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The Swan Hotel (4)
King Henry VII, Winston Churchill and Queen Anne of Denmark have all stayed at the Swan hotel


The Crown: Bert Phillips Photographers (8)
Bert Phillips a 20th century mid-Somerset photographer worked here for almost 40 years

Barclay's Bank (6)
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

The Rib and Elizabeth Goudge (2)
Elizabeth was a best-selling author in both the UK and the US from the 1930s into the 1970s.

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


City Arms (12)
The City Arms in the High Street commemorates its use as the city’s gaol from 1606.
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