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Walks in Somerset


East Coker: The Past That Shaped T. S. Eliot’s Vision of England East Coker: The Past That Shaped T. S. Eliot’s Vision of England Somerset: Approach via Holloways – Helyar Almshouses – Plague Pit – St Michael and All Angels – Coker Court – Helyar Arms – St Roch Cottage – Hymerford House – Community Library – Sunken Paths Northwards – Naish Priory – Roman Villa Site – East Coker Cemetery Holloways – Helyars – Plague Pit – Church – Coker Court – St Roch Cottage – William Dampier – Naish Priory – Roman Villa – T.S. Eliot
Chilthorne Domer: The Pinwill Sisters’ First Commission Chilthorne Domer: The Pinwill Sisters’ First Commission Somerset: St Mary’s Church – Chilthorne Village – Piers Simon School in a Bag Celtic–Norman Place‑Name – Effigy – Pinwill Sisters – HMS Serpent – China Missionary Work – Taiping Rebellion Aftermath – Dixon Family Renovation – Somme and Pozieres (1916) – Yokohama Foreign Cemetery – School in a Bag – Bosnia IFOR Deployment (1996) – Lychgate
Athelney: Where Alfred’s Fortunes Were Transformed — as was the Landscape That Concealed Him Athelney: Where Alfred’s Fortunes Were Transformed — as was the Landscape That Concealed Him Somerset: Athelney Monument and Abbey Site – Burrow Mump – Burrowbridge and the King Alfred Inn – River Parrett Embankment – Lyng Drove – East Lyng – St Bartholomew’s Church – Cuts Road and Balt Moor Wall – Return to Athelney Alfred’s Refuge and Abbey – Burrow Mump Fortified Hill – Turnpike – King Alfred Inn – Somerset Levels Drainage – Cattle Droves – Irrigation – Saxon Burh at East Lyng – Medieval Bench Ends – Alfred Jewel Window – Medieval and Saxon Flood Defences
A Single Somerset Walk Weaving Together: Sarawak, Sedgemoor, Speke, the Source of the Nile and a Stop Line A Single Somerset Walk Weaving Together: Sarawak, Sedgemoor, Speke, the Source of the Nile and a Stop Line Somerset: Whitelackington - Kingstone - Dowlish Warren - Ilminster Speke Family - Perkin Warbeck - Catherine of Aragon - Monmouth Rebellion - Raja Muda of Sarawak - The Source of the Nile - Dillington House - Lord North - Steam Carriage
Cheddar Gorge: Lead, Limestone and Layers of History Cheddar Gorge: Lead, Limestone and Layers of History Somerset: Ubley Warren – Roman Fort – Roman Settlement – Amphitheatre – Velvet Bottom – Long Wood – Rhino Rift – Charterhouse Farm – North Rim of Cheddar Gorge – Horseshoe Bend – Black Rock Quarry – Return to Velvet Bottom – St Hugh’s Church – Ubley Warren Prehistory – Roman Mining – Medieval Lead Working – Victorian Industry – Carthusian Charterhouse – St Hugh – Arts and Crafts Church – WW1 Memorials – Mendip Geology – Industrial Archaeology – Landscape History
Montacute: Where Remarkable Stories Hide Behind Beautiful Hamstone Montacute: Where Remarkable Stories Hide Behind Beautiful Hamstone Somerset: Fosse Way Approach – Montacute Village – Montacute House – Baptist Church – Village Centre – Ladies Walk – Deer Park Slopes – St Michael’s Mount and Tower –Priory Gatehouse Hamstone Architecture – Prodigy House of Sir Edward Phelips – Lord Curzon – Elinor Glyn – St Michael’s Tower – Cluniac Priory – St Catherine’s Church – Langdon Memorial – Fort Monze - Spanish Civil War Hero
Rupert’s First Cathedral: A Day in Wells Rupert’s First Cathedral: A Day in Wells Somerset: Wells Cathedral - Wells Town Centre Scissor Arches - Jesse Window - Medieval Waterways - Somerset Light Infantry - Chapter House - Vicar's Close
Wookey Hole: From Industrial Echoes to Mendip Horizons Wookey Hole: From Industrial Echoes to Mendip Horizons Somerset: Wookey Hole - Ebbor Wood - Priddy - Monarch's Way - Mendip Plateau St Mary Magdalene Church - Ebbor Gorge - Potholing - St Lawrence Church - Paper Mill

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