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History

Last updated: 20th May 2022

Timsbury has a long and varied history dating from occupation in the Bronze Age. These pages will help you to find out more about Timsbury’s history, use sources such as the census, directories and maps to carry out your own research, and locate further information and sources on-line or in libraries and record offices.

The pages below will develop as further information and sources become available. New materials are welcome at any time – contact the webmaster.

Also, a lot of information, objects and photos about Timsbury and the area are held by:

  • Somerset Coalfield Life at Radstock Museum 
  • Bath Record Office
  • Somerset Archives and Local Studies Collections

Click on any of the links in the table below to find out more about Timsbury’s history.

A Brief OverviewA Brief History
Chronology
Domesday Book
Radstock Museum Timsbury Exhibition 2014
MapsOld Maps of Timsbury
The Old Shops of Timsbury
A Panoramic Virtual Tour of Historical Timsbury
Bath & NE Somerset Historic Environment Record
Heritage Trail
Wells in Timsbury in 1886
Main BuildingsBuildings
Churches
School
DemographicsCensus
Directories
1922 Organisations
Industrial PastIndustrial Past
PhotographsPhotographs
RecollectionsMemories
History of Timsbury Parish Council
Looking back with Malcolm Tucker
A history of the Timsbury Horse Show
A Short History of the Timsbury Branch of The Royal British Legion
Amesbury & Timsbury 1922 – 2016
ResearchParish Registers
Sources

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