Wedmore is now little more than a very pretty little small town/large village in Somerset, situated on the Isle of Wedmore. It is not actually an island now, although no doubt in olden times it was surrounded by marshes and swamps for much of the year,but it is on an area of higher land between the rivers Axe and Brue – and yes,it is the same River Axe which flows into the sea by our village of Uphill.
It has been inhabited since the Iron Age, if not before then, but is probably most famous for the Treaty of Wedmore which was supposedly signed between Alfred the great and Guthrum the Viking. Now it seems a well-off place with plenty of little shops still and a beautiful market cross.
Lois Elsden 