Allerford, Somerset - bridge, village - Raphael Tuck art postcard 1942

Postcard
• Picture / Image:  Allerford - shows bridge by CBN
• Publisher:  Raphael Tuck 'Photogravure' postcard
• Postally used:  yes
• Stamp:  George VI 2d orange
• Postmark(s):  Minehead 25 June 1942 wavy line
• Sent to:  Mr & Mrs Lloyd, 38 Clare Road, Kingswood, Bristol
• Notes / condition: 

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Text from the free encyclopedia WIKIPEDIA may appear below to give a little background information (internal links may not  work) :

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Allerford is a village in the county of Somerset, England, located within Exmoor National Park, and is part of the parish of Selworthy in the district of West Somerset. It appears in Domesday Book as “Alresford – forda Ralph de Limesy Mill”.

The parish was part of the hundred of Carhampton.^[1]

One of the village's main attractions is the much-photographed packhorse bridge. Built as a crossing over the River Aller (from which the village gets its name), it is thought to be medieval in origin.^[2] Nearby is the New Bridge where the A39 road crosses Horner Water. The 18 feet (5.5 m) wide pointed arch rises 8 feet (2.4 m) with a 4 feet (1.2 m) span half arch onj the side for flood relief. Originally the bridge was 12 feet (3.7 m) wide but another 6 feet (1.8 m) was added in 1866.^[3]

The village is also home to Allerford House, childhood home of Admiral John Moresby, who explored the coastline of New Guinea and for whom Port Moresby, the capital city of Papua New Guinea, was named. Other traditional sights in the village include thatched cottages, a forge and an old-fashioned red telephone box. There is also a Reading Room, built by the Acland family to foster adult education.

One of the thatched cottages operated as the local Primary School between 1821 and 1981 and is now a museum containing the West Somerset Rural Life Museum and Victorian School. The museum houses the West Somerset Photographic Archive.

type=printed postcards

theme=topographical: british

sub-theme=england

county/ country=somerset

number of items=single

period=world war ii (1939 - 1945)

postage condition=posted