haikurambler's Pictures of Maiden Bradley

Pub Sign, Somerset Arms, Maiden Bradley

Wrought iron curlicues on a rectilinear frame feature the Duke of Somerset's family (Seymour) coat of arms. Sign's motto translates: 'Faith for Duty'. Intact since 1893, it was knocked down a couple of years ago - now back as good as new! A superb pub sign and a significant local feature - which was noticeable by its absence.

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Old Vicarage, Church Street, Maiden Bradley

Listed Building, Grade: II. Vicarage, now detached house. 1843-44 by Chapman of Frome.

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Maiden Bradley Memorial Hall

The village hall was built in 1912 and given to the village by Lord Ernest St Maur (Somerset family name) in memory of his brother Lord Percy. During the First World War it was used as a military hospital and has murals dating from that time. Since then the hall has been used for a variety of events.

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Little Blue Bus, Maiden Bradley

For 75 years Leather’s Coaches were a well known firm, covering an area that reached Gillingham, Salisbury and Bath. This blue bus is all that remains, in retirement and tended with care by the owner Len Cooper.

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County Boundary, Frome Road, Maiden Bradley

Listed Building, Grade: II. County boundary post C19. Cast iron plate with semi-circular top and WILTSHIRE / SOMERSET in raised lettering, vertically on front.

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Bowl Barrow, Crossroads, Maiden Bradley

Scheduled Monument. Looking NNE from Church Street back gardens, Maiden Bradley. This bowl barrow type tumulus or burial mound is located in the corner of a cereal field adjacent to what was once Leather's Coaches garage

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Bell Barrow, Church Farm, Maiden Bradley

Scheduled Monument. Looking WSW in a grazing field behind Bradley Cottage, Church Street, Maiden Bradley. This fenced off burial mound has sprouted a mature set of trees which appear as a distinct clump beside a woody hedge. Originally bowl-shaped it now has a 'bite' out of its easterly side (as shown in photograph). This may be the result of soil acquisition for land fill purposes in the past. The site is possibly Bronze Age

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