Everything on the site

The village history

The heart of the site: Somerton's story in order, from the earliest records to the Millennium.

• 1The Village→
• 2The Norman Period→
• 3The Arsic Legacy→
• 4The Lordship Divided→
• 5The Fermor Family→
• 6Open Fields & Enclosure→
• 7Economic Life→
• 8The Railway→
• 9The Fate of the Manor→
• 10St James's Church→
• 11The Rectory & Clergy→
• 12The School→
• 13The Village Hall→
• 14The Turf Maze→
• 15People & Families→
• 16Memories & Voices→
• 17Somerton at the Millennium→

Appendices

• AContributors→
• BRectors of Somerton→
• CCurates of Somerton→
• D1919 Estate Families→
• EHundred Rolls 1279→

Lives & times

• The Soldiers of Somerton→
• The Second World War→
• School Days→
• Somerton's Farmers 1279–1734→
• A Village Remembered→
• May Day→
• Village Produce Association→

Places & records

• An Outline History→
• Archaeology & Castle Yard→
• Maps & Agriculture→
• Listed Buildings→
• Who Lived Here (map)→

The church

• St James's Church→
• Church Guide→
• The Whall Window→
• Windows on Time→
• Fermor Chapel Hatchments→
• Henry Wilson's Work→
• Gargoyles & Grotesques→
• The Church Bells→
• Mahala Blaby & Terracotta Graves→
• St James's by David Ross→
• The Good, the Bad & the Absent→
• Rectors of Somerton→
• Curates of Somerton→
• Catholicism in Somerton→

The village today

• Visit Somerton: walks & trail→
• Who Lived Here (map)→
• The Village Hall→
• The Turf Maze→
• Village Produce Association→
• Memories & Voices→
• Somerton at the Millennium→