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Edward Malcolm Schofield and Wendy Joy Stevens married at St. Petrock's Church in Timberscombe on the 13th of November 1965 (1) and would soon settle into North Hawkwell, a farm with possible pre-historic origins, situated up a steep drive on the…

The period of time when Herbert Shephard and Gladys Ethel Shephard, were respectively Head Teacher and Assistant Teacher at Timberscombe School, was not that long-- only from the 6th of February 1911 to 26 June 1914. Winifred May Churchill, the …

Salome Valentine Wallace became the Head Teacher at Timberscombe School on the 26th of March 1920, with her sister, Elizabeth Isabella Wallace, also hired as the Assistant Teacher (1). Respectively they were 48 and 47-years-old (2). On the same day…

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…

The top photograph depicts a postcard of the cottage known as Little Farthings, on the northeastern edge of Timberscombe. It was built in 1929 (1) and first appeared on the 1921-1943 Ordnance Survey Map, with another newly built house to its right. …

The Great West Country Blizzard of 1978 ranks as one of the worse winter storms to ever hit Britain. On the 15th of February, the front of a storm coming from the Atlantic Ocean, approached the United Kingdom, already producing heavy snowfall.…

T.C. Lethbridge died, aged 70, on the 30th of September 1971 at Nuffield Hospital in Exeter, Devon (1). His credits were extensive, so much that his occupation is variously listed as the author of 24 books, an explorer, an archaeologist, 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,…

The summer of 2022 was a historic time for all in Britain. Indeed that was true for the world, with most every nation entering their third year of struggling with the Covid-19 Pandemic. The first cases recorded in the UK were on 31 January 2020 (1).…