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Historic maps of Crickham and the local area, hand-drawn by Ordnance Survey and Samuel Lewis. View all Crickham maps
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Crickham area books
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Memories of Crickham
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Grandad's Chickens
My Grandparents lived in Crickham, they were George and Lily Evans and they lived in one of the little houses next to a white church. I remember if you went down a long hill there was a Post Office and the other road led to a pub where my Aunt Sally and Uncle Alex had their wedding reception after they married at the church. I now live in the USA but have fond memories as a child riding the bus from Weston-super-Mare through Eastertown and then on to Crickham. We would take one of Grandad's chickens home for Sunday dinner, I could never watch him kill it but my brother did!
Somerset memories
When I Was Eight
Our family, living in India at the time, decided to travel to England for the Queens Coronation in 1953. We stayed in Wedmore for two months, in what was known as The Elmset Hall Hotel. It was a fun time for a small boy, me. I went to a school in Wedmore run by an elderly lady, whose name I have now forgotten. She told my mother I would never amount to anything. I made Captain in a major airline just to prove her wrong.
The 1960's
I lived my early years here, until the 1970's, having been born in Wells and brought home to Cheddar as a baby. I have many family ancestral links to Cheddar via my father's parents. In the late 1800's-early 1900's my great-grandfather John Day ran the Gardener's Arms in Silver Street, with his wife Emma. My parents lived in Birch Hill (also known as Bush Hill and Burdge Hill on older maps and records) from the 1950's until their deaths in the 1980's.
I attended the junior school in The Hayes from 1960 till 1966; the headmaster at the time was Mr Birch. On leaving there, I followed in my grandma's footsteps to Sexey's Grammar School, Blackford, till 1973.
The 1960's was a period when children could happily roam around the area for hours, on their own, with few problems or worries. I spent much time walking the small paths through Daghole, past the White Hart Inn and onwards towards the Cliff Hotel gardens and waterfall (now renamed). Fishing with... Read more
Family- Pearce's
Hi My great-grandfather and my grandad lived nr here on Manor Farm and the Old Priory, in 1700 to 1901.
Rodney Stoke Inn
My great-grandfather, Silvester Hale, ran the Inn from about 1880 until he died in 1911. One of his sons, my great-uncle Reginald, was lost on the Titanic. His body was recovered and I still have a shilling piece which was found in his pocket.
I have many fond memories of holidays in Rodney Stoke from 1949 until 1976. My parents and myself used to stay with Charlie and Queenie Fear at Rosedene in Scaddens Lane. Just left of centre in the picture is the Post Office which was run by Mrs Rhodda during the 1950s. The left turn by the Post Office took you up Scaddens Lane. The right turn opposite the Post Office took you down Stoke Street. My great-uncle George owned Hollybrook farm on the right and my great -uncle Howard owned Etcombe Farm on the left. Some of the bench ends in Rodney Stoke church were carved by my great-uncles.
Rodney Hale Crediton Devon
Past Memories of Rodney Stoke
The war years I spent in Rodney Soke from 1940 until I married in in 1962. My great-grand father was Silvester, and my father took his name of Silvester and I have it as a second name. My grandfather Rowland was the landlord of the Rodey Stoke Inn, my sister Sheila lived there all her life until Grandad's death in 1958. St Leonard's church never had electricity and I used to pump the organ for Mrs Sealy and if I did not pump fast enough she would soon let me have some black looks. And Reg Carey had some hard work lighting the boiler just under the floor on entry to the church. I attended Sunday School every Sunday with my sister, then had tea at the Rodney Stoke Inn with my grandad and stepgran. Bonfire Night was always held at the inn. There were two walnut trees there at the time. The garage at Rodney Stoke was run by Jack Hewish, he was a great man, if ever I... Read more
Grandparents Shop
My Grandparents, Joseph and Lilian Stokes, had this property built about 1953, they opened a general stores, the only one for miles around, and also ran the local post office in the shop, a few years later. Many many happy childhood memories at Big Tree Stores, my brother and I could help ourselves to anything, big tins of Roses and Lucky Numbers sat on the counter to be weighed out, and at Christmas the upstairs sitting room became a gift area with lots of present ideas on show. The shop was open 6.5 days a week, the garage didn't house Grandpas' car, but the food storeroom at the back, and his Barbers' salon at the front, he had previously had a hairdressing business in Bristol. My Grandmother stayed on at the shop for a couple of years after my Grandfathers' death in 1964, but then sold the business.
