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Timberscombe Schoolchildren's 1953 Visit to Blenheim Gardens
Two original photographs of Timberscombe schoolchildren, taken at the Blenheim Gardens in Minehead, a 6 acre park in the town's centre that opened in the 1920's (1). Standing behind the children, on the lower photograph, is their Head Teacher, Mrs.…
A Francis Frith Photograph of the Junction of Timberscombe's Brook Street, Great House Street and Jubilee Terrace (featuring the "E. B. Coles, Saddler" sign), c. 1955
A Francis Frith photograph, dated c. 1955, with the southern end of Timberscombe's Brook Street visible along the bottom centre of the picture. At the end of the row of buildings on the left, the beginning of Great House Street is visible, known in…
A 1923 Photograph of Timberscombe Schoolchildren with (likely) Miss B Wallace
A photograph that was rediscovered at the Timberscombe School in 2019. Handwritten in light pencil on the reverse, some kind person from the past has attempted to identify some of the schoolchildren and on the bottom left wrote "TAKEN 1922?".…
A Baby Show at Knowle House, Possibly with Lady Margaret Ryder, pre 1932
A photograph of what certainly seems to be a Baby Show, held at Knowle House. The left end of the manor house, completed c. 1878 for the late Mr. James Hole and designed by J.D. Sedding (1), is visible. In later years the house, situated just…
A Morning Gathering of the Timberscombe Friendly Society at Bickham Manor, when Home of the Morel Family
Two photographs that are both taken at Bickham Manor, located on the southwestern end of Timberscombe. This was the usual meeting place of the Timberscombe Friendly Society, on the morning of either the first Tuesday or Thursday of every June (1), as…
A Pigott Collection Drawing of St. Petrock's Church, 1842
A photograph of a drawing of Timberscombe's St. Petrock's Church, from a northeastern aspect, created in 1842. It is part of the Pigott Collection, founded by John Hugh Smyth-Pigott (1792-1853) of Brockley Hall and Grove House, Weston-super-Mare. He…
A Southeastern View of Timberscombe, pre 1905
Two copies of a photograph of Timberscombe, taken from a southeastern angle on the hillside over Willow Bank. The top and darker version of the photograph was one of the first photographs donated in 2018 to the St. Petrock's History Group by Joy and…
Alfred Vowles Photographs of St. Petrock's, From Three Angles, Possibly c. 1936
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…
An Outing of the Timberscombe Girl Guides, c. 1924 (and Agnes Baden-Powell and Olave Baden-Powell, founder and leader of the Girl Guides)
The top photograph depicts the Timberscombe Girl Guides on an outing in a charabanc. It is undated but is likely around 1924, also the supposed date of SP-068, a photograph of the St. Petrock's Timberscombe bell-ringers on an outing in a similar…
An R. Kingsley Tayler Photograph of Knowle House
An undated photograph of Knowle House or Knowle Manor as more commonly called in the later 20th century. The photograph is by Richard Kingsley Tayler.
Mr Tayler, who professionally was known as R. Kingsley Tayler, was a commercial and portrait…
Mr Tayler, who professionally was known as R. Kingsley Tayler, was a commercial and portrait…
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Timberscombe Cricket Club Players, Patrons and Supporters, in the Earlier 1960's (including the Rev. J.P. Martin)
An undated photograph, likely in the early 1960's, of a gathering at the Timberscombe Cricket Club on Cowbridge Road. It must have been an important…