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  • Subject is exactly "Timberscombe, Somerset"

Two Families, the Hoopers and the Sedgebeers, In and Around Stowey Mill

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The watercolour seen above depicts Stowey Mill in better times. On 26 April 2022, this copy of the painting was shared with the St. Petrock's History Group by Noel Dawson of Saltford, a great grandson of Robert and Ann (nee Hooper) Sedgebeer (she is…

Fred and Dot Clatworthy, "a great couple"

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The top photograph depicts Frederick James and Dorothy Ada Clatworthy in front of St. Petrock's Church on their wedding day in July 1946 (1). Likely everyone in attendance knew them as "Fred" and "Dot". In September 2020 and on the 22nd of November…

The Cane Family, in Timberscombe from at least the mid 1600s and beyond

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On the 10th of April 2022, the St. Petrock's History Group was contacted by Carol Dougherty seeking information on her husband's paternal family line, asking in particular about George Cane, the young man featured in the top photograph. Mr. Cane was…

Nellie and Charles Burton

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The top two photographs depict Charles and Nellie Burton outside the back door of the house on Great House Street in Timberscombe where they lived from 1950 to c. 1964. To Mr. and Mrs. Burton, their home was known as Rona but was later renamed…