Monkton Combe
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Childhood Days
This picture of Combe Road brings back many memories, looking straight ahead and slightly to the right is Summer Lane where I attended infant school, the shop on the left was a tobacconist and sweet shop at this time.
On the right of the picture would be the King William pub, adjacent to the shop was a small lane that lead to the local garden allotments, my father had one of these.
Combe Down was, and still is a lovely village, albeit too many cars these days.
Summer Lane leads on to Monkton Combe another lovely old village with its renowned school, and nestling in a beautiful valley.
A memory of Combe Down contributed by Frank Sumsion
childhood memories
I moved to Freshford with my family when I was 12 years old and lived at The Inn for 5 years before moving away. We did not have the wall on the end of the building that you see in the foreground. By then a large car park had been built and that was the way through. The tree opposite was still there but the farmhouse next to it was empty. We were flooded some time after moving there when the river overflowed. This was before the changes were made to the river flow at Bath. We used to swim in the river on hot days. You can see the bridge nearby in one of the other photos. There used ...read more here
A memory of Freshford contributed by rosemary leader
Southgate Hotel
My Great Great Grandparents were William and Elizabeth Pratt.
In the 1880s William and his family had lived and worked on the Longleat Estate, William was the Head Gardener at that time.
In 1891 they moved to Bath, and sadly William died there in 1892, and on his death certificate it stated that he died at 24 Southgate Street.
Further sadness followed when son Arthur Reginald also died, he was only 14.
Thanks to the Bath Post Office Directories of 1895 I was able to establish that the address was the Southgate Hotel and the Proprietor is stated as William's wife Elizabeth.
The Southgate Hotel can be seen on photo ref 52994 on the right hand side looking up Southgate Street, ...read more here
A memory of Bath contributed by Clive Pratt
Where have the trees gone?
Does anyone know when the trees were felled? I have found a slightly later photo around the turn of the century and this has the trees still. Today there are none, although I think those on Laura Place are still there. If anyone knows about this, I'd love to hear from you: moretrees@live.co.uk
A memory of Bath contributed by Adam Gretton
Extracts From Monkton Combe & Avon books
Back across the river, via the Batheaston toll bridge, follow the Avon south before turning right to Monkton Combe, a delightful village nestling in the valley of the Midford Brook. Much of the south side of the main street beyond the village shop and the junction with Mill Lane is now occupied by a private school, Monkton Combe School.
An extract from from"Bath Photographic Memories".
At the end of Mill Lane, across the course of the old Somerset Coal Canal (1794-1898) and past a small 17th-century stone lock-up, is the former water mill. The building on the left, the Old Mill, is a house with an added balcony, while that to the right is now the well known Morris Minor Centre.
An extract from from"Bath Photographic Memories".
Go back to the Avon valley, turn right at the traffic lights by the Viaduct Inn, then left towards Lower Limpley Stoke. This view, actually on the main A36, looks across the viaduct over the Midford Brook back to the Viaduct Inn. Three hundred yards further north is Rennie’s 1805 Dundas Aqueduct carrying the canal across the River Avon.
An extract from from"Bath Photographic Memories".
Now renamed The Abbey Hotel, this terrace of houses became an hotel in 1879. It is part of the elder Wood’s Royal Forum, with its long, formal composition fronting North Parade. In the foreground is the then newly-laid-out area replacing the Royal Literary and Scientific Institution, now all paved and occupied by the water fountain of 1839 relocated from Bath Street.
An extract from from"Bath Photographic Memories".
Towards the edge of the village are former Rural District Council houses, now with lusher gardens, and opposite is a former Nonconformist chapel dated 1898. The tour of some villages around Bath is now finished, and you can head back northwards to the city.
An extract from from"Bath Photographic Memories".