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Seen above is an aerial photograph that had been stored at Timberscombe School and rediscovered in 2021. Identified as an "AIR PIC" photograph, it was labeled on the reverse as being taken on the 18th of April 1967. Too large to be scanned on one…

A photograph, by Alfred Vowles, of Timberscombe's Friendly Society pausing on the Timberscombe Club Walk at St. Petrock's Church. Versions of Friendly Societies were worldwide and thought to have their origins in certain societies of ancient Greece…

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…

The upper photograph, taken by Alfred Vowles of John Moles, was published on the 21st of December 1927 in the Western Morning News, captioned "IN A CAVE ON EXMOOR-John Moles, an old-age pensioner and professional mole catcher, whose home is in a cave…

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…

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 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…

A gathering of men and boys, seemingly at the conclusion of a Timberscombe Club Walk, at Duddings, a farmhouse on the northeastern edge of Timberscombe. The men are members of the Timberscombe Friendly Society.

Friendly Societies were mutual aid…

A photograph of a group of young people, taken in front of Knowle House, the c. 1878 manor house on the northeastern edge of Timberscombe. Elsewhere the group have been identified as Morris Dancers. They are not a traveling group of dancers, but are…

A photograph that is identified as being c. 1924, of a group of children from the Timberscombe School, armed with spades, pitchforks, hoes, a wheelbarrow and a hefty watering can. A woman seated to the left in a wicker chair is Miss Wallace--although…