Had to visit Melbury Bubb as it is often viewed as the village model for 'Little Hintock' in Hardy's 'The Woodlanders'.
As is often the case, I found myself focused on a village church in a remote 'Hardy place':
The most significant thing inside the church of St. Mary the Virgin is probably the 10th/11th century, Anglo-Saxon baptismal font below:
The old carving on the outside of the church below made me think of a common thematic thread in Hardy: aristocratic family lines that become forgotten, almost as if they never existed:
Have just read that the churchyard shots below are looking out towards Bubb Down Hill:
Here, I met a man with silver hair and London-type accent who introduced himself as the church warden's husband who had come to lock the church up for the night. He told me that I could take a woodland path to get back to the A37 more quickly. But, of course, I didn't do that as I have a habit of getting lost on such ventures.
Don't ask me how it happened but it did: I somehow managed to take many shots of the Melbury Bubb church without taking any of the Manor House nearby (the picture below is taken from the Internet):
Not 100% sure if the two shots below are from Melbury Bubb (or are cottages leading to Melbury Osmond the other side of the A37):
Anyway, the one below is how I would imagine a typical 'Little Hintock' cottage to look like:
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