Montacute snippets

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A bit about Montacute

The origins of Montacute and its name

Iron Age and Celtic Montacute

The Celtic Durotriges Tribe and its coinage

Roman Montacute

Joseph of Arimathea and Montacute

Saxon Montacute

St Michael's Hill and Montacute Tower

Montacute's Legend of the Holy Cross

The Siege of Montacute Castle

The Cluniac Priory in Montacute c.1100-1539

The Macbeth Connection!

St Catherine's Church, Montacute

Conan of Montacute...or maybe not!

Leland's Montacute c.1542 AD

The Leland Trail

Blessed James Fenn, a Montacute Martyr (c.1540-1584)

Montacute House (built ~1600) and the Phelips family

Montacute in 1633 by Thomas Gerard of Trent

Montacute Foundries bells and pots 1300-1800

Ham Hill

The Liberty Trail: Ham Hill to Lyme Regis

Collinson & Rack's Survey of Montacute, 1782-86

Thomas Shoel, psalmist 1759-1823

The Gruesome Tale of Richard Forster

George Mitchell, Skeleton at the Plough, 1826-1901

Llewelyn Powys' Montacute 1884-1939

Montacute Railway Station 1882-1964

Montacute Maps through Time

The village while I was growing up

VCH and Somerset EUS: 2 sources for the definitive history of Montacute

Source Manuscripts and their Evolution (work in progress)

Circular walks around Montacute

List of Places to Visit