What it’s like to live in… Yetminster
Geoffrey Goater gives a picture of life in the village known for early experiments in vaccination and a leading folk group
Published in November ’21
Honey-coloured limestone and thatch are a familiar sight in Yetminster
THE rather charmingly named River Wriggle snakes its way north from Gore Hill near Melbury Bubb to join the River Yeo near Bradford Abbas. Although perhaps not as famous as the River Stour and the Blackmore Vale, it has its own vale, housing various settlements along its 7½-mile length. Not least among these is the village of Yetminster, which nestles in the valley and spreads east and west up the valley sides. Guidebooks will tell you that Yetminster is a lovely village, built almost entirely of honey-coloured limestone and well worth visiting. People who live here would …
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