Gordano Civic Society
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Founded 1956
Posset Pieces
A regular booklet on local history from the Gordano Region of Somerset. Can be bought here on-line, by post, at Society meetings, or from Careys, 17 High Street, or the Ship Inn, Portishead.
Editions 21 to 26:
No 21: Summer 2017
Naish House and its Estate at Clapton in Gordano
100 pages Size: 176 x 250 mm (6.9 x 9.8 in)
Edited by Sandy Tebbutt
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CODE: PP21
Appendices:
A. Collections for a Parochial history of Wraxall – George Masters
B. Summary of census returns – David Hounsell
C. Excerpt from “Gordano, A history of the Gordano region of
Somerset” – Eve Wigan
D. The Ashton Court estate years
E. Listing details
F. Residential properties at Naish in 2017
G. The Gordon farmhouses
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No 22: Autumn 2018 – Special colour edition
World War One
169 pages ‘perfect bound’ Size: 176 x 250 mm (6.9 x 9.8 in)
Edited by Sandy Tebbutt
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CODE: PP22
Chapter 1: The men who died
Chapter 2: Men who died with local connections
Chapter 3: Gordano villages' casualties
Chapter 4: Refugees from Belgium
Chapter 5: The effect of WW1 on local children
Chapter 6: Gordano people during WW1
Chapter 7: Portishead under fire
Chapter 8: Portishead Red Cross hospitals
Chapter 9: The Asiatic Petroleum Company & Portishead Docks
Chapter 10: The Gallipoli hut
Chapter 11: The National Nautical School, Nore Road
Chapter 12: Conscientious objectors
Chapter 13: Lieutenant George Sainton Kaye Butterworth
Chapter 14: Miss Eve Wigan
Chapter 15: The scarcity of food
Chapter 16: Prisoners of war
Chapter 17: Men who returned from the war
Chapter 18: The aftermath of war
Chapter 19: Then local lady bell-ringers
Chapter 20: The war memorial
Map 1: The homes of the men who died
Appendix 1: Absentee voters’ list
Appendix 2: List of local men who enlisted before conscription
Appendix 3: National Registration Act of 1915
Appendix 4: Poem by Capt. EL Thomas
Appendix 5: Conscientious Objectors
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Please note: The first print run of this edition omitted a page listing the local men who died in the war. If you have the book and the list is missing you may download it here or obtain a copy at meetings or by contacting Martin. The book has now been reprinted and all now include this list and a revised map.
No 23: Winter 2019
More People, More Places!
104 pages ‘perfect bound’ Size 176 x 250 mm (6.9 x 9.8 in)
Edited by Sandy Tebbutt
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CODE: PP23
Editorial
Chapter 1. Bill Hawkins from an article written many years ago.
Chapter 2. Bird Tree Cottage by Sandy Tebbutt
Chapter 3. Boarding houses and apartments in Portishead
Chapter 4. Adelaide Terrace, Woodhill Road
Chapter 5. Lady Caroline Boyle of Adelaide Terrace
Chapter 6. Dr. Lionel Weatherly of Adelaide Terrace
Chapter 7. Dr. Richard Cresswell of Adelaide Terrace by Nigel Coombes
Chapter 8. The cottage home on West Hill
Chapter 9. Nore House, Nore Road
Chapter 10. Dolores Silk
Chapter 11. Frederick Alexander Palmer – Sandy Tebbutt and Michael Thayer
Chapter 12. My early years by Patrick Warren
Chapter 13. The development of Portishead 1945-2015 by Andrew Youngs
Chapter 14. Unrest at the local elections in 1888
Chapter 15. Selina Price's story
Chapter 16. Miss Elizabeth Baster
Chapter 17. The Cottage, West Hill, formerly called Bermuda Cottage
Chapter 18. The Long family and their bakery business by Jim Long and Sandy Tebbutt
Chapter 19. The Reverend Trevor White by his wife Zena
Chapter 20. The Tinkler family and St. Barnabas school
Chapter 21. Unusual happenings in Portishead in 1863
Chapter 22. Up before the beaks by Sandy Tebbutt
Chapter 23. The whale in the Severn estuary
Chapter 24. Mr. William Carey and the local building company by Jenny Sainsbury, his daughter
Chapter 25. Eldon Lodge Freemasonry by Peter Milsom
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No 24: Winter 2021/22
Farms in and around Portishead
Sandy Tebbutt’s last publication, completed by Peter Milsom
96 pages ‘perfect bound’ Size 176 x 250 mm (6.9 x 9.8 in)
Price £9.75 plus post & packing which is added automatically at checkout
CODE: PP24
Foreword
Introduction
Chapter 1 Court House Farm
Chapter 2 The Farm, 117 High Street
Chapter 3 Greenfield Farm, St Mary’s Road
Chapter 4 Tower Farm
Chapter 5 Black Nore Farm
Chapter 6 The Grange and Grange Farm
Chapter 7 The Small Farms of Portishead
Chapter 8 Clapton Farm & Brook Farm, Clapton
Chapter 9 Sperrings Farm, Clapton-in-Gordano
Chapter 10 Stratton Farm, Clapton-in-Gordano
Chapter 11 Caswell Farm, Clapton-in-Gordano
Chapter 12 Moorgate or Shipway Gate, Portbury
Chapter 13 Moor Farm, Portbury
Chapter 14 Sheepway/Shipway Farm, Portbury
Conclusion
Map of Portishead farms
Map of Clapton and Portbury farms
Appendix: Field names
Index
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No 25: Summer 2022
Walks in Gordano
Size 170 x 228 mm (6.7 x 9 in)
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CODE: PP25
This edition consists of 10 guides to walks in the Gordano area, in both town and countryside, varying from about one to five miles. Each walk has clear directions and fascinating historical information. They are illustrated with beautiful black & white drawings. and are folded to a size that will fit in your pocket. The publication comprises a folder with built-in pockets each one containing a walk. There is a separate editorial section. These walks are based on ones first published in 1987 but fully updated and tested.
Editorial
Bibliography
References
Walk 1 – Old Posset
Walk 2 – Woodhill
Walk 3 – West Hill
Walk 4 – Portbury
Walk 5 – Portishead coast walk – Windmill Inn to Redcliffe Bay
Walk 6 – Portishead coast walk – Windmill Inn to Battery Point
Walk 7 – Weston-in-Gordano
Walk 8 – Clapton-in-Gordano
Walk 9 – Walton-in-Gordano
Walk 10 – Portishead High Street
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No 26: Winter 2022/2023
BTS Formidable & the
National Nautical School
64 pages ‘perfect bound’ Size 176 x 250 mm (6.9 x 9.8 in)
By Peter Milsom
The fascinating story of the training ship BTS Formidable which was moored off Portishead from 1869, and of its land-based replacement, the National Nautical School, which operated from 1906 until 1982.
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CODE: PP26
Foreword
Chapter 1 Prevention better than cure
Chapter 2 HMS Formidable
Chapter 3 Ready to go
Chapter 4 Christmas 1882 on board BTS Formidable
Chapter 5 Trouble ahead
Chapter 6 A new future
Chapter 7 Boys who were at the school
Chapter 8 Former Staff Members
Chapter 9 Changed realities
Chapter 10 Fedden Village
Chapter 11 In Memory
References
Photograph acknowledgments
Index
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