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Lopen's Roman Mosaic
1:0 Discovery of the Mosaic
1:1 What was found
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2:0 Reconstruction
2:1 Sorting Out
2:2 Cutting to Size
2:3 Our Reconstruction
3: The Future
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The History of Lopen
Extract from A History of the County of Somerset: Volume 4 - Lopen Parish
Author R.W. Dunning (editor), A.P. Baggs, R.J.E. Bush
Year published 1978
Please see the link above to the British History Online website.
See also:
Lopen History Group
The History Group is currently not running sessions.
Family History Resources
Various resources to assist your research, please contact the History Group for further assistance or leave a message via the Contact Us web page.
John Rowe - First Baptist Minister to Jamaica and Resident of Lopen and born 1788
Please read
John Rowe's
story provided courtesy of Chris Redman who has been researching for the Baptist Union of GB who this year are celebrating 200 years of Baptist life in Jamaica
Further reading :
http://www.broadmeadbaptist.org.uk/historypage.php?content=history/knibb2.htm
(bottom half of p296)
http://www.broadmeadbaptist.org.uk/historypage.php?content=history/knibb2.htm
http://jamaica-gleaner.com/gleaner/20080304/cleisure/cleisure2.html
With thanks to Michael for these links.