Isaac Gulliver
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Isaac Gulliver was an English smuggler based on the South Coast. Gulliver and his gang ran fifteen luggers to transport gin, silk, lace and tea from the Continent to Poole Bay and came to control the
A miniature of Isaac Gulliver painted in 1821 and preserved in Chettle House, Blandford Forum by his descendants
Eggardon Hill
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Eggardon Hill is a prehistoric hillfort on a hill in Dorset, England. It is located on chalk uplands approximately four miles to the east of the town of Bridport.
Isaac Gulliver
…smock-frocks, were known as the "white-wigs". Gulliver was born at Semington, near Trowbridge in Wiltshire. He owned several farms, including one at Eggardon Hill in Dorset where he planted large clumps of trees to act as navigation aids for his ships. On 5 October 1768 he married innkeeper's daughter Betty Beale…
Eggardon Hill from the southeast
Eggardon Hill from the South West, August 2009