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Dist:0.4km<br/>North of Mells on Park Hill. At the beginning of June they were titchy plants a few inches high, see how it has grown. Where did that elephant get to?
©Maurice Pullin
Dist:0.4km<br/>A view looking southwest across the lane from Great Elm to Mells, towards the lodge at the entrance to Wadbury House.
©Phil Williams
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©Rob Purvis
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©Rob Purvis
Dist:0.7km<br/>With passing traffic. There are limestone quarries in the area and they seemed to be heavily involved in transport with both large vehicles and small.
©Maurice Pullin
Dist:0.7km<br/>Waiting for the plough. The four spires of St.Andrew's Church can be seen above the trees.
©Maurice Pullin
Dist:0.7km<br/>Viewed from another angle and nine days later than [[1311210]]. There is an inscription on the inside rear wall which reads "For the use of Mells Village in memory of Mark Horner 1908". The following is an account by grand nephew Raymond "Mark Horner (formally my great uncle, though he died of scarlet fever as a teenager) was a great favourite in the village by all accounts. When he died his parents, Sir John & Frances Horner, erected two memorials to him: one this shelter, and the other the water fountain and trough on Mells Green which has become thoroughly dilapidated and which I am planning to restore. They were both designed by Lutyens and the lettering for both was done by Eric Gill. The inscriptions on both state that the memorials are for the use of Mells Village. The use of the fountain was obvious: there was no running water at Mells Green at that time. The shelter was meant to be just that: a place where the villagers could meet and sit in the shade near the stream. there was no Post Office or shop there when it was put up (the present shop was an ordinary cottage), but as you know it's where six roads meet and so a good focal point of the village". Thanks to Raymond and Parish Council http://mellsparishcouncil.org.uk/ Clerk June Costelloe. Both Mark and his father, Sir John Horner(1842-1927), are buried in the local churchyard. Ancestor Jack Horner was reputed to be "Little Jack Horner" of nursery rhyme fame. http://webapp1.somerset.gov.uk/her/details.asp?prn=25449 http://www.westernfrontassociation.com/great-war-people/memorials/290-mells-church-in-the-great-war.html
©Roger Gittins
Dist:0.7km<br/>Said to be designed by Sir Edwin Lutyens
©Roger Gittins
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©Graham Allard
Dist:0.7km<br/>The church can be reached via a footpath to the right of the photo. The fields were devoid of livestock on that Sunday midday.
©nick macneill
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©Kevin Gordon
Dist:0.7km<br/>This was originally a memorial, see [[[1345759]]] but the intended use is not clear. It could well be used as a bus shelter today.
©Rob Purvis
Dist:0.7km<br/>At the exit of St Andrew's Churchyard in Mells, is this very old stile, reputedly 1857, one of only three remaining, invented by Thomas Lyne of Malmesbury
©Rick Crowley
Dist:0.7km<br/>Horner was killed at the Battle of Cambrai in 1917. The base of the memorial is by Sir Edwin Lutyens and the equestrian statue is by Sir Alfred Munnings.
©Kevin Gordon
Dist:0.7km<br/>Final resting place of many famous people see http://www.westernfrontassociation.com/great-war-people/memorials/290-mells-church-in-the-great-war.html where it notes that the avenue of yews was designed by Lutyens.
©Roger Gittins

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