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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
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
Contributed by Susan Neethling
Somerset memories
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
Extracts From Muchelney & Somerset books
Farleigh Hungerford’s post office closed in the 1990s, but the village retains a school, a church and a pub. It is best known for its ruined castle, which once belonged to the Hungerford family, but it has also been popular for moto-cross and swimming in the River Frome.
An extract from from"Somerset Living Memories".
Faulkland hamlet, in the parish of Hemington, declined with the end of its coal mining industry. Its 18th-century coaching inn is of similar age to the house of Thomas Turner, who built a folly tower nearby and shared with the villagers his pond and lawns, which became the large village green.
An extract from from"Somerset Living Memories".
In the 19th century this area was the centre of a busy coal mining industry. At the bottom of Wells Hill we can see the railway station, which came with the Bath and Bristol line in 1874, succeeding a canal and tramway for carrying coal. A busy weekly market stood by the crossing.
An extract from from"Somerset Living Memories".
In the centre of this picture are the buildings of Monkton Combe School. Beyond can be seen the Limpley Stoke viaduct, built for the Black Dog Turnpike Trust in 1834. A canal and railway passed under the bridge. To the right is Brassknocker Hill.
An extract from from"Somerset Living Memories".
The Fosse Way runs down from the right of this picture to meet the Avon and follow it to Bath, three miles away. Mills grew along the river and St Catherine’s Brook producing flour, leather, paper and cloth, until the brook was tapped for water for Bath.
An extract from from"Somerset Living Memories".