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Historic maps of Greenham and the local area, hand-drawn by Ordnance Survey and Samuel Lewis. View all Greenham maps
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Holcombe Rogus| Westford| Rockwell Green| Wellington| Waterrow| Culmstock| Milverton| Nynehead| Uffculme| Sampford Peverell| Wiveliscombe| Bradford On Tone| Halse| Halberton| Bishops Lydeard
Greenham area books
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Lower Westford
I have just discovered that my great grandmother, Sarah Selwood, lived at 4 Lower Westford with her husband, Frederick John Selwood. I wonder if there are still relatives that I don't know living there.
Memories
I've just discovered that my G.G.G. Grandfather's brother, Albert Fouracre, was the Licensed Victueller at this pub in 1891. Does that mean he was the Landlord?
Sylvanus Ferris
Hi, not a memory but i have found out that my great-grandfather was born in this little village in 1856. Any info or gossip would be welcome, on Sylvanus Ferrisor any of the Ferris clan that lived in the village. Thanks, Lee.
Anna''s Outing to The Wellington Monument
I have driven up and down the M5 so many times and seen a monument on top of the Blackdown Hills. Each time I passed I wondered what it was and so eventually I got hold of an Ordnance Survey map and identified it as the Wellingotn Monument. I promised myself that one day I would actually NOT drive past but I would make an outing specifically to go and see it. And so today I took my wife Elizabeth and granddaughter Anna for a picnic to Somerset.
We found a small muddy National Trust car park which was filled with half a dozen cars, then tramped along a bumpy puddle strewn track for half a mile between neglected woods towards the unseen monument. What a disappointment! Not only was the monument surrounded by bracken and trees which obscured the hoped for viewpoint over the valley to the north but the monument itself was totally enclosed within a stockade of ten feet high garishly painted steel fencing.... Read more
Stories Coming to Life.
What a find!! My great and great great grandparents lived in South Street, Wellington. I couldn't believe it when I had a closer look at this photo, on the right hand side of this there is a drapery shop and it has their name over the doorway. GRATTON. I had heard stories of the drapery shop in Wellington but never imagined that I would see it. What a brilliant web site too.
Evacuation
My memories of Wellington are ones of feeling very homesick. I went there in November 1940. I stayed at the Vintage Hotel. I believe Mr & Mrs Joseph were the proprieters and they were very kind to me. They had a daughter named Betty but I was very unhappy, I was only there for a couple of weeks, it was decided I was to go and stay with my aunt who was billeted elsewhere in the town, but I just wanted to go home. I will never forget Christmas 1940, my grandparents came to see me. When they arrived I remember saying to them "I've got three shillings and four pence, please take me home" (about 17p). Needless to say I returned back to London on 27th December. I was even pleased to see the barrage balloons, I knew I was home. Then I saw mum & dad and my little brother, it was wonderful. All these years later I have never forgotten how happy I felt, thankfully we all... Read more
More Memories of Waterrow
Dear reader, I have received some lovely messages since writing a few memories I thought I would add a few more.
The Rock Inn
I use to stay with my great uncle/aunty's public house, namely the Rock Inn, in 1958- 1965. The Pub was split into three rooms, the Snug, the Lounge Bar and the restaurant. There (Jim and Florence Pyle) were the landlord of the the Rock. At the time we the Bishop Family lived in Sidcup Kent we would come down to the west country by steam train from Paddington down to Taunton then onto the Branch line changing from the main line to the branch line (Taunton to Barnstaple) and getting off at either Wiveliscombe or at Venn Cross near Waterrow. I used to spend a lot of my holidays at the Rock Inn.
Exmoor Hunt
The Hunt would regularly meet outside for a stirrup cup before they departed for their meet, this happened on Boxing day and early Spring. my great uncle... Read more
