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    An aerial view of Kilve Church

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    Arial photograph of Putsham Farm and outbuildings before the outbuildings to the left were developed into housing (Putsham Mead estate). The A39 runs left to right at the bottom of the picture and Pardlestone Lane can…

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    Hood Arms and Guest House (now Village Shop). Picture taken from A39 looking towards Williton.

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    Hood Arms and Guest House taken from the A39 looking towards Williton. Outside the Hood Arms is the baker’s delivery cart. Beyond the Hood Arms is the old chapel known as St George’s chapel (built around…

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    Hood Arms and Garage taken from A39 looking towards Williton. The garage was built around 1913 (when there were only two cars owned by families in the village) and demolished around 1950. Miss Hurley is the…

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    Hood Arms and Village Shop. The garage which was outside the Hood Arms has now been demolished, and the wall has been removed from the front of the Village Shop. The Lady on the right of…

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    Hood Arms taken from A39 looking towards Bridgwater. Hillside Cottages to the right of the picture were demolished in 1970 as part of the work to widen the A39.

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    Hood Arms , Alcove tea rooms and Kilve village stores taken from A39 looking towards Williton. Sea lane can be seen on the far right of the picture.

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    The Hood Arms Hotel and The Corner Guesthouse (now the village shop) on the main A39 road at Kilve, looking west towards Williton. Note the garage attached to the front of The Hood Arms.

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    The Hood Arms at Kilve, with the road up Lagger Hill in front and the the (white) Toll Cottage on the left.

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    The Hood Arms, Kilve

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    The Hood Arms on the main road in Kilve. Note the building in front of The Hood must precede the garage shown in later pictures.

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    The Hood Arms in Kilve. The building behind the car precedes the garage shown in later pictures but is after image No. FC0011. Note the newer pub sign.

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    A bus outside The Hood Arms. The group is believed to be the Coles family and the young girl’s name was Minnie. There was a bus service from Barnstaple to Bristol in the early 20th century.

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    The main road (now the A39) looking east. The first house on the right was the village bakery and the next, smaller, cottage was later demolished to provide access to the village hall car park. The…

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    “The Old Post Office” is the first building on the left, with the bakery on the right. The garage has gone from outside The Hood Arms. The cottage beyond the car was demolished to allow the…

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    Looking west up Lagger Hill towards Williton. The building on the right, against the road, was ‘The Old Chapel’. The first building on the right is now (2004) the village shop and Post Office.

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    A bus outside The Hood Arms.

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    A horse drawn bus being loaded outside what is now the village shop, with The Hood Inn visible in the background. The driver is almost certainly Eva Aplin.

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    An early motor bus running between Kilve and Bridgwater. in the foreground is Mr Aplin who ran the bus service. Behind him is Mrs Lizzie Coles with her daughter, Beatrice, on her left.

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    A Great Western Railway bus outside the Hood Inn at Kilve.

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    A view of Kilve probably taken from about where “Granchester” is now (opposite side, of the A39, to the village hall and about 50 yards up the hill). The house on the extreme left is “Albertene”…

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    The Hood Arms and Thornes Boarding House which is now (2018) the village store and Post Office.

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    A view towards Williton (A39) showing the garage in front of the Hood Arms.

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    The opening of Kilve Court as a residential Youth Centre.

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    A view along down Lagger Hill (A39) towards Holford. The small cottage on the right (second building) was the old Toll House which was demolished to provide access to the current (2018) car park. The house…

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    Hood Arms and Guest House (now Village Shop). Picture taken from A39 looking towards Williton.

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    A print taken directly from the original quarter plate glass negative, showing The Aplin family with a (new?) bus outside the Hood Arms.

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    Sheep being driven along the A39 main road in Kilve. Taken from the junction with Putsham Mead.

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    A flood in Kilve was caused by torrential rain and blocked ditches. This view is at the bridge over the stream which flows on down to Kilve Pill.

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    Looking downhill towards Holford. The cottage just beyond the cars and the barn beyond that, were demolished to allow the A39 to be widened. The white cottage on the right was the Toll House for the…

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    One of three cottages built on Lagger Hill, as copies of original cottages in Selworthy (Exmoor), in the late 1930’s.

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    Kilve Court was owned and occupied by the Luttrell family from the mid 19th century until it was sold to the County Council in 1961 for use as a residential Youth (now, 2019, Education) Centre.

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    This photo taken in January shows a very wide load on the A39 in Kilve, believed to be on its way to Watchet. The load is shown approaching the really narrow pinch point where it had…

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    This photo of a wide load at the pinch point on the A39 in Kilve why there are calls for road widening and also the problems that would be involved. The Hood Arms is about 50…

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    An aerial view of Kilve showing the A39 towards Holford with the village hall and car park on the lower right. Note the large open spaces behind the roadside houses.

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    Looking over Putsham Hill (A39) towards Longstone Hill. The village of Kilve is out of view to the right. Taken before the Holford/Kilve war memorial became a clear landmark.