Westonzoyland is a small village on the Somerset Levels, a few miles from Bridgwater. The view towards Brent Knoll from Glastonbury Tor. ... Statistics Population: 36,563 (2001 census) Ordnance Survey OS grid reference: ST305370 Administration District: Sedgemoor Shire county: Somerset Region: South West England Constituent country: England Sovereign state: United Kingdom Other Ceremonial county: Somerset Historic county: Somerset Services Police force: Avon and Somerset Police Ambulance service: South Western Post office and...
Westonzoyland Pumping Station Museum
Main article: Westonzoyland Pumping Station Museum
Westonzoyland is home to Somerset's earliest steam-powered pumping station, built in 1830. Once a guardian of the Somerset Levels, now a small museum displaying stationary steam engines and exhibits of land drainage history. Pride of place goes to the station's pumping engine, the Easton and Amos. It is still in the main engine house, built in 1861 to replace an earlier engine that had been carrying out the pumping work since 1831. Somerset is a county in the south-west of England. ... Liberty Leading the People by Eugène Delacroix commemorates the July Revolution 1830 (MDCCCXXX) was a common year starting on Friday (see link for calendar). ... // The term steam engine may also refer to an entire railroad steam locomotive. ... 1861 is a common year starting on Tuesday. ... Leopold I 1831 (MDCCCXXXI) was a common year starting on Saturday (see link for calendar). ...
Some people believe it is evidence that Vikings, who departed from Greenland around the year 1000, were the first to land in the Americas.
# posted by David Beard @ 8:10 AM A tiny silver locket - discovered in a Westonzoyland field - may have fallen from the neck of a soldier fighting for the King at the Battle of Sedgemoor more than 300 years ago.
The ornament, measuring little more than two centimetres, is a first for Somerset - and there are hopes it will eventually go on display at the County Museum in Taunton.
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