Dodington
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Avon memories
early 80's
During the early '80's when i was working as a cameraman for the US TV network ABC I used to come and visit my father (Marcel Dutru and his wife Anne) who had retired in Rode after a long career in the catering trade. I had many happy memories of the place and of course the pubs. The X Keys especially where we used to go upstairs and play bowls. We met some delightful people one of which I still email and chat with. Bill Lapham. Browsing the internet and seeing this site brought back the past and when my father was alive. Bob Dutru- Niagara Falls, Canada
A memory of Rode contributed by Bob Dutru
Strange but true
Our first home was a ground floor bedsit at 40 Castle Corner opposite the castle. The old part of the road formed a hammer head and had three parking bays. One dark rainy winters night my husband parked outside and ran in to get his wallet. When he got back outside the car was gone. He ran out into the road and saw that it was in fact parked between two cars in the hammer head. He must have left it with the handbrake off and the camber of the road must have determined the line at which it travelled. Whether the two parked cars were already there or not we shall never know. ...read more here
A memory of Beckington contributed by Christine Mabbett
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.
A memory of Litton contributed by Claire Hughes
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
A memory of Litton contributed by Lewis Carter
Extracts From Dodington & Avon books
The route diverts briefly to the east side of the Quantocks to visit Dodington, a small and peaceful hamlet just north
of the busy A39. Next to the small 15th-century parish church, out of view to the right, is Dodington Hall, a long
Elizabethan manor house of 1581. Partly bare stone and partly whitewashed, and with numerous stone-mullioned
windows, its cross passage is behind the two-storey porch. If the back and front doors are open, you can see right
through the house to the back garden.
An extract from from"Somerset Photographic Memories".
The church lies behind a huddle of dilapidated cottages
lining the Nunney Brook; here, wool was washed during
the busy years of the cloth trade. Today the cottages are
all restored. They have small gardens overlooking the
brook, which is home to many ducks.
An extract from from"Frome Photographic Memories".
This gabled thatched
cottage is very typical
of the area. Thatch
was used before tile
and slate. This cottage
might be a local store,
as the bottom sign is
advertising Typhoo Tea.
The street remains much
the same today.
An extract from from"Frome Photographic Memories".
These cottages lie on
the road down from
the school, one of the
first church schools in
Somerset. The thatch
looks so picturesque
today. The signpost
beyond directs the
driver to Frome on the
right and Coleford to
the left. The ‘halt’ sign
looks less strident than
those we are used to today.
An extract from from"Frome Photographic Memories".
A view of the south
porch. St Andrew’s
Church was built in
the latter part of the
15th century of oolitic
limestone in the
Perpendicular style.
Buried in the graveyard
now is Monsignor
Ronald Knox, who lived
for a time at the Manor.
Siegfried Sassoon and
Lady Violet Bonham
Carter are also buried here.
An extract from from"Frome Photographic Memories".