East Quantoxhead, The Village Pond 1929
Photo ref:
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Photo ref:
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Close to the Court House, an Elizabethan manor, lies this tranquil pond, constructed to hold water for a mill. The estate was granted to the Paganel family after the Conquest and, some two centuries later, passed in marriage to the Luttrells. It still belongs to the family, and thus has one of the longest recorded tenures in the country.
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A Selection of Memories from East Quantoxhead
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 East Quantoxhead
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My father came to Townsend Farm as the tenant in Sept 1940. The farmhouse is shown on the left in the picture titled Townsend. At that time I was only 15 months. My earliest memories are of the later war years. We had evacuees from Bristol living in part of the house. I also remember sitting on the garden wall which was alongside the main road and being thrown chewing gum by the American soldiers billeted at the ...see more
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