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to Yeovil's Virtual Museum, the A-to-Z of Yeovil's History website
Welcome
to Yeovil's
Virtual Museum, the A-to-Z of
Yeovil's History
website.
This is a work in
progress -
unfunded, free
to use, with no
ads - and updated almost
daily, to
record much of
the history of
Yeovil, Somerset,
England. It 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 135 countries with over 3,636,000 page views, this website currently contains more than 2,770 pages (equivalent to over 13,000 A4 printed pages) and over 11,950 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 letter, plus some special features accessed from this page.
MAJOR THEMES
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People
Discover more than 480 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 147 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
Over 30 Yeovil family trees
Yeovil Celebrates
Celebrating events of the past
Yeovil's Farms
Yeovil's agricultural hinterland
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
Westland Aircraft
Fixed-wing aircraft of Yeovil
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MINOR THEMES
Parish Registers
Baptisms,
Marriages
and
Burials
Yeovil People Data
Information from before 1837
The Document Chest
350+ Wills, Leases, etc.
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..
SPECIAL
PAGES
Click the appropriate graphic below
Page views of this site as at
end of December 2022
(since February 2014)
3,636,202
Oct-Dec 2022 = 135,055 views
Summaries will only be quarterly from now
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