In a journey through some 170 years of the history of this building in Cheddar, we see how Harris’ Mill became Cox’s Mill, which then opened as the Cliff Hotel. This in turn was renamed to the Cheddar Gorge Hotel, and most recently, the name of this building has virtually gone full-circle, with the new owners calling it the Cox’s Mill. However, to most who have known it by the name, it will always be the Cliff Hotel.
This book illustrates the history of this hotel using postcards, ephemera, advertisements and photographs. Extracts from the messages that guests and visitors to the hotel wrote on postcards to their friends and relatives provide an insight into the quality of service provided by the hotel.
44 pages, A4-sized, spiral bound. Price: £30 plus postage
Cheddar Railway Station
Cheddar was an important station on the Yatton to Witham branch line for nearly 100 years, and the railway played an important part in the history of Cheddar.
This book contains numerous views of the station, and presents a potted history of the railway that came to be known as the Strawberry Line.
The photographs, tickets, luggage labels, diagrams, posters and timetables help bring to life the history of what was the epitome of a Great Western Railway country station.
53 pages, A4-sized, spiral bound. Price: £35 plus postage
In Cheddar during the final quarter of the 19th Century there were three men with vision, each with his heart set on making his mark on the village. They all left important legacies that contributed immensely to the tourist trade in Cheddar.
The three men were George Cox, Richard Cox Gough and Rowland Hill Pavey. Every one of these men was a real "character", but probably the most eccentric of the three was Rowland Pavey.
This book, with illustrations from postcards and photographs of Cheddar, tells Pavey’s
story, and describes the many aspects of his legacy in Cheddar.
20 pages, spiral bound, A4-sized.
Price: £15 plus postage
On Wednesday 4th May 1904, the Royal Gloucestershire Hussars Imperial Yeomanry arrived and set up camp at Cheddar. This visit to the village by a military unit was captured by local photographers, and many of the pictures were published as postcards.
This book details the activities undertaken during the military exercises and contains many images reproduced from the postcards and photographs.
24 pages, spiral bound, A5-sized.
Price: £7 plus postage
In 1964, a group of enthusiastic members of the South Western Section of the Veteran Car Club of Great Britain, led by Douglas Gough and Dennis Blackford, opened a motor museum in Cheddar. Until its closure in 1978, it was a popular destination for tourists and enthusiasts alike, receiving many complimentary remarks as a place to exhibit well-maintained veteran and vintage cars and motorcycles.
This fully illustrated book looks at various aspects of the history of the museum and the adjacent garage owned by Douglas Gough.
28 pages, spiral bound, A4-sized.
Price: £25 plus postage