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Wellington & District Maps on Display
Free entry.
Wellington Local History & Museum Society has a collection of more than 50 maps of Wellington and the surrounding area.
There is not enough room in the Museum to display them. So some, dating from the early 19th century to the present day, along with several 20th century aerial views of the town, will be available for public viewing.
Saturday 21 September 2024
10:00 to 12:00
Pop-Up Shop,
Fore Street, Wellington, TA21 8AG
(opposite the museum)
Items on display include: Wellington 1887 town centre map at a scale of 1:500; Wellington entire urban area 1887 map at a scale of 1:2500; 1920 maps of Langford Budville, Nynehead and Sampford Arundel; Somerset c 1809; a page from Ogilby’s 1675 road atlas showing the route from Bristol to Exeter via Wellington - the present-day A38 - and several 1930s aerial views of east Wellington.
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Why not come along see the site of your house and its environs in years gone by.
Archive image of Paddy, Chris and Peter holding two of the large maps that will be on display.
28 Fore Street
Wellington
Somerset
TA21 8AQ
07495 512303
info@wellingtonmuseum.org.uk