CAN you guess where this week’s Mystery Photograph was taken?

Each week, the Journal invites readers to test their local knowledge by identifying a historic location from days gone by.

Last week’s Mystery Photograph was taken at Huddick's Hill in Peasedown St John.

Jeff Parsons wrote in and said: “I believe this week’s picture is of Ashgrove, Peasedown St John. It’s perhaps a little unfortunate that the image in the print edition was cropped, concealing the other building which shows the name of the garage’s owner, F(rank) P(ercy) West, as seen on your Facebook page.

“I think the business moved from Radstock sometime in the 1920s. The garage has since been demolished and the site redeveloped.”

Huddox Hill rises near the top of the village of Peasedown St John, lying along the ridge of the hill that forms much of the settlement’s distinctive elevated position. The road itself is described as “a mixed commercial and residential street” within the village, consisting in large part of detached houses and bungalows built from around 1900 onwards.

Historically, the area around Huddox Hill lies on a plateau underlain by Lower Jurassic limestone and has been shaped by centuries of rural use, transitioning during the 19th and 20th-centuries as the local coal-field expanded and the village developed

As the village grew following the arrival of the coal industry, roads such as Huddox Hill provided access to developing residential areas that would serve workers and later commuters. The local landscape statement notes the hilltop area is at the highest point of the parish, and that Huddox Hill forms part of the built-up edge of the settlement.

One notable building on Huddox Hill is the Peasedown Christadelphian Hall, which still stands and reflects the religious and community dimension of village life that grew alongside the industrial and residential expansion.

In recent years, homes on the road have risen to mid‑ to high‑£300,000s, reflecting its shift from a working-village past.