Posts Tagged ‘Somerset’
October 26th, 2009
BRISTOL — This morning began with an early walk to the railway station to reserve a seat to Paddington (the advanced ticket office is closed Sundays). That done, I returned to the hotel to get the car and drive to Mells, the birthplace of my ancestors Benjamin and Joseph Coles.
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October 24th, 2009
BRISTOL — This morning I crossed the Severn from Wales into England and by-passed Bristol. I headed for Tyntesfield—I wasn’t sure what it was other than it being a National Trust property. I arrived just after noon and it started bucketing down. Thankfully the rain only lasted for twenty minutes or so. It turns out that Tyntesfield is a country house. Unusually, the house is in the middle of a conservation, preservation and restoration project but is still open to the public.
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September 22nd, 2009
EXETER — All in all, a very satisfying day today. I drove to Taunton to visit the Somerset Record Office. I managed to get myself both on and off the M5 between Exeter and Taunton, and find the record office without getting lost. I also had quite a bit of success in searching the minute books of the Somerset Society in London.
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