As you may know this site started out on some free webspace in January 2002.Prior to this I had gone through the ritual most parents do in helping their children mug up on the site for their Geography GCSE coursework. We found it difficult to find information, not that it did not exist, but the few books available were almost always booked out from the local libraries. However, our turn for the books came, and learn we did! I have lived here for most of my life and until the enforced fatherly duties with the coursework I am ashamed to say, my knowledge of local history was non-existent.
I only began to appreciate the many facets of Hengistbury Head after I had gone through the paternal rigours of GCSE coursework no less than four times!
I had a couple of weeks spare at the end of 2001 and, as I needed some practise with html and needed a target for the practise, the website was born.
Since then the website has grown both in size and popularity. After passing the 100,000 hits mark I decided a more sophisicated website was needed. This new site, http://www.hengistbury-head.co.uk offers support for many more features which will be added as time progresses. In order to make the website pay its way I have decided to include a limited amount of advertising on the site, the majority of which will be directly related to Hengistbury Head and/or the surrounding area. However the ethos of the site, as a free educational resource for both school students and casual interested parties remains.
The site is an independant web site and is neither financed or controlled by any bodies other than me.
All material on this site including text, layout and images (except for the material from Google) are Copyright © 1999–2006 Bill Rees. All rights reserved.
Copyright Relaxation
The primary aim of this site is to provide an educational resource for both school & college students
and the interested public. Consequently you are free to download and duplicate copyrighted text and images from
the those parts of this site which are owned by Bill Rees and Rees Technology Ltd provided that downloads are
used for personal or educational purposes.
Any downloads must not be used for profit, for commercial use, or for incorporation in any media
that is offered 'for sale' or otherwise commissioned for payment without getting my written permission first.
The standard question I get is "Can I use some data in a school/college project?" The answer to that is (always) yes and you do not really need to ask!
It would be nice (if practicable) if you could mention the site URL near the item used. But no worries if it is too difficult to do.
Please Note that the Satellite images are copyright Google Earth. Please see the following link for their rules (which are similar to that above) Google Earth Copyright link
Please Further Note The above copyright relaxation on this site only applies to this site. Other sites, including those in the Useful links page have their own copyright rules and you must contact the relevent site owner about what is allowed regarding copying from their site. Copyright is important and people often get very upset when it gets broken.
Any commercial/advertising and copyright enquiries, please email Bill at copyright@hengistbury-head.co.uk
If you have any general comments or queries you can email Bill here (I am always pleased to get ideas on how to improve the site and constructive criticism is always welcomed) bill@hengistbury-head.co.uk
The Useful links page site contains hypertext links to other sites on the World Wide Web. While these links appear to be genuine and useful links on Dorset related issues, or provide access to quality world wide information on geology and the environment I have no control over their content.