Allerford

infobox UK place
country = England
latitude= 51.2161
longitude= -3.5691
official_name= Allerford
population=
shire_district= West Somerset
shire_county = Somerset
region= South West England
constituency_westminster= Bridgwater
post_town= Williton
postcode_district = TA4
postcode_area= TA
dial_code= 01984
os_grid_reference=SS905475

Allerford is a village in the county of Somerset, England, located within Exmoor National Park, and is part of the parish of Selworthy in the district of West Somerset. It appears in Domesday Book as “Alresford – forda Ralph de Limesy Mill”.One of the village's main attractions is the much-photographed Packhorse Bridge. Built as a crossing over the River Aller (from which the village gets its name), is thought to have been constructed in the 18th Century. [cite web | title=Packhorse Bridge | work=Images of England | url=http://www.imagesofengland.org.uk/details/default.aspx?id=265486 | accessdate=2008-01-05] The village is also home to Allerford House, childhood home of Admiral John Moresby, who explored the coastline of New Guinea and for whom Port Moresby, the capital city of Papua New Guinea, was named.

Other traditional sights in the village include thatched cottages (one of which operated as the local Primary School between 1821 and 1981 and is now a museum containing the West Somerset Rural Life Museum and the West Somerset Photographic Archive), a forge and an old-fashioned red telephone box. There is also a Reading Room, built by the Acland family to foster adult education.

References

External links

* [http://www.hornermill.co.uk/allerford/ Village website]
* [http://www.victorianschool.org.uk/ West Somerset Rural Life Museum]