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Catcott maps

Historic maps of Catcott and the local area, hand-drawn by Ordnance Survey and Samuel Lewis.   View all Catcott maps

Catcott map

Historic map of Catcott

Somerset map

Illustrated Victorian map of Somerset

Catcott map

Historic Map of any Catcott postcode

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Catcott photos

We have no photos of Catcott, although we do have photos of these nearby places: Chilton Polden, Shapwick, Cossington, Ashcott, Woolavington, Meare, Chedzoy, Westonzoyland, Middlezoy, Sharpham, Puriton

Catcott 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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Catcott books
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Memories of Catcott

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My great great grandmother

Hannah Pursey born November 23, 1828, Catcott was my great great grandmother. she married Robert Barnett on February 14, 1850 at Moorlinch, Somerset.

Shared on 29 December 2008

Somerset memories

Those Lovely Days

These days Greylake's claim to fame is the council tip where people get rid of their rubbish, but when I was a little girl it was one of the greatest places in the world to me. If you go a couple of fields past the tip and look through the gateways you will come to a gate where nothing grows properly in... [more]

Shared on 07 November 2009 by Marilyn Kick.

Memories of Stockland, Bristol

My mother's father and mother Mr & Mrs Tom Dibble lived in the Cooperage, Stockland. Thomas's parents Thomas snr and Jane (nee) Palmer had children
Sam, George from the Old Oak pub on the Cornhill, Mary + Mrs Hunt previous Larson, others I can't remember names.
 
I remember sleeping in the Cooperage in a four poster bed, when Mary... [more]

Shared on 13 November 2008 by Audrey Spearing.

Evacuation to Woolavington

My family (name of Marsh) evacuated to Woolavington to escape the continual bombing of London.  We lived in 2, Church Street and my aunt and her family lived in No 1.  At the vicarage, which I believe was just over the road from our house, there were two young boys whom my parents spoke of as 'the evacuees' which seemed strange... [more]

Shared on 02 July 2008 by Judy Chapman.

Grape Vine Inn/Ring of Bells - Albert Holley

Transcribed from the Central Somerset Gazette of 1891:

16 May 1891 - Meare - "The Friendly and Benefit Society established last 9th Sep, held its first general church parade…After the service, the men reformed into procession and headed by the Glastonbury Good Templar Band…marched around the village and visited the farmhouses and the houses of the resident gentry, where... [more]

Shared on 09 August 2009 by Ron Holley.

Honeymoon at 'The Old Ring 'o' Bells'

I spent my honeymoon here with my husband, Howard. It was truly idyllic and we were the only guests staying at the time. The stay was a wedding gift from a friend of my husband and his mother, we were on a tight budget at the time and would probably not have gone away at all. It was so peaceful and... [more]

Shared on 30 July 2009

Ring of Bells

I have a will dated 1865 for Robert Rood "of the Grape Vine Inn known by the ancient name of Brakeland". He bequeathed the property to his wife Mary Rood and it suggests the property was owned and bequeathed to him by his father Thomas Rood. His wife also had a property at Stileway beaqueathed to her.

Shared on 28 June 2009 by Andrew Plumbly.

The Ring o' Bells Public House, Meare

The building on the extreme right of the photograph used to be the Ring o' Bells Public House, owned by my great grandfather, Jesse Laver Difford. It was initially called The Grapevine Inn, or was called that when my grandmother was born there, in 1880 and its name changed to the Ring o' Bells at some time later. ... [more]

Shared on 21 April 2007 by Ann Lilly.

Extracts From Catcott & Somerset books

Displaying a selection of extracts from Frith books about Catcott, inspired by Frith photos.

Frome Photographic Memories

The stone screen, designed by Sir Jeffrey Wyatville in Tudor Gothic style, was built in 1814 to dignify the entrance to St John's. There has been a church on this site for 1300 years. The present one dates from 1100, but was largely rebuilt 100 years ago. The iron gates and railings were later removed to fuel the war effort.

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Frome Photographic Memories

The house at the end of the 17th-century cottages gives onto Rook Lane. It is now almost hidden from view behind tall hedging and trees with a very secret garden. Behind the cottages are the Victoria Baths, opened in 1899.

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Frome Photographic Memories

This historic route into Frome, originally called Hunger Lane, meaning 'land on a steep slope', later took its name from the Gentell family. The house with the fine Venetian windows is Argyll House (1766); next is Oriel Lodge (1800). Further up the slope, the London stage coach used to leave from the Wagon and Horses, a 16th-century inn.

This is an extract from Frome Photographic Memories.
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