Showcasing historical research on Hardington Mandeville, Somerset
I was born in Hardington Mandeville and have been researching its history since I was fourteen.
I now live in Dawlish, Devon.
Please get in touch with me if you have any memories, photographs, or documents you would like to share.
Western Gazette, 23 June 1922, p.12. The In Memoriam notice shown above appeared in the Western Gazette newspaper on 23 June 1922. It contains conventional
Introduction This is the story of how the Surrey-born Lillie Louise Jearum became a music teacher and church organist in the small, relatively secluded village
On the evening of Thursday, 21 October 1886, Thomas Pine Laver left a meeting of the Melplash Agricultural Society at Beaminster to ride the six
On the fateful day of 28 January 1952, Anthony Vivian Younger of Hardington and Ronald Russ of West Coker were killed when their lorry crashed
The context for this wedding is that it occurred during the darkest days of World War Two, a time of unremitting hardship and sacrifice for
I am grateful to Jennifer Woolmington for this photograph of four Hardington ladies engaged in a theatrical performance or entertainment. The are, from left to
