Welcome to Winsham Web Museum

The purpose of this museum is to record and preserve the evidence of these ordinary lives in order to educate and entertain those that follow.

In the 1990s there was interest in creating a museum all about the local community history. There were various problems with creating a 'bricks & mortor' museum, as you can imagine and the idea of a virtual museum online was suggested (which was an almost radical suggestion in the mid 1990s!). After lots of time and dedication from members of the community, in 2002, the web museum officially launched. Read all about the history of the museum in The Web Museum Idea.

The museum was created and maintained primarily by John Sullivan for many years and in 2021 with the help of Bethany Fowler, it was passed over to the Parish Council to safeguard.

If you have any photos or information you would like to contribute to the web museum, please get in touch with Winsham Parish Council.


See What's New!

The latest changes to the museum are shown below, making sure you don't miss anything.

St. Stephen's Church
Last updated 03 Sep 2021
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People at the fun day
Club Events
Last updated 03 Sep 2021
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Chapel Baptisms
Last updated 15 Aug 2021
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Wedding photo outside the chapel
Chapel Marriages
Last updated 15 Aug 2021
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Chapel Burials
Last updated 15 Aug 2021
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Winsham at War
Last updated 15 Aug 2021
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John & Pam Hammett
Last updated 14 Aug 2021
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Oliver Thomas Bishop
Last updated 14 Aug 2021
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General

Take a step back in time in village life with amazing old photos and engaging stories of local people in the memories section, don't miss it!


Community Buildings


Historic Buildings & Estates


Winsham at Worship


Plays, Events & Festivals


Clubs & Societies

Winsham Web Museum cannot accept responsibility for the accuracy of information provided by contributors or opinions expressed by them. It is supported entirely by voluntary effort. It is not responsible for the content of external websites with whom the site may have links. Where photographs have been submitted for inclusion in the Winsham Web Museum the copyright is assumed to belong to the person who submitted it, or that they have authority to do so from the copyright holder.