Harold Johnson

Harold Johnson was found dead in the attic at Woodlands Cottage in Ashmore, about seven miles from Shaftesbury on Sunday 8 February 1953.

He had actually been evicted from the cottage on a court order carried out in Shaftesbury in October 1952 after it was heard that he had not cultivated his garden and had not been seen since. It was said that the day before his eviction was due Harold Johnson had disappeared after saying, 'I will never leave the cottage'.