Portal:Somerset/Did you know/13

From Wikipedia's "Did You Know" archives:

• ... that before he died, Dr William Oliver (pictured) gave his coachman £100, 10 sacks of flour and a recipe for a type of biscuit named after its inventor that is still eaten today?
• ... that a wicket was first laid at the North Perrott Cricket Club Ground soon after the Second World War?
• ... that astronomer William Herschel was the first organist at the Octagon Chapel in Bath?
• ... that the Old Church of St Nicholas in Uphill, Somerset, England, which was built around 1080, is still used for services even though the nave has no roof?
• ... that Saltford Manor House is thought to be the oldest continuously occupied private house in England?