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R. Poole's, At Brook and Great House Streets, Timberscombe, 1909

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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…

S.J. Stenner's Butcher Shop and the Stenner Family Home on Brook Street

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An undated photograph of homes and shops along the southern end of Timberscombe's Brook Street. Another photograph, dated 1909, is seen at SP-034 and depicts the cottages in the centre of this photograph with alterations that indicate this photograph…

Addison's Folly, Before Becoming Bemberry Bank, on the West Side of Timberscombe

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An undated photograph, used as a postcard, of Addison's Folly, the road entering the western side of Timberscombe. It was probably just as easily known locally as "the Cutcombe Road", indeed coming from the direction of Cutcombe and Wheddon…

Historic Bickham Manor, Southwest of the Village of Timberscombe

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An undated photograph, used as a postcard, of Bickham Manor. The house and outer buildings of the estate are on the lower third of the photograph, just visible through the tree branches. Bickham is located southwest of the village of Timberscombe,…

Timberscombe, Between 1963 and 1976

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"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,…

The Timberscombe School, Likely Pre 1909

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The front and the reverse of an original postcard featuring the schoolhouse in Timberscombe, with women and children (and one gentleman to the right) looking toward the camera. "Timberscombe School" is labelled on the upper left of the front. …

Walking Past The West Lodge, Possibly pre 1915

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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…

A Southeastern View of Timberscombe, pre 1905

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Two copies of a photograph of Timberscombe, taken from a southeastern angle on the hillside over Willow Bank. The top and darker version of the photograph was one of the first photographs donated in 2018 to the St. Petrock's History Group by Joy and…

The Timberscombe Village Post Office, c. 1909

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Two copies of a photograph, dated c. 1909, taken outside of the first post office of Timberscombe, during the time it was at the cottage called Berrowcote. It is situated on Brook Street, at the northern edge of the village and is the first cottage…

The Old Dunster Road, Becoming Brook Street, Coming into Timberscombe, c. 1930 (possibly 1936)

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This photograph (seen twice here) is basically the same view as seen at SP-021, which is dated c.1909 and SP-024, dated c.1989. The photograph seen here is undated but is likely c. 1930, possibly taken in 1936.

The three photographs feature the…