Wiveliscombe - A History of a Somerset Market Town
By Susan Maria Farrington and the Wiveliscombe Book Group
Colden Publications 2005 - ISBN 0-9540992-1-4
342 pages, accompanying CD of maps and documents, A4 hardback and dust jacket.
Retail £20.00
Available From
- Tucker’s News
- Wiveliscombe Post Office
- Brendon Books in Taunton
- Wellington Bookshop
- By post ( plus postage and packing: inland £6.30, first-class £8.30, surface Europe & World £10, Europe air £10.30, World air £18.30) from P O Box 22, Wiveliscombe, TA4 2ZH. Please download order form from the article on this page.
This all-encompassing account of Wiveliscombe’s fascinating story is full of facts and anecdotes. With over 700 illustrations, the book will appeal to both the inquisitive reader and the most discerning local historian.
Many people, past and present, from Wiveliscombe and beyond, have willingly shared their memories including the TV chef Keith Floyd who reminisced on his childhood in the town. This handsome book of some 350 pages and accompanying CD will give you the answers to such questions as how many roman coins were turned up by a plough at Castle in 1946; how some streets in the town acquired their name; which adventure story was written in a garden of a house on Church Street; the number of loaves of bread that were baked daily in 1803 and how many ‘internationals’ have played rugby and cricket for Wiveliscombe.
Tom Mayberry, County Heritage Officer, praised the book’s thorough historical approach, well-researched detail and wealth of exciting information about the town.
