[WED]Re: Wedmore to Iowa

[Mary Jackes]

>Although Wedmore is very close to the carboniferous limestone of Cheddar, it
>is curious that hardly any of  the houses are made of it, most are of the
>local Jurassic limestone ( this quarry ceased production many years ago) or
>of  blue lias that comes from the Polden hills to the south.

Thank you, I was wondering about that.  

The Dyers do seem to have had strong ties to the western Mendips, however -
an area of lead mining, I assume, certainly Carboniferous limestone.  Just
those things that first attracted English miners to the part of Iowa
eventually settled by our Somerset people??
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Mary Jackes
Edmonton, Alberta, T6G 0N8, Canada.