Author: historygroupowner
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Hilda Bradford’s diaries, 1896 & 1898
Hilda was one of seven children of William and Mary Bradford of Moorlands House, North Street, Martock. The Bradfords were from Thorney, and set up a coal business that diversified into general builders supplies, a company which is still family…
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George Parsons, flax and the Parrett Works
Written by Sandy Buchanan Sunday, 25 September 2011 15:42 This article is taken from an excellent book “From Field to Factory, Flax and Hemp in Somerset’s History from 1750” written by C. A. (Sandy) Buchanan, published by SIAS (the Somerset…
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Burfields & Co, glovers
Date: April 28, 2010 WORDS: Joe Hall | PHOTOS: Kasper Daems and Joe Hall The village of Martock, in Somerset, is the West Country as it used to be, a landscape of cider farms and 13th century hamstone buildings. It…
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A detailed investigation of Martock in 1086
An incredibly detailed and cutting edge study of the Domesday entry for Martock follows these introductory paragraphs: The Domesday Book was commissioned in 1085 by William the Conqueror as a record of tax due to him. The first draft was…
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Wartime memories of an evacuee: Trevor Cradduck
Original pdf can be found here – War memories pdf , or you can read it below. My parents and I lived in Plumstead, South East London at the beginning of World War II. We were located not so very…
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Martock Friendly Society
A brief history of The Martock Men’s Walking Club Whit Monday used to be a great day in the life of Martock people. It was Club Day when the Men’s Walking Club paraded in the Parish. The members, armed with…
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Martock shops
In the Middle Ages, people sold from their workshops, which were usually the front room of their living accommodation. Increasingly in the 18th and 19th centuries, specialised retail premises appeared where merchants sold items not necessarily grown or made by…
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The Martock Railway
Martock had a busy railway station between 1853 and 1964 which revolutionized the transport of goods, and made travelling to Yeovil (19 minutes) and Taunton (42 minutes, costing 1 shilling and 9 pence in 1877) easy. In 1913 nearly 33,000…