Sites which may be of interest
- Somerset Archaeological and
Natural History Society - SANHS - Somerset Rural Life Museum
- Somerset Industrial Archeological Society - SIAS
- The Vernacular Architecture Group - VAG
- Researching your Somerset house - Document
- Julian Orbach Architectural Historian
- Somerset Industrial Archaeological Society
- Wiltshire Building Record
- RIBA Architecture Image Library
- Heritage open days, places that you might want to visit
Resources
- UK Grid Reference Finder, the easy way to look up accurate grid references for surveys - Grid ref
- South West Heritage Trust - Archives Their list of SVBRG surveys
- British Listed Buildings - List
- English Heritage - Understanding Historic Buildings, A guide to good recording practice.
Well worth a read for those intending to produce survey drawings. A 3 part pdf file - Nice article on roof pitches by Joe Thompson at the Weald and Downland museum - Roof Pitches
VAG - Tables of Tree-Ring Dated Buildings in England and Wales- National Library of Scotland Surprisingly this is the best source for old OS maps of England. They have the 1886 and 1901 issues.
- Know your place West of England, historic mapping
- All Somerset Know your place Historic mapping for all Somerset
- Cruck Database with search options and csv downloads.
JD's files
Local History Groups
- Martock Local History Group
- Tintinhull Local History Group
- Yeovil Archaelogical & Local History Society
- Kingsbury Time Travellers
Previous speakers websites
The following are some of those that have been good enough to speak at our meetings.- Great Barns Ken Bonham's website with its collection of barn photos.
- Rose of Jericho, Peter Ellis talked on all things lime, paint, renders and mortars.
- Lime Repair Ltd. Rendering, pointing, structural repairs.
Random links
Historical Graffiti
- Wiltshire Medieval Graffiti Project
- Raking Light Historic graffiti, masons' marks and ritual protection marks in secular and religious contexts.