Baker's Arms, Child Okeford
Description: Baker's Arms
Grade: II
Date Listed: 4 October 1960
English Heritage Building ID: 103089
OS Grid Reference: ST8345612756
OS Grid Coordinates: 383456, 112756
Latitude/Longitude: 50.9140, -2.2367
Location: The Cross, Child Okeford, Dorset DT11 8ED
Locality: Child Okeford
Local Authority: North Dorset
County: Dorset
Country: England
Postcode: DT11 8ED
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Note that the name of the pub is NOT "The Bakers Arms", nor "The Baker's Arms", nor "The Bakers' Arms". The Listers got it wrong !
It is "The Baker Arms" - i.e. the Arms of the Baker family; specifically, of Sir Edward Baker. The motto is "Finis coronat opus" = "The end crowns the work." That motto is also the motto of the Seychelles. Around 1800, Sir Edward lived at Ranston Park, Iwerne Courteney, Dorset. The land upon which the pub now stands may well at that time have been part of Sir Edward's Ranston estate.
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http://books.google.co.uk/books?id=Cq8KAAAAYAAJ&pg=PA70&lpg=PA70&dq=%22finis+coronat+opus%22+%2Bmotto+%2Bbaker&source=bl&ots=fhHVqHWiyy&sig=0q7Fen4i_B4F93tRbW0Vgz9d2ok&hl=en&ei=psT-TOTwBIewhAfi-NTxCw&sa=X&oi=book_result&ct=result&resnum=6&ved=0CDQQ6AEwBQ#v=onepage&q=%22finis%20coronat%20opus%22%20%2Bmotto%20%2Bbaker&f=false
Robin Clay, 8 December 2010