Wrington
Wrington maps (2 available)
Map of Avon
Beautifully hand-drawn and coloured, dating from around 1840
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Wrington books (5 available)
Weston-super-Mare Town Walk Guide
Paperback
Did You Know? Bath - A Miscellany
Hardback
Weston-super-Mare Photographic Memories
Paperback
Wrington memories
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Avon memories
My family
My mother's family is from Bristol and my first memory of going to Congresbury is when I was four, in 1984. Me, my mom and my three older brothers went to visit my grandma and grandpa in their beautiful cottage home, on Orchard Lea. The beautiful flowers, crab apple trees, the smell of summer...the list goes on. I remember going snail picking and being too scared to eat one. My grandpa would make us kids ice cream sandwiches, it was heaven. My grandpa took me for a walk, to buy me a gift, and it was a metal set of mini pots and pans, I still have them to this day. We would go to the ocean, and play in the ...read more here
A memory of Congresbury contributed by Deb Anhorn
Brockley Hall
I believe that my great grandfather Robert Landeman Jones owned Brockley Hall but I am unsure of the date, I am guessing it was the 1870s. I think that he later moved to Weston-super-Mare. My brother and I have a photo of the old house. I also have a diary that my great grandfather kept for the years 1896 and 1905 which has fascinating detail about his accounts.
A memory of Brockley contributed by Rosamund Garrod-Mason
My ancestry
I have wonderful memories of visting Compton Martin in the 1990s and a lunch at the Ring O' Bells. My strong interest in the village is because my grandfather Charles Stallard was born there in 1879, his father George in 1844 and his grandmother Martha Badman in 1811. My Stallard family lived at Compton Martin for many years having come from nearby Wrington. If there are any Stallards or Badmans still living in the area I would love to contact them.
Patricia Adair (nee Stallard)
e-mail: paadair@ihug.co.nz
A memory of Compton Martin contributed by First name Last name
Happy memories
This photo brought back a flood of happy memories. The only school I actually liked!
I was second year senior when the school closed. Sad day. I remember the creepy tunnel down in the art room by the sink.
A memory of Chew Magna contributed by emma boxer
Extracts From Wrington & Avon books
This is the main road
through the village looking
towards Hutton Hill. The
white cottage on the left
used to be the Post Office,
before it was moved to the
other side of the road in
the 1930s.
An extract from from"Weston-super-Mare Photographic Memories".
This view looks west along Main Road. In the distance a lorry is being loaded with
milk churns from Old Post Office Farm. In 1900 there were twelve farms in the
village, all with dairy herds. Now just three are left.
An extract from from"Weston-super-Mare Photographic Memories".
Another view that clearly shows the 1883 promenade and sea wall. Before this was
built, the beach stretched much further inland and sand dunes often formed as far
as Regent Street. On the sands, donkeys wait for riders, as they have done since
the earliest days of the resort.
An extract from from"Weston-super-Mare Photographic Memories".
This shows a packed
beach with striped
umbrellas marking
the variety of stalls.
These sold everything
from teas and soft
drinks to shellfish and
souvenirs. There were
also temporary stages
set up with concert
parties, pierrots and
other entertainers.
An extract from from"Weston-super-Mare Photographic Memories".
This view looks west along Main Road. In the distance a lorry is being loaded with
milk churns from Old Post Office Farm. In 1900 there were twelve farms in the
village, all with dairy herds. Now just three are left.
An extract from from"Weston-super-Mare Photographic Memories".