Zulu shield
This brown and white cowhide Zulu shield was acquired by the Somerset Light Infantry during the Zulu wars....
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Painting of Taunton from St Mary's Church tower
This watercolour provides the only pictorial record of the complex of buildings that existed behind Hammett Street, East Street and North Street. The picture predates the earliest detailed map of...
Weston-super-Mare Town Guide
Alfred Leete designed this image for the front cover of the Weston-super-Mare Town Guide for 1927. He is best known for designing the First World War recruitment image of General...
Photograph of Alice Birch in a two wheeled cart
In this photograph, William Ravenhill Stock, has captured horse, cart and driver in striking profile. William Ravenhill Stock was an enthusiastic amateur photographer based in Clevedon....
Painting of the Bean/Lucas family
Reginald Henry Bean is shown with his wife Emma Lucas and three children Anna Louisa, John Rodbard and Henry Lucas. Emma was the daughter of John Robert Lucas who founded...
Pan
William Cox established Cox's Brass and Iron Foundry in 1810 as a family business. The Foundry was located in Tancred Street, Taunton. The Foundry produced skillets like this one which...
Painting of Cheddon Fitzpaine Church
Harry Frier painted this view of Cheddon Fitzpaine Church in 1885. He lived and worked in Taunton for over 40 years, producing hundreds of paintings of Somerset buildings and local...
Medallion commemorating the Diamond Jubilee of Queen Victoria
In 1897 Queen Victoria became the first monarch to celebrate a Diamond Jubilee. Aged 78, Victoria celebrated this achievement by attending events across the county. Taunton's Mayor W Lock felt...
Medallion commemorating the Centenary of the establishment of the Hannah More Cheddar Sunday School
This medallion commemorates the centenary of the establishment of the Hannah More Cheddar Sunday School in 1889. Hannah More was a philanthropist and playwright, born in Stapleton in 1745. Along...
Great British Regiments medallion
This silver medallion pays tribute to the Somerset Light Infantry's role in the 1st Afghan War, fought in Jellabad in 1842. The medallion is part of a set of 52...