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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…

The top photograph, taken in 2020, depicts the building known as No. 3 Jubilee Terrace, in the centre of the village of Timberscombe. It is the second building (from the right) of a semi-detached row of six dwellings all constructed of the…

Two original photographs of Timberscombe schoolchildren, taken at the Blenheim Gardens in Minehead, a 6 acre park in the town's centre that opened in the 1920's (1). Standing behind the children, on the lower photograph, is their Head Teacher, Mrs.…

A 1928 painting, "TIMBERSCOMBE, SOMERSET" by the Scottish artist, William McCance and what is an alternative take, perhaps painted as the artist explored his options. Observed from the western edge of Timberscombe, it can be presumed the top painting…

A photograph of an 1830's watercolour, by William Walter Wheatley, of the door in the north porch giving access to St. Petrock's Church. As seen here in Mr. Wheatley's painting, it is 4-centred arch door with surviving ironwork set within a 2-level…

A watercolour of Timberscombe's St. Petrock's Church, painted by the British artist, William Walter Wheatley. In their Archaeological Assessment 2019, "TIMBERSCOMBE St Petrock", part of the Somerset Churches Project, David and Jerry Sampson date…

In 2019 this photograph was rediscovered at the Timberscombe School. Written in faint pencil on the reverse were the names (or at least surnames) of several of the children. Above their names is "TEACHER (MRS. SHEPHERD)". Her last name was…

A detail of a 1955 photograph used as a Francis Frith postcard, reference numbered T335011. It depicts two cyclists, at rest in front of the stone wall at the back of the Old Forge in Timberscombe. This building appears on the Tithe Map of 1843,…

The top photograph depicts a section of the top right corner of the Rood Screen at St. Petrock's Church. What is seen in the photograph would not be apparent to most of the congregation seated in the pews and facing the screen, as this section is at…

A Francis Frith photograph, dated c. 1955, with the southern end of Timberscombe's Brook Street visible along the bottom centre of the picture. At the end of the row of buildings on the left, the beginning of Great House Street is visible, known in…