SOMERSETSHIRE - 1889

DIRECTORY.] SOl\iERSETSHIRE. MEA.RE. ..279

Willies Jsph.beerretailer,Bower Henton Yandle Henry John, wheelwright,Hurst Gale Henry, farmer, Stapleton mead

Worner Emanl. farmer, Bower Henton Yandle Joseph, carpenter, Hnrst Scriven Waiter, blacksmith

Worner John, farmer, Bower Henton Sta.pleton. Wills John, dairyman, Stapleton mead
Worner William lndoe, grocer & iron-

monger, North street Bicknell John, farmer

MEARE is a parish, with a station ca1led Ashcott and jecting chimney-stack, has large pointed windows, now

Meare, one mile south from the village, on the Somerset and built up, in the upper floor. Not far from the Manor House
Dorset railway, about 3~ miles north-west from Glastonbury, is the so-called "Fish House," anciently the residence of the

9 south-west from Wells and I37t from London, in the Wells head fisherman of the abbots, which to a great extent, has

division of the county, Glaston Twelve Hides hundred, Wells been permitted to fall into ruin, but some portions, however,

petty sessional division, union and county court district, by the efforts of the Somersetshire Archreological Society,

rural deanery of Glastonbury, archdeaconry of Taunton and have been preserved ; it resembles in style the Manor House,

diocese of Bath and Wells, deriving its name from those and has a projecting chimney and a good traceried window

moors or meres with which it was formerly surrounded. of the Decorated period at oue end; the upper floor is

Some portions were once overflown by the sea, and the reached by a doorway high up in the wall, approached by a

names of three islands are met with in old records, viz. : long flight of steps. That part of the parish called " Mer~

" Feramere" (the present Meare), " Godenere," and Pool," anciently constituting the fish preserve of the abbots

"Westeie," now called "Godney" and "Westhay," all of of Glastonbury, was formerly a stagnant pool of water,

which still form a portion of this extensive parish. The about 400 acres in extent, but now, by drainage, has

church of St. Mary is a building of stone, in the Decorated become valuable land. The principal landowners are Lord

and Perpendicular styles, consisting of chancel, nave of two Brougham and Vaux, Captain Sherston, Messrs. Ruscombe

bays, aisles, south porch and a massive embattled western Poole and Sons, Richard Bath,Thomas S.Bath, Edward Bath,

tower, containing 6 bells : the chancel and porch belong to the Henry Bull Templer Strangways esq. J. P. of Shapwick, and

early 14th century; the former has a good oak roof, with a the trustees of the late Rev. Wadham Knatchbull. The

richly-decorated eastern bay ; and the windows indicate the soil is clayey; the subsoil is chiefly turf. The land is mostly

transition from Decorated to Perpendicular : the nave and in pasture. The area is 8,269 acres; rateable value, £151283;
aisles, as well as the chancel arch, appear to have been the population in 188I was It409·

rebuilt towards the end of the 15th century: the fine stone WESTHAY, 1 mile north-west, where there is a bridge of 3
pulpit is of the same period: there is a curious old alms-box, arches over the river Brue ; UPPER GonNEY, 2 miles north-

on a carved pedestal, and a chest containing armour: in the e!I.St, and LOWER GonNEY, 1! miles north-east, are in this

church is a painting of the " Descent from the Cross," pro- parish.

bably dating from about 166o, but repainted about 1830 : GonNEY . an eccles.tast. wa~ Pll:r.t~h, form~d _October 8,
the nave roof was restored before 1859, under the direction
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of Mr. W. White F.S.A. and the chapel was generally restored I869. The ~hurch of the ~ol) Tnmty, re~mlt m. I8_4o, on
I the founda:tu~ns of an earher structure, 18
in 1g70 : there are sittiugs for 300 persons. The register stone,_ c_onststmg of chancel, nave, sou~h. porc a bm ldmg of
dates from 1£57579,. The living is a vicarage, average tithe contammg one bell: th~r? ar.e 256 Sit~mgs.. h and a t~rret
rent-charge gross yearly value regtster
£26o, incl uding 89 acres The
of glebe, with residence, in the gift of John Kekewich esq. dates from I7~I. rr:he hvn_tg 18 a ~onattve VI~rage, yea~ly
aofndTrhienlidtysiCncoelle1gse7,6Dbuybtlhine. value £240, Wit~ restdence, m the gtft of.~h~ hetrs of P. DaVIes
Rev. Barton Thomas Bussell M. A. esq. and held su~ce I86g by the R~v. "\\tlham John M~rsh~ll
There is a Primitive Methodist

chapel, and a Congregational chapel with minister's resi- M.A. of Queens College, Cambrtdge. The populatiOn m

deuce attached. Old records relate that Kerelwach, king of I88I was 387.

the West Saxons, gave Meare, Godney and Westhay to the PosT OFFICE.-George Wilkins, receiver. Letters through

Abbey of Glastonbury; after its overthrow, the manor of Glastonbury arrive at 8.30 a. m. ; dispatched at 5.40 p.m.

Meare was given to Edward, Duke of Somerset, since which The nearest money order & telegraph office is at Glaston-

period it has often changed its lords, and now is greatly sub- bury. Postal orders are issued here, but not paid

divided. The manor of Meare contains about 2,8oo acres, WALL LETTER BoxEs, Upper Godney, cleared at 5 p.m. &

Godney about 3,2oo, and Westhay about 1,700. The old Lower Godney at 4.40 p.m

manorial residence of the abbots of Glastonbury, erected A School Board of 5 members was formed October 2, 1874;

about 1300, and greatly improved by Abbot Here, still Rev. Barton Thomas Hussell M.A. clerk to the board;

exists, and is now a farm house: it consists of two blocks, at Frederick Richards, attendance officer

right angles to each other, one of which, anciently the hall, is Board School (mixed), established in 1874, for go children;

a remarkably fine and spacious apartment, with elegant win- average attendance, 6o; 'William Henry Grey, master ;

dows, containing Decorated tracery; these are somewhat infants', established in I88o, for 130 children; average

deeply splayed on the inside and the heads ornamented with attendance, 90; Mrs. Rosa Helena Grey, mistress

graceful cnsping below a moulded dripstone, and there is a Board School, Upper Godney (mixed), built, with house for

fireplace with lofty pentagonal hood, carried on brackets ; mistress, in 1876, for 6o children ; average attendance,

the other block, which is strongly buttressed, and has a pro- 45; Mrs. Ann Pryor, mistress

Mea.re. Emery Alfred, smith & beer retailer Whitcombe Charles, turf dealer

BussellRev.BartonThomasM.A. [vicar] Francis Arthur, New inn Wilkins George, carpenter, Post office

Banwell Mrs Francis George, horse dealer Williams Charles, turf dealer

Cornwall John Manor house Gardiner l''rederick, tailor, draper, Lower Godney.
Hudson Miss ' grocer & provision dealer

Jenkins Rev. Obed [Coug.], The Manse Giblett Edward, carpenter Baker Edwin, farmer
Giblett Hugh, farmer Baker Hannah (Mrs.), shopkeeper
COMMERCIAL. Cabbie William, dairyman
Giblett Joseph, farmer

Andrews William, draper & grocer, & Gilling Oliver, farmer Churches John, farmer

agent for W. & A. Gilbey, wine & Gooding Charles, Ring of Bells P.H Churches Thomas, farmer

spirit merchants Ham Robert, farmer Haggett J ames, farmer

Baily Alexander, turf & peat merchant Hayes Elias Giblett, grocer & draper Haine John, farmer

& farmer, Great Plain Hayes Hubert, farmer, Stileway Haine William, farmer

Bailey Edward, blacksmith Hooper Edwin, farm bailiff to Messrs. Jones John, beer retailer & shopkeeper

Baker George, (Mrs.), farmer Poole & Sons, Whitehouse Rood John, farmer

Baker George, jun. farmer Hooper Thomas, farmer Sweet Richard, dairyman

Baker Hubert, carpenter Keen Henry, farmer Wheeler Richard, farmer

Banwell William, farmer Keen John, farmer Wilcox Edmund, farmer

Bassett Ann (Mrs.), dress maker Keen Richard, farmer Upper Godney.
Burnett George Giblett, farmer Lawrence Charles, farmer

Burnett James, farmer Lever J ames, shopkeeper Marshall Rev. Wm. John M.A. Vicarage

Burnett Robert, farmer Look Thomas, farmer Churches James, farmer -

Burrows Wm. farmer, Barrow Ho. farm Masters Sidney, farmer Churches Robert, jun. farmer

Cary Eli7..a.beth (Mrs.), shopkeeper Millard Robt. farmer, Decoy Pool farm Keen John, farmer

Chislett Henry, farmer 1 Paine John, shoe maker Mogg J oseph, farmer

Churches Thomas, farmer Phelps Joseph, Railway inn Stott Matthew, farmer

Cornwall John, surgeon, Manor house Phelps Richard, farmer Reeves James, farmer

Court William, farmer Richards Frederick,school attend. officer Reeves Samuel, farmer, Batch

Difford Sarah & Mary (llisses),milliners Rogers Joseph, butcher Westhay.

Difford Frederick, blacksmith Rowley Wilham, stone mason

Difford George, gilder Stephens Andrew, carpenter COM!IIERCIAL.

Difford J esse, beer retailer ToogoodJames, farmer Burnett Willia.m, beer retailer

Ducket.t David (Mrs.), farmer Toogood Joseph, farmer Durston John, farmer

280 MEARE. SOl\IERSETSHIRE. (KELLY'S

Durston Robert, farmer Hayes Samuel, farmer, Rushmead Reynolds Samuel, farmer
Francis William, shopkeeper Hooper Edwin, farmer Reynolds Thomas, farmer
Garland Thomas, farmer James James, tailor Tincknell Simon, farmer
Powell Hester (Mr!!. ), shopkeeper Toogood James, farmer
Hatch John, farmer
Hayes Henjamin, fa,.,rnrn1er

MELLS is a parish and large village, situated in a valley limestone, the lias, new red sandstone, and coal measures

and on a stream taking its rise in Emborrow pond on Men- being wanting, except at Vobster. The land is two-thirds

dip, and joining the Frome river near Frome, with a station pasture. The area is 3,326 acres ; rateable value, £6,496 ;

2 miles north on the Weymouth branch of the Great West- the population in 1881 was 972.

ern railway, 3~ miles west from Frame, in the Frome Sexton, ·william Wise.

division of the county, Mells liberty, Frome petty sessional Vobster is a hamlet and ecclesiastical parish, one mile

division, union and county court district, rural deanery of and a half west, formed from the civil parish of Mells, Jan. g,

Frome, archdeaconry of Taunton and diocese of Bath and 1852. The church of St. Edmund was built and endowed

Wells. The church of St. Andrew is a building of stone, in by the late rector of Mells, and is a building of stone in the

the Perpendicular style, erected about the middle of the 15th Decorated style, consisting of chancel, with vestry on the

century, consisting of chancel with aisles, clerestoried nave north side, nave and south porch: the chancel windows are

of five bays, aisles, south porch with groined roof, and an stained: there is an organ at the west end: the church is

embattled western tower, with crocketed pinnacles, contain- seated with open benches, affording 120 sittings. The living

ing a clock with chimes, and a peal of 8 bells; the east win- is a chapelry annexed to the vicarage of Leigh-on-Mendip,

dow was erected in r88r, and there are several other fine joint yearly value £252, in the gift of the rector of Mells, and

stained windows; the windows of the clerestory and vestry held by the Rev. George Augustus Mahon M. A. of Hertford

are filled with grisaille glass of various rich patterns : there College, Oxford, who resides at Leigh-on-Mendip. Here is

are modern canopied brasses with effigies to the Rev. John a Primitive Methodist chapel. Here are limestone quarries

Bishop and his wife r8o6-23; the Rev. Thomas Paget, 1783 ; and coal wharves, belonging to the Westbury Iron Company

and the Rev. Thomas Burt and his wife, 1805-23: in r88o Limited. The area is 689 acres; rateable value, £6,496;

the church was repaired, and re-seated with oak benches, the population in r88r was 972.

and a new organ was also placed at a cost of £330: there Sexton, Thomas Carter.

are sittings for 300 persons. The register dates from the PosT & M. 0. 0., S. B. & Annuity & Insurance Office.-

year 1567. The living is a rectory, average tithe rent- Mrs. Mary Martin, postmistress. Letters through Frome

charge £so6, gross yearly value £6oo, including g8 acres of arrive at 7.5 a. m. & 4.25 p.m.; dispatched at 10.30 a.m.

glebe, with residence, in the gift of John Franci:> Fortescue & 5·45 p.m. Coleford & Frome are the nearest telegraph

Horner esq. D.L., J. P. and held since I875 by the Rev. George offices

W. Horner M. A. of Halliol College, Oxford. The parish lands Letters for Vobster arrive from Bath to Coleford, thence by

of SI acres produce £1o yearly, applied for the repair of the foot post, & are delivered at 8.30 a. m. WALL LETTER

church. There are steel and iron works and a factory for the Box, cleared at 6.40 p.m. week days only

manufacture of agricultural edge tools, which have long been ScHOOLS :-

celebrated for their superior quality. Lime burning is also Church (boys), erected in 1840, for 120 children; average

carried on. Here are the remains of several camps. The attendance, 6o; John Carrack, master

D Troop of the North Somerset Yeomanry Cavalry is quar· Girls' & Infants', to hold ISO children ; average attendance,

tered here. Mells Park, the seat of the ancient family of the 84 ; Mrs. L. Horwood, mistress

Horners, is delightfully situated near the village: it is well- Infants', Vobster, for 33 children; average attendance, 23;

wooded, covers an area of about 300 acres, and is the pro- Miss May Lawrie, mistress

perty of John Francis Fortescue Horner esq. lii.A., D.L., J.P. CARRIERS:-

who is lord of the manor, and, with Capt. Wyndham Knatch- Thomas Butler, from Buckland Dinham, passes through to

Ibull J. P. of Babington, chief landowners. The soil is varied ; Bristol, m on. & thurs. returning wed. & sat

the subsoil is chiefly stone brash, resting on mountain lime- Francis Lacey, to Frome, daily
s'tone or oolite, which is here seen resting immediately on the 1 Railway Station, William Mitchell, station master

M ells. FussellWilliam Austin,chemical manure 'l'oop Samuel, lime burner & merchant;

Collins Wm. Chas. Glasier, Bilboa ho manufacturer & at Holwell, Nunney

Fussell William Austin, Rock house Harding George, farmer, Finger farm Witcomb Thomas, miller (water)

Griffith Miss Hilliar Hannah (Mrs.), Talbot inn Wise Mark, dairy frmr.Sawpit Hl.farm

Hayward George, Sydney vale Horwood Edwin Isaac, nurseryman &c.; Wise Sidney, blacksmith

Horner Rev. George 1Vm. llf.A. Rectory & at Frome Vobster.
Horner John Francis Fortescue M.A., Lacey Eliza (Mrs.), shopkeeper

D.L., J.P. Mells park Lacey Francis, carrier Batey John, St. Edmund's house

Horner Miss, Manor house Long Francis & Geo.painters & glaziers Batey John, mining engineer & general

Horner Mrs. Rectory Long James, shoe maker manager of the Westbury Irou Com-

Shaw Cyril James, Tents hill Mather John, bailiff to John Francis panies' Collieries & Limestone Quar-

Trevelyan Geo. Edward, Wadbury ho Fortescue Horner esq ries & sec. to the Somerset Mining

COMMERCIAL. Meehan C. H. relieving officer No. 2 or Association, St. Edmund's house

Ashman George, shopkeeper Kilmersdon district & registrar of Champion :Francis, farmer, Lower

Collins Wil!iam Charles Glasier L. R. c.P. births & deaths, Kilmersdon sub-dist Vobster farm

Edin. surgeon & medical officer & Mees Sidney, baker Cosh Alfred, farmer, Upper Vobster frm

public vaccinator, No. 5 district, Montague Francis, shopkeeper Giddings Elizabeth (Miss), grocer

Frome union, & certifying factory North Somerset Yeomanry Cavalry (D James Sarah (Mrs.), Vobster inn

surgPon, Bilboa house troop) (Capt. Hon. Hylton George Steeds Joseph William, lime burner

Cox Robert, farmer, Mells green Hylton-Jolliffe; Sergt.-Major Short, Vobster Limestone Quarries & Coal

Day LeY is, haulier drill instructor) Wharves (Westbury Iron Company

Dodimead Abel, haulier Smith Samuel, shopkpr. & wheelwright Limited, proprietors; John Hatey,

l<'ussell James, Isaac & John Limited, Stott Clement, farmer, Wadbury farm geneml manager; Albert Bryant,

bar iron, steel & edge tool manufac- Swanton Edmnd. frmr.Mells Down hm foreman)
turers (George Hayward, manager) Swanton Edmnd. jun. frmr.Edneys frm IWhite Robert, dairy & corn farmer,
Swanton Thomas, farmer, Branch farm I Holwell farm
& at Nunney; Elm; & Chantry

. MERRIOTT is a parish and village situated on a small! (1862), and in the south chancel aisle to his daughter Mary

mill stream, tributary to the river Parrett, 2 miles north (1864); anot.her in the north chancel, placed in 1862, is to
from Crewkerne, in the Southern division of the county, J. M. Templeman e.sq. : the church is approached from the
hundred, petty sessional division, and county court district roadway by an oak lieh-gate, erected in I888 : there are
of Crewkerne, onion of Chard, rural deanery of Crewkerne, sittings for 400 persons. The register dates from 1646.
archdeaconry of Taunton and diocese of Bath and Wells. The living is a vicarage, average tithe rent-charge £330, net
The church of All ~aints, restored and enlarged in 1862, is a yearly value £340, including 12 acres of glebe, with house,
building of stone, in the Early English and Perpendicular in the gift of the Dean p.nd Chapter of Bristol, and held
styles, consisting of chancel, with aisles or chapels, nave of since 1887 by the Rev. Stanley Edward Percival M.A. of
four bays, aisles, south porch, and a western tower contain- Corpus Christi college, Cambridge. There are Baptist and
ing a clock and 5 bells: the parapets of the aisles are em- Wesleyan chapels, and a meeting-house for the Brethren;
battled and ha,•e gurgoyles of an interesting character: an charities of £10 ros. yearly value are distributed to the poor
organ was placed in the church in I 887 : a lectern of oak and on St. 'fhomas' Day. Price's charity of £9 annual value is
brass was presented in 1883 by the Rev. Thomas Hodson: for Sunday schools. A Working Men'slnst.itute was erected

there are stained memorial windows in the south aisle to in 1884 by Major Hayward, and presented by him to the
Charlotte Rodbard, erected in 1867 by Edward Rodbard esq.; parish; it contains a library and reading rooms. A large
m the chancel to the Rev. Thomas Price, a former vicar . number of the inhabitants of this parish are employed at tha

DIRECTORY.] SOMERSETSHIRE. MIDDLEZOY. 281

extensive works of Messrs. Richard Hayward and Sons, Tail at 7 a.m. & 7.30 p.m.; dispatched at 5·I5 & I0.2o a.m. &

Mill, Crewkerne, a portion of which extends into this parish, 7.3o- p.m. ; sunday, delivery at 7 a.m. ; dispatched at

and are now (x88g) being enlarged. Moorlands is the resi- 5.I5 a.m. & 7.30 p.m

dence of Mrs. Hole. Reginald Rodbard Rodbard esq. and WALL LETTER Box, Higher street, cleared 8.30 a.m. & 7

the Rev. H. C. Whitley, who are lords of the manor, and p.m.; sunday, 8 a.m

Mrs. 'Yoodcock are the chief landowners. The soil is clay ScHOuLS :....,J

and sand, well adapted for gardening; subsoil, sandy. The A School Board of 5 members was formed March II, 1875;

erops are wheat, barley and garden produce. The area is E. Taylor, clerk to board; William Phelps, Crewkerne,

I,693 acres; rateable value, £6,564; the population in x88I attendance officer

was 1,375· Board (mixed), for 145 children; average attendance, IIO;

Sexton, Joseph Rousell. John Pamphlett, master

PosT, M. 0. & T. 0., S. B. & Annuity & Insurance Office.- Board (infants), for I20 children; average attendance, no;

William Warry, receiver. Letters arrive from Crewkerne Mrs. Louisa Pamphlett, mistress

PRIVATE RESIDENTS. French John, miller (water) & baker, Osborne Elizabeth (Mrs.), coal dealer

.Barnes Misses, The Uirdlers corn & flour factor, Merriott mills Osborne Louisa (Miss),market gardener

Brown Miss, Merriottsford French John Edward,assistant overseer OsborneJsph.marketgardener,Lowerst

Burns Miss French Samuel, baker & grocer Osborne Josias, beer retailer & market

England Mrs Frost Thomas, thatcher gardener

French John, Laurel house Goodiand Henry, farmer & butcher Parker Henry, market gardener

Ji'rench John Edward Hayward Richard & Sons (J. H. Philp, Parker Roger, market gardener

Harrison Frederick, Perth villa manager), sail cloth, sail, twine & Patch John, miller (water), corn factor

Hawkins Rev. Thomas [Baptist] web manufacturers, Tail mill & farmer &c. Bow mills

Hayward MajorRichd. Hy. Shutteroaks HigginsMaria (Mrs.),butcher&farmer, Pattemore Alfred, Swan inn

Hig~ins Thomas Lower street PattemoreHenry,beer retailer,Higher st

Hole Mrs. Moorlands Hooper Charles, farmer & market gar- Pattemore Henry, King's Head inn

Hussey Augustus H. Merriott house dener, Bellwood Pattemore Richard, beer retailer &

Lawrence Miss, Broadway Hoopcr George, market gardener market gardener, Higher street

Lawrence Samuel, Broadway Hooper Joseph, carpenter Pattemore Sampson, market gardener

Morse Arthur Charles Lacey John, shopkeeper Paull Edward, carpenter, Broadway

Norman Edwin, Eggwood house Lawrence Richard, farmer Paull Henry, carpenter, Lower street

Osborne Alexander, Lower street Lawrence Robert, farmer, Higher st Paull Isaac, boot maker, Higher street

Pattemore Samuel, Lower street Lawrence Robert, farmer, Manor farm, Rendall Alfred, blacksmith

Percival Rev. Stanley Edward M.A. Lower street Rousell Reuben, carpenter

Vicarage Lawrence Samuel, brewer & maltster, Rousell William (Mrs.), wheelwright

Philp John Henry, Tail Mill house The"Merriott steam brewery; families Scott John, nursery & seedsman; the

Rendall Harvey supplied with small casks Royal Nurseries, Merriott ; & at

Rousell Joseph, Berne cottage ILock George, miller (water) & farmer, Princes street, & Henford hill, Yeovil
Scott Mrs. Blair Athole house Court mill Shepherd Elizabeth (Mrs.), shopkeeper,

Taylor Edward, Rectory house Lye & Son, builders ; & at Crewkerne Broadway

\Vhitley Henry Edward, Manor house Marks James, farmer Shutler Emas, farmer

COMMERCIAL. • Marks Thomas, market gardener Shutler Joseph, dairy & farmer

Bodenham Thomas, farmer Merrett Mark, grocer Shutler Joseph, market gardener

.Brake Henry, farmer Miller Sydney, saddler Shuttler Richard, farmer

Brake William, baker & farmer Mitchell Benjamin, baker Sweet Edward, fruiterer

Dodge Elizh.(:Mrs. ), dairy, Waterloo frm :Mitchell Bessie (Miss), dress maker, Trask Alfred, shoe maker

Drayton Henry George, grocer Lower street Trask Ann (Mrs.), market gardener

Drayton James, painter Mitchell Emma (Mrs.), beer retailer & Trask John, market gardener

Drayton Mary Ann (Miss), grocer market gardener Trask Sampson, The Bell inn & posting

_Eason Edward, carpenter Mitchell :\lary (Miss), laundress house; accommodation for visitors;

Eason George, market gardener Mitchell Robert, farmer, Sockety farm horses & carriages for hire; stabling

Eason Reuben, market gardener Mitchell Samuel,sen. farmer, Townsend Warry Robert Rousell, farmer, Rectory

Ells wood Hrbt.& Fras.paintrs.& glaziers Mitchell SI. Thos. farmer & shopkeeper farm

Ellswood Thomas, carpenter Mitchell Thomas, jun. farmer Warry Wm. rope maker, Postoffice

Ellswood Waiter, carpenter Mitchell Wilham, coal dealer Webb Henry, farmer, Broadway

England Alfred, baker & gro. Higher st Mitchell Wm. ()lark, machinist & farmer Wills Charles, farmer

England George, tailor NorLon Abel, farmer & butcher Wills James, blacksmith

England Thomas Dawe, dairyman Nortc>n Benjamin, cattle dealer & farmer Wills Samuel, market gardener

l<'arr Samuel, market gardener Osborne Hy. & Robt. market gardeners Wills William, market gardener

MIDDLEZOY is a parish and village situated near the King is lady of the manor. The principal landowners ure

river Parrett and on the high road to Hridgwater, 5 miles Herbert Frederick Meade-King esq. Waiter Meade-King esq.
south-east from Bridgwater, 4~ north from Athelney station J.P. of r:z Baring crescent, Exeter, and Mrs. Meade. The
on the Yeovil branch of the Great Western railway, in the soil is clayey ; subsoil, limestone. The chief crops are wheat,
Briri.gwater division of the county, Whitley hundred, Bridg- beans and barley. The acreage is 2,439; rateable value,
water petty sessional division, union and county court distrid, £5,214 j the population in I88I WaS 565.
mral deanery of Glastonbury, archdeaconry of Taunton and Parish Clerk, John Tucker.
diocese of Bath and Wells. The church of the Holy Cross is LONG ACRE is a hamlet, I mile north j THORNGROYE is I

an old building of local stone, in the Decorated and Early mile west ; liRAYLAKE, I north-east j MOORLAND, partly in
Perpendicular styles, consisting of chancel, nave of five bays, this parish, and part in North Petherton, is 2 miles west.
north transept, south aisle, south porch and an embattled PosT OFFICE.-Miss Mary Elizabeth Crane, postmistress.

-western tower, with pinnacles, containing a clock and 6 bells: Letters from Bridgwater arrive 7.10 a. m. & box closes at

there is a handsome oak rood screen of the Perpendicular 6.45 p.m. The nearest money order offica is at Othery,
period: the pulpit is Jacobean work, dating from I6o6: & nearest telegraph offiCf' is at Bridgwater
the east window is a memorial to Thomas Perrat, late of A School Board of 5 members was formed May 11, 1874 ;
~Ioorland House, d. x869; and some of the other windows P. 0. H. Reed, Bridgwater, clerk to the board

.contain remains of ancient glass : there are sittings for 300 Board School (mixed), erected in 1843, for no children;
persons. The register dates from the year I756. The living average attendance, 106; William Henry Dunn, master;
is a vicarage, yearly value £285, with residence and 21 acres Mrs. Bessie Dunn, mistress
<Jf glebe, in the gift of the Bishop of Worcester, and now There is a sunday school, endowed with £8 yearly, derived
<r88:J), vacant. Here is a Wesleyan chapel, erected in 1847. from land left by the late Thomas Baily
•rhere are charities of £32 yearly value for fuel and clothing, CARRIERS.-Thomas Heal, wed. & sat. & Ira Meaker, wed.
left by Thomas Bailey and Thomas Perrett. Mrs. Meade- & sat. to Bridgwater

Middlezoy. Biddlecombe Henry Porter, farmer, Eddington Thon.as, farmer, Cutley
llarnstable Elijah registrar of births & deaths for Heal Thomas, farmer
Smith Rev. Alexander Herbert Arthur M1ddlezoy sub-district, & vaccination Hosier Charles, farmer
officer Hutchings George, farmer
B.A. [curate], Vicarage Jenkins Charle;~, farmer, Long acre
COMMERCIAL. Bown Samuel, f<lrmer Jenkins Joseph, farmer, Long acre
Bown Waiter, tailor Keirl Daniel, farmer, Thorngro,·e
llarnstable Henry, farmer, Greylake Darby William Henry, farmer
Harnstable James, farmer Davis Frederick, stone mason Keirl James, farmer
Harnstable John, farmer

282 MIDDLEZOY. SOMERSETSHIRE. . [KELLY'S

Kiddle A.lbert, farmer Millard Jn. beer retailer & blacksmith Wilcox Samuel, farmer, Greylake
Wilcox Wm. John, Somerset Arms P. H
Kift Edmund, farmer Millard John, farmer
Moorland.
Lavis Samuel, carpenter Millard Thomas, farmer
Barnstable Lot, farmer
Lockyer Frank, farmer Richards Thomas, farmer Bastable Hannah (Mrs.), farmer
Lockyer George, farmer
Lockyer George :Field, farmer Sellick Thomas, farmer Pepper James, farmer
Winslade George, farmer
Lockyer James, grocer & farmer Shearman Richar<l, farmer

Meade !<'rank, farmer Tucker George, farmer, Greylake

Meade Oliver, farmer, Thorngrove Tucker John, carpenter

Meaker Ira, farmer Tucker Joseph, grocer

Merriott William, shoe maker Wheeler Frank, watch maker

Millard Geo. assist. overseer & wheelwrt Whittle George, farmer

:MIDSOMER NORTON is a pleasant village and a Welton is a hamlet, with station oo the Bristol and

large populous parish, situated in a valley on the Somer North Somerset branch of the Great Western railway, half

rivulet, 8 miles north-by-west from Frome, 10 south-south- a mile north. Here is a temperance hall, which is used for

west from Bath, 14 south-by-east from Bristol and Ii south- an infants' school under Government. Here are Primitive

west from Bristol, with station on the Somerset and Dorset Methodist and Baptist chapels. Here are two extensive

railway, containing the hamlets ofWELTON and CLAPTON, in breweries, one belonging to Messrs. G. H. Thatcher, the

the Frome division of the county, Chewton hundred, Kil- other to Messrs. Thatcher Brothers, and there is also a.

mersdon petty sessional division, Clutton union, Temple colliery.

Cloud county court district, Midsomer Norton district of the

rural deanery of Merston, archdeaconry of Wells and diocese Clapton is a hamlet a mile and a half south-west, and

of Bath and Wells. The parish is governed by a local board has a lecture room, where divine service is occasionally con-

of 12 members, formed May 29, 1868, under the Local ducted by the vicar of Midsomer Norton. There is also a.
Government Act of 1858. The village is lighted with gas by Wesleyan chapel.
a company, and supplied with water from works at Chi!- Parish Clerk, John Spering.

compton, under the control of the local board. The church PosT, M. 0. & T. 0., S. B. & Annuity & Insurance Office.

of St. John the Baptist, standing on the site of the old -William Wise, postmaster. Letters through Bath arrive

Norman church, was rebuilt (with the exception of the at 7 & 10 a.m. & 1.15 p.m.; dispatched at 1.50, 4.50 &

tower) and enlarged in 1832, and is an edifice of stone, in 8.50 p.m. ; there is no delivery on sundays. The tela-
the Perpendicular style, consisting of quasi-chancel, nave of graph office is open week days from 8 a.m till 8 p.m. &

five bays, aisles with three galleries, and an ancient western from 8 to 10 a. m. on sundays. Money orders are granted

tower with 8 pinnacles, containing a clock and a fine peal of & paid from 9 a.m. till6 p.m

8 bells, three of which were given by Charles II. of whom WALL LETTER Box, Nettlebridge, cleared from Oak hill at
there is a statue in a niche in the tower; one of the bells is Le5tt_4e5rspf.omr. week days only ·
Welton are delivered from Midsomer Norton
encircled with the following epigram-

" 'Twas Charles the II. our gracious King, via Bath. WALL LETTER Box, near Messrs. 'fhatcher's

Was the chief cause we eight bells ring:" brewery, cleared at 2-55 & 8.35 p.m. on week days only
there are several mural tablets, including one to the late

Major Savage : the church was reseated in 1878: there are LOCAL BOARD.
now 66o sittings, of which 560 are free. The register dates
from 1697. The living is a vicarage, average tithe rent- Offices, Market hall.
charge £338, net yearly value £350, including 21 acres of Board day, the third monday in every month.
glebe, with residence, in the gift of Christ Church, Oxford,
and held since 1867 by the Rev. William Morrison M.A. of Clerk, Edward H. Perrin, Temple Cloud
that House, and surrogate. The Wesleyan chapel, erected Treasurer, E. H. Dickenson, Chapmanslade
Medical Officer of Health, Alexander Waugh L.R.C.P.Lond
in 1859, at a cost of about £2,800, is a building of lias stone Surveyor, Inspector of NuiRances & Collector, A. W. J.
with Bath·stone dressmgs, in the Decorated style, and con-
Catley

sists of nave and aisles, divided by freestone piers and INSURANCE AGENTS : - .
arches, and has a tower : the old chapel is now used as a Alliance Life, A. J. Hooper, Stuckey's Bank
school. There is also a Primitive Methodist chapel. The G General, A. A. Thatcher
company of the Prince Albert's Somersetshire Light Infan- Phoonix Fire, A. W. J. Catley
try Regiment 1st Volunteer Battalion is quartered here. A Railway Passengers' Accident, A.J. Hooper,Stuckey's Bank
piece of ground, over an acre in extent, was left to the clerk Sun Fire, W. Wise
of the parish for ringing the curfew on winter evenings. A
considerable trade is carried on here, coal being abundant ScHooLs:-
in the parish. There are a few good shops, and Messrs. National (boys), erected in 1840 & enlarged in 1886, for
Stephen James and Co. have an extensive brewery. A 148 boys ; average attendance, 1o6, of whom 40 are
spacious market hall, now belonging to a company, was educated free; Isaac Holmyard, master; this school is
erected in 186o, at a cost of £1,500, and is used for musical endowed with land now producing about £Ioo yearly,
entertainments and public meetings ; and a market for originally belonging to a school founded in 1721 for 40
corn and cattle is held on the first Tuesday in each month. poor boys, by Miss Anne Harris, of Welton ; girls', erected
A fair for cattle is held here on on the 25th April. The
manor of Midsomer Norton and Welton pertains to the duchy in 1830 & enlarged in 1884, for 134 girls; average atten-
of Cornwall, and the vicarage manor of Midsomer Norton to dance, 85; Miss Westbrook, mistress ; infants', built in
184x, for 105 children ; average attendance, So; Miss
the Dean and Chapter of Christ Church, Oxford. The court- Cheshire, mistress
leet of the former is held annually in November, and of the Welton National (infants) (held at the Temperance hall),
latter in May. There are many landowners, the chief of
whom are the owners of the manors, the Downside (Catholic) for 70 children; average attendance, so; Miss Alexandra
College and William Rees-Mogg esq. D.L., J.P. of Cholwell
House, Cameley. The soil is clay in the valleys, but on high Ham, mistress
ground it is principally red sandy loam, with white lias Wesleyan (mixed), for 360 children; average attendance,
255; George Edward Delve, master; Mrs. lVIary .Ann
Delve, mistress

stone about a foot below. The land is chiefly in pasture. RAILWAY STATIONS:-
The acreage is 3,922; rateable value, £x6,2o7, including Midsomer Norton, Albert Rood, station master
the districts of Clandown, Downside, Clapton and Welton; Welton, Samuel Lloyd Harvey, station master

the population in 1881 was 4,419, of which 2,547 belonged CoNVEYANCE TO BATH.-Smith passes through from Chil-

to the mother parish. compton, wed. & sat

Midsomer N orton. Pollard George Samuel Catley AubreyWilliamJames, surveyor
Stock Richard, Lyndhurst & inspector & collector to the local
PRIVATE RESIDENTS. That<'her Alfred Allan, Brook house board
Waugh Alexander
Beauchamp Wm. Beachim, Norton Hall Whiting Thomas Parsons Catley William Aubrey, builder
Bird Frederick, Norton house Wilcox Mrs Chant & Guy (Misses), ladies' school
Blacker Ernest, Old Vicarage Cook Robert, tea dealer
Blaker Mrs. COMMERCIAL. CorbouldWm. Hy. brewer toS. James&Co
Corbould William Henry Bibbings John, Greyhound P. H Cox Joseph, farmer, Waterside farm
Gait Miss Blacker Emily (Miss), news agent Cox Mark Wm. miller (water & steam)
Hawkins Job Blacker Ernest L.R.C.P. Edin. surgeon, Crocker & Welch, who. & retail grocers
Hollwey Mrs
Hooper Arthur James, The Bank & medical officer to Clutton work- & provision dealers, & general drapers
Lloyd George William house, Old Vicarage & agent for W. & A. Gilbey, wine &
Morrison Rev. William M.A. Vicarage BoundHerbertHy. brewers'trav. Brookho spirit merchants
Moss John Frederick, 'fhe Beeches Carter Charles, shopkeeper Dando Charles, insurance agent
Carter George, outfitter Dowling James, tailor

DIRECTORY.] SOl\IERSETSHIRE. MILBOR~E PORT. 283

Edwards Albert, wholesale & retail boot Midsomer Norton Gas & Coke Co. 'Waugh Alexander L.R.C.P.Lond. (firm,

& shoe manufacturer (William A. Catley, manager) Waugh &Pollard). surgeon & medical

Emery .Frederick. beer retailer Milbourne Arthnr, beer retailer officer & public vaccinator, Midsomer

Fisher John Wellesley, grocer & patent Moon William, boot maker Norton district, Clutton union ; &;

medicine vendor Morgan Richard, chimney sweeper medical officer of health, Midsomer

Fry George, blacksmith ' Orledge Francis (miller), steam Norton urban sanitary authority &

Fussell William, boot & shoe maker Pollard George Samuel L.R.C.P.Edin. certifying factory surgeon

Gay David, shopkeeper surgeon (firm, Waugh & Pollard) York George, relieving- officer for No. 1

Goulding Wm. tailor & beer retailer Prince Albert's Somersetshire Light In- district, Glutton union

Green Charles, news agent fantry Regiment, 1st Volunteer Batta- Welton.

Gregory David, plasterer & tiler lion (G Co.) (Captain G. S. Pollard;

Gregory Isaac, carpenter Rev. H. G. J. Veitch, hon. chaplain) Thatcher Geo. Henry, Welton cottage

Gregory Lucretia (Mrs.), boot & shoe Rayne Samuel, ironmonger Thatcher William James

dealer & stationer Rowdon Lewis George, plumber COMMERCIAL.
Grist Giles, plumber Rowdou William, tailor
Gunning J. F. & Co. brick makers Sampson Wm. Eades, inland revenue off BeachimGeo.Henry,farmer,Manor farm
Gunning James Flower, grocer Savage Edward, hair dresser Britton H.obert, beer retailer
Hill Charles, plasterer Seymour William, grocer & draper Clarke George, shopkeeper
Hillard Isaac, bricklayer Shearn Charles, greengrocer Hinton John, grocer
Hole ·wmiam, g-reengrocer Keevill Frederick, butcher
Hook John, watch maker Shearn Francis, pork butcher Lewis Job Parson, grocer
HooperArth. Jas. mang.ofStuckey'sBank Shearn George, furniture broker Moss John Fletcher, grocer
Horler Joseph, butcher Penny Simeon, Stones cross P.H
Hoskins Frederick, farmer & grazier, Simmonds Thomas, beer retailer Radstock Coal Co. (W. B. Beauchamp,

Smith Charles, shopkeeper proprietor), Old Welton & Welton Hill
Sterry Matthew, insurance agent

Norton Hill farm Stock Caleb, butcher
James Stephen & Co. brewers,Midsomer Stuckey's Banking Co. (branch) (Arthur collieries
James Hoopor, manager); draw on Read Samuel, hair dresser
Norton brewery Robarts, Lubbock & Co. Lombard Rossiter Joseph, beer retailer

James Thomas, grocer Simmonds Shadrach, farmer

Lloyd Samuel, confectioner street, London B c Smith George, beer retailer

Lovell George Henry, tailor & draper Summers Isaac, grocer l::imith J ames, nurseryman

Lovell Tom, commercial hotel Talbot George, White Hart P.ll Talbot John, beer retailer

Lusensky Frederick Wise, hair dresser Taylor James, teacher of music Thatcher Brothers, brewers, Welton

Mackreth Frederick Geo. watch maker Taylor William James, haulier
Thatcher Alfred Allan, solicitor & com- Old brewery
Maggs John, tailor
Maggs Theophilus, tailor & deputy missioner for oaths ; & at Backhall Thatcher George Henry, brewer &
maltster, North brewery
registrar of births & deaths, Midsomer chambers, Baldwin street, Bristol
Towill Thomas, cattle dealer
Norton sub-district Tovey Benjamin, builder
Young Sarah (Mrs.), shopkeeper
Market Hall Co. (George Carter, sec) Tovey John, builder

Mattick Edmund, saddler & harness ma Tovey William, builder &c Clapton.

