Off the Beaten Track in Somerset
Wednesday 15 May 2024
William Smith - Father of English Geology
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William Smith was a civil engineer, geologist and a pioneer in the science of stratigraphy. He drew up the first geological map of England...
Wednesday 1 May 2024
St Andrew's Church, Old Cleeve
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St Andrew's Church in Old Cleeve is a little gem and contains a great many interesting features. There has been a church on the same s...
Monday 15 April 2024
Minehead's Maritime Heritage Plaques
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In 2014, as part of the Minehead Maritime Heritage Project, seven plaques were created and mounted on the harbour wall. They were unveiled b...
Tuesday 2 April 2024
Ice Houses
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An ice house is a building used to store ice all year round. Ice was transported from lakes, ponds and rivers in winter by wheelbarrows or ...
Friday 15 March 2024
Rachel Reckitt, Artist and Sculptor
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Rachel Reckitt was born in St Albans in 1908. In 1922 her father, the architect Norman Reckitt, moved the family from Hertfordshire to Gol...
Friday 1 March 2024
Larkbarrow Farm
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John Knight built Larkbarrow Farm as a model farm in the 1840s. He attempted to turn large areas of moorland on Exmoor into productive far...
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