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The bootmaker whose inventions changed lives
Chard's James Gillingham found his calling after a local man was injured in an accident.
The witchcraft trial of Julian Cox
Julian Cox was the last person to be executed in Taunton for witchcraft in 1663.
The Somerset bank with its own banknotes
It’s said Stuckey’s banknotes had a circulation second only to the Bank of England.
Old Mother Leakey: the ghost of Minehead
A ghost, a bishop and mysterious shipwrecks around Minehead harbour.
The hidden past of Exmoor’s WW2 training site
A radar station and archaeological remains can be found on the North Hill site.
In the cockpit of Concorde
The story of Yeovilton’s Concorde at the Fleet Air Arm Museum.
The Exmoor pub with famous connections
A president, a spy and a tragic ghost – the history of The Royal Oak in Withypool.
Taunton’s Tudor Tavern
The town's oldest listed domestic building is now a café.
How Cheddar inspired Tolkien’s Lord of the Rings
The author first visited the picturesque area of Somerset on his honeymoon in 1916.
The coal miner who ended up in a lunatic asylum
Mark Whitcomb and the Furman sisters are remembered at the Mendip Hospital Cemetery.
