The ''Somerset Victoria County History'' is an encyclopaedic history of the

county A county is a geographic region of a country used for administrative or other purposesChambers Dictionary, L. Brookes (ed.), 2005, Chambers Harrap Publishers Ltd, Edinburgh in certain modern nations. The term is derived from the Old French ...

Somerset ( en, All The People of Somerset) , locator_map = , coordinates = , region = South West England , established_date = Ancient , established_by = , preceded_by = , origin = , lord_lieutenant_office =Lord Lieutenant of Somerset , lord_ ...

England England is a country that is part of the United Kingdom. It shares land borders with Wales to its west and Scotland to its north. The Irish Sea lies northwest and the Celtic Sea to the southwest. It is separated from continental Europe b ...

, forming part of the overall Victoria County History of England founded in 1899 in honour of

Queen Victoria Victoria (Alexandrina Victoria; 24 May 1819 – 22 January 1901) was Queen of the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland from 20 June 1837 until Death and state funeral of Queen Victoria, her death in 1901. Her reign of 63 years and 21 ...

. With ten volumes published in the series ''A History of the County of Somerset'', the Somerset VCH is among the most substantial of the Victoria County Histories.

Volumes published

General volumes

* Volume I (1906), ed. William Page: the Natural History of the county, with some archaeological material and a chapter on Romano-British Somerset, especially Bath; the Somerset

Domesday Domesday Book () – the Middle English spelling of "Doomsday Book" – is a manuscript record of the "Great Survey" of much of England and parts of Wales completed in 1086 by order of King William I, known as William the Conqueror. The manusc ...

and the Geld InquestVictoria County History: Somerset
at british-history.ac.uk, accessed 28 October 2011Somerset Publications
at victoriacountyhistory.ac.uk, accessed 28 October 2011 * Volume II (1911), ed. William Page: Religious houses, including Wells Cathedral,

Bath Abbey The Abbey Church of Saint Peter and Saint Paul, commonly known as Bath Abbey, is a parish church of the Church of England and former Benedictine monastery in Bath, Somerset, England. Founded in the 7th century, it was reorganised in the 10th ...

and Glastonbury Abbey

Topographical volumes

* Volume III (1974), ed. R. W. Dunning: Kingsbury (East),

Pitney Pitney is a village and parish in Somerset, England, located east of Langport and west of Somerton in the South Somerset district. In 2011, the village had a population of 374. Pitney is home to St John the Baptist Church, the Pitney Farm S ...

, Somerton and

Tintinhull Tintinhull is a village and civil parish near Yeovil, south west of Ilchester, in Somerset, England. The village is close to the A303. It is on the Fosse Way. In addition to a school of around 100 pupils, Tintinhull has a church, park, swimmin ...

hundreds: Huish Episcopi,

Langport Langport is a small town and civil parish in Somerset, England, west of Somerton in the South Somerset district. The parish, which covers only part of the town, has a population of 1,081. Langport is contiguous with Huish Episcopi, a separate ...

, Muchelney,

;

Aller Aller may refer to: Places Rivers * Aller (Germany), a major river in North Germany *Aller (Asturian river), a river in Asturias, Spain *River Aller, a small river on Exmoor in Somerset, England Inhabited places in the United Kingdom *Aller, Devo ...

, West Camel,

Charlton Adam Charlton Mackrell is a village in civil parish of The Charltons, in the county of Somerset, England, situated east of Somerton in the South Somerset district. The village has a population of 1,020. The parish consists of two villages, Charlton ...

, Charlton Mackrell, Kingsdon,

East Lydford East or Orient is one of the four cardinal directions or points of the compass. It is the opposite direction from west and is the direction from which the Sun rises on the Earth. Etymology As in other languages, the word is formed from the f ...

, Somerton, Long Sutton,

Yeovilton Yeovilton is a village and former civil parish, now in the parish of Yeovilton and District, in Somerset, England, east of Ilchester and north of Yeovil, in South Somerset district. The parish had a population of 1,226 in the 2011 census, est ...

; Ilchester, Kingstone,

Montacute Montacute is a village and civil parishes in England, civil parish in Somerset, England, west of Yeovil. The village has a population of 831 (2011 census). The name Montacute is thought by some to derive from the Latin "Mons Acutus", referrin ...