Mattick Walter Edmund, saddler Tucker Enos, boot maker

Mead Mary (Mrs.), greengrocer Turner, Canning & Rede, architects & Batt Thomas, sen

Melhnish Thomas, jun. registrar of surveyors Batt Richard, farmer

births, deaths & marriages, Midsomer Vigis Lewis, chemist & druggist Batt Thomas, jun. farmer

sub-district, Chitton union Waugh & Pollard, surgeons l<'ry Daniel, farmer

Melliar Elsie (Mrs.), fancy repository White William, baker Goulding James A. beer retailer

Melliar Florence (Miss), dress maker Wise William, grocer & brewer, Post Harding Richard, farmer

MidsomerNorton SteamBrick&TileWrks office, Hole-in-the-Wall brewery Moon George, pig dealer

MILBORNE PORT is a town and parish, bordering of Exeter College, Oxford. The Wesleyan chapel, erected

on the vale of Blackmore, bounded at two places by the in 1866, at a cost of £2,732, is a building of native and Bath
county of Dorset, with a station on the main line of the stone, in the Decorated and Perpendicular styles, and has a
London and South Western railway a mile and a half north turret: on the north is a Sunday school : the chapel will

from the town, 3 east from Sherborne, 8 south-west from Win- seat 480 people. There is a Congregational chapel, with 450
canton and 115 from London, in the Eastern division of the sittings. The Guildhall is an ancient building of stone, with
county, Horet.horne hundred, Wincanton union, county court a doorway of very early date : there are also the remains of an
district and petty sessional division, Milborne Port district ancient cross. The town has two large factories for making
of the rural deanery of Merston, archdeaconry of Wells and leather gloves and for leather dressing, which is its staple

diocese of Bath and Wells: it contains the tithing of KINGS- trade. Victoria Hall, a building of stone, erected in 1887 by
BURY REGIS, and the hamlet of MILBORNE WICK, and is S. Dyke esq. is let for public meetings, and will seat 400

watered by a rivulet rising at Bradley Head, 2 miles north- persons. 'fhere is a small free museum. Near the railway
west. This was formerly a market town, and there are still station is an ancient camp, defended by earthworks. Fairs

nine capital bailiffs, two of whom preside annually at a are held on the sth of June and the 28th of October.

court-leet held in October, and appoint two deputies or sub- Prankard's Charity consists of £6 a year, derived from rents

bailiffs. The town returned two members to Parliament and fixed annual payments, and is distributed in money ;

from the 26th to the 35th of Edward I. (12g8-13o6-7); from Horsey's gift of £sex> Consols produces about £15 a year for

this date to the reign of Charles I. this privilege was allowed food and clothing for the poor ; the Commonalty Charity

to lapse, but the representation was restored in the third amounts to about £s6 yearly, derived from land and house

year of that monarch (1627-8) and continued until the final property, and is also distributed in money. Ven House is a
disfranchisement of the borough by the Reform Act of 1832. plain building of red brick, beautifully situated at the east
The church of St. John the Evangelist is a cruciform edifice end of the town, encompassed with lawn, and is the residence
of local stone, with Hamhill stone dressings, in the Norman of Sir Edward Bradford Medlycott hart. J.P. who is lord of
and Perpendicular styles, and consists of chancel with vestry the manor and chief landowner. The soil, which varies, is

and chancel aisle containing organ, nave of five bays, north limestone, sand and clay. The area is 3,223 acres; rateable

aisle, transepts and a central embattled tower, with pin- value, £7,910; the population in 1881 was 1,877.
nacles, and containing 8 bells: the tower (restored in 1846) The hamlet of MrLBORNE WICK, situated a mile and a
is supported by massive Norman piers and arches, but the half north-west, consists of three farm houses and a few
upper stage is Perpendicular: the south doorway is also a labourers' cottages.

fine example of Early Norman work, with toothed moulding: Parish Clerk, Joseph Hyde.
the chancel is divided from the nave by an ancient carved PosT, M. 0. &T. 0., S. B. & Annuity & Insurance Office.-
oak screen of Perpendicular date: there are several stained Miss .Ann Sarah Gilbert Blandford,postmist. Letters arrive
windows; the west window, inserted by subscription, at a from Sherborne(Dorset)& are delivered at 8.15 a. m. & 2.15

cost of £3ex>, exhibits scenes from the early life of Our p.m. on week days & 9.3oa.m. on sundays; dispatched at

Saviour: the pulpit and chancel stalls are of oak : the roof, 10.45 a. m. & 6.15 p.m. on week days ; sundays at 2 p.m
of pitch pine, with carved ·corbel heads, was fixed at the WALL LETTER Box, in Sherborne street, cleared at 6 p.m.
restoration in 186g, when the whole of the edifice, except the on week days & 1.50 p.m. on sundays
chancel and tower, was rebuilt, at a cost of £3,000, raised by INsURANCE AGENTS. -Northern .Assurance & West of
subscriptions : the church is seated with open benches for 500 England Fire & Life, E. W. Lemon
persons. The register dates from the year 1538. The living PuBLIC EsTABLil'HMENTS : -
is a vicarage, average tithe rent-charge £183, gross yearly Guildhall, Commonalty stewards, proprietors
value £210, with residence and about one acre and a half of Museum, Joseph Hyde, keeper

glebe, in the gift of Sir Edward Bradford Medlycott bart. Police Station, John Williams, serge.ant

and held since 1883 by the Rev. William John Birkbeck M. A. . Victoria Hall, North street, S. Dyke, proprietor

. '. [KELLY's

284 MILBORNE PORT. SOMERSETSHIRE.

PuBLIC OFFICERS:- town in 1864, at a cost of £2,000, in the Tudor style, of

Medical Officer &Public Vaccinator, Milborne Port District, nati\·e stone, with forest marble plinths & Bath stone

· Wincanton Union, Jn. Empson L.K.Q.C.P.Irel. Sansoms hl windows & dressings; on the north side is a small tower

' Deputy' Registrar of Births & Deaths, Milbome Port Sub· with spire containing a large clock ; a fine arcade adorns

district, Wincanton Union, & Assistant Overseer, Joseph the south front; the schools will bold about 250 scholars;

· Hyde average attendance, 74 boys, 6o girls & SI infants; John

Registrar of Marriages, Reuben John Raymond, Gains- Carter, master; Mrs. Harriet Carter, mistress

borough; deputy, Samuel Cook British (mixed), for 120 children; average attendance, 70;

ScHOOLS:- Frank Raymond, master; Miss LucyDyke, infants' mist
National (mixed & infants), erected at the west end of the I Railway Station, Arthur Wellington Edwards, station mastr

£Lettersshouldhavea.dded.Sherborne,Dorst.] Coombes George, jun. baker, High st Newport Samuel, plasterer

PRIVATE RESIDENTS. Coombes William, baker, High street Parsons & Trott, painters, Sansom'shill

Artbur Rev. Eli Atkin [Congregational] Corry John, horse trainer, Gainsboro' Parsons Jn. boot & shoe maker, High st

Birkbeck Rev. Wm. John M.A. [vicar] Curme Rosa(Miss),ladies' school, East st Pitman Edwin, paper box ma. South st

Carter John, East street Davis Frederick, thatcher, New town Pitman George, carpenter, North street

Costello Joseph John, High street Dyke Silas & Sons, leather glove manu· Police Station (John Williams,sergeant)

Dyke George, Sunnyside faeturers, North street Raymond Reuben John, registrar of

Dyke Henry Silas, Limerick house Empso:t John L.K.Q.C.P.Irel., L.M., marriages, Gaiusborough

Dyke Silas, Northton house L.R.C.S.Irel. surgeon & physician Reynolds Alfred, auctioneer& surveyor,

Empson John, Sansom's hill (firm, Williams & Empson), medical Gainshorough

Ensor Edward John, Kingsbury officer & public vaccinator, Milborne Scallon & White, surgeons, High st

Ensor Francis Avory, Cross ho. North st Port district, Wincanton union, San- Shingleton David, farmer, Lower Kings.

Ensor Robert H. Knapp house som's hill bury
IMartin John Eavan Hamilton, Brook cot turers, North street
Griffin Misses, East Street villa Ensor Thomas & Sons, glove manufac- Smith Tom, wheelwright, Kingsbury

Smith Wm.Harper, ironmonger,High st

Meaden ·waiter Frederick, South street Ensor Edward John, chronological chart Somerset Trading Co. coal & corn mer-

Medlycott Sir Edward Bradford bart. author, Kingsbury chants (Jas. Sweet, branch manager),

J.P. Ven house Ford Thomas, iroumouger &c. High st Railway station

MiluerRev.Edwd.[Wesleyan],TheManse Fudge James, shopkeeper, Cold harbour Stone Henry, tailor, Gunville cottage

Monro Hector Edmond J.P. Bazzleways Guil~hall (Commonalty stewards, pro- I Stone T~omas, ~armer, K~ngsbury

Weare James, Northmoor cottage pr1etors) . · Stuckey s Bankmg Co. H1gh st. ; draw

V\'hite Cresswell :FitzherbertM.B.High st ·Guppy Edward, shoe maker, Gunvllle on Robarts,Lubbock & Co. London EO

. · COMMERCIAL. Guppy James, cattle dealer, Gunville Taylor John Charles, butcher, High st
Harris Ann(Mrs. ),beer retailer,North st Thorne John, shopkeeper, Newtown
.Abbott Charles, Gainsborough Arms Hine William, blacksmith, Sansom's hill 'fbring Joseph Green,draper, High st

P. H. Gainsborongh Hiscock R. Y.&Son,frmrs.MilborneWick Thring Robert Hatcher,draper & grocer,

.Abbott LaYina (Mrs.), shopkeeper, Ros- Hyde Joseph, deputy registrar of births & agent for W. & A. Gilbey, wine &

mary street & deaths, Milborne Port sub-district, spirit merchants, London street

Andrews Fredk.King'sHead P.H.Higb st ·wincanton union, &assistant overseer TizzardGeorge,Queen'sHead P.H.East st

Andrews Wm.road contractr.Gainsboro' Jackson John, butcher, Gainsborough Trott Levi,,painter, see Parsons & Trott

Ash William, dairyman, Kingsbury LemonEdward Walhs, solicitor, Highst Trott Wm. shopkeeper, Gainsborough

Brown Edwin, saddler, South street Luffman Bros.millers (water),Kingsbry Victoria Hall (S. Dyke, proprietor),
.Bugg Waiter, farmer, Newtown Milborne Port Co-operative & Industrial North street

.Bugler Joshua, blacksmith, Gunville Society Limited, Cold harbour WadmanHy.Jn.farmer,CanonCourt frm

.Burgess Augustus,shopkeeper,Newtown Milborne Port Gas Co. Limited (Joseph, Weare Charles, watch ma. Sherborne st

Busby FrankRumsey,linen drpr.High st Hyde, sec) White Cresswell Fitzherbert M.B., C.M.

Collard William, cattle dealer Miller Harry, farmer, Milborne Wick surg. (firm, Scallon & White),High st

(Jook Sml.deputy registrar of marriages Moore William, beer retailer, West hill Williams & Empson, physicians & sur·

Coombes George, dairyman, Gainsboro' Museum (Joseph Hyde, keeper) geons, ~ansom's hill

MILTON CLEVEDON is a village and parish on the Magdalen College, Oxford, has been curate in charge since

Bruton and Shepton Mallet turnpike road, 2 miles north- 1879, and resides at the vicarage. The charities are of £17
west from Bruton station on the Great Western railway, 4 yearly value. The Earl of Ilchester P.C. who is lord of the
:north-east from Castle Cary, in the Eastern division of the manor, and Mr. Roland Charles Creed and Miss Creed are
county, Bruton hundred, Shepton Mallet petty sessional the chief landowners. The soil is clayey in parts and sandy
division and union, Wells county court district, Bruton dis- in parts; the subsoil is clay and sandstone. The chief crops
trict of the rural deanery and archdeaconry of Taunton are grass in the vale; on the bill, the usual four-course
and diocese of Bath and Wells. The church of St. James is arable system is carried on. The area is 1,221 acres; rate-
an ancient building of stone in the Perpendicular style, able value, £2,062; the population in 1881 was 171.
eonsisting of chancel, nave of four bays, north aisle, south Parish Clerk, Mark Field.

porch and an embattled western tower with pinnacles, con- Letters received through Bath arrive at 7.15 a.m. via Ever·
taining s bells : the church was thoroughly restored and the creech, except Henly Grove & Greenscombe, which are
aisle erected in 1865: there are sittings for 140 persons. received through Bruton. The nearest money order
The register dates from the year 1595· but portions are offices are at Evercreech & Bruton; Bruton is the nearest
wanting from 1630 to 1672. The living is a vicarage, aver- telegraph office
age tithe rent·charge £170, gross yearly value £28o, includ-
ing6s acres of glebe, with house, in the gift of the Earl of WALL BoXEs cleared at 7 & 7.10 p.m. week days & 12.30 &
illchester, and held since 1853 by the Rev. Sydney George 12-40 p.m. sundays

.Selwyn M.A. formerly fellow of New College, Oxford; the Xational School (mixed) erected in 1876, for 50 children;
Rev. Frederick William Weaver M.A. formerly Demy of average attendance, 25 ; Miss Mary Boo!, mistress

Creed Mrs. Henley grove Chamberlain George,Ilchester Arms P.H Phippin Lucy (Mrs.), farmer

Weaver Rev. Frederick William M. A. Creed Roland Charles & Keturah (Miss), Squibb lieorge, farmer, Greenscombe

[curate in charge], Vicarage farmers & landowners, Henley grove Welch George, farmer, Redlands

<Cannon Henry, farmer, Milton farm Hurst George, mason

MILVERTON, a large parish and formerly a market the oak bench ends exhibit a profusion of excellent carving;

town, situated on the road from Taunton to Wiveliscombe, the extension of the north aisle forms an organ chamber,
has a station on the Devon and Somerset branch of the and at the west end of each are galleries : the font is Nor-
Great Western railway, 154 miles from London, 3~ north , man :the chancel and other windows are stained: there are
from Wellington and 7 west from Taunton, in the Western sittings for 8oo persons. The register dates from the year
division of the .::ounty, hundred of Milverton, Wiveliscombe 1538. The living is a vicarage, gross yearly value £420,
petty sessional divisiun, Wellington union' and Taunton with residence, in the gift of the Archdeacon of Taunton,
eounty court district, Wellington district of the rural deanery and held since 1888 by the R.ev. Charles Fane De Salis M:. A.
of Taunton, archdeaconry of Taunton and diocese of Bath of Exeter College, Oxford. The vicarage, an ancient stl'uc-
and Wells. The parish is intersected by a tributary of the ture, and formerly a country residence of Cardinal Wolsey,
river Tone. 'fhe church of St. Michael, erected on the site was restored in 1883 and transferred with the glebe to the
of a more ancient structure, was restored in 1850, and is a church. Here are Congregational and Wesleyan chapels,
building of red sandstone, in the Perpendicular style, con- each seating about xso persons. The charities consist of
.sisting of chancel, nave of four bays, aisles extending east- £300 bequeathed by Mary Lamb, increased by subsequent
-ward beyond the naye, south porch and a plain western investments to £948 and applied by the School Board to
tower of much earlier date, containing a clock and 6 bells : the education of 20 poor boys and 20 poor girls ; £1,500

JDlRECTORY. SO.M~ERSETSHIRE. -MILVERTOY •Js-
•
-;)

bequeathed in 1839 by l\Ir8. Betty Morgan to trustees, for INSURANCE AGENTS:- •

establishing a Sunday evening lecture ; the vicar being the Alliance Fire, J. S. Alien, The Bank

lecturer; Aishcombe's charity of £4o yearly, for aged poor; British Law Fire, A. R. Payne

Pawlett's of £36, divided among such poor persons as have Northern, J. W. Hunt

not received parish relief ; and other sums, amounting to Royal Exchange, A. R. Payne

about £15 yearly, for similar purposes. Bindon, the estate Sun l<'ire, R. Bere

of Charles Lamport esq. J.P. is partly within this parish, but County Police Station, Sergeant Christian Dewey

the house is in the adjoining parish of Langford Budville. PUBLIC OFFICERS : -

About 1:847 an urn containing a quantity of Roman coins was Clerk to the Commissioners of Taxes for Bishops Lydeard

discovered here, these belonged to the reigns of Faustina, Division, Alexander Richard Payne

A.D. I25-I75; Julian, 360-3; Valentinian I. Valens and Deputy Coroner for West Division of Somerset, George

Valentinian II. 364-97; Theodosius Maximus, 379-95; and Cordwent M.D

Arcadins, 395-408. The Queen is lady of the manor. The Deputy Registrar of Births & Deaths, Thomas Harris,

principal landowners are Lord Ashburton, William Ayshford Milverton

Sanford esq. D.L., J.P. of Nynehead Court, Thomas P. Medical Officer of Health, Wellington Rural &Wiveliscombe
Broadmead esq. James Bucknell Broadmead esq. B.A. of 27 Urban Sanitary Districts & Public Vaccinator No. 5

Warwick square, London s w, and the trustees of the late Distriet, Wellington Union, Charles Randolph L.R.C.P.Edin.

John P. Spurway esq. The soil is loamy, and the subsoil St. Michael's house

various, being a mixture of clay, sand and lime rock. The Medical Officer, No. 5 District, Wellington Union, Henry

chief crops are wheat, barley and oats. The area is 5,038 Weech Randolph, St. Michael's house

acres; rateable value,£8,7o2; the population in I881was :~:,695. Registrar of Births & Deaths, Milverton Sub-district &

PRESTON BowYER, I mile north-east ; HouNDS MooR a Relieving & Vaccination Officer, Wiveliscombe District,

quarter of a mile south-east, and ScREEDHAY, 2! miles Wellington Union, Frederick Flood

south-west from the church, are hamlets here. Steward of Her Majesty's Borough of Milverton, A.R. Payne

On March 25, 1884, a portion of the parish of Hillfarrance SCHOOLS:-

was for civil purposes amalgamated with this parish. A School Board of 5 members was formed June 23, :~:871;

PosT, M. 0. & T. 0., S. B. & Insurance & Annuity Office. 'l'homas Harris, clerk to the board; Frederick Daveridge,

(Railway Sub-Office. Letters should have R.S.O. Somer- Milverton, attendance officer

set added).-James Slade Allen, sub-postmaster. Letters Board Schools, erected, with master's house, about 1:835 &.

arrive by railat4.39 a.m. &2.10p.m.; dispatched at 8.25 greatly enlarged in 1:872, for 150 boys, 70 girls & 70 in-

p.m. & 12.35 p.m. Deliveries commence, week days 7 fants ; average attendance, 68 boys, sr girls & 59 infants ;

a.m. & 2.20 p.m.; sundays 7 a.m. only Albert Purnell, master; Miss Elvira Saunders, mistress;

WALL LETTER BoxEs, Preston Bowyer, cleared at 6.50 p.m. Miss M. S. Dawe, infants' mistress

week days only, & Hounds moor at 7.20 p.m Railway Station, Harry Sansom, station master

PRIVATE RESIDENTS. Bere Richard (firm, R. Bere & Son), *Hill Edward, farmer, Hele farm

[Names marked • should be addrti!Bed solicitor & commissioner, clerk t.othe *Hill Sidney, farmer, Hellings farm
Wiveliscombe R.S.O.] ·wiveliscombe school board, chairman Hopkins John Perrin, draper

Allen J ames Slade (organist to St. & treasurer to Milverton school board Hunt J obn William, agricultural im-
Michael & All Angels)
& clerk to Lhe governors of the Dyke plement, oil cake, manure & gen. agnt
Bere John Henry, The Lodge
exhibition foundation; &at Dulverton Irish Henry, farmer. Ridge farm

Bere Richard, The Lodge Berryman Robert, plumber &grazier Kidner Joseph, farmer, Blagro\·e farm

Berry-Torr Mrs. Rock house Bicknell Fredk. see White Hart hotel Kidner Samuel, farmer, Bickley farm

Bond James Henry, Milverton court Biss Thomas, tinman King J ames,blacksmith,PrestonBowyer

Bond Mrs Burnell Chas. George inn, & fly propr King Thomas, blacksmith

Brennand William, The Fort Braddick William, manager gas works Langdon Thomas, butcher

Broadmead Miss, Olands house Carpenter Charles, farmer, Uobhay Lock Fred, baker

Bussell Mrs Carpenter James, farmer, Week moor Milverton Gas & Light & Coke Co.

Carter Miss Carpenter Jas. jun. butcher & farmer (Alexander R. Payne, sec.; William

Cordwent George lii.D Clarke William, farmer, Farthings Braddick, manager)

Cripper Rev. George [Congregational] *Cole John, farmer, Hagley bridge Norman Henry, boot maker

Davis Mrs *Coles John, farmer, Poles bill Payne Alexander Richard, solicitor,

De Salis Rev. Chas. Fane M.A. Vicarage Collard Joseph, veterinary surgeon perpetual commissioner & commis-

Edwards John Cordwent George M.D. surgeon,& deputy sioner for oaths, clerk to magistrates

Flood Mrs coroner for West division of Somerset for the Bishop's Lydeard division &

Fouracre Mrs Corner H. & A. builders cleJ:"k to commissioners of land,

Freke ldrs Cross William, coal merchant &c assessed & properly taxes for Bishops

Greed John, Spring gardens Culverwell William, saddler Lydeard division, sec. to the ~Iilver-

Harris Thomas Davey William, farmer, Leigh ton Gas Light & Coke Co. & steward

Hines Rev. Wm. Horace[Congregational] Davis Harriett (Mrs.), farmer, Preston of Her Majesty's manor of Milverton

Kidner John *Davys Morgan, farmer, Spears Podberry Charles, farmer, Dolwell &

Miles Mrs Dommett James, Globe inn Pool farms

Oliver Mrs Dyte & Son, chair makers Poole Albert Chamber-5, carpenter &c

-Pavne Alexander Richard, The Elms Dyte James, tailor Poole Waiter, carpenter
Dyte Elizabeth (Mrs.), carrier Pratt Elizabeth (Mrs.), farmer, Antons
Peake Mrs. Thorne's house

Pearss Miss Ewens John, miller (water) j Pulsford Charles, Lion inn

Petheram Mrs Flood Frederick, registrar of births & Randolph Henry Weech &Son,surgeons,

Phillips Thomas William deaths for Milverton sub-district & St. Michael's house

Randolph Charles, St. Micbael's house relie\·ing officer, Wiveliscombe district Saunders Thomas, wheelwright

Randolph HenryWeech,St.Michael's ho & vaccination officer for Milverton & Shattock Levi, carpenter

Reid PatrickVansAgnew J.P. Spring gro Wiveliscombe dist. Wellington union Sheppard Robt.Wm. farmer& landowner

Taplin Thomas Knutton, Mount house Fouracre Robert, farmer, Hounds moor Smith Edward, chimney sweeper

Thomas Mrs Fouracre Charles, baker SnowMark,marine store dlr.Hill commn

Thwaytes Mrs Fouracre George, shopkeeper Stephens Robert, miller (water)

Warren Charles Henry Fouracre John, farmer Stevens Thomas, farmer, Luckham

Wates Percy J. The Nook French George William, ironmonger Stone James, blacksmith, Hounds mo;)r

Young The Misses Gamlin George, blacksmith & shop- Stone James, farmer, Hill farm

Alie•n COllll\IERCJAL. keeper, Screedhay · Stuckey's Banking Co. (agency) (James
James Slade, manager Slade Alien, manager); draw on
Stuckey's Goodland Charles & Sons, coal, lime,

Bank, & post office salt & brick merchants, Station yard Robarts, Lubbock & Co. London

Andrews Brothers, builders & at Bishops LydeardR.S.O. & Wive- Talbot James, farmer, Baghay

Andrews Robert, builder liscombe; head office, Taunton Thomas Mary (Miss), market gardener

Arscott Robert, butcher & cattle dealer GoodmanAugustusE.J.wtch.ma.Forest Thomas William .t Co. coal & manure

Ash ·william, farmer, Hounds moor Grant William, chair maker merchants &lime burners, Station yd

Baker William, blacksmith Harding James, baker Timewell Charles, carrier

llennett Wm. farmer, Preston Bowyer Harper Mark, tailor Tucker William, baker

llere R.&Son,solicitors & commissioners Harris Thomas, clerk to the school Vickery Sarah (Mrs.), stone mason

for oaths board & deputy registrar of births WarrenJames,farmer,Higher Lovelinch

llere John Henry(firm of R.Bere & Son), & deaths ,,.bite Hart first-class family, com-

-w-.solicitor & commissioner, clerk to the Hawkins Robert, jun. butcher mercial & agricultural hotel (Fredk.
Bicknell, proprietor), wine, spirit &
magistrates Dulverton division; & at Heale Ernest S. grocer, & agent for
& A. Gilbey, wine & spirit merchants J cigar merchant &refreshmnt.contrctr
Dulverton

286 MINEHEAD. • (KELLY'S

SO~iERSETSHIRE.

MINEHEAD is a seaport, market town and parish, 'almshouses. The Cow ·charity, producing £10 yearly, is

lying on the southern shore of the Bristol channel, situated ! distributed in clothing and blankets. Elizabeth Pearce's

on the road from Williton to Lynton, in Devon, and termi- charity, being the interest of £soo, and J. F. Dugdale's,

nus of the West Somerset branch of the Great Western rail- being the interest of £400, are distributed to the poor every
way, 25 miles north-west from Taunton, 26 north-west from 24th December. Sullivan's charity, the interest of £100
Bridgwater, 9 north-west from Williton and 2~ north-west I' yearly, is distributed in January. Tanning and currying
from Dunster, in the Western division of the county, union are carried on. Here is a coast-guard station, of which Mr.
and county court district of Williton. hundred of Carhamp- John Mutton is chief officer, with six men. The harbour
ton, Dunster petty sessional division, rural deanery of here is considered one of the best and safest in the Bristol
Dunster, archdeaconry of Taunton and diocese of Bath and channel, but owing to the heavy harbour dues the trade is
Wells : Minehead is divided into threrparts, viz. : Quay much restricted. Between Myne rocks and Greenaleigh, in
Town, Lower Town and Higher Town: the first is the port, a deep glen, are the ruins of a very ancient chapel called

and consists of one long street running by the side of the "Burgundy." The Feathers hotel is a long-established
harbour and sea. The Lower Town contains the principal and well-conducted house. Bratton Court, now occupied as
shops, hotels and the Parade, where there are some good a farm by "\\'illiam Paramore, is an ancient place, and was
residences and lodging houses, and a row of private houses the birthplace and residence of the celebrated lawyer and
called "The Park~." Higher Town includes the church, judge, Henry de Bracton, who died in 1267. George Fownes
the vicarage, with a few shops and other houses. The town Luttrell esq. D.r.., J. P. of Dunster Castle, who is lord of the

has suffered much from tires : on one occasion ninety houses manor, the Earl of Lovelace and the Rt. Hon. Sir Thomas

were burnt and have not been rebuilt. The Parade contains Dyke Acland bart. P.C., D. L., J.P. of Killerton, Devon, are

the Market house, which on Monday, the market day, is the chief landowners. The acreage is 3,991 of land; rate-

opened for the sale of meat and provisions. In 1875 a large able value, £8,349; the population in I88I was 1,774·
hotel and a terrace of lodging houses, commanding a fine 8RATTON, I mile west; PERRYTON, I mile west-south-

view of the sea, were erected near the railway terminus : west; and HrNDON, half a mile west, are hamlet3.
there are several buildings now (1889) being built in the Parish Clerk, William Henry Lewry (acting).
Avenue and in Park street. The town is lighted with gas PosT, M. 0. & T. 0., S. B. & Insurance & Annuity Office.-
by a company, from works situated at Quay Town, and (Railway Sub-Office. Letters should have R.S.O. Somer-
is plentifully supplied with water obtained from the neigh- set added).-Miss Catherine Howe, postmistress. Letters

bouring hills by a company. 'fhe church of St. Michael is arrive at 6.40 a. m. 9.20 a.m. & 3.30 p.m. ; dispatched at
a large edifice of stone in the Perpendicular style, consisting 6.35 a. m. for Allerford, Exford & Porlock only. Mail
of chance!, nave of seven bays, north aisle with eastern to all parts leaves at II a.m. & 5.50 p.m. & during the
chapel, south porch and an embattled western tower, with summer months at 8 p.m.; North mail dispatched at

pinnacles, containing a clock with chimes and 8 bells : there 12.40 p.m
is a monument of a knight in armour, with his feet resting WALL LETTER BoxEs, Quay street, cleared at 5· IS p.m.
on a dog: in the chapel of the north aisle, now used as a week days only; Railway station, at 10.45 a. m. & 5.30 p.m.
vestry room, is an ancient and richly carved communion week days only & Higher Town, at Sp.m. week days only
table: the arch dividing the chancel from the nave is of oak INSURAN<..:E AGENTS : -

finely carved: there is an ancient font enriched with car- British Empire Mutual Life, J. Floyd, Wellington square
ving: in a niche, on the south side of the tower, is a statue & E. Culverwell, Park street
of St. Michael, and there are monuments to the Quirck Edinburgh Life, National Provident & Railway Passengers,

family, I6I3-1724: in I887 the church was thoroughly re- G. Richardson, Stuckey's Bank

stored, new roofed and reseated: it has sittings for soo Hand-in-Hand, E. J. Foy

persons. The registers date from 1548, and record that in Imperial Fire & Life, R. Hole, Park street
I550 the plague raged here, and that fifty persons were Royal Exchange, G. Siderfin
buried in October and twenty-one in November, and that in Union Fire & Life, Edward H. Groves, Lynton house
I645 and I654 the plague again visited the place. The living West of England Fire & Life, J. Phillips
is a vicarage, average tithe rent-charge £168, gross yearly Manor Offices, Parade, Hugh Leslie Courtenay, land agent
value £250, including 20 acres of glebe, with residence, in for G. Fownes Luttrell esq
the gift of George Fownes Luttrell esq. and held since 1832 County Police Station, Abraham Broomfield, sergeant
by the Rev. Alexander Henry Fownes Luttrell B.A. of Pem- PuBLIC OFFICERS : -
broke College, Cambridge. The church of St. Andrew, situ- Collector of Queen's Taxes, Ernest Cox, Selbourne house
ated in Wellington square, and erected in 188o, is a building Customs Officer, Henry Cox
of stone, in the Early English style, consisting of chancel, Chief Officer of Coast Guard, John :Mutton
nave of three bays, north aisle, south porch and a bell-cot Medical Officer & Public Vaccinatcr, Minehead District,
containing 2 bells: the church was erected and endowed en- Williton Union, Thomas James Ollerhead L.R.c.P.Hdin.

tirely at the cost of Charlotte Anne, the late wife of the pre- Hillbnry
sent vicar, d. Oct. 10, I887, to whom the stained east window, MediCal Officer of Health, Minehead District, Williton
erected in 1888, is a memorial: there are 400 sittings. The Union, Thomas Clark L.R.C.P.Edin. Blair
Baptist chapel built in 1832, will seat 200 persons. The Registrar of Births & Deaths & Marriages for Minehead
Wesleyan chapel, built in I877 and enlarged in 1886, has 500 Sub-district, Ernest Cox, Selbourne house; deputy, Geo.
sittings. The 'fown Hall, a handsome building of stone, de- 'farr, Parade
signed by Mr. I. P. St. Aubyn, architect, and erected by a Parochial School (mixed), erected with master's house in
company, was opened in 1889. In the old market place are I866, by H. F. Luttrell esq. at a cost of about £I,ooo,
eleven almshouses, and on a brass plate over the door of for 220 children; aver-age attendance, 210; Edward Arthur

No. 5 is inscribed-" Robert Qnirck, son of James Quirck, Jones, master
built this house, ano. 163o, and doth give into the use of the A new infants' school is now (1889) in course of erection
poore of this parish for e,·er, and for better maintenance, I CONVEYANCE.-Coaches to Porlock three times a week dur-
doe give my two inner sellers at the inner ende of the key, ing the winter months & from the xst May every week
and cursed be that man that shall convert it t'> any other day during the summer months ; to Lynton & Ilfracombe
use than to the use of the poor, 1630. God's providence is every week day during the summer months & once a week
my inheritance.-R. Q." 'fhe founder, by his will dated during the winter

July 4, I_648, gave [200 for the support and repair of the Railway Station, William Bartlett, station master

PRIVATE RESIDENTS. Gould J obn, The Parade Ollerhead Thomas James, Hillbury

Alien Mrs. The Parks Hake James, Higher town Paramore Joseph Rawle, Bampton st

Archer Cecil Radcliffe, Park street Henwood Mrs. The Parks Penn Hemy, Highlands

Barnes Miss, The Parks Hobbs Rev. William Ayres [Baptist], Phillips James, Hampton street

Batting Mrs. Friday street The Parks Phillips John, Charlton ho. Bampton st

Boord Mrs. The Parks Kennedy Jas. Christopher, Elgintower Ponsford Thomas, The Avenue

:Bosanquet Hy.Anstey M.A.,J.P.Clanville King Misses, 'fhe Avenue Rawle Mrs. Mentone villa

Chamberlain Miss, The Parks Langdon James Henry, The Avenue Reylett Miss, Blenheim cottage

Clark Thomas, Blair Leigh Mrs. Blenheim road Richardson George, The Parade

Clarke Joshua, Woodside Leslie Mrs. Hopcot Ridler Thomas J{ent, Blenheim terrace
Coles Mrs. Greenbank villa Lewry William Henry, The Parade Sainsbury Rev: Charles ~f.A. [curate],

Cox Herbert, The Avenue Lomas Thomas, Cleveland The Avenue

Dickinson Misses, The Avenue Luttrell Rev. Alexander Henry Fownes Short Mrs. Tbe Parade

Dobree Samuel J.P. 'fownsend B.A. Vicarage Slade Mrs. Bampton street

Evans William Glyde, The Parade McGill Mrs. Bampton street Sparkt>.s William Henry, The Avenue

Farrant Mrs. Higher town Mackenzie Lady, The Parks Stadden John, The Parks

Gibbs Mrs. The Parks Mayhew Frederick, Blenheim terrace Todd Rev. James Utten M.A. [curate],

Gifford Mrs. The Parks Miles Mrs. The Parks Blenheim terrace

Gilmore Mrs. The Parks Morse John K. The Parks Verren John, The Avenue

DIRECTORY.] SOl\iERSETSHIRE. MISTERTOX. 287

Watson Mrs. The Parks GoughRe11ben, lodging ho. Hampton st · Phillips CharlesJas. tailor, The Avenue

Webber Mrs. Bampton street Graddon James, lodging ho. Prospect ho Ponsford Thomas, lodging house, The

Webster Mrs. Bampton street Graddon John, shoe maker, & lodging Esplanade

Williams Thomas, The Avenue house, Park street PreddyWm.harness maker,The Parade

Winter Mrs. Bampton house Griffith Wm. lodging ho. The Parade Pulsford Henry, ship owner & harbour

Winter William, Bampton street Groves E. & Son, painters, glaziers, master, Quay town

Woodlands Mrs. Reynolds, The Parks paperhangers, carvers, gilders &c.&c. Rawle Edward, farmer, Greenaleigh

COMMERCIAL. Lynton house, The Parks farm; furnished apartments ; situated

Aplin William, confectioner, Friday st HakeJas.Crockford,farmer,Highertown on North hill about 1 mile from Mine-

ArC'her Cecil Radcliffe, manager of :Fox Hamilton Mary (Mrs.) lodging house, head station; commands extensive

Fowler Co.'s Bank, Park street The Avenue views of the Channel,Welsh coast &c.;

Ashton Gate Brewery Co. (stores) (Jn. Hensley John, shoe maker, Tithings et refreshments of all kinds provided for

Rawle Jervis, agent), Bampton street Hill Edmund George, house decorator pleasure parties

Bagley Benjamin Wade, hair dresser & &c. Frog street Rawle Mary Ann (Mrs.), dress maker,

tobacconist, Park street Hill James, blacksmith, Bratton Bampton street

Baker Amelia (Mrs.), straw hat & Hole Hrbrt.Hy. photographr.Friday st. Rawle \Yilliam, carpenter, Middle st

bonnet maker, Higher town Hole Robert, solicitor, Park street Rawle William John, coach builder,

BakerMaryAnn(Mrs.),dress ma. Quay st Hole Sarah (Mrs.), boarding school, Friday street. See advertisement

Batting & Hayward, wholesale & family Bampton street Richards Edwin John, Queen's Head

wine & spirit merchants & mineral Holloway Philip James, grocer & provi- P.H. Frog street

water manufacturers, The Parade sion dealer, Park street Ridler Richard Kent, farmer, Perryton

Beckett Sarah (Mrs.), milliner & fancy Howe Catherine (Miss), fanl'y reposi- Ridler Thomas Kent, timber,coal, lime,

draper, The Parade tory, Park street slate & salt merchant, & shipper of

Boddy John, baker, The Parade Hunt James, shopkeeper, Quay town road metal for macadamized roads,

Bond John, grocer & draper & chemist, Hunt Robert, grocer, Friday street The Quay

& agent for W. & A. Gilbey, wine & James Isaac, lodging ho. The Avenue Shrives Wm. florist, greengrocer,seeds-

spirit merchants, Wellington square James Joseph, shoe maker, Higher twn man & landscape&. market gardener,

Bowden Robert, boot maker, Frog st James Sarah Edbrooke (Mrs.), farmer, The Parade. See advertisement

Brazier Richard, lodging ho. Quay town Higher town Siderfin Geo. & John, curriers, Frog st

Brewer Elizabeth Mary (Miss), lodging Jenkins John, carpenter, Higher town Siderfin John, tanner, The Parade

house, Middle street Jervis A. & J. bakers & confectioners, Slade Jas. pleasure boat owner, Quay st;

.Brice Elizabeth (Mrs.),lodg. ho. TheAven Park street. See advertisement Slade William, shopkeeper, Quay town

Brown George, watch & clock maker & Knight James, shoe maker, Perryton Slade William Vanghan, stone mason &

jeweller, The Parade Knight John, farmer, Hampton street shopkeeper. Higher town

BumettJn. Read.grcr.&drpr.Quay town Langdon Jas. Hy, builder, The Avenue Smith Hy. Queen's Head P.H.Quaytwn

Burnett Thos.master mariner,Quay twn LewisRobt.mastr mariner,Blenheim cot Smith James, mason, Frog street

Butcher Samuel, baker, Frog street Manor Offices (Hugh Leslie Courtenay, Sparkes William Henry, blacksmith,

Capron Mark Frederick, mechanical & agent), The Parade Middle street

sanitary engineer, gasfitter, heating Marks Elias, cabinet maker &. uphol- Staddon Wm. cabinet maker, Friday st

apparatus maker. machinist &general sterer, Blenheim road Stoate Ernest, lodging house, Friday st

smith, Frog street Marley John B. watch maker, Park st Stoate John, farmer & posting house,

Chamberlain Emma (Miss), ladies' Martin William, grocer, Quay town Bampton street

school, The Parks Mason Robert, shoe maker, Bampton st Stuckey's Banking Co. (George Richard-
Clark Thomas L.R.C.P. Edin. p~y­ Mason William, wheelwright, Middle st son, cashier), The Parade; draw on

sician & surgeon, & medical officer of Merrick Francis, farmer, Wydon Robarts, Lubbock & Co. London

health, Minehead district, Williton Minehead & West Somerset .Advertiser Supply Stores (The) (William Henry

union, Blair & Visitors' List (Cox Bros.publishers), Whittington, manager), grocers &

Cox: Ernest, registrar of births, deaths published tuesday during the summer provision dealers, Park street

& marriages for Minehead sub-dis- months only, Park street Tarr George, china dealer & deputy

trict, Williton union ; collector of Minehead Cricket Club (ErnestCox,sec) registrar of births,deaths & marriages

Queen's taxes ; sec. to Minehead Minehead Gas Light & Coke Co. (Wm. for :Minehead sub-district, Williton

Water Works Co. Limited & sec. of Badger, manager), The Quay union, The Parade

Minehead & District Starr-Bowkett Minehead Lawn Tennis Club (H. 0. Thomas William, butcher, Friday st

Building Society, Selbourne house Brown, sec) Thristle Thomas, :Feathers family &

Cox Samuel, bookseller, printer, Minehead &West of Somerset Golf Club commercial hotel & posting house ;

stationer, & circulating library, Mine- (Thos. Clark esq. L.R.C.P.E. sec. ; carriages to meet every train ; ·The

head bazaar, Park street G. F. Luttrell esq. J.P., D.L. pres) Parade

Crocker Hy. Red Lion P.H. Quay town Moore Henry, florist, Park street Trebble Robert, painter, plumber &

Crockford James, ship owner, Quay Newton Henry, hair dresser, Friday st glazier, Hampton st

Cude Harriet (Mrs.), refreshment Ollerhead Thomas James L.R.C.P.Edin. Treweeke & Son, drapers, Park street

rooms, Bampton street physician & surgeon,& medical officer Tucker George, commission agent,

Cnlverwell Ebenezer, chemist, Park st & public vaccinator, Minebead dis- Higher town

Edwards Hy. boot maker, Bampton st trict, Williton union, Hillbury Vellacott Richard, farmer, Hindon

Edwards Thomas, cam1an, Bampton st Palmer & Tarr, ironmongers, Wel- Wedlake Alfred, ship owner, Quay twn

Edwards Thotnas Hall, lodging house, lington square West Somerset Free Press (Cox: Bros.

Blenheim terrace Parade Refreshment Rooms (The) (Mrs. publishers); published fri. for sat.;

Ellis Robt. fishmonger, The Market ho Hooker, proprietress), adjoining the branch offices, Park st. See advert

Farrow Isabella F. (Miss), organist of Town hall Williams .Albert Pincombe, farmer,

St. Michael's &St. Andrew·s churches Paramore William, farmer, Bratton et Church farm; teas, luncheons, milk,

&. teacher of the organ, pianoforte, Parminter Albert E. tailor, Park street cream & other refreshments for

singing & harmony, Primrose cottage Passmore ·william, shopkeeper, Frog st visitors

Floydlsaac,draper,milliner &c. Friday st Pearse John, farmer, Moor farm Williams Christopher (Mrs.) lodging

Fox l<'owler Co. bankers (Cecil Rad- Phillips James & Son, auctioneers, ap- house, Blenheim terrace

cliffe Archer, manager), Park street; praisers, millers (steam & water), & Willis .Andrew, harness maker, Park st

draw on Barclay, Bevan & Co. corn & seed & manure mers. & \Villis William, butcher, Park street

London EC farmers, Town mill ; cattle sales held Wonson Frederick J. Beach hotel

l''oy Edwin John, ironmonger, Park st. xst tues. in every month at Pixton, Wood George, farmer, Woodcombe

& furniture dealer, Hampton street Dulverton stat.&3rd mon.atMinehead Woolcott George, tailor, The Parade

MISTERTON is a village and parish, situated on the which are free. The register dates from 1558, Crewkerne

river Axe, on the road from Crewkeme to Beaminster and is being the mother church. The living is a vicarage, tithe

on the border of Dorsetshire, half a mile south-east from rent-charge £71, net yearly value £198, including 62 acres
Crewkerne station on the main line of the London and South of glebe, with house, in the gift of the Dean and Chapter of

·western railway, in the Southern division of the count.y, Winchester, and held since x88o by the Rev. Edwin
hundred, petty sessional division and county court district Stapleton Edwards. Here is a Baptist mission chapel.

of Crewkerne, union of Beaminster, district and rural deanery Owsley's charity of £43 yearly, derived from land, is for
of Crewkerne, archdeaconry of Taunton and diocese of Bath the poor of the parish, and is distributed by the church-

and Wells. A tributary of the l'arrett here divides the wardens in money at intervals of six months. Earl Poulett,
counties of Dorset and Somerset for a short distance. The who is lord of the manor, Viscount Portman, Henry William

church of St. Leonard is a plain building of stone, consisting Hoskins esq. H.A., J.P. of North Perrott Manor and J. J. and

of chancel, nave, south porch and a we8tem turret con- G. Poole esqs. are chief landowners. The soil is stony;

taining 2 bells: there are sittings for 270 persons, 213 of subsoil, the same; and the farms chiefly consist of pasture

288 MISTERTON. SO~IERSETSHIRE. (KEL,LY'S

lands. The area is :r,4:r7 acres; rateable value, [2,808 :r7s. ; patch on sundays. Crewkerne railway station is the

the population in :r88:r was 670. nearest telegraph office

Sexton, John Sibley. INSURANCE AGENTs.-West of England Fire & Life, H.

