Taunton Courier and Western Advertiser: Wednesday 2nd October 1901

Visit to Athelney: The excursion organised by the Somersetshire Archaeological and Natural History Society to the district of the count known as “King Alfred’s country” was of a highly successful and enjoyable character and was joined in by over a hundred members and their friends …. (discussion) …Within sight from the spot [“the Mump”] were Glastonbury, the home of King Arthur, the home of the great Earl of Chatham at Burton Pynsent and the monument to the Duke of Wellington on the Blackdown Hills ….

[see also Taunton Courier and Western Advertiser: Wednesday 2nd October 1901]


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