Posts in category History
Somerton’s Farmers 1279 – 1734
Somerton’s Farmers 1279 – 1734 Deborah Hayter In 1279 John Cole, ‘villanus’, held one yardland of land in Somerton; he held it from Robert de Grey, and paid 44d each year for it; it was recorded that he was due to work (operabitur); he would be tallaged (taxed); and he would pay a fine for […]
Jubilee 2012 – How we were last...
For Jubilee 2012 we want to mount an exhibition of these photographs of the villagers taken at the Jubilee in 2002. In the exhibition we should give the names (correctly spelled!) and addresses for each. Are you in the photo album? Is your information correct? Click to view the photos individually. The photos are named by number […]
The Railway at Somerton
The Coming of the Railway and its impact on the village of Somerton The Railway came to Somerton in the 1850s. The impact on the village was massive: through the employment it provided, the opportunities for travel, and the local interest resulting from accidents and incidents – including the passage of royal trains. The railway’s […]
Archaeological Observations
In 1973, when mains drainage was installed in Somerton, the pipe-work from the bottom of Church Street was taken across Rectory Close (below The Old Rectory) to join the other pipe-work at the pumping station at the bottom of Water Street. As there had been some previous excavation work carried out at the school and […]
Catholicism in Somerton
THE FERMORS AND CATHOLICISM IN SOMERTON All that is left of the Fermors’ great house in Somerton. The arch stands in a field to the east of theHeyford Road The history of Catholicism in Somerton through the turmoils of the sixteenth and seventeenth centuries is intertwined with that of the Fermors as lords of the […]
School Days
SCHOOLDAYS & GROWING UP IN THE 1930’S & 40’s Notes of a meeting held in the former School in 2009. Present Doreen Brookfield Brenda Moignard Marina Warr Brian Calver Sheila Stevens Dennis Lydiatt The school day began at 9.00 a.m.with the ringing of the school bell. Miss Bernice Edwards, the teacher, would choose who was […]
Miss Moore’s Memories
MOTHER’S EARLIEST MEMORIES OF SCHOOL ca. 1890 Notes written by Miss Maggie Moore Mrs Moore remembered going to the school run by Miss Jennings and her sister in part of what is nowLancasters’ house. (Formerly called The Cottage, now known as Jasmine Place, a thatched cottage until the 1970’s at the bottom of Church Street). […]