PosT & M. 0. 0., S. B. & Annuity & Insurance Office.-Geo. Parsons & Son

Vardy, receiver. Letters arrive from Crewkeme at 8.30 National School( mixed),erected in 1874, to hold 16o children ;

a.m. ; dispatched at 4·35 p.m. ; neither arrival nor dis- average attendance, 115; Mr. Chas. Jsph. Tomkins, mast

PRIVATE RESIDENTS. Sparks William Blencowe, The Lodge ] Newbery Ellen (Mrs.), farmer

Dark Mrs Traves Mrs. Rose cottage Newbery William, farmer

EdwardsRev.Edwin Stapleton,Vicarage Tuck John Newman Susan (Mrs.), Swan inn

Fisher CorneliliB, Misterton villas Webby Thomas, Hazel cottage Osborne Arthur, coal dealer

Hann Henry Slade Osborne Joseph, farmer

Hitchcock James COMMERCIAL. Pain Frederick John, baker & grocer

Holt Mrs Bowditch John, Globe inn Parsons Henry, farmer, land agent <%

Hughes Charles John Dawe George, wheelwright steward, Manor house

Johnson Mrs. Manor cottage Dawe Philip, blacksmith Rendell Robert, farmer, Wellspring

Leake Richard Francis Dyer James Kiddle, accountant Summerhayes Charles, beer retailer

Old Miss Hawker John, thatcher Summers William, shoe maker

Parsons Henry, Manor house Higgins Mary Frances (Mrs.), farmer Symes Eli, grocer & butcher

Rendell Mrs. The Laurels Ireland John, farmer Taylor William, shopkeeper

Rodeo Frederick William Lawrence Robt.farmer & miller (water) Vardy George, grocer, & post office

MONKSILVER is a village and parish, situated on t.he Canons of Windsor, and held since 1869 by the Rev. William

road from Minehead to Taunton, 2~ miles west from Sto- Thomas Pearse Meade-King M.A. of Trinity College, Cam-
gumber station and 4 south-south-west from Williton station bridge. Marwood Notley esq. of Combe Sydenham, Stogum-

on the West Somerset branch of the Great Western railway, ber, is lord of the manor and principal landowner. The soil
7 north from Wiveliscombe and :r3 north-west from Taun- is a sandy loam ; subsoil, mar!, and produces excellent
ton, in the Western division of the county, hundred of crops of wheat, barley, oats, mangolds, potatoes and turnips.
Williton and Freemanors, Williton petty sessional division, The acreage of the parish is :r,oo6; rateable value, £1,262.;
union and county court district, Wiveliscombe district of the population in 1881 was 264.
the rural deanery of Taunton, archdeaconry of Taunton and On March 25, 1884, a detached part of this parish, known
diocese of Bath and Wells. The church of All Saints is a as Doniford, was amalgamated witb. Old Cleeve.
small edifice, in the Perpendicular style, consisting of chan- Sexton, Samuel Moore.

eel, nave of four bays, south aisle, south porch and an em- PosT 0FFICE.-Richard Sully, sub-postmaster. Letters

battled western tower containing 5 bells : a handsome arrive from Taunton adteli7v.e2r0y a.m. ; dispatched antea5r.e2s5t
p.m.; no collection or on sundays. The
churchyard cross, :r2 feet in height, has been erected by sub-

scription, as a memorial to the Rev. W. F. Chilcott, late money order & telegraph office is at Stogumber
rector; and a clock, given by Miss Gatchell, in memory of
her brother, Mr. J. Gatchell: the church was restored in WALL LETTER Box, Woodford, cleared at 5.10 p.m. week

1874, and has sittings for 120 persons. The register dates days only
from the year 1620. The living is a rectory, average tithe National School (mixed), erected in 1846 & enlarged in 1870,
rent-charge £176, gross yearly value £252, including 321 for 6o children; average attendance, 44 ; Arthur Laycock,
acres of glebe, with residence, in the gift of the Dean and master

Bailey Mrs 1Hawkins Chas. farmer & cattle dealer IMason Richard, boot & shoe maker
SHeppard Simon, farmer
Cox James Ford 1 Hill Ann (Mrs.), shopkeeper Shorney Egerton John, farmer
Sully Richard, wheelwright
Meade-King Rev. William Thomas Hole Charles, carpenter
Ware John, Notley Arms inn
Pearse M.A. Rectory Hole Frederick, shopkeeper

COMMERCIAL. Hole John, blacksmith

Applin James, road contractor Lovell Jesse, boot & shoe maker

MONKTON COMBE {or CoMBE MONKTON), is a chapel. There are some remains here of a Roman settlement.

parish and village, bounded on the soutb. and. east by t.he On Combe Down are the largest stone quarries in the neigh-

county of Wilts, 3i miles south-east from Bath, and :r mile bourhood; and the stone obtained is sent under the name of

west from Limpley Stoke station on the Wilts and Somerset Bath stone to different parts of the kingdom. Frederick

branch of the Great Western railway, in the Frome division Vaughan-Jenkins esq. of Combe Grove, who is lord of the

of the county, eastern division of the hundred of Bath Forum, manor, and the trustees of the late Rev. Dr. Parfitt are chief

Weston petty sessional division, county 1.:ourt district and I landowners. The soil is loam and clay; subsoil, stone. The

union of Bath, rural deanery and archdeaconry of Bath and chief crops are wheat, barley and oats. The area is 540

diocese of Bath and Wells. The church of St. Michael is a j' acres; rateable value, £6,530; the population in 1881 was

building of stone, in the Early English style, consisting of 11495·

chancel, nave of three bays, aisles, north porch and a Parish Clerk Frank Ricbards. .
western saddleback tower containing a clock and 2 bells : '. .
the north aisle was added in 13g1 : the church was entirely PosT OFFICE.-?'hss Ehzabeth Orchard, mistress.. Letters
rebuilt at a cost of [1,533, and has sittings for 290 persons. from Bath arnve at 7.15 a.m. & 12.15 p.m.; d1spatch~d
The register of baptisms and burials dates from the year 1 at 9.50 a. m. 4·5° & ~· IO p.m. week days; sunda.ys, .dis-

1561 ; marriages, 1s99. The living is a vicarage, average patched at 9· 15 a. m. fhe nearest m?ney or~er office 1s at

tithe rent-charge £r2, net yearly value £87, in the gift of Combe Down & nearest telegraph office at L1mpley Stoke
trustees, and held since 1883 by the Rev. David Lee Pitcaim National School (mixed), erected in 1865, for 100 children;

M.A. of Magdalen College, Oxford. There is a Congregational average attendance, 6o; Miss Janet Ascott, mistress

PRIVATE RESIDENTS. COMMERCIAL. Hayden Alfred, farmer, Kingham farm
Bryan Rev. Reginald Guy M.A Bath & District High Level Water Hillier James, market gardener
Clerk Mrs. Frederick, Combe grange Hillier Thomas, market gardener,
Falwasser Miss, South view Works Co. Limited (Henry Butcher,
sec.) ; offices, Bath Bellevue cottage
Freeman Thomas Richd. Manor house
Jenkins Wm. Vaughan, St. Winifred Bodman Henry, farmer James Henry, market gardener
KnottRev. Jn. Clark M.A.CombeHill ho Bryan Rev. Reginald Guy M.A. pre- Law Joseph, farmer, Combe Grove frm
Pitcairn Rev. David Lee M. A. [vicar] Parrish Robert, Wheelwright inn
Vaughan-Jenkins Fredk. Combe grove paratory & collegiate school Patch Frederick, stone mason
Watkins John William James Freeman Thomas Richard, flock manu- West Joseph Richard, Viaduct hotel
Wicks Alfred, farmer
facturer, Monkton mill
Ham Albert Edward, station master at

Limpley Stoke, Viaduct cottage

MONKTON (WEST) is a parish and village, situated embattled western tower of rag stone of the 14th century,

on the main road from Taunton to Bridgwater, 3 miles containing 6 bells: the chancel arch, one of the earliest parts
west from Durston station on the main line of the Great 1 of the church, appears to date from about 1240 or 1250; the
Western railway, 4 miles north-east from Taunton and 7 nave was probably erected in the middle of the 15th century
south-by-west from Bridgwater, in the Bridgwater division and the west doorway is a good example of Early Perpen-
of the county, hundred of Whitley, Taunton petty sessional dicular : there are several original piscinre and traces of
division, union and county court district, Taunton district of wall-painting were met with at the restoration ; the reredos
the rural deanery and archdeaconry of Taunton, and diocese of is of Beer stone, and there are sedilia of old oak, presented
Bath and Wells. The river Tone and the Taunton and Bridg- by the present rector : the stained east window is a memorial
water canal pass through the south part of this parish. The to the late rector : there are memorials in the church to.
church of St. Augustine is a building of stone, in the Early Richard Musgrave esq. :r727, with arms; and to others of
English and later styles, consisting of chancel with aisles, l this family; Rev. Timothy Locket M.A. rector, 1688; Rev.
clerestoried nave of four bays, aisles, south porch and lofty Alexander Popham LL.n. recto:-, 1738, and . Ma.ry. his

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J-l>lRECTORY. . SOME.&SETSHIRE. MQ!fT.&CUTE,.

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wife, 1754; and William Kinglake, physician. :r66o; in 1884 the mansion i$ a consenatory, The other principalmanai~

the church was restored at a cost of about £1 1000,. under here are Sidbrook House, the residence of Mrs. .Hesly; Sprillg-
the direction of Mr. G. C. Strawbridge, architect, when tield1 of James Pai.ne esq. t and Monkton J:(o~ pf Harry
north and south aisles were added to the chancel, choir stalls Preston Thomson esq. Viscount Portman, who is lord of Uta

erected. the chancel. roof renewed in oak, the church re- manor, Mrs. Meade--King, Mrs. Ik-.sly, JamB$ Paineesq. Harry
seated with oak benches, new pulpit and font of Beer stone Preston Thomson esq. Rev. Frederick Charles King~ke M.A.

substituted for those previously in uso, the tower arch opened E. Hardwill esq. and the Duke of Sutherland K.G. are the

:and other work carried out, in the course of which the rood principal landowners. The soil is in the lower part!! of the

loft staircase was met with on the north side and, built up in parish rich alluvial; subsoil, old and new red sandstone. and

the chancel wall, a two-light square-beaded window, which various, ..In the northern part of the parish are several
has been re-set and glazed; a figure of .St. Augustine has quarrie~ from which are obtained good building stone and
been placed over the doorway: ~here are sittings for 250
persons : in the churchyard are two fine yew trees. The a vein of very har d road stone. 'fhe chief crops a re wheat1
b arley and roots, and th ere is some pasture land. T he area

parish register da~ from 1710, The living is a rectory, is 3·079 acres; rateable value, £I0,2I7; the population iu
average tithe rent-charge £540, gross yearly value £700, in- 188r was 1,027.
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.eluding 55! acres of glebe, with residence, iu the girt or Bathpool is a'hamlet, 2 miles south of the parish church.

'trustees, and held since 1882 by the Rev. '-rederick Charles Here is a Church Mission room, also a Congregationalchapelt

Kinglake M.A. of Christ Church, Oxford. The charities are Creech Barrow is a fine castellated mansion, situated on the

-of £3'i yearly value, of which £23 15s. is distributed in kind bank cf the river Tone, now unoccupied.

and £10 2s. in money, the remainder being assigned to edu- GoTTON is a hamlet, about I mile west of the varish

.cational purposes. In the village is an ancient hospital for church.

lepers, now an almshouse, founded in the 12th century, and Parish Clerk, Henry Hopkins.

rebuilt by Richard Beere, abbot of Glastonbury, in the I5th PosT OFFICE.-James Kellaway, sub-postmaster. Letters

-eentury, and on the exterior is a panel displaying his initials, arrive from Taunton at 7.25 a. m. & s.m p.m, &:; are di•
surmounted by a. mitre ; a simple wooden cloister extends patched at S-:l~ p.m. every day except sunday. when there

along the front: for a more extended account see TAUNTON. is no dispatch. The nearest money order & telegraph

Walrord House, the seat of Mrs. Meade-King~ is a handsome office is at Taunton. Postal orders are issued here, but

mansion, erected about 1800 on the site of an ancient house, not paid r

and is surrounded by well-timbered park-like groundi of PosT OFFIC~, ;Bathpool.--George Parsons, receiver. Letters

about so acres, especially rich in elm and oak of large arrive from Taunton, 7-IO a m.; dispatched, 6.go p.mL

growth : the grounds are situated partly in the parish of East Reach is the nearest money order office &;. Taunton

West Monkton and partly in that of Creech St. Michael, the the nearest telegraph office

two parishes being divided by an ornamental stream of watel' Monkton National School, Heathfield, erected in 18451 for
which intersects the property : the shrubberies and pleasure 163 children ; average attendance, 123 ; John Milllngton,

grounds exhibit some remarkably fine specimens of rhodo- master; Miss Eva Martin, mistress

dendrons and other choice evergreens ; on the west side of Police Station, Charles Fletcher, constable in charge

Monkton (West). GardenerEdwin Chas. beerret.&buildr Warren Thomas

PRIVATE RESIDENTS. Gould Thos. farmer, Lambrook farm COMMERCIAL.

Alien Mrs. Heathfield Heppet John, farmer, Coombe Berry James, general dealer·

Besly Mrs. Sidbrook house Kallaway James, assistant overseer & Bobbett James, shopkeeper

Hockin William, Overton house collector of rates, Blundell's farm Bobbett James George, shopkeeper

Kinglake Rev. Frdk. Chas. M.A. Rectorr Kellaway James, shopkeeper, Post office Browning Henry, butcher, East Reach

Meade-King Mrs. Walrord house Leach Wm. Monkton inn, & carpenter Cornish William, farmer, Aginhills

Meade-King Lieut.-Col. William Oliver Nation Edward, baker Crudge John, coal mer. Bathpool wharf

J.P. Walford house Nation Thomas Robert, butcher l<'ord Bros. timber merchts. & farmers

Paine James, Springfield Phillips George, mason, Yallanda villa Hawker Frederick James Augustus,

.Smart Henry Finland, Monkton Elm Richards Alid. Chas. M. market gardnr cattle medicine maker, Hallers house

Tanner Edward, Court house Shillson George, farmer, New Cross Hawkins Francis, tallow chandler

"Thomson Harry Preston, Monkton ho Shillson Wm. Hy. farmer, Gotton farm Howard Edwd. Arthur Trevitt, farmer

Webber Miss C Stacey Robert, shopkeeper Jones William, Bathpool inn

Wigram Henry James, Gatton house Southwood Robt. Jas. farmr. Hyde farm Leach George, wheelwright

co~IMERCIAL. Stook Robt.fanner,Hyde & Rexhill farm Knight George, mason

Alway Frank, farmer~ Coombe Thorne Jas. farmer, MonktonHeathfield Lang Mrs. Elizabeth, beer retailer

Banfield Thomas Hy. farmer, Gotton Wyatt James, farmer, Procter's farm North Mrs. Bridget, shopkeeper

Berry John Henry, farmer, Hertnells Bathpool. Palmer Emanuel, dairyman

Bond Henry, farmer, Musgrave farm Parsons George, decorator, Post office

Cook Charles, blacksmith Barrow James Garton, The Poplars Pollard George, basket & chair maker

Vorrick Ann (Miss), shopkpr. New Cross Bostock Maj.-Gen. Jas. Wm. Downs ho RedleF Thomas John, miller (water)

Day St.ephen Thomas, farmer, Hill farm Coles Mrs. l<'ern cottage Ridgeway Samllf'l, pig dealer

Dollin Edward, thrashing machine Manning George, Bloomfield lodge Sparks Samuel, blacksmith

owner, Heathfield Ostrehan Miss Stevens Waiter, baker

England John, farmer, Quantock farm Starkey Thomas, Halcon lodge Tarr Waiter John, wheelwright

MONTACUTE is a parish and village, with a station on a marble baptistery, presented by Mr. G. Mitchell, of Bromp-

.the Durston and Yeovil branch of the Great Western rail- ton road, London, a native of Montacute : there are sittings
way, 128 miles from London and 4 west from Yeovil, in the for 300 persons. A working men's reading room and library

.Southern division of the county, Tintinhull hundred, Yeovil was opened in :r876. On Hamdon Hill are some very extensive
petty sessional division, union and county court district, Mar- quarries or freestone, a great quantity of which is used in
tock district of the rural de~mery of Ilchester, archdeaconry building and for decorative purposes. The neighbourhood
.of Wells and diocese of Bath and Wells. The church of St. abounds with objects of interest: on the summit of Ham-
.Catharine is a building of stone in the Norman, Early Eng- don hill are remains of British earthworks, subsequently

lish and Perpendicular styles, consisting of chancel, nave, utilised by the Romans as an encampment ; these comprise

transepts. north porcb, and an embattled western tower a double vallum, nearly 3 miles in circumference, with a
eontaining a clock and 5 bells: there are five stained windows: rampart of stone inclosing on the north-west about 20 acres;
.a fine Norman arch divides the chancel from the nave : in the on this spot a great number of coins, weapons and other
north transept is a tomb with recumbent effigies in stone of antiquities have been found. Montacute House, the seat of
David Phelips and Ann his wife,1484; and there are other me- William Phelips esq. D.L., J.P. and the residence of William
morials to Miss Bridget Phelips, 1508; Thomas Phelips (who Robert Phelips esq. D.L., .T.P. is a handsome and extensive

built Montacute house), 1588, and Elizabeth Phelips, his wife, building in the Elizabethan style, erected between the years
1598, surmounted by a canopy; Sir Edward Phelipps, 1699 ; 1580 and r6o1 : the principal front is 189 feet in length and
.and Dame Edith Phelipps, 1728 : the church was thoroughly 92 feet in height, 1,\nd the views obtained from the mansion
restored in 187r, and has sittings for 38o persons. The are of the most varied and picturesque character.
register dates from the year 1538. The living is a vicarage, Here was once a Cluniac priory, founded in the reign of

.average tithe rent-charge £r6o, gross yearly value £186, Henry I. by William Earl of Moreton, and dedicated to SS.
including 4 acres of glebe, with residence, in the gift of Peter and Paul ; the revenues were estimated at £456 yearly;
William Phelips esq. and held since 1885 by the Rev. Charles the lodge and gateway, both in a good state of preservation,
Francis Powys M. A. of Corpus Christi college, Cambridge. have been converted into a farmhouse. William Phelips esq.
The Baptist chapel, erected in 188o, is a building in the is lord of the manor and chief landowner. 'fhe soil is loam

.Early Gothic style, and has a stained window, presented by and sand ; the subsoil is clay. The chief crops are wheat,
the Baptist church at UpperNorwood: under the platform ii barley, beans and some land in pasture. The area is 1,417

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290 MONTACUT£: SOMERSRTSHIRE. • • [KELLY'S

Iacres; rateable value, £3,64o; the population in I 88 I was 86o, Hamdon is the nearest money order office. The telegraph
Parish Clerk, George Child&. office is at the railvay station. Postal orders are issued

POBT OFFICE (Sub-Office. Letters should have S.O.Some~t>et here bnt not paid

added)..__Mis9 Emma "Bool, receiver: Letters arrive at National School (mixed}, built in 1847, for t6o children;

7.20 a.m. & 5 p.m.; no delivery on sunday; dispat<lhed average attendance, n8; Frederick Wm. Baldon, master

I.Stl"p.m. & 7.IO p.m; sunday 7.:ro p.m. Stoke-sub- Railway Stationj Thomas Edbrook, station master

Boylet~ George Cole George, butcher Mitchell William, stone mason

Hann Herbert, The Gables Cole Richard, King's Arms P.H. & Norton Robert, butcher

Hardi~ ~~v. Henry [Baptist] bailiff to Wm. Rt.Phelips esq.n.L., J. P Nurton Robert, plumber

Hawkins. Mrs Cozens William, Phelips Arms P.H Pippard John, plasterer

Phelips Mrs Drayton Ebenezer,builder&wheelwright Reading Room & Library (William

Phelips Wm. Rt. D.L., J.P. Montacute bo Ford David, farmer, Bagnell farm Johnson, librarian) .

Powys Rev. Charles Fras. :r.r.A. Vicarage Hann John, stone mason Rugg John, baker & miller (water)

Sarell Miss HardingChas.(exors.of),frmr.Abbeyfrm Somerset Trading Co. coal merchants

Hockey William. grocer (W. Burt, agent), Railway station

" COMMERCIAL. Hockey William, rope manufacturer Southcombe & Sons, glove manufac-

Baker G-eorge, glove punch manufctr HodderMartha(Mrs.),frmr.Gaundlefrm turers; chief office, Tintinhull

Baker George, jun. watch maker IHodderSamuelHenry,farmer,Brook frm Sparkes Deborah (Miss), shopkeeper-
Boo! E~nezer, shoe maker Hull John, bailiff to William Robert Stagg Samuel, carpenter

Bradford & Sons, timber, slate, corn, Phelips esq. D.L., J.P Tavender John, baker

coal &; salt. merchants, Railway sta- j Male George, tailor Thorne Frederick, boot maker

tion; & at Yeovil 1Marsh Henry, farmer, Windmill farm Williams Edwin, quarry owner

'MOORLINCH is a parish and village 4 miles south Mrs. Moore, M:r. Joseph Bryant and the Rev. Frederick

from Shapwick station on the Somerset and Dorset railway, 7 Not'thcote Smith M.A. vicar. The greater part of the land

south-by-west from Glastonbury and 6! eastfrom Bridgwater, is of a clayey and heavy character. The chief crops are-

in the Bridgwater division of the county, hundred of Whitley, wheat, barley, beans and turnips. The area of the civil

· petty sessional division, union and county court district of parish is I,on acres: rateable value,£2,os7; the population

Bridgwater, rural deanery of Glastonbury, archdeaconry of in I88I was 2so.

Wells and diocese of Bath and Wells. The church of St. CATCOTT, 2 miles north; CHILTON POLDEN, 3~ north-west;
Mary is an ancient building of stone, partly in the Early EmNGTON, 2j north-north-west; and SuTTON MAr,.LET, tj
west, are chapelries; and STAWELL, 2! west-north-west,. a
English style,and consisting of chancel, nave, south porch and hamlet of this parish, are given under separate headings.
an embattled western tower, with pinnacles, and containing
6 bells t there are sittings for 190 persons. The register dates Parish Clerk, George Lovibond.
from I57B. The living is a vicarage, with the chapelries of

Stawell and Sutton Mallet annexed, average tithe rent- PosT OFFICE.-William Parker, postmaster. Letters are re•

charge {,28o, joint gross yearly value £46S, including 9S ceived through .A.shcott & Bridgwater at 8 a.m.; dispatched

acres of glebe, with residence, in the gift of and held since at 5 p.m. The nearest money order office is at Edington;

1884 by the Rev, J:t'rederick Northcote Smith M.A. of Exeter & telegraph at Shapwick station

College, Oxford ; the lay rector is H.B, Strangways esq. of A School Board of 5 members was formed May 31st, I878 ;

Shapwick; value ofrectorial tithes, [,go ~earJy. Here is a P. 0. H. Reed, Bridgwater, clerk to the board

soCongregational chapel, built in I84o. Christopher William Board School (mixed), for children; average attendance,.
Moore GreenhiU esq. of Puriton, Bridgwater, is lord of the 42; Mrs. Mervinia Howe, mistress

manor. ,J'he principal landowners are Charles Atkins esq. CARRIER TO BRIDGWATER.-Mrs. MaryLovibondt, wed. &sat:

$mith Rev.Fredk.Northcote M.A.[vicar] Coombes James, farmQr Jones Mary (Mrs.), fanner

. Coombes John, farmer Lovibond George, farmer
Coombe3 Mark Warry, farmer Parker William, shopkeeper, Post office:
CQllrtMFlRQIA.I,,
Coombes Thomas, farmer Pitman Robert, farmer
BakerRd. Ring of Bells P.H.& blacksmith Co7.ens Thomas Harewood, farmer Pring Edrnnnd, wire worker
DenmanDenis Chas. miller(wind)& bakr Rainey Hannah (Mrs.), farmer
:BatheRichd.Thos. carpntr. & whlwright Elms Charles, farmer Rainey John, farmer
Bryant Joseph, farmer, Moorlinch farm Fry Joseph, dairyman, Spring farm Salway Adolphns, farrier
Bishop Giles, f,mner Glover James, beer retailer Slade 'fom, farmer
Burch Mary (Mrs.), shopkeeper Ilowe Thomas, farmer White Charlotte (Mrs.), fanner
Carver Sarah (Mrs.), farmer
CQQml;J~ George, bl\lter & farmer

MVOHELNEY is a parieh and village1 situated on the the church, !.!t6 feet in length, including the Lady chapel, by

road leading fromCrewkerne to Langport and bounded on the 52 feet wide, and cloisters g6 feet square : the existing re·
north-ea.et by the river Yoo and on the west by the Parrett, mains, now occupied as farm buildings, comprise a portion
two miles south-east frdm Langport station on the Yeovil of the south alley of the cloisters and a part of the abbot's

branl:!h of the Gr~ab Westet'n railway, and 5 north-west from boose, adjoining the south-west angle of the cloister ; the

Martock1 in the Eastern divi11ion of the county, Pitney bun- existing fragment of the latter comprises six bays of elegant
dred, Somerton petty 86Bsional division, Langport union and Perpendicular work ; the arches, now built np, retain some of
county court district, Ilchester district of the rural deanery of their tracery and are divided by buttresses ; o\"er these is an
Glastonbury, archdeaconry of Taunton and diocese of Bath upper .floor, lighted by square-headed windows and covered
and Wells. The church of SS. Peter and Paul is an ancient in with a gabled roof; the opposite wall is covered on the
building of stone in the Perpendicular style, consisting of south face with arcaded panelling and has two boldly pro-
chancel, nave of four bays, aisles, north porch and an em- jecting piers also panelled as groining shafts, and formed
battled western tower, with pinnacles, containing a clock and part of the south side of the frater or refectory: the other
5 bells : in the chancel is a very fine tile pavement, con- buildings are two stories in height, with square-headed
structed from tiles found on the site of the abbey church windows of graceful design containing quatrefoiled tracery:

(which adjoined the present church) in 1873: the three in I872, a stone coffin lid, about 6 feet long, bearing the

chancel windows are stained, the east window being large carving of a pastoral staff, was found on the site of the 14th
and handsome : there are sittings for 206 persons. The reg- century Lady chapel, and in I 873, during the progress of
ister dates from the year 1701. The living is a vicarage, excavation,instituted byW.J.Long esq. the coffin to which this
yearly value £187, in the gift of Waiter Jervis Long esq. and belonged was also discovered, as well as a stone lined grave
held since 1872 by the Rev. Samuel Ogilvy Baker B. A. of St. containing the skeleton of a man; part of the foundations of
John's College, Cambridge. The glebe house is an almost the Lady chapel were made out and a portion of its tiled
unaltered specimen of a priest's house of the qth century, floor, together with the steps leading to the altar, uncovered;
and has a fine iron door handle of wrought iron representing the tiles, ranging in date from Norman to Perpendicular,
two interlaced serpents : in it are collected the remains of exhibited about so different patterns, some being heraldiC!;
carved work from the abbey as they are found from time to within the area of the Lady chapel the foundation of the
time. Here are the remains of a Benedictine abbey, founded eastern arm of the Norman church, including a nearly
in 939 by Athelstan, grandson of Alfred the Great, and dedi- circular apsidal chapel, were met with : further examina-
cated to SS. Peter and Paul, 7th January in that year : it tions pursued by Mr. Long in and since 1874 have revealed
was endowed by the founder with many rich benefactions, the complete foundations of the Lady chapel, now ascer-
amplified by succeeding monarchs, and the abbot was mitred: tained to have been 43 feet long by 26 feet 6 inches wide,
the abbey was surrendered by Thomas lve, the last abbot, the whole of the north wall of the church, with a north
and I I monks, January 3rd, 1537-8, the revenues being esti- chapel, part of the south transept, several portions of
mated at £447, and the site and buildings were then granted the cloisters, and some detatched buildings toward the
to Edward Seymour, Earl of Hertford, and afterwards Duke south; within the limits of the north chapel the remains
of Somerset and Protector, beheaded 22 January, 1552: the of a tomb were exhumed, the headless effigy of a monk, and
original buildings, both extensive and magnificent, comprised . some skeletons ; and near the chapel were found fragments

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SOMERSETSHIRE.

of a splendi<l canopy and other carved work : two of the ba.ses church, partly in this parish and partly in Kingsbury Epis.: •

of the eastern piers of the church have also been found and cop1. •

several pieces of Norman arches and diaper work, remains of Muca RLNEY-HAM is half a mile south-east.

an Early English screen, some very fine Decorated caps and Parish Clerk, William Woodborne. .
bases, and superbly carved fragments of tombs of the Perpen-
dicular period. Walter Jervis Long esq. .J.P. of The Holt, W.&.LL LE•rrsR Box, near the church, cleared at 6.10 p.m.

Upham, Hants, is lord of the manor and chief landowner. week days only. Letters through Langport R.S.O. which

The soil is loamy ; the subsoil is clay and gravel. The chief is the nearest money order & telegraph office, arrive at 7.30

crops are corn, beans, oots and barley. The area is 1551 National School (mixed), erected, with residence attached1

acres; rateable value, £3,624; the population in x88I was in 1872, & enlarged in r883 by Waiter J. Long esq. for

256. 66 children ; average attendance, 6o ; Miss Aliae Beatrice

TB:ORNEY is a hamlet, nearly one mile south from the Giles, mistress

Baker Rev Samuel Ogilvy B.A. [vicar] •Grinter Alfred, farmer TravesJohnKiddle,farmer&landowner

Coate Miss, Parsonage house HamblinJames, farmer,Muchelney-ham WalrondJosephTnrner.farmer,Thornley

Sawtell Mrs Lavour Charles, tailor Walton Charles, painter ·

COMMERCIAL. Lawrence Robert, dairyman WestlakeJohnEllis, farmer &landowner~

Beckey George, blacksmith Lloyd Joseph, carpenter Abbey farm

Biddlecombe Mary & Ann (Misses), Lock George, farmer, Muchelney-ham WhiteWm.Albert,farmertAlmonry farm
j Quantock John, thatcher
farmers, Muchelney-ham White John Hill, farmer, Horsey 1

Biddlecombe Winfred, mason Sawtell Francis, farmer WoodborneWm. carpenter&parish clerk

MUDFORD is a parish and village, situated on the river £5 yearly value, derived from £167 Consols, is distributed

Yeo, which is here crossed by a bridge of two arches, 3 in money. Arthul" John Goodford esq. M.A., J.P. of Chilton
miles north from Yeovil station of the Great Western and Canteloe, who is lord of the manner, and Mrs. Harbin, or

London and South Western railways, in the Sout.hern Yeovil, are the chief landowners. The soil is clayey and
division of the county, Stone hundred, Yeovil union, county the ~ubsoil is clay and light sand. The chief crops are
court district and petty sessional division, rural deanery of wheat, oats and pasture. The acreage is 2,188: rateable

Merston, archdeaconry of Wells and diocese of Bath and value, £4,466; the population in 1881 was 382.
Wells. The churcll of St. Mary is a building of stone in the Parish Clerk, Thomas Guppy.
Perpendicular style, consisting of chancel, nave, north tran- PosT 0FFICE.-Henry Colley, receiver. Letters from
sept, south porch and an embattled western tower, with pin- Ilche.~ter by foot post arrive at 9.30 a. m.; dispatched at
nacles, contaming a clock and 5 bells: there are sittings for 300 3.30 p.m. Letters for Upper Mudford & Stone, through

persons. The register dates from the year 1582. The living is Yeovil, arrive at 9 a.m. Yeovil is the nearest money order
a vicarage, yearly value, from tithe rent-charge, £193, with & telegraph offic:e
residence, in the gift of the Dean and Chapter of Wells, and Police Station, John Curtis, constable
held since 1853 by the Rev. John Langdon H.A. of St. John's National School(mixed), built in 1847, for 8x children; aver-
College, Cambridge, and surrogate. Whitbye's charity of age attendance, 65; Edward Charles Drew, master

Langdon Rev. John M.A. [vicar] BushJabez,HalfMoonP.H.&shopkeeper Hobbs William, farm bailiff to Mrs_

COMMERCIAL. Colley Henry, shopkeeper, & post office Phelps, Parsonage fann
Appelbe George, carpenter
Bartlett Edwin Robert, brick manufctr Dampney George Daniel,farmer&miller Indoe William, farmer, Mudford Sock
Bown Albert Jn. farmer, Up. Mudford
Bown Henry, farmer, Upper Mudford (water)1 Hinton farm PearceEdmund,dairyman,MudfordSock.
Brake William, baker Gabe Charles Henry, blacksmith RowsellEiizh.(Mrs. ),frmr.MudfordSock

Genge George, farmer Russell William, farmer, Stone farm ·

Hodges Frank, wheelwright WhatleyWm.Shore, frmr. WestMudford

NAILSEA is a large parish and village 9 miles west-south- mill and two small breweries, Sir John Henry Greville

west from Bristol, and 4! east-south-east from Clevedon, Smyth hart. M.A., J.P. of AshtonCourt, who is lord of the

with a station 1 mile south-east, on the Bristol and Exeter manor, John Rodbard Rodbard esq. of Aldwick Court,

section of the Great Western railway, in the Northern divi- Blagdon, Henry L. Bean esq. Henry John Mirehouse esq.

sion of the county, Bedminster union, Bristol county court J.P. of St. George's Hill, Bristol, and Mrs. Gee are the chief

district, Portbury hundred, Long Ashton petty sessional landowners. The soil is loamy ; the subsoil, red sandstone.

division,PortisheaddistrictoftheruraldeaneryofChew,arch- There is a large tract of moorland, which was inclosed

deaconry of Bath and diocese of Bath and Wells. The church under an Act of Parliame nt, in the year 1813. T h e acreage1 ·
of the Holy Trinity is an ancient building of stone in the is 2,739, chiefly pasture; rat eable value, the popu•
£9,4 55; 1

Perpendicular style, consisting of chancel, nave, aisles, south lo.tion in 1881 was r,852.

porch and an embattled western tower, containing a clock and Parish Clerk, Holy Trinity, James Hort.

6 bells: there is a singular stone pulpit, and a. good oaken PosT, M. 0. & T. 0., S. B. & Insurance & Annuity Office

chest : the church was restored in 186x, and has 320 sittings. (Railway Sub-Office. Letters should have R.S.O. Somer-

Theregister dates from the year 1545. The living was separa• set added).-George Russell, postmaster. Letters arrive

ted from that of Wraxall, and made a separate rectory, under at 7 a.m. & 2.35 p.m. ; dispatched at 5·45 & 8.45 p.m.

the provisions of an Act of Parliament, 51 Geo. Ill. { r8n), WALL LEr.rER BoXEs, Old Church, cleared at 4.50 p.m. ;·

average tithe rent-charge £361, net yearly value £248, with West end, at 4.30 p.m.; & Wraxall saw mills, at 5.15

residence, in the gift of trustees, and held since 1874 by p.m

the Rev. John Johnson M.A. of Trinity College, Cambridge. INSURANCE AGENTS.-British Empire Mutual Life, T. P;~.rk i

Christ Church is an ecclesiastical parish; formed April 12, Imperial Fire, M. Cock, Ivy lodge, Old Church road ,.

1844, from Nailsea parish= tile church, erected in 184-h is SwooLS :-

of stone, in the Early English style, and consists of chancel, National (Old Church) (mixed), for 210 children; average

nave, north aisle, south porch and a western belfry, con- attendance, 120; William George Weatherheo.d, master ;

taining one bell : there are 400 sittings. The register dates Miss Fiorence Bolwell, mistress

from the year 1844. The living is a vicarage, average tithe Christ Church (mi:x:ed), erected in 1844, for 170 children;

rent-charge £33, net yearly value £1o3, with residence, in average attendance, 120; Waiter Jones, master; Mrs.

the gift of the rector of Nailsea, and held since ;r874 by Waiter Jones, mistress; & Miss Sarah Jane West, assist-

the Rev. Ebenezer Braund. There are Wesleyan, Congrega- ant mistress

tional, and Free Methodist chapel"l here. The charities are CARRIER TO & FROM BRISTOL.-Oliver Shepstone, from

£2 3s. 6d. yearly. There are several coal pits, which have 'Bear' yard, Thomas street, daily, wed. excepted

not been worked for some years, stone quarries, steam corn Railway Station, John Kingdon, station mast-er

PRIVATE RESIDENTS. Johnson Rev John M.A. Rectory Baker & Langworthy, solicitors (attend

Bastow Francis Lodge, Nailsea house Pethebridge William every tuesday & friday) ·

Bennett John, Wayland house Porter Mrs. Rosemont Baker Thomas, Butcher's Anns P.H

Braund Rev. Ebenezer [vicar Qf Christ Richards Miss, West end Baker Thomas, cattle dealer, West end

Church], Vicarage Thatcher Edgar, Heath cottage Barnett John, beer retailer

Derrick William WhiteRev.Jn.[Congregational],Rosecot Binning James, beer retailer
Edwards Arthur Mansfield, Moorfields I White John William, Orchard house Bishop Waiter, butcher

Edwards Miss, King's hill Wills H. H. The Lawns Bookless William, farmer

Gibbs Samuel, Rock house Yeeles Mrs. North street Brake Emma (Mrs.), farmer

Gibbs William, King's hill COMMERCIAL. Brake William, market gardener

HamiltonThos.B.A.,F.R.G.s.Clifford villa Alvis Edgar, farmer, East End farm Broom John (Mrs.), shopkeeper

Harris John, Woodside Alvis George, farmer Browne John, shopkeeper

Hart James Atherton John, baker Bryant Lucy (Mrs.), farmer

Ilooper Willia:n James, Allendale Avery Adam, farmer, West end Bryant lVilliam (l\lrs. ), shopkerper

•• s. G, & B. lD*

~2.. NAILSE.A. .SOl\II4:RSETSHIRE.

Btti<4lge Emma (Mrs.), farmer 1Heminens George, haulier Shepstone Cornelius, cattle dealer

Cannard John, painter I Hill Thomas, carpenter Shepstone Oliver, farmer & carrier

Cock Mark, collector of poors rates & Horler Ishmael, shopkeeper Shepstone Priscilla (Mrs. )1 beer re~il~l"
Skinner John, market gardener
assistant overseer Hort James, parish clerk
)
Cotes Samuel, farmer I Iles Elizabeth (Mrs.), beer retailer
Smallman Thomas, news agent

!Dftis Samuel, Royal Oak inn, wine & 1 Jakeways Thos. beer retailer & farmer Somerell Alfred, blacksmith ,
spirit merchant, brewer & maltster & James George, jun. farmer, West end Thatcher Edgar & Co. brewers & malt-
1cmanufctr. of horse, cattle & pig feed Jennings John William, chemist sters-~ Heath brewery
Da.y Samuel, blacksmith 1 Kiddell Jarnes, farmer Thatcher Williarn, baker

De'tonshire & Somersetshire Engineer Knight Thomas, Friendship inn Thomas Joseph, farmer

'Volunteers (1st) (D Co.) (MajorlLawrenceJas.T.farrner,Southcommon Tucker John, farmer, King's Hill farm

Thomas James Scoones M.mst. c.E. Lawrence Thomas, farmer Waite George, shoe maker ·

4l!Qmmanding; Alfred Frederick Rose, Lukins William, Queen's Head P.H Waymoutb Elizabeth (Mrs.), stationer

captain; Rev. John Johnson H.A. Male Sergeant-Major William T. drill Webber James, farmer

acting chaplain) instructor, The Poplars WedmoreJsph. farmer,Youngwood fnn

Duggan John, oil dealer Manfield William, quarry master Welland George, butcher & beer retailer

Durbin Elizabeth (Mrs.) & Jas. farmers Marsh Robert, farmer, Nurse bottom Wells Geo. baker. shopkeeper & farmer
I Marsh RobertSidney,sanitaryinspector, Weston George, farmer
Durbin George. farmer

Durbin Jaines, juu. farmer,. West end I Bedminster rural sanit!l(y authority White George, shoe maker

Durbin James Benjamin, farmer Moore Waiter, haulier White John William L.K.Q.C.P.Irel.

Durbin Samuel, market gardener Moore William, carpenter surgeon, & certifying factory surgeon

Durston Thomas Wil1iam, farmer Morgan William, farmer, West end & medical officer & public vaccinator,

:Elverd Richard, shopkeeper NaUsea BrickWorks (W.H.Wooler,man) No. 5 district, Bedminster uniont

Feltham Thomas (Mrs.), shopkeeper Norman Thos. shopkeeper, King's hill Orchard house

Felton Maria (Mrs.), shopkeeper Nunney Alfred, market gardener Willcox Elizh. (Miss),farmer, Court farm

Fid<l William, cowkeeper Palmer Sarah Ann (Mrs.), shopkeeper Willcox Harry, haulier

<Garland Albert, quarry master Pippett Joseph, quarry master Willcox William, farmer

.Oeorge James, sen. farmer, West end Ponsford Samuel, tailor Winstone John, farmer, West end

-Gosling Mary (Miss), milliner Ponsford Sarah (Miss), dress maker Winstone J oseph, quarry master

Goulstone Thos. farmer, East End farm Porter Jane (Mrs.), seminary Winstone William Sidney, butcher

Gray Edwin, farmer, Nurse batch Pndell Robert C. farmer, Smoky Hole Withey John, farmer

-Gray John, shopkeeper, King's hill Rendall Robert George, tailor Wright Ann (Mrs.), beer retailer

'Gray William, farmer, Nurse batch Richards William, farmer Wyatt Anthony, farmer

Greenslade William Henry, farmer Rogers Walter, beer retailer, West end Wyatt Hngh, farmer

Gregory Tom, farmer, Mizzeymead Rogers William, shopkeeper Wyatt Walter, farmer

Gregory William, farmer Rnssell Geo. grocer & draper,Post office Yeeles Thomas, -carpenter
Hamilton Thomas B. A., F.R.G.S. col- 1 Sheddick Esther & Sarah(Misses),shpkrs Yendole George Henry, corn miller'

legiate school for boys, Clifford villa.. Sheddick Clara(Miss),shopkpr.King's hl (steamh baker & grocer

Hedges George, farmer, West End farm Shepherd Jas. Wm. & SLJn.plumbers &c

NEMPNETT THRUBWELL is a parish and village, composed throughout of a mass of stones, supported on

7milessouth-westfromPensfurdstationontheNorthSomer- each side lengthwise by a wall: the distance betweenthe
set branch of the Great Western railway, 9 miles south- two walls is about 8 feet, and the intermediate space is
south-west from Bristol, in the Northern division of the filled up with two rows of cells or cavities, formed by very
-county, Keynsham hundred, Clutton union, Temple Cloud large stones set edgeways: these cells run from north to
petty sessional division and county court district, rural dean- south and are divided by "tast stones placed on their edges
ery of Chew, archdeaconry of Bath and diocese of Bath and and covered with others still larger by way of architrave:
Wells. The church of St. :Mary the Virgin is a small edifice in one of these cells were found seven skulls, one quite per~

. of stone, dating from the I 5th century, and consists of feet : in another a large heap of small human bones and
, .-.chancel, nave, south porch and a massive embattled western horses' teeth: no coins or other such relics have been dis-

tower, with pinnacles, containing 5 bells: the east window covered so as to mark the period at which this sepulchre
is stained : the church was thoroughly restored in r864 at a was constructed, but it is undoubtedly one of the most im-
cost of £700, and has sittings for too persons. The register portant in Great Britain and probably contains the remains
dates from the year 1568. The living is a rectory,average tithe of warriors slain in some prehistoric conflict : the stones
rent-charge £222, net yearly value £265, with residence, in have been used from time to time, during the last thirty
the gift of trustees, and held since 1886 by the Rev. Henry years, in the burning of lime. Lady Cooper, of Pulteney
Hellier; the benefice formerly formed part of the rectory street, Bath, who is lady of the manor, and the Bristol Charity
of Compton Martin, but in 1859 was constituted a rectory Trustees are the principal landowners. The soil is clayey,
under separate patronage by order of Her Majesty in Council. stone brash and lime ; the subsoil is clay. The land is
Here is a Baptist chapel. A sum of £so, left by the will of chiefly in pasture, but some corn is grown. The area is 1,779
Madame Florence Baber, bearing date 3rd of April, 1713, acres; rateable value, £2,6rr. The population in r88I was
has been lost. Elton's charity of £35, derived from about 216.

£1,173 Consols, is distributed in money. Knap Hill, in this REGILBURY, 2 miles north-north-west, is a tithing.
parish, commands extensive and varied views of a wide range
. llf country, the Mendip Hills, studded with villages, on the Sexton, James Wyatt.

