Somerset Collection (page 3)

Dunkery Beacon, Exmoor, Somerset

England / Nether Stowey
A young female rambler takes time out to sit and rest and admire the fine view over the village of Nether Stowey, Somerset, nestling at the foot of the Quantock Hills

Battle of Langport
BATTLE OF LANGPORT, Somerset The Parliament army under Fairfax delivers a crushing defeat to the Royalists under Goring

Carhampton Apple Tree
APPLE TREE CUSTOM Trees are toasted with mulled cider while singing a wassail song; cider-soaked toast is left for robins, and guns are fired to frighten evil spirits

Earl of Warwick-Kingmak
Act V, Scene II (Part III) A field of battle, near Barnet; Warwick, with Somerset & Oxford, shortly before his death

Witch of Wookey
The notorious Witch of Wookey, in Somerset, is exorcised by a Holy Clerk from nearby Glastonbury, and is forthwith turned to stone !

Rook (Somerset)
(Corvus frugilegus)

Devon Stag Hunt 1940S
The chase of the Devon and Somerset stag hunt, with horses and hounds running downhill, England

Elton Road and Peace Memorial, Clevedon, Somerset Date: circa 1920s

Old Shops on Cripplegate, London, including H B Bentley, Tie and Scarf Manufacturers - McBlain Newton Co - Bakers for the Aerated Bread Company and (in the distance) the Somerset Pub

Wells Cathedral, Wells, Somerset, England - Nave - In 1338 the mason William Joy employed an unorthodox solution by inserting low arches topped by inverted arches of similar dimensions

Photograph of Wheatsheaf Inn, South Petherton, Somerset. The main side of the print (shown here) depicts: Left Face on view of the pub

Grand Central Hotel, Weston Super Mare, Somerset. The main side of the print (shown here) depicts: Right face on view of the pub

Enmore Castle, Somerset, seat of the Earl of Egmont. Home to John Wilmot, Earl of Rochester in the 17th century. In the 18th century, John Pereval, 2nd Earl of Egmont

South Hill House, Cranmore, Somerset, seat of Thomas Chatham Strode. 18th century manor house. Handcoloured copperplate engraving from Rudolph Ackermanns Repository of Arts, London, 1827

American Wyandotte chickens, cock and hen, Gallus gallus domesticus. Bred by T.C. Heath. First prize winners at Crystal Palace and Birmingham 1886

Eight-seater Dynasphere designed by Dr J A Purves
Eight-seater Dynasphere, a monowheel vehicle designed by Dr J A Purves, demonstrated at Westland Flying Ground, Yeovil, Somerset, 8 July 1933. 1933

Thatching The Rest a cottage at Selworthy Green, Somerset (for a more recent - 1950s! - view, see 10826269). Date: circa 1920s

King Alfred of Wessex burns the cakes
One popular legend from the life of Alfred the Great (849-899 AD), originating from 12th century chronicles, tells how after fleeing to the Somerset Levels

The Queens Bath - The Roman Baths, Bath, Somerset, England. Date: circa 1920s

Babcock and Wilcox 6 ton Steam Roller YB7976 Toby (msn 95/4009). Seen with a 1955 Standard 10 motor car 200CPJ at a 1959 Walford Cross auction. Built in 1925 to the design of Messrs

Promenade and sea front, Weston-Super-Mare, Somerset
Promenade and sea front, Birnbeck Road, Weston-Super-Mare, Somerset, with holidaymakers. Date: circa 1920s

Royal Crescent, Bath, Somerset - designed by the architect John Wood, the Younger and built between 1767 and 1774. Date: 1980s

The Giant Walnut Tree - Bossington, Exmoor, Somerset
The Giant Walnut Tree - Bossington, Exmoor, Holnicote Estate, Somerset. Date: circa 1910s

Post Office at East Chinnock, Somerset, England
Post Office and T Bowyer General Stores at East Chinnock, Somerset, England Date: 1920s

Taunton, Somerset - Fore Street and Burma War Memorial (Burmah Cross) Date: 1902

Queens College, Taunton, Somerset Date: 1902

The Somerset County Cricket Team of 1905. The Captain is Samuel Moses James Woods (18671931) an Australian sportsman, who represented both Australia and England at Test cricket

The Grand Pump Room Hotel, Stall Street, Bath. In 1869 the Grand Pump Room Hotel opened. Designed by Wilson and Wilcox, its ponderous late Georgian style had the side wings topped by Frenchified

Somerset House, London

Wells - Vicar's Close Alms Houses - Victorian period

Staghounds Meet at Winsford in Somerset - Victorian period

Norton St. Philip The George Hotel early 1900s

Norton St. Philip early 1900s

Highbridge Cornhill probably 1920s

Frome Paul Street early 1900s

Frome Market Place early 1900s

Frome Bridge Street early 1900s

Frome - Bath Street probably 1920s

Midsomer Norton early 1900s

Yeovil The Borough probably 1930s

Wraxall early 1900s

Burnham-on-Sea early 1900s

Bruton West End early 1900s

Bridgwater Fore Street probably 1920s

Bridgwater Eastover probably 1920s

Bridgwater Eastover early 1900s

Bridgwater Cornhill early 1900s

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