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English Heritage Listings

April 29, 2013 Written by della
English Heritage Listings

Somerton’s Listed Buildings Somerton’s listed structures are mostly in or around the church. There is a separate guide to this here http://somertonoxon.co.uk/?page_id=453 but for the sake of completeness all the descriptions from the official listings are given here. The photographs are from English Heritage’s Images of England website. A few contemporary comments are given and […]

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About the Project

October 15, 2011 Written by della

ABOUT OUR VILLAGE HISTORY PROJECT Somerton is a small village with a lot of history. Little of this has been recorded in an accessible form (though the Victoria County History is excellent for the expert). Much of the history has left traces in the church, a fine Grade I listed building with some particularly interesting […]

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News

  • The Soldiers of Somerton

    St James’ Church Memorial Plaques
    John Henry Allen
    (Leopold) George Henry Andrews
    Frederick Hollis
    William Hollis
    Harry Thomas Stevens
    H [...]

  • Nativity 2018

    Just a few photos, taken by Clifford Reeves, of the wonderful Nativity, held in St James’ church. The play was a lovely start to C [...]

  • May Day 2017

    June 24th saw lovely weather for an exciting day of May Day celebrations.

  • Easter Service

    After the well attended Easter Day service we were greeted at the door by a lamb, how very appropriate.  Thank you Victoria and Tilly fo [...]

  • A year in the life – video by Robin Corner

    On 11/03/2016, Rosemary Arnold hosted a wonderful evening in the village hall to present the first showing of the film ‘A year in [...]

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