Bygone Years in Street now has a nice collection of photos of the Cross and of Holmcroft and its first owner.   more »

I don't know whether you are aware of the "Online Parish Clerk" scheme (OPC) for family historians?   more »

If any members have any information or photos of any soldier from Street who served in WW1 ...   more »

The exciting news is that the definitive local history book, that is gradually covering the whole country, has reached Street. The local section of the Victoria County History, covering Street, Glastonbury and the area around, is to be published very soon.   more »

I had a rewarding day with Stan Gunby in Warminster, recording his memories of Street at the time of the First World War.   more »

I received this query today. Can anyone help?

On 29 January 1721 a Sylvester Richmond made a presentation to the ...   more »

I heard an amazing tale this afternoon, while talking to a teacher at Elmhurst.
Apparently her husband's ancestor fought   more »

This week's Central Somerset Gazette has news of a report on modern farming as destructive of ancient tracks on the Somerset Levels. Apparently ploughing and draining the land has the effect of drying out the waterlogged prehistoric timbers. It is their waterlogged state that has preserved them for so many centuries.   more »

There is a web page devoted to one exhibit in Clarks Shoe Museum - the Eureka machine.   more »

What can we do to restore Merriman Park to something like its former glory, and to restore some self-respect to the people of Street?   more »

As an experiment I am putting a bit of video on the blog. Ken Dunthorn, whose allotment in Overleigh is ...   more »

The local paper gave notice that there would be a programme on Radio 4 today about Rutland Boughton and the first Glastonbury Festivals, but didn't say what time it was. I remembered to turn to the Radio Times at lunchtime to see what time this evening I should listen, and found that it was just about to begin, at 1.30. A bit of luck.   more »

There was a rare chance to see the strata below our feet in Street recently.   more »

The Grange looks good through the trees. 

What happened was this: Some time ago I had been asked to rewrite the small History of Street Parish Church. I kept getting phone calls asking when the history would be ready. In the end I volunteered to give a lecture at which the book would be launched, and give the lecture during TrinityFest. (See here for TrinityFest)

About 30 people came to the lecture, and seemed to find it engrossing, so I have put it on the web here.

Copies of the 64 page book were distributed to the audience. They were not bound, and were in black and white. It may take about two months for the completed book to be on sale, all in colour and costing about £3.

Muriel Mudie published this 1906 postcard in her column    more »

I went to Saturday afternoon's showing of the 1922 Glastonbury Pageant Film at the Strode Theatre, and was very glad I had been.   more »

Joseph Motley's design for Holmcroft included a Doric porch, well carved, and nicely detailed windows.   more »

Holmcroft, a fine Victorian 'gentleman's house' in Somerton Road (I'll come to its history later), is under serious threat.   more »

When John Winstone was preparing his report on Overleigh for the Street Society he happened to note that the National Trust, who own Collard Hill, hadn't put up a board telling about the opening battle   more »

Two events have happened since the unhappy public meeting of the Parish Council a week ago.   more »

Street Parish Council held an open meeting this evening, as mentioned in a previous blog. I didn't count the number of Street residents who turned up, but it was more than the Parish Council expected - more than the number of chairs put out, and more than the copies of the relevant papers available.   more »

An ancient trench in the wood on Street Hill.