Cushuish
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The winter of 1963 saw heavy snowfall across the UK and the Quantocks was no exception. The first snow fell on Boxing Day and it remained often in deep drifts until early March. The photo shows…
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A barn at the top of Cushuish Lane. It has since been modernised and is now (2018) half the size of the structure in the photo.
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This cottage is one of several cottages close to the junction of Cushuish Hill with the Bishops Lydeard/KIngston St Mary lane. This location is known as ‘stairfoot’. It may once have been a ‘poor house’ or…
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This painting by David Dacey was copied from an old photograph. The cottage was located halfway up Cushuish Hill. It is no longer standing and a bungalow called “Well View” now stands on the site.
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This building was “Brick Barn” which was located by the side of the Bishops Lydeard/Kingston St Mary lane. Whilst unoccupied it burnt down; the cause of the fire is unknown.
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This building was “Brick Barn” which was located by the side of the Bishops Lydeard/Kingston St Mary lane. Whilst unoccupied it burnt down; the cause of the fire is unknown.
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Working at “Cushuish Farm” in the early 1970s.
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Barns at “Cushuish Farm”, Higher Way, Cushuish in about 1970. These barns are no longer in existence.
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Frances Dacey aged about 6 years outside the “Old Cider House” at Cushuish in about 1970. The building has since been modernised and is now (2018) called “Higher Way Barton”.
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Foxhounds at ‘stairfoot’, the local name for the junction of Cushuish Lane and the Bishops Lydeard/Kingston St Mary lane.
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In a field known as ‘skipsey’ above Cushuish stands ‘the great oak of skipsey’, still standing in 2019. It was apparently marked on old Ordnance Survey maps but does not appear on present day ones.