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Historic maps of West Monkton and the local area, hand-drawn by Ordnance Survey and Samuel Lewis. View all West Monkton maps
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West Monkton 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 West Monkton
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I lived with my family in this house for a few months when we first arrived in England from Northern Ireland, it was being renovated by one "Gassy" Harris and was full of the smell of sawn timber. A few years back I revisited the house briefly and met with someone who I think was doing some temporary gardning, though... [more]
Shared on 22 September 2008
I lived here from around 1952 until the late 1960s with my parents RF and WM Marsh who ran the Post Office and Stores. My father used to deliver groceries to customers over quite a wide area, some of whom lived in Coombe (in another photo) and some lived across fields further into the hills where geese used to try to... [more]
Shared on 03 February 2009
Somerset memories
My name is Margret Russell. My maiden name was Margret Lewis. I live in Australia.
My father Wilfred Charles Lewis was born in Taunton Somerset. His maternal grandparents were Martha (nee Harris) and Samuel Critchard who were from Kingston St Mary where they raised a family of eight daughters and one son.
Martha and Samuel operated the Norton Fitzwarren Post... [more]
Shared on 07 January 2009
maternal family history and onwards dictated by my mum age 84
My name is Hilda Mary Fenn nee Hurman. I was born at Yarford in 1924. My father was William Thomas Hurman, my mother Caroline Elizabeth nee Tucker. They are buried in the village churchyard. My two sisters and I were all married in the village church in 1952 and had receptions in the village hall. As children we attended the village... [more]
Shared on 16 February 2008
narrow escape (probably between 1958 and 1961)
a few years after this photo was taken WH Smiths which was located to the bottom left of this photo completely collapsed following a prolonged spell of wet weather. This happened very early one saturday morning in the run up to christmas, prior to staff arriving for work. I don't think anyone was injured - a few hours later and the... [more]
Shared on 19 November 2006
We used to visit my grandparents on Sundays. Quite often during the Spring we would drive through the flooded levels and see boats on the water. I remember wanting desperately to go for a ride in one! It didn't happen. My Grandfather was Charles Perry who was a stonemason and Grandma's name was Laura. They had 4 children, Rose, George (known... [more]
Shared on 21 July 2006
Yes.....the Broadway Lidi was my home. I am Stuart Smith, my father Gordon Smith was the first manager (well, they called it superintendent then) at the Lido. We moved there when I was about 3 years old, and lived in a detached house adjacent to the Lido. I recall doing the "Inaugural Plunge" in front of Princess Alexandra......who presented me with... [more]
Shared on 30 June 2008
It's not really a memory I have of this picture, but my 1956 Ford Popular was supplied by the Ford Dealership, A & S White of 37 St. Mary Street, seen on the right in this picture. Now apparently a Weatherspoons Pub.
Shared on 15 June 2007
Extracts From West Monkton & Somerset books
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A fine example of a village stocks is to be seen at West Monkton, sheltered beneath the yews of the churchyard. Notice the whipping post on the right. The shelter above is of a later date, for miscreants were seldom protected from the vagaries of the English weather.
This is an extract from Taunton Photographic Memories.
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South and West Somerset Photographic Memories
This view along the main street towards the church has little changed during fifty years. The post office stores continues to supply the needs of the village, and even the letterbox, advising that 'letters containing coin, paper money, or jewellery should not be posted in the box but registered', is still there.
This is an extract from South and West Somerset Photographic Memories.
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Taunton is a town surrounded by water, with the Tone passing through its heart and the marshes not far away. It is still possible to walk along the banks of the local waterways, just as these Edwardian children did nearly a century ago. A canal to Tiverton once started from near French Weir.
This is an extract from Taunton Photographic Memories.
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