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Using
Quality of Life Indicators
Helping
the monitor of community strategy's
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Spotlight Stories
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Taunton Workhouse -
Taunton Union workhouse was erected 1836-8 on what is now
Trinity Road in Taunton. The architect was Sampson Kempthorne
and the design was based on his standard hexagonal plans for
the Poor Law Commissioners. A two-storey infirmary block was
later erected to the east of the main building, as shown on
the 1912 OS map below..
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Waterrow |
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The History of Waterrow -
Waterrow is a pretty little hamlet on the Taunton to
Barnstable road on the southern edge of the Brendon hills in
the parish of Chipstable, and lies about a mile south of that
village.It was known for many centuries as East and West
Skirdal until the early 20th century. From the latter half of
the 18th century, the name Waterrue, then Waterrow crept in,
and for over a century both old and new names were in use.
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The History Of Langort -
When in about 880 King Alfred established his series of
defensive forts called burhs, each had a defensive role and
many also had a commercial role. Langport was at the crossing
point of the main road to the west over the River Parrett.
Initially the Parrett had been the boundary of the Kingdom of
Wessex, but in the late Saxon period, the Anglo-Saxons
controlled the land as far as the Cornish boundary. Despite
this, Langport was still needed as a strong defensive position
in those troubled times. The hill close to the...
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Somerset Timeline -
The Somerset Time Line scheme will allow you to access a
wealth of content, such as, movies, ancient documents, maps,
paintings, oral histories and items from exhibitions, so they
can learn more about the county’s fascinating history. With
the help of new
technology, visitors to the web site will be able to carry
out
virtual tours of places of interest, as if they were
really there and zoom in and out of
digital objects inspecting them much closer than they
would be able to even if they visited the
museum..
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Wellsprings Leisure Centre - It's
open at last and we take a look at the £3 million project in
Spotlight Stories. Click
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North Street Congregational
Church - Do you pass
this church when you go through town or take its shortcut to
Middle Street? We take a look at this active town centre
church and discover it's origin's and history with Hazel Earl. Click
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Grays Almshouses - Hundreds
of years old and people
still live there today. But what do we know about Grays
Almshouses. We put the spotlight on this distinctive and
wonderful building. Click
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Downing Street in 1896
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Did you know that Downing Street
stands on the site of a former brewery?
Or that Number 10 was originally Number
5? Or that the last private resident of Number 10 was a Mr
Chicken?
We turn the spotlight on the history of the this historic building and
take a tour. So if you wish to find out more fascinating
secrets about it.
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If you wish to take a photographic tour of Number 10
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Corfield Memorial Hall - What
an earth has Johnny Morris and MP Michael Foot got to do with
Corfield Memorial Hall, in Magdalene Street? Spotlight Stories
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