Ilchester, Yeovil Road c.1955
Photo ref:
I75007

More about this scene
Originally the Swan, the hotel is here called the Ivelchester, the town's name until the 1930s, which derives from the Saxon 'Givelcestreand', describing a Roman camp on the River Givel. 'Ilchester' evolved on the tongues of servicemen stationed nearby during the last war, but the old name survived in the hotel until it was 'modernised' quite recently by a transient landlord.
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