Registered Mail - from Barrington, Batcombe, Berrow Corner, Ditcheat and Emborough

Here are a number of Registered items, arranged alphabetically starting with Barrington under Ilminster in 1947. 

Next, alphabetically in my pile of registered items, is Batcombe under Bath in 1939.

Berrow Corner came under Highbridge.  The envelope below is dated 1958.  Berrow Corner post office was replaced by Brent Corner in 1965.

Another registered item for The Rating Officer, Shepton Mallet, this time from Ditcheat in 1940.

Again, a registered letter to the Rating Officer, Shepton Mallet, this time an uprated registered envelope from Emborough under Bath in 1940, rather than a printed envelope.

Ditcheat, Draycott, Drayton, Dundry

Moving on to the "D"s we get to Ditcheat, about six miles south of Shepton Mallet.  The postcards below have "DITCHEAT" single ring cancels from 1906 and 1911.  The post office closed in 2008.

This next postcard is from Draycott in 1907, with a "DRAYCOTT / CHEDDAR R.S.O SOMERSET" single ring cancel.  Draycott had come under Cheddar Railway Sub-Office in 1865.  The post office stopped using the R.S.O. terminology in 1905 but use of this handstamp carried on.

The (philatelic) registered envelope below has "DRAYTON / LANGPORT . SOMERSET" 'Birmingham' cancels from 1975

Dundry is five miles south-west of Bristol - the sheet below shows postmarks from 1909, 1931 and 1980.  The post office in Dundry closed in 1995.