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Timberscombe maps
Historic maps of Timberscombe and the local area, hand-drawn by Ordnance Survey and Samuel Lewis. View all Timberscombe maps
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Timberscombe books
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South and West Somerset Photographic Memories
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North and Central Somerset Photographic Memories
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Somerset Photographic Memories
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Memories of Timberscombe
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We moved to Oaktrow in January 1957, me travelling in the cattle truck. The rest went by car. We stayed the first week or so at the Lion Inn, Timberscombe. Oaktrow had been purchased the previous summer. We eventually moved in and gradually things got more civilised. I liked staying in the village and playing skittles at the pub. In those... [more]
Shared on 15 March 2009
The first 8 plus years of my life were spent here at Merrow Down, off the Common. The only time we were away was for a few months in 1939-40 during the Phoney War. I had various nannies, the best being Flora. She came about autumn 1940 and stayed until autumn 1942 when 'called up ' for work of national importance... [more]
Shared on 16 January 2009
The Timberscombe I knew (1957-1965)
We moved to Oaktrow in January 1957 and until the house was habitable, we stayed at The Lion (prominently displayed in one of the photos). The village then had four shops, these being the Post Office towards Minehead, Mrs Yeandle's, the Coombe Stores (very successful under Basil Hewlett and his wife) and Loveridge's which was on the way to Stowey. Mrs... [more]
Shared on 25 October 2008
Somerset memories
My Grandad, Cyril Albert Dibble was born here on 9th October 1920.
Shared on 25 December 2006
This is a very exciting discovery for me because it is one of the oldest photographs I have seen of a part of old Alcombe that I can recognise, even at my great distance from the UK.
My Great-Grandfather George Mildon had a school at Alcombe from the year of his marriage to Alice Frankpitt in 1874. He evidently bought... [more]
Shared on 04 January 2007
I have been studying my genealogy & my GGG grandfather built this Inn. I would love to find Crockfords from this area to email with Terri
Shared on 21 January 2008
In 1960 my home was just out of shot: next door to the house that is partly visible on the far right of the picture. I lived at number 18 Church Street, Church Street being the road that is accessed by turning right in the middle distance of the photo, at the bottom of Church Steps. The tree that... [more]
Shared on 14 October 2008
My auntie Mary used to run the donkeys on the beach. I spent each school holiday in Minehead Swimming Pool and remember the Juke Box in the cafeteria area very well. When I first moved to Minehead in 1953 I lived in the old Gasworks Cottage right on the front down past the harbour. I would be very interested if... [more]
Shared on 17 June 2008
Extracts From Timberscombe & Somerset books
Displaying a selection of extracts from Frith books about Timberscombe, inspired by Frith photos.
Minehead Town and City Memories
Redevelopment of the Parade started c1870. Lime trees were planted in the 1880s to start the Avenue. The buildings to the left of photograph 31223 had just been built, replacing houses with walled gar- dens. The building in the centre of the row, at the end of Bancks Street, was all that remained of the older buildings. Then a bank, it is now an estate agents. The building... [more]
This is an extract from Minehead Town and City Memories.
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Minehead Town and City Memories
The architectural style is actually one which is common to areas around the Bristol Channel. The oldest cottages are based on what is known as a 'cross passage' design, whereby a passage runs straight from front to back door, dividing the house. In the original cottages there were usually two rooms on the upslope side of the passage and a 'shippon' (cow shed) on the downslope side. In medieval... [more]
This is an extract from Minehead Town and City Memories.
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Minehead Town and City Memories
A promenade walk had been established along the street in the 1880s, when some of the gardens were removed. Now, the level of the road was raised to prevent flooding of the cottages on the far side. Hence, they are now partly below road level, with a retaining wall in place to buffer them from the floods which still arise from time to time. Most of... [more]
This is an extract from Minehead Town and City Memories.
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