Off the Beaten Track in Somerset

On the wall of the churchyard in Barton St David there is a small plaque, which has the following inscription: Allen Booroff "Bobby...

James Allen was the first person known to have deliberately crossed and raised hybrid snowdrops from seed.   For this reason he became know...

Hunky punks are grotesque carvings found on the outside walls of buildings, usually churches.  They differ from gargoyles because they are ...

Artistic representations of h edgehogs and squirrels aren't very common in Somerset.  Here are the ones I have come across painted on gl...

The 4-span  Waterrow Viaduct was built by the engineer Richard Hassard for the Devon and Somerset Railway (D&SR) 1871-3.  It carried the...

Willy's Ropewalk was established in 1832 by Thomas (or maybe John) Willy, although it may originally have been entirely open-air or loc...

The Taunton Stop Line was built in 1940, when the UK government believed an invasion of Britain by Nazi Germany was imminent. The evacuatio...