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Lion Inn, Timberscombe, 1925
A photograph of Lion Inn, facing the Village Square of Timberscombe, with two young women and a dog at it's front entrance. The photograph is dated, on the reverse, as 1925.
On the pub's left wall is an arched entry that is also seen at item…
On the pub's left wall is an arched entry that is also seen at item…
A Herbert Henry Hole Photograph of a Gathering at Lion Inn, Timberscombe, pre 1900
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…
Agnes Stenner at Brook House and S.J. Stenner's Butcher Shop, c. early 1920's
An undated photograph showing three semi-detached structures situated at the centre of the southern end of TImberscombe's Brook Street. On the left is S. J. Stenner's Butcher Shop and next door is the Stenner family home called Brook House, with a…
Duddings as Pictured in the 1916 Knowle Estate Sales Particulars
Above is a photograph of Duddings, the 17th (possibly 16th century) farmhouse (1), as pictured in a Sales Particulars booklet, THE KNOWLE ESTATE, DUNSTER, SOMERSET" prepared by Messrs. W. R. J. Greenslade & Co. for the Knowle Estate Auction of 1916.…
Edward Cording, Builder of the Bible Christian Chapel and the Knapp Cottages, with his wife, Mellony (nee Townsend) Cording
For a small village, Timberscombe has a surprising number of surviving structures built by men who also lived in the village. Among them was William Floyde (1878-1947), a mason who constructed many homes with No. 1 Willow View and No. 2 Willow House…
English Country Dancers at Knowle House
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…
Ernie Munson and Other Timberscombe Scouts on Dunster Beach, 1947 and the Scout Hut in 2021, Partially Built by Ernie's Father
A photograph donated in December 2020 by Ernest (Ernie) Munson, featuring himself and three other Timberscombe Scouts on Dunster Beach in 1947. Mr. Munson wrote that he and the other boys were "probably being tested for a badge". Ernie is in the…
Five Women and One Boy in the St. Petrock's Churchyard, pre 1896
In June 2020, newly appointed Churchwarden at St. Petrock's Church in Timberscombe, Marion Jeffrey, came across this evocative photograph among possessions of the church. It depicts five women and one boy among the graves of the western side of St.…
Fred Beadle, 1872-1959, of Stowey, Clouds, Croydon, Beasley (and more)
Fred Beadle was born in 1872 at Erith, Kent, the son of Frances John (Frank) and Rosa Jane (nee Clayton) Beadle. His father worked as a Coal Merchant and "Railroad Wharfinger" (1), a Middle English and now archaic term for the manager and/or owner…
John Moles, The Exmoor Caveman, 1927 and Thomas Moles at Bramshott Training Camp, 1915-1916
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…
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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…