, Northover, Sock Dennis,

Stoke sub Hamdon Stoke-sub-Hamdon (or Stoke sub Hamdon), also known as Stoke under Ham, is a large village and civil parish in the South Somerset district of Somerset, England. It is situated west of Yeovil, with which it is linked by the A3088 road. The parish ...

, Thorne,

* Volume IV (1978), ed. R. W. Dunning: Crewkerne and South Petherton hundreds and Martock hundred (part): Crewkerne,

Hinton St George Hinton St George is a village and parish in Somerset, England, situated outside Crewkerne, south west of Yeovil in the South Somerset district. The village has a population of 442. It has a wide main street lined with hamstone cottages, some t ...

Merriott Merriott is a village and civil parish in Somerset, England, near the town of Crewkerne and west of Yeovil in the South Somerset district. The village has a population of 1,979. On Church Street, there is a well-preserved tithe barn, which is u ...

, Misterton,

Wayford Wayford is a village and civil parish on the River Axe, south-west of Crewkerne, in the South Somerset district of Somerset, England. History The parish was part of the hundred of Crewkerne. Wayford Manor House was rebuilt around 1600 by Cha ...

;

Martock Martock is a large village and civil parish in Somerset, England, situated on the edge of the Somerset Levels north west of Yeovil in the South Somerset district. The parish includes Hurst, approximately one mile south of the village, and Bow ...

; Barrington,

Chaffcombe Chaffcombe is a village and civil parish in Somerset, England, situated north east of Chard in the South Somerset district. The village has a population of 229. History The name of the village probably comes from a Saxon settler and means "' ...

, Chillington,

Cricket St Thomas Cricket St Thomas is a parish in Somerset, England, situated in a valley between Chard and Crewkerne within the South Somerset administrative district. The A30 road passes nearby. The parish has a population of 50. It is noted for the historic m ...

, Cudworth, Dinnington,

Dowlish Wake Dowlish Wake is a small village and civil parish in Somerset, England, south of Ilminster and northeast of Chard in the South Somerset district. With a population of 277, it has several thatched houses and a pub called ''The New Inn''. Its p ...

Knowle St Giles Knowle St Giles is a village and civil parish in the South Somerset district of Somerset, England, situated on the River Isle south of Ilminster and north east of Chard. The village has a population of 244. The parish includes the village of Cr ...

Lopen Lopen is a village and civil parish in the South Somerset district of Somerset, England, situated west of Yeovil. The village has a population of 260 people. History The name of the village means ''Lufa's pen or fold''. A Roman mosaic, probably ...

, South Petherton,

Seavington St Mary Seavington St Mary is a village and civil parish in Somerset, England. It is situated next to the village of Seavington St Michael, about east of Ilminster, within the South Somerset district and had a population of 384 inhabitants at the 2011 ce ...

Seavington St Michael Seavington St Michael is a village and civil parish in Somerset, England. It is situated next to the village of Seavington St Mary, about east of Ilminster, within the South Somerset district. It lies in a hollow within a larger area of low-lyin ...

Shepton Beauchamp Shepton Beauchamp is a village and civil parish, from Barrington and north east of Ilminster between the Blackdown Hills and the Somerset Levels in the South Somerset district of Somerset, England. History The first part of the name of the vil ...

Wambrook Wambrook is a village and civil parish in the Blackdown Hills, Somerset, England. The village lies about southwest of the town of Chard. The parish includes the hamlets of Higher Wambrook and Lower Wambrook which is sometimes known as Haselcombe. ...

Whitestaunton Whitestaunton is a village and civil parish in the South Somerset district of Somerset, England. The parish includes the hamlet of Northay. It was known simply as Staunton until the 14th century. History The univallate Iron Age hill fort at Horse ...

* Volume V (1985), ed. R. W. Dunning: Williton and Freemanors hundred (part), and Whitley hundred (part): Holford;

Bicknoller Bicknoller is a village and civil parish on the western slopes of the Quantock Hills in the English county of Somerset. Administratively, the civil parish falls within the Somerset West and Taunton local government district within the Somerset s ...

Brompton Ralph Brompton Ralph is a village and civil parish in the Somerset West and Taunton district of Somerset, England, about west of Taunton, and north of Wiveliscombe. It is in a wooded district at the eastern extremity of the Brendon Hills. According ...

Chipstable Chipstable is a village and civil parish in Somerset, England, situated beside Heydon Hill west of Taunton in the Somerset West and Taunton district. The parish has a population of 309. The parish includes Raddington and Waterrow. History T ...

