All materials here that are part of the Heritage Group Collection are either deposited or will be deposited in the Heritage Centre in Taunton (documents), or the Blake Museum Bridgwater (photographs), and so available to viewing by the general public. Corrections and contributions to the Heritage Group Collection are welcome.
Letters
Letter to Mr Handcock from William Boys, 16 April 1794
Letter to George Baxtor from Ann Tucker, 29 April 1802
Letter to George H. Pain, from Robert H. Parr and Margaret Henning, 27 November 1829.
Letter to C. Rowcliffe from George Bryant, 15 March 1833.
Letter to J.W. Chadwick , from Richard Anstice, 24 February 1839.
Note to Mr West, 5 January 1852.
Letters and Annual Reports from the Second Equitable Permanent Building Society, 1883-1890.
Indentures
17 North Street the Blew Anchor, 1727-1876
16 Castle Street Thomas Watts of London leases to John Anderdon, physician of Bridgwater, 1735.
11 West Quay The Ship and Castle Inn (later Watergate Hotel), 1746. Also material on Mill Farm, Enmore (Prowse’s Farm / Catter’s Tenement and Mill)
6 & 7 Cornhill The Swann Inn, 1792
Bridgwater Turnpike Mortgage Securities Transfer, January 1843
33 and 35 Devonshire Street, Edward Urch Vidal leases to James Abbot, builder, land for building two houses, October 1870
Ephemera
Acts of Parliament relating to Bridgwater, from 1794
Certificate from the Bridgwater Assize Court given to William Allen of Stogumber for apprehending Charles Routley, 20 August 1811
Flybill to the Independent Electors of Bridgwater, 11 June 1818
Invoice from Browne & Company, May 1860
Rental Survey for the Rectory of Otterhampton, c.1861
Inventory of the Dunball Steam Pottery, c.1886
Apprenticeship and Invoice, for the West of England Cabinet and Perambulator Company, 1913 and 1929
Adverts of Colthurst & Symons Brick and Tile Manufactures, 1936, 1952 and 1961
Closure Notice Bridgwater Docks, 17 April 1953
Auction Catalogue for the selling of two factory sites of John Board & Co. 1960
Concert Programmes
The Walls of Jericho Bridgwater Amateur Dramatic Club, 7 April 1910
Bridgwater Choral Society’s Concert, 14 April 1910
The Grand Patriotic Concert Bridgwater Amateur Operatic Society, 10-11 December 1914
When we are Married The Blake Drama Group, 31 March 1949
The Shop at Sly Corner The ROC players: Town Hall Repertory Theatre, undated