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Carving of figure from Meare Church

This male figure comes from the church at Meare, which was built by the abbots of Glastonbury. The figure dates from about 1500 and evidently depicts a priest or saint....

Carvings from Knowle St Giles Church

These carvings were made for the church at Knowle St Giles in about 1500 and were probably part of the roof interior. They show a bearded man and a grotesque...

Stained glass window panel

Stained glass windows lit the churches and monasteries of medieval Somerset. The fragments of glass shown here come from Glastonbury Abbey and date from about 1450 to 1500....

Carved crucifix

Many treasures from Somerset churches were destroyed at the Reformation. This alabaster fragment formed part of a crucifixion scene and was carved in Nottingham in about 1500. It probably comes...

Carved church screen

This sculptured limestone panel is part of a reredos or screen carved in about 1500. The reredos probably stood behind the high altar of St Johnês Church in Wellington and...

Toy axe

This wooden axe was found beside the Sweet Track and is probably a childês toy. The axe made from two pieces of oak and may be the earliest toy from...

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...

Painting of Edmund Wyndham (1601-1683)

Edmund Wyndham was a leading Somerset Royalist during the Civil War. In 1644 he besieged Taunton, bombarding the castle from the west and the town from the east. When Robert...