Off the Beaten Track in Somerset

Albert William Tarr  was born in East Anstey in 1880.  At the time of his death in 1935, he was living in East Anstey with his widowed mothe...

The small  village of Shurton near Stogursey has five interesting stone footbridges over Bayley's Brook, which runs through the village....

Bandstands are usually located in parks or on seafronts.  They are designed to provide shelter from the sun and rain for performing bands. ...

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...

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