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Historic maps of East Stoke and the local area, hand-drawn by Ordnance Survey and Samuel Lewis. View all East Stoke maps
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East Stoke area books
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Memories of East Stoke
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Somerset memories
Drayton Family of Montacute
My family the Draytons lived in Montacute for most of the 1800's. The lived quite a lot of their life in Bishopstone St. If anyone has any more information about what Montacute was like in those times, or about Townsend Poor House Cottages, I'd love to hear from you.
Elissa
Wartime Memories
I have some very fond memories of Montacute when my sister and I were sent to stay with some very distant relatives during the war. We were living in Kent at the time and my mother was very worried for our safety when the blitz of London started and we were sent down to Montacute and stayed with 'Aunt Em' and 'Uncle Will', no other details known but their house overlooked a farm which I seem to remember being "Shere Farm" and a lovely lady - Mrs Shere - made our stay very welcoming. I'm in my seventies now so my memory is not what it used to be but there were two sons on the farm who took me under their wing and looked after me. If anyone can throw any light on this farm I would be most grateful - its probably been built over by now though. The house we stayed in was directly alongside the railway line and overlooked the farm, we were... Read more
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I love this place, I grew up around here and all my family are littered all over the place.
I used to get my old dead dog macky to drag me up to the top and then I'd drag him back up. I'd always get stuck in the mud and i'd fall out of my wellies. Oh I miss being a child and running round here and watching all my uncles and grandads getting drunk in the club.
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Happy Times
We lived in Castle Street opposite the school> I remember neighbours as the Mounters, Tratt, Gosneys, and I remember the Browns who were very kind to my mother when Dad died in 1956, 3 days after my twelfth birthday, he is buried in the churchyard of St Marys Church. The horse and cart that a couple had who lived at the end of the road and went round the village with groceries etc. Oh so many memories. Our surname was Cooper, also I remember a friend called Heather Harmsworth, I wonder where she is now??
Barbara.
Village People.
I remember the people with shops in village. There was Charlie Chants grocers, Hardings stores, real old characters were Jack & Charle Hawkes with their grocery and corn shop. Good old Edger Stagg and his sweet shop. Jack Dykes and Fred Tulks fish and chip shops, oh, so good after pictures on a Friday night at Kendicks cinema. Dentist Mr Coleman, barber Hallett and Mrs Welch's sweet shop. Fred Merlace with his horse and cart with fruit and veg, we used to sit on the cart and ride up Kings Road where I lived. I remember the farmer, nicknamed Squeeker Hebditch, when he used to catch us scrumping his apples. It was such a happy time in my life.
Rollerskates
Just like to say I have many happy memories of rollerskating down past the green and went to school just by the church in the photograph and remember the stocks on the green. Are they still there by the big oak tree?
Elm Tree
I remember well the village green ,the stocks and the enormous elm tree, we had to walk from school beside St Margarets church, over the green, past the tree and the stocks to the village hall where we had our lunch(ugh school dinners) do you remember Mrs Kensington? Sorry to say the tree was lost to dutch elm disease, the stocks were moved to side of the main walkway into the churchyard.
Great memories of the village I left in 2000
Wendy Leach
