20th September 2024

Search St Cuthbert (Out) Parish Council

Serving the residents of Burcott, Coxley, Dinder, Dulcote, East Horrington, Easton, Haybridge, Launcherley, Maesbury, Polsham, South Horrington, Southway, West Horrington, Woodford, Wookey Hole and Worminster.

Historical Landmarks

Situated in a triangle, the fountain is moss covered and sprays a three-way fountain upwards and it falls into the pond

Dulcote Fountain (photo by Gill Pettitt)

A Victorian pump, painted green, at Easton

One of 3 Victorian pumps in Easton

A long mill building with arched windows and chimney behind

St Cuthbert's Paper Mill, Haybridge

An aerial view of Maesbury castle Iron Age fort on top of the Mendips

Maesbury Castle (photo by Gill Pettitt.)

four columned tall statue with Romulus and Remus suckling on their 'mother' boar

Romulus & Remus (Photo courtesy of Maia Harris-Jordan)

Although not owned by the Parish Council, there are many historically important landmarks, sites and structures around the parish:

Parish Churches

  • St Michael & All Angels, Dulcote
  • Christ Church, Coxley
  • St Pauls, Easton
  • St Mary Magdalene's, Wookey Hole

Ancient sites

  • The Iron Age fort at Masbury
  • Lead mines at Green Ore
  • Ancient woodland at Twin Hills
  • Wookey Hole Caves

Medieval & early modern sites:

  • Strip field systems
  • drove roads & holloways
  • a shipping trade *

Victorian treasures

  • The Cheddar Valley Line, East Somerset Railway & Somerset & Dorset Railway
  • Dulcote Fountain
  • Village pumps at Easton
  • The Lax Folly site

The coming of modernity

  • Telephone Boxes
  • Pen Hill Transmitting Station

Wartime legacy

  • Pill boxes at Dinder, Coxley and Polsham.
  • World War One plaque to the fallen of Dulcote.
  • Many traces of the Stop Line Way
  • Romulus & Remus statue
  • Prisoner of War camps

Click here for the Somerset Historic Environment Register and enter your village

Last updated: Tue, 24 Nov 2020 14:40