Winsford, Somerset - cottages 1970s Dixon

Postcard

 

• Picture / Image:  Winsford, Somerset - shows cottages and road signs
• Publisher:  J Arthur Dixon (PSM/21953)
• Postally used:  no
• Stamp:  n/a
• Postmark(s):  n/a
• Sent to:  n/a
• Notes & Key words:  very minor wear

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Text from the free encyclopedia WIKIPEDIA may appear below to give a little background information:

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Winsford is a village and civil parish in Somerset, England, located about 5 miles (8.0 km) north-west of Dulverton.

It is within the borders of the Exmoor National Park and around 10 miles (16.1 km) south-west of the coastal town of Minehead. The village has two hotels, Karslake House Hotel ^[2] and the Royal Oak,^[3] both dating to before the start of the 16th century, and one shop and post office. There is also a tea garden and a service station, which does not serve fuel for motor vehicles.

Winsford Hill is the location of the Wambarrows, a number of bronze age burial sites, and the Cartacus Stone, a standing stone believed to have been erected by pagan inhabitants of the village,^[4] possibly as a religious memorial, bearing the inscription CARAACI NEPUS (kinsman of Caratacus) possibly from the 5th century,^[5] and first documented in 1219.

The village appears in the Domesday Book of 1085, which lists the presence of 34 smallholders, 41 villagers, 52 sheep and 9 slaves, the whole area being capable of supporting 64 ploughs, despite 40 acres (160,000 m²) of it being woodland.^[4]

Farms in the village include Nethercote, Staddon, Bradley, Halse, Upcott and Knaplock, all of which have retained their original names since tax records from 1327, during the reign of King Edward III.^[4]

In the 17th century, Tom Faggus, a highwayman and a gentleman, was said to have held up travellers near the inn in Winsford.^[6]

On 20 August 1907 the first registered sale and show of the Exmoor Horn Sheep Breeders' Society, which was founded a year earlier, was held in the village, and "1,200 ewes were sold by auction, at an average price per head of 42 shillings".^[7]

In 1998 the Exmoor Community Computer Centre is a charitable trust took over the redundant building of the Winsford First School and established a community facility for social welfare and recreation.^[8] This later became dormant and a grant was obtained for a community facilitator to help restart the centre and re-establishing the venue as a community resource. Computer courses have also been run at Porlock and Sampford Brett.^[9]

In 2002 Winsford Hill was the location of the Winsford Murder, which cost the police £120,000 in investigation expenses.^[