.south; Lansdown and the upper part of the city of Bath, on Letters through Wrington R.S.O. which is the nearest
~. the east; and the Channel, with Weston-snper-Mare, on money order & telegraph office, arrive at 9 a.m. & are
. ,the west. In this parish i" a large tumulns, or barrow, collected by the messenger at the same time

..,6o yards in length, 20 in breadth and 15 in height, covered The National School at the adjoining parish of Butcombe
.. on its top with ash trees, briars, and thick shrubs: it is is endowed for the two parishes of Butcombe & Nempnett

J:Iellier Rev. Henry, Rectory, Knap hill Franks James (Mrs.), day school Panes Emanuel, farmer, Rose cottage

COMMERCIAL. Franks Thomas Morris, farmer, Merry Pope Charles Henry, dairy farmer,

,JJaker John, dairy farmer & assistant Hill farm Regilbury Court farm

· overseer, Grove farm Gunter George, West Town inn Popham Henry, farmer, Thrubwell frm

,.Chancellor Jacob, dairy farmer, East Keedwell Frank, farmer, Henmarsh fm Sherborne Henry (Mrs.), dairy farmer,

House farm Keel James, farmer, Greenhouse farm West Town farm

,.Cox Mark, farmer King Alfred & John Henry, farmers, SherborneThos.farmer, HowGrovefrm

:~dwards William Yeates, farmer, Rug- Lands farm Stokes Charles, farmer, Longhouse

moor farm King Alfred, dairy farmer, Church farm Weaver Benjamin, dairy farmer, Horn-

Ford William, fanner, Nempnett farm Marshall Isaac, farmer, Strode farm grove farm

Franks Deborah (Mrs.), dairy farmer, Marshall James, carpenter Webb Benjamin, farmer, Belle Vue frm

Holland farm Marshall John, farmer Williams Jn.farmer,RegilburyPark frm

Franks James (Mrs.), dairy farmer, Monlton John Wilkins, miller & beer Withey Alfred, farmer, Bicknall farm

Pixey hole retailer, Butcombe Water mill

·NETTLECOMBE is a parish and scattered village, 2 sional division, union and county court district, Wivelis-

}niles east from Higher Roadwater station on the West cornbe district of the rural deanery of Taunton, archdeaconry
~omerset Mineral railway, 3! south-west from Williton of Taunton and diocese of Bath and Wells. The church of

station on the West Somerset branch of the Great Western St. Mary is a small, but beautiful and ancient edifice of

railway, 8 north from Wiveliscombe and I5 north-west stone in mixed styles, the arcades and western entrance being
from Taunton, in the Western division of the county, Early Norman; it consists of chancel, nave of three bays,

Jlundred of Williton and Freemanors, Williton petty ses- aisles, north porch, vestry and an embattled western tower,

<DinECTORY.] . SOMERSETSHIRE. NEWTON ST. LOE. .293

Icontaining 3 bells= there is a. memorial stained window, whea~ beans, barley, ma.ngolds, potatoes and turnips. n !l'b~
dated 1623, to the Trevelyan family : the church was area is :ll,8oo acres; rateable value, £3,703; th81 popnlaltiol'l
~··1
:restored in 186<), and has ·sittings for 3SO persons. 'fhe in 1881 was 295.

register dates from 153S· The living is a rectory, average BEGGEARN' HUISH is a hamlet, a mile and a half north-
tithe rent-charge £4o4, with residence and 6,; acres of glebe, west. On March 25, x883, certain detached parts of ~

in the gift of Sir Alfred Wilson •.rrevelyan: hart. and held I Decumans parish, known as Hayne and Kingsdown.;: ~

since x87o by the Rev. Henry Fortescue Seymour H.A. late amalgamated with this parish. ~~~

l''ellow of All Souls College, Oxford. Nettlecombe Court, Parish Clerk, James Chidgey. ~1 I

the property and residence of Sir Alfred Wilson Trevelyan Letters through Taunton arrive at 9 a.m. The neares1i

hart. is a. noble mansion, situated near the church, in the. money order & telegraph offices are at Williton,StognthlJelr
midst of fine lawns and beautiful pleasure grounds, sur- & Washford. Huish Barton letters delivered from ~hL.
rounded by a park of 97 acres, containing a small herd of ford
1

deer. Sir Alfred Wilson Trevelyan hart. who is lord of the WALL LETTER Box, Be ggearn Huish, cleared at xo.4o:; 1-Ariii.
r1
manor, and the trustees of the late Earl of Egremont are & s.so p.m. week days only

the principal landowners. The soil is a rich loam, with some National School (mixed), erected in x8x9, for 300 ch~en~

clay; the subsoil is tnarl; and produces excellent crops of I average attendance, so; Mrs. Anne Hosking, mist I J

North John William esq.. R,W,I!I. Beg.. Brewer William, farmer, Wood Advent Leamon Henry, steward to Sir ~, ~r
gearnhuish house Date Thomas, farmer, Beggearn huish Trevelyan bart. Woodford (Wfi1-, Al~)
Milton Henry Robert, miller ~
SeymourRev.Hy.FortescueM.A.Rectory Davis Edwin, plumber, Yard

.Trevelyan Sir Alfred · Wilson bart. Hill John, wheelwright, Yard farmer, Yard mills 1>
Hosegood J?rederick, farmer, Yard farm Quartley Brothers,farmers,Colt~~fH.J,Il
Nettlecombe court
COMMERCIAL. Hosegood George,farmer, Huish Barlon Stoate James, farmer, Tarr farm) [ r
·Brandfield Thos.farmr.Holcombe water Ja.mesAibt.&Chas.frmrs.Beggearn huish Stone Thomas, farmer. Clitsomf. I r

NORTH NEWTON, formerly a chapelry, was formed of glebe, with house, in the gift of Antony Gibbs esq.- an.I

into an ecclesiastical parish, March 23, x88o, 4f miles south- held since 1879 by the Rev. Thomas Kerby Eaton. HeN is

west from Bridgwater and 2 north from Durston station on a small Free Methodist chapel. Maunsell House, !the pr,O;-

the Bristol and Exeter section of the Great Western railway; perty of Sir Frederick Adolphus Slade hart. .J.P. now "Q.JlM·
it is in. the Bridgwater division of the county, hundred of cupied, is an ancient mansion, pleasantly situated inlg~

North Petherton, petty sessional division, union and county grounds. The chief landowners are Viscount Portm~ I'I•Jf·
court district of Bridgwater, rural deanery of Bridgwater, William Hamilton Codrington Nation esq. of R~~~

archdeaconry of Taunton and diocese of Bath and Wells. House, Exeter, and Sir Alfred Frederick Adolphus Slade
The church of St. Peter is an edifice in the Early English hart. .J.P. who is lord of the manor. The soil is re.d !JtM,
'style, consisting of chancel, nave of three bays, 8()uth aisle, loam and sandy; subsoil, varions. The chief Ot'ops afl6

south porch and a western tower, containing a clock and one wheat, oats, barley and green crops, with a good pMLion !Jf

bell; in x884 the church was l'ebuiit and the tower (sop- pasture land. The population in 1881 was 750. u

posed to b& Saxon) restored, the chancel was repaved, a BANKLAND is a hamlet in this parish t1

reredos and credence placed and the east window stained : P ofsrTomOFBFn~dCgEw.~-tHee~n,r~V.IWahNito.erhtheadP,e ·. . L8e.t1~0If(S~~~F.in1v~e
the fine carved oak screen and pulpit, dated 1637, were also receiver a
renovated: the vestry door is beautifully carved, two of the s.xs p.m.; dispatched at 8. 25 therton, t
panels with representations of theparableof the ten virgins: a.m. & 6.10. P·~tl,;JT~
the communion plate is of silver, dated 1637, and consists nearest money order & telegraph office IS fUJ\ .Nfllith

of two flagons, one chalice and paten, all in good preserva- Petherton 'r

tion: there are sittings for 210 persons. The register dates Board School (mixed), under the North Pethertoa Sehool

from the year r78o. The living is a. vicarage, average tithe Board, erected in x877, for 120 children; avera.geattab-

rent-change £wi, net yearly value £r57, including 30 acres dance, 95; George Reynolds, master ') r .)

Eaton Rev. Thomas Kerby, Vicarage Day George, market gardener Macey Francis, butcher u1 f '

Place Conyers Dunn Edward, farmer Milton John, poulterer I}

COMMERCIAL. l''oster Eliza (Mrs.), farmer Moore John, baker L > f.

Adams Charles, market gardener Godfrey George, farmer, Brook farm Peach Edwin, dairyman 1

Adams George, market gardener Godfrey Thomas, shopkeeper Radford Francis, farmer
Reading Elizh. (Mrs.), markE!tga~dlltl~r
Ames Thomas, farmer, West Newton Godfrey William, farmer

Banfield George, farmer, Hedging Gould Charles, farmer, West Newton Reading George, carpenter ~~ .
Banfield William, market gardener Reading James, market garda:b.e~ t
Heal Charles, miller (water)

Bell David, farmer Heal George, farmer Riggs J onathan, farmer
Bell Robert, farmer, Bankland Hopkins James, farmer
Rossiter Wm. carpenter, W~t NeWtk):n.
Smith Wm. H. farmer, We.St Nflwtbn
Hobbett Mrs. farmer, Starsland Hubbard Robert, wheelwright

Bond James, veterinary surgeon Hurford Francis, farmer Stacey James, dairyman, W~t NeWtlm

Boyer George, blacksmith Jeanes Henry, farmer, Court farm Warner David, market gardertet .

Boyer John, farmer Jeanes James, market gardener Whitehead Henry, boot ma.l'Post oftk<e

Coate William, cattle dealer Jeanes John, farmer Winslade Waiter, baker ;<r .

Carter James Quartley, farmer, Inpens Jenkins John, farmer ·woods George, tailor t. • t

Coram Arthur, farmer, Tuckerton Kearle Robert, blacksmith, Hedging Woollen Edward, haulier f1
NEWTON ST. LOE is a parish and beautiful village, amounting to £10 yearly. A large club-room ..J,~ erec~qd
situated on the river Avon, which is here crossed by a stone by Earl Temple in x886, and is managed by a committee of

bridge, 2 miles west from Twerton station, 3! west from six honorary members. Newton Park is the seat of Earl

Bath and 2 south-east from Saltford station on the main line Temple, who is lord of the manor aud chief landowner.

of the Great Western railway, in the Frome division of the The soil is stone brash; subsoil, blue lias. Th~J e'blet Cfti s

county, eastern division of "\\'ellow hundred, Weston petty are wheat, barley and oats and about twc-thirds M'il:l~ d
sessional division, Keynsham union, Bath county court dis- is in pasture. The area is 1,s78 acre~; ratea~M Wllt1e,
itrict, Keynsham district of the- rural deanery and arch- £6,S72; the population in 188r was 352.
deaconry .of Bath and. d_ioce~e of B.atJ;t and Wells.. The Parish Clerk, Charles Glover. m .)
rI } l j / ~
church or the Holy Trmity .IS. a buildmg of stone m the PosT OFFICE.-George Mercer, postmaster. ~~J'S ~~Pm
Early ~ecorated style, consisting of chancel, nave of five Saltford R.S.O. arrive at 8 a. m. & 6. 30 p.m, i ~jljpa.t<;ijed
bays, aisles, norl~ an~ south porch~. and an embattled at e3g.3r5apph. m. & 7.20 p .m. The nearest mone)!' !lrd.E!r &
wester~ tower, with pmnacles, contaming a clock and 6 tel office is a t Twerton-on-Avon. PGJSffil Qr\l~

bells.: m :r857 the. church was thoroughly restored and en- are issued here, but not paid JI
larged and one aisle added, at the expense of W. Gore- 11

Langton asq. and the chancel rebuilt by the rector : all the SCHOOLS : - for children of poor iTp.ha1'b}i~tts ~f
windows are stained and there is some very beautiful oak Endowed (mixed),
carving: in the church are some handsome tablets to the Newton St. Loe (the boys being appren~d; & en-

Langton family: and in the churchyard is a marble monu- dowed with £72 a year. The following insctiptiofi11p[ie!lrs

ment, 12 feet m height, to Captain Edward Gore-Langton: over the door: "This free schoole was builtltantl bdowed

there are sittings for 340 persons. The register dates from atte the charge of Richard Jones, of Staivey1 .in.,t.b.e.~9-Jmty
1538. The living is a rectory, tithe rent-charge £336, with of Somerset, esq. anno domoni 16
:18;" ir 1wilf 'bo1d "'6o
4~ acres of glebe and residence, Ill the gift of Earl Temple, children; average attendance, 40; Charles G~ov~r, Iilast~r
• and held since 1878 by the Rev. Edwin Lascelles B.A. of Infant, erected in 1846, for so children; ll.r~ra~e ~tteh­
1
Pembroke College, Oxford. The charities are numerous, dance, 36 ; Miss Ada Angell, mistress l! •1,.. ')t

1

Temple Right Hon. Earl D.L., .J.P. over square; Carlton, Arthur's & Lascelles Rev. Edwin B.AIJ RettC!I!Y,

Newton park; Wootton house,Bucks; Junior Carlton club, London s w Lewis Alfred, The Hay6$t J , 1
Scott Lieut.-Col. Wm. Lall~ ~~~
Langdon honse, George street, Han- Cottle Mrs .

2 94 .NEWTON ST. l.OK SOl\IERSETSHIRE. I [KELLV's

Townsend Samuel, Prospect cottage Edwards Hannah (Mrs.), grocer, baker Mattick Sydney9 farmerj rennsylvanil!,
Wylde-Browne Capt. William, Mount
& beer retailer farm ,
V1• 8W Glover Charles, registrar of births &
Smallcombe .A.aron, farmer, Clay's end.
()()MMERCIAL. deaths for Newton sub-district
Brown George, boot maker Willis. John Gale, fanner & maltster1
Ebdon James, miller (steam & water), Gunning Wm. Hy. farmer, Park farm Home & Newton farms, & land
Hathway John. Globe P.'H. & farmer
Newton mill steward tQ Earl Temple
Flower Farnham, blacksmith Keel William Gurley, head gardener to
Wittingto~ William, shopkeeper
Earl Temple o; ,

NORTHOVER is a parish and village, situated on the with residence, in fthe gift of Mrs. Burnard, and held since

.n.ortq bank of the river lvel, adjoining Ilchester, in the 1872 by the Rev. Lyttleton Henry Powys Maurice, of Caius
Southern division of the county, Tintinhull hundred, Yeovil College, Cambridge, and acting chaplain to the 2nd Battalion
petty sessional division, union and county court district, Prince Albert's Somersetshire Light Infantry Regiment.

Ilchester district of the rural deanery {)f Glastonbury, arch- A coin of An,austus Cresar fopnd here has been sent to the

deaconry: of Taunton and diocese of .Bath and Wells. The British Museum. Nortbover Manor House is the residence
church of St. Andrew is an ancient building of stone in the of Mrs. Burnard. Mrs. Burnard, who is lady of the manor,
Gothic style, consisting of chancel, nave, north chapel, and George Tuson esq. are the chief landowners. The soil

organ chamber and a western tower, containing 4 bells: is loamy; the subsoil is gravel. The area is 440 acres;
the font is a tine specimen of Early Norman work: all the rateable value, £780 ; and the population in 1881 was 91.
-windows are stained: the church was restored in 1878 at a Sexton, Henry Ireland.
cost of £558, when a beautifully painted triptych, the gift Letters through Ilchester, the nearest money order & tele-
1and work of a lady, was placed in the chancel, the subject graph office, arrive at 7 a.m. & 5 p.m
being "The Nativity of our Lord," and an organ chamber This place is contributory to the Ilchester School Board,
built at the cost of Mrs. Maurice, wife of the rector : there sending two 'members ; the children attend Ilchester
are ~oo sittings. The register dates from the year 1531. school
The living is a titular rectory, average tithe rent-charge INSURANCE AGENT.~West of England & RailwayPassengers',

-£105, net yearly value £53, including 11 acres of glebe, W. F. Baker

Baker William Frederick Maurice Rev. Lyttleton Henry Powys' Ireland James, boot maker

BrackenburyRev.Rbt.AllenB.A.[curate] H.A. [rector], Rectory Sims Harry & Nathaniel, fanners

Burnard Mrs. Manor house Tuson George Spiller Alfred, miller (water)

·Crocker Miss, The Laurels Barrett Robertt fanner Stay James, farmer
... .•.

-NORTON FITZWARREN is a pleasant village and which is appendant to the rectory. Here is a Congregational

parish, situated on the road from Taunton to Mih·erton and chapel, built in 1821, Norton Camp, situated on a hill near

Wiveliscombe, with a station at the junction of the West the church, is an ancient circular earthwork, about 13

Somerset and Minehead and Devon and Somerset branches acres in extent, with three covert ways leading from the in-

with the main line of the Great Western railway, 168 miles terior at different points and a path crossing it from south

from London, 6 north-east from Wellington and 2 north-west to north-east ; in the valley be\ow the hill a large quantity of

".from Taunton, in the Western division of the county, Roman pottery was met with during the excavations for the

-"hundred and county court district of Taunton Dean, railway. Montys Court, the property of Wyndham Slade

Taunton petty sessional division and union, rural deanery esq. J.P. is pleasantly situated a mile and a quarter south-

'and archdeaconry of Taunton and diocese of Bath and west from the village church. Norton Manor, the residence

Wells. The church of All Saints, placed on a rising ground, of Charles Noel-Welman esq. D.L., .J.P. is situated about a

is an edifice of stone in the Decorated style, dating from mile and a half north-west, on a gentle eminence command-

~he latter part {)f the 14th century and consisting of chan- ing a beautiful and picturesque view of the surrounding

cel, nave of four bays, north aisle, chapel, vestry, south neighbourhood. Burnshill is the residence of Mrs. W. H.

porch and a nne embattled western tower of the date Hewett. Charles Noel-Welman esq. D.L., .J.P. who is lord of

of Richard II. containing 6 bells : a very curious and the manor, Wyndham Slade esq. Rev. J. P. Hewett and

richly-carved oak screen, dating from about 1500, with Mrs. W. H. Hewett are the principal landowners. The

figures of two dragons, and a plough drawn by three oxen, soil is a rich loam, with a subsoil of marl and gravel ;

and the name of Ralphe Harris, churchwarden, separates and produces excellent crops of wheat, beans, barley, man-

tl;le chancel and chapel from the nave and aisle : on the south golds, potatoes, turnips and there is some fine grazing land.

side of the navEl is a monument to James Prowse esq, 1672 ~ The area is 1,216 acres; rateable value, £6,146; the popu-

in the chancel is a memorial window to W. Hewett esq. of lation in 1881 was 642.

Norton Court : the whole ofthis church has been rebuilt; the LANGFORD is a tithing in this parish, three quarters of a

~hancel, which contains traces of an earlier church of the mile north.

13th century, having been completed in 1866 : there are sit- VANHAMPTON is a small tithing, half a mile west.

11tings for 250 persons. The south-west corner of the church- Sexton, Frederick Northcott.

yard has for a long time been used as a burial place for PosT, M. 0. & T. 0., S. B. & Annuity & Insurance Office....-

gipsies. The register of baptisms dates from the year Samuel Chritchard, postmaster. Letters arrive from

1556; marriages, 1565 ; burials, 1566. The living is a rec- Taunton at 3·59 a.m. & 1.55p.m.; dispatched at 12.25 &

tory, average tithe rent-charge £238, net yearly value £290, 9.10 p.m

including 8 acres of glebe, with house, in the gift of and held School (mixed), erected in 1872, for 100 children; average

1 since 1864 by t he Rev. John Prowse Hewett M.A. of Pem- attendance, So; Henry Philip .Apter, master
broke College, Oxford, who is lord of the manor of Wooney, Railway Station, William Kemp, collector

PRIVATE RESIDENTS. COMMERCIAL. Luckes Thomas, farmer, Ford farm
Manley Robert, dairyman
. Dixon Rev. Jn. Robt. [Congregational] Avery William, Cross Keys P.H Marks John, farmer, Morse's farm
Baker Hy. butcher & farmer, Langford Morris Fras. farm bailiff to Mrs.Hewitt
, Dommett Mrs · .Burston Henry, farmer, Fitzroy farm Norton Mills Co. Lim. millers (steam &
Cattle Thomas, wheelwright
Guerin J oseph Coombes John, blacksmith water) & wholesale bakers (Harry
Creed George, baker Relph, manager)
Guerin Misses Creed Isaac, carpenter Pople Maria (Mrs.), shopkeeper
Critchard Jn. boot maker, Vanhampton Richards Alfred, inland revenue officer
Hewett Rev. John Prowse M.A. Rectory Dommett Thomas, butcher & farmer
Elston Samuel, farmer, Montys farm Redwood Edwin John, insurance agent
Hewett Herbert T. .Burnshill . Fallows Vincent, refreshment rooms Rowe Emanuel, boot maker
Harris William, farmer, Normans Saunders Charles. Ring of Bells P.H
· Hewett Mrs. W. H . .Burnshill Hart Robert, shopkeeper Saunders John, painter, plumber &c
Hewett W. &; Co. brewers, maltsters &c Warren My.Ann(Miss),preparatory schl
·Noel-Welman Charles D.L., .J.P. Norton Langford George, blacksmith Wescombe Michael, wheelwright
Luckes James, farmer, Yard farm Westcott Wm. farmer & cattle dealer
· manor Wilcox Elias, farmer, Langford
Willis Peter, blacksmith
Poole Rev. Sealy M.A. [curate], The

Laurels

Scott Rev. John Pendred M.A. Way ho

.Searle Col.Hy.Lindsey R.M.A.:Fitzroy ho

Slade Wyndham .J.P. Montys court

Wight George, Norton court

Worrall William Houlton, Courtlands

NORTON-SUB-HAMDON is a parish and village Martock division of the rural deanery of Ilchester, archdea-

situated on the river Parrett, 5 miles north from Crew- conry of Wells and diocese of Bath and Wells. The church

kerne station on the London and South. Western railway, 6 of St. Mary the Virgin is an ancient building of Ham stone,
miles west from Yeovil and 3 miles south-west from Mon- in the Early Perpendicular style, consisting of chancel,
tacute station on the Yeovil and Durston branch of the nave of four bays, aisles, south porch and an embattled
Great Western railway, in the Southern division of the western tower, with pinnacles, containing a clock with
county, Houndsborough, Barwick and Coker hundred, Yeo- chimes and 5 bells: the porch is of much earlier date than
vi! petty sessional division, union and county court district, the church: the stained east window was erected in x861

.Vl~ECTORY.] SO.MERSETSHIRE. 29S

as a memoria.l to Mrs. Maria QW\ntock, of Chilton ,Canteloe, The chie{ cropa ..are wheat, barleyj peanw, roota anQ.. some

and John Henty1 her only son, both of whom were buried land in pasture. 'l'he area i5- 538 am-ea;. rat611obl& value,

inthevaultsoftbischurcbootheaameday;onthesou.thside £1,995; the population in 1881 was 539• 1
is a memorial window, erected in 1874. totha :Rev. ~aunton Parish Cler~. ~ward Osborn~.

Lemuel Shuldham, his wife and two children: the church PosT 0Ft'ICE.-Job Virgin, receiver, .The pos~ town~ u..

vas restored in :x86:z, at 8 cost of about £I;200, and has sit- minster, but letters are left at the $Ub-officebf 'StoM-iub-
"tings for 307 persons. The register dates from 1558. The Hamdon & brought from thence by foot post, arriving at

living is a rectory, yearly value from tithe rent-charge£240, i7s_3t0hae.mne. a&rerset t urning aotrd6e.r35ofpfi.cme .& Stoke-sub-Hamdon
"With residence and 20 acres of glebe, in the gift of and held money Montacute railway

:eince 1861 by the Rev. George James Blomfield llf.A. of station the nearest telegrapl). office
Chril!t's College, Cambridge. Here is a \\'"6llleyan chapel,
.<eOrf e£c6tedy eianr l y1sv4a2l.u e ,Baarieledye rainv eddRf roodmb alradn' sd charities, together National School (mixed), erected in .1!4-2, for 140 chil!lreq i
and distributed in
average attendance~ 120; Lew.i.s Edmund Bolt, ma&ter;
money. Frank Shuldbam esq. is lord of the manor and M~ Emma Bolt, mistres&
r

.chief landowner. The soil is sandy; the subsoil is' cl&y. CARRIER TO YBOVIL.......Mrs. Butcher, nearlr every day )

Blomfield Rev. Geo. Jas. M.A. Rectory- Brown Joseph, butcher Male William, bullder

Garrow Mrs. Norton house Cary Joseph Norton, farmer, Knap !rin Richards'fhomas·, baker1 miller {water}
Story John, Little Close & cattle dealer, Little ~orlon plills
Dunford Jacob, blacksmitli

Trask Charles, Court field Hallett George, Nelson's Arms P.H Salisbury William, blacksmith
~sk John
• Ham Hill Stone Co. quarry owners & Southcombe 1Hlliam, shopkeeper
COMMERCIAL.
stone merchants Virgin Job, shopkeeper, beer retailer

.Brake Hy.baker, shpkpr.& miller (watr) Harrison Benjamin, wheelwright & farmer, l'Cist office

.'

sNORTON MALREWARD is a small parish, situated of the Knoll there is a deep fosse, from the bottom of 1Yhich

east of the Bristol and Wells road, tniles south from to the top of the Knoll, by one continued 11.celivity, cannot
Bristol and I north-west from Pensford station on the North be less than 6o feet. Seyer considers Maes Knoll Tump to
Somerset branch of the Great Western Railway, in the be a sepulchral barrow of the same kind as Silbury Hillt

Northern division of the county, hundred of Chew, Keyns- Faity Toot, and others. The word '" Maes" (cym-Ce.. a
lham petty sessional division, union of Clutton, Temple field) has been preserved !intact on the Somerset side of
.Cloud county court district, rural deanery of Chew, arch- Bristol, in the midst of the Saxons, for more than a thousand
deaconry of Bath and diocese of Bath and Wells. The years. Here Lane, formerly connected with Wans-dyke, (11'"
~hurch of the Holy Tridity, rebuilt (with the exception of Woden's-dyke, traceable to Old Sarum; and terminating at

the tower and Norman arch) in z86z, is an edifice of stone Portishead, is now a public bridle-way. Human skeletons
in the Norman and Decorated styles, 'Consisting of chancel, and British pottery ha\"'e been exhumed in this locality from

nave of three bays, aisles, porch and an embattled western ancient graves. Bones and an ancient gold ring have been
tower with pinnacles, ecmtaining 2 bells ; the church retains found in a quarry on the Manor Farm; and the barrows
a Norman font and has four stained windows: there are hereabouts are very conspicuous. John Colthurst esq. of

Jllittings for z6o persons. The register dates from 1554. Chew Court, is lord of the manor. The principal landowners

The living is a rectory, average tithe rent-charge [,zR7, net are Sir John Henry Greville Smyth bal'll. H.A., J.P. of Ash-

yearly value {,230, including 65 acres of glebe, with resi-~ ton Court, and Lansdowne Daubeny esq. .-r.P. of Shockerwick,

deuce, in the gift of James H. Tee esq. and held since z886 Bathford. The soil is clayey in some paTts; the subsoil is

lbythe Rev. WilliamMarshallB.A. ofTrinity-College,Dublin. red sandstone and white Iias. '·Ammonites and nautili

At the south end of the parish is a huge circular stone called abound. The chief crops are wheat, barley and roots. The

4 ' Hautvilles." MAES KNOLL, at the eastern extremity of area is 1,o68 acres; rateable Talne~ £2,358, and the popn~o

Dundry. Hill, is a well-known landmark surmounted by Early lation in 1881 was 142. •

.earthworks, and corresponds with the entrenched height of Parish Clerk, James Rooms.

Stantonbury, 5 miles to the east of it, overlooking the Letters are delivered from Bristol, by foot post, via Pensford,

village of Whitchnrch and 5 miles distant from Bristol. which is also the nearest money order & telegraph offic&

Oolite stone is quarried on this hill, which exhibits signs of WALL LETTER Box at the Manor house cleared at 4·45 p.m

.extensive conflict. MaC$ Knoll Tump is an immense tumulus week days only "

390 feet long, 84 feet broad and about 45 feet high, above School (mixed), erected with master's house in 18751 fO!' 50

-the level of the camp on the inside, but on the western side children; average attendance, 30; George Hinds, master

<Jrabb Edward Ca.sey Daniel. farmer, Whitehouse farm Lyons Edwin, farm bailiff to P.Murphy

Marshall Rev. William B..A.. Rectory Faux William (Mrs.), farmer Norris William, farmer, New Barn frm

.Oram Mrs. Norton court Fowler John Fifoot, farmer, Manor ho Peters John, farmel', Quoit farm

Bryant George, blacksmith • • • ·I •

t ~ ..\ • .,.

NORTON ST. PHILIPis a parish and village, situated of Oriel College1 Oxford. There·BTe :a&ptist and Wesleyan

midway on the high road from Bath to Frome, 3 miles south- chapels. The parochial charities are £a7 z6s. yearly. A

,gouth-east from Midford sta-tion on the Somerset and Dorset fair is held here May 1st. Here is a :corn mill. The prinoio·

-.:=1ilway, 1 south from Bath and 6 south-west from Trow- pal landowners are the Rev. Mereditb Brown :M.A. of

bridge, in the Frome division of the county, Wellow hundred, Beechamwell, Swaffham, Norfolk, G. Baker esq. Edward

Weston petty sessional division, Frome union and county Talbot Day Foxcroft esq. x.A., D.L.,. J. P. ()f Hinton Ho~

.court district, Frome district of the rural deanery of Frome, Charterhouse Hinton, Henry Pike esq. and Thomas Pouting

.archdeaconry of Taunton and diocese of Bath and Wells. esq. The soil is loamy and clay.; the subsoil is stone. The

The church of SS. Philip and All Saints is an ancient edifice chief crops are wheat, oats, barley and beans. The area is

~f stone, in the Later English style, consisting of lofty 1,527 acres; rateable Talue, {,2,940; the population in 1881

.chancel, nave of four bays, .aisles, &Juth porch, ,·estry and was 553· . '.

.an embattled western tower, with pinnacles, containing Parish Clerk, William Gould Roberts~ . ·
a clock and 6 bells, lately (1889) re-hung: high carved open PosT & M. 0. o., s. B. & Annuity & Insurance Office.-

,gcreens of oak inclose the north aisle and vestry, and the William Akery, postmaster. Letters through Bath arrive
nto·ewheiYr acnardvead crheoreirdosscr:etehneweearset ere.cdted in ~d886:h ther.e itshae
wm ow an ot ers m aBtec3k·3in5gat.omn .is&th5e npe.mare.;stdtieslpegartc:ahpehd Qaftfice1.30 & 9·45 p.m.
south aisle are stained: the pulpit and fittings are of oak.:
1,

'the church was restored in 1847• and h.... sittings for 350 ScHOOLS :- •· 1 ri r ,

-persons. The register dates from the year 1681, but is Endowed (mixed), erected in 18~7., for u.o children; aver•

mutilated. The living is a vicarage, tithe rent-charge £120, age attendance, 77; & endowed by the larte Joseph Neild

gros-> yearly value {,120, including 6 acres of glebe, with esq. with £so a year; Miss Elizabeth Prescott, mistress

residence, in the gift of the Bishop of Bath and Wells, and Infant, erected in 1841, for 6o children; average attend-

held since 1866 by the Rev. Henry Bannerman Burney H. A. ance, 40; Miss Edith Bell, mistress. , 1

Burney Rev. Henry Bannerman M.A. COMMERCIAL. Francis Alfred, coal haulier
Vicarage
Akery Wm. boot & shoe ma. Post office Francis Henry, coal haulier
Gutch Misses, Norton house
King :Frederick, Laburnum villa Ashley Charles, sawyer Greenhill Charles, farmer, Wick farm
Matthews William Bissey, Cedar house
"Palairet Rev. Charles Bell Lewis, builder Greenland Mary Anti (Mrs.), baker &
Palairet Rev. Richard, Church cottage
Pike Henry, Upper farm Bell William, general stores grocer

Roberts Mrs. Fairfield cottage BourneSarah(Mrs.),farmer,Manor farm Grist Frederick, butcher &farmer
Withers Henry
Withers William Bull Corneliens, baker Gunning James, l<'leur~e-Lis P.H

Burrow Samuel, coal dealer & haulier Hancock Emily (Mrs.), dress maker

Clarke William, farmer, Norwood farm! Hancock John, saddler

Coombs Henry John, carpenter Hart Edward, blacksmith

Coombs Worthy, farmer Holdway Thomas, George inn

lfO.R'1'0N 8T. 1'HILlP~ . SOMERSETSffiRE. r

[KELLY'S

Hollo.ay Jane (Mrs.); baker r •+ Newham Edward, PJmnber & painter Roberts James Gould, miller (water)

Jeffeey8 Hy.farmer,Monnt Pleasant frm Orchard Frederick, plasterer & tiler Roberts William Gould, farmer

Matthews John, farmer Pike By. landowner & frmr. Upper frm Towill Harry, f8'rmer, Chatley farrn •

Millett Benjamin, coffee tavern Pomell & Coombs,grocers & linea drprs '

3t'ltUN'NEY is a parish and village, situated on a small wards Dukes of Bolton ; in the time of Queen Elizabeth it

stream that joins the river Frome, miles west-south-west belonged to Sir William Paulet K. G. the first Marquess of Win-

from. Frome station on the Wilts, Somerset and Weymouth chaster, by whom the estate was disposed of, and, after pass-

branch of the Great Western railway, in the Frome division ingthroughseveralother families, it has become the property
of the county, Frome hundred, petty sessional division, of James 'fheobald esq. the present lord of the manor c the
union and county court district, rural deanery of Frome, walls, now overgrown with ivy, are of great strength, the
archdeaconry of Tauntort and diocese of Bath and Wells. In side walls being 7 feet 6 inches in thickness, and those of the
!1889 a supply of water was brought to the village from reser- tower 1 feet, and within these are passages and staircases ; a
voirs situated at Gaer Hill, and under the control of the FTome moat1 22 feet wide and 10 feet deep, which communicated
Local Board. The church of St. Peter is an ancient building with a stream flowing near, surrounded the whole building:.
of stone, in the Early Englfsh style, consisting of chancel, during the Civil War, being then held by the Prater family.

nave of five bays, aisles, transepts and an octagonal embat- it was garrisoned for the King, and after a determined re-
tied western tower, with pinnacles, and containing a clock sistance to the attacks of the Parliamentary forces, at length
and 6 bells : the north transept, formerly the burial place of surrendered, on condition that the garrison should be allowed
the lords of the manor, contains several altar-tombs with to go to their own homes; the buildingswere then dismantled,

recumbent figures to members of the De la Mere family, one land are now fast going to decay: during the year x88g the

jof which represents Sir John de la Mere, the fonnder of the ruins have been inclosed, and a small charge is now mad•

castle; on another tomb are effigies of a knight in armour for their inspection. James Theobald esq. M.P. of Bedfurds,
and a lady; the third tomb has similar effigies: the chancel Havering-atte-Bower, Essex, who is lord of the manor, the:

was rebuilt in x874, and the interior thoroughly restored Earl of Cork and Orrery K. P., P.C. the Duke of Somerset and

and reseated with open benches, affording sittings for 420 John Henry Shore esq. B.A., .J.P. of Whatley House, are the

persons, The register dates from xs48. The living is a chief landowners. The soil, which is not of great depth, is
rectory, yearly value from tithe rent-charge £374, with vartons; the subsoil is clay and limestone. The land is
residence and sS acres of glebe, in the gift of and held chiefly in pa.<Jture f.or dairy purposes. The acreage is 2,319;.
since :r875 by the Rev. John Louis Challen. Here are rateable value, £4,746; the population in 1881 was x,ox8.

Wesleyan and Primitive Methodist chapels. There are chari· TRUDOX HILI. is a hamlet xi miles south-east: here is a

ties amounting to about £488 yearly value, arising from Congregational chapel. HOLWELL is half a mile south-west,.
moneys in the Funds, and of which £12 is distributed in and RIDGWAY three-quarters of a mile east from the village_
cash and the remainder applied to the general uses of the Parish Clerk, Aaron Fowler.

poor. This statement includes the bequests following:_:_ PosT & M. 0. 0., S. B. & Annuity & Insurance Office.-

Thomas Harris, of Bristol, who died in 17977 left £ x,ooo, Samuel Russell, postmaster. Letters through Frome,.

the interest of which, now amounting to £31 xos. is given arrive at 8.s a. m. & 4 p.m.; dispatched at u.so a. m. &

yearly to married women, natives of this parish; Thomas 5·45 p.m. Letters for Ridgway are delivered by foot post.

Turney, a native of this parish, who died the 21st of May, at 7.40 a.m. & s p.m
,1839, by will left £14,467, the interest of which, now about WALI LETTER Box, at Trudox Hill, cleared at 5 p.m. ; &.
£440 yearly, is applied" to the instruction of youth, the one at Ridgway, cleare~ at 12.5 & 6 p.m. week days only.
alleviation of suffering and infirmity, and the solace of old Frome is the nearest telegraph office
age." The manufacture of edge tools is carried on here. A School Board of 5 members was formed August 21, 1874,.
LimMtone is plentiful in the parish. In April, 1873, a mine to whom a lease of the National school has been granted
of iron ore was opened here, and worked by the furzeham by the Earl of Cork ; Samuel Russell, clerk to the board
Iron Ore Company; this has since been closed. A fair is & attendance officer

held on the uth of November yearly for cattle. In 1874 Nunney Board School (mixed & infants), for 70 boys, 701
this parish was thoroughly drained. The remains of a Roman girls & so infants; average attendance, 45 boys, 42 girls.
tesselated pavement, in good preservation, were discovered & 40 inrants ; .10 boys are educated free, clothed, & receive
some years ago on the property of J. H. Shore esq. of Whatley xs. 6d. per week for maintenance out of Turner's Charity

House: there are also the remains of a Roman encampment & rece1ve £2o each for apprenticing them, with free per-

near the village. Here are the ruins of Nunney Castle, for mission to choose their own trades & masters; James
many years the seat of the De la Mere family : in the time of Rees Griffiths, master; Miss Annie Wood, mistress; Mrs.

Richard JI. the castle passed into the family of Paulet, after- Elizabeth Griffiths, infants' mistress

Baily Thomas, Springfield house Cornish Matthew, wood dealer Moon Alfred, shopkeeper

Challen Rev. John Louis, Rectory Crees Mary(Mrs. ),dairyfarmer,Ridgwy Nicholas James, shopkeeper

Dalby Augustus William, Ridgway Dalby Augustus William L.R.c.s., Nicholls Joseph, farmer, Trudox hill

Daniel George Alfred, Nunney court L.R.C.P.Edin. surgeon, Ridgway Moon Emanuel, blacksmith

Galbraith Thomas M.B Derrick Samuel, grocer Parrott Leonora (Miss), dairy farmer,.

Gunning James, Holwell Fussell James Isaac &John I.imited,bar Coombe farm

Hill Misses, Ridgway iron, steel & edge tool manufacturers; Parrott Sanny, farmer, Court fann

Payne Mrs. Fulwell house & at Mells, Elm & Chantry Penny Simon, baker

Peacock Rev. Edward M.. A. Rockfield ho Galbraith Thomas M. B., c. M. surgeon,& Phillips Edwd. gen. dealr.Nunney catcb

Rose Mrs medical officer & public vaccinator, Piper Edward, grocer

Shakespeare Mrs. Millard's bill No. 4 district, Frome union Pitman James, stone mason

COMMERCIAL. Gascoigne John, blacksmith Russell Rd.Ths.carpentr.&wheelwright.

Andrews James, haulier,Marston Pound George William~ farmer & yeoman, Russell Samuel, draper & assistant

Ashford Wm. shopkeeper, 'frudox hill New Close farm, 'frudox hill everseer, Post office

Austin Henry, dairy farmer Gerrett Henry, Crown inn Smith James, furniture dealer

Bell Alexander, relieving officer for No. Gerrett Thos.haulier & beer ret.Holwell Smith Wm. farmer, Iron Mills farm

3 district, Frome union, Ridgway Gifford Geo. dairy frmr. Belle Vue frm Starr Israel, baker, Trudox hill

Blackmore James, farmer, West down , Gifford Thomas W. miller (steam & Stevens Benjamin• boot & shoe maker

:Burlton Alfred, farmer, Trudox hill water) & corn & flour factor Stevens Charlotte (Mrs.), milliner

Burnett Hy. White Hart P.H. Trudox hl Grant Geo. & Frank, farmers, Ridgway Stevens Frederick Edwin, saddler

Candy Hy.farmer,RedTuns, Trudox hill Gulliford Fredk. dairy frmr.Cricket frm Stevens Jsph.boot & shoe ma. Trudox hli

Charlton Samuel,baker&; general dealer Harford Enoch, farmer, Nutty farm Stevens Saml Jas. tailor &woollen drpr

Charlton Wm. cattle dealer, Side hill Highmore Alfred, 'fheobald's Arms P.H. 'faber Charles, jobbing gardener

Clarke James, spade handle maker, Nunney catch ToopSml.lime burnr.Holwell; &atMells,

Nunney catch Hillier.Aaron, tinplate worker Vickery Sarah (Miss), groeer

Compton Herbert, dairy farmer, Sharp- Hillier Frank, stone mason West Martin, boot & shoe maker &,

shaw farm Hillier James, J;Uason, Ridgway registrar of births & deaths, NunnelJ

Cook William James, grocer, baker & Hillier William, grocer sub-district, Frome union

beer l!eller, Trudox hill Hoddinot Charles, yeoman Wilcox James, plumber & glazier

CoombsAnn(Mrs. ),shopkpr.Trudox hill Hoddinott Misses, girls' schl. Trudox hl Wilcox S. deputy registrar of births &.

