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Whitestaunton maps
Historic maps of Whitestaunton and the local area, hand-drawn by Ordnance Survey and Samuel Lewis. View all Whitestaunton maps
Whitestaunton photos
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Combe St Nicholas| Buckland St Mary| Yarcombe| Chard| Horton| Broadway| Membury| Upottery| Chardstock| Stockland| Corfe| Ilminster| Blagdon Hill| Pitminster| Hatch Beauchamp
Whitestaunton area books
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Whitestaunton, Somerset
It was some time in 1941 I believe, when after enduring some weeks of the blitz I was evacuated away from London to an old farmhouse called Cinder Hill Farm a little outside the village of Whitestaunton. (I have no memory of how I got there.) My 'foster parents' were a Mr & Mrs Long. I remember there was an iron pump in the kitchen from where we obtained our drinking water and even on a hot day the water was always icy cold. There was another room where the milk and butter and other food was kept rather like a large walk in larder. The toilet was a sentry box about 10 yards away in the garden. The 'front' room seemed large with a huge open fireplace which always seemed to be lit. There was always a pot hanging over or near the flames. It was of course a log fire. We walked to school across the fields to what I now believe was the village... Read more
Somerset memories
Combe St Nicholas School During The Second World War Period
My father and mother-in-law lived in Combe St Nicholas during the Second World War. My father-in-law taught at the local school. He then went to war and was a prisoner of war in Japan. My mother-in-law had evacuee children and was involved in village life. l have some history souvenirs of that time and would be interested to hear from anyone living in the village during the war years. Their names were Mr Ronald and Mrs Nancy Comber.
The Five Dials
I used to live at the Dials in the 1970s. I remember the Steers and the Layzell names, went across the road to school and later to the 'new' school at Broadway. The A303 was right on our doorstep! I remember going to Langs Corner to watch milk tankers going through the flood waters.
Evacuee From London
My name was Angela Saunders when, in about August 1940, aged 5, I was evacuated from Kingsbury, North London to Crossways Farm, Curland Crossroads during the Second World War. I lived with the lovely Cottey family - friends of a colleague of my father's. There were two Cottey children - Jean 5, and George 3. Mr and Mrs Cottey (Leslie and Minnie) also had other evacuees, Albert, David and Josephine Timothy from Newington Butts, South London. They were between about 12 and 4 years old at time. We all went to the village school at Staple Fitzpaine where I think there were two classes, Under lls and Over lls! I stayed for about a year and only left because my parents missed me - I was an only child. My dad was at home as he worked as an Aircraft Engineer at de Havilands and, anyway, he was too old to fight as he was 60 when I was born! I was very happy and very well looked after... Read more
Ilminster Grammar School
I started at the school in 1961 as a day boy. The school also had boarders who lived at what had been the original school building off Court Barton which was also the girls school in my day. Looking at the photographs in this collection, the school was very much the same when I was there. Now it is a first school called Greenfylde. the school was founded in 1549 so it was a very old institution indeed. When I look back I am glad I was able to go to the school.
Family History
I have been told that my great aunt was a teacher in the 1900s. Her name was Emily Huxtable and she is mentioned as living in Pitminster in the 1901 Census, possible a teacher at the local school. Would anyone locally have any knowledge of my great aunt? Many thanks Marion Watkins
The Village Stores
Our family, that is father Stan, mother Eve and five of we children moved in 1952 to this shop from our farm in North Devon. We were a general store, delivering papers and general goods to the surrounding area. After helping Dad for a year in the shop I was fortunate in securing a apprenticeship as a compositor on The Somerset County Gazette newspaper in Taunton. I think we sold the shop in about 1956 to resettle in Taunton. Would like to hear from people who remember the Webbers here? I believe the premises are now totally residential.
