Somerset Collection (page 19)

Somerset House C19
The river front - a steamer in the foreground, St Pauls in the background. Date: 1846

Somerset House C17
Old Somerset House from the river Date: 17th century ?

Glastonbury Abbey
The ruined abbey of Glastonbury, Somerset. Date: circa 1770

Doulting Abbey
The Abbey, or Tithe Barn, Doulting, Somerset, England, built at the end of the 14th century. Date: 1930s

YEW TREE BIRD
With its giant tail arched high across the road, this giant bird is really a remarkable trimmed yew tree, a familiar sight in North Cadbury, Somerset, England. Date: 1950s

England / Old Cleeve
A female tour cyclist with peroxide blonde hair, in the picturesque village of Old Cleeve, near Minehead, Somerset, England. Date: 1930s

Anne Countess Worcester
ANNE RUSSELL, countess of WORCESTER wife of Henry Somerset, fifth earl of Worcester [the attribution to Lady Hunsdon is mistaken] Date: ? - 1639

Sir Henry Somerset
SIR HENRY SOMERSET soldier Date: 1794 - ?

John Baron Hampton
Sir JOHN SOMERSET PAKINGTON, first baron HAMPTON statesman Date: 1799 - 1880

Cheddar Gorge 1930S
Cheddar Gorge, Somerset, England, Britains largest natural gorge. The Gorge Cliffs are Britains largest inland limestone cliffs. Date: early 1930s

Miner & Family 1905
A miner and his family stand on the doorstep of their dwelling. The mother proudly holds up her baby for the camera. Probably taken in Radstock, Avon. Date: 1905

William 2nd Dk. Somerset
William Seymour (1593 - 1660), second duke of Somerset, depicted while still marquis of Hertford. Royalist military commander

John Baron Hampton - 1
JOHN SOMERSET PAKINGTON, first baron HAMPTON statesman Date: 1799 - 1880

John Baron Hampton - 2
JOHN SOMERSET PAKINGTON, first baron HAMPTON statesman Date: 1799 - 1880

Wellington Street and Somerset House, London. Date: circa 1902

Bermuda - Watford-Somerset Bridge and Mangrove Bay, connection Watford Island and Somerset Island. The bridge was originally constructed in 1903; prior to that

Turfing on the Somerset levels. This bears the caption: " The weather is terrible with rain, snow, thunder etc." - rather a neat link to 99 years later

Landing Herring at Minehead, Somerset (and the fleet)
Landing Herring at Minehead, Somerset (and the fleet setting out in the inset image). Date: 1904

Quay Town, Minehead, Somerset Date: circa 1910s

Bermuda Railway -The first coach to Somerset
A gasoline-powered passenger coach of Bermuda Railway - The first coach to Somerset, running at full speed! The Bermuda Railway was a 21.7-mile common carrier line that operated in Bermuda for a

Somerset Bridge - Bermuda Date: circa 1930s

The Somerset Workmens Club - Bermuda
The Somerset Workmens Club (photographed on an outing on Sunday 8th July 1917) - Bermuda. There was a large volume of English workers stationed on the Islands of Bermuda to aid the maintenance

View near Daniels Head, Somerset, Bermuda Date: circa 1910s

Westland Sea King production at Yeovil Somerset
Westland Sea King production at Yeovil, Somerset

The first Westland Sea King 50 for the Royal Australian Navy in production at Yeovil, Somerset

Goughs Cave artefacts
Replicas and specimens of artefacts found in Goughs Cave, Cheddar Gorge, Somerset

Pressed Tulip specimens
Specimens from the herbarium of Mary Somerset (the Duchess of Beaufort). Pressed by the Duchess herself (1630 - 1714)

Pressed Auricula specimens
Specimens from the herbarium of Mary Somerset (the Duchess of Beaufort). Pressed by the Duchess herself (1630 - 1714)

Homo sapiens (Goughs Cave 190) cranium
Modern human skull showing cut marks excavated from Goughs Cave, Cheddar, Somerset dated at around 14, 000 to 12, 000 years old, late upper palaeolithic (Creswellian)

Homo sapiens (Goughs Cave) ulna
Broken human ulna excavated from Goughs Cave, Cheddar, Somerset dated at around 14, 000 to 12, 000 years old, late upper palaeolithic (Creswellian)

Homo sapiens (Goughs Cave 6) mandible
Adult mandible excavated from Goughs Cave, Cheddar, Somerset dates back to around 14, 000 to12, 000 years ago (Creswellian)

Homo sapiens (Goughs Cave 139) maxillae
Adult modern human maxillae excavated from Goughs Cave, Cheddar, Somerset dated at around 14, 000 to 12, 000 years old, (Creswellian)

Flint artifact (Goughs Cave)
Creswellian flint artifacts excavated from Goughs Cave, Cheddar, Somerset dated at around 14, 000 to 12, 000 years old, late upper palaeolithic (Creswellian)

Homo sapiens (Goughs Cave 22 / 87)
Adolescent human maxillae excavated from Goughs Cave, Cheddar, Somerset dated at around 14, 000 to 12, 000 years old, (Creswellian)

Antler baton (Goughs Cave)
Reindeer antler baton excavated from Goughs Cave, Cheddar, Somerset dated at around 14, 000 to 12, 000 years old, (Creswellian)

Mendipite is exclusive to the Mendips of Somerset. This specimen is from Merehead Quarry. Mendipite belongs to the oxyhalides and hydroxyhalides group

Homo sapiens (Goughs Cave 3) cranium
Modern human childs skull with cut marks excavated from Goughs Cave, Cheddar, Somerset. Dated at around 14, 000 to 12, 000 years old, late upper palaeolilthic (Creswellian)

Goughs Cave excavation site
Excavations at Goughs cave, Cheddar, Somerset. The site of Goughs Cave was first discovered by R.C. Gough in 1903. It is a limestone cave on the east side of Cheddar Gorge

Homo sapiens (Goughs Cave 49) mandible
Adolescent modern human mandible found during excavations in Goughs Cave, Cheddar, Somerset, dates back to around 14, 000 - 12, 000 year ago, (Creswellian)

Cyperites bicarinatus, tree clubmoss
Leaves of tree clubmoss (Cyperites bicarinatus) dating back to the late carboniferous period, discovered at Kilmersdon, near Radstock, Somerset, England. Specimen measures about 15 cms

A Madame Yevonde portrait of Marchioness of Dufferin and Ava
Lady Dufferin (nearest to camera) married as her second husband, Mr H. C. S. A. Somerset. Lady Veronica is her only daughter, and married Mr Anthony Hornby in 1931

A Madame Yevonde portrait of Mr W. Somerset Maugham
Mr Somerset Maugham regards the world with a cold and cynical eye and writes about it with a brilliant pen. Madame Yevonde was a prolific and ground-breaking society portrait

Cheddar Cliffs, Somerset, England Date: circa 1905

Turfing in Somerset. Slitting. Date: 1907

Dunster Castle / Somerset
Dunster Castle, Somerset Date: 1879

Head Quarters staff: 1) Colonel Vico; 2) Major the Honourable Leicester Curzon; 3) Lord Burghersh; 4) Orderly; 5) Count Revel; 6) Mr. Calvert Interpreter; 7) Colonel Poulett Somerset; 8) Colonel A

Alfred Divides his Loaf
Following the Danish invasion of Wessex, King Alfred and his followers retreated to the island of Athelney, Somerset, where they were obliged to seek refuge and sustenance from local peasants

Edward the Elder defeats Danes at Watchet
Edward the Elder, eldest son of Alfred the Great and king since 899, fights off an attack by the Danes at Watchet, in Somerset. Date: 921

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