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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,…

The front and the reverse of an original postcard featuring the schoolhouse in Timberscombe, with women and children (and one gentleman to the right) looking toward the camera. "Timberscombe School" is labelled on the upper left of the front. …

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…

A photograph of bellringers taken on the 13th of May 1922, at a Ringers Meeting held at Timberscombe. Behind the assembly, the tower of St. Petrock's Church is visible. The group is gathered on what was called "the Club Field" (1), part of the…

A photograph of a group of the Timberscombe Bellringers and their driver, on what has been identified as a 1924 outing to Cheddar (1). They are in a charabanc, a large open-topped motorized vehicle equipped with rows of crosswise benches facing…

A photograph of the former S. J. Stenner's Butcher Shop and the former Stenner family home, Brook House on Timberscombe's Brook Street, being demolished. The shop (the building to the left) had been operated by Samuel James Stenner, born at…

Two versions of a postcard, labeled "Timberscombe Village" and featuring the centre of Timberscombe. The photograph was taken and published as a postcard by Henry Montague Cooper. While printed sources have identified the photograph as being taken…

A photograph of the Village Square of Timberscombe. The photograph is undated but is likely c. 1910. In the centre background, the southern end of Brook Street is visible and on it's right is an open doorway. This was Poole's, a shop, ran by Mr. and…