Ilminster, The Market Place c.1955
Photo ref: I7015
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Photo ref: I7015
Photo of Ilminster, The Market Place c.1955

More about this scene

As we look back up East Street, the focus of the view is the Market Hall. Built in Ham stone (of course), it has a hipped slate roof carried on three shallow arches each side with Tuscan columns attached. It was built in 1813, but may be a replica of an earlier building; or it may incorporate earlier, probably 17th-century, material.

A Selection of Memories from Ilminster

For many years now, we've been inviting visitors to our website to add their own memories to share their experiences of life as it was, prompted by the photographs in our archive. Here are some from Ilminster

Sparked a Memory for you?

If this has sparked a memory, why not share it here?

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.