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Timberscombe and the Covid 19 Pandemic, 2022
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;…
John Berry, with his Dad, Mr. D.G. Berry, Behind the Main Bar at The Lion Inn, early 1960's
Two photographs showing a young man, John A. Berry, behind the bar of The Lion Inn, Timberscombe, in the earlier 1960's working beside his father, Mr. D. G .Berry. The elder Mr. Berry was the proprietor of The Lion Inn, along with his wife and John's…
The Eastern Gate House (or Toll House), Approaching Timberscombe
On the 15th of February 1765, a petition was sent to Parliament from the people of Minehead, declaring that their road, running from Watchet and Minehead to Bampton, and passing through Dulverton, Brushford Green and Exebridge, was "very narrow,…
The Timberscombe Cricket Club on Tour in Devon, c. 1970's
A colour photograph of members of the Timberscombe Cricket Club, donated in 2020 by Maurice Huxtable who is the centre player in the centre row. Mr. Huxtable recalled that they were "touring down in Devon". The photograph was not dated but may be in…
The Timberscombe Bowls Club at the Village Hall, c. 2005 or 2006
A photograph of a Timberscombe Bowls club at the Village Hall. The photograph is undated but could possibly be taken around 2005 or 2006. Third from the right end of the back row is Owen Rush and his wife, Angie Rush, stands at the right end of the…
Elizabeth Jane Land at the Entrance to Berrowcote, 1967
This photograph is of Elizabeth Jane Land, identified as being taken in 1967, standing in the doorway of her home, Berrowcote, on Brook Street, Timberscombe. The photograph was donated in September 2020 by Mrs. Land's grand-daughter, Joy (nee Land)…
The Opening of the Timberscombe School Swimming Pool, 16 May 1989
If the grinning gentleman in the top photograph, wearing a clerical collar, looks a bit wet, thats because he was. He is the Rev. Edward Jeffery Miller, the Vicar at St. Petrock's Church since 1968 and at the time of this photograph, the esteemed…
Workers at the Timberscombe Quarry, Probably later 19th Century and Leslie Delbridge in 2001
The upper photograph depicts workers with tools of the trade and their workhorses and carts inside the Timberscombe Quarry. The quarry is situated on the east side of the village of Timberscombe, cut into the west-facing slope of the Timberscombe…
Joy (nee Land) and Martin Booth, Somerset Born
On the 26th of January 2022, Joy and Martin Booth agreed to be interviewed at The Knapp on Church Street, their home in Timberscombe. Joy was born in 1949 at Stowey Farm, where her father, Abraham Land, worked as shepherd and farm bailiff for Eric…
East Harwood Cottages and Pero Cottage
The 1911 England Census listed the properties (and who was living in them) of the Parish of Timberscombe. Also published separately was the 1911 Summary Book, which listed the same properties together according to what Ecclesiastical Parish they were…
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Joy (nee Land) and Martin Booth, Somerset Born
On the 26th of January 2022, Joy and Martin Booth agreed to be interviewed at The Knapp on Church Street, their home in Timberscombe. Joy was born in…