Castlebrook photos from days gone by – click for larger view…
Redland Farm 1906
Farmed by Austin Sims before WW1
Forjseid Castlebrook
At the back of the Wheelwright’s and Blacksmith’s putting the metal band onto a wheel
Forjseid BlacksmithsCastlebrook
Henry Gristock was the blacksmith until 1924. The building was sold at the 1921 Ilchester sale and bought by Charles Weech, who sold it to John Seal who wanted to live in the building.
Castlebrook Inn 1914
Drinkers at the Castlebrook Inn 1914
Castlebrook Inn
Castlebrook Inn
Car accident at the Cross 1920’s
Car driven by Mr Hebditch overturned when another vehicle exited from Ham Lane
The Fisons advertising slogan on Collard Hill
This was marked out in 1950 and was still visible in the 1990’s.
Redland Farm
Farmed by Austin Sims before WW1
The Memorial Cross
Mrs Crossman and Hilda at the Cross
The old garage and Post Office
The garage ran from 1926 to 2025
The Milk Race passing the Castlebrook Inn
The milk race ran different routes from 1958 to 1993
The Old Tavern formerly The Hare and Hounds
One of 3 pubs in Castlebrook, it closed in the 1960’s. It was a tea rooms for a short while before becoming a private dwelling
The old garage c1930
Malcolm Green opened the garage in 1926
Brook End Castlebrook 1937 Violet Studeley in doorway
Government grant of £200 was used to rebuild Brook End – the only house in the village to take the grant. It was rebuilt on the same footprint
Castlebrook Inn
Castlebrook Inn
Castlebrook Inn Early 1900's
At one time a Post Office ran next to the Castlebrook Inn. On the right, the thatched building is Brook End and beyond it the old Fox and Hounds
House on Main Road Castlebrook
House on Main Road Castlebrook
Old Antique Shop Main Road castlebrook
Old Antique Shop Main Road castlebrook
Ladies at the Cross Castlebrook Early 1900's
The house that caught fire in 1972 is behind the ladies and tiled. In the distance, far right are the old Post Office and Metcalfe House (built 1902/3)
Old Post Office and Grocery circa 1915 (demolished)
Jospeh and Lilian Edgar standing outside the Post Office and Grocers at Castlebrook
Shop at the Cross
Moxham’s shop before the fire
Old Post Office Castelbrook Early 1900's
Old post Office and grocery also an antique shop. Now demolished
The Cross Castlebrook
Castlebrook Farm is the building on the left. Ham Lane can be seen on the left just behind the little girl in the road.
The Fox and Hounds Castlebrook C1900
Opened in 1841 and closed in 1910. Robert, his daughter Emily and grandson Frank were all the publicans.
The Old Cross
The old market Cross and in the background the village shop before the 1972 fire.
The Memorial Cross
The Memorial Cross. In the background is the building that became the Village Hall in 1937
On the left are the two buildings destroyed by the 1972 fire
The Memorial Cross
The Memorial Cross
The Old Garage Castlebrook
View of old garage and shop run by Mr and Mrs Green.
Viewed towards Somerton
Jubilee Memorial Cross
View of Castlebrook towards Somerton
Village Shop at Castlebrook
Run by the Moxham family in the 1970’s, shop was burnt down in 1972
Other shop keepers were Miss Sarah West (1902) and Kate Gooden (1919) but in which premises is not certain.