Discovering Somerset Dvd, Volume Two
An historical tour of Central and South Somerset, including Glastonbury, Wells, Bridgwater, Frome, Burnham-on-Sea and Shepton Mallet.
Somerset’s glorious heritage is revealed further with this latest volume on the county’s history, which was written and presented by Glastonbury-based author Henry Buckton.
Our journey begins at Burnham-on-Sea and meanders across Central and South Somerset before almost returning to the coast at Bridgwater.
Join us as we visit country houses, abbeys and cathedrals, some of the county’s top sporting facilities and sample its cider.
Glastonbury, the fabled Isle of Avalon, is celebrated as the final resting place of King Arthur, and where Joseph of Arimethea allegedly brought Christianity to Britain.
Cadbury Castle is uncovered as the site of the legendary Camelot and Athelney is remembered as the place where King Alfred the Great took refuge before finally beating the Danes.
See also how events in Somerset were pivotal in ending the First English Civil War and how the Duke of Monmouth and his rebel army lost the last full-scale battle to be fought on English soil.
The county’s industrial heritage is explored at the Brick & Tile Museum in Bridgwater, which is also home to the famous carnival, the oldest event of its type in Britain.
Our Somerset odyssey also includes visits to:
Wedmore
Avalon Marshes
Wells
East Somerset Railway at Cranmore
Royal Bath & West Show
Nunney
Bruton
Wincanton (including the Racecourse)
Haynes International Motor Museum at Sparkford
Ilchester
Yeovil Town FC
Montacute (calling in at the TV Radio Toy Museum)
Martock
Muchelney Pottery
Chard
Dowlish Wake (including Perry’s Cider Mill)
Langport
Burrow Mump.
Enhanced by superb modern film, fascinating interviews with a host of contributors and rare archive material, this historical tour of Central and South Somserset is an unmissable tribute to a delightful county.
Approx. 109 minutes.
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