Clatworthy Clatworthy is a village and civil parish in the Somerset West and Taunton district of Somerset, England. It is situated from Wellington and four miles (6 km) from Wiveliscombe on the southern slopes of the Brendon Hills and close to the E ...

, Old Cleeve,

Crowcombe Crowcombe is a village and civil parish under the Quantock Hills in Somerset, England, southeast of Watchet, and from Taunton. The village has a population of 489. The parish covers the hamlets of Crowcombe Heathfield, Flaxpool, Halsway, Law ...

, Dodington,

Elworthy Elworthy is a small village and civil parish in the Brendon Hills south-east of Watchet, and west of Taunton, in the Somerset West and Taunton district of Somerset, England. The parish includes the hamlet of Willett. History On the Brendon H ...

, Halse, Huish Champflower, Kilton,

Kilve Kilve is a village in the Somerset West and Taunton district of Somerset, England, within the Quantock Hills Area of Outstanding Natural Beauty, the first AONB to be established, in 1957. It lies on the A39 almost exactly equidistant from Brid ...

Lilstock Lilstock is a hamlet in the civil parish of Stringston within the Somerset West and Taunton district of Somerset, England. It is north-west of Bridgwater, and north-east of Williton. It is on the coast of Bridgwater Bay on the Bristol Channel ...

Monksilver Monksilver is a village west of the town of Williton in Somerset, England, on the eastern flank of the Brendon Hills and the border of the Exmoor National Park. The Coleridge Way footpath passes through the village. History The name of the vil ...

, Nettlecombe,

East Quantoxhead East Quantoxhead is a village in the district of Somerset West and Taunton, from West Quantoxhead, east of Williton, and west of Bridgwater, within the Quantock Hills Area of Outstanding Natural Beauty in Somerset, England. History Above the ...

West Quantoxhead West Quantoxhead is a small village and civil parish in the Somerset West and Taunton district of Somerset, England. It lies on the route of the Coleridge Way and on the A39 road at the foot of the Quantock Hills, from East Quantoxhead, from Wil ...

Raddington Chipstable is a village and civil parish in Somerset, England, situated beside Heydon Hill west of Taunton in the Somerset West and Taunton district. The parish has a population of 309. The parish includes Raddington and Waterrow. History T ...

St Decumans Decuman ( lat-med, Decumanus; cy, Degyman; died ) was one of the Celtic saints who came to Somerset from South Wales, Pembrokeshire, in the seventh century, arriving on a raft (or his cloak) with a cow for a companion. There he was a pastor an ...

(including Watchet and Williton),

Sampford Brett Sampford Brett is a village and civil parish situated at the south-western edge of the Quantock Hills, Somerset, England, less than south of Williton, just off the A358 road to Taunton. Geography It lies in a shallow valley cut by the Sampford s ...

Stogumber Stogumber () is a village and civil parish in Somerset, England, on the eastern flank of the Brendon Hills. Besides Stogumber village itself, the parish includes the hamlets of Ashbeer, Capton, Escott, Higher Vexford, Kingswood, Lower Vellow, Low ...

Nether Stowey Nether Stowey is a large village in the Sedgemoor district of Somerset, South West England. It sits in the foothills of the Quantock Hills (England's first Area of Outstanding Natural Beauty), just below Over Stowey. The parish of Nether Stowey ...

* Volume VI (1992), ed. R. W. Dunning and C. R. Elrington: Andersfield, Cannington, and

North Petherton North Petherton is a small town and civil parish in Somerset, England, situated on the edge of the eastern foothills of the Quantocks, and close to the edge of the Somerset Levels. The town has a population of 6,730 as of 2014. The parish includ ...

hundreds: Broomfield, Creech St Michael,

Durleigh Durleigh is a village and civil parish on the outskirts of Bridgwater in the Sedgemoor district of Somerset, England. According to the 2011 Census, it had a population of 548. Its nearest town is Bridgwater, which lies approximately north-east fr ...

, Enmore, Goathurst, Lyng;

Aisholt Spaxton is a small village and civil parish on the Quantocks in the Sedgemoor district of Somerset, South West England. History Spaxton was part of the hundred of Cannington. The modern parish includes the ancient parishes of Aisholt and Cha ...

, Cannington, Charlinch,

Fiddington Fiddington is a village and civil parish north-east of Nether Stowey, and north-west of Bridgwater in the Sedgemoor district of Somerset, England. The parish includes the hamlets of Bonson and Whitnell. Governance The parish council has res ...

