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Keinton Mandeville maps
Historic maps of Keinton Mandeville and the local area, hand-drawn by Ordnance Survey and Samuel Lewis. View all Keinton Mandeville maps
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Keinton Mandeville books
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South and West Somerset Photographic Memories
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My sister moved from Manchester in 1990 to Keinton as her husband was working in Shepton Mallet. We have been visiting the village at least 3 times a year, Easter, Summer and usually Christmas. Our children say they can smell Somerset - they mean fresh air, fires burning etc. Keinton has shown us a different way of life, we love to... [more]
Shared on 05 January 2007
Somerset memories
We lived in Sparkford, but 4 of us were born at this hospital (the last one was born at home in 1956). I am not sure how Dad managed to visit Mum as he certainly did not have a car!
We visit Somerset annually but this year we stayed at Barton St David. The small villages with narrow streets were... [more]
Shared on 27 July 2009
Our cottage in West Street used to almost back on to the railway line. We lived next door to Mr and Mrs Dummet (Aunty Mable and Uncle Ern) next door again was the telephone exchange (I think a boy called Michael Elliot lived there) then there was Station Lane then the Alms Houses. I remember when we moved up to... [more]
Shared on 08 November 2007
We knew this spot as Brown's Fields. Farmer Brown had the dairy in Broad Street and used to drive his cows down the lane by the Lynch. In summer time we used to go down to the river to play and have picnics. In the winter time it was a great place to use your sledge. We often used to sit... [more]
Shared on 08 November 2007
Mr Bryant had a hardware shop (on the right) I seem to remember Mrs Bryant had a Corgi dog (I was always quite scared of it) Up the road a bit on the right I’m sure Mr Garland had a little shop – he was a boot maker.
On the corner you can see the Infant’s School.... [more]
Shared on 08 November 2007
The Library was in the building on the left – I was a real book worm so I loved being able borrow new books every week. We used to go to Sunday school at the church. Reverend Hayter was our vicar (daughters Pauline and Janet) and Mrs Leach used to teach us. She had children about my age... [more]
Shared on 08 November 2007
The Red Lion Building used to be a Post Office run by Mr and Mrs Salter. Next door to was the Boy's School. The boys and girls went to separate schools in those days – the girls were taught by Miss Bibby at Monteclefe and the boys by Miss Lacy at the Boy’s School. I think I’d been at... [more]
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Gran and Grandpa Lazenby's Shop
Gran and Grandpa Lazenby had a grocery shop here. I believe they also had a café next door but I can’t remember that. I do remember looking through the window in the back of the shop and seeing my Mum slicing bacon on a big red machine.
Mum tells me her worst job was to... [more]
Shared on 08 November 2007
Extracts From Keinton Mandeville & Somerset books
Displaying a selection of extracts from Frith books about Keinton Mandeville, inspired by Frith photos.
We are looking down the High Street from Castle Street, where Victorian actor Sir Henry Irving was born. There were building stone quarries around the village - the Quarry Inn is lower down the street, and the gardens are separated by upright slabs of lias. The shop on the right is now offices.
This is an extract from Somerset Living Memories.
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Glastonbury Photographic Memories
To reach our final village, Pilton, we must leave our straight route at East Pennard and travel almost due north for a couple of miles or so. Pilton is a large but quite dispersed village beside the Glastonbury to Shepton Mallet road, and we are now some six miles from the former. The parish church, dedicated to St John the Baptist, developed from the Norman period onward through the Middle... [more]
This is an extract from Glastonbury Photographic Memories.
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Glastonbury Photographic Memories
An intriguing photograph - are the men beside the pile of stones carrying out repairs or new construc- tion? It looks as though they may be finishing work on the wall in the foreground, perhaps linked to the new frontage for the main building constructed around this time. The wall was probably demolished when the factory was extended in 1933.
This is an extract from Glastonbury Photographic Memories.
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