Cooper James, carpenter, Trudox hill Keynes Cornelius,dairy frmr.Trudox hl deaths, Nnnney sub-district

Cooper Wm. cabinet maker,Trudox hill Masters John, grocer Wykes James, George inn

NYNEHEAD is a -scattered village and parish, situated WeUington petty sessional division, union and county court.

on the rive-r Tone, a mile and a half north from Wellington district, rural deanery of Wellington, archdeaconryof 'faun-

station on the :Bristol and Exeter section of the Great Western ton and diocese of Bath and Wells. The church of All Saints is

railway, 7 miles west-south-west from Taunton, in the a small edifice of stone, in the Perpendicular style, consisting
Western division of the county, hundred of Taunton Dean, . Qf chancel with aisles, nave of three bays, soutb aisle, nortb

DIRECTORY.] SOMERSETSHIRE. OAltHILL. 297

transept, south porch and an embattled western tower con- Lottesham and Clarke families, from whom it descended to
taining 5 bells: there are valuable Italian sculptures and William Ayshford Sanford esq. 1. P. who is lord of the manor

mosaics, and monuments to the Sanford and Clarke families ! and owner of a large pari of the parish. The soil is a rich

thechancel retains a piscina and an inscribed stone to Richard loom ; subsoil, new red ntarl and sandstone, and produces
Wike, ob. 1500: there is a handsome carved oak rood screen, plentiful crops of wheat, beans, barley, mangolds, potatoes
and the staircase to the rood loft also remains f in the tran- and turnips. The area of the parish is 1,549 acres; rateable

sept is & hagioscope: the west window is a. memorial to the value, £31201 ~ the population in 1881 was 334·

Rev. William Henry Walrond M. A. late vicar: the church has By a Local Government Order, which came into operation

sittings for 200 persons. In the churchyard is the base of a March 25, 1884, a portion of Hillfarrance parish was for

large stone cross with panelled sides..The register dates from civil purposes amalgamated with Nynehtlad. At the same
the year 1670. The living is a vicarage, average tithe rent- date a detached part of this parish, known as White Heath..

charge £162, net yearly value £178, including 17 acres of field, was added to Oak.
glebe, with residence, in the gift of W. A. Sanford esq. and Sexton, Robert Fry.

held since 1884 by the Rev. James Arthur Hervey B. A. of Letters through WelliDoooton, the nearest money order & tele-
Trinity College, Cambridge. There are ch.a.rit.ies amounting graph office, arrive at 8 a.m
to about £4 yearly. Nynehead Court, the mansion of William
.Ayshford Sanford esq.I.P. is pleasantly situated about a mile WALL Box, cleared at 6.25 p.m. week days only;.& at Horns-

and a half north-west from Wellington, in a park of 150 hay, cleared at 5·45 p.m

~res, through which flows the river Tone, forming a sheet School (mixed) enlarged in 1884, to hold IOO children;

of water with cascades. At Chipleigh are the remains of an a\·erage attendance, 55 ; & solely maintained by W. A.

old park, formerly the residence of the Chipleigh, Warre, Sanford esq. ; Josiah Leat, master 1

PRIVATE RESIDENTS. Sanford Henry Seymour John, Aysh- I Coleman Mark, wheelwright ·
liervey Rev. James Arthur B. A. [vicarJ, ford, N ynehead court
Honniball Mary Ann (Mrs.), farmer,

Vicarage COMMERCIAL. Clavengers •

Sanford William Ayshford D.L., J.P. Ash John Richard, farmer, Rews farm Kidner John, farmer, Haywood

Nynehead court i & Travellers' club, Bailey Stepheu, farmer, Hornshay farm Ludlow William, farmer, Blockhouse

London w Baker Joseph, blacksmith Smith George, blacksmith

Sanford Edward Charles Ayshford 1. P. Baker Wm. farmer & butcher,Perry frm Warren Elizabeth (Miss), organist

Nynehead court; & Brooks' club, Bryant Brothers, farmers, Haviland & Wood John, beer retailer & shopkeeper

London Blewett's farms

OAK (or OAKE) is a small scattered village and parish, 4i in charge since 1882. Proud's charity, of £2 yearly, is for

miles north-north-west from Wellington and 3 south-east the education of six children. Thomas Palfrey Broadmead

from Milverton station, on the Devon and Somerset branch esq. M. A., I.P., D.L. of Enmore Park, who is lord of the
of the Great Western railway, in the Western division of the manor, Mr. William Slocum Gibbs, of Cothelstone, Mr.
county, hundred of Taunton Dean, Taunton petty sessional Rowe, and the trustees of the late John Mark are chief

division, Wellington union and county court district, Wel- landowners. The soil is a. strong loam, and produces excel-

lington district of the rural deanery of Taunton,archdeaconry lent crops of wheat, bearis, barley, mangold, and potatoes j

of Taunton and diocese of Bath and Wells. The church of subsoil, various. The acreage is 1,691 ; rateable value,.
St. Bartholomew is a small and plain building of stone, in £4,371; the population in 1881 was 108.
the Perpendicular style, consisting of chancel, nave of two On March 25, 1884, a portion of Hillfarrance parish was~
bays, south aisle, south porch and a battlemented tower on for civil purposes, amalgamated with Oak, as also a de-

the south side, containing 3 bells: the porch bears the date tached part of Nynehead parish, known as White Heath-
I6oi, and there are remains of ancient stained glass in one field.

of the north windows: the south windows were restored, Sexton, John Cattle.

the gallery taken down and other minor improvements made L entetearrsestthrmouognheyTaourdnetorn&, atrerlievgeraapt h7 a. m. Milverton is the
in 1875-7: the church affords sittings for 100 persons. The office. WALL LErrER

trietghiestreerndt-acthesarfgreom£ the year 1630. The living is a rectory, Box, cleared at 6.:10 p.m. week days only
gross yearly value £280, including ·
18o,
42 acres of glebe, with house, in the gift of trustees, and held This place is included in the United School Board district of
since 1861 by the Rev. John Rees Bishop M.A. of Jesus Col- Hillfarrance, Oak & Heathfield

lege, Oxford, who is non-resid~t ; the Rev. Edward Chor- Board School (mixed), erected in 1879, for 'no children;

ley Lutley M. A. of Exeter College, Oxford, has been curate average attendance, 70; Garth Chapple, master

Burch Robert Bere James, farmer, Harnham Lockyer Edwin, miller (water)

Lutley Rev. Edward Chorley M.A. Cattle John, shoe maker IRead Joseph, farmer, Rendle
Summers Henry, blacksmith
[curate], The Rectory Hawkins Albert, farmer, Oak green

Baker Albert Edward, farmer

OAKHILL is a hamlet and extensive village, formed into hill and a like one to the schools by Robert Haskell Jillard ;

an ecclesiastical parish May 11, 1866, from the parishes of Ash- similar sums for the same purpose were left by Captain Jil-
wick,Shepton Mallet and Stoke Lane,and is 2 miles south-east lard, who also bequeathed £150 to keep his tomb in repair,
from Binegar station on the Somerset and Dorset joint rail- the balance to be handed over to the vicar for dist.ributioa

way, and 3 north-east of Shepton Mallet, in the Shepton Mal- among the poor ; Henry Prankerd Jillard also left £100 for
let petty sessional division, Shepton Mallet district of the the poor of Oakhill. Here is the extensive brewery of Messrs..

rural deanery of Pawlett, archdeaconry of Wells and diocese Jillard, Spencer and Co. established in 1767 and noted for
of Bath and Wells. The church of All Saints, erected in its invalid stout: in 1889 this firm was transrormed into &
186:~, on a site given by R. C. Strachey esq. I.P. at a cost of Limited Liability Co. and is now known as the Oakhill

[1,63o, and consecrated in 1862, is a building of Mendip Brewery Co. Limited. There are gas works in the village
lias, with dressings of Doulting stone, in the Early English belonging to the same firm from which Oakhill and part of

style, consisting of chancel, with organ chamber, nave, Ashwick are lighted. Sir John Hippisley hart. F.R.S., D.L.,
south porch and a turret containing one bell: the east win- I.P. of Ston Easton Park, is lord of the manor. Richard
dow, which illustrates the life of Our Lord, was erected in Charles Strachey esq. I.P. of Ashwick Grove; John Maitland

1879 by R. C. Strachey esq. I.P. in memory of his parents, Spencer esq. I.P. of Hillylands, Ashwick; and Frederick

Richard and Anne Maria Strachey: the stained west window Spencer esq. I.P. are the chief landowners. The land, whicn .
was erected in 1881 by Meadows Martineau esq. J.P. and is chiefly in pasture, is light loam; subsoil, limestone; tha
there are two others: in 1879 an organ was placed in the area is about 500 acres; the population in 1881 was 517.
church at a cost of £18o, and in 1882 a reredos of Bath stone, PosT & M. 0. 0., S. B.& Annuity & Insurance Office.-Miss.
with a carved representation of the "'Last Supper," was Elizabeth Emery, receiver. Letters arrive from Bath at
erected at the cost of R. C. Strachey esq. I.P. : there are sit- 4.30 a.m. & 2 p.m. & are delivered at 7 a. m. & 2.15 p.m. ;
tings for 200 persons. The living is a vicarage, yearly value dispatched at 4-15 p. m. & 8.40 p.m. The nearest tele-
£164, partly arising from an endowment of £5,632, given by graph office is at Shepton Mallet
the late Mrs. Wickham, in the gift of the rector of Shepton INSURANCE AGENT.-We.!St of England Fire & Life,W. Bennett.

Mallet, and held since :1878 by the Rev. William Henry Shor- ScHOOLS : -
land M.A. of Wadham College, Oxford. The Congregational British (mixed), erected in 1857, for 130 children; averaga

church, built in 1872, and opened IOthJune, 1873, to replace attendance, 90; Isaac Mitchell, master
an older structure erected in 1837, consists of nave, tran- National (mixed), erected in 1867, at the cost of Mrs..
septs, organ chamber and vestry: here is also a Wesleyan Wickham, for So children; average attendance, 6o; Wm.

chapel. A charity, value£Ioo, was left to the poor of Oak- Young, master

Bennett Samuel, Oakhill cottage Emery Edwin, Prospect cottage Shorland Rev. William Henry M. A-
[vicar], Underleigh
Bennett WilJiam, Rock cottage Jensen Charles, Ashwick cottage
Spencer I<'rederick 1. P. Pondsmead
Donaldson Rev. Thomas Robert [Con- Jones Charles Matthew
Spencer Mrs. The Beeches
gregatiohal], Holly lodge Silk Alfred Joseph

298 O.AKBILL. SOMERSETSHIRE.

Y"Oung William Charles I Hill Elias, farmer, Warren house I Moon Alfred, blacksmith

COMMERCIAL. J ames Edwin, butcher Plyer Edwin, saddler

Bennett William, accountant, Rock cot James Geo, earpenter & wheelwright Raines George, shopkeeper

Brockway Ann (Mrs.), shopkeeper Jones Charles Matthew, grocer Selway John, cow doctor

Emery 8. & Son, builders & contractrs MacknessJsph. Cart.er, inland rev.officr Tilke Samuel, farmer, Fosse road

Ford Mary (Mrs.), Oakhill inn OAKHILL BREWERY CO. LIMITED, Treasure Mark, farmer

Ford William ~orris, grocer & draper BREWERS A MALTSTERS. THIS Young Wil!iam Charles, brewers'

Green Charles, watch & clock maker COMPANY IS RENOWNED FOR traveller

Green Edward Richard, farmer ITS FAMOUS INVALID STOUT

OARE is a parish and village, situated on the road from Herbert Francis Ramsay, who is also rector of Culbone and

Porlock to Lynton, on the border of Exmoor Forest, 6 miles resides at Brendon. The Rev. W. S. Halliday's charity

west from Porlock, 7 east from Lynton, 13 west from Mine- (being the interest of £soo) is distributed to the poor at
head (the nearest railway station), 14 west from Dunster, in Christmas in clothing by the rector and churchwardens.

the Western division of the county, hundred of Carhampton, Nicholas Snow esq. J.P. who is lord of the manor, and Wil.
Dunster petty sessional division, union and countycourtdis- liam Halliday Halliday esq. 111.A., D.L., J.P. of West View,
~rict of Williton, rural deanery of Dunster, archdeaconry of Higher Warberry road, Torquay, are the sole landowners?
Taunton and diocese of Bath and Wells. The church of St. The soil is light sandy; subsoil, sandstone and hard stone;
Mary is an ancient building of stone, in the Perpendicular the chief crops are barley, oats and turnips, with some land

style, consisting of chancel, nave, north porch and an embat- in pasture. The area is 4,ooo acres ; rateable value, £704 ;
tied western tower, with pinnacles, containing a clock and 3 the population in 1881 was 61.
bells : there are sittings for 100 persons. The registers date Parish Clerk, John Hancock.

from 1674, but are very imperfect. The living is a rectory, Letters through Barnstaple, by foot post from Lynton to
average tithe rent-charge £67, net yearly value £us, in- Brendon, arrive at I p.m.; the nearest money order &
eluding 100 acres of glebe, in the gift of Waiter Halliday telegraph office at Lynmouth. WALL LETTER Box near

Halliday esq. or Glenthorne, and held since 1887 by the Rev. the (.'hurch cleared at 1.30 p.m. week days only

Jowitt Thomas, Oare house Kingdom Joseph, farmer Ridd Thomas, farmer

Snow NicholasJ.P.(forDevon),Manorho Land John, farmer Smith James, farmer, Kemps

pallyn James, farmer, Oare ford · Lock Henry, fanner, Rowcombe

IODCOMBE is a parish and village, situated on the road of that House. Here is a Primitive Methodist chapel, erected
from Crewkerne to Yeovil, 3 miles west from Yeovil and x! in 1878, and a Baptist chapel. Dr. Hody's charity of £x3

miles south from Montacute station on the Yeovil and yearly is for apprenticing poor boys. William Phelips esq.

Durston branch of the Great Western railway, in the D.L., J.P. who is lord of the manor, T. Moore esq. and RoberJi

Southern division of the county, Houndsborough, Barwick Chaffey Chaffey esq. of East Stoke House, are the chief

and Coker hundred, Yeovil petty sessional division, union landowners. The soil is light sand and the subsoil is clay,

and county court district, Martock district of the rural with much land in pasture; the chief crops are col'n and

deanery of Ilchester, archdeaconry of Wells and diocese of roots; the area is z,zoo acres; rateable value, £2,S9I; and

Bath and Wells. The church of SS. Peter and Paul ts a the population in x88x was 624.

crnciform building of Ham stone, in the Early Decorated and HoUNDSToNE, I mile north-east, is a hamlet, formerly a

Late Perpendicular styles, consisting of chancel, nave, tran- part of this parish, but now only included for ecclesiastical

septs, south porch and an embattled central tower, with purposes; for civil purposes it is now joined to Brympton.

pinnacles, and containing a cloek, erected in 1887, at a cost Parish Clerk, Thomas Hunt.

of £n7, and S bells: there is an ancient font: the church Letters through Ilminster arrive at 9 a.m. WALL LE'ITER

was restored in I87S: a new reredos of mosaic and Derby- Box cleared at 6.30 p.m. week days only. Yeovil is the

shire marble was erected in t8Bs, at the cost of the rector: nearest money order office & Montacute railway station is

there are sittings for 280 persons. The register dates from the nearest telegraph office
x669. The living is a rectory, average tithe rent-charge INSURANCE AGENT.-Royal Exchange, J. Sarell

£3n, net yearly value £320, including so acres of glebe, National School (mixed), built in 1831 & enlarged in 1887,

with residence, in tbe gift of Christ Church, Oxford, and for ISO children; average attendance, 92 ; Frederick Hy.

held since x87S by the Rev. Edward RogersM.A. late student Butt, master; Mrs. F. H. Butt, mistress
IAndrews Henry, Myrtle cottage
Harris George, shopkeeper Rodber Joseph, blacksmith

Andrews Luke, Carlton house HHeoldlideerrDGaevoidrg, es,h~oaprkmeeerper IRodber Thomas, carpenter
Rogers Rev. Edward M.A. Rectory Sarell John, farmer

Sarell John Hunt Luke, boot maker Sherry Thomas, cowkeeper

Young Samuel Jennings William, cattle dealer Stacey Charles Henry, baker

COMMERCIAL. Kimber George, builder Strong Ann Virtue (Mrs.), beer retailer

Galpin William, shopkeeper Marsh James, boot maker Turner James, farmer, Manor farm

Gill William, Odcombe inn Newton Elizabeth (Mrs.), baker Warr Jas.beerret.&farmer, Pike corner

Hain Charles, Rising Sun P.H Peterson Henry, marine store dealer Warr Richard, farmer

Hain James, farmer Robins Louis, blacksmith 1 Young Samuel, farmer

•

ORCHARDLEIGH is a parish partly bounded by the the Rev. William Arthur Duckworth M.A., J.P. lord -or the

:Frome river, 2 miles north from Frome station on the Wilts, manor and sole landowner ; the mansion occupies an elevated

Somerset and Weymouth branch of the Great Western rail- position in the centre of an undulating park of about 800

way, hi the Frome division of the county, Frome hundred, acres, which comprises nearly the whole of Orchardleigh

petty sessional division, union, county court district, rural parish, and is a building of stately appearance, in the Eliza-

deanery of Frome, archdeaconry of Taunton and diocese of bethan style, erected by the late William Duckworth esq.

Bath and Wells. The church (name unknown) stands in and commands fine views of the surrounding country,

the park, and is a small edifice of stone in the Early English including Clay Hill, the Wiltshire downs, and the surround-

style, consisting of chancel, nave, transept, south porch and ing woodland scenery: the park is adorned with numerous

a small turret on the north side containing one bell ; under groups of stately elms and forest trees, and contains a lake

the turret is a priests' door : in the church are monuments to of 24 acres and two ponds ; the carriage drive through the

the Champneys family, the former owners of Orchardleigh: grounds from one lodge gate to the other, is 2! miles in

the building was -restored in 1879, from plans by the late length. The soil is loam and marl, and the subsoil is marl.

Sir G. Gilbert Scott R.A. and has sittings for so persons. The land is chiefly in pasturage. The acreage is Soo; rate-

The register dates from 1623. The living is a rectory, with able value, £1,421 ; the population in z881 was 41.

the vk-arage of Lullington annexed, average tithe rent-charge Letters through Frome, which is the nearest money order
£t2I, joint net yearly value £230, including 39 acres of & telegraph office, arrive at 8 a.m. & 4 p.m
glebe in the gift of the Rev. WilliamArthur DuckworthJ.P.
and held since 1875 by the Rev. John Bacon Medley B.A. of The WALL LETTER Box, in the adjoining parish of Lulling-

Exeter College, Oxford, who resides at Lullington. Orchard- ton, is the nearest place for posting .

leigh park, once the property of the Champneys family, who The children of this place attend the school in the adjoining

were in possession for about three centuries, is the seat of parish of Lullington

Duckworth Rev. William ArthurM.A.,J.P.Orchardleigh park I Collins Cornelius, dairy farmer, Long House farm

ORCHARD PORTMAN is a parish situated on the from the Orchard and Portman families. The church of

high road from Taunton to Chard, and about 2 miles south St. Michael is an ancient edifice of stone, chiefly in the Per-

from Taunton, where is the nearest railway station, in the pendicular style, consisting of chancel, nave, south porch

Bridgwaterdivision of the county, hundred of Taunton Dean, and an embattled western tower containing 4 bells; the

ITaunton petty sessional division, union and county court porch has an interesting Norman doorway and in the interior

district, rural deanery and archdeaconry of Taunton and is a curious illuminated brass to Humphrey Coles, with the
diocese of Bath and Wells. The parish derived its name date 1693; several rich altar-tombs of this family are in the

DIRECTORY.] SOMERSETSHIRE. OTTERFORDJ 299

cburcl;l of the adjoining parish of Pitminster. the south aisle,'in ancient mansion of the Portman family stood a little to the

which this brass was originally placed, was removed in 1844: west of the church, but was demolished about the year 1845•

there are sittings for 120 persons. The register of baptisms Viscount Portman is lord of the manor and sole landowner.

dates from the year 1538; marriages, 1530; burials, 1539. The soil is marl and clay; subsoil, new red sandstone and

The living is a rectory, wjth the vicarages of Thurlbear and bluelias. The area is 635 acres; rateabl.a value, £755: the

Stoke St. Mary annexed, average tithe rent-charge £309• population in 1881 was 57·

net yearly value £250, including 28 acres of glebe at Orchard Letters througn Taunton, the nearest money order & tele-

Portman, with two houses, in the gift of Viscount Port- graph office, arrive at 7 a. m

man, and held since 1885 by the Rev. Henry Fit.zhardinge The nearest LETTBQ Box is at Shoreditch, Taunton

Berkeley Portman B.A. of Magdalene College, Oxford. The children of this place attend the school at Corfe, to the

ICrosse's charity of £1o is for distribution yearly. The support of which this parish contributes

Portman Rev. Fitzhardinge Berkeley Portman Rev. Henry :Fitzhardinge Ber- fChapman Thomas, farmer
JII.A. Orchard Portman house keley M.A. [rector], The Rectory
IOTHERY is a parish and village, situated on the river dates from 156o.. The living is a vicarage. tithe rent-
Parret and on the high road to Taunton. 5 miles north-west charge £147, gross yearly value £300, including residence

from Langport station and 3 miles from Athelny station on and 19 acres of glebe, in the gift of the Bishop of Bath and

the Ourston and Yeovil branch of the Great Western rail- Wells, and held since 1870 by th" R!}V. Cllarles Melcnoir de

way, 1 south-east from Bridgwater, in the Bridgwater Polignac Gillam lll.A. of Pembroke College, Oxford. Here

division of the county, Whitley hundred, Bridgwater petty is a Congregational chapel. Col. Cllarles Kemeys Kemeys-

sessional division, union and county court district, rural Tynte D.L., ;J.P. of Halswell, Goa.thurst, is tne lord of the

-deanery of Glastonbury, archdeaconry' of Taunton lfnd manor and principal landowner. Tne soil is loamy and

diocese of Bath and Wells. 'fhe church of St. Michaelis a , sandy, and the subsoil is limestone. The. chief crops are

cruciform building of stone, chiefly in the Early English wheat, beans, roots, barley and potat003. The acreage is

style, with details of the X4th and :r5th centuries, and con- 1,843; rateable value, £3,9:J3; the population in 1881

sists of chancel, nave; transepts, south porch, a central was 578.

embattled tower 75 feet high, with pinnacles and angle Parish Clerk, George .Emery.
buttresses, and containing 5 bells; the stained east window PoST 0FFICR.~Henry Fry, postmaster. Letters received

is a memorial to the late Samuel Simmons esq. of Newlands, from Bridgwater at 7.25 a. m. & box closes for dispatch at

Gloucestershire, and his wife, and was erected by their 6.30 p.m. week days only. Langport is the nearest money

daughter Mrs. Shipton ; there is a handsome mural manu- order & telegrapn office. Postal orders are issued here,

ment of marble to the Rev. John Noble Shipton D.D., J.P. a but not paid

former vicar, who gave the carved oak screen, and died Feb. A School Board of 5 members was formed March 20, 1877;

25th, 1864, and another mural monument to the Rev. Henry P. 0. H. & T. M. Reed, Bridgwater, clerks to th;, board

Roberts B. A. late vicar, who died Oct. 1st, 1870; there are Board ~chool (mixed), erected in I88o, for 1:20 childreq;

some finely carved bench ends, and at the vicardg3 is pre- Harry C. Guy, master; Mrs. Jane Guy, mistress

served an embroidered cope of the 15th century: the CARRIERS TO BRIDGWATBR.-Henry Pester, Waiter Pitm:l.n,

church affords sittings for 400 persons. The register Mrs. E. Lawrence, wed. & sat

Baker Thomas Godfrey Thomas, yeoman I Somers George & Edmund, farmers

Beale Rev. Joseph [Congregational] Godfrey William, yeoman SomersJsph.&Ollvr.yeomen,Keen's frm

Gillam Rev. Charles Melchoir de Polig- Hamblin Octavius, yeoman Southerwood Henry, shoe maker
Spiller Benjamin, London inn
nac M.A. Vicarage Jeffery Vincent, farmer
Thatcher Thomas, farmer ')
Goodson George Kiddle George, farmer
Tucker Frederick, yeoman, Owt'lry farm
Lockyer Miss Kiddle Thomas Mitchell, farmer Tutton Ham, thatcher
Westlake Waiter James, farmer
COMMERCIAL. Kiddle Thomas, sen. farmer
Whaits Patty Ann (Mrs.), shopkeeper
Atyeo John, confectioner Lawrence Emily (Mrs.), New inn
Winslade James, farmer
Baker Edwin, blacksmith Lovibond George, farmer
Winslade John, farmer
Baker Ernest Arthur, wheelwright Lovibond John, yeoman Winslade Thos. farmer &miller (steam)

Baker James, yeoman Pester Henry, blacksmith Winslade William, farmer

Chambers Harry, yeoman, Pathe Pester James, beer retailer

Coombs William, shopkeeper Rossiter Frederick, wheelwright

Fry Henry, shopkeeper, & post office Somers Charles, carpenter

OTTERFORD is a scattered parish, on the Devonshire late W. Beadon esq. who died in March, 1864- was after-

border of the county, in the Western division of the count.y, wards sold to the late Sir John Mellor knt. justice of the

western division of Taunton Dean hundred, Taunton petty Queen's Bench, and is now one of the handsomest seats in

sessional division, union and county court district, rural the neighbourhood: there are two large and well-stocked

deanery and archdeaconry of Taunton and diocese of Bath fish ponds, and the land abounds with game. Alfred Mellor

and Wells. BISHOP's WooD, the village part of Otterford, esq. J.P. is lord of the manor and chief landowner. The

is about 6 miles north-west from Chard, and the remainder soil is clayey and stony; subsoil, flinty. The chief crops are

of the parish consists of scattered farms, from 6 to u miles wheat, oats and beaus. The area is 2,343 acres; rateable

therefrom. The church of St. Leonard is a building of value, £2,383; the population in 1881 was 405.

stone in the Early English style, consisting of chancel, nave BISHOP's WooD is the hamlet of this parish, 2~ miles
south-east from the church ; there is a Mission Church
of three bays, north aisle, transept, south porch and an .seating 100 persons, in which service is held both on week
embattled western tower containing 4 bells ; it was repaired
and enlarged in 1861 : the font is Norman; a piscina days and Sundays.
Parish Clerk, Robert Rowsell.
remains and on the south side is a holy-water stoup: the
east and two smaller windows are stained and there are PosT OFFICE, Bishop's Wood.-John Vincent, jun. receiver.
Letters arrive from Chard at 9.30 a.m. ; dispatched at
several interesting brasses: there are sittings for 150
persons. The parish register dates from 1558, but is ex-
tremely defective, large portions having boon destroyed 4 p.m. Chard is tne nearest money order & telegraph
about 1810 by the churchwarden, who being a shopkeeper, office
used up the older registers as waste paper. The living is a A School Board of 5 members was formed October 18, 1876;

vicarage, tithe rent-charge £26, gross yearly value £172, William Westlake, Church in Ford, clerk to the board;
including 32 acres of glebe, with residence at Bishop's Wood, Thomas Cousins, attendance officer

in the gift of the Bishop of Bath and Wells, and held since Board School (mixed), Bishop's Wood, built in 1882 at a

1885 by the Rev. Charles Blissett Roberts, of Wadham cost of about £300, for 45 children; average attendance,

College, Oxford. At Bishop's Wood is a small chapel, 30 ; Mrs. Cousins, mistress

erected in 1874, for the Plymouth Brethren. Otterhead Church of England School (mixed), Bishop's Wood, erected,

House, the seat of Alfred Melior esq. J.P. takes its name with teacher's residence attached, in 1854 for 6o children;

from the river Otter, which rises just above the mansion, average attendance, 33, & chiefly supp()rted by the Rev.

and divides the counties of Somerset and Devon, the house Charles Blissett Roberts; Miss Elizabeth Pugsley, mistress

and part of the land being in the parish of Church Staunton, British Scho()l (mixed) (also known as "Blackdown Non-

Devon, and the remainder in Somerset: the estate consists conformist Mission Chapel") was built in 1874, to hold 120

of upwards of 1,200 acres: the mansion, erected on the persons; average school attendance, 35; John H. Radclifie,

site of an ancient farmhouse, called "Week Farm," by the master

Otterford. COMMBRCIA.L. 1Crook John, farmer, Grigs
Aplin Frederick, farmer, Waterhayes Doble John, gamekeeper to Alfred
Kemp Mrs. Widcombe house Aplin James, farmer, :Fyfet Melior esq
Mellor Alfred J.P. Otterhead house Babb Mrs. & Joseph, farmers Hdyes Henry, Holman Clavel inn
Radcliffe John Buckingham, Rooks Clarke Samuel, farmer
Hill Henry, butter dealer & shopkeeper

HOO OTTERFOHD'. SOMERSETSHIRE.

Hodge Harriet (Mrs.), farmer Bishop's Wood. 1GrabhamConway,Pitland inn,& pig dlr
Kerslake James, farmer
Lock John, farmer & lime burner Dyer Mrs Graham Thomas, New inn

Loosemore John, farmer Hockey James Leigh Thos. gamekpr.to Alfd.Mellor est}
Manley Wm. miller (water) & farmer
Shire John, shopkeeper & cowkeeper Hutchins Simon · Sparks Abraham, farmer

Shire Mrs. farmer, Whatley farm Locke Mrs Vincent John, shoe maker
Sparks Isaac, farmer, Wall End farm
Westlake Thomas, farmer, Fyfet Roberts Rev. Charles Blissett, Vicarage Vincent John, jun. shoe maker & shop-
Westlake William, farmer
Wyatt John, farmer Singleton Mrs keeper, Post office

COMMERCIAL. Westlake William,agent to AlfredMellor

Batt Joseph, thrashing machine proptr esq. Church-in-ford

Denning tieorge, shoe ma.. & shopkeeper Willie Eli, blacksmith

Evans William, grocer Wyatt William, cowkeeper

OTTERHAMPTON with COMBWICH is a 1,982 acres; rateable value, £4,921 ; the population of the

parish, situated on the west bank of the river Parret, 3t old parish in 1881 was 239

miles from its mouth, 7 miles north-west from Bridgwater Letters are received through Bridgwater, via Cannington,

station on the Bristol and Exeter section of the Great Western about 7·45 a. m. & s.so p.m. The nearest money order &
railway, in the Bridgwater division of the county, western telegraph office is at Cannington. LETTER WALL Box

division of Cannington hundred, Bridgwater petty sessional cleared at 7·45 a. m. & 6.25 p.m

division, union and county court district, rural deanery of A School Board of 5 members was formed July 16th, 1880;

Bridgwater, archdeaconry of Taunton, and diocese of Bath Rev. C. G. Anderson, chairman & clerk to the board

and Wells. Under the provisions of the Divided Parishes .. . .
Act 1882 the whole of Combwich is now included in this CombwlCh IS a VIllage a n d~iclheapsoeulrtyh,-esa1~ttuaftreodm oOnttt~hre­
rh:er Parret t,
parish, and the hamlet of Stert, 2! miles north-east, formerly west bank of the !
belonging to the adjoining parish of Stockland, Bristol, is hampton church; m 1.87~ a portwn of Canm~ton par1s~

also included for civil purposes only. The church of All was annexed for eccle.smstiCal Pl!rposes, but this chapelry IS
Saints is an ancient building of stone, in the Later English now for all purposes m the yar1sh o~ Otte~h~mpton. 'fJ;te
style, consisting of chancel and nave, south porch and an chur~h o~ St. Peter, erec~d m 1870, IS a bmldmg of stone m
embattled western tower containing 4 bells ; the chancel the Gothu: style! and consists Qf c~ancel, na_v~, transepts and
was erected about 1844 : there are sittings for 140 persons. a. tower w1th Spire, on the south s1de, contammg a clock and
The register dates from the year 1642. The living is a 5 bells: the base of the tower forms a.porch: a carved oak
rectory, with the chapelry of Combwich annllxed, average and walnut lectern, the wo~k and design of the recto~, _has
tithe rent-charge £ 198, net yearly value £ 229, induding 19 recently (1889) been place~ m the church: there are ~I~tmgs

acres of glebe, with residence, in the gift of Capt. John for 250 persons. He~e IS a Wes~eyan chapel, or11pnally
Courtenay Guy Evered R.N. and held since 1s71 by the Rev. erected as .a Congregatwnal chapel m 1838. A free library
Charles George Anderson of St. Bees. Dr. Jeffery's charity was established by the rector m 1888.

of £6 Bs. yearly is distributed by the rector and church- PosT OFFICE.-William Parsons, receiver. Letters arrive

wardens in the church porch to the deserving poor of the through Bridgwater at 7.15 a.m. & 5.30 p.m.; dispatched

old parish of Otterhampton. In 1888 Mrs. Jane Evered left at 6.50 p.m. Cannington is the nearest money order &

£3 annually, to be given to six aged poor of the old parish. telegraph office

Hill House is the seat of Andrew Robert Guy Evered esq. J.P. Board School (mixed); it will hold 120 children; average

who is lord of the manor and principal landowner. The soil attendance, 8o; J<'rederick King, master. Connected with

is clay, and the subsoil is limestone. The chief crops are the school is a penny bank

wheat, barley, with some pasture land. The acreage is now CARRIER TO BRIDGWATER.-Charles Webber, daily

Otterhampton Combwich. 1 Harrison Matthew, master mariner,

Leigh Henry Farthing, The Towers Providence house
Anderson Rev. Charles ~eorge, Re_ctory ' Leigh Herbert, Mount Pleasant Kelland William, blacksmith

Evered Andrew Robt. Guy J.P. Hill ho Leigh Miss Walford house Leigh Henry & Son, coal merchants

Ooram David, farmer, Stert Perrett John Hurman Pain Joseph, beer retailer

Harden Edward, farmer Warren Joseph, dairyman

Lott George, farmer, 8tert COMMERCIAL. Webber Charles, carrier

Pain Edwin, farmer, Hill farm Colthurst, Symons & Co. brick makers Whitting Edwin, Anchor inn

Phillips John, farmer, Stert Diment James, shoe maker Whit.ting John Webber, cattle dealer

Roe Mark, farmer, Otterhampton farm Fear Albert, baker . Wilkins Henry, boat builder

Silke Harriet (Mrs.), farmer Fear Henry, grocer, butcher & draper Wilkins William Henry, dairyman

Stone Samuel, lodging house, Stert HuntElizh. (Mrs.),beer retailer & baker Williams James4 boat builder

IPAULTON is a populous parish and healthy village, 1! J.P. of Farrington Gurney: it is a substantial building in

miles south-east from Ha1latrow station on the Bristol and the Queen Anne style, and consists of a men's ward, con-
North Somerset branch of the Great Western railway, and 2 taining 7 beds, a women's ward, with 3 beds, and a ward for

miles north-west from Midsomer Norton station on the special cases, besides operating and convalescent rooms, and

Somerset and Dorset railway, II9 miles from London, 10 1 kitchen: it is open for the reception of accidents and surgi-

south-west from Bath, 12 south-by-east from Bristol, 12 cal cases, and fevers of a non-infectious character, and is

north-west from Frome, situated between the high roads managed by a committee, and supported by voluntary

from Bristol and Bath to Wells, in the Northern division of contributions. Excellent cheese and butter is made here.

the county, hundred of Chewton, union of Clutton, petty A considerable trade is carried on in this village, there being

sessional division and county court district of Temple Cloud, an iron foundry belonging to Mr. Alfred Evans, a shoe fac-

Midsomer Norton district of the rural deanery of Merston, tory belonging to Messrs. Flook and Sons, employing r,ooo

archdeaconry of Wells and diocese of Bath and Wells. The hands; a colliery, some good shops and two inns. Paulton

church of the Holy Trinity, rebuilt (with the exception of the House, a large old-fashioned residence in the centre of the

tower) in 1839, is an edifice of Bath stone in the Early English village, dates from the time of James I. and has been the

style, consisting of chancel, nave of five bays, aisles, organ residence of the Hill family for two and a half centuries ;

chamber, vestry, north porch and a western tower, with the last male representative of this family died in 188o and

handsome parapet and four pinnacles, containing a good the property has descended to his daughters. Harry

clock, the gift of one of the Hill family, and 5 bells by Bilbie ; Molyneux Carter esq. major 1st bat. Wiltshire Regiment, is

all the windows are stained, most of them being memorials lord of the manor; the representatives of the late John Hill

erected by or to members of the Hill family: there are sit- esq. William Rees-Mogg esq. of Cholwell House, and Alfred

tings for 6oo persons. The register, which has been badly Evans esq. are the chief landowners. The soil is loamy, and

kept, dates from 1702. The living, formerly held in con- the subsoil clay and limestone rock. The chief crops are

junction with that of Chewton Mendip, is a vicarage, average hay and corn, and the land is very productive. The area of

tithe rent-charge £go, net yearly value £2oo, including 54 the parish is 1,o6oacres; rateable value, £5,084; the popu-

acres of glebe, with residence, in the alternate gift of the lation in r881 was 2, 122.

bishop of the diocese and the vicar of Chewton Mendip, and Parish Clerk, William Lovell.

held since 1875 by the Rev. Thomas Williamson Bull PosT, M. 0. & T. 0., S. B. & Annuity & Insurance Office.-

T.A.K.c.L. A Cemetery, 2 acres in extent, was provided in Mrs. Elizabeth Gould, receiver. Letters received from

18~o; and a portion of the ground consecrated by the Bishop Bristol by train at 7.45 a. m. & 1.30 p.m.; dispatched at

of Bath and Wells in October 1882; there is an entrance 4.50 & 7-55 p.m. ; the latter post is dispatched t') Mia-

lodge with Board room attached, but no mortuary chapels; somer Nortun by messenger, thence to Bath; on sundays

it is under the control of a Burial Board of 6 members. at 8.15 p.m. Money orders are issued & paid from 8 a. m.

There are Wesleyan, Primitive Methodist, and Baptist till 6 p.m. daily. Telegraph office open from 8 a. m. till

chapels. The Cottage Hospital, which occupies a salubrious 8 p.m. ; no delivery on sundays

position at the south end of the village, was originally INSURANCE AGENTS:-

opened in 1872, but the present structure dates only Norwich Union Fire, T. Bush

·from 1886, and is a memorial to: the late Lt.-Col. Mogg I R'lyal Farmers' & General, T. A. Hill

DIRECTORY.] .SO.MERSETSHIRE. 3.0tPEASEOO\f~.

Queen, C. D. Purnell Wesleyan (mixed), for 200 children; average attendanee,
180; Edwin Veater, master
Standard Life, T. A. Hill

Sun :Fire, J • .!dams, Old Mills Collieries CARRIERS TO : -
ScHOOLS:-
BrnSTOL-For passengers & packages, Mark Dowling, tues.
National erected in 1839, & an. Infants' school, added in thurs. &sat
I88o, for 365 children; average attendance, ISO boys &

girls &100 infants; James Hobley, master; Miss Elizabeth BATH-For passengers & parcels, 'Mark Dowling, wed.

J. Smith, infants' mistress returning same day ·

PRIVATE RESIDENTS. Carter Louisa (Mrs.), butcher j McGilroy A.ndrew, umbrella maker

Adams John, Alton villa Cemetery (T. Melhuish, clerk to the Old Mill Collieries (Wi11iam Eva.ns &

Armist.ead Rev, Wm. M. [WesleyanJ burial board) Co. propriet.ors; Alfred Evans, manr

Bull Rev. Thomas Williamson T.A.K.Q.L, Collier O.smond Henry, watch maker aging partner; John Batey, certifi....,

[vicar] Dando James, cattle dealer cated manager)

Butler William, Bedford villa Derrick Jehu, beer retailer PasfieldJohnWm.tailr. &woollendraper

Carter Mrs. Vine Clad cottage Dowling Mark, carrier Pa.ulton Coffee Rooms (Miss Mary

Evans Alfred, Hauham house Emm George, saddler & harness maker Gould, proprietor)

Flook Joseph R. The Laurels Evans Alfred, engineer, millwright, Penny Matthew, boot & shoe maker

Flook Moses, Hill house boiler maker & iron & brass founder, Pow Albert, farmer, Withy mill

Hill Mrs. Joseph Paulton foundry Pow Frederick, Red Lion P.H

Hill Thomas Ames Filer William, greengrocer Price Job, grocer

Kempton Rev. John (Baptist] Flook E. & Sons, wholesale boot & shoe Purnell Charles Dando & Sons, printers

Matthews Charles J. Elm hayes manufacturers & stationers

Woods Frank Flook E. & Sons, drapers & general PIU'Ilell William & Sons, carpenters &

COMMERCIAL. outfitters builders

Abbott James, blacksmith Gait John, beer retailer & dairy farmer Rawlins Peter, farmer

AshmanWm.Corben,frmr.Plumptrefrm Gay John & Son, grocers Shearn Joseph, provision dealer

.Banfield George, beer retailer Hall Thomas, beer retailer Simmons George, beer retailer

Batey John, certificated manager to the Harris Amelia (Mrs.), general dealer Simmons Joseph, beer retailer

Old Mill collieries Harrison Edward, grocer &c Styles Washington Owen, boot make~

Batt Charles, farmer, Brittan's farm Hayes Edward,wheelwright & carpenter & shopkeeper

Blanning John, Lamb inn Heal John & Son, grocers, drapers & Sumpter Thomas, shopkeeper

JJrodribb Thomas, beer retailer ironmongers Verrier Bros. painters & plasterers

Brooks Joseph, butcher Hill Harold Augustine, farmer, Manor Verrier Alfred James, toy dealer

Bush James, ironmonger & cooper farn1 Vowles James, tallow chandler

Bush Thomas, chemist &c Hill Thomas Ames, solicitor, commis- Watts Jn. tinplate worker & ironmonger

Butler Waiter, confectioner sioner for oaths in the Supreme Weeks Edwin, painter & glazier

Carter Felix, beer retailer & cattle dealr court of judicature Weeks John, grocer

Carter George, beer retailer Ings Daniel & Son, stone masons West William, grocer & saddler

Cottage Hospital (Augustin Prichard I lugs William, news agent Whippey George, butcher

M.D. consulting surgeon; Alex. Waugh Janes Eliza (Mrs.), straw bonnet maker Whippey John, butcher

L.R.C.P.Lond. & George Samuel Pol~ Langridge Simon, chimney sweeper Williams Charles, beer retailer

lard L. R.c.P.Edin. surgeons; Rev. T. Lovell Tom, grocer &c Williams John, stationer & toy dealer

W. Bull, treasurer; Miss L. J. Mar- Lovell William,greengrcr.& parish clerk Woods Frank L.R.C.P.Lond. surgeon

riott, lady supt) Lumber Harry, Victoria inn Yeates George, beer retailer

P A WLETT is a village and parish, situated on the east the last Monday in August and October. Messrs. Browne and

bank of the river Parrett, 4 miles north from Bridgwater Co. of Bridgwater, have extensive works here for the manu-
and ~~north-west from Dunball station on the main line of facture of bricks. Lord de Mauley, who is lord of the
the Great Western railway, in the Bridgwater division of manor, and Lord Clifford of Chudleigh, are the chief land-

the county, hundred of North Petherton, petty sessional owners. The soil is red sand and marl: subsoil, various.
division, union and county court district of Bridgwater, The chief crops are oats, wheat, barley and some land in
rural deanery of Pawlett, archdeaconry of Wells and diocese pasture. The area is 31033 acres of laud; rateable value,

of Bath and Wells. The church of St. John the Baptist is an £9,090; the population in 1881 was 531.

ancient cruciform building of stone in mixed styles, consisting STRETCHOLT is a hamlet, I mile north-west.

of chancel, nave, north and south porches and an embattled PosT OFFICE.-Gilbert Hagget.t, receiver. Letters arrive

western tower, with pinnacles, containing a clock and s from Bridgwater at 4·49 a.m. ; dispatched at 8.s6 p.m.
bells :the south porch is Norman: there are sittings for 16o The nearest money order & telegraph office is at Dunball.
persons. The register dates from the year 1667. The Postal orders are issued here, but not paid

living is a vicarage, average tithe rent-charge £29s, net A School Board of 5 members was formed December 6,

yearly value £294, including 6 acres of glebe, with residence, 1887; Richard Draper is clerk to the board
in the gift of the Lord Chancellor, and held Eince I886 by Board School (mixed), for ISochildren; average attendance,

the Rev. Phillip Herbert Wentworth Peach B.A. of Cambridge 100; Edward Wm. Page, master; Mrs. E. Page, mistress

University. Here is a Wesleyan chapel. Fairs are held on CARRIER TO BRIDGWATBR.-Cha.s. Haggett, mon. wed. &sat

Peach Rev. Phillip Herbert Wentworth Groves Alfred, grocer Smith Henry, wheelwright
M.A. Vicarage Hamlin Albert, farmer & gamekeeper
Spark Cecil George, assistant land stew-
Spark Cecil George, Manor house to Lord de Mauley ard t.o Lord de Mauley, Manor house
Spark Henry Smith, Manor house
Hardacre Joseph, plumber Spark Henry Smith, steward to Lord de
COMMERCIAL.
Hembery John, farmer, Stretcholt Mauley, Manor house
Hembery Manlot, farmer,Higher Stret- Street John, cowkeeper

Bagg Robert, farmel' cholt Watts Edward, farmer, Walpole
Bird John, farmer
Hembery Thos. fanner, Low. Stretcholt Webber Barnard, blacksmith
Browne & Co. brick manufacturers
Gibbs Mark, grocer & baker Marshall William, farmer Wilkins Thomas, White House P.H

Neath Frederick, cowkeeper

PEASEDOWN ecclesiastical parish was formed August NEwBUILDINGS,CARLINGCOTT (or CARINCOT),STOBOROUGH

n, I874, from t.he civil pal'ishes of Camerton, Dunkerton BUILDINGS and FAIRFIELD are hamlets included in this

and Wellow, and is 2~ miles north-east from Radstock, 6~ parish, also part of WoODBARROW. The population in I88I

south-west from Bath and 10 north-west from Frome, in the was I,j6S.

Frome division of the county, Wellow hundred, Weston PosT & M. 0. 0., S. B. & Annuity & Insurance Office.-

petty sessional division, Bath union and county court dis- John Greenland, receiver. Letters from Bath, via Rad-

triet, Midsomer Norton district of the rural deanery of stock, are delivered at 6 a.m.; dispatched at 9.Io p.m.

Merston, archdeaconry of Wells and diocese of Bath and sundays included, on which day there is no delivery.

