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An albumen print photograph of Mr. Worsley Battersby, taken in London by Camille Silvy on the 3rd of June 1861 (1). The photograph is in the collection of London's National Portrait Gallery. At the time of this session, Mr. Battersby would have been…

The upper photograph depicts workers with tools of the trade and their workhorses and carts inside the Timberscombe Quarry. The quarry is situated on the east side of the village of Timberscombe, cut into the west-facing slope of the Timberscombe…

In 1998 a group of Timberscombe schoolchildren, studying local history, produced a booklet, entitled "A Village History". It was researched, written and compiled by Richard Kelsey, Vicky Long, Megan Evans, Joseph Dare, Jade Webber, Tom Lamacraft,…

West Harwood Farm is situated southwest of the village of Timberscombe, high on a hill, slightly northwest and above the Steart Bridge where it crosses the River Avill. In the 1970's, aerial photographs revealed a water meadow, likely operating in…

The top two photographs seen here were taken (via helicopter) in 2007, featuring the imposing white house toward their centre, that would have just recently been renamed Waterside. The top photograph depicts the house's southern side, fronted by…

A photograph of a woman walking along Cowbridge Road, having just passed The West Lodge, a gatehouse to the estate of the manor house called Knowle House.

The woman is walking toward the hamlet of Cowbridge and will soon cross over the small…

Two photographs of essentially the same view of Marigold Holme and The Great House, along Great House Street, Timberscombe. The upper photograph is undated. Labeled "TIMBERSCOMBE.2", it could be earlier 20th century, possibly as early as c. 1909…

Two images of a southwestern view of St. Petrock's Church, separated by more than a century. The top postcard may be dated 1909, if not earlier. The bottom photograph can not only be dated more exactly, being the 30th of September 2021--but it is…

Heber Vale and Allers (which is often called "Alders" and sometimes seen as "Allders") were two farmsteads just northwest of the village of Timberscombe, as evident on the section of the 1844-1888 Ordnance Survey Map seen above. Both farmsteads are…

Two photographs taken at the same session outside of the Timberscombe School. The children of the school are assembled between a seated gentleman on the left and a woman seated on the right. Previously they have been identified as Herbert and Gladys…