SOMERSET PLACES

Barton St David – home of Presidents – Ned Sherrin

Bridgwater – Robert Blake – Bagehot as candidate – 1938 by-election – 1970 by-election – John Biffen – Sevastopol cannons – Admirals – Roger Hollis 

Broomfield – Geoffrey Rippon 

Butleigh – Admirals

Cannington – John Pym

Catcott – Roger Hollis

Chard – Margaret Bondfield

Curry Rivel – Pitt

Dillington – Lord North

Dulverton – Aubrey Herbert

Frome – Mavis Tate – Thomas Hughes – Old Somerset punishments 

High Ham – Ned Sherrin

Hinton St George – John Peyton

Ilchester – R B Sheridan

Keinton Mandeville – Henry Irving

Keynsham – Lucy Middleton

Langport – Digby Denham – Sevastopol cannons – town criers – Walter Bagehot

Minehead – Fownes Luttrell

Montacute – Lord Curzon – Phelips family

Otterhampton – John Biffen

Over Stowey – Winston Churchill – Henry Labouchere

Pensford – Acker Bilk – Mavis Tate

Street – Merriman & Smuts – youth hostels

Taunton – notable MPs – Disraeli – Edward du Cann – Henry Labouchere – Sevastopol cannons – George Palmer – A J Cook – Ned Sherrin

Wellington – Duke of Wellington

Wells – A E B Davie – Mary Rand – Roger Hollis – old Somerset punishments – Henry Hunt – Sevastopol cannons

Weston-super-Mare – A V Alexander – Acker Bilk – George Palmer

Winsford – Ernie Bevin

Writhlington – Geoffrey Rippon

Yeovil – riot jugs – Westland affair – Yeovil Town Football Club – John Peyton – Aubrey Herbert – a gloving by-election