Stoke St Gregory History Pages
Maps & Aerial Photographs
Do you have any aerial photos of your house (or of anywhere in the village)? Would you be able to take a photo of them? If not could I come and do that, please? Please get in touch if you can add to the collection below. gregorystoke@aol.com
The National Library of Scotland has undertaken the digitising of many map series and be reached HERE Their facilities include viewing maps side by side or as overlays
The Somerset Heritage Centre is another source of useful mapping, through their Heritage Environment Record. The site can be found HERE Search 'Stoke St Gregory', click on any of the results and then 'Find on Map'. You should then have a zoomable map which can be changed from the 1840 Tithe Map, through the various OS series, to modern day mapping and aerial photoraphy.
See a page of old Stoke OS Maps HERE
Aerial Photographs
Imagine this picture in 1900. No Huntham Close or Church Close. No houses along Willey Road. No wonder the 19th Century description of the village was one of "the hamlets of Huntham, Meare Green, Curload, Woodhill, and Stathe, with a few houses scattered about the church".
Culvercroft Holly Farm
Stoke House
Walkers Farm & Stathe Court
Woodhill Farm and some of the cottages on Woodhill
Emrhys' shed - the remains of the Pound Cottage
Willow Farm, Curload