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A photograph of nine West Somerset clergymen, all suited in their dark frock coats. They are gathered in front of an impressive, although unidentified (as yet) structure. A copy of the same photograph at the West Somerset Rural Life Museum was…

Two images of a southwestern view of St. Petrock's Church, separated by more than a century. The top postcard may be dated 1909, if not earlier. The bottom photograph can not only be dated more exactly, being the 30th of September 2021--but it is…

In 2022, workmen were renovating the interior of Ye Olde Malthouse, a residence on the southern end of Brook Street in Timberscombe, when the photograph seen here fell through the floor. It depicts several of the men from Timberscombe, Wheddon Cross,…

The top photograph is a full-length portrait of Sir Thomas Buckler Lethbridge, 2nd Baronet of Sandhill Park in the parish of Bishops Lydeard, Somerset, with his horse and dog (admittedly the latter is hard to find), dressed in the uniform of a…

The top undated photograph highlights the tower of St. Petrock's Church in Timberscombe, taken from a northwestern angle. Petrock (also seen as Petroc) was reputedly the son of a Welsh prince who dedicated his life to religious callings,…

On the first day of 2022, Sajid Javid, Health Minister, warned that all people living in the UK would have to learn to live alongside Covid-19. Further restrictions, such as requirements to wear masks; school, church, shop and business closures;…

The top photograph depicts red, white and blue bunting on the breezy morning of 2 June, just placed--fearlessly--around the top of St. Petrock's Church's tower by Churchwardens, Marion Jeffrey and Kate Hart. In the preceding weeks, variations of this…

If the grinning gentleman in the top photograph, wearing a clerical collar, looks a bit wet, thats because he was. He is the Rev. Edward Jeffery Miller, the Vicar at St. Petrock's Church since 1968 and at the time of this photograph, the esteemed…

For a small village, Timberscombe has a surprising number of surviving structures built by men who also lived in the village. Among them was William Floyde (1878-1947), a mason who constructed many homes with No. 1 Willow View and No. 2 Willow House…

The top photograph was taken in 1920 of two (very) young brothers. On the left is Leonard Copp, born the 7th of February 1917 (1) and Cyril Copp is seen to the right. World War I was raging and six months after the arrival of Leonard, his father,…