Although not recorded until 1204 Stogursey Castle was presumably built before 1166 when William de Curci III, lord of Stogursey held a barony of 27
The Somerset Heritage Centre was built in 2010 on a huge brownfield site in the Silk Mills area of Taunton in the parish of Norton Fitzwarren.
Kingweston from the 13th century was an independent parish with its own rector appointed by the priors, later abbots, of Bermondsey.
Kingweston House and its grounds dominate the small parish of Kingweston as they have done since the late 18th century when the Dickinsons built th
Men from Castle Cary and surrounding villages fought in both world wars.
West Lydford had a church by the mid 12th century, when William the priest was recorded, and it was dedicated to St Mary and All Saints by 1482.
Schooling in Castle Cary and neighbouring parishes dates back at least until the 17th century although it was only in the early 19th century that e
Despite some early recusancy and nonconformity, dissent did not flourish in the area until the 19th century when it may have been encouraged by the
Many rural areas had fairs from the Middle Ages until the 19th century or later but few have left behind such a distinctive site as West Lydford's
Apothecaries and surgeons were based in Dunster from at least the early 17th century, serving the area around as well as Dunster itself, so it is n
