West Country History: Somerset

Preliminaries......Page 2
Contents......Page 5
Introduction......Page 7
Ch. 1: Glastonbury - Saints and Sheepskin Boots......Page 13
Ch. 2: Street - Philanthropists and Factories......Page 31
Ch. 3: Sedgemoor and Athelney - Battlefields and Burnt Cakes......Page 39
Ch. 4: The Polden Country - Red Apples and Rough Justice......Page 49
Ch. 5: The Central Lowlands - Marsh-men and Milk-churns......Page 61
Ch. 6: The Isle of Wedmore - Danes and Dairymaids......Page 71
Ch. 7: Burnham and the Coastal Levels - Four B\'s and the Severn Sea......Page 79
Ch. 8: Weston-super-Mare - Cinderella and Sandcastles......Page 89
Ch. 9: Downside and Shepton Mallet - Benedicts and Babycham......Page 97
Ch. 10: Wells - Singing Boys and Ringing Swans......Page 103
Ch. 11: Wookey Hole - H. G. and the Hag......Page 115
Ch. 12: Cheddar - Alfred and the Archangel......Page 121
Ch. 13: Axbridge - Saxon Kings and Strawberries......Page 133
Ch. 14: The South Face of the Mendips - Slaves and Sunday Schools......Page 141
Ch. 15: Burrington Combe - The Curate and the Cavemen......Page 149
Ch. 16: The North Face of the Mendips - Fairy Toot and Fat Trout......Page 153