Sherborne School Archives, Abbey Road, Sherborne, Dorset, UK, DT9 3AP.
The Sherborne Pageant Participants Project, run by the Somerset & Dorset Family History Society, is keen to find out more about those who took part in the Sherborne Pageant. For further information visit: www.sdfhs.org/sdfhs-projects/introduction-to-sdfhs-projec...
Further information about the Sherborne Pageant can be found on the Sherborne School Archives website: oldshirburnian.org.uk/sherborne-pageant-1905/
L.N. Parker in 'Several of My Lives' states that the dramatic chorus is 'a choir of mixed voices which takes part in the action on the arena. This must be trained not to sing like a choral society standing stiffly in rows, with each of the vocal parts nicely grouped together; but all mixed up, indistinguishable from the "crowd," and acting. This is not as easy as it looks on paper. But the Narrative and Dramatic Chorus must, as need scarcely be said, sing by heart.'
Signatures of the Dramatic Chorus: www.flickr.com/photos/sherborneschoolarchives/15974977045...
Performers in the Dramatic Chorus of the Sherborne Pageant, staged at Sherborne Old Castle, 12-16 June 1905:
Laura Baker (1882-) (alto), Elementary School Teacher, daughter of Emma Baker, boarding (1911) with John Reeves, watch and clock repairer of Cheap Street, Sherborne.
John Edmund Batchelor (1847-) (bass), Estate Agent and Surveyor, Cheap Street, Sherborne (1901).
Amy A. Bennett (1868-) (soprano), Wife of Frederick Bennett, bookseller, Sherborne (1901).
Louie Bridge (soprano).
Florence E. Bristol (soprano).
Lilian C. Budden (alto).
Bessie M. Childs (1890-) (soprano), daughter of Edwin and Jane Childs.
Bessie Curme (soprano).
Georgina Graeme Daunt (née Roberts) (c.1877-1966) (alto), Second wife of Rev. Achilles Daunt.
Albert Davis (bass).
Muriel Stopford Douglas (1882-) (soprano), daughter of Justyn George Douglas, JP (1849-1893) and Augusta May Douglas (née Rain), Tantallon, Acreman Street, Sherborne.
Amy Dyer (soprano), [Possibly Amy Bridget Clare Dyer (née Haffenden) (1860-1935), married to Conrad Montague Dyer].
John Ebdon (1882-) (bass), grocer in Cheap Street, Sherborne.
Edith Frith (1881-1953) (alto), daughter of Edward Frith, butcher, South Street, Sherborne.
Henry William Gent (1855-1916) (tenor), Private Secretary and Accountant, Newland, Sherborne. Married to Alice Mary Gent.
Beatrice Emma Hazzard (1883-) (alto), daughter of George Hazzard, Horsecastles, Sheborne.
Miss Heazel (soprano).
Sadie Kidman (alto).
Agnes Molesworth Kindersley (1886-1963) (soprano), daughter of Captain Edward Nassau Molesworth Kindersley and Ada Good Kindersley (née Murray).
Ethel K. Legge (soprano).
George Lowman (c.1885-) (bass), son of Charles Lowman, tailor, Cheap Street, Sherborne.
Alice Lyle (1876-1962) (soprano), Daily governess, Greenhill, Sherborne. Daughter of George Edwin Lyle (1842-1900), organist at Sherborne Abbey 1878-1900, and Helen Lyle (née Brown (1849-1928).
Mildred Bessie Constance Lyon (1874-1923) (soprano), daughter of William Hector Lyon, Vicar of Sherborne.
Charlotte Mary Martin (1871- ) (alto), Headteacher, Abbey Girls’ (Elementary) School (1911).
Agnes Matcham (1883-) (soprano), Showroom Hand (1901); Nurse in Wells Workhouse (1911). Daughter of John and Caroline Matcham. John Matcham was a retired Superintendent of Police (1901).
Charles James Minifie (1841-1922) (bass), lived Raleigh View, Newland, Sherborne, husband of Amelia Minifie; Accountant (1891), Solicitor’s Clerk (1901) Accountant (1903).
