Great Elm, Somerset

Old Photos , Historic Maps , Local History Books and Memories of Great Elm

Frith photos prompt happy memories of our personal history, so enjoy this trip down memory lane with our old photos, historic maps, local history books, and memories of Great Elm. Refresh & enjoy your personal memories, or find some that family & friends will love as gifts.

It's free to browse our vintage and retro photographs of Great Elm, but if some spark good memories they are available to buy in a wide range of products, including framed prints, canvas prints and personalised photo gifts including tea towels, mugs, jigsaws, tableware, cushion covers, customised calendars. Don't miss other visitors' Memories and maybe connect with those who have shared their memories - you may even know the names, or learn more about the locality.

Old Photos of Great Elm
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Great Elm in 1907

Old Maps of Great Elm

Historic Maps of Great Elm and the local area.

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Map of Great Elm in 1898

Map of Great Elm in 1898-1899

Map of Great Elm in 1919

Map of Great Elm in 1946

Map of Great Elm in 1902

Sheet Maps of Great Elm

Historic Folded Sheet Maps of Great Elm and the local area, matching current OS Landranger Sheet Maps.

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Shows Great Elm in 1811

Shows Great Elm in 1899

Shows Great Elm in 1919

Shows Great Elm in 1811

Books about Great Elm
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34 photo books on Great Elm and the surrounding area.

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Cover image of Frome Photographic Memories

Cover image of Trowbridge - A History and Celebration

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Cover image of Wells - A History and Celebration

Cover image of Wells Photographic Memories

Memories of Great Elm
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Daneswood

I too, was living in Great Elm in the 1950's.I guess Richard's grandparents were the Frosts. Betty James is now dead, her husband Fred was killed in a road accident on the Mells Road in 1969. Wood's House was called Elmhurst, it burnt down in the 1960's. I still run regularly through the valley and think the name was changed by the Stowells - he worked for the BBC in Bristol. Subsequent owners have included Monty Norman ...see more

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Added 21 August 2012

Daneswood

My maternal grandparents owned Daneswood, which you reached by taking the Mells road out of Great Elm, then turning left at a bungalow set right on the edge of the Mells river valley. After passing the bungalow, Daneswood was the first of three fine Victorian houses set in their own beautiful gardens that fell away down the valley to the Mells river. Daneswood has since been renamed Wood Rising. When our family of ...see more

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