The Victoria History of the County of Somerset

Boydell

A History of the County of SomersetX: Castle Cary and the Brue-Cary Watershed\nAuthor(s): M.C. Siraut\nFormat: Hardback\nPublisher: Victoria County History, United Kingdom\nImprint: Victoria County History\nISBN-13: 9781904356356, 978-1904356356\nSynopsis\nAuthoritative and comprehensive account of one of Somerset's leading towns.\n\nCastle Cary is a relatively unspoilt town deep in the Somerset countryside, its narrow streets rich in high-quality late eighteenth and nineteenth-century buildings. Its most famous industry, horsehair weaving, still flourishes.\n This volume explores its history from the original castle and its lords to its rebirth as an industrial town. It also covers many villages, among them Ansford, early home of Parson Woodforde; Kingweston, virtually recreated bythe Dickinson family; Keinton Mandeville, once famous for its paving stone quarries and as the birthplace of Henry Irving; tiny Wheathill, almost obliterated by a golf course; and West Lydford, the family .