Otterhampton Otterhampton is a village and civil parish in the Sedgemoor district of Somerset, England, between Bridgwater and the Steart Peninsula. The civil parish includes the larger village of Combwich and the small village of Steart. History It wa ...

Spaxton Spaxton is a small village and civil parish on the Quantock Hills, Quantocks in the Sedgemoor district of Somerset, South West England. History Spaxton was part of the Hundred (county subdivision), hundred of Cannington (hundred), Cannington. T ...

Stockland Bristol Stockland Bristol (formerly Stockland Gaunts) is a village and civil parish in the Sedgemoor district of Somerset, between Bridgwater and the Steart Peninsula. History It was recorded in the Domesday book as Stocheland meaning 'A stockade w ...

Stogursey Stogursey is the name of a small village and civil parish in the Quantock Hills in Somerset, England. It is situated from Nether Stowey, and west of Bridgwater. The village is situated near the Bristol Channel, which bounds the parish on the no ...

Over Stowey Over may refer to: Places *Over, Cambridgeshire, England *Over, Cheshire, England *Over, South Gloucestershire, England * Over, Tewkesbury, near Gloucester, England ** Over Bridge *Over, Seevetal Over is a village in the municipality of Seevet ...

, Stringston;

Bawdrip Bawdrip is a village and civil parish in the Sedgemoor district of Somerset, England. The village is on the south side of the Polden Hills about north-east of Bridgwater. At the 2011 census the parish had a population of 506. The parish inclu ...

Bridgwater Bridgwater is a large historic market town and civil parish in Somerset, England. Its population currently stands at around 41,276 as of 2022. Bridgwater is at the edge of the Somerset Levels, in level and well-wooded country. The town lies alon ...

Chedzoy Chedzoy (alternatively Chedzey) is a civil parish village east of Bridgwater in the Sedgemoor district of Somerset. History The village is at the western end of King's Sedgemoor and lies on an 'island' of Burtle marine sands, close to King's S ...

, Chilton Trinity, Durston,

Pawlett Pawlett is a small village north of Bridgwater, in the Sedgemoor district of the English county of Somerset. The village has Roman or Saxon origins. It has a Norman church and expanded in the 17th and 18th centuries with the draining of the ...

, St Michaelchurch,

Thurloxton Thurloxton is a village and civil parish north-east of Taunton, and 5 miles south-west of Bridgwater on the south-eastern slopes of the Quantock Hills in the Sedgemoor district of the county of Somerset, in England. History The name means 'Th ...

Wembdon Wembdon is a semi-rural village near Bridgwater, in Somerset, England. Wembdon is now home to an Anglican church, a small shop (combined with the post office), a pub and a small garage. History Wembdon was listed in the Domesday Book of 1086 as ...

* Volume VII (1999), ed. C. R. J. Currie and R. W. Dunning: Bruton, Horethorne and Norton Ferris hundreds, part of Taunton Dean hundred, part of Whitley hundred:

Brewham Brewham is a civil parish in Somerset, England, consisting of the villages of North Brewham and South Brewham, on either side of the river in the Brue Valley east of Bruton and south-west of Frome in the South Somerset district. The parish has ...

, Brewham Lodge, Eastrip and Four Towers, Bruton,

Milton Clevedon Milton Clevedon is a village and civil parish south of Evercreech in the Mendip District, Mendip district of Somerset, England. History The name of the village means the middle settlement, possibly because it is halfway between Evercreech and ...

Pitcombe Pitcombe is a village and civil parish south-west of Bruton and from Wincanton in Somerset, England. It has a population of 532. The parish includes the hamlets of Cole and Godminster. The village lies on the River Pitt and other streams that f ...

Upton Noble Upton Noble is a village and civil parish on the River Frome. It is roughly north-east of Bruton, and from Frome town centre, in the Mendip district of Somerset, England. There was a 17th-century village pub called ''The Lamb Inn (''now clo ...

, and

Yarlington Yarlington is a village and civil parish, near the source of the River Cam, in the English county of Somerset. Administratively, Yarlington shares a parish council with nearby North Cadbury and forms part of the district of South Somerset. The v ...

; Abbas and Temple Combe,

Charlton Horethorne Charlton Horethorne is a village and civil parish in Somerset, England, situated five miles north-east of Sherborne and five miles south-west of Wincanton in the South Somerset district. The village has a population of 591. The parish also includ ...

