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A black and white aerial photograph of Timberscombe, taken from the northeast on the 18th of April 1967. This copy of the photograph was donated in 2021 by Mary and Reg Holcombe of Church View, a bungalow that they built in 1981 (1). A predecessor of…

A photograph by Alfred Vowles of members of the Timberscombe Friendly Society, posing in the midst of their annual Timberscombe Club Walk. The year is undated but the photograph would have been taken on either the first Tuesday (1) or first Thursday…

Featured are three photographs of Timberscombe's St. Petrock's Church, taken by Alfred Vowles, West Somerset's pre-eminent photographer from 1910 to c. 1940. These photographs were likely taken around 1936. Seen at SP-115 are two Vowles photographs…

The upper photograph, taken by Alfred Vowles of John Moles, was published on the 21st of December 1927 in the Western Morning News, captioned "IN A CAVE ON EXMOOR-John Moles, an old-age pensioner and professional mole catcher, whose home is in a cave…

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. …

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;…

A photograph, dated 1909, that features R. Poole's Shop, a Grocer, Tailor and Draper in Timberscombe. It was run by Mr. and Mrs. Robert Poole.

An 1882 Indenture records the selling of Lion Inn, the public house in Timberscombe, to Mr. Joseph…

"Timber" is derived from the Latin "domus", meaning a dwelling. It's more modern use as a form of lumber likely derives from this origin, in the sense of a place where one resides, likely built with beams, planks and other wood. "Combe" is Welsh,…

Two copies of a photograph, dated c. 1909, taken outside of the first post office of Timberscombe, during the time it was at the cottage called Berrowcote. It is situated on Brook Street, at the northern edge of the village and is the first cottage…

This photograph (seen twice here) is basically the same view as seen at SP-021, which is dated c.1909 and SP-024, dated c.1989. The photograph seen here is undated but is likely c. 1930, possibly taken in 1936.

The three photographs feature the…