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Sheldon Mill, WELLS, BA5 2LL

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.

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 club retains a link to the old railway line that used to run beside it. Once the old 'Strawberry Line' linked Cheddar with the town, but the line and the station nearby were closed under Dr Beeching. The club is fairly new but originally was known as 'The Buses Club'.

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.

This mark is located on the Priory Mills, West Street, Wells. These marks were used by Ordnance Survey for mapping purposes. Image

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.

Well's Trading Post says it is housed in an historic 11th Century Mill. For more information - http://www.wellstradingpost.com/index.html

Priory Mills, West Street, Wells. This building also has an Ordnance Survey bench mark. Image

Former watermill on West Street in Wells, now the premises of Holy Well Glass, a firm restoring stained glass windows. The building is not listed despite its age, however, the former mill house just visible next door is.

Although England's smallest city, Wells had 2 railway stations less than a quarter of a mile apart. The Great Western line from Yatton to Witham had a station at Tucker Street. This station (which the GW trains passed through without stopping) was the end of the Somerset and Dorset branch from Glastonbury. At the far end of the station the route to Tucker Street bears right, to Glastonbury (only a siding when the picture was taken) left.