Portal:Somerset/Did you know/22

From Wikipedia's "Did You Know" archives:

... that Saltford Brass Mill (pictured) contains a complete annealing furnace claimed to be one of the best remaining examples of this technology in Britain?
... that a Bastard at Oxford University once dismissed Australian cricket captain Billy Murdoch?
... that RAF Weston-super-Mare in South West England was formed in 1940 when the Royal Air Force took over an existing municipal airport?
... that Ralph Allen built Prior Park of Bath Stone to advertise its qualities as a building material?
... that in 1885, Somerset County Cricket Club suffered two of their heaviest-ever defeats under the captaincy of Edward Sainsbury?