Bishop’s Lydeard
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A view from the church tower, looking south down Church Street towards Taunton Deane. The large building on the left is the old school house which was extended (c.2000) to form the current primary school and…
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The name of Frog Street came about because it used to be flooded regularly, by the stream running alongside, which left a legacy of frogs! Piles of stones (on the right) were often left for the…
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A view up Church Street with “Brookside” on the right. The white cottage in the background where the road bends to the right is now (2018) the village’s Co-op Store.
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The Working Mens Institute which was demolished and replaced by the Village Hall in 1939.
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View of the church tower of St Mary the Virgin parish church looking along Stoney Lane.
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Looking up Church Street, Bishops Lydeard with the line of the Quantock Hills in the distance. The shop on the left is now the Co-op stores (2018).
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The “Bell Hotel”. This is thought to have been an advertising postcard used by the proprietor at the time Walter Jennings. The Bell Hotel later became the “Bell Inn”, which closed a few years ago. It…
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A view of the parish church at Bishops Lydeard, with the hills beyond.
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Looking north up Church Street and beyond the car on into High Street. The almshouses are located on the right hand side just beyond the car. The car’s shape/design suggests this may be in the 1950s.
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Looking North along Mount Street. Present day “Captain’s Cottage” can be seen centre right. The edge of the late 1970s built Hithermead housing estate would now (2019) be seen on the right hand edge of the…
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Looking along Minehead Road with the cottages at Gore Square visible at the end of the road.
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Looking along Taunton Road with Gore Square and the “Lethbridge Arms” at the end of the road. Brendon Motors seen on the left was a service station and garage, which ceased operating in the 1990s. New…
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Gore Square and the “Lethbridge Arms Hotel”. It appears that one of the cottages to the left of the present day (2019) Post Office (which is just out of shot on the right) was being used…
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View north east across Bishops Lydeard, probably taken from/close to the present A358 main road. The tower of St Mary the Virgin parish church is in the photo centre with “Lydeard House” visible among trees to…
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Looking up Church Street with the tower of St Mary the Virgin parish church behind the cottages that are now (2019) occupied by the village library on the left and the Co-op stores on the right.
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The parish church of St Mary the Virgin, taken from the field west of the churchyard.
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A traction engine outside Kings Yard, Taunton Road, Bishops Lydeard in July 1992 en route to the village fete. For many years Kings Yard was the base for the threshing sets, rollers and wagons of contractor…
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Traction engines at Kings Yard, Taunton Road, Bishops Lydeard in August 1992. For many years Kings Yard was the base for the threshing sets, rollers and wagons of contractor WJ King. It was demolished later in…
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A large (400 lots) auction of steam engines and vehicles, from Vinnicombe Quarry, took place at King’s Yard in Bishops Lydeard. Attended by an estimated 3,00 enthusiasts from this country and Europe, the sale raised nearly…
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Aerial view looking west over Bishops Lydeard.