Off the Beaten Track in Somerset

Wells Cathedral clock dates from around 1390 and is located in the north transept. It is believed to be the 2nd oldest working clock in the...

Charles George Gordon was born on 28th January 1833 in Woolwich.  His parents were Lieutenant-General Henry William Gordon and his wife Eli...

Fox, Fowler & Co was the last private bank in England to issue its own banknotes.  The bank was founded as Fox & Co in 1787 by Quak...

The elaborate  Popham Memorial in the Church of St John the Baptist in Wellington dates from around 1607.  It was made by Cornelius and Wil...

The explorer John Hanning Speke was the first European to visit Lake Victoria in East Africa and he correctly identified it as the source o...

The church of St Mary the Virgin in East Brent dates from c1300, but it probably replaced an earlier church.  The tower and spire were added...

Elizabeth de Beauchamp Goudge was born in Wells on 24th April 1900.  She was the only child of Reverend Henry Goudge and his wife Ida de Be...

On the wall of St Bartholomew's Church in Crewkerne there is a brass memorial.  It says on it: "To the memory of Bridget, the daugh...

Many Somerset communities have celebrated coronations with one-off events, such as street parties and bonfires.  Some have chosen to commemo...