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Historic maps of Butleigh and the local area, hand-drawn by Ordnance Survey and Samuel Lewis. View all Butleigh maps
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Butleigh books
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South and West Somerset Photographic Memories
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North and Central Somerset Photographic Memories
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Somerset Photographic Memories
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Memories of Butleigh
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We lived in Sparkford, but 4 of us were born at this hospital (the last one was born at home in 1956). I am not sure how Dad managed to visit Mum as he certainly did not have a car!
We visit Somerset annually but this year we stayed at Barton St David. The small villages with narrow streets were... [more]
Shared on 27 July 2009
Somerset memories
My sister moved from Manchester in 1990 to Keinton as her husband was working in Shepton Mallet. We have been visiting the village at least 3 times a year, Easter, Summer and usually Christmas. Our children say they can smell Somerset - they mean fresh air, fires burning etc. Keinton has shown us a different way of life, we love to... [more]
Shared on 05 January 2007
As a 13-year old lad freshly returned from the United States (to which my Dad had been posted for oil shipment duties), I found myself one September day a little teary-eyed at the doors of Edgarley Hall. I did not know then that I was about to start the most wonderful experience of all my school days. The Hall was then... [more]
Shared on 15 April 2008
We moved to Glastonbury in 1994 and left in 2000.
We loved our time there and have wonderful memories of walking our dogs along Wearyall Hill and across the fields at the back of our house then along the banks of the River Brue. We were able to sit up in bed with a cup of tea in the morning and... [more]
Shared on 26 January 2007
Extracts From Butleigh & Somerset books
Displaying a selection of extracts from Frith books about Butleigh, inspired by Frith photos.
Glastonbury Photographic Memories
To reach our final village, Pilton, we must leave our straight route at East Pennard and travel almost due north for a couple of miles or so. Pilton is a large but quite dispersed village beside the Glastonbury to Shepton Mallet road, and we are now some six miles from the former. The parish church, dedicated to St John the Baptist, developed from the Norman period onward through the Middle... [more]
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Glastonbury Photographic Memories
An intriguing photograph - are the men beside the pile of stones carrying out repairs or new construc- tion? It looks as though they may be finishing work on the wall in the foreground, perhaps linked to the new frontage for the main building constructed around this time. The wall was probably demolished when the factory was extended in 1933.
This is an extract from Glastonbury Photographic Memories.
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Glastonbury Photographic Memories
Now around to the south-west side of Glastonbury, where Wearyall Hill lies between the town and the river Brue. The name is a corruption of 'Wirral Hill', a deer-park established by the Abbots. This view, from the north, is across country- side, whereas today the foreground is occupied by housing and an industrial estate. The Glastonbury Thorn on the hilltop left of the wood is missing from... [more]
This is an extract from Glastonbury Photographic Memories.
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