Somerset Gallery

Kilve Chantry, North Somerset, Early 20th Century

A GWR Publicity view of Kilve Chantry ruins at Kilve in north Somerset. The Chantry (otherwise known as the Priory) was first built in 1329. The buildings are Grade II listed and have been in decline since before the dissolution of the monasteries. In this photograph the walls of the Chantry are covered in ivy

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Allerford, Somerset, September 1934

A GWR Publicity view of the village of Allerford in Somerset, September 1934. Allerford is located near the coast in Exmoor National Park, between Porlock and Minehead. A man on a horse is riding up towards the A39 road - behind him is the Allerford stone packhorse bridge over the River Aller. The West Somerset Rural Life Museum and Victorian School lies just around the corner

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Crowcombe Church, Somerset

A GWR Publicity interior view of The Church of the Holy Ghost, Crowcombe in the Quantock Hills of Somerset, c.1920s. The church is Grade I listed and lies on the site of a Saxon church. The church is known for the intricate carvings on the ends of the pews

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1920s, Carving, Church, Church Of The Holy Ghost, Crowcombe, Interior, Pew, Quantock Hills, Somerset, Village