Ow Bist : from village shops to wagon ponds, a personal history of the lost landmarks of Little Somerford in Wiltshire

The captivating story of the people and lost places of Little Somerford in Wiltshire: Who ran the village shop, and where was the forge? What is the history of the oak tree opposite the Somerford Arms? And what can a farm pond reveal about Constable’s painting The Hay Wain?

'Village life and the landmarks which mattered to us have changed so much. They are a part of history ...' Ceri Vyner and her family lived in Little Somerford in Wiltshire in the 1950s and 60s, and the village they knew is a world away from the village of today.  In this new collection of personal memories and historical accounts that date from the Victorian era, Ceri evokes the village of the past.  Who ran the village shop, and where was the forge? What is the history of the oak tree opposite the Somerford Arms? And what can a farm pond reveal about Constable’s painting The Hay Wain? The captivating story of the people and lost places of Little Somerford in WiltshirePRAISE FOR CERI VYNER & LET’N WENT!‘So well written, so endearing and so captivating I could not put it down’‘A charming account of rural life’‘Beautifully written’‘Ghost stories, tales of the railway, village scandal – it is all here and deftly woven together’‘I do envy the author's almost total recall of people, places, processes, and the elegance with which she describes them’