Frederick James Stevenson Moore (-1947) (bass), Assistant master, Sherborne School, 1900-1933. Scholar of St John’s College, Cambridge.
Alice Emily Nash (1881-) (alto), Draper’s Assistant. Daughter of Henry George Nash, draper, Cheap Street, Sherborne.
Alma Mary Nash (1855- ) (soprano), wife of Henry George Nash, draper, Cheap Street, Sherborne.
Irene Agnes Nash (1883- ) (soprano), daughter of Henry George Nash (draper). Married Herbert Welch, an architect, in 1907 and was living in Hendon (1911).
Clara Neal (soprano).
Mabel Oborne (1880-) (soprano), dress maker, Hound Street, Sherborne (1901).
Mary Pasley (alto), wife of William Henry Pasley, Gas & Oil Engine Manufacturer, Oborne Road, Sherborne (1904).
Annie Constance Phelips (alto), lived in Coldharbour, Sherborne.
Dorothy Joan Pinhey (c.1890-1957) (soprano), daughter of Hugh Theodore Pinhey of ‘Cherra’, The Avenue, Sherborne. In 1918 married Kenneth Hurst-Brown.
Elsie Edna Rodman (1882-1978) (soprano), daughter of Richard Rodman, Acreman Street, Sherborne.
Mabel Rodman (c.1873-) (soprano), daughter of Richard Rodman, Acreman Street, Sherborne.
Alice Helena May Sheppard (c.1883-) (soprano), wife of William Francis Sheppard, cycle manufacturer, Avalon, South Street, Sherborne.
Albert Sherwin (c.1863-) (tenor), Market gardener, Long Street, Sherborne.
Ernest Simmonds (tenor), Carpenter, Newland, Sherborne.
Ethel Skardon (1879-) (soprano), daughter of Charles Chapman Skardon, Medical Professor, Evershot.
Daisie Smith (alto).
E.W. Smith (tenor).
Edward Spiller (tenor), Ironmonger, South Street, Sherborne.
Enma Stagg (soprano), Dining Rooms, Church Lane, Sherborne.
William Stewart (bass), Glove manufacturer, Bristol Road, Sherborne.
Alice Flossie Stokes (1877-) (soprano), daughter of George Frederick Stokes, Long Street, Sherborne.
Bessie Louise Stokes (1877-) (soprano), daughter of George Frederick Stokes, Long Street, Sherborne.
George Frederick Stokes (c.1844-) (tenor), Manager, Dorsetshire Brewery, Long Street, Sherborne.
Grace Tayler (c.1867-) (alto), wife of Ernest Walker Tayler, Cheap Street, Sherborne.
Florence Evelyn Torr (c.1871-) (soprano), wife of John Leslie Torr, The Avenue, Sherborne.
Frederick Isaac Trevett (1876-1943) (bass), Ironmonger, son of Isaac Orchard Trevett, Elmdene, South Street, Sherborne.
Isaac Orchard Trevett (1842-1925) (tenor), Ironmonger, Elmdene, South Street, Sherborne.
Annie Eliza Vincent (née Welch) (1857-1917) (alto), born at Greencombe House, Milton Clevedon, Somerset in 1857, daughter of Charles Welch and Eliza Anne Maidment. Married to Tom Ears Vincent, Rydal Tower, Acreman Street, Sherborne. Tom and Annie had five children:
Gerald Charles (b.c.1889), Olive Emily Vincent (b.c.1891), Austen Ears Vincent (1895-1918) www.cwgc.org/find-war-dead/casualty/296583/VINCENT,%20AUS..., Stella Mary Vincent (b.c.1897), Kathleen Eva A. Vincent (b.c.1899).
Patience Marguerite Wilson (1899-1944) (soprano), daughter of T.W. Wilson.
Jessie Wollage (soprano), daughter of Thomas Wollage, civil servant. Living in The Avenue, Sherborne (1911).
