The Moated Stone

By David Burns

The story of The Moated Stone contains references to people and places that you may be familiar with or even have visited. This may indeed be the case, although very unlikely unless you are from the village in question.

However, if you are from the village then it is very likely that I already know you or the people you know! Please be assured that nothing contained within this story is aimed to offend or cause anything more that extreme interest.

You will note the author of this short story is David Burns (that’s me). I decided to write about Wadhams Castle and historical Knightly deeds of King Arthur and also acknowledging the philanthropist attributes of the Wadham family.
What else?
Simply, I wanted to put Wadhams Castle back on the map - it is a great place.

You can find the village of Ilton just to the North of Ilminster. A little to the North of Ilton, you’ll see the criss-cross outline of the airfield runways, then look to the West for The Moated Stone at Merifield House (or locally named Wadhams Castle). This will be the starting place for our story.

• Language: English
• Publisher: David Burns
• Release date: Jul 22, 2018
• ISBN: 9781370973347

David Burns

I decided to write about Wadhams Castle and the historical Knightly deeds of King Arthur and also acknowledging the philanthropist attributes of the Wadham family at the village of ilton, Somerset, England.What else?Simply, I wanted to put Wadhams Castle back on the map - it is a great place. The story of the Moated Stone started as notes about the village where I grew up. Then, when digging into the local history, these notes turned into a story; from the Romans through to King Arthur, the local Scout group and the 101st Airborne.

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CHAPTER ONE

Story

The Moated Stone

By David Burns

Published by David Burns at Smashwords

Copyright 2018 David Burns

FOREWORD

The story of The Moated Stone contains references to people and places that you may be familiar with or even have visited. This may indeed be the case, although very unlikely unless you are from the village in question.

However, if you are from the village then it is very likely that I already know you or the people you know! Please be assured that nothing contained within this story is aimed to offend or cause anything more that extreme interest.

You will note the author of this short story is David Burns (that’s me). I decided to write about Wadhams Castle and historical Knightly deeds of King Arthur and also acknowledging the philanthropist attributes of the Wadham family.

What else? Simply, I wanted to put Wadhams Castle back on the map - it is a great place.

An example of their charitable nature is confirmed in 1606, where the Wadham family built and endowed the Wadham Almshouses at Ilton for eight poore people of the village.

The Wadham family resided at the moat (known today as Merifield House or Wadhams Castle) for over two centuries (circa 1397 - 1618) and provided both stability and wealth to the region. A reference written about Nicholas Wadham…

His hospitable house was an inn at all times, a court at Christmas. (1)

Hence the name Merifield (or Muryfield)!

The story of The Moated Stone is dedicated to all those people that give their time freely without material reward in support of clubs and learning. (2)

Note: Whilst reading this book it is worthwhile plotting the place names on the Ordinance Survey Explorer Map for England: 128 for Taunton & Blackdown Hills.

You can find the village of Ilton just to the North of Ilminster. A little to the North of Ilton, you’ll see the criss-cross outline of the airfield runways, then look to the West for The Moated Stone at Merifield House (or locally named Wadhams Castle).

Broaden your view of the Ilton map and the surrounding area, you will quickly identify many of the places and landmarks named within this short story.

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