IlminsterIlminster is a minster town and civil parish in the South Somerset district of Somerset, England, with a population of 5,808. Bypassed in 1988, the town now lies just east of the junction of the A303 (London to Exeter) and the A358 (Taunton to Chard and Axminster). The parish includes the hamlet of Sea. Ilminster is mentioned in documents dating from 725 and in a Charter granted to Muchelney Abbey ( to the north) by Æthelred the Unready in 995.
Burnham-on-Seathumb|left|Le clocher de l'église Saint Andrew Burnham-on-Sea est une ville côtière du Somerset, en Angleterre, située à l'embouchure de la rivière Parrett dans la baie de Bridgwater. Petit village jusqu'à la fin du , la ville est aujourd'hui une station balnéaire fréquentée. Sa population était de habitants en 2001. Un phare encore actif qui éclaire l'embouchure de la rivière Parrett. Phare de Burnham-on-Sea Low Deux phares inactifs depuis 1832 et 1996 Round Tower (Burnham-on-Sea) Phare de Burnham-on-Sea High L'église St Andrew et son clocher penché.
DunballDunball is a small hamlet west of the village of Puriton and close to the town of Bridgwater, Somerset, England. Just north of Dunball is Down End which is the site of Down End Castle a motte-and-bailey castle, which has been designated as a Scheduled Ancient Monument. Located on the A38, adjacent to Junction 23 of the M5 motorway, it hosts a wharf on the River Parrett, created in 1844 by Bridgwater coal merchants, which is the only part of the Port of Bridgwater still in commercial use today.
WestonzoylandWestonzoyland is a village and civil parish in Somerset, England. It is situated on the Somerset Levels, south east of Bridgwater. The name of the parish derives from its location on the "island" of Sowy, an area of slightly higher ground on the Somerset Levels between the River Cary and the River Parrett. The parish of Westernzoyland was created in 1515 when the parish of Sowy was divided. Westonzoyland refers to the westernmost settlement on Sowy. The parish of Westonzoyland was part of the Whitley Hundred.
Cathédrale Saint-André de WellsLa cathédrale Saint-André est une église anglicane située à Wells (Somerset), en Angleterre. Ce vaste édifice est l'église-mère du diocèse de Bath et Wells. Saint-André de Wells est parfois décrite comme « la plus poétique des cathédrales anglaises ». Construite de 1180 à 1490, elle mêle différents courants de l'architecture gothique anglaise (Early english, Decorated et Perpendicular). Une des innovations majeures de cet édifice est l'addition au des « arcs renversés » ou « arcs en ciseaux » au niveau de la croisée du transept.
Gildas le SageGildas (né entre 490 et 504, peut-être en 494, probablement dans le royaume de Strathclyde (près de Glasgow), mort probablement le à l'Île-d'Houat) est un ecclésiastique originaire de l'île de Grande-Bretagne qui aurait fini sa vie en Bretagne continentale (il est appelé Gweltaz en breton, Giltas dans le plus ancien document citant son nom, une lettre de saint Colomban). Surnommé Sapiens, « le Sage », Gildas est connu comme auteur du sermon De Excidio et Conquestu Britanniae, l'une des sources majeures pour l'histoire de la Grande-Bretagne aux .
TyntesfieldTyntesfield is a Victorian Gothic Revival country house and estate near Wraxall, North Somerset, England. The house is a Grade I listed building named after the Tynte baronets, who had owned estates in the area since about 1500. The location was formerly that of a 16th-century hunting lodge, which was used as a farmhouse until the early 19th century. In the 1830s a Georgian mansion was built on the site, which was bought by English businessman William Gibbs, whose huge fortune came from guano used as fertilizer.
BleadonBleadon is a village and civil parish in Somerset, England. It is about south of Weston-super-Mare and, according to the 2021 census, has a population of 1,149. Bleadon was listed in the Domesday Book of 1086 as Bledone, meaning 'coloured or variegated hill', from Old English blēo 'colour' and dūn 'hill, mountain'. The parish was part of the Winterstoke Hundred. Just to the north of the village is Bleadon Hill, a 13.52 hectare geological Site of Special Scientific Interest.
Carboniferous LimestoneCarboniferous Limestone is a collective term for the succession of limestones occurring widely throughout Great Britain and Ireland that were deposited during the Dinantian Epoch of the Carboniferous Period. These rocks formed between 363 and 325 million years ago. Within England and Wales, the entire limestone succession, which includes subordinate mudstones and some thin sandstones, is known as the Carboniferous Limestone Supergroup.
Gare de Bristol Temple MeadsLa gare de Bristol Temple Meads est une gare ferroviaire du Royaume-Uni, située sur le territoire de la ville de Bristol. La gare a été construite en 1839-1841 pour le Great Western Railway (GWR), le premier chemin de fer de passagers à Bristol, et a été conçue par l'ingénieur Isambard Kingdom Brunel. Liste de gares au Royaume-Uni Transport ferroviaire au Royaume-Uni Archives de Network Rail sur la gare de Bristol Temple Meads Photos de Bristol Temple Meads sur urban75.org Catégorie:Gare en Angleterre Gare
