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Wheddon Cross 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 Wheddon Cross
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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
Somerset memories
A family wedding reception in Winsford
My cousin Rob Allen re-married Jackie on Thursday 7th May 2009 at the Tiverton Register Office. The happy couple and guests then moved on to the Royal Oak at Winsford for a wedding buffet, afternoon stroll in the sunshine followed by a dinner in the pub's private dining room! The afternoon stroll led us along the bridle way towards... [more]
Shared on 14 May 2009
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
My grandparents lived in Porch Cottage in Luccombe.
I would often be taken to visit my grandparents but it was during the summer holidays I had the most fun.
Luccombe village is a magical place for a child and even more so in the summer months, it truly is one of the most beautiful places and the times I spent there... [more]
Shared on 25 April 2008
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
Extracts From Wheddon Cross & Somerset books
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South and West Somerset Photographic Memories
Horner Water winds through a steep, densely- wooded vale, which lies below the abrupt northern slopes of Dunkery Hill, Somerset's highest point. Here, it passes beneath an old packhorse bridge beside what is now a caravan site at Burrowhayes Farm.
This is an extract from South and West Somerset Photographic Memories.
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Standing at a crossroads on the ridge between Exmoor and the Brendon Hills, the long haul up the turnpike from Bampton or Minehead gave both the hill and this inn its well-earned name. This early 19th-century inn is used by farmers attending the adjacent Cutcombe Market.
This is an extract from Somerset Living Memories.
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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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