Wells. The church of St. John the Baptist is an iron struc- Radstock is the nearest money order & telegraph office
red
ture, erected and endowed in 1874 and enlarged in 188o by
Miss Jarrett, the lady of the manor, and consists of chancel, WALL LE'l"l'ER Box, Carlingcott, clea at 7·4S p.m. week

nave and a central turret containing one bell: there are 2so days only

sittings. The register dates from the year I874· The ScHOOLS:- •

living is a perpetual curacy, net yearly value £Iso, in the National (mixed), erected in I876 & enlarged in I879,

gift of Miss Jar1-ett, of Camerton Court, and held since 1883 for 2II children; average attendance, I26; Joseph Cash

by the Rev. Charles Gamlen M.A. of Wadham College, Matthews, master

Oxford. Here are two Primitive Methodist chapels, and Infants', for 147 children; average attendance, 6S; Miss

there are two Wesleyan chapels at Carlingcott. Minnie Cure, mistress

302 PE.4SEDOWN. SOMERSETSHIRE. [KELLY's·

Edwards Leopold Alexander, St. John's Cook John, carrier King James Emanuel, dairy farmer.
Woodborough fann
Gamlen Rev. Charles M.A. Parsonage, I Cook William, farmer, Carlingcott
Nicholls George, farmer, Carlingcott
St. John's Daniel$ James, farmer, Carlingcott Veal Eliza (Mrs.), miller (water) & far-

Stnart Rev. .James Senior M.A.[curate], Dix John, grocer, New buildings mer, Carlingcott farm
Webb John, greengrocer, St. John's
The Firs Greenland John, grocer, & post office, Weeks George, shopkeeper & beer re-

St. John's tailer, St. John's
COMMERCIAL. Gnlliford William,Wagon & Horses P.H. Wrintmore George, grocer, St. John's

Braysdown Collieries(Wm. Steart,man) & shopkeeper, St. John's

Churchill Jsph. butcher, New buildings Hodgson Frederick, baker, St. John's

Cook George, beer retailer, St. John's Langley Joseph, grocer

PENDOMER is a. parish and village, 2 miles south-west inside stand two grotesque male figures, in flowing gar-

from Sutton Hingham station on the main line of the London ments, supporting an embattled cornice, which stretches

and South Westem railway and 4! south-west from Yeovil, across each pinnacle ; on the merlons of the cornice remain

in the Southern division of the county, Houndsborough, Bar- small prickets of iron, probably for wax candles: in one of

wick and Coker hundred, Yeovil petty sessional division, the windows are the arms of John Stourton, of Preston Pluck-

union and county court district, Martock district of Ilchester nett, a later owner of the manor, who died before 1455: the

rural deanery, archdeaconry of Wells and diocese of Bath church was completely restored in 1870, and has sittings for

and Wells. The church (name not known) is a building of 8o persons. The register dates from 1658. The living is a.

stone in the Perpendicular style, consisting of chancel, with rectory, tithe rent-charge [193, with 70 acres of glebe and

vestry on the north side, nave and a western tower con- residence, in the gift of Horace Augustus Helyar esq. and

taining one bell: in the north wall is an arched recess, with held since 1856 by the Rev. Henry Helyar B.A. of Pembroke

boldly projecting cinquefoiled feathering, containing a low College, Oxford. The ancient manor house, now a farm

and perfectly plain altar tomb, on which lies the recumbent house and situated near the church, probably dates from the

effigy of a knight clad in a complete suit of ring mail, with x6th century. Horace Augustus Helyar esq. l.P. of Coker

genouillieres or knee-plates, and over all a cycla:J, or flowing Court, East Coker, is lord of the manor and chief landowner.

surcoat; the left arm bears a shield, which, as well as the The soil is loam and clay, and the subsoil is clay. The chief

surcoat, bears the arms:-" az. a crescent between 6 billets, crops are wheat, beans, barley and some land in pasture.

3, 2, & x, or," being the coat of Dunmere, Domare or The area is x,o83 acres; rateable value, £x,Igo; the popu-

Dummer, and the figure is believed to represent Sir John de lation in 1881 was 6g.

Dummer, representative of the county in Parliament, 34 Parish Clerk, James Bartlett.

Edward I. (13o6) and 7 Edward II. (1313) and one of the

supervisors of the assize of arms and array for Somerset ; Letters through Yeovil, arrive by foot post at 10 a. m. & are

he married a sister of Sir John Paynel, Baron Paynel, collected by the postman on his return at II.30 a.m.;

probably died soon after 14 Edward II. : on either side of the nearest money order & telegraph office is at East Coker
the recess are plain chamfered brackets, from the out- The children of this place attend the schools at East Coker

Iside edge of which rise tall crocketed pinnacles ; on the & Hardington 1Marsh Thos. farmer,Abbotts Hill farm
Helyar Rev. Henry B.A. Rectory Gould Robert, farmer

Bird Esau, farmer, Manor farm Hodges John, farmer, Bryant's farm 1

EAST PENNARD is a parish, situated on the road· Berkeley Napier esq. D.L., l.P. lord of the manor, Viscount

from Bath to Exeter, 5 miles south from Shepton Mallet, 7 Portman and the Marquess of Bath F.S.A. are chief land-
south-east from Wells, 2j south-east from Pennard station owners. The soil is loamy ; the subsoil is chiefly marl,
and xi miles from Pylle station on the Somerset and Dorset stone and clay. The land is mostly in pasture. The acreage
joint railway, in tbe Eastern division of the county, Wheat- is 2,829; rateable value, [,6,760; the population in 1881
stone hundred, Shepton Mallet petty sessional division and was 6o8.
union, Wells county court district, Shepton Mallet district HEMBRIDGE hamlet is 1 mile south-west; STONE is a hamlet
of the rural deanery of Pawlett, arcbdeaconry of Wells and 2 miles south-west; PARBROOK hamlet, 2 miles west-by-
diocese of Bath and Wells. The church of All Saints is a south; HuXHAM hamlet, three quaders of a mile south.
building of stone in the Late Perpendicular style, consisting Sexton, John Yeoman.
of chancel, -nave of three bays, aisles, south porch and a PosT OFFICE.-William Radnedge, receiver. Letters from
western tower containing a clock and 5 bells: the reredos is Shepton Mallet arrive at 8 a. m.; dispatched at 5 p.m.
ornamented with mosaics, and there are three stained win- The nearest money order office is at Pilton ; telegraph
dows and a few monuments to the Martin and Napier office, Pylle railway station. Postal orders are issued
families: the font is Norman : there are sittings for 250 here, but not paid
persons. The register dates from x6o8. The living is a A School Board of 5 members was formed May 15, 1875,
vicarage, average tithe rent-charge [,214, net yearly value Frederick G. Bradbury, Shepton Mallet, clerk to the
£250, including 22 acres of glebe, with residence, in the board & attendance officer
gift of the Bishop of Bath and Wells, and held since 1845 by This place is also a contributory district to West Bradley
the Rev. Adam Goldney M.A. of Trinity College, Cambridge, School Board, sending 3 member~
prebendary of We1ls and rural dean. There is a Wesleyan Board School (mixed), established in 1876, for 90 children;
chapel. There are charities of £34 yearly value, including average attendance, 70; Mrs. Ann Rossiter, mistress; a
the poor's land, which yields [.23, and Cooper and Martin's considerable number of children of this parish attend
bequests; these are chiefly distributed in money. Edward West Bradley Board school

East Pennard. Moody William, farmer Morrish Miss
Mullins Richard, farmer, Withial
Goldney Rev. Adani M.A. Vicarage Phillips Lucy (Mrs.), farmer Ferris William, -blacksmith
Napier Edward Berkeley D.L., J.P. Radnedge Wm. carpenter, Post office
Haine John, yeoman
Pennard house Stone James, farmer, Withial hill
Napier Capt. Gerard Berkeley J.P. Tibbotts Luke, farmer Hilliar James, farmer
White George farmer
Pennard house Hembridge.
' . .
COMMERCIAL. Corp Jane (Mtss), dauy f~rmer
Radnedge Wm. & Son, millers (water)

Board Josepli, farmer, Pennard hill Little Pennard. Huxham.

Bush Charles, -railor Mogg Wilfred, baker · Day John, farmer

Coles Henry, farmer Mullins Stephen, farmer Day John, jun. farmer

Gould Saml.bailifftoEdwd.B.Napieresq Stark Thomas, blacksmith Green Solomon, farmer

Keefe Jn. gardener to E. B. Napier esq Stone. Richards George, yeoman

Martin Albert, farmer Day John . Snook lsaac, stone mason

WEST PENNARD is a pleasantly situated village and short octagonal spire, and containing a clock and 6 bells :

parish, on the Glastonbury and Shepton Mallet road, with a the chancel and nave have elegant parapet.s, pierced with

station 1 mile north-east from the village on the Somerset quatrefoils, and relieved at intervals by crocketed pinnacles,

and Dorset railw~.y, 3 miles east from Glastonbury, 5~ those of the chancel springing from the buttresses; there

south-east from Wells and 128 from London, in the Eastern are also enriched pinnacles on the eastern gable of both nave

division of the county, eastern aivision of Glaston XII. and chancel; the parapet of the south aisle and porch exhibits

Hides hundred, Wells petty sessional division, union and a pierced trefoil-headed areading ; the latter has a parvise.

county court district, rural deanery of Glastonbury, arch- lighted by a single window, on either side of the head of

deaconry of Taunton and diocese of Bath and Wells. The which are four crosses : there are sittings for 150 persons :

church of St. Nicholas, erected in the reign of Edward IV. in the churchyard, opposite the porch, stands a tall cross,

is a building of stone~ in the Perpendicular style, consisting rising from an octagonal base of four steps; the lower

of chancel, clerestoried nave of four bays, aisles, south porch portion is moulded and panelled, and from this rises a

and a western tower with boldly projecting buttresses, a circular shaft; the head is lost. The register dates from

panelled and embattled parapet, crocketed pinnacles and a . 1538. The living is a vicarage, average tithe rent-charge

JDIRECTORY. SOMERSETSHIRE. NORTIJ PE.RROT'r. 303

£208, gross yearly value £300, wit.h residence and r acre of Parish Clerk, William Shingleton.

glebe, in the gift of the Bishop of Bath and Wells, and held PosT OFFICE.-Samnel Rogers, receiver. Letters arrit•e
since 1850 by the Rev. Thomas Partridge Nunn H.A. of ~t. from Glastonbury at 7.50 a. m.; dispatched at 5.40 p.m.
Mary Hall, Oxford. There is a Wesleyan chapel seating 120 &mo9n.e5y5 a.m. on sundays. Baltonsborougb is the nearest
persons. A fair is held on the last Monday in July yearly. order & telegraph office

The Earl of Sandwich is lord of the manor. E. H. Colston,
R. Holman and John N orris esqrs. are chief landowners. SCHOOLS : -
The soil is a sandy loam, and the subsoil is clay. The land National (mixed),founded in r856,for r6o children; average

is chietly in pasture. The acreage is 3, 201 ; rateable value, attendance, 140; Alfred George Coombe, master; Miss
£7,934 ; the population in r88r was 741. Laura Robson, mistress

EAST STREET, half-a-mile north-west; STICKLL...-cH, one Wesleyan. erected in 1878, for 6o children; average atten•

mile north-east ; and SouTH ToWN, 1 mile south-east, are dance, 37; Mrs. Elizabeth Cocks, mistress

small hamlets. Railway Station, Robert Ames, station master

Baker John Guy Creed Sidney, farmer, South town Naish William, jun. Red Lion inn

Creed Robert, South town Creed William (Mrs.), farmer, Pilltown Naish John Down, coal dealr. New town

Hayes Frederick Joseph, The Elms Davis William, carpenter Norris Henry Geo. farmer, Woodlands

Hayes Mrs. The Elms Davis William, farmer, Cocksbridge Norris John, jun. farmer, New town

Murch Henry Earl Lillie (Miss), shopkeeper Nurse Edmund,Steanbow inn,Sticklnch

Norris John, New Town villa Earl William, butcher Padfield Edwin, farmer, Sticklinch

Nnnn Rev. Thos. Partridge M.A. Vicarage Green Waiter, thatcher Reed Charlt. (Mrs.), farmer, Woodlands

Swanton Mrs Haimes Arthur Frederick, carpenter Roe Wm. (Mrs.), farmer, South town

COMMERCIAL. Hawkins Joseph, farmer, Pennard farm Rogers Samuel, draper, grocer & pro-

Barnes Waiter, farmer, East street Hayes Frdk. Joseph, farmer, The Elms vision merchant, Post office

Bethell George, farmer Hill Hubert, carpenter Rug~ John, farmer, Woodlands

Brown Henry, farmer, Sticklinch Hole William, plasterer Rugg William, farmer, Court barn

ChampionJas. Hy.farmr. Woodlands frm Howard Thomas, farmer Saltford J n. bldr. paperhanger & under-

Cock William, farmer, Sticklinch Hunt Benjamin, cooper taker; estimate~ given in all branches

Collins Giles, pig dealer, New town Jacobs Robert, shoe maker Shingleton William, parish clerk

Corp Edwin, farmer King Henry, market gardener Swanton Sidney, farmer, East street

Corp William, farmer, Sticklinch Look Wm.Welchman,frmr.Cocksbridge Tabor Albert, farmer, Mulberry farm

Corry Frederick, boot maker Lovell Thomas, cattle dealer, Moor frm Tucker George, farmer, Redlake farm

Coward John, farmer, East street Martin Henry (Mrs.), farmer, Pilltown Turner Jeremiah, farmer, Woodlands

Creed Frederick, farmer, South town NaishJn.&Geo.blacksmiths&whlwrghts Wilkins William, shopkeeper

Creed John, farmer, Pennard hill Naish Alfred Thos. farmer, Sticklinch

PENSELWOOD is a parish and villa,o-e, situated on the chapel. There is a sand and green stone quarry. Pen Pits,

rivers Stour and Cale, and the London and Exeter road, on supposed to have been fortifications, extending over an area
the borders of Dorsetshire and Wiltshire, 4 miles north-east of 200 acres, are objects of interest : a field called " Ballands,"

from Wincanton station on the Somerset and Dorset railway, a corruption of '' Barrowlands," is the site of a supposed
in the Eastern division of the county, northern division of Saxon church and contains a tumulus or barrow. A feast is
Norton Ferris hundred, Wincanton union, county court held on the first Sunday after the sth August yearly. The

district and petty sessional division, Bruton district of Castle Earl of Ilchester P.c. and Sir Henry Ainslie Hoare bart.

Cary rural deanery, archdeaconry of Taunton and diocese M.A., D.L., J.P. of Stourhead House, Wilts, who are lords of
of Bath and Wells. The church of St. Michaelis a building the manor, and Mr. W. Parsons are the chief landowners.

of stone in the Early and Late Perpendicular styles, con- The soil is sandy and loamy, and the subsoil is sandstone.
sisting of chancel, nave of three bays, north aisle, south The chief crops are corn and some land in pasture. The

porch, and an embattled western tower containing 3 bells, area is r,r55 acres; rateable value, £1,993; the popufation

one of which dates from the 13th century: the chancel in r88r was 420.

contains several monuments: the church was restored Parish Clerk, John Moldram.
in 1849 and the porch in r889 : there are sittings for r2o
persons. The register dates from 1721. The living is a Letters from Bath arrive at 7.30 a.m. Bourton is the nearest
rectory, average tithe rent-charge £ 140, net yearly value money order office. The nearest telegraph office is at
£22o, including 48 acres of glebe, with house, in the gift of Wincanton. WALL LETTER Box at the school, cleared at
the Earl of Ilchester and Sir H. A. Hoare bart. and held 6.40 p.m. on week days & IO a.m. on sundays

since 1888 by the Rev. Edward Gilmore Austen lii.A. of National School (mixed), enlarged in r882 ; average atten-
Hertford College, Oxford. Here is a Primitive Methodist dance, 40 ; Miss Emily Loveless, mistress

Austen Rev. Edward Gilmore [rector] Chaffey George, dairy farmer Knapton Robert, beer retailer
Carey Miss Chaplin James, machinist Matthews .Albert, farmer & assistant
Charlton Bartholomew, mason
COMMERCIAL. Cook Eli, farmer overseer, The Green
Arnold Ellen (Mrs.), shopkeeper Doggerell Edward, farmer Matthews Charles, sawyer
Arnold William Eden, farmer Green Thomas, farmer Matthews Uriah (Mrs.), farmer
Barnes Edwin, farmer Halt John, Hunter's Lodge P.H Penny Samuel, beer retailer
Butt Elisha, carpenter Isaacs James, cattle dealer Pitman Frank & Wm. millers (water)
Butt John, carpenter Stacey James, blacksmith

PENSFORD, see STAN'i'oN DREW.

NORTH PERROTT is a parish and village, near the 31 acres of glebe, with residence, in the gift of Henry William
Hoskins esq. and heldsiRce 1876 by the Rev. Charles Thomas
source of the river Parrett, 2 miles north-east from Crew- Hoskins M.A. of Balliol College, Oxford. Henry William
kerne station on the main line o( the London and South Hoskins esq. M.A., J.P. is lord of the manor and chief land-
·western railway, in the Southern division of the county,
Houndsborough, Barwick and Coker hundred, Yeovil union, owner. The district is noted for its fine breed of horned
Crewkerne petty sessional division and county court district, sheep, which have frequently taken prizes at cattle shows.
Martock district of the rural deanery of Ilchester, archdea-
conry of Wells and diocese of Bath and Wells. The church The soil is sand and clay, and the subsoil is clay. The
of St. Martin is a cruciform building of stone, in the Perpen- chief crops are wheat, barley &nd pasture. The area is
dicular style, consisting of chancel, nave, transepts, west
porch and a central tower containing a clock and 5 bells : 1,233 acres; rateable value, £ 2,6o2 ; the population in r88r
the beautiful marble reredos, executed by the younger
Westmacott, includes a carving in relief of "The Last was 322.
Supper," after the painting by Leonardo da Vinci and was
erected by W. Hoskins esq. a former lord of the manor: Parish Clerk, Benjamin Gear.
there are sittings for rso persons. The register of baptisms Letters from Crewkerne by foot post arrive at 9.30 a.m.
and burials dates from the year r684; marriages, r687.
The living is a rectory, average tithe rent-charge £252, WALL LETTER Box, Manor Arms P.H. cleared at 4· 15 p.m.
gross yearly value £402, net yearly value £372, including week days only. Haselbury Plucknett is the nearest
money order office & Crewkerne the nearest telegraph

office
National School (mixed), erectef in 1846. for 6o children;

average attendance, 5I; Miss Gertrude Perry Hayes,
mistress

Hackwell Miss, Bowling green Terrell Miss, Down close Mitcham Henry, horse df:'aler

Hoskins Rev. Chas. Thos. M.A. Rectory COMliiERCIAL. North Perrott Male & Female Benefit

HoskinsHy.Wm.J.P.NorthPerrottmanr Conservative Association (W. H. Slade, Society (W. H. Slade, hon. sec)

Parsons Henry Jn. Donne, The Cottage hon. sec) Plyer Emma (Miss), grocer

Slade William Henry Dening John, dairy, Home Farm dairy Rendall Arthnr, farm3r
Terrell John Herberf, Down close
I Gear Joh!l, grocer, baker & confectioner, R~ndall Toos. farm?r & miller (water)

304 NORTR PERROTT. SOMERSETSHIRE. (KELLY'S

Slade Emanuel, farmer, Symes farm Slade Stphn. bailiff to H. W. Hoskins esq Smith J'ohn, tailor

ISlade James, blacksmith Smith John, Manor Arms hostelry; Stoodley Edwin, mason

Slade William Henry, assistant overseer accommodation provided for travel- Terrell John Herbert & Anna Ruth,

&c. Symes farm lers & visitors to this lovely district , farmers, Down Close farm

NORTH PETHERTON is a large village and parish, 1 · There is a Congregational chapel at F9rdgate, erected in
r
3 miles south-by-west from Bridgwater station on the Bristolr 1863, and a Baptist chapel at Moorland

and Exeter section of the main line of the Great Western
railway, in the Bridgwater division of the county, hundred MooRLAND (or North Moor Green), 3 miles east, is a
of North Petherton, petty sessional division, union and separate parish for ecclesiastical purposes. The church of
county court district of Bridgwater, rural deanery of Bridg- SS. Peter and John is a building of stone, consisting of nave,
water, archdeaconry of Taunton and diocese of Bath and south porch and a turret containing one bell : there are
•• Wells. The river Parrett and the Taunton and Bridgwater sittings for 340 persons. The register dates from the year

canal pass through the parish. The village consists of one 1835. The living is a vk-arage, in the gift of the vicar of
main street, on the high road from Bridgwater to Taunton,
North Petherton, yearly value £Ioo, and held since 1864 by

and a few smaller ones on either side. The church of St. tbe Rev. JamesHuntB.A. of Emmanuel College, Camb.idge,
Mary is an ~difice of stone in the Later English style, con- who is non-resident: the Rev. George Waiter Spicer has
sisting of chancel, nave of six bays, aisles, north and south been curate in charge since I88g.

porches and an embattled western tower, with pinnacles of PosT, M. 0. & T. 0., S. B. & Annuity & Insurance Office.-
the Decorated period, containing a clock and 6 bells : in I888
Wm. Burrows, postmaster. Letters arrive from Bridg-
a new organ was erected at a cost of £s6o: there are sittings water at 7 a.m. & 4.30 p.m. ; dispatched at u a.m. &

for 630 persons. The register dates from ISS8. The living 6.so p.m
is a vicarage, average tithe rent-charge £757, net yearly
PosT OFFICE, Moorland.-James Hutchings, receiver. Let.
value £486, with residence, in the gift of and held since 1857 ters through Bridgwater arrive at 5.20 a. m. ; dispatched,
by the Rev. John William Robinson M. A. of Trinity College, 6.20 p.m. WALL Box cleared at 8.35 a.m. & 6.50 p.m
Dublin. The Congregational chapel is a building of stone,

in the Lombardic style, erected in 1869. The Cemetery, of INSURANCE AGENTS.-Northern Fire & Life, F. Townsend,
xi acres, with two mortuary chapels, situated a quarter of a Fore street

mile east of the church, was formed in I856, and is under PuBLIC EsTABLISHMENT:-

the control of a Burial Board of 9 members. Fairs are held North Petherton Cemetery, Samuel Collings Brown, clerk
here on May 1st and November 8th. The charities consist to the burial board

of a house and land, the gift of Dorothy Cheeke in 1867, for PuBLIC OFFICERS:-

teaching six or more poor children ; a rent-charge of £2 by Assistant Overseer, Samuel Collings Brown
Thomas Bacon; and £500 given by will by Sir Thomas Registrar of Births & Deaths & Vaccination Officer fo~

Wroth, in 172I, the interest of which, under a scheme of the North Petherton Sub-district &Relieving Officer for No. 3
Charity Commissioners is now given to the children attend- District, Bridgwater Union, Thomas Hallett

ing the Board schools, in money and prizes. Ashfield is the Deputy Registrar of Births & Deaths, Mrs. Louisa. Hallett
residence of the Hon. Mrs. Berkeley Portman. The chief

landowners are Viscount Portman J.P. William Hamilton ScHOOLS:-

Codrington Nation esq. of Rockbeare, nr. Exeter, Devon, Sir A School Board of 7 members was formed April I6, 1875,

Alfred Frederick Adolphus Slade bart. J.P. of Maunsel House, for the united district of North Petherton & St. Michael

Bridgwater, who is lord of the manor, Colonel Charles Church; Paul 0. H. & T. M. Reed, Bridgwater, clerks to

Kemeys Kemeys-Tynte F.S.A., D.L., J.P. of Halswell House, the board
Goathurst, Oliver Meade-King esq. and the Rev. Francis Board (mixed), erected in 1877, for 120 boys, 140 girls &

Charles Kinglake M.A. rector of West Memkton. The soil is ISO infants; average attendance, 95 boys, 103 girls & ur

red marl, loam and sandy; subsoil, various. The chief crops infants; Francis John Salter, master; Mrs. Harriet Day,

are wheat, oats, barley and green crops, with a good portion mistress; Miss Kate Nation, infants' mistress

of pasture land. The area of the parish is 81I0,w2 6as9 acres; Board, North Moor Green (mixed), erected in I857, for 140
28,g88; the population in 18 3, 723 . children; average attendance, 85 ; Wm. Sinnard, master
rateable value, £

HuNTWORTH is a hamlet, about I~ miles north-east. Here CARRIERS TO BRIDGWATER.-James Coram, daily; Burrows•

is a PILLAR PosT, which is cleared at 6.45 p.m. daily

North Petherton. Burston Charles, pig dealer 1 Jeanes Henry, farmer

PRIVATE RESIDENTS. Burston John, pig dealer Knight George, draper, agent for W. &
Callow David, farmer, Heathfield A. Gilbey, wine & spirit merchants
Barnstable Henry John, Compass villa Callow William, farmer, Haydon farm Langford Michael Henry,tinplateworkr
Bond Thomas, Fairlawn villa
Carkett William, tailor Marshall Bros. farmrs. Wheelstocks frm
Culverwell Misses, Crossway cottage Cemetery (Samuel Collings Brown,clerk Nation & Son, millers (water)
Dibble Mrs
to burial board) Painter Henry, grocer
Havill Mrs
Channing Mary Ann (Mrs.), beer retlr Phillips Tom, Lamb inn
Heal Mrs
Chedzoy William, beer retailer Pierce William, shopkeeper
Hodges Mrs. Ashway villa
Chidley Joseph, beer retailer Pocock Charlotte (Mrs.), beer retailer
Hodson Rev. Granville Heber Frodsham Clatworthy John, builder & contractor Pocock Jeremiah, saddler
Elton B.A. [rector of St. Michael]
Clatworthy John, jun. coffee rooms Pocock Robert, horse dealer, Baymead
Kneen Rev. John LCongregational] Coate Henry, cattle dealer Properjohn George, builder

Nation Mrs Coate James, cattle dealer Radford Francis, farmer, Shearston

Neat George Coate John, farmer Reading Room (Fras. John Salter, sec)

Nicholls Edgar, Woolmersdon Collings James, farmer, Fordgate Rich Annie (Mrs.), saddler

Portman Hon. Mrs. Berkeley, Ashfield Coram James, Swan inn Rich Fraucis, stone mason
Robinson Rev. John. Wm. M. A. Vicarage Culverwell Jasper, farmer, Clavershay Ridge Matilda (Mrs.), wheelwright
Small Mrs
Day George, farmer, Whitestocks Rodgers Henry, school
.Spicer Rev. George Waiter [curate in Day James, farmer
.charge of SS. Peter & John's church], Day Samuel, fanner, Dyer's green Rogers James, butcher

North Moor green Rogers John, butcher

Starkey Misses Durman Frederick, plumber Rogers Robert, New inn

"ToddMrs Edbrooke William, farmer, Road Saunders William, basket maker

COMMERCIAL. Farthing Herbert, farmer Shepherd Isaac, tailor

Farthing Robt. farmer, Farringdon frm Sibley Frank Bryant, farmer,Ball's frm

.Adams Joseph, farmer, Dawes Filer Thomas, tailor Slocombe John, basket maker

Aish George, wheelwright Fursland Samuel, Malt & Hops P.H Slocombe John & William, builders

.A.very Henry, farmer, StafHand farm Godfrey George, farmer Slocombe Noah, stone mason

Bartlett Charles, blacksmith Godfrey Joseph, farmer, West Yeo Smith Alfred, basket. maker, Compass

Bennett Joseph, shoeing smith Haines William, builder Starkey, Knight & Co. Limited, malt-

Blacker Alfred, upholsterer Hallett Louisa (Mrs.), deputy registrar stars, brewers, hop & wine & spirit

.Bond John, farmer, Parkersfield of births & deaths,Nth.Petherton dist merchants,North Petherton brewery ;

.Bond Thomas Hellings, farmer, Pether- Hallett Thomas, vaccination officer & & at Taunton & Bridgwater

ton park registrar of births & deaths for North Taylor Douglas, George inn

Brewer James HurfQrd, plumber Petherton sub-district & relieving Townsend & Son, builders & grocers

Brice Thomas, farmer, Woolmersdon officer forNo.3 dist. Bridgwater union Tozer George, baker

Brown Samuel Collings, assistant over- Harden Elizabeth (Mrs.), water miller Tucker John & Son, millers, bakers &

seer, & clerk to burial board Heal Robert, farmer, Kings farm corn dealers, Fore street & North

Browning Silas, blacksmith Howe Edward, fruiterer Petherton steam mills (&water)

Burge James, farmer, Road Howe Edward, jun. butcher Vearncombe John, watch maker

Burrows William, saddler, Post office Irish Eli, boot & shoe maker Venn Henry, beer retailer, Fordgate

DIRECTORY.] S0~1ERSETSHIRE. SOUTH .FETH~Rf::>~ • •

. Moorland. 1Moat Edwa.rd, farmer
CO!IIMERCIAL. Rlocombe James, beer retailel"
·warner Thomas, beer retailer, White- Ames William, farmer Wills George, farmer
stock3 Burston Thomas, farmer Wills James, farmer
Coles James, farmer Wills James, jun. farmer
Warren Thomas,miller(wind & steam) !<'ear George, farmer Huntworth.
Warren William, baker Gillard James, farmer Dawes Misses
Watts Charles, shoe maker Hutchings Henry, farmer Clark William, blacksmith
West Charles, beer retailer, Compass Hutchings James, farmer, Post office Mead Mary Ann (Mrs.), beer retailer
Wilkins Charles William, shoe maker Hutchings John, farmer Milton Thomas, farmer, Huntworth
Wilkins Edmund, farmer,Milestone fm Hutchings Thomas, farmer Park farm
Williams James, carpenter Laing Albert, farmer Moat Willia.m, farmer
Williams J ames, shoe maker Lake Benjamin, farmer Wills George, farmer
Williams John, carpenter
Woodland John, market gardener

SOUTH PETHERTON is a small town and parish, Hoskins R.A., J.P. Bridge House, the residence of William

giving name to a hundred, and is situated on the river Blake esq. D.L., J.P. is a substantial residence, pleasantly

Parrett, 136 miles from London, 5 east-north-east from situated in well-timbered grounds of 8o acres. William

Ilminster, 5 north from Crewkerne and 3 south-west from Parsons Peters esq. of Yeabridge house, who is lord of the

the Martock station on the Yeovil branch of the Great manor, Stephen !<',Bridge esq. John Churchill Stuckey Lang-

Western railway, in the Southern division of the county, don esq. J.P. of Parrocks Lodge, Chard, William Blake esq.

Ilminster petty sessional division, Yeovil union, Crewkerne D. L., J. P.Abraham Hodges esq. George Moody esq. and James

county court district, rural deanery of Crewkerne, arch- England esq. are the chief landowners. The soil is clay and

deaconry of Taunton and diocese of Bath and Wells. The loam and the subsoil is marlstone, sand and clays of lias.

town is well paved and lighted with gas by a company. The The chief crops are wheat, barley, beans, flax and hay. The

church of SS. Peter and Paul is a cruciform building of stone area is 3,300 acres; rateable value, £ro,479; the population

in the Perpendicular and Early English styles, consisting of in 1881 was 2,424.

chancel, nave of three bays, aisles, transepts, south porch COl\H'TON DuRVILLE, three-quarters of a mile west; OVER

and a central embattled tower, the upper stages of which STRATTON, I mile south; WATERGORE, half a mile south ;

are octagonal, containing a clock and 6 bells : the nave, and SoUTH HARP, a mlle and a quarter south, are tithings
aisles, south transept and upper part of the tower are Per- ~ in the parish.

pendicular, and the chancel, south porch and lower part of I Parish Clerk, William Hollett.

the tower Earl~ English, wit~ more recent insert~ons; the PosT, M. 0. & T. 0., S. B. & Annuity & Insurance Office.-

north transept 1s Decorated: m the south transept 1s a tomb Henry Lewington, postmaster. Letters through Ilminster
of Purbeck marble to Lord D_aubeney, ob. I~th May, 1507,
father of the first ~arl of Br1dgwat~r _of th1s fam1ly: the are delivered at 7 a.m.; dispatches, Martock (for the
church ~as restored m x86r, and has sttt.Ings ~o~ 8~ per~ons. WAngLoraLrnthtLe)E,dT2fT•r1Eo5RmpB.9moax..;,ma.Olltvopear6rtSps.t,mr7a..t 10 p.m. Money orders are
The regtster d~tes from the year 1574. The hvmg lS a v1car- ; saturdays, 96a.pm.m. .tow8eek
days only ton, cleared
age, average t1the rent-charge £463, net yearly value £227,
with residence and ~ acre of glebe, ~ the gift of the Dean INSURANCE AGENTS : -
an~ _Chapter of Bristol, and held .smce r884 by the ~ev. Alliance, J. Lean, Stuckey's Bank

Wilham Samuel Bruce M.A. of Cams College, Cambn~ge, Economic Life, w. c. White, St. James street

a~d surrogate. The Wesl~y~n ~hape~ (Coke ;Memortal), Imperial Life, J. E. G. Sandford, Calmady ho.North Curry;

w1th Su?day schools and r_nm1ster s residence at~ched, was Law Fire, H. R. Poole
erected m 1882 at a cost ~f £3,572; the chapel ~ill seat ~2o Scottish Widows' Life Fund, H. R. Poole

pe~so~s. The C~ngregatwn~l chapel, er~ted m 1863, 1s a Phcenix Fire, H. H. Anstice, Corn hill
bmldmg ~f ~i?ne m the Goth1~ style, seatm~ 500 persons: a Sun Fire, G. Hawker, St. James street
manse ~Jmnmg was erected m 1874, and m 1882 a school West of England Fire & Life, I<'. Harding .
house w1th class rooms and a large assembly room. There

is a Bible Christian chapel at Over Stratton. A Noncon- PuBLIC EsTABLISHMENTS:-

formist society, known as the "Old Meeting," was founded Cemetery, John Smith, clerk to the burial board

here in Palmar street in 1688, and maintained at first by the Inland Revenue Office, held at the' Crown/ M. M. Costelfo-, ..

Presbyterians, but eventually became Unitarian; in 1747, Ilminster, officer

the society became Congregational, but was finally broken Police Station,Geo. Francis, acting sergeant & one constable ·
up about 1844: two small silver cups or beakers, used in I PrinceAlbert's Somersetshire Light Infantry Regiment, 2nd

celebrating the "Ordinance," are now in possession of J. Volunteer Battalion (M Co.); drill hall, Hayes End house;

Patten Daniel esq. of South Petherton; one of these has the Capt. E. J. Blake; Hugh Norris L.R.C.P.Edin. acting

hall-mark of 1691-2, and the other of 1697-8. A Cemetery surgeon; Sergeant Alfred Carter, sergeant-instructor

of 2 acres, situated half a mile from the town, was formed Stamp Office, St. James street,John Daniel, sub-distributor

in 1868, and is under the control of a Burial Board of 9 mem- Volunteer Fire Brigade, Wm. H. Crocker, captain, & 20 men_
hers : there are two mortuary chapels. The char1ties are of PuBUC OFFICERS : -

£64 xos. yearly value. The market is obsolete, but a sheep Certifying Factory Surgeon & Medical Officer & Public ·

fair is held annually on the 6th of July. There is a Literary Vaccinator 5th District, Yeovil Union, & Registrar of.

Institute and Reading Room, and a Volunteer Fire Brigade. Births & Deaths, South Petherton Sub-district, Yeovil

Many interesting relics have been met with hereabouts; Union, William Henry Waiter M. D. Knap villa

these include a bronze pulstave or axe-shaped celt, found in Clerk to the Crewkerne Highway Board & Drainage Com--

1842, three bronze celts, found in 1830 at Wigborough, near missioner, Langport District, to the Governors of the,

there, and au oval bronze seal of the 14th century, found in Boys' Endowed School, & Under-Sheriff of the Countyt-

April, 1853, in the garden of Mr. Henry Norris, sen. 8outh Hugh Ruscombe Poole

Petherton, with a figure of St. Michael treading on the Assistant Overseer & Collector of Taxes, John Robins,

dragon, and the inscription " S' Hugonis de Pencriz." The South street

M Co. of the 2nd Volunteer Battalion, Prince Albert's Somer- ScHOOLS:-

setshire Light Infantry, is stationed here. The palace of Endowed (boys), built in 1879, for 130 children; average

Ina, king of the West Saxons (A.D. 690-725), is an interest- attendance, 12o; & has a small endowment derived from

ing building, originally possessed and used as a residence by · money invested in the funds; Frank Farthing, master

the Saxon king whose name it bears, and subsequently by Natioual (girls & infants), built in 1863, for 240 children;

the Daubeney family, who became owners also of the greater average at~ndance, 180; Miss Elizabeth Elias, mistress ;

part of the surrounding country: the palace, having been Miss Nellie M. Mortimer, infants' mistress

allowed for many years to crumble and decay, was re- National (infants), Over Stratton, erected about 1877, for

stored by the late Edmund Estcourt Gale esq. and it is now 6o children; average attendance, so; Miss Annie Blagg,

Ithe property of and occupied by Colonel Arthur Reginald mistress Norris Hugh, St. James street
PRIVATE RESIDENTS. England James, Palmer street Ommanney Lieut.John R.N.St.James st
Fish Nathaniel George, Palmar street

Bingham Samuel, South street Govier William, Watergore Peters Wm. Parsons, Yeabridge house

Blake Malachi LockeJ.P. Bridge house Hebditch Mrs. South Harp Poole Hugh Ruscombe

Blake William D.L., J.P. Bridge house Hewitt Charles, Court ho. St. James st Robins John, Southstreet

Bruce Rev. Wm. Samuel M.A. Vicarage Hillard Mrs. North street Schenck John E. Knap house

Cade Rev. Joseph [Wesleyan], Coke vil Hoskins Col. Arthur Regiuald R.A., J.P. Smith John, 'fhe Parade

Chaffey Mrs. St. James street King Ina's palace Terrell Mrs. Yeabridge

Crocker William Henry, Roundwell st Lean Ja.mes l.P. Oaklands Walter William Henry M.D. Knap villa

Daniel James Patten McMillan Mrs. South street

S. G. & B. 20 .

306 SOUTH PETHERTON. SOMERSETSHIRE. (KELLY'S

Watts Rev. Edwin [Congregational], Harding Richard, shopkeeper & baker, Purnell George Hy. printer,St.James st

The Manse Pittway & St. James street Richards Thos. shopkeeper, St.James st

White William Charles," St.Ja.mes street Harding Susan Chaffey (Miss), dress Hobins Emeline (Mrs.), boot dealer,

COMMERCIAL. maker, Palmer street St. James street

Anstice George, farmer, South street Harding William, grocer & corn factor, Robins John, accountant, assistant over..

AnsticeJethro,drapr.&outfittr.Market pi St. James street seer & collector of taxes, South street

Anstice John, farmer, North street Harris Charles, butcher, Over Stratton Rousell Robert, blacksmith & carpenter,

Anstice Joseph Hy. baker, St. James st Harrison John, farmer,SouthHarp farm Palmer street

Anstice Simeon Lye, baker, North st Hawker Gilbert, tailor, St.JamM street Rowles Oliver Jsph. farmer, Coles' farm

Baker Matilda Elizabeth (Mrs.), shop- Hebditch J abez, carpenter, OverStratton Rowsell James, cooper, Watergore

keeper, St. James street Hebditch Josiah, farmer, South Harp Saunders Charles Fras. solicitor & com-

Banfield Henry, baker & confectioner, Hebditch Richard, farmer, Stratton missioner for oaths; & at Crewkerne

St. James street · Hebditch Robt.Wm. frmr. Over Stratton Saunders William, builder, Silver street

Barfoot Richard Edward, watch maker, Hebditch Simeon, sack ma. West street SewardJohn, ironmonger&c. Market pl

St. J a.mes street HHeebbddiittcchhWWmil.lBiaemn•jH.fya.rfmarrm. Oerv,eYr Stratton Shennan Alexander, British Workmen
BEST .JOHN, Bell commercial hotel, eabridge Insurance agent, South street

St. James street Hill Ella (Miss), shopkeeper, Market pl Shutler William, farmer & beer retailer,

BinghamSaml.M. R. c. s. surgeon,South st Hillard John Cary, dairyman, North st Over Stratton

Bnrford Annie (Miss), shopkeeper & HillardSusan (Mrs.), laundress,Westst Shutler Wm. jun.miller( water),North st

draper, Market place Hillard William John, shopkeeper Smith John, clerk to the burial board

Burford George Edgar, blacksmith, St. Hodges Abraham, farmer & landowner Southcombe & Co.glove manufacturers,

James street Jeanes James, farmer, Rydon farm Watergore

Butcher George, shopkeeper, Watergore Jeanes John, Prudential agt.Compton rd South Petherton Gas Light & Coke Co.

..Carter Alfred, sergeant-instructor M Co. Keetch JamesWhite,carpenter & wheel- (George H. J. Sprake, sec)

2ndVolunteerBattalion PrinceAlbert's wright, painter, paperhanger, under- Stamp Office (John Daniel, sub-dis-

SomersetLightinfantry, HayesEnd ho taker & builder (estimates given), tributor), St. James street

'Cemetery (John Smith, clerk to the Yeabridge Stembridge Chas. print(lr, St. James st

burial board) Lee Sidney, thatcher, South Harp Stevens George, blacksmith, South Harp

Chard Thomas Norman, boot dealer, Lewington Henry, draper & outfitter, Stone Herbert, saddler &e. St. James st

St. James street Post office, Market place Stuckey's Banking Co. (branch) (James

Clark Mary (Mrs.),shopkeeper, Pittway LiteraryInstitution(F. Harding,hon.sec) Lean, manager), St. James street;

()lark Sampson, pork butcher, West st Lye James, painter, Palmer street draw on Robarts, Lubbock & Co.

