Name: A History of the County of Somerset: X: Castle Cary and the Brue-Cary Watershed
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Author: Siraut, M. C.
ISBN: 9781904356356

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A History of the County of Somerset: X: Castle Cary and the Brue-Cary Watershed

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Physical Book

Publisher

Victoria County History

Author

Siraut, M. C.

Language

English

Pages

256

Format

Hardcover

Dimensions

31.0 x 20.6 x 2.3 cm

Weight

1.25 kg.

ISBN

1904356354

ISBN13

9781904356356

Synopsis "A History of the County of Somerset: X: Castle Cary and the Brue-Cary Watershed"

Authoritative and comprehensive account of one of Somerset's leading towns. Castle Cary is a relatively unspoilt town deep in the Somerset countryside, its narrow streets rich in high-quality late eighteenth and nineteenth-century buildings. Its most famous industry, horsehair weaving, still flourishes. This volume explores its history from the original castle and its lords to its rebirth as an industrial town. It also covers many villages, among them Ansford, early home of Parson Woodforde; Kingweston, virtually recreated bythe Dickinson family; Keinton Mandeville, once famous for its paving stone quarries and as the birthplace of Henry Irving; tiny Wheathill, almost obliterated by a golf course; and West Lydford, the family home of the early eighteenth-century diarist John Cannon. Other places of note include Barton St David, home of Henry Adams, the reputed ancestor of two American Presidents, and Lovington, whose small primary school traces its origins back to an eighteenth-century charity school. M.C. Siraut is a historian and archivist; she is the county editor for the Victoria History of Somerset.

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