Category: Directories

Church Road Villas, a Viking and Directories

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This month the Church Road Villas, a Viking and Directories are what it’s about. The Victorian villas on Church Road, Combe Down have, now, been covered: Combe Lodge – which was used by Monkton Combe School and also occupied by Lady Selina Octavia Stewart (1851 – 1938) a grand daughter of Sir Thomas Stamford Raffles (1781 – 1826) FRS Read More …

A quick look at Combe Down around 1846 – 1848

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I was just looking at the Hunt & Co. and Silverthorne directories for Bath and Bristol for 1848 and 1846 respectively and thought it would be interesting to see what went on in the village around then – what was it like on Combe Down around 1846 – 1848? Who is mentioned? What trades and professions? Read More …