Wallace Musgrave was a member of the Musgrave basket-making family of Stoke St Gregory, a village at the heart of the Somerset Levels. He made baskets and worked for the Drainage Board around Aller Moor, Middlezoy and Westonzoyland. Mr Musgrave attended Drainage Board meetings and collected rent from farmers; he was an expert on the history of drainage on the Levels.
Somerset Voices: Wallace Musgrave (b.1912)
May 16, 2009 at 4:00 am (History)
Tags: Aller Moor, Middlezoy, Somerset, Stoke St Gregory, Wallace Musgrave, Westonzoyland