North Cheriton North Cheriton is a small village and civil parish in South Somerset with a population of 208. It is located on the A357 south-west of Wincanton. History North Cheriton is mentioned as a manor belonging to William de Moyon in the Domesday Book ...

Corton Denham Corton Denham is a village and parish in Somerset, England, situated seven miles north east of Yeovil in the South Somerset district. The village has a population of 189. History The village was named ''Corfetone'' in the Domesday Book of 1086, ...

Henstridge Henstridge is a village and civil parish in Somerset, England, situated east of Sherborne in the South Somerset district, near the border with Dorset. The parish includes the hamlet of Yenston. In 2011, the village had a population of 1,814. H ...

, Horsington,

Marston Magna Marston Magna (also known as Broad or Great Marston) is a village and civil parish in Somerset, England, situated north of Yeovil in the South Somerset district. The village has a population of 523. History The name Marston Magna means ''large ...

, Milborne Port, Stowell;

Bratton Seymour Bratton Seymour is a village and civil parish in Somerset, England, situated on a tributary of the River Brue south-east of Castle Cary and north-west of Wincanton. The parish has a population of 104. History The remains of a Roman villa, d ...

Charlton Musgrove Charlton Musgrove is a village and civil parish in Somerset, England, situated north east of Wincanton in the South Somerset district. The village has a population of 398. The parish includes the hamlets of Barrow, Holbrook, Southmarsh, and par ...

Cucklington Cucklington is a village and parish in Somerset, England, situated on a hill south east of Wincanton and north west of Gillingham in the South Somerset district, near the Dorset border. The village has a population of 173. The nearest railwa ...

, Penselwood,

Shepton Montague Shepton Montague is a village and civil parish in Somerset, England, United Kingdom. It is situated on the River Pitt in the South Somerset district midway between Wincanton, Bruton and Castle Cary. It is known for its dairy farming and one of t ...

Stoke Trister Stoke Trister is a village and civil parish south-east of Wincanton and north-west of Gillingham close to the Dorset border in the South Somerset district of Somerset, England. The parish includes the hamlet of Bayford. History The Stoke part ...

, Wincanton,

Rimpton Rimpton is a village and civil parish north-west of Sherborne, and north-east of Yeovil on a tributary of the River Parret in the South Somerset district of Somerset, England. History The parish of Rimpton was part of the Horethorne hundred ...

; Blackford, Holton * Volume VIII (2004), ed. R. W. Dunning: The Poldens and the

Levels Level or levels may refer to: Engineering *Level (instrument), a device used to measure true horizontal or relative heights *Spirit level, an instrument designed to indicate whether a surface is horizontal or vertical *Canal pound or level *Regr ...

: Huntspill and Puritan hundred:

Ashcott Ashcott is a small village and civil parish located in the Sedgemoor area of Somerset in the south-west of England. The village has a population of 1,186. The parish includes the hamlets of Ashcott Corner, Berhill, Buscott, Nythe and Pedwell. T ...

Catcott Catcott is a rural village and civil parish, situated close to Edington to the east of Bridgwater on the Somerset Levels to the north of the Polden Hills in the Sedgemoor district of Somerset, England. History In the Domesday Book of 1086 ...

Chilton Polden Chilton Polden is a rural village and civil parish, situated close to Edington, Somerset, Edington on the Somerset Levels to the north of the Polden Hills in the Sedgemoor district of Somerset, England. History The name of the village is though ...

, Cossington,

Edington Eddington or Edington may refer to: People *Eddington Varmah, Liberian politician *Eddington (surname), people with the surname Places Australia * Eddington, Victoria United Kingdom * Eddington, Berkshire * Eddington, Cambridge * Ed ...

Greinton Greinton is a village and civil parish in Somerset, England, situated on the Somerset Levels and Moors at the foot of the Polden Hills, west southwest of Glastonbury and east of Bridgwater in the Sedgemoor district. History The parish of ...

High Ham High Ham is a village and civil parish in Somerset, England. Within the parish of High Ham are the villages of High Ham and Low Ham and the hamlets of Bowdens, Henley, Paradise and Picts Hill. History Within the parish of High Ham there have be ...

, Huntspill,

Middlezoy Middlezoy is a village and civil parish on the Somerset Levels in the Sedgemoor district of Somerset, England. Situated between the two other villages of Westonzoyland and Othery and is about six miles from the Town of Bridgwater which is on the ...

