Somerset

SHA County Co-ordinator: John Chuter FRAS

Email: john.wchuter@gmail.com

Astronomers

Associated People

Pigott, John Hugh Smyth (1792-1853), a West-Country landowner who lived at Brockley Hall where he built an octagonal observatory on the roof of his country house. It was equipped with a Dollond telescope, but it is unclear whether it was used for astronomical observations. Surviving records suggest his main scientific interest lay with geology and history (Rutter 1828). 

Observatories

Astronomy Groups

Useful addresses

Local History Centre

Obridge Road, Taunton, TA2 7PU, England (Tel 01823 337600 (appointments),01823 278800; Fax 01823 325402; Email Archives@somerset.gov.uk; URL http://www.somerset.gov.uk/archives)