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Above are two photographs taken by Gabrielle Horrobin of the interior of St. Petrock's Church at the time of the Harvest Festival and which were published respectively in the Timberscombe Calendar of 2010 and the Timberscombe Calendar of 2013.…

The watercolour seen above depicts Stowey Mill in better times. On 26 April 2022, this copy of the painting was shared with the St. Petrock's History Group by Noel Dawson of Saltford, a great grandson of Robert and Ann (nee Hooper) Sedgebeer (she is…

A photograph of Timberscombe's Rover Scout Group. They are posed in front of Knowle House, the home of the Timberscombe Scout Mistress, Lady Constance Ryder. She is pictured at SP-122 with a Timberscombe Wolf Cub Pack, a photograph identified as…

The first petrol station and garage in the Timberscombe area was built by Harry Phillips in the early 1920's (1), alongside the main road at the site of the Cowbridge Mill, in the hamlet of Cowbridge, just northeast of the village. The top…

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 black and white aerial photograph of Timberscombe, taken from the northeast on the 18th of April 1967. This copy of the photograph was donated in 2021 by Mary and Reg Holcombe of Church View, a bungalow that they built in 1981 (1). A predecessor of…

A photograph of Timberscombe, used as a postcard, labeled "TIMBERSCOMBE 2" at it's bottom centre. Listed on ebay in 2019, the postcard is identified as a "Real Photo" postcard, publisher unknown. It was described as being produced in 1965. Another…

"Timber" is derived from the Latin "domus", meaning a dwelling. It's more modern use as a form of lumber likely derives from this origin, in the sense of a place where one resides, likely built with beams, planks and other wood. "Combe" is Welsh,…

Two photographs of a Women's Institute Meeting held at the Old Village Hall in Timberscombe. Thought of as a British institution, it is somewhat a surprise to learn that the Women's Institute, better known as the WI, was founded in 1897 at Stoney…

These are two photographs of Timberscombe Scouts, dated 1930. In 2017, copies of both of them were donated to the St. Petrock's History Group by Joan Vaulter of Aville Farm. Her late husband, Donald Vaulter, is one of the boys in both versions. …