Our Town

Our volunteers have been working to produce new information sheets since the museum reopened. These sheets cover many topics related to the history of Weston and the surrounding area. They are displayed around the museum and copies of them are available on request at our reception. All of the information sheets are also available to download here:

Information Sheet (PDF)	Size
1 – Worlebury Hillfort	814kb
2 – The Grand Pier	656kb
3 – Birnbeck	812kb
4 – Sea Bathing	892kb
5 – Railways	758kb
6 – Seafront	753kb
7 – Roman Life and Villas	883kb
8 – Fishing	536kb
9 – Hans Price	834kb
10 – Potteries	749kb
11 – Westons Landscape	696kb
12 – The Banwell Caves	836kb
13 – Uphill Quarry	735kb
14 – Stone Age Tools	782kb

Information Sheet (PDF)	Size
15 – Dibbles Farm	868kb
16 – Brean Down	779kb
17 – Steep Holm	748kb
18 – The Archaeology of Congresbury	697kb
19 – Medieval Manors	742kb
20 – Knightstone	723kb
21 – Currently Unavailable	–
22 – The Smyth Pigotts	719kb
23 – Quarrying and Mining	946kb
24 – Weston Airfield	831kb
25 – RAF Locking	756kb
26 – Alfred Leete	760kb
27 – War Memorials	743kb
28 – Blitz	780kb

Information Sheet (PDF)	Size
29 – Secret Weapons Testing	750kb
30 – Lifeboats	765kb
31 – Storms and Tides	1mb
32 – Theatres and Cinemas	776kb
33 – Currently Unavailable	–
34 – Our Flatner	848kb
35 – Claras Cottage	665kb
36 – Fossils	788kb
37 – The Ichthyosaur	732kb
38 – Woodspring Priory	776kb
39 – Hannah More	650kb
40 – Thomas Gainsborough	686kb
41 – Getting Around Weston	796kb
42 – Vikings	710kb

Information Sheet (PDF)	Size
43 – Museum Building	730kb
46 – Westons Museum	648kb
47 – Currently Unavailable	–
48 – Parks and Gardens	930kb
49 – Seaside Entertainment	764kb
50 – Agriculture	1022kb
51 – Currently Unavailable	–
52 – Winter Gardens	850kb
53 – Worle	742kb
54 – Redevelopment in Post-war Weston	957kb
55 – Currently Unavailable	–
56 – Paddle Steamers	745kb
57 – Gas in Weston	652kb
58 – Clevedon Torc	654kb