ABC Wednesday - H

For H we travel to Highbridge in Somerset. Highbridge is a few miles from Burnham-on-Sea where we visited for the  letter B.

Highbridge is a small market town situated on the edge of the Somerset Levels near the mouth of the River Brue.

There is archaeological evidence of occupation around the Highbridge area at least as far back as the Roman period. A bridged crossing over the River Brue at this location has existed since the 14th century and it has always been an important crossing on the route from Bristol to the South West. The town that sprung up around this crossing takes it name from the bridge. An older name for the local manor was "Huish" a contraction of the phrase "Huish jaxta altum pontem" (next to a high bridge).

St John’s Church

War Memorial

Highbridge has a train station with trains from Bristol and Exeter

Highbridge Community Hall

 

Highbridge was the birthplace of noted British spy Frank Foley, the "British Schindler", who saved thousands of Jews in World War II, who is honoured by a statue near the Community Hall in the town centre.  For more information on the bravery of Frank Foley visit here.

Details on the statue:

Information from Wikipedia 

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