Hello Taryn Further to Paul's excellent advice... A reprint of an 1864 travellers' guide shows these properties visible from train windows in the Yeovil vicinity: Brympton House ["on right from London"] Barwick House, J. Newman, Esq. ["on left from London"] Source: Victorian Travellers Guide to 19th Century England & Wales (London: Bracken Books; copyright 1985) ISBN 0 946495 69 6. (Original title: Black's Guide to England and Wales.) Best wishes, Frances Bishop > >Date: Fri, 23 Mar 2001 17:47:24 -0800 (PST) >From: Maureen Jones <mjcorney@yahoo.com> >To: WESSEX-PLUS-L@rootsweb.com >Subject: [WSX] Big house in Yeovil abt 1913? > > My grandmother always told me that her mother >worked as a parlour maid in a 'big house' in Yeovil. >She met my great grandfather when he was visiting with >a friend who was 'stepping out' with another maid. My >gr grandparents, Lilian Clegg and George Burrows were >married in Yeovil in November 1914. The next day, >George went off to war. I have no idea what George >was doing anywhere near Somerset, as he was born in >Shoreditch, London. I'm wondering whose house Lilian >may have been working in at the time. Anyone know? > >Taryn Jones >Canada >