We took a short trip to Somerset to visit the village of East Lyng where my Mother's Great Granfather, Francis Phillips was born. According to the Census information he was a farmer who lived on the main road through East Lyng. East Lyng is a small village on the Somerset levels not very far from Athelney (where, reputedly, King Alfred the Greast burned the cakes)
The Church at East Lyng
East Lyng Main Street
This is the only Phillips grave we found in the graveyard. I am yet to establish if he was a relative.
This is Barrow Mump situated not far from East Lyng
Stembridge Windmill located near High Ham not far from East Lyng. The last remaining thatched windmill in England
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Stembridge_Mill,_High_Ham
Lytes Carey Manor near Charlton Mackrell in Somerset which dates back to 14th Century
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lytes_Cary
Spring flowers in the grounds of Lytes Carey
Wood Anemones and Mosses on a wall
Montacute House, not far from Yeovil, a 16th century house
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Montacute_House
Wall Carvings at Montacute
In the Orangery
Barrington Court near Illminster made up of a Tudor house begun around 1538 and a later stable block built around 1674 and converted into a house in the 1920s.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Barrington_Court
a Magnolia and a ornamental pond in the gardens
On our way back to Saltash, we called in at Seaton, a seaside resort on the south coast of East Devon
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Seaton,_Devon
Blackberry Camp, an Iron Age Hill Fort near Seaton
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Blackbury_Camp
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lytes_Cary
Spring flowers in the grounds of Lytes Carey
Montacute House, not far from Yeovil, a 16th century house
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Montacute_House
Wall Carvings at Montacute
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Barrington_Court
