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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…

Two copies of a photograph of the southern end of Timberscombe's Brook Street, with its shops, homes and residents. The photograph is undated but is probably c. 1909. In later Victorian times, it was the fashion to photograph a street with its…

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.…

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, 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…

The upper image is an original postcard depicting members of the Timberscombe Friendly Society holding its annual Club Walk. On either the first Tuesday (1) or Thursday (2) in June, all healthy males (who were members), within a 15 mile radius of…

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…