Holcombe
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Three Ashes, Oakhill
We used to stay at Three Ashes, Stoke Hill with my grandparents most summers in the fifties. They were called Moore. My mother (now deceased) was called Enid Moore and was brought up by her grandparents, John Moore a quarryman and his wife (I do not know her first name). Her mother was called Edith Florence May Moore, but we were brought up to call her auntie. Does anyone out there have any memories/photos of the area. I would be most obliged as I am trying to trace my family tree to give to my grandson.
Many thanks
Linda W
A memory of Stoke St Michael contributed by lnda wilson
My relatives
MY RELATIVES FROM THE 1800S FARMED AT BODDEN FARM N/R DOULTING. THE VILLAGE IS VERY PICTURESQUE. MY FAMILY ENDED UP MOVING TO CARDIFF IN 1881, BUT AS IT IS NOW I LIVE IN WINCANTON YOU COULD SAY I HAVE COME HOME.
A memory of Doulting contributed by DUNCAN LUFF
A changing townscape
Memories of Shepton Mallet.
I was born in Kilver Street, Shepton Mallet just two years before the Second World War was declared and have drawn upon my family and my own memories to produce 18 books of local history on the town and the surrounding area. Little had changed in the townscape during the previous 100 years, and it was until the 1960s that widescale demolition and rebuilding took place. In many cases this erased much of the 19th century built townscape. Should anyone like to know more about my town's history I would be glad to help, or visit my website: freddavis.co.uk .
Fred Davis
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I live in Shepton Mallet
I was Shepton Mallet Carnival Queen and it was very good to do the job. My Granny and Grampy lived in Shepton Mallet and my dad and uncle were born in Shepton Mallet as well my mum who would've been the Shepton Mallet Carnival Queen in 1965. Pete and I are building a shed down Darshill. It used to be a pig barn and it is going to be wonderful when it is finished. We will have to take photos of the shed now and before. I got the map of Darshill and it shows us that the shed that me and my friend done is on the map
A memory of Shepton Mallet contributed by LOUISE MANSHIP
Extracts From Holcombe & Avon books
In medieval times Holcombe was built up a hill to escape the plague in the old village below. It prospered thanks to coal mining, and packhorses carried the coal down the street to the Fosse Way. Nowadays it is a prosperous commuting area, and modern semis punctuate the old stone cottages.
An extract from from"Somerset Living 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".