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Re: History day

Posted: Wed Mar 13, 2024 8:19 am
by Murray
Andy wrote: Wed Mar 13, 2024 7:55 am
Murray wrote: Mon Mar 11, 2024 11:24 pm Mind you, looking at the Dolphin and the other buildings you are living in a time warp. It is fantastic!
Been having a look at some of the history of our town. There are records as far back at 1000s. There are a lot of very old buildings in the town, ours is probably 400 years old. The dolphin is mentioned in the 1500s. At that time there were 3 coaching inns in the town with a total of 54 rooms and stabling for 250 horses. Wincanton is about half way between London and the West Country so an important halfway point back in the day. I discovered a lot of fascinating facts about the town but won’t bore you all with it. lol.
No fear of boring me, Andy.
The west country really interests me, not least because I am a railway nut as well, especially the Great Western Railway and Swindon.