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West Street, WELLS, BA5 2HN

A cutmark, as listed in the Benchmark Database: http://www.bench-marks.org.uk/bm58656 , in Tucker Street. See Image] for a wider view.

With St Cuthbert's in the background. A benchmark has been cut into the short wall by the telephone pole - see Image

View along Tucker Street, Wells. The wall also has an Ordnance Survey bench mark. Image

This mark is located on a wall that runs along Tucker Street, Wells. These marks were used by Ordnance Survey for mapping purposes. Image

The inn has served customers for well over a century.

This row of terraced houses was constructed 2 years ago on a former industrial site (Sheldon Jones Engineering). St Andrew's Walk links Princes street with West street.

Heading north towards Yatton is this goods train headed by LMS 2-6-0 46525. All traces of this station, the final one on the Cheddar Valley line before it connects with the East Somerset line, have long since disappeared beneath the tarmac of Strawberry Way.

This was the standard GWR small freight locomotive developed after the grouping, but was often found on branch passenger work as well. The signalman has left his box to accept the single-line token from the crew – note the boardwalk provided for this purpose, including steps inset into the platform face to enable access onto the platform as required. At this point I was waiting for a train to Bristol. The one I had intended to catch had been seriously delayed owing to an engine failure, and when it or its equivalent finally arrived it was seriously behind time. The engine crew however clearly wanted to get home as soon as possible, and the scheduled journey time was cut by over 20 minutes. There was some particularly lively running on the main line between Yatton and Bristol. The station has disappeared without trace, the railway formation having been obliterated by the creation of Strawberry Way https://goo.gl/maps/JsE2N7caq2MKuuK66 , a new relief road for central Wells.

In Tucker Street, built on the site of the old Priory Nursery.

There was a time when it was possible to drive from Tucker St. to Priory Rd. via West street (a bit of a 'rat run'). Evidently that is no longer possible. The buildings on the left are classic brownfield development. They stand on a site formerly occupied by Sheldon Jones Engineering.