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The photographs above are of the front and reverse of a postcard that was mailed in Dunster on the 15th of July 1910 (1). On the front are five children, not looking very happy, in front of the original doorway to the first schoolroom of the…

The top two images are different versions of the same photograph, utilised as an early 20th postcard, with "Timberscombe Church and Village" printed on the lower left and "4937 B." on the lower right. A group of children are looking eastward toward…

An Alfred Vowles photograph of the Timberscombe Friendly Society conducting its annual procession, the Timberscombe Club Walk, down Jubilee Terrace in the village's centre.

The photograph, labeled "THE TIMBERSCOMBE CLUB PASSING THROUGH THE…

A photograph of Timberscombe's The Lion Inn, c. 1955, taken by Francis Frith & Company and used as a postcard. The photograph nicely illustrates the inn's position in the centre of the village, at a meeting of the main roads. On the left, running…

The upper undated photograph, used as a postcard, is of the house known as Sunnyside, on the northeastern edge of the village of Timberscombe. It is alongside the road that became classified as the A396 in 1922 (1), probably more likely known as the…

A colourised front and the reverse of a postcard depicting the southern end of Timberscombe's Brook Street. Neatly printed on the bottom left of the front is "THE STORES, TIMBERSCOMBE". On the bottom left of the reverse, in sepia coloured lettering,…

Two photographs of Timberscombe's Church Street, separated by at least four decades, yet remarkably similar. The upper photograph is undated but is probably from around 1909. It has a slightly grainy quality similar to other Timberscombe photographs…

A photograph of well-dressed people gathered in the front of Lion Inn at Timberscombe. The porch over the door is as it was in the early 20th century. Another photograph of Lion Inn, with this porch, is at SP-005, which is thought to date from around…

A photograph of Timberscombe, used as a postcard, labeled "TIMBERSCOMBE 2" at it's bottom centre. Listed on ebay in 2019, the postcard is identified as a "Real Photo" postcard, publisher unknown. It was described as being produced in 1965. Another…

A photograph, used as a postcard, taken and published by Henry Montague Cooper, that has been dated as c. 1906 (1) but is likely a bit earlier. In the foreground, a small girl appears to be standing next to a smaller child in a pram, both looking…