Langport

Taken by water by LoisOctober 19, 2014October 8, 2017

The Somersetshire Drainage Act of 1877

“Stockland, Bridgwater & Pawlett, Cannington & Wembdon, West Sedgemoor, Langport and Kings Sedgemoor & Cary Valley were formed under the Somersetshire Drainage Act of 1877” Since late medieval times there had been Commissioners of Sewers for Somerset; they had been responsible for a massive area of 160,000 acres. There were ‘officials’ known as ‘viewers and […]

Bits and pieces by LoisOctober 9, 2012October 8, 2012

A picture for Mike

We were in Langport in Somerset when this old petrol pump caught my attention.

What a lot of rain does

Bits and pieces by LoisOctober 6, 2012