Portal:Somerset/Did you know/14

From Wikipedia's "Did You Know" archives:
 * ... that the architect Hans Price was responsible for the distinctive look of buildings in Weston-super-Mare, England, during the Victorian era (example pictured)?
 * ... that Portbury Ashlands is a new nature reserve on the site previously used to dump the waste from Portishead power stations?
 * ... that Poundisford Park was set up as a medieval deer park by the Bishop of Winchester?
 * ... that the Salisbury and Yeovil Railway has been described as "the most  successful of all railways in Southern England"?
 * ... that the Norman church in Pawlett, Somerset has a stained glass window showing Christ blessing children who are in modern dress and holding a teddy bear and toy boat?