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Olive Knott

Olive Knott (Deceased) seems to have been the 'First Lady' of 'Local Interest' books about Dorset, her first publications being in the early 1950's. Although some of her books refer to her as 'a native of Sturminster Newton' in North Dorset, in other books, she writes the Forward from an address in Broadstone, near Poole. Her books are about Dorset customs, its dialect, (which is referred to as 'folk speech' and it has been her aim to preserve the local tongue in print), ghosts and superstition, manor houses, beauty spots, village churches, old-time Christmas customs, the Dorset countryside, personalities, places and some of the rural Dorset Inns. Olive Knott's first books began as a series of topographical and historic articles published in 'The Poole & Dorset Herald' local newspaper.Alan Burridge (talk) 08:43, 20 July 2009 (UTC)

Olive Knott Bibliography

• Down Dorset Way 1st Edition privately published - No ISBN - 1950.
• Down Dorset Way - Longmans at The Friary Press - No ISBN - 1952.
• Safe Custody: A comedy concerned with smuggling; (with acknowledgement to Mrs. H Barnett) - 1952.Alan Burridge (talk) 13:02, 22 July 2009 (UTC)
• More About Dorset - Longmans at The Friary Press - No ISBN - 1954.
• Dorset Again - The Friary Press - No ISBN - 1956.
• Old Dorset - J. Looker - No ISBN - 1958.
• Witches Of Wessex - Hard Back book self-published by Olive Knott - 1960.Alan Burridge (talk) 12:40, 22 July 2009 (UTC)
• Monographs No. 46 Hardy's Sturminster Home - Toucan Press - 1968 - 4-page pamphlet as a single folded sheet numbered pages 113 to 116.Alan Burridge (talk) 08:35, 20 July 2009 (UTC)
• Dorset With Hardy - The Friary Press - No ISBN - 1968.
• Dorset: Blackmore Vale Villages - Dorset Publishing SBN 902129 14 7 - 1972.
• Pictorial History Of Sturminster Newton - Text by Olive Knott, photographs by Raymond Rogers - Dorset Publishing SBN 902129 16 3 - 1973.
• Witches Of Dorset - Dorset Publishing - 1974.
• Old Poole Town - Dorset Publishing ISBN 0 902129 23 6 - 1975.
• Tales Of Dorset - The Friary Press - ISBN 0902043 21 8 - 1976.
• Tales Of Dorset - Castle Cary Press - ISBN 0 905868 15 3 - 3rd Edition 1986.
• Witches Of Dorset - Dorset Publishing - ISBN 0-948699-54-X - 2nd Edition 1996 with Rodney Legg.

Many of the books have illustrations by K.L.G, Hart.Alan Burridge (talk) 12:14, 15 July 2009 (UTC)

I would really appreciate a page on Olive Knott, please, her books were pioneering and the days about Dorset of which she writes have long passed. She deserves being remembered and I am trying to find out more about her, please, Alf.Alan Burridge (talk) 07:19, 20 July 2009 (UTC)Alan Burridge (talk) 07:20, 20 July 2009 (UTC) Am finding out more and have learned Ms Knott is deceased, should be able to include DOB and DOD and other info soon, Alf.Alan Burridge (talk) 06:45, 22 July 2009 (UTC)