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  1. Today (7th Sept) marks 191 years since the death of Hannah More.
    Playwright. Abolitionist. Educational philanthropist.
    She died in Clifton but lived for many years in Wrington and set up schools in many Mendip villages.

    For more on Hannah and her sister Patty, see Unsung Women in Somerset.

    #hannahmore #abolition #Somerset #womeninsomerset #Bristol #Mendip #histodon

  2. Student discovers 200-million-year-old flying #reptile in Somerset
    phys.org/news/2024-01-student-

    Latest #Triassic terrestrial microvertebrate assemblages from caves on the #Mendip palaeoisland, S.W. England sciencedirect.com/science/arti

    "#Kuehneosaurs looked like #lizards, but were more closely related to the ancestors of #crocodilians and #dinosaurs. There were two species with wings made from a layer of skin stretched over their elongated side ribs, which allowed them to swoop from tree to tree."

  3. Walkers are Welcome Town - Cheddar

    The village of Cheddar, on the edge of the Mendip Hills Area of Outstanding Natural Beauty, is famous around the world. It has the country’s largest gorge, the famous caves, and is the birthplace of Cheddar cheese. It is also where Britain’s oldest complete human skeleton was discovered.

    walkersarewelcome.org.uk/waw-t

    #WalkersAreWelcome #Cheddar #Mendip #MendipHills #Mendips #AONB #Cheese #Gorge #Caves #Walking

  4. Walkers are Welcome Town - Cheddar

    The village of Cheddar, on the edge of the Mendip Hills Area of Outstanding Natural Beauty, is famous around the world. It has the country’s largest gorge, the famous caves, and is the birthplace of Cheddar cheese. It is also where Britain’s oldest complete human skeleton was discovered.

    walkersarewelcome.org.uk/waw-t

    #WalkersAreWelcome #Cheddar #Mendip #MendipHills #Mendips #AONB #Cheese #Gorge #Caves #Walking

  5. Walkers are Welcome Town - Cheddar

    The village of Cheddar, on the edge of the Mendip Hills Area of Outstanding Natural Beauty, is famous around the world. It has the country’s largest gorge, the famous caves, and is the birthplace of Cheddar cheese. It is also where Britain’s oldest complete human skeleton was discovered.

    walkersarewelcome.org.uk/waw-t

    #WalkersAreWelcome #Cheddar #Mendip #MendipHills #Mendips #AONB #Cheese #Gorge #Caves #Walking

  6. Walkers are Welcome Town - Cheddar

    The village of Cheddar, on the edge of the Mendip Hills Area of Outstanding Natural Beauty, is famous around the world. It has the country’s largest gorge, the famous caves, and is the birthplace of Cheddar cheese. It is also where Britain’s oldest complete human skeleton was discovered.

    walkersarewelcome.org.uk/waw-t

    #WalkersAreWelcome #Cheddar #Mendip #MendipHills #Mendips #AONB #Cheese #Gorge #Caves #Walking

  7. Walkers are Welcome Town - Cheddar

    The village of Cheddar, on the edge of the Mendip Hills Area of Outstanding Natural Beauty, is famous around the world. It has the country’s largest gorge, the famous caves, and is the birthplace of Cheddar cheese. It is also where Britain’s oldest complete human skeleton was discovered.

    walkersarewelcome.org.uk/waw-t

    #WalkersAreWelcome #Cheddar #Mendip #MendipHills #Mendips #AONB #Cheese #Gorge #Caves #Walking