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English cricket legend W.G. Grace played on what is now the Wells Recreation Ground in 1867, and was out for a mere three runs.

King Henry VII, Winston Churchill and Queen Anne of Denmark have all stayed at the Swan hotel

Bert Phillips a 20th century mid-Somerset photographer worked here for almost 40 years

Here the notorious Judge Jeffreys tried 542 people in one day in 1685 for joining the Duke of Monmouth’s rebellion against King James II, an

Elizabeth was a best-selling author in both the UK and the US from the 1930s into the 1970s.

During the 17th and 18th centuries here stood the place of public execution for hanging, drawing, quartering and burning at the stake.