ClarkeEdwn.Jas.linen drpr.St.James st Marks Wm. stone mason, Lit. Petherton London E c

.Cole John, Fruiterers'Arms P.H. Pittway Martin Robert, coal dealer,North street Taylor Joseph, beer retailer, Pittway

.Coombs Bessie (Miss), Crown hotel, Maskell Sarah (Mrs.), shopkeeper, Over Vaux Anna (Mrs.), fanner, South street

Market place Stratton Vaux Joseph, butcher, South street

Cossins William, tailor, 0\·er Stratton Moody George, farmer & landowner, Vile James, brush maker, St. James st

Daniel John, stationer &c. & sub-dis- Wigborough Vile Joseph, brush maker, Market place

tributor of stamps, St. James street Munford Alfred, plumber, Pittway Vivian John K. baker, Butt lane

Davey Henry, butcher, Butt lane Norris Hugh L.R.C.P.Edin. physician, Waiter James, wheelwright,St.James st

Davies Ed win, hair dresser,St. James st St. James street Waiter William Henry M.D.physician &

Davies Frederick, painter, Whitehall Parker Isaac, farmer, Pittway surgeon, & certifying factmy surgeon

Davies.John, watch & clock dlr. South st Parsons Samuel, boot ma. St. James st & medical officer & public vaccinator,

Dodge John, farmer, South Harp farm Pidgeon James, saddler, Crown lane No. 5 district & registrar of births &

Dodge Samuel, blacksmith, St.James st Police Station(Geo.Francis,acting sergt) deaths, South Petherton sub-district,

Dunstone John, brick & tile ma.Pittway Poole Hugh Ruscombe, solicitor, com- Y eovil union, Knap villa

Farrant Henry James, miller (water), missioner for taking acknowledg- White Robert, boot maker, Drove-wa~'

Joyles mills ments of deeds by married women, White Thomas, farmer, Moor farm

Gare William, shoe maker,St. James st commissioner to administer oaths, White William Charles, chemist, grocer,

Gayleard Elias, saddler &c. Market pi clerk to the Crewkerne highway wholesale wine & spirit merchant,

Gear Geo.carpntr.& shopkpr. Palmer st board & to the governors of Endowed & agent for W. & A. Gilbey, wine &

Giles Eliza (Mrs.), Wheatsheaf P.H. school, joint clerk to the Langport spirit merchants, & for the Anglo-

Market place district & clerk to Othery drainage Bavarian Brewery Co. St. James st '

Goodland William, butcher, Market pl boards, & under sheriff of the county Willy John, builder, joiner, wheelwright

Gould Robert, brick & tile ma. Pittway Prince Albert's Somersetshire Light & undertaker, paperhanger, painter &

Grammar School (N. G. !<'ish, head Infantry Regiment, 2nd Volunteer glazier, general smith, english &

master), Palmer street Battalion (M Co.) (Capt. E. J. Blake; foreign timber, builders' ironmongery

Hallett Brothers, builders Hugh Norris L.R.C.P. Edin. acting & oil & color merchant, & posting

Hann Frank, china dealer, St. James st surgeon; Alfred Carter, sergeant-in- establishment, St. James street

Harding John, farmer, North street structor);head quarters,HayesEnd ho

PILL is an ecclesiastical parish, formed October 15, 186r, 5· 5 & 8.40 p. m.; sundays, arrive 9 a. m.; dispatched 8. 1,5

and comprising the hamlets of PILL and HAM Gm:EN, in the p.m.; open sundays, 7 till Io a.m

civil parish of Easton-in-Gordano, with a station on the INSURANCE AGENT.-Royal Exchange, T. G. Ellis, Myrtle hl

Portishead branch of the Great Western railway, 124 miles National School, built in r854, for 186 boys, 156 girls & 144
from London and 6 miles north-west from Bristol, in the infants; average attendance, 136 boys, 129 girls & 121
Northern division of the county, Portbury hundred, Long infants; Waiter Linford, master; Mrs. Mary Brown,
Ashton petty sessional division, Bedminster union, Bristol mistress ; Misi Mary Ball, infants' mistress
-county court district, Portishead district of the rural deanery Railway Station, John Hitchcock, station master
of Chew, archdeaconry of Bath and diocese of Bath and
LICENSED PILOTS.
Wells; it is situated on the river Avon and forms an excel-

lent pilot station for the Bristol channel. Christ Church is a Haven Master, E. T. Parsons.

modern cruciform building, in the Decorated style, consist- Adams John Craddy Edward J

ing of chancel, nave, transepts, north porch and an eastern Bailey Alfred Dickens George F

-turret containing one bell: the east and west windows are Bailey James Ellis Thomas

.etained : there are 300 sittings. The register dates from the Bailey John S Gilmore William H

year r86o. The living is a vicarage, average tithe rent- Bailey Samuel S Howard James

eh!!lrge £1o2, net yearly value £280, with residence, in the Berry Jeremiah Hunt William

gift of the Bishop of BaLh and Wells, and held since r867 by Browne John Mitchell James

the Rev. John William Lace M.A. of University College, Buck J ame.11 W Pains John

Oxford, who resides in Easton-in-Gordano. Here are Bap- Buck Joseph H Percival John

tist, Wesleyan and Congregational chapels. There is also a Buck Samuel Ray Alfred

Seamen's Mission and Free Library, of which the Rev. Bullock Edward Reed George

James Shepherd, of Easton-in-Gordano, is the missionary. Canby Edward Rowland Edward

Ham Green House is the seat of Mrs. Miles, the principal Carey Edwin Russell William

landowner. The acreage is about 200; rateable Talue, Carey John Selway William

included in Easton-in-Gordano; the population in 1881 was Carey Thomas Shepherd Samuel

1,745· Case Charlei Smith John
· Parish Clerk, John Baker. Case Edward Thayer Thomas

PosT, M. 0. & T. 0., S. B. & Annuity & Insurance Office.- Case Richard . Thomas John •
John Baker, sub-postmaster. Letters arrive from Bristol Chesswell Alfred • Thomas Sidney G

at 6.5·& 8,16 a.m. & 3·3 p.m.; dispatched at ro.55 ~.m. Comerford Edward Thomas William, jun

DIRECTORY.] SOMERSETSHIRE. PILTON. 307
'

Miles Mrs. Ham Green house Keedwell William, butcher Rogers Samuel, Mariners' Arms l'.Jl
ThompsonWilliamJ. Avondale, Ham grn Light Mary Ann (Mrs. )1 baker Rowland Georgep beer retailer
Maggs John, dairyman Rumney George, shopkeeper
COMMERCIAL. Sambourn Joseph, Waterloo House P.H
Mapstone Lewton, beer retailer Seamen's Mission & Free Library (Rev.
Adams William, coal dealer Masters John, beer retailer
Baker John, grocer, & post office Morgau Isabella (Miss), grocer James Shepherd, missionary)
Bellamy Ann (Mrs.), shopkeeper Parsons E. T. haven master Sheppard John, grocer
Callaway Stephen, Duke of Cumber~ Pearce Benjamin. beer retailer Sheppard William James, shce maker
Pearce Charles, baker Stallard Frederick, farmer
land P.H pearce Job, Railway inn Thomas James, coal dealer
Cooper John, ship & boat builder Porter Joseph, butcher Tratman Esther (Mrs. ),Blue Anchor P.Jl
Cox James, Red Lion P.H Porter Mary Ann (:Mrs.), beer retailer Vowles Harriet (Mrs.), baker
Curtis Samuel, furniture dealer Wmver John, grocer
Ellis Simpson, draper Porter Rebecca (Mrs. h shopkeeper Whelpton Mary Ann (Mrs.), farmer,
Evans Frank, Duke of Cornwall P.H
Hitchcock John, station master, Bristol Porter William, baker Ham green
Prescott Benjamin, assistant overseer Wilde George, chemist &grocer
& Portishead railway Preston Albert, The Swan P.H
Howell Annie & Kate Fanny (Misses), Reed Sarah Ann (Mrs.), grocer Young Philip, butcher
Rogers George, Star P.H
shopkeepers

Hunt William, boot maker

PILTON is a parish, situated on the road from Wells to annually for education and about £9 for distribution in
Glastonbury, 3 miles south-west from Shepton Mallet, 5 money. Dunkerton's charity, founded in I867, and consist-

:South-east from Wells, and I! south-west from West Pennard ing of about £107 Stock, produces about £3 a year, for dis-

:Station on the Somerset and Dorset railway, in the Eastern tribution in kind : the original bequests were as follows :-

division of the county, in two hundreds, viz. Glaston XII. Job Cook left the interest of £so fctr the keeping of his grave

Hides and Whitestone, county court district of Wells, petty in repair and the residue to the Church Sunday school ; Miss

:Sessional division and union of Shepton Mallet, in the Shep- Philly Hole, the interest of £100 to ten poor unmarried men

ton Mallet district of the rural deanery of Pawlett, arch- or women ; J ames Bethell esq. the interest of£100 to tea poor

deaconry of Wells and diocese of Bath and Wells. The men or women; and Mrs. Martha Bethell the interest of £100

church of St. John the Baptist, is a large and handsome edi- to ten old men and ten old women; Dunkerton's charity of

fice of carboniferous limestone, in mixed styles, consisting of {;10o, the interest for distribution; Mr. C. Moody also lef~

chancel, clerestoried nave of five bays, north aisle, south by will £1oo, the interest to be distributed at Christmas

porch and an embattled western tower with pinnacles, con- among ten poor churchmen and women. Near the church

taining a clock and 6 bells, dating from I726 to I785: the is an ancient barn, formerly belonging to the Abbots of

chancel and aisle are of t.he period of Edward Ill. : the nave Glastonbury: it has a well-designed open timbered roof, and

probably dates from about 1180, and aNorman arch in good on the four sides are the emblems of the Evangelists. A fair

preservation still exists on the south side : the star-shaped is held on the first Monday after the 10th of September,

east window is stained, and there are memorial windows to Westholme, now unoccupied, is a good mansion, beautifully

Elizabeth :Frances, wife of Robert Clerk esq. of Westholme situated one mile from the high road leading from Shepton

House; to Thomas Overall, a precentor of Wells, from I47I Mallet to Glastonbury. Burford, the seat of Edmund Hugh

to I493 ; and to Thomas Hole : on the south side of the Clerk esq. B.C.L., n.r•. , J.P. is an elegant building in the

sacrarium is a piscina under a highly ornamented arch, and Elizabethan style, erected in I853: Charlton House is the
in the chancel hangs a brass chandelier dated I749: the nave family seat of Lieut.-Col. Robert Mildmay Clerk J.P. Ea»1

has a fine open timber roof, and there is a stone pulpit : Temple is lord of the manor and owns a portion of the land.

there are monuments and ancient brasses and tablets to the The chief landowners are Col. Stuart, J. F. Hole Bethell esq.

Strode and Bethel families, and a handsome mural monu- EdmundHugh Clerk esq. Lt.-Col. Clerk J.P. John Luff esq.

ment to the Clerk family : in the church are preserved the Mrs. Mathias and J. C. Somerville esq. The land is chiefly in

remains of an ancient embroidered cope of the I6thcentury, pasture ; cider is made in considerable quantities ; the chief

for some time used as a cover for the communion table : the produce is cheese, which is made in large quantities. The

communion plate dates from I57o, but the paten is supposed area is s.S93 acres; rateable value, £8,454 ; the population

to be of still earlier date, probably about I500: the church was in I88I Wal I, 113.

partly rE>stored in I862 and again in I879, at a cost of £3,ooo,
raised by subscription: in I888 a new :organ was erected in I
I EAsT COMPTON, Ii miles east-north-east; WEST CoMPTON1
the chancel at a cost of £4oo: there are sittings for 350 per-, north; HAM, 2~ north-north-east; and UPPER and LOWER

:Sons: in the churchyard is a large yew tree, supposed to be '\YESTHOLME, I mile west, are hamlets. CANNARD's GRAVE,

13oo years old. The register dates from I558, and a book has 2 east, aud BoWLISH are partly in this parish and partly in
been found containing the churchwardens' accounts from IsoB ~hepton Mallet.

to I53o. The living is a vicarage, average tithe rent-charge PosT & M. 0. 0., S. B. & Annuity & Insurance Office..-Miss
Elizabeth Grant, receiver. Letters arrive from Shepton
£I 55. net yearly value £270, including 25 acres of glebe, with
residence, in the gift of the Bishop of Bath and Wells, and Mallet at 7 a.m. & 4 p.m. ; dispatched at 11.50 a.m. &; 6
p.m. ; sundays, arrive 7 a.m.; dispatched IO a.m. ;
held since I879 by the Rev. James Theophilus Miiller M.A. Shepton Mallet is the nearest telegraph office
of Trinity College, Dublin. There are Wesleyan and Bible

Christian chapels. The rents of the " Church Lands," and of

an ancient cottage, called the" Church House," amounting to School (mixed & infants), erected in I846, & since enlarged

about £2o annually, are applied by the churchwardens to pur- on two occasions, for 200 children ; average attendance,

poses connected with the church. Bethell's charity, founded 45 boys, 54 girls & 70 infants; Horace Henry Corsbie,

in 1863, Cook's in I865, and Hole's in I845, and consisting master; Mrs. Corsbie, mistress; Miss Annie Barber,
together of £355 ISS. 8d. inv~ted in Stocks, provide £I gs. assistant mistress

PRIVATE RESIDENTS. Alien & Son, insurance agents & ac- Gloyne George, brewer & maltster,

Catley Evan Daniel, East Town house countant,.,, The Gables Pilton brewery

Clerk"Lt.-Col.Rt.MildmayJ.P.Charltonbo Alien John, shopkeeper Gould Henry, dairy farmer,Westholme

Clerk Edmund Hugh B.c.r•. , D.L., :1. P. Andrews & Davis,carpenters & wheelwts Gould John, Crown inn

Burford Andrews Henry, blacksmith Gould William, butcher

Clerk Miss, Westholme cottage Atwell Henry Matthews, cabinet ma- Grant Henry Charles, corn dlr, & baker

Coles George, Boxtree cottage ker & carpenter GrantElizh. (Miss),shopk eepr. Post office

Gloyne George Binnings GeorgE">, grocer & corn dealer GreenJas. road coutrctr. Ca.nnard's grave

Hawkins Misses Board William, dairy farmer, Ham Green Thomas, butcher & dealer

Hayward Jn.Alfd.LeMesnrier,Pilton ho Boyce Josepb, dairy frmr. Knowle farm Green William, juu. thatcher

James Mrs. Manor house Boyce Thomas, blacksmith Green 'Vm. sen. thatcher, Park hill

MiillerRev.Jas. Theophilus M. A. Vicarage Butt Andrew,d~iry frmr .E~st Compton Haggett Waiter, farmer, Elm farm

Norton Mrs Cary George, dairy farmer, Manor Haggett John ·waiter, dairy farmer,

Orledge Charles, Chanter's house house, "\Vest Compton East Compton

Orledge William Churchouse Albert, farmer, Westholme HaggettWm.da.iry farmer,L:1mbert's hl

Perci\·al Percy, Perridge house Cock William, farmer, Redlake Haine Wm. dairy farmer, Westholme

Pbippen Wm. Somers, Platterwell cot Connock William Samer!, carpenter Hiscox Thomas, builder

Selway Mrs. Summerhouse cottage Corp 'Villiam Frederick, dairy farmer, Hoskins John, farmer, East Compton

Selway Jsph. James Wm. :\Ialta house cheese ma.& milk contractr.Steaubow Hurley George, baker

Trevelyan Miss, Springfield house Creed Benj. Robert, farmer, East town Hutton Suian (Mrs.), ladies' school

COMMERCIAL. Derry James, farmer, Wells road Lambert Thomas, shopkeeper

Adams James, surveyor, The Ferns, Duckett Jsph. farmer, Low.Westholme Longman Rd. frmr. WindingLake farm

North Wootton George Elizabth.Mary (Mrs.), boor retlr Lewis JohnJames,farmer,EastComptO:I\

S. G. & B. :!0* •l

•

308 PILTON. SOMERSETSHIRE. [KELLY's

LinternGilbert,dairy frmr.Plattrwll. fm Orledge Stephen Charles Roger, dairy Tibbotts Joseph, dairy farmer, West

LinternWm.dairyfrmr.Low.Westholme farmer, The Laurels Compton

Lu:ffman George, stone mason Penny Edmund, boot & shoe maker Turner Elizabeth (Mrs.), dairy farmer.

Masters John, farmer, Westholme Phelps Henry John, farmer West Compton

MiellGeorge,dairy farmer, WestComptn Pitman William, miller, Ham Water Tyrrell Charles, scripture reader.

Miell Uriah, farmer, East Compton mill, Bowlish Mission church, Cannard's grave

Miell William, farmer, East Compton Plenty George, dairy farmer,Red house Webb Geo. frmr. Holt farm, Westholme

Moody Richard, farmer & landowner, Rogers Levi, beer retailer & shopkeeper Whitcomb Josepb, coal dealer

Cock Mill farm Sims Charles, yeoman Williams George, family grocer, draper

Nurse Joseph, beer retailer, Bush Steeds Alfred,farmer,Lowerfarm,Ham & general supply stores

OrledgeStph.dairy farmr.WestCompton Tucker George, farmer, Redlake WilliamsRobert,dairy farmer,East town

PITCOMBE is a parish, one mile and a quarter south Thomas Wyndham esq. and the Earl of Ilchester, are the

from Bruton station on the Wilts, Somerset. and Weymouth chief landowners. The soil is stone brash; and the subsoil
branch of the Great Western rail way, and having a station is white rock on the high grounds,and sand in the valley. The
called Cole, in the parish, on the Somerset and Dorset rail- chief crops are wheat, barley and turnips. The area is about
way, in the Eastern division of the county, Bruton hundred, 2,330 acres; rateable value, £3,813; and the population in
Wincanton petty sessional divisjon, union and county court 188r was 421. The parish contains two tithings, Pitcombe
district, Bruton district of the rural deanery and archdeaconry and Hadspen.
of Taunton and diocese of Bath and Wells. The church of GODMINSTER was formerly the mansion house of the family
St. Leonard, rebuilt, with the exception of the tower, in of Cottington.
xSsS, is a building of stone, in the Early English style, con- HADSPEN is a hamlet and tithing, about r mile south-
sisting of chancel, nave of four bays, north aisle, south porch west from t.he church.
and an embattled western tower, with pinnacles, containing CoLE is a hamlet, about half a mile west, with a station

3 bells: the east window is stained: there are sittings for on the Somerset and Dorset railway. There are two grist
16o persons: in the churchyard is an ancient cross, 12 feet mills in the parish, Cole Mill and Gant's Mill, the latter
high: a l~·chgate was erected in 1858. 'fhe register dates, situated on the river Brue.
for baptisms and burials, from October, 1538; for mar- Parish Clerk, George Stepben Plowman.
riages, September, 1567. The living is a vicarage, with the Letters from Bath, via Bruton, arrive at 7.30 a. m. the
perpetual curacy of Wyke Champflower annexed, joint gross nearest money order & telegraph office

yearly value £xss, with residence and 3 acres of glebe, in WALL LETTERBoxEs,Pitcombe,cleared 5.2sp.m.; Hadspen,.
the gift of Sir Henry Ainslie Hoare hart. and held since 188o cleared 6.30 p.m.; & Cole, cleared 5.15 p.m. all week days
by the Rev. David Evans Norton M.A. head master of King only

Edward's school, Bruton, where be resides; the Rev. S. Parochial School (mixed), erected in r864, as a memorial to

Coleridge Smith has been curate in charge since x882. There the late H. Hobhouse esq. for 70 children ; average attend-

Iare charities to the amount of £7 xos. Hadspen House is ance, so ; Mrs. Sarah Sims, mistress

the seat of Henry Hobhouse esq. M.P., M.A., J.P. who, with Railway Station, Cole Henry Collins, station master

Cock James Gifford Thomas, jun. farmer, Hadspen Jennings Thomas, farmer & miller

HobhouseHenryM.P.,M.A.,J.P. Hadspen Harding Albert, Sunny Hill P.H (w11ter), Cola

house; & 4 Kensington sq. London w Hoddinot Joseph, farmer, Cole Lockyer Cuthbert,miller(water),Gant's

Hobhouse Mrs. Hadspen house Howell Charles, farmer, Grove Parham George, farmer, Hadspen

Jennings Henry, Lisbury Hussey Thomas, farmer, Godminster Plowman Geo. Stephen, dairy, Hadspen

Smith Rev. Sidney Coleridge [curate] Jennings John, farmer, Honeywick Porter George, farmer, Cole Style

COM.MERCIAL. Jennings Richard, farmer, Shatwell Sims Edward, farmer

Gifford Thomas, farmer 1 Hadspen

PlT:MINSTER is a large parish and village, 4~ miles 1owners are F. W. Newton esq. l.P.; Rt. Hon. John Willianr

south from Taunton station on the Bristol and Exeter sec- Melior P.c. R. Mattock esq. Rev. Beauchamp Kerr Warren

tion of the main line of the Great Western railway, in the Pearce M.A. rector of Ascot, Berks, Mrs. Helyar and Mrs..

Western division of the county, Taunton hundred, petty Reynolds. The soil is clay; subsoil, various clay, and in the-

sessional division and union, rural deanery and archdeaconry upper parts rock. The chief crops are wheat, oats, barley~

of Taunton and diocese of Bath and Wells. The church of roots and pasture land. The area is 5,072 acres; rateable,

St. Andrew and St. Mary is an ancient building of stone in value, £n,515; the population in 188r was 1,382.

the Perpendicular style, consisting of chancel, nave, aisles, BLAGDON, rl miles south-west ; HowLEIGH, ri miles west";·

north and south porches and a western tower, with spire, FELTHAM, I! south; and LOWTON, 2 miles west from the-
containing 5 bells : there are some ancient and richly carved
benches, a finely carved stone pulpit and reredos, and some church, are hamlets in this parish.
very interesting altar tombs to the Coles family, dating from
Sexton, William Summerhayes.

the 16th and 17th centuries: two of the windows are stained : PosT OFFICE, Blagdon.-Mrs. Selina Westcom.})e;. receiver;
there are sittings for 400 persons. 'l'he register of baptisms Letters for Blagdon, Pitminster village, Howleigh & dis-
dates from the year 1544; marriages and burials, 1542. The trict arrive from Taunton at 7.20 a.m. & 5.30 p.m. & are
living is a vicarage, average tithe rent-charge £462, net yearly dispatched at 10.30 a.m. & 6 p.m. Nearest money order
value £460, with residence, in the gift of the Rev. Alfred Elton & telegraph office, Taunton. Postal orders are issued here;.
:B. A. and held since 1884 by the Rev. Frederic Samuel Pier- but not paid

point Seale B.A. of Trinity College, Oxford. The rectorial PosT OFFICE, Lowton.-William Mappledoram, receiver-.

tithes belong to F. W. Newton esq. and are of £300 yearly Letters arrive for Lowton & Strawbridge, through Wet-

value. Here is a Congregational chapel, also one for the lington, at 8.45 a. m. & dispatched 4.30 p.m. Wellington

Brethren. The charities are of £4o yearly value; there are is the nearest money order & telegraph office

also 5 acres of land on Blagdon Hill, let as allotments. The wApL.mL.L;ETTnEoRcBoollxeEctsi,onHowonleigsuh,ndcaleya;redPi7tm.soinsat.emr . v&ill5a.g4e0,
reservoirs of the Taunton Corporation Waterworks are situ-
ated in t his parish. Barton Grange, the property and .resi- c1eared ro.5o a. m. & 5.10 p.m.; sunday ro.5o a. m.;
dence of Francis W h eat Newton esq. D.L., J.P. occupies a Poundis ford, cleared I I.ro a.m. & 5a..3m0 . p.m.; s unday
n.ro a. m.; Stapleba y cleared n & 6. 30 p.m.;;
co~manding site at the f?ot of the Blagd<;m Hills, and was sunday 11 •40 a.m . 40
' ..
o!anCiently the ~ummer reside!'ce of the Prwrs Taunton;
the park contains some magmficentelm and oak timber. The·
other principal residences are Eastbrook House, of Capt. INSURANCE AGENT.-Economic Life, W. Marke, Blagdon ho-

Charles Michael Fox ; Piercefield, Arthur Field esq. ; Canons ScHOOLS:-
Grove, Mrs. Reynold~; Lowton House, Robert Mattock esq.; Parochial (mixed), for r2o children ; average attendance~
Poundisford Park, Edmund D. Bourdillon esq. ; Culmhead, 70; Edwin Lucas, master

Rt. Hon. John William Melior P.C., M.A., D.L., J.P.; Poundis- National, Lowton (mixed), for so children; average attend-

ford Lodge, Mrs. Helyar; Pitminster Lodge, Henry Je:ffries ance, 24; Mrs. Larcombe, mistress

Badcock esq. J.P.; Amberd House, Mrs. Hickley and How- Blagdon Undenominational (mixed), built in r857, for 6o

leigh House, Maj.-Gen.James Williamson.Edwin Irwin Bain- children; average attendance, 30; Mrs. Yerbury, mist
bridge Cox esq. is lord of the manor. The principal land- Police Station, Sellicks green, Albt.Ladd, cons~able in charge

Pitminster. HanburyAlbert George,Southwelllodge Melior Right Hon. John William P.c.,.

PRIVATE RESIDENTS. Helyar Mrs. Poundisford lodge M.A., D.L., J'.P., Culmhead

Helyar Maj. Charles Welman Hawker Newton Francis Wheat J'.P. Barton

Badcock Hy.Je:ffries J'.P. Pitminster ldg J'.P. Poundisford lodge grange

Bourdillon Edmund D. Poundisford pk Hickley Mrs. Amberd house Reynolds Mrs. Canons, Grove house

Field Arthur, Piercefield Hurman Rev. Benjamin [Congrega- Seale Rev. Fdc. Sl. PierpointB.A.[vicarJ

Fox Capt. Chas. Michael, Eastbrook ho tional], Staplehay Slade Samuel, Elm cottage, Sellick grn

Gibbs Mrs. Staplehay Letheren John William, Bell house Spencer Thomas, Haygrove house

,PIRECTORY.] SOMERSETSHIRE. PORLOCK, 309

Warre Reginald, West Combe house LenthallAnn (Mrs.),shopkpr.Easthrook; Marke Mark, farmer

COMMERCIAL. Lock Thomas, farmer ' Tavender Wm. farmer, Howleigh farm

Aplin Robert, assistant overseer for Loosemore Ann (Mrs.\ Winchester Blagdon.
Trull parish, Staplehay Arms P,H. Eastbrook

Babb William, farmer, .Feltham Moor Elizabeth (Mrs.), provision dealer Holway John

.Bicknell Richard Stocker, carpenter Oaten George, farmer Rogerson Arthur, Brookfield house

.Birch James,frmr. & haulier, Leighhill Perrett Clement, farmer, Sweethay COMMERCIAL.
.Bond Thomas Richard, frmr.Eastbrook. Perrott Thomas, farmer, Canons grove B~gg Charles, saddler .
Prew John Cornish, farmer & butcher, Br.gh~Thos. farmer& ass1s~nt overseer
Buckland James, miller (water) Chaphn ~h.arles, farmer, Pnors lodge

Chedgey Tom, Queen's Arms P.H Hillside house, Staplehay

CornishHugh"Smerdon,farmer,Fulwood Pring Francis, boot & shoe maker, Colman Eh, carpenter
Dye~ Wal~r! baker
Cousins Henry, farmer, Duddleston Sellicks green Evleigh \YI~ham, fa1'1rt'Yiner

Davey Joseph, farmer, Cornish farm Shire Richard, farmer, Feltham Go~d WI~h~m, shopkeeper

Day Saml.farmr.PoundisfordLodge frm Slade John, butcher

DaySaml.Geo.farmer,LittlePoundisfrd Spiller Charles, farmer, Kibbear GoVIer Wilham, farmer &quarry owner

Denning Caroline (Mrs.), frmr.Fulwood Tottle Frank, wheelwright, Sellicks grn Hart.Mary Ann (Mrs.), haberdasher

Durston James, farmer Trood Richard farmer & cider grower Jenkms George, farmer, Quarry farm

Fardoe Moses, farm bailiff to F. W. Spearcehay ' ' Knight Abraham, shopkeeper

Newton esq. .J.P. Woodram farm Trott John, farmer, Canons grove Mark_e John, farmer

Forward George, farmer, Duddleston Trott Robert, farmer, Sweethay M_ortifee John, watch maker
Fouracre George,shopkeeper, Staplehay White Samuel farmer, Fosgrove RI«?hards Thomas, wo~ dealer & farmer

Fouracre James, Crown P.H. Staplehay ' Shue Samuel, blacksm1th
Fremlin Elizabeth Mary (Miss), farmer, Symes William, Lamb & Flag P.H
Howleigh.

Kibbear de Gex Rev. Alexander Frederick M.A. Warren Wm. beer retailer & wheeluwnorgt

Grabham Charlotte (Mrs.), shopkeeper [rector of Angersleigh] Westcombe Selina (Mrs.),shopkeeper, 1Z

Grabham Thomas, fam1er,WestCombe Williamson Maj.-Gen. Jas.Howleigh ho post office Lowton.

1Iicks Henry, builder, Staplehay Holcombe Nicholas, farmer, Huckers

Hutchins William, baker, Staplehay Honiball Elizabeth (Mrs.), farmer, Mattock Robert, Lowton house

Imber Henry,shopkeeper,Sellicks gr~n Higher Combe Hutchings Saml. farmer, Strawbridge

Jenkins William, shopkeeper,Eastbrook Hutchings Robert, farmer Mappledoram Wm.shopkpr.&post office

Jennings Henry, tailor Jennings Ann (Mrs.), beer retailer Marshall Matthew, blacksmith

Kidner Francis, farmr. Haygrove farm Lee Richard, farmer, Chelmsine Mattock Robert, farmer, Lowton house

PITNEY (otherwise PITNEY LORTIE) is a parish and eluding 18 acres of glebe, with residence, in the gift of Mrs.

'Village, situated on the high road from Langport to Castle Dudman, and held since 1886 by the Rev. George Gustavus

Cary and Wells, 2~ miles north-east from Langport station Morton M.A. Dublin. A Roman villa has been discovered in

on the Yeovil branch of the Great Western railway and 3 the parish. The Duke of Devonshire P.c., K.G. is lord of the

west from Somerton, in the Eastern division of the county, manor of Pitney Wearne and the principal landowner; the

Pitney hundred, Somerton petty sessional division, Lang- Pyne family own the manor of Pitney Lortie. The soil is

port union and county court district, Ilchester district of clayey ; and the subsoil is limestone. The chief crops are

the rural deanery of Glastonbury, archdeaconry of Taunton wheat, barley and beans. The acreage is 1,250; rateable

:and diocese of Bath and Wells. The church of St. John the value, £x,510; the population in r88I was 321.

.Baptist is an ancient building of stone in the Perpendicular Sexton, Andrew Woodland. t

;gtyle, consisting of chancel, nave, south transept, south
porch and an embattled western tower pcuolnptiatiniisngth4e bells: PosT OFFICE, Pitney.-John Chard, jun. receiver. etters
in the church is a stoup, and near the stand through Langport R.S.O. arrive at 7·35 a.m. & 5· 15 p.m. ;

for the hour-glass used in Puritan times: the church was & are dispatched at 7·35 a.m. & 6.5 p.m. Langport is

restored in I875• and has sittings for x6o persons. The the nearest money order & telegraph office

Tegister dates from the year 1623. The living is a rectory, National School (mixed), built in 1876, for 6o children;

11.verage tithe rent-charge £71, net yearly value £8o, in- average attendance, 48; Miss Annie Wakeham, mistress

Dudman Mrs. Pitneyhouse 1 Cooper Henry, carpenter&wheelwright Rendle Thomas & John, blacksmiths

.MortonRev.Geo.Gustavus M.A.Vicarage Cossins Francis, farmer Squire William, mason

COMMERCIAL. Cox Charles & Sarah (Mrs.), fanners Walrond John, beer retailer & farmer
Darby William, farmer & landowner Walrond Philip, farmer
I Edwards Elizabeth (Mrs.), farmer
.Bartlett Oliver, shopkeeper Walrond William, farmer

Brown George, farmer, Manor farm Gare John, farmer & landowner Webb Charles, farmer

.Chard John, farmer & landowner Horsey William, farmer & landowner Webb George, farmer

Chard John, jun. farmer, Post office Larcombe James, farmer Webb William, shopkeeper

Classey Edward Wm. market gardener Larcombe Joseph, farmer

PODYMORE MILTON is a parish and village, situ- gift of the trustees of the late Mrs. Pigott, and held siooe

.ated on the road from Ilchesterto Wincanton, 2miles north- 1832 by the Rev. Henry Digby Serrell M.A. of Queen's Col-
.east from Ilchester and 7 north from Yeovil, in the Eastern lege, Oxford, who resides at Bath; the Rev. Edward Pigott

division of the county, Whitley hundred, Somerton petty LL.B. of Christ's College, Cambridge, has been curate in sole

.sessional division, Yeovil union and county court district, charge since 1874. John Kenelm Digby Wingfield-Digby
Ilchester district of the rural deanery of Glastonbury, arch- esq. J.P. of 3 Westover villas, Bournemouth, is lord of the
deaconry of Taunton and diocese of Bath and Wells. 'I"he manor and chief landowner. The soil is clayey and the sub-

.church of St. Peter is an ancient building of stone in the soil clay. The chief crops are wheat and beans. The area

Perpendicular and Decorated styles, consisting of chancel, is 947 acres; rateable value, £994; and the population in
nave, south porch and an octagonal western tower, contain- x88x was 8g.
ing 3 bells: the church was repaired in 1872 and the chancel Parish Clerk, Charles Whittell.

is now ( 1889) being restored: there are sittings for go WALL LETrER Box, near the church, cleared at 5·5 p.m.

persons. The register dates !rom the year 1763. The living week days only. Letters through Ilchester, which is the

is a rectory, average tithe rent-charge £159, gross yearly nearest money order & telegraph office, arrive at 8 a. m
value £213, including 22 acres of glebe, with house, in the The children of this place attend the school at Yeovilton

Pigott Rev. Edward LL.B. [curate], Conway Wm.Jn.butcher & beer retailer Csborne Harry, farmer, Higher farm

Rectory house Driscott Eliza (Mrs.), shopkeeper Pitman Edward, farmer, Snag farm

Clark George, farmer, Church farm Ford Thomas, shopkeeper & carpenter Rowe George, farmer, Lower farm

PORLOCK is a small seaport, market town and parililh, gonal broach spire of wood, with truncated top and do1·mers

situated on the high road from Minehead to Lynton and on at the base ; the apex of the spire is said to have been de-
the southern shore of the Bristol channel, 14 miles west stroyed by a storm in 1700; the spire was restored in 1889
from Williton, 6 west from Minehead terminal station of and re-covered with oak shingle: there are two piscinre, one
the West Somerset branch of the Great Western railway, 8 in the chancel, with a double drain and a. trefoiled head,
west from Dunster, in the Western division of the county, and another at the east end of the south aisle: the organ,
hundred of Carhampton, Dunster petty sessional division, presented by the present rector, was brought from the
union and county court district of Williton, rural deanery church of St. Peter-le-Bailey, Oxford: the Perpendicular
of Dunster, archdeacoury of Taunton and diocese of Hath font has an octagonal basin, the sides of which have cusp3d
and Wells. The church of St. Dubricius is a building of panels inclosing plain shields 1 the roofs are coved and
stone in the Early English, Decorated and Perpendicular ribbed, the intersections being relieved with bosses of carved
styles, and consists of chancel, with eastern vestry, nave of foliage, roses and heraldic shields: at the east end of the
four bays, aisles, north porch, with parrise and a western chancel, against the north wall, is an altar tomb, richly
tower, containiug an ancient clO<'k and 5 bells, with an octa- panelled, the larger panels exhibiting cusped quatrefoilS, with

:no PORLOCK. • l [KELLY'S

SOMERSETSHIRE.

foliaged spandrils, and in their centres shields of the ~' Pas- in 1837. A cemetery is now (1889) being laid out under the
!!ion," a leaf ornament banding of square quatrefoils runs control of a Burial Board of nine members. The charities

along the base above the plinth, and the hollow chamfer of consist of Roger's charity, of about 18s. per month each to

the upper slab is enriched with four-leaved flowers; there twelve· poor persons who do not receive parish relief, and

is no trace of any inscription: in the wall of the south aisle the Winsford land, value about £55 yearly, in the hands of

are two recesses of unequal size, with plainly moulded trustees, and distributed at their discretion in money to poor
round-headed arches ; in the larger or westernmost is the persons not in receipt of parish relief. Here is a parochial

'ecumbent, cross-legged effigy of a knight in chain-mail, lending library of about 200 volumes. The sheep and cattle
with his. right hand on his sword, and his left arm support- fairs formerly held here are now .discontinued. Ashley
ing a large shield ; this figure is conjectured to represent Combe, the property of the Earl of Lovelace, and the resi-
Sir Simon FitzRoger, temp. Rich. I.: at the east end of the dence of the Baroness de Taintegnies, is situated on the hill-
church, beneath the easternmost arch of the arcade and side, in the centre of fine grounds, and commands views of

pal'tly incorporated with its western pier is a large and fine the Welsh coast, and of the Porlock and North Hills, and the
canopied altar tomb with recumbent effigies of a knight in valley in which lies the town of Porlock. George William
plate armour, with a bold and elaborately worked wreath Blathwayt esq. D.L., J.P. of Dyrham Park, Gloucester8hire,
round his bascinet, and wearing a collar, and of a lady in a who is lord of the manor, the Earl of Lovelace, and the Rt.

close-fitting dress, covered by a mantle, and wearing a Hon. Sir Thomas Dyke Acland bart. P.c., F.R.G.s., F.L.s.,
mitred head dress richly adorned with diaper work and bound F .c. s., D. L., J. P. of Killerton, Devon, are the chieflandowners.
round by a fillet crested with fleurs-de-lis ; these are believed The soil is red loam ; and subsoil, iron and hard stone. The
~represent Sir John, 4th Baron Harington, of Aldingharn crops are wheat, barley, oats and turnips. The acreage is

(Lanes), ob. II Feb. 1417-8, and Elizabeth (Courtenay), his 6,019, of which 355 are water and foreshore; rateable value,
wife, ob. 28 Oct. 1471, being then the widow of Sir William, £2,979 ; the population in 1881 was 765.

1st Baron Bonville K.G. beheaded 19 Feb. 146o-1; the canopy PORLOCK. WEIR is a hamlet one mile and a half west. In
consists of a single lofty four-centred arch, elaborately 1878 a small chapel of ease, built of iron, was erected here,
feathered and supported on moulded piers at the angles, in which service is held every Sunday.
the eastern arch being similar but much smaller; the ceiling WEsT PORLOCK, one mile west and YEARNOR, 2 miles
is covered with panelled tracery, inclosing foliage, but the west, are hamlets.
f.rieze and cornice are missing; the sides of the tomb are BossiNGTON, a detatched part of this parish, was by an
.relieved by trefoil-headed arcading ; it appears that this Order in Council, which came in operation March 25, 1884~
splendid monument, originally adorned with gold and colour, amalgamated with Selworthy.
once stood at the east end of the south aisle, where was Parish Clerk, William Hobbs.
'formerly a chantry of the Blessed Virgin, founded by this Sexton, John Cooksley.

lord Harington before leaving England with Henry V. and PosT, M. 0. & T. 0., S. B. & Insurance & Annuity Office.-
·his army in July, 1417, but not authorised by letters patent Mrs. Mary Taylor, postmistress. Letters from Taunton
till 'ro July, 1474; the gross value of this and another • received at 8 a.m. & dispatched at 4·45 p.m. ; from rst
chantry in the church, in 27 Hen. VIII. (1535-6) was esti- July to 3oth September, dispatched at 7 p.m
·mated at £23 16s. but the chantry lands were alienated in WALL BoXEs, at Porlock Wier, cleared at 4.10 p.m. week

1547 by royal licence: in the churchyard near the north days & n a.m. on sunday; & West Porlock, cleared at.
side of the tower is an altar tomb similar to the first men- 4.20 p.m. week days & n. 10 a. m. sunday
tioned above, but of plainer character: the church, which is National School (mixed), built in 1876, for the parishes of
about II2 feet in length, has sittings for 36o persons, and Porlock, Luccombe & Culbone, to hold 150 children;
is shortly to be completely repaired. The register dates average attendance, IIO; master, Mr. Archibald Broom-
from 1618, and it was once a custom here to state the cir- field; assistant mistress, Miss Elizabeth Annie Little
cumstances of those registered. The living is a rectory, INSURANCE AGENTS:~
gross yearly value £4oo, including 15 acres of glebe, with British Empire Mutual Life, J. W. Willis
residence, in the gift of the Lord Chancellor, and held since Lancashire, J. Marley, Porlock weir
1872 by the Rev. Waiter Hook M.A. of Christ Church, CoNVEYANCE.~Coaches to Minehead three times a week
.Oxford, who is also rector of Stoke-Pero. Adam Belinden, during the winter months, & from 1st May every week

Bishop of Dumblane (1615-35) and of Aberdeen ( 1635-8) day during the summer months; the Lynton & Ilfracombe
was rector here after his deprivation in 1638 by the as- coaches pass through every week day during the summer
sembly of Glasgow. ;Here is a Wesleyan chapel, erected months & once a week during the winter

·. PRIVATE RESIDENTS. Floyd James, blacksmith PerkinsAnnie(Mrs.),Ship inn,Porlck.wr

Baker Miss, Chapel Knap Floyd William, farmer, Lee Perkins James, Lorna Doone family &.

Blathwayt George William J.P. Porlock Fox Fowler Co. bankers (agency) (T. J. commercial hotel & posting house;

cottage, Porlock weir Cape, agent); thurs. 10 to 1; draw on 'bus to Minehead daily. See advert

de Taintegnies Baroness, Ashley Combe Barclay, Bevan & Co. London B c Porlock Lending Library (Mrs. Towns-

Forrest Frederick Roberts, Sea view, Goddard James Prev.ost, Anchor family end, librarian)

West l'orlock & The Cot. Hawkcombe & commercial hotel & posting house, Pugsley John, fruiterer

,Hook Rev. Waiter M.A. Rectory & proprietor of the Minehead, Por- Pulsford Ann (Mrs.), Ship P.H

_Leeke Samuel, Hawkcombe bank lock & Porlock Weir coach,& farmer, Quartley William, mason

MaddockRev.Wm.Herbt.M.A.Churchho Porlock weir. See advertisement Radford John, carpenter

.Marley John, Porlock ford GullifordWm.watch & clock ma.&assist. Rawle & Pearce, tanners & curriers

Molony Fitzjames overseer for Lnccombe, Doverhay Rawle Thomas, farmer, Court place

Paramore Mrs. Dovercourt Hawkins Betsy (Mrs.), shopkeeper Red Ambrose, farmer, Pitt

'Parry Rev. J. H. B.A. [curate] Hawkins George, boot & shoe maker Red Richard, farmer, Ash

Pearce Thomas Hawkins & Smith, shopkeepers Richards William, farmer, Yearnor

Parkins Thomas, Doverhay cottage Hill Louisa (Mrs.), mid wife, Doverhay Ridler Richard & William, farmers

Rawle Herbert, The Laurels Hobbs John, saddler & harness maker Ridler David, farmer,Higher Doverhay

Rawle James . Huish James, carpenter Ridler John, boot & shoe maker

Rawle Mrs. The Laurels Huish John, mason RidlerMichael,Royal Oak inn,& maltster

,Stead Rev. Ernest Arthur [Wesleyan] Kidner Mary(Mrs.),coffee rms.Doverhy Sedgebeer Frederick, lodging house

COMMERCIAL. Marley John, land agent to G. W. Smith Mary (Mrs.), laundress,Doverhy ·

Arnold James Philip, tailor Blathwayt esq. l.P. & coal, lime, Smith Nicholas, cooper

Arnold Philip, shopkeeper brick & tile & genl.mer. Porlock weir Smith Thomas, saddler & harness makr

Bond James, wheelwright, Doverhay Marley Robt. shopkeeper, Porlock weir Sparks John, farmr.& shopkpr. Dovrhy

Brown William, jun. builder, Doverhay Moggridge Wm.blacksmith,WestPorlck Stenner Robert, Castle inn

Burgess Isaac, baker Molony Fitzjames L.K.Q.C.P., L.M."sur- Stuckey'sBankingCo.(agency) (JohnW.

Cape Thomas John, groct>r & corn geon, & medical officer & public Willis, agent); daily, II to 3; draw on

- dealer & farmer vaccinatr.Porlock dist. "\\'illiton union Robarts, Lubbock & Co. London E c

Cemetery (Herbert Rawle, clerk to the Nicholls James, painter Taylor Edward, farmer & 'bus pro-

burial board) · Norman Francis, blacksmith, Doverhay prietor, Vinetree

Chibbett Waiter, farmer, Doverhay Oland Ann (Miss), lodg. ho. Doverhay Taylor Mary (Mrs.), grocer

Cooksley John, builder Orchard John, shoe maker & assistant Townsend Wm. Hy. butcher, Cburchgt.

Evans Richard, farrier, Doverhay overseer, Doverhay Willis John W.butcher,grocer &draper

PORTBURY is a village and parish, with a station on and Wells. The church of St. Mary is a large and ancient

the Bristol and Portishead branch of the Great Western rail- structure in mixed styles, consisting of chancel, nave, aisles
way, 126 miles from London, 8 north-west from Bristol, in the and chapel, south porch and an embattled western tower~

Northern division of the county, hundred of its name, Long with pinnacles, containing a clock and 6 bells: there is a.