Moorlinch Moorlinch is a village and civil parish where the Polden Hills meet the Somerset Levels in the Sedgemoor district of Somerset, England. History The village was known as ''Mirieling'' in 971 and the name is believed to come from the Saxon ''myr ...

Othery The parish and village of Othery, established in 1515, sits on a detached extension of Sowy island on the Somerset Levels. It is east of Bridgwater and north-west of Langport. It borders the hamlets and villages of Pathe, Burrowbridge, Middlez ...

Puriton Puriton is a village and parish at the westerly end of the Polden Hills, in the Sedgemoor district of Somerset, England. The parish has a population of 1,968. The local parish church is dedicated to St Michael and All Angels. A chapel on Woola ...

, Shapwick, Stawell, Sutton Mallet, Westonzoyland, and

Woolavington Woolavington is a village and civil parish on the Somerset Levels in the English county of Somerset. It forms part of the District of Sedgemoor, and is north east of Bridgwater, south east of Burnham on Sea and west of Glastonbury. At the ...

* Volume IX (2006), ed. R. W. Dunning: Glastonbury Twelve Hides hundred, including

Glastonbury Glastonbury (, ) is a town and civil parish in Somerset, England, situated at a dry point on the low-lying Somerset Levels, south of Bristol. The town, which is in the Mendip district, had a population of 8,932 in the 2011 census. Glastonbury ...

and

Street A street is a public thoroughfare in a built environment. It is a public parcel of land adjoining buildings in an urban context, on which people may freely assemble, interact, and move about. A street can be as simple as a level patch of dirt, ...

, Baltonsborough,

Butleigh Butleigh is a small village and civil parish, located in Somerset. The nearest village to it is Barton St David, and it is located a short distance from Glastonbury and Street. Its population is 823. Butleigh has a church, small village shop, a ...

Compton Dundon Compton Dundon is a village and civil parish in Somerset, England, lying beside King's Sedgemoor and the Polden Hills, south of Glastonbury and north of Somerton in the South Somerset district. The village has a population of 705. The parish ...

Meare Meare is a village and civil parish north west of Glastonbury on the Somerset Levels, in the Mendip district of Somerset, England. The parish includes the village of Westhay. History Meare is a marshland village in typical Somerset "rhyne" coun ...

, North Wootton, Podimore Milton, Walton, West Bradley, and

West Pennard West Pennard (or West Pennard Manor) is a village and civil parish east of Glastonbury, situated at the foot of Pennard Hill, in the Mendip district of Somerset, England. The parish includes the hamlets of Coxbridge and Woodlands. History The vi ...

* Volume X (2010), ed. Mary C. Siraut:

Castle Cary Castle Cary () is a market town and civil parish in south Somerset, England, north west of Wincanton and south of Shepton Mallet, at the foot of Lodge Hill and on the River Cary, a tributary of the Parrett. History The word Cary derives fr ...

and the

Brue Brue ( gd, Brù) is a village on the Isle of Lewis in the West Side district, in the Outer Hebrides, Scotland. It is a crofting township and it is composed of two areas: Am Baile Staigh, which is nearer the coast, and Pàirc Bhrù, which runs to ...

- Cary Watershed (part of Catsash hundred)

County Editors

* William Page * C. R. J. Currie * 1971–2006: Robert W. Dunning * 2006– : Mary C. SirautAbout VCH Somerset
at victoriacountyhistory.ac.uk, accessed 28 October 2011 The present county editor, Mary C. Siraut, served as deputy editor from 1978 to 2006 and was a full-time VCH employee until March 2011, when because of a funding shortfall she took early retirement. She is continuing work on the project on a part-time basis and is based at the new Somerset Heritage Centre in Norton Fitzwarren.Elizabeth Williamson,
HARD TIMES AND GREEN SHOOTS
' (2011) at balh.co.uk, accessed 28 October 2011

Deputy County Editors

* 1970–1978:

Robin Bush Robin James Edwin Bush (12 March 1943 – 22 June 2010) was the resident historian for the first nine series of Channel 4's archaeology series ''Time Team'', appearing in 39 episodes between 1994 and 2003. He also presented eight episodes of ...

* 1978–2006: Mary C. Siraut

References

External links

Somerset volumes
at victoriacountyhistory.ac.uk
Somerset Victoria County History
at British History Online – full text of volumes I to IX {{Somerset History of Somerset Organisations based in Somerset Victoria County History