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Sampford Brett maps

Historic maps of Sampford Brett and the local area, hand-drawn by Ordnance Survey and Samuel Lewis.   View all Sampford Brett maps

Sampford Brett photos

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Williton| Bicknoller| Doniford| Watchet| Washford| Old Cleeve| Crowcombe| East Quantoxhead| Stickle Path| Quantock| Alfoxton House| Roadwater| Kilve| Holford| Leighland| Blue Anchor| Withycombe| Carhampton| Triscombe| Adscombe| Bagborough| Over Stowey| Cothelstone

Sampford Brett area books

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Memories of Sampford Brett

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Somerset memories

Working Life Memories.

As a boy of 11 or 12 I left school everyday at 3.30pm. I then drove the cows to Mr Goodings Mill about 30 or 40 yards away from Mr Shepherd's shop. After being milked I drove them back again. In wintertime I'd grind up mangolds. I was paid 1/6 for this. Then I worked at Mr Shepherd's shop running errands and did odd jobs etc. I remember very well he had fowl houses under the Bridge road but the Council made a hole in the road and horse-drawn lorries drove to the top and tipped everything down the hole until it filled up. That part of the road is called The Ramp. Opposite my old home lived Mr Taylor who did odd jobs with his horse and cart. His home caught fire and burnt down as there was no water. After this the Council dug up the road in several places to find where the water pipe was. I am over... Read more

Albert Terrace

The Village 1919
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This is a picture of Albert Terrace where my mother lived at no 3. THe Bates family. I'd be interested in anyone who has any information.

Halscombe.house.washford .1942

The Village 1919
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I lived at Washford from 1942 to 1958. The house I lived in was Halscombe and I went to school in Minehead
and was in the sea scouts at Watchet. If anyone can remember me from that time, please get in touch.  we  went  to  school  on  the  train in  the  good  old  days
Yours, Keith Duckworth

Grandmother And Grandfather, Also Aunts & Uncles Lived in The Village

My grandmother and grandfather had the general store and post office. Their name was Cridland. One of my aunties and uncle Charles had a house down by the church, their name was Hunt. The other auntie, Edie, and uncle Bert lived in the house in the photo, their name was Cannon, Pat and Gwen. My name is Beryl. We came to the village when the was was on. I was eight. My mother was Chris Mitchell and my father was Rowland. Chris was the daughter of gran and grandad Cridland.

Old Cleeve

Hi, I am also related to the Cridlands. My Mother was Pat Cannon. She was the daughter of Bert & Edie. They also had another daughter Gwen, who used to live in Bilbrook with her husband Ted and daughter Linda who taught me how to ride a bike. The house you see in this picture is Southview thought to be built around the 17th-18th Century. I came to live in this house with my sister in 1963 and stayed for 2 years. The Cottage is still there today albeit modernised and extended. We had plenty of happy memories here. Old Cleeve has managed to stay relatively untouched by progress throughout the years, and is well worth a visit.

Our House

I lived in Old Cleeve for 19 years at no. 17. Our surname was Ryan. We continued to live there after our mother's death in 1983 and our father died in 1986, we then moved up to Scotland, even though I have some fond memories of my life in Somerset.

Halsway Manor

I discovered this amazing place in 2006 and only wish I had known of it 50 years ago as it is an oasis of rural bliss where folk musicians and dancers meet like-minded people to practise and learn from one another. I first went there to meet some folk musicians one Sunday evening so I took along my piano accordian to join in the session in the Halsway Manor bar. It was really wonderful to be able to play in such a grand atmosphere. Since then I have returned a dozen times for similar music groups and on one occasion I went along on a summer afternoon to see the maypole dancing on the Halsway Manor front lawn.

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