Off the Beaten Track in Somerset

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

The church of St Mary the Virgin, East Stoke has an eclectic collection of features from different historical periods.  It serves the villag...

Mounting blocks are used to assist people in mounting and dismounting from horses or carts.   They were very common in Britain until the la...

Roger Bacon was a medieval philosopher and scientist.  He was a great proponent of the importance of experimental science.  He was the first...

These are the artistic representations of fish that I have found on my travels around Somerset. Kneeler in Exford Church Fish bike racks at ...