Alcombe, Combe 1930

Whilst reveiwing my ancestors, who were all living and working in this part of Somerset, I came across a Great Uncle (Oliver Burnett) who was registered in the 1911 Census living at Alcombe Cross and working as a Bakers assistant age 16yrs. Wondered if anyone has photos / memories / documnetation of the Bakery or of the Burnett Family. Nicholas Burnett

Happy memories of Alcombe

The 1861 census shows the school being run by John Collard, his wife Elizabeth & assistant Samuel Waters. Two servants Emma Willams and Jane Ward (my relative) with 9 boys as boarders aged 8-13 years. On a recent fact finding mission although the school is listed as part of the Britannia Inn (now Manor Road), it is actually situated behind the pub through an archway of the adjoining building. It is now a ...see more

I grew up in the house opposite the Brittania Inn from early 1940 until about 1960. The shop next door, in the right of the picture, was a grocers shop, Stovolds. I remember spending the day with them watching the Coronation, as not many people had television in those days.