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The Old School House
The Old School House was the village school, which opened in 1868 and closed in 1960. The school was built by the landowner using the local blue lias stone. The windows were reclaimed from the Abbey, as were corbals and other pieces of stonework and are a definite feature of the property. The school took all ages until the early 1870's when it was split into infants and juniors. At its height there were 52 children on the register and two teachers. The school was overseen by a management committee and the record book of the meetings of the committee, from the day it was opened to when it was closed, is still in the possession of a family in the ...read more here
A memory of Muchelney contributed by Stephen Baker
Wonderful visit!
We had the priviledge of staying in Muchelney during December 2007! What a discovery! We stayed in a beautiful cottage, had lovely hosts. As visitors from Africa, we experienced our first real heavy frost. The pools of water looked as if were covered in glass! One morning we went for a walk in the village and stepped onto these "glass pools", which of course cracked under out feet, breaking it into fragments of glass. A visit to the Muchelney Church building proved to be very interesting, and the inside of the church is quite informative and beautiful. Opposite the church a cottage was being rethatched. It was the first ...read more here
A memory of Muchelney contributed by Susan Neethling
Descendents of ...
Our great-grandfather, Somerton grocer and corn factor George Frederick Hatcher, was born in Somerton. George and Emma Peddle married and with their two boys - great-uncle William and our grandfather Frances- they came to Canada in the early 1900's. That branch of the Hatchers spread throughout Western Canada, currently in Winnnipeg and Vancouver area. A couple of us have been to the UK a few times but not yet to Somerton though a plan to do so is imminent. If anyone has any photos of the street (I think Broad Street) where Hatcher's Grocer was - even a photo of the shop itself - it would make our day. And if anyone can trace themselves anywhere near us that would tickle ...read more here
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friends
i have many a happy memories that i shared with tracey atkins/mittchell who lives in long sutton knightlands lane i came from wolverhampton every year for many years if any one knows them now send them my love
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Extracts From Langport & Somerset books
From North Curry, we skirt the south edge of West Sedge Moor to the town of Langport on the east bank of the River
Parrett. Once a significant inland port, it has some fine houses and a Guildhall of 1733. Uphill, the town’s east gate
survives, with a chapel over it. This view looks out of the market place into Bow Street, which leads down to the river.
Head’s cycle shop on the right has now moved into the confectioners on the corner, and is an electrical shop.
An extract from from"Somerset Photographic Memories".
The Hanging Chapel is above the archway to the left, hidden behind the trees. It was the town’s guild or corporation chapel. To the right stands the 19th-century Old School House, no longer thatched.
An extract from from"Somerset Living Memories".
It is a relief to reach the archaeologically rich and
beautiful headland of Brean Down, a carboniferous
limestone outlier of the Mendips reaching 300 feet
high, from whose bare grassy slopes are long views
to Wales, Glastonbury and along the Somerset coast.
Closer in, you can look down on Weston Bay and
Weston-super-Mare to the north: it is probably
better not to look too closely at the holiday sprawl
along the road back to Burnham-on-Sea.
An extract from from"Somerset Photographic Memories".
The Church 1961
Heading back towards Highbridge and the end of
this seaside tour, we head for East Brent on the
north-east side of Brent Knoll; this is an Upper Lias
limestone outlier rising steeply from the flat lands
surrounding it. East Brent’s church has a tall,
slender spire, but its most remarkable feature is the
nave ceiling of 1637 which has a sinuous pattern of
imitation vault ribs focusing on three pendant
bosses done in a Gothic revival style.
An extract from from"Somerset Photographic Memories".
This lane leads from the main through road to the church and Manor House. The house on the left has been
demolished, and the lane now has modern houses on both sides. The church with its elegant 15th-century west tower
is well worth visiting for its medieval woodwork, including the benches and roofs.
An extract from from"Somerset Photographic Memories".