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Dist:0.3km<br/>Somerset Folly is a twisting residential street consisting mainly of rather boring grey bungalows. It runs west from The Avenue to St Mary's Close.
©Nigel Mykura
Dist:0.3km<br/>The Guss and Crook public house is to the right.
©Maurice Pullin
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©Roger Cornfoot
Dist:0.4km<br/>The inn sign of The Guss and Crook gives some idea of the hardships endured by miners of the Somerset Coal Field in former days. Pit ponies were used for this work in other parts of the country. ---- ooOoo ---- "The oldest member of the Timsbury community still living in the village has died at the Laurels Nursing Home at the age of 98. Les Bridges was born at Hobbs Wall, Farmborough, on April 15, 1910. Much of his working life saw him employed in the mines, principally at Pensford, where he used to wear the guss and crook." In his younger days, Mr Bridges was a talented footballer for both Farmborough and Timsbury and represented the county." The above was extracted from: http://www.thisissomerset.co.uk/news/Life-Les-Bridges/article-651505-detail/article.html
©Maurice Pullin
Dist:0.4km<br/>Timsbury is mentioned in the Domesday Book. From about 1800 it was a mining town in the North Somerset coalfield, this has now ceased. St. Mary's Church is at the far end of High Street.
©Maurice Pullin
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©Roger Cornfoot
Dist:0.4km<br/>Looking east, Radford Hill forks to the right where the phone box stands. "The name of the village has been Timfborough, Tymmersbarue, Timsbarrow (meaning Timbered grove), and Temsbury at different times." The above was copied from: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Timsbury,_Somerset#History
©Maurice Pullin
Dist:0.5km<br/>Dropping to Radford, just over half a mile away at the bottom of the valley. Part of Peasedown St.John can be seen at the top of the ridge on the other side.
©Maurice Pullin
Dist:0.5km<br/>This is the site of the former works of the Wheeler Reconstructed Stone Company which produces artificial stone from a mix of cement and crushed Bath stone.This is used in new build house projects as a cheap replacement for natural stone. They appear to have relocated to Marsh Lane, Temple Cloud but it is uncertain if they are still manufacturing. In this image it can be seen that on the remaining site there appears to be evidence of an old kiln , perhaps a lime kiln.
©Nigel Mykura
Dist:0.5km<br/>These houses are at the bottom of Priorshill where it joins Loves Hill. Priorshill rises up to the hamlet of Tyning
©Nigel Mykura
Dist:0.6km<br/>Looking downhill from close to where the footpath crosses the byway
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