from T.
Unidentified photographer St. Martin's Church, Wareham, Dorset This very small Saxon church contains a recumbent effigy of Lawrence in Arab dress, sculpted posthumously as a memorial by his friend Eric Kennington. Unidentified photographer Site of Lawrence's fatal accident, between Clouds Hill and near Bovington Camp, Dorset A tree has been planted to mark the site of Lawrence's fatal motor-cycle accident.
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