Great bustard
The Great Bustard is the worldês heaviest flying bird. Bustards became extinct in England because their habitat was destroyed and Victorian collectors shot large numbers for sport. This specimen...
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Photograph of William Davies, Weston-super-Mare Town Crier, at Hastings
William Davies is shown at a town criersê contest in Hastings, East Sussex. He was the only town crier in England who travelled by donkey!...
Painting of Glastonbury Abbey
Glastonbury Abbey was once the wealthiest monastic house in England. When it was dissolved in 1539 its buildings were plundered and quickly became ruinous. George Arnald presents the abbey as...
Painting entitled 'On the Steps of a Venetian Church'
In the 1800s Italy was a popular destination for British artists. Keeley Halswelle lived in Italy for a number of years in the 1860s and 1870s. He painted many scenes...
Photograph of Weston-super-Mare Swimming Club at the England Waterpolo Championships
In 1921 Weston-super-Mare beat Hyde Seal by eleven goals to ten in the Water Polo Championships. The three swimmers in the front row had all represented Great Britain at...
Low Ham mosaic
This Roman mosaic is the oldest object in Britain to tell a complete story. It was made for the bath complex at Low Ham Roman villa in about AD 350....
Allerton Cope
A cope is a long cloak worn by a priest or bishop. The Allerton cope is made of silk and decorated with English embroidery in silver gilt and silk thread....
Carved panel
This panel was probably made for Taunton Priory. It includes the arms of Richard Fox, Bishop of Winchester, and the initials of William Yorke, Prior of Taunton. Yorke was nominated...
Helmet
This steel 'pot' or helmet was found at Nunney and was probably used there by a pikeman in the Parliamentary army. It features a horizontal ridge, and furrow and ridge...
Axe
Found at Wrington in North Somerset, this palstave (axe) is part of a hoard comprising two palstaves and a socketed hammer. The items are more than 3,000 years old....