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Haydon maps
Historic maps of Haydon and the local area, hand-drawn by Ordnance Survey and Samuel Lewis. View all Haydon maps
Haydon photos
We have no photos of Haydon, although we do have photos of these nearby places:
Dinder| Croscombe| Wells| Wookey Hole| Litton| Shepton Mallet| Priddy| East Harptree| Pilton| Stratton-On-The-Fosse| Wookey| Doulting| Stoke St Michael| Farrington Gurney| Westbury Sub Mendip| West Harptree| Holcombe| Midsomer Norton| Compton Martin| Glastonbury
Haydon area books
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Memories of Haydon
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Scarlett Withies
My great-grandmother Mahala Willmott was born at a place called Scarlett Withies. Does anyone know where it was? The Willmotts lived on Church Street and later on Long Street.
I Lived at Beechbarrow
I think the date at 1974 is correct but I would have been 6 then!! We owned all of what is Beechbarrow now and as a young man I had the run of the place! I hope the beech walk is still there, I built my first tree house in there! It was on the other side from the barn that Ron Chard had. Ron Chard was the farmer that used the paddocks we had. His son Tom is hopefully running it now, if Ron is not. Romulus & Remus were just a part of life but the best was a little fish pond, as you go in on the right. There is a massive hole/cave in the garden to the left as you go in to Beechbarrow. I only saw it once but Dad and a friend put a paper feed bag down it alight, it was deep and O was not allowed to play there again. In1977 for the Queen's Silver Jubilee there was a big fire on Penn... Read more
Memorys And Friends of Litton
Hi, I lived in Litton as a child till I was 17 then I joinedthe air force. Fab times horse riding with Maralyn Taylor and Sheila Parsons who I am still in love with. Other friends included Kelvin Parker, Michael Roach, John Rugman, Adrian & Malcolm Larder, Wyndam Court, Patrick Newman, Brian Middle, Gln Church and Geoff & Liz Tucker. Hot summers helping farmers do haymaking and pheasant shoots. I still go back as I have an auntie there (Nesta Tucker) and cousin Liz. Great pub, the Kings Arms. And sorry not forgetting Erica who lives on the common. Anyone wanting to know about Litton contact me at somersetx@aol.com Thanks
Genealogy
My GGGrandmother, SARAH BRYANT, was born in Litton in 1839. She married a WILLIAM CARTER of Welton, M.S.Norton.
She was the daughter of Thomas Bryant and Emily ??.
Thomas was born in Stoke, Som. Emily was born in Ashwick,Som.
Thomas was a Brewers ser.
They had 4 children. Sarah, Mary, Eliza, Sydney. All Litton born.
If any Litton historians have any more details.please contact me.
lewis.carter@ntlworld.com
Family History
Well, actually 1820s/1830s ... we've been researching our Payne/Pain family history and some members of it were baptised in the little church in Francis's picture. It took us a long time to unravel the family and we haven't been able to get back past those who were baptished in Compton Bishop. Any help would be appreciated.
PS the family migrated in various waves of Somerset migration to Victoria Australia.
Where It Is Now
I don't know when, but at some point the whole pavilion was moved to where it it still is, just behind Nat West and Philips' Tyres. It has been converted into a bungalow, but if you look closely you can see what it was. When we had our office there, it still had its little tower, but it leaked and the landlord took the easy option of removing it.
I Live in Shepton Mallet
I was Shepton Mallet Carnival Queen and it was very good to do the job. My Granny and Grampy lived in Shepton Mallet and my dad and uncle were born in Shepton Mallet as well my mum who would've been the Shepton Mallet Carnival Queen in 1965. Pete and I are building a shed down Darshill. It used to be a pig barn and it is going to be wonderful when it is finished. We will have to take photos of the shed now and before. I got the map of Darshill and it shows us that the shed that me and my friend done is on the map
