THIS spring, as part of the Museum of Somerset’s Spotlight Loan programme, the South West Heritage Trust will be marking the 340th anniversary of the Monmouth Rebellion in 1685. An exhibition ...

Arrested during the Monmouth Rebellion and falsely convicted of treason, Dr. Peter Blood is banished to the West Indies and sold into slavery. In Port Royal, Jamaica the Governor's daughter Arabel ...

From King Alfred's battles with Denmark, the Monmouth Rebellion, to the discovery of the Cheddar Man, Somerset has been a witness to significant historical events. The county's geography itself is ...