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I have just been transported back in time by this photo
I was born in Wells .. and lived and went to school in Westbury.. my grandfather was Joseph Carver and my grandmother Elizabeth Carver (Libby) I used to walk up this hill to my grans cottage which was situated at the top of Westbury (Old Ditch) my Uncle Toms Cottage was to the right (not in picture) and I used to call in and see him on the way past .. alas all three relatives passed away several years ago .. and I now live in Weston-super-Mare .. but have fond memories of the village .. and my ancestry .. the Derricks and the Carvers have lived in the village for centuries ..
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Rodney Stoke Inn
My great-grandfather, Silvester Hale, ran the Inn from about 1880 until he died in 1911. One of his sons, my great-uncle Reginald, was lost on the Titanic. His body was recovered and I still have a shilling piece which was found in his pocket.
I have many fond memories of holidays in Rodney Stoke from 1949 until 1976. My parents and myself used to stay with Charlie and Queenie Fear at Rosedene in Scaddens Lane. Just left of centre in the picture is the Post Office which was run by Mrs Rhodda during the 1950s. The left turn by the Post Office took you up Scaddens Lane. The right turn opposite the Post Office took you down Stoke Street. My great-uncle ...read more here
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A changing townscape
Memories of Shepton Mallet.
I was born in Kilver Street, Shepton Mallet just two years before the Second World War was declared and have drawn upon my family and my own memories to produce 18 books of local history on the town and the surrounding area. Little had changed in the townscape during the previous 100 years, and it was until the 1960s that widescale demolition and rebuilding took place. In many cases this erased much of the 19th century built townscape. Should anyone like to know more about my town's history I would be glad to help, or visit my website: freddavis.co.uk .
Fred Davis
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I live in Shepton Mallet
I was Shepton Mallet Carnival Queen and it was very good to do the job. My Granny and Grampy lived in Shepton Mallet and my dad and uncle were born in Shepton Mallet as well my mum who would've been the Shepton Mallet Carnival Queen in 1965. Pete and I are building a shed down Darshill. It used to be a pig barn and it is going to be wonderful when it is finished. We will have to take photos of the shed now and before. I got the map of Darshill and it shows us that the shed that me and my friend done is on the map
A memory of Shepton Mallet contributed by LOUISE MANSHIP
Extracts From Wells & Somerset books
This beautifully carved porch, dating from 1230, was the main entrance to the cathedral. In a small room above the porch
there is a plaster drawing-floor onto which the master mason drew his designs.
An extract from from"Wells Photographic Memories".
The stone bench along the wall was the only seating in medieval times, and origin of the saying ‘the weakest go to the
wall’. The south aisle leads to Chancellor Sugar’s chantry chapel, which juts out on the left of the aisle. The south transept,
beyond, contains some of the more famous carved capitals.
An extract from from"Wells Photographic Memories".
Above the High Altar, we can see the Great East or Golden
Window with its magnificent medieval stained glass Tree of
Jesse, which survived undamaged despite the iconoclasts; it is
one of the largest and most complete 14th-century windows in
existence. The stalls in the choir have carved misericords.
An extract from from"Wells Photographic Memories".
This is the oldest part of the cathedral - the stiff-leaf carvings on the capitals of the north-west side are simpler in design
than those east of this point. The bishop’s seat or ‘cathedra’ is on the left.
An extract from from"Wells Photographic Memories".
The chapter house was completed in about 1306. Behind the pillar is the bishop’s seat, and each member of the chapter has
his own stall. The carved faces on the walls have survived (some of them are comical), and the bosses in the vault and some
pieces of original medieval glass remain. After speaking at trials, the witnesses were kept seated around the central pillar, to
prevent contact with those waiting outside.
An extract from from"Wells Photographic Memories".