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Welcome
to the A-to-Z of Yeovil's History website
Welcome
to the A-to-Z of
Yeovil's History
website.
This is a work in
progress,
unfunded and updated almost
daily, to
record much of
the history of
Yeovil, Somerset,
England
(before about
1970) and uses
internet
technology to
embed links
within each page
to enable the
reader to follow
an infinite
number of
threads to suit
their interest.
Viewed in 114 countries with over 906,500 page views, this website currently contains more than 1,800 pages and over 7,790 images.
The 'Themes' in the various navigation bars gather pages into themes while the 'A-to-Z' links lead to listing pages starting with each respective letter, plus some special features that are only accessed from this page - I'm sure you'll soon get the idea.
MAJOR THEMES
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People
Discover more than 300 personalities who made Yeovil the town it is today.
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Places
Streets, courts, yards, buildings, etc. If it was in Yeovil it's probably here.
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Yeovil's Pubs
The history of Yeovil's hostelries - all 137 of 'em
plus 104 beerhouses.
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Yeovil at Work
Earning a crust - commerce and industry in Yeovil.
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Yeovil at Play
Sports, events, celebrations, and so forth in Yeovil.
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Trades and Traders
The shops and shop keepers of yesteryear.
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Yeovil at War
Yeovil's and Yeovilians' response to war.
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Education in Yeovil
Learning in Yeovil from Dame schools onwards.
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Leather & Gloving
The mainstay industries of Yeovil for centuries.
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Then & Now
Compare the changes to Yeovil over time.
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Family Trees
Selected Yeovil family trees
Last
Wills
and
Testaments
Pages containing Yeovil Wills
School Photographs
Are you on any of these?
Fields & Fieldnames
Where was your house built?
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Crimes of the Past
Yeovil crimes and criminals
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Railways
The railway comes to Yeovil
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Disasters
Fire and other accidents
Emergency Services
Yeovil's emergency services
Sponsors of the A-to-Z
Supporters of this website-
Check out the Facebook Group
Yeovil - A Trip Back to the Past
THE History of Yeovil
Also included in this website, separate from the A-to-Z listings, is a series of essays outlining the History of Yeovil through time. Click here to read.
Click the appropriate graphic below
SPECIAL PAGES
Page views of this site as at
Sunday 25 September 2016
906,577
(since February 2014)
Thank you all for your interest.
Photo of the week
Who? What? When? Where? Click the photo for answers
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MINOR
THEMES
Parish Registers
Baptisms,
Marriages
and
Burials
