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Yeovil Archaeological & Local History Society

Founded in 1954

Local Stories

Local Stories

These articles have been produced, by Jack Sweet and Jean Harper, from newspaper articles and his own recollections. They contain the language and opinions prevalent at the time and do not represent the Society’s views in any way.

Article
Sherborne to Yeovil – A Fatal Trap Accident
Dangerous Engines of Destruction
Yeovil – Mayor Making
Drinking at Martock 
Yeovil – Some Municipal Moments 
Yeovil – Files from the Western Gazette
Yeovil – Parachutes, The Press and Danny Boy
Yeovil – A Fatal Row Over Walnuts 
Yeovil – First World War Stories from the Home Front
Yeovil and the Boer War 
A Local Hero 
The Yeovil Cheese Robbery and Other Cases 
Yeovil at Sea 
Empire Day 1909
Dowlish Wake – From Africa’s Sunny Clime to the Yukon’s Frozen Wastes 
A November Wedding 
Compton Pauncefoot – St Andrew’s 
A Cruel Murder at Weymouth 
Villains and Heroes 
Lovely Women, Fair but False 
Poachers and Police 
A Mock ‘H’ Bomb Attack 
Wurts 
Public Eye 
Yeovil – September 1939 
The South Petherton Pig Nuisance 
Miss Betty Balfour Comes To Town 
South Somerset Snippets 
Yeovil in 2000? 
Two Glimpses Of Somerset In The 1860’s 
Old Somerset Customs and Sayings 
The Langport 
First Westland Crash – September 1917 
Royal Patronage – 1840 
Great Fire at Yeovil 
What Yeovil was like in the 1880’s 
The Wessex Boys’ Brigade – Inspection – 1909 
Yeovil School in 1948-9 
Yeovil School in 1954 

Upcoming Events 2026

Friday 6th March 7.15pm –  ‘Beyond the Fringes of the Stonehenge World Heritage Site' by Andrew Manning Principal Archaeology Consultant for ADAS. Andy will highlight some of the amazing discoveries found in recent work outside the Stonehenge World Heritage Site, paying testament to the current planning system and the hard work of Wiltshire Council Archaeology Service in advising on discoveries. Non-members welcome £2 entry. For more information contact  yalhs.coordinator@outlook.com

Friday 10th April 7.15pm – Wheels in History: wheelwright and ancient vehicle specialist Robert Hurford will explain how the technology of wheeled vehicles waxed and waned in Britain into the middle ages. Robert has helped archaeologists understand the designs of Iron Age and ancient Egyptian chariots. Non-members welcome £2 entry. For more information contact  yalhs.coordinator@outlook.com

View of Stonehenge
Horse burial at Langport
The Valley of the Stones, Little Bredy

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