Ashton petty sessional division, Bedminster union, Bristol sanctus bell over the chancel: the church plate includes a.

county court district, Portishead district of the rural dean- chalice dated 1575: in the doorway of the south porch is
e'ry of Chew, archdeaconry of Bath and diocese of Bath a beautiful Norman arch: in the north aisle is a brass to

DIREC"fORY.] SOMERSETSHIRE. ,PORTISHEAD. 311

Sara, widow of Waiter Kethish, gent. ob. r62t, and her two parish was formerly occupied by the Romans; and coins,

daughters, Elizabeth and Frances, and two infant sons, foundations of villas and other buildings, and a Roman road

Roger and :Francis:. the church was new roofed and reseated to the sea. have been found here. Sir John Henry Greville

in 187r, and in 1875 the south aisle was restored: in r882 1 Smyth bart. J.P. of Button Court, is lord of the manor and

Mrs. Griffin erected the handsome lych gate at the entrance principal landowner. The soil is sand and clay ; subsoil, red

to the churchyard as a memorial to her father : the church sandstone. The chief crops are wheat, barley and roots.

clock was erected by subscription in 1887, at a cost of £123: The area is 2,878 acres; rateable value, £5,937; the popu-

there are sittings for 500 persons~ in the churchyard are two latiou in r88r was 784.

fine yew trees; the trunk of oneot them is 19 feet in circum- Parish Clerk, John Giles.

ference at 7 feet from the ground ; they are believed to be PosT OFFICE.-Charles Col~, postmaster. Letters arrive
upwards of 500 years old. The register dates from 1750:
the register of the previous century has been abstracted. from Bristol at 8.25 a. m. & 3.30 p.m. ; sundays, 9·43 a.. m.;
The living is a vicarage, yearly value from tithe rent-charge
£4oo, with residence and 4 acres of glebe, in the gift of the dispatched at ro.55 a.m. & 4.30 p.m.; sundays, 8.5 p.m.
Bishop of Worcester, and held since 1859 by the Rev. Edward The nearest money order office is at Pill. Telegraph
Octavius Tyler M.A. of Trinity College, Cambridge. The office is at the Railway station. Postal orders are issued
charities are of £5 ros. yearly value, being the interest of here, but not paid
£2ro lOS. invested in Consols, and left in 1772 by James
Selby, of Bristol, and in 1821 by J. Rowles esq. of Portbury, Parochial School, held in the old buildings formerly belong-
ing to the Augustinian Abbey of Bristol, for go children;
average attendance, 55; Mrs. Susanna Newman, mistress

and also by Alderman Mugglesworth, of Wraxall. This Railway Station, Oliver Heywood, station master

Hurditch Mrs Emery Tom, farmer Newton Ann (Mrs.), farmer

TylerRev.Edwd.Octavius Y.A.Vicarage English Thomas Robert, nurseryman Perkins John, farmer

Parsons Mrs Giles John, corn factor Price Ralph, farmer

COMMERCIAL. Harris Nathaniel, blacksmith Snook Alfred, farmer
Haskins Charles, shopkeeper
Snook Alvis, farmer .
Alien Joseph,shoe maker & assist.oversr Haskins John, shopkeeper Stock Charles, butcher
•

Bennett Joseph, farmer Heywood Oliver, station master Stock Edward, market gardener ,

Chambers Edward H. farmer Hurditch James, farmer Stokes Charles, Priory hotel, & farmer

Cole Thomas, farmer Jenkins Joseph, carpenter Thatcher Ann (Mrs.), farmer

Davies Annie (Mrs.), farmer Jordan John, farmer Young J ames, farmer

Davis George, farmer Lethbridge Richard Holme, farmer

PORTISHEAD is a. parish and watering-place, very same tide: there is a telegraph office on the pier. The

pleasantly situated on the north side of a finely-wooded ridge church of St. Barnabas, erected in r865, is an iron structure,

of hills, rising boldly from the coast of the Bristol channel, and will seat 300 persons. The Seamen's Institute cont~~<ins

and is the terminus of a branch of the Great Western rail- reading room for captains, officers and pilots ; a refreshment

way, 130 miles from London and :12 west-north-west from and reading room for seamen, and a refreshment room for

Bristol, in the Northern division of the county, hundred of dockmen, and is open from 10 a.m. to 10 p.m. ; the library

Portbury, Long Ashton petty sessional division, union of is furnished with books and periodicals, and the "Shipping

Bedminster, county court district of Bristol, Portishead Gazette" and various daily papers are taken. There is

district of the rural deanery of Chew, archdeaconry of Bath a letter box on the premises, cleared at 3 and 8 p.m. A

and diocese of Bath and Wells. Charming woods, traversed religious service is conducted here at 6 p.m. on Sundays by

by convenient paths and provided with seats, reach down to John Gay, Scripture Reader of the Mission to Seamen Society,

the water's edge, and ocean-going steamers are constantly who resides at the Institute. There is a good hotel, in the

passing and repassing quite close to the shore, producing a Elizabethan style, situated near the pier, and the property

scene always full of life and interest. The church of St. of the Dock and Railway Company. 'fhe Bristol training

Peter is an ancient edifice of stone in the Perpendicular style, ship "Formidable," for homeless and destitute boys, lent by
consisting of chancel, nave of two bays, north aisle, south the Admiralty in r86g, lies off here, and is managed by a

porch and a western tower with pierced parapet and four committee. .

pinnacles, and containing 6 fine bells : in r87g-8o the church The Corporation of Bristol own about 6oo acres of land at

was restored and considerably enlarged by adding to the Portishead, the greater part of which is splendidly situated

nave and erecting a new chancel; a wrought iron screen for building purposes. A parochial sanitary committee meets

separates the chancel and nave ; and there are several stained once a month, and acts under the sanitary board of the

windows : a chapel, nsed as a burying place by the Mohuns, Bedminster union. An improvement committee has also

and afterwards by the Jenner-Fust family, formerly existed been appointed, to whom suggestions or inquiries ea~ be

on the north side of the chancel : there are 500 sittings. addressed. Sir Joseph Dodge Weston kt. J.P. of Dorset

The register dates from 1570. The living is a rectory, gross house, Clifton down, is lord of the manor. The principal

yearly value from tithe rent-charge and 36 acres of glebe landowners are the Corporation of Bristol The soil is clayey

£8oo, with residence, in the gift of the Rev. Charles and sand ; subsoil, limestone. The area is 2,093 acres of

Frederick Norman M.A. of Mistley, Essex, and held since land and 295 of water ; rateable value, £ 14,6o3 ; the popula-

1878 by the Rev. James Stuart H.A. of University College, tion in r881 was 2,730.

Oxford, and surrogate. Here is a Catholic chapel, dedicated NORTH WESTON is a hamlet.

to St. J oseph, and a Franciscan monastery. Here is a meet- Parish Clerk, William May.

ing house for the Society of Friends. The Congregational PosT, M. 0. & T. 0., S. B. & Annuity & Insurance Office.

chapel, situated in the centre of the parish, was erected in (Sub-Office. Letters should have 8.0. Somerset added.

1877, at a cost of £3,000, and is a building in the Early -Mrs. Mary Ann Picton, sub-postmistress. Letters arrive
Gothic style, consisting of nave, with semi-circular apse at via Clevedon, at 3.50 a.m. via Bristol at 9 a.m. & 3.30

the north end, transepts, south porch and a turret : there are p.m.; dispatched at ro.4oa.m. &4.25 & g.15 p.m. LETTER

sittings for over 400 people. TheWesleyan chapel, situated BoxES at Woodhill cleared at 3 & 8 p.m. ; at Royal hotel,

in the High street, was completed in r886, and is a building g.rs & 8.15 p.m; Nore road, g.rs & 8.rs p.m.; West

in the Gothic style: there are 300 sittings. Roath Road hill, 3.25 & 8.25 p.m., on sundays 8.25 p.m. only; Rec-

chapel (Plymouth Brethren) was built in r886. Chappell's tory, 3.30 & 8.40 p.m

charity, amounting to £so, is distributed yearly. The vil- INSURANCE AGENTS:--
lage cross, about 20 feet in height, situated at the south of British Empire Mutual Life, E. F. Frowd, High st

the church, is in good preservation. Hand-in-Hand, C. L. Thomas, Bradley house

PORTISHEAD POINT was besieged and taken by Sir Thomas Northern Assurance, W. H. Way, 6 Wood hill

Fairfax in :1645, being then strongly fortified. Provident Life, H. Stanmore, Lynton villa.

PoRTISH RAD DocK, which has been transferred to the West of England Fire & .Life, W. Shapland

Corporation of Bristol, was opened for traffic in June, 1879. PuBLIC ESTABLISHMENTS:-

The imports chiefly consist of grain and American produce, Royal Artillery Battery, The Beach

though there are facilities for the reception of timber, oil, Custom House, James Alfred Poole, examining officer

sugar, and other cargoes. The granaries on the dock, com- Dock, Francis Brooke Girdlestone, sec. & general manager ;

pleted in r884, have a storage capacity for roo,ooo quarters Tom Butler, traffic manager

of wheat ; there is also a new granary, capable of storing "Formidable " Cottage Hospital, Mount villa, Charles

8o,ooo quarters : the tonnage entering the dock in x887 was Wigan M:.D. medical officer; Mrs. Emma Hartnell,matron

80,251, and in r888, 68,023. The depth of the water on the Gloucestershire (Gloucester & Somerset) .Artillery Volun-

sill at the ordinary spring tides is 33 feet and in the dock ~7 teers (rst) (No. ro Battery), Major J. F. R. Daniel; W.

feet. The Great Western and Midland Railway companies Monckton L.R.C.P.:Edin. acting surgeon

have each offices on the dock which, by these railways, is put Lecture Hall, Alexander Dawes, sec

in direct communication with all parts of the country. Pier Telegraph Office, William Cbidsey, clerk in charge

Steamers for loading at the South Welch coal ports can lock Police Station, built in 1886, in charge of Sergeant A

out of Portishead dock and iRto Newport or Cardiff on the Chandler ; there are also 2 constables

312 POltTISDEAn. S01\1ERSETSHIRE. .f..KELLY'S

PUBLIC 0FFICE'RS : - Plymouth Brethren, Roath road

Certifying Factory Surgeon & Medical Officer & Public Wesleyan, High st. Rev. Geo. Fletcher, Bristol, minister

Vaccinator, No. 6 District, Bedminster Union, William Temperance Lecture Hall, 10.45 a.m. & 6. I5 p.m

Monckton L.R.C.P Edin. Como house & High street SCHOOLS:-

Assistant Overseer, Alexander Dawes, High street National (mixed), erected in 1832, for 200 boys & girls &
Harbour & Dock Master, Portishead Dock, E. W. Harvey So infants; average attendance, 8o boys, 64 girls & 70 in-
fants; James R. Thebridge, master; Mrs. Helen The-
Relieving Officer, No. 4 District, & Registrar of Births, bridge, mistress; Miss Lydia Morrish, infants' mistress
Deaths & Marriages for the Sub-District of St. George,
Bedminster Union, John Lang, Clevedon road Congregational, erected in I84o, for 150 children; average
'fide Surveyor, James Alfred Poole attendance, 65; Miss Annie Betteridge, mistress
PLACES OF 'WORSHIP, with times of services;- Industrial School Ship," Formidable," Capt. Richard Brem-
Parish Church, Rev. James Stuart M.A. rector, II a.m. & bridge Nicholetts R.N. captain superintendent; Henry
Fedden, hon. sec. ; agent, A. T. Bennett ; offices, Royal
6.30 p.m. ; wed. 7.30 p.m Insurance buildings, Corn street, Bristol
St. Barnabas, II a.m. & 6.30 p.m. ; also two services daily
during the remainder of the week (hours various)

Society of Friends' Meeting House, sunday, 11 a.m Railway Station, George Active, station master

St. Joseph's Catholic, Franciscan Friars, priests; mass, IO
a.m. ; compline sermons & benediction, 6.30 p.m. ; holi- CARRIERS TO BRISTOL.-John Brown, daily; Charles Wyatt,
mon. thurs. & sat
days of obligation, mass, IO a.m

Congregational, Rev. Thomas George Horton, minister, n Omnibus to Clevedon, daily, Io.so a. m. & 6 p.m. from the

a.m. & 6.30 p.m. ; wed. 7 p.m railway station

Portishead. Morgan George, West view Biss George & Son, builders, contrdctors

PRIVATE RESIDENTS. Morgan James, Boxtree cottage & undertakers, High street
Nash Mrs. Richmond villa Boulter Emma (Mrs.), Royal hotel

Abbot Thomas, Beach villa Nicholetts Captain Richard Brembridge Bowden John, shoe maker, Arley place

Alien John, I Garnett villas R.N. "The Formidable" Bristol Docks Committee

Anderson Mrs. 7 Woodhill Nichols Edwin Cox, West hill Bristol Training Ship "Formidable''

Angus Miss, 3 Royal terrace North Joseph, Slade house (Capt. RichardBrembridgeNicholetts

Angus Mrs. Wood hill Oatway Richard, 4 Beach villas R.N.capt. supt.; Hy. Fedden,hon. sec)

Banks William, Laburnam cottage O'Leary Henry Evans, Leicester villa Brown John, carrier, High street

Barnard Fulke, Brynthiron villa Parsons Samuel George, 3 Wood hill Brown William, greengrocer, High st

Barrow Mrs. 7 Adelaide terrace Pike Thomas, I Woodhill BurgessEdith(Miss),tobacconist,Highst

Bluett Mrs. Claremont Player Miss, S Woodhill Butler Tom, traffic manager to the

Board Mrs. Ringwood Price 1\'Irs Greenbank Bristol Docks Committee

Bromhead Henry, St. Denis Ramsden William J. The Beach Butler William, lodging house, High st

.Bunney Mrs. I Linden villas Reynolds Mrs. 3 Adelaide terrace Carr Mary Ann (Miss), lodging house,

Cashmore Samuel, Woodside Rice William, W oodhill Beach cottage

C.asswell - , 2 Royal terrace Roberts Mrs. I Marine villas Cole Wil:iam Orlando, ironmonger &
• Chapel John, 3 Linden villas
Salmon Wm. Hy. Campbell, Hollywood provision merchant, Regent house

C.oles Capt. James G. 4 Linden villas Sargeant - , 5 Adelaide terrace Coles Charlotte(Mrs.),beer ret. West hill

Corner George, Portishead house Selvey Mrs. Elm villa Coombs John, lodging house, Albert vil

Corner George Edward, Holmleigh Shepston Mrs. Rock villa Cooper Mary (Mrs.), lodging house, 2I

Daniel Atchason Vine, 4 Cotham vale, Sinnock William Frederick, Avon view Adelaide terrace

Hampton road & Elm villa Smith Alfred, Litfield house Corner John, beer retailer, Weston road

Daniel John Francis Ranald. :Fir cliff Smith Alfred Charles, Rackley house Cox James, farmer, Springfield farm

Davis James, The Grange Smith Samuel E. 5 Royal terrace Crease Oliver, baker, High street

Davis Miss, Garnet villas Stuart Rev. James M.A. [surrogate], Daniels Gilbert, baker, H1gh street

Davis Mrs. IO Wood hill Rectory Davis Harry,refreshmentrooms,High st

Day Mrs. Linton villa Taylor Charles James, Victoria house Davis James, bailiff for the Corporation

De L'Hoste Mrs. Ansley villa Taylor Mrs. 9 Adelaide terrace of Bristol, The Grange

Dixon George, Nore house Thebridge James Richard, Waterloo ·ho Dawes Alexander, mail cart contractor,

Dutton Thomas Price, I6 Adelaide ter Thomas Miss, Myrtle cottage assistant overseer, insurance agent,

Escudie Augustine, Downgate Thomas Robert, Victoria villa & correspondent for the " Clevedon

I<'itz William, I Royal terrace Thompson Mrs. Rosehill villa. Mercury & Courier" & " Bristol

Fournier John, Kenfield Tinkler Mrs. Fern bank Mercury," High street

Frankham -,The Nore Tuck Stephen Frederick, S Adelaide ter Dawes Alonzo, auctioneer, High street

Garwood Arthnr John, Fairlight Turner Charles, Capenor cottage Dixon George, solicitor, Nore house

Glyde John Chaffey, Nore road ITurner James, Avon cottage Drake Sarah (Mrs.), dress maker, IS
Glyde William, Homefield Waite Andrew, I5 Adelaide terrace Adelaide terrace

Graham Frederick T. Woodland villa Waiter John Brittan, 4 Wood hill Dreher Gottlob, jeweller, High street

Hall Albert, I Rosehill terrace 1WWaayit er 1\Iiss, Stanley yilJa Durben Samuel, mason & beer retailer,
Harding William, 2 Adelaide terrace William, 6 Woodhill Bristol road

Hardwick John, Mellefont villa Weatherly Frederick, Hillside Dutton Jane Maughan (Mrs.), lodging

Harper Charles Withington, Hawthorns Webb William Merritt, Sea bank house, I6 Adelaide terrace

Harris Edward Henry, Coburg villa Wedmore John, Church lane Edbrooke Robert, beer & wine retailer

Heaven-, Brockweir villa Whatley Miss, Plantagenet villa Edwards Thomas John, grocer, High st

Henderson Alfred, 2 Linden villas White Henry, I Avon villas Evans George, farmer, Down farm

Hill Mrs. 4 Adelaide terrace Wickham Fitz-William, The Laurels "Formidable" Cottage Hospital (Chas.

Holmes Robert, 2 Avon villas Wigan Charles Henry, I Adelaide ter Wigan M. D. medical o.llicer; Mrs.

Honnywill Miss, The Cottage Wigan George M.D. Clarence house Emma Hartnell, matron), Mount vil

Horton Rev. Thomas George [Congre- Williams Joseph, Mount villa Franciscan Monastery (Rev. Annatto,

gational], Glenmore Wills Mrs. Firwood superior)

Hull Robert Henry, Glenwood Windas Joseph, 4 Royal terrace Frowd E. I<'. & Co. china & glass mers.

Hunt James, Hollywood Windham Mrs. The Beach & stationers, The Library, High st

Hussey Edward, Southside Wookey Charles William, Glenthorne Frowd Edward Francis, chemist, drug-

Ivens Rev. Tom [Wes.],I2 Bellevue ter COMMERCIAL. gist & insurance agent, High. street

Jackson ..Emilius, 2 Wood hill Active George, station master Gale Charles, farmer, Briary farm
Aldridge Chas. Alfred, draper, High st I Gilford George, tailor, High street
Jenkins Alfred H. Russells' cottage

Johnson Rev. William John [curate of Anderson Anne (Mrs.), lodging house, Gloucestershire (Gloucester& Somerset)

St. Peter's], Hope cottage, High st I2 Adelaide terrace Artillery Volunteers (Ist) (No. I Bat-

Jose William Wilberforce, Lamorna Ashford Jas. lodging ho. Windmill cot tery) (Maj.J.l<'.R.Daniel; W. Monck-

Lewis Edward Charles, 2 Beach villas Ashford Joseph, fisherman & cowkeeper, t.on L.R.C.P.Edin. acting surgeon)

Long Wil1iam, Severn view The Nore Glyde John Cha:ffey, solicitor & com-

Lorymer Ernest George, 6 Adelaide ter .Bannister Arthur, grocer, & agent for missioner for oaths, Nore road

Lucy Charles Edward, S Wood hill Gilbey's wines & spirits Glyde William, solicitor, Homefield

Merrick Robert William, 3 Beach villas Barnard l<'rank, Lloyd's agent, Dock Goatman Richard, farmer, West hill

Middleship Mrs. Kew villa Barton Henry, baker GonghMary(Mrs.), cowkeeper,Norerd

Miller Joseph Isaac, Eden cottage Battery (The R. A.) (Charles Hazell, Great Western Railway Co. (L. Wilkin-

Mitchell Edward, 5 Wood hill I sergeant in charge), The .Beach son, goods superintendent), Docks
Monckton William, Cnmo house
Bennett William, builder & contractor, Halliday l<'rederick Henry & Arthur,

Morcom Augustus Fdk. 17 Adelaide ter I Rooth road carpenters, High street

DIRECTORY.] SOMERSETSHIRE. PRESTON. 313

Handcock Wm. coal dealer, Victoria sq Pier Telegraph Office (William Chidsey, Wade William & Son, ship's chandlers,

Harper George, chimney sweeper clerk in charge) plumbers, painters, general decora-

Harris Mary Ann (Miss), farmer Fig· Player Sarah (Miss), lodging house, 8 tors, oil k color men & lamp mer-

tree farm Wood hill chants, Rembrandt house, High st

• Hayman Jsph. fly proprietor, West hill Poole James Alfred, tide surveyor & Ward Wm. fancy repository, High st

Heaven Jas. carpenter,Z ion cot. West hill custom house examining officer Ware John (principal), college for

Hicks William A. grocer & provision Portishead District Water Co. (Fred A. young gentlemen, Studley college

factor, High street Jenkins, sec) Watkins Ephraim, farmer, Church frm

Hines Mary (Mrs.), music seller, Hill st Portishead Dock Undertaking (Fras. Watkins Herbt.Jas.hair dresser,High st

Hunt Samuel, job master, High street Brooke Girdlestone, sec. & general Way William, painter, 6 Wood hill

Jannan Robert, baker, Nore road manager; Tom Butler, traffic mangr) Weatherly Frederick, surgeon, Hillside

Landman John, shoe maker, Roath rd Portishead Gas Co. Lim. (John Francis Webber Hubert Henry, engineer,smith's

Lang John, relieving officer, No. 4 dis- Ranald Daniel, sec. ; Atchason V. work in all its branches, plumber,

trict, & registrar of births, deaths & Daniel, manager) bicycles & tricycles repaired, in-

marriages & vaccination officer for Portishead Lecture Hall (Alexander surance agent &c. Dock Head engine

the sub-district of St. George, Bed- Dawes, sec) & boiler works

minster union, Clevedon road Potter William, haulier, High street Wedmore Albert, grocer & baking

LesserMarthaJane(Mrs. ),WhiteLionP.H Pyne Samuel, blacksmith, High street powder maker

Long Alford, confectioner, High street Roberts Thomas Henry, saddle & bar- Western Counties & South Wales Tele-

Marks Clara Reeves (Mrs.), AnchorP.H ness maker, High street phone Co. Limited ; office, Docks

May William, builder, Portbury road ~ahnon William Henry Campbell, soli- White Sl. D. com. traveller, Adelaide ter

Mayo Mary Ann (Mrs.), lodging house, citor, Hollywood Wigan Charles Henry M.D. surgeon,

Church cottage Seamen's Institute (Miss Weatherley, medical officer B.T.S. '' Formidable,"

Midland Railway Company's Branch hon. sec. ; Capt. R. B. Nicholetts, I Adelaide terrace

Office, goods department (William hon. treasurer) Williams Joseph, mason, West hill

Rich, goods agent) Selvey Joseph, stone mason, Foley ho Willmott Arthur Thomas, butcher

Miller Thomas, lodging ho. Eden cot Small Samuel, carpenter, High street Woolford John, builder, Roath road

Mitchell Edward, fishmonger, The Ter Smith .Alfred & Co. wine & spirit mer- Working Men's Reading Room Club (C.

Mitchell J ames, beer & wine retailer chants & insurance agents, Slade la L. Thomas, hon. sec)

Monckton William L.R.C.P.Edin. sur- Spear Thomas, shopkeeper, Bristol rd Wyatt Charles, haulier, coal merchant

geon, medical officer & public vac- Spencer Sidney, fruiterer, High street & carrier, High street

cinator No. 6 district, Hedminster Statham Jsph. refresh. rooms, High st Wyatt Thomas, wheelwright & coach

union, & certifying factory surgeon & Stokes George, boot maker, West hill builder, High street

medicalexaminerofrecruits,Comoho Studley College (John Ware, principal) Young John, butcher, High street

Moore Snsannah (Mrs.), refreshment Summers Ellen Esther (Mrs.), dress Young Philip Geo.Arth.butcher,High st
rooms, High street maker, High street
Morgan James, brick & tile maker Taylor Barbara (Mrs.), lodging house, North Weston.

National Provincial Bank of England 2 Linden villas, Nore road (Letters should be addressed North Weston,
Clevedon.]
Limited (sub-branch) (A. C. Smith, Thomas Charles Llewellin, building

manager) (open on fridays u a.m. contractor & house agent, Bradley ho COllfMERCIAL.

till3 p.m.),High street; draw on head Thomas Ellen (Mrs.), lodging house, Bateman Fredk. shopkeeper, Post office

office, II2 Bishopsgate st. London E c Woodbine cottage Evans George, farmer, Down farm

Newton John (Mrs.), farmer, Green- Toase Wm. farmer, Tower House farm Gaut John, farmer, Redcliff farm

field farm Tuck Arthur, dairyman, High street Guppy Edwd. Jenkins, White Hart P.K

North Geo. grocer & boot dlr. West hill Tuck ~tephen Frederick, carriage pro- Harding Albert, market gardener

Osmond John H. draper prietor, High street Hartree Samuel, mason

Pearce George Wm. farmer & butcher Tuck William, farmer Hillman Sydenham, farmer & haulier

Perkins Love (Mrs.), farmer,Courtfarm Uncles James, boot maker, High street James John, farmer, Howham farm

Phelps Thos. Larner, farmer, The Farm Uncles SeptimusJulius,boot ma.Highst Mitchell Joseph, farmer, Manor farm

Picton Mary Ann (Mrs.), draper, hosier, VineyWm. Chas. ho. decorator, Nore rd Oldfield Jsph. farmer & mkt. gardener

& post office Waite Andrew Winpenny, professor of Sherring Benjamin, farmer

Player Jsph. farm bailiff to Miss Harris, music, IS Adelaide terrace Watts Edmund, farmer

POYNTINGTON is a parish 2 miles south-west from with kneeling effigies of a knight in armour and lady:

Milborne Port station on the London and South Western behind the lady is the figure of a daughter; below is an in-

railway and 8 north-east from Yeovil, in the Eastern division scription to George Tilly esq. and Mary his wife, reeording

of the county,Horethorne hundred,Wincanton petty sessional also the erection of the monument by Sir Edward Parham
division, Sherborne union, Yeovil county court district, rural Knight, who married Elizabeth, daughter and heiress of

deanery of Merston,archdeaconry of Wells and diocese of Bath of George Tilly esq. ; above are three shields of arms, ex-
and \.'\'ells. The river Yeo rises here. The church of All Saints, hibiting the coats of Tilly and Parham, separately and im-
erected in the I4th eentury, situated on an eminence, is an paled: there are also two memorials in panels to Thomas

ancient edifice of stone in the Decorated style, With some Mallet, ob. 1665, and to Baldwin Malet, ob. 1646, who is be-
nmains of Norman work, and consists of apsidal chancel, lieved to have been killed in an engagement near this place

nave of three bays, south aisle, north porch and a tower at during the civil war: there are sittings for I75 persons.
the north-west angle, with an octagonal turret, and contain- The register dates from I6I8. The living is a rectory, yearly

ing 3 bells, one of which is dated I595: the old chancel was tithe rent-charge {,2oo, with residence and 26 acres of glebe,

razed in I863 and a new one erected and paved with en- in the gift of Lord Willoughby de Broke, and held since 1889

caustic tiles, at a cost of about £6oo, raised by voluntary by the Rev. Wilfred Thomas Roe B.A. of Pembroke College,

subscription : the nave arcade has low massive octagonal Cambridge. There are charities, the interest of which,
pillars: the tower arch is lofty and acutely pointed, and the amounting to £15, is distributed among the second poor.
west window is filled with curvilinear tracery: near the chan· 'fhe old Manor House, formerly the residence of the Malets,

eel arch is a small hagioscope: the north door and the font has some interesting remains of the I 5th century, and is 4l

are interesting remains of the Norman period ; some of the fine specimen of domestic architecture ; it is now a farm-
windows in the nave and those at the east end of the aisle house. Lord Willoughby de Broke is lord of the manor and
are Perpendicular: the nave has a wagon roof, divided into sole landowner. The soil is a rich loam; the subsoil is marl

panels by moulded ribs, with carved bosses at the intersec- and rock. The chief crops are grass and wheat. The area

"tions: in the south wall of the aisle is a piscina, with trefoil- is I,o2o acres; rateable value, £I,So6; the population in
head and hood-moulding, and there is a smaller one in the 1881 was n6.
face of the eastern respond of the arcade; both these are Sexton, John Rood.
Decorated: in the south aisle is an arched recess, with Letters through Sherborne (Dorset), which is the nearest

einque-foil head and hood-moulding, and probably at some money order & t-elegraph office, arrive at 8.30 & 5·35
time containing the mutilated recumbent figure of a knight p.m. WALL LETTER Box cleared at 8.30 & 5·35 p.m. on

in annour, now placed under the nave arch nearest the week days only
chancel and conjectured to represents member of the Cheney National School (mixed), built in 1848, for 35 children;
family: in the aisle is also a mural monument of alabaster, average attendance, 30; Miss Bessie Cross, mistress

Roe Rev. Wilfred Thomas B.A. Rec- Bulgin John, beer retailer & farmer 1Stacey John Edward,farmer,Manor frm
Itory
Culliford -, dairyman Sturges Thomas, farmer

:Bulgin GeorJe, blacksmith HaZT.ard Thomas, pig dealer Whatley Thomas Henry, farmer

IPRESTON is a parish and village, situated on the road in the Southern division of the county, Soone hundre:l,
from Yeovil to llminster, about It miles west from Yeovil, Yeovil union, petty sessional division and county court juris-

314. J?RESTQN,. SQ:MERSETSHIRE. [KELLY'S

diction, rural deanery of Merston, archdeaconry -of Wells receiving alms; in 1732 Thomas Freke, of Bristol, gave 2os.
and diocese of Bath and Wells. The chureh of St. James is yearly, derived from "Shore's Close," for the poor; there
an ancient building of stone, in the Early English style~ con- is also a sum of 5os. per year, given to the clothing club of

sisting of chancel, nave, transepts, south porch, and an em· the parish, and known as "Hooper's Charity." 'fhe Hon.

battled western tower containing 6 bells 1 in the north Sir Spencer Cecil Brabazon Ponsonby-Fane K.C.B., 1. P. of

transept is a small doorway, probably at one time the Brympton, who is lord of the manor, Major R. A. Johnston

entranee to the rood loft: the steps now lead to the pulpit: and J. H. Highmore esq. are the chief landowners. The soil

the church has.four stained windows, and sittings for 220 is sandy loam and clay, and the subsoil is sandy clay. The

persons. The register dates from the year 1813. The living chief crops are wheat, barley, roots and some land in pasture.

is a cbapelry annexed to the vicarage of Yeovil, joint yearly The acreage is 735; rateable value, £1,915; the population

value £s6o, with residence, in the gift of George Harbin in r88r was 266.

esq. and held since 1884 by the Rev. Henry Thomas Beebe Parish Clerk, Thomas Purchase.

M.A. of Balliol College, Oxford, and surrogate. who resides PosT 0FFICE.-Miss Matilda Rodberd, receiver. Letters

at the Vicarage, Yeovil. The charities amount to £9yearly. atfhrtoe9m.n3e0Yaeraeo.smvtil.mb&oyn5fe.o2yo0topprd.omesrt.a&; rrstieuvlneedgaartyap,7h.142o5.f1fai5c.mep..m; . dispatched
viz. d:I.-Stirni'b1u7ti2·O6nTthootmheaspIo<o'rrek; em·, ofI7t3h0isPpha'IJrI'ipshF, rleekfet ,2o0fs.Byne.satrol1y'
for y eov·il is

bequeathed a rent-charge of £2 Ios. yearly issuing out of
land known as "Shore's Close," to be distributed among five Police Station, William Marshall, constable

poor families not receiving alms, at the rate of ros. each; National School (mixed), built with mistress's residence in

in 1731 '"'illiam I<'reke, of Bristol, left £4o, now realising 1875, for 8S children; average attendance, 8o; Mrs. ·
£2 a year, IOS. each being given to four poor families not Amelia S. Rowland, mistress
I IChandler Thomas
• Hawkins Thomas, farmer, Abbey farm Rodberd Matilda (Miss), shopkeeper,

Corpe Mrs Kennison John, boot maker Post office ·

Genge Mrs Luffman William, baker Rowles Albert John, farmer

Harbin Col. Hy. Edwd. Preston house Purchase Thos. builder & parish clerk Treasure William, Bell inn

Roberts Joseph Rendall Ellen (Miss), dairy Wheaton Samuel Bowden, cattle dealer

Corpe Thos. Simon, farmer, Higher frm Rgberts William, surveyor & valuer

PRIDDY is a sequestered and pleasant parish and:village £13 from Plummer's charity, founded at West Harptree,

on the Mendip hills, the greater portion of the village being is yearly distributed in money. Here is an old building
situated in a vale which runs through the Cheddar cliffs; it known as "the Round House," built about I68o, and once

was formed into an ecclesiastical district in r862 from the used as a farm house. Eight Barrows and Nine Barrows

civil parishes of Chewton Mendip, East Harptree, West are two hills in the neighbourhood; adjacent to the Nine

Harptree, Wells St. Cuthbert, Westbury and Wookey1 3 Barrows is a Roman road, and remains of a camp are still
miles north-east from Westbury station on the Cheddar visible. A fair is held here on August 21. Mrs. Green, of

Valley branch of the Great Western railway, 5 miles north- Bath, who is lady of the manor, Robert Greenshaw esq.

west from Wells, in the Wells division of the county, partly the trustees of the late Thomas Weeks esq. Mrs. Penrud-
in the hundreds of Winterstoke and Wells-Forum, WeJls dock and the trustees of the late W. B. Naish esq. are the

petty sessional division, union and county court district, principal landowners. The soil is marly, resting on the

Axbridge district of the rural deanery of Axbridge, arch- mountain limestone. The land is chiefly in pasture, with a
deaconry of Wells and diocese of Bath and Wells. The portion of oats and wheat. The area of the parish is 1,361 ;

church of St. Lawrence, situated on an eminence, is an of the ecclesiastical district, 5,000 acres ; rateable value of

ancient building of stone in the Early English style, consist- the parish, £932; the population of the parish in I88r was

ing of chancel with lateral chapels, formed by the prolonga- 226 ; and of the ecclesiastical district, 480.

tion of the aisles, nave, aisles, south porch and a. western EASTWATER, a small hamlet of Wells within this ecclesi-

tower with p1erced trefoiled parapet and pinnacles, and astical district, is situated near the mines, from which the

containing 3 bells: an arcade of three clustered piers with Bishops of Bath and Wells formerly derived almost fabulous

pointed arches divides the nave and north aisle; on the wealth : works are still carried on for smelting the refuse

south there are two arches and one pier only : the screen is from the ancient ore washings.

a good example of Jacobean work: the font is Early Nor- Sexton, James Brock.
man : on the north wall of the 1iower is a stone with inscrip-
tion recording its repair in 1705 : there are monuments to PosT OFFICE.-Miss Mary Ann Dudden Weeks. Letters
the Ho pk ins family, dated Ia62cor-srt6o2f8£: the church was corn- through Wells, by foot post, from Westbury arrive 8 a. m.;
pletely re sto 2 ,000, when an organ dispatched at 5.30 p.m. Wells is the nearest money order
red in 1ss3, at
was presented by Lieut.-Col. Perkins J.P. and an altar-cloth & telegraph office

by Mrs. Perkins: there are ·sittings for 220 persons. The WALL Box, The Green, cleared 5 p.m. week days only

register of baptisms and burials dates from the year 1761; A School Board of 7 members was formed Jan. 9, 1883, for

marriages, 1759. The living was declared a rectory June the united school district of Out St. Cuthbert-in-Wells

18, r867, average tithe rent-charge £36, gross yearly value (~xtra municipal) & Priddy; E. A. Serel, Market place,

£3oo, including 6 acres of glebe, with house, in the gift Wells, clerk to the board & attendance officer

of the Bishop of Bath and Wells, and held since 1879 by the Board School (mixed), erected in 1854, for 100 children;

Rev. Joseph Palmer, of the University of London, F.R.G.s. average attendance, 70; I. W. Thomas, master

Loxton George, Eastwater Hale James, farmer & shopkeeper Simmons Henry John, contractor,

Palmer Rev. Joseph F. R.G.s. Vicarage Hill James, farmer, Green farm builder, farmer, landowner & assessor

Speed Jonathan James Thomas, farmer of taxes &c

Willcox Thomas King Joseph, farmer Sparkes Elijah, fatmer, Wells farm

COHMERCIA.L. Loxton George, jun. farmer, Eastwater Speed Stephen, New inn, & farmer

Ashman John, farmer Loxton William, farmer, Eastwater St. Cuthbert Lead Works (Thomas

Barnard Richard, road contractor Main James, farmer, Manor farm Willcox, manager)

Bishop Albert, stone mason Pearce Jonathan, Miners' Arms P.H Weeks George, farmer

BishopElijah,QueenVictoriaP.H.&farmr Russell Anthony, farmer, Eastwater Weeks Mark, farmer

Bishop James. haulier Himmons Emma (Miss), shopkeeper Weeks Naphtalim, shopkeeper

Brown George, cowkeeper Simmons George, builder Weeks Samuel, Hunters' Lodge PH

Greenshaw Robt. yeoman, Priddy hill Simmons Obadiah, stone mason Withers Joseph, farmer, Lower pits

PRISTON is a parish and village, 3 miles north from I the Rev. Thomas Henry Hollier H.A. of St. John's College,

Camerton terminal station of a branch of the North Somerset Cambridge. Frederick Vaughan Jenkins esq. who is lord

section of the Great Western railway and s! miles south- of the manor, and Earl Temple are the principal landowners.

west from Bath, in the Northern division of the county, The soil is clay and stone brash; subsoil, stone. The t-hief

hundred, petty sessional division and union of Keynsham, crops are wheat, oats and barley, and about half the la111.! is

county court district of Bath, Bath district of the rural in pasture. The area is r,85o acres; rateable value, £2,t~<:;

deanery of Bath, archdeaconry of Bath and diocese of Bath the population in I88r was 253.

and Wells. The church of St. Luke is an ancient edifice of WILLMINGTON is a hamlet, 3 miles north from the church,
and by a circuitous road.
stone, chiefly in the Early Decorated style, consisting of
chancel, nave and a central embattled tower containing a Parish Clerk, Thomas Miles.
clock and 6 bells : the doorway is a fine example of Norman
work and there are several memorial windows : the church PosT OFFICE.-William Fred.erick Long, receiver. Letters
has been restored, and has sittings for ISO persons. 'fhe arrive from Bath at 7.10 a.m.; dispatched at 7.15 p.m.
register dates from 1764. but is imperfect. The living is a The nearest money order & telegraph office is at Timsbury.
rectory, average tithe rent-charge £345, net yearly value Postal address, near Dunkerton, Nath

£384, including 47 acres of glebe, with residence1 in the gift Parochial School (mixed), erected in r865, for 75 children;
Frederick Vaughan Jenkins esq. and held since 1863 by average attendance, 45 ; Miss Jane Anthony, mistress

DIRECTORY.] -S0~1ERSETSHIRE. PURITOY. 315

Hollier Rev. Thos. Henry M. A. Rectory I Keeling James, farmer, New farm Pritchard Samuel, farmer, Willmington

Whittnck Major Wm. Saml. Manor ho Long Percy, beer retailer Salvidge Charles, farmer, Priest Barrow

Colborne George, blacksmith Long William Frederick, grocer, & post Speed William, miller(water) & farmer,

Emery Robert, beer retailer office Mill farm & Church farm

Keeling Henry, farmer, Hill farm Lye William, farmer, Village farm

PUBLOW is a parish, including the greater part of what Rev. Arthur Bellamy T.A.K.C.L. and surrogate. The chari-

was formerly called Pensford and a portion of the hamlet of ties include a sum of £soo left by William Adams esq. of

Woollard, 6! miles south-east from Bristol, 4f south-west Whitley, in IBIS, to trustees, the interest to apprentice

from Keynsham station on the main line and adjoins Pens- poor boys of Publow parish as tilers, plasterers, carpenters,

ford station on the Bristol and Radstock branch of the Great and cordwainers: there is also a bequest of £so left by Mr.

Western railway, in the Northern di"Vision of the county, Vowles, organ builder, of Bristol, the interest of 1vhich is

Clutton union, Keynsbam hundred and petty sessional divi- distributed to the poor at Christmas. The parish has a

sion, Temple Cloud county court district, rural deanery -of Church Guild, Church Temperance Society, Fife and Drum

Chew, archdeaconry of Bath and diocese of Bath and Wells. Band and Ringers' Club. The old stone round-house, for-

The river Chew divides the parish from that of Compton merly used as a lock-up, is still standing near the post office.

Dando, and is cros11ed by a stone bridge. The church of All Francis William Leyborne-Popham esq. J.P. of Hunstrete,

Saints is an ancient edifice of stone in the Perpendicular Marksbury, is lord of the manor and principal landowner.

style, consisting of chancel, nave of six bays, aisles, north The soil is good ; subsoil, red sandstone and white lias. 'fhe

porch and a lofty embattled western tower with pinnacles chief crops are wheat, barley and roots. The acreage is

and gurgoyles, and containing 6 bells: the chancel is separ- I,335; rateable value, £2, I98; the population in I88r was

ated from the nave by a screen of wrought brass: there are 536.

memorial windows to Lilian Mary, daughter of the present WooLLARD is a hamlet partly in thi<J parish and partly in
vicar, to the vicar's mother and to the Rev. C. W. Dewenis: that of Compton Dando.
the pulpit of carved oak was constructed from the doors of
the old pews : the communion plate includes a silver chalice Parish Clerk, William Hawkins.

dated I584: the church was restored in I86o, but in r86x PosT, M. 0. & T. 0., S. B. & Annuity & Insurance Office,

a portion of the roof and the top of the tower were de- Pensford.-Miss Annie Poynting, sub-postmistress. Let-

stroyed by lightning: in x886 the interior of the chancel ters arrive from Bristol at 7.30 a. m. & I p.m. ; dispatched

was thoroughly restored and re-decorated at the expense at 5·35 p.m. week days; sundays open from 8.45 to IO

of the present vicar : there are sittings for 500 persons. a. m. only ; dispatched 9 p.m

The register dates from 1569. The living is a vicarage, tithe National School (mixed), built in x87o, for 120 children;

rent-charge £16, net yearly value £240, in the gift of average attendance, 92; William Radford, master; Mrs.

the Bishop of Bath and Wells, and held since 1872 by the Radford, mistress

Bellamy Rev. Arthur T.A.K.C. L. Carr Frederick, George & Dragon P.H Higgins Uriah Hy. farmr.Parsonage frm
Col~s Charles, shopkeepe~, Woollard Hodder James, draper
Vicarage

Edmond Capt. Butts villa Dav1s Henry, farmer, Le1gh farm King Celia (Mrs.), shopkeeper
Duckett William, beer retailr. Woollard King Thomas, laundry

COMMERCIAL. 1Flower Francis, nurseryman Miles J oseph, baker

Baker John, shopkeeper, Woollard Flower Henry, butcher Norris Frances Jane (Mrs.), farmer

Batten George, assistant overseer Flower John, farmer Thompson William. Edward, farmer

Batten Joseph,grocr.drapr.& blacksmth Hanney Albert, relieving officer Winter George, farmer, Pinns farm

Blansing Henry, baker Hawkins James, builder, Bristol road 1Wookey William, farmer, Whitley court

PUCKINGTON is a village and parish, situated on the· for I20 persons. The register dates from the year 1693.

river Ile and on the road from Langport to Chard, 7 miles The living is a rectory, average tithe rent-charge £84, net

south-west from Langport, 3 north-east from Ilminster yearly value £x8s, including 83 acres of glebe, with resi-
station on the Chard branch of the Great Western railway, deuce, in the gift of Viscount Portman, and held since I87S
in the Southern division of the county, hundred of Abdick by the Rev. George Alexander Allan M.A. of St. Alban Hall,

and Bulstone, Ilminster petty sessional division, Langport Oxford. Viscount Portman is lord of the manor and chief
union and county court district, Ilminster district of the landowner. The soil is partly clay and partly sand and clay~
rural deanery of Crewkerne, archdeaconry of Taunton and and the subsoil is limestone. The chief crops are wheat,

diocese of Bath and Wells. Under the provisions of the barley, oats, beans and roots. The acreage is 757; rateable

Divided Parishes Act, r882 (45 and 46 Vie. c. 58), portions value, £I,I8o; the population in x88x was 229.
of the former parish of North and South Bradon were incor- Deputy Sexton, Noah Woodland.
porated ~n this.pa:rish March 25• .I885: The church ?f St. Letters through Ilmins~er arrive at S.xs a. m. The nearest
Andrew IS ~ ~mlding of stone mamly m the Perpendicular money order & telegraph office is at Ilminster
style, consistmg of chancel, nave, south transept, south T
porch and an embattled western tower containing a clock 1' ALL LETTER Box cleared at 5.30 p.m

and 5 bells: there is a Norman font and Early English National School (mixed), erected in x862, for 40 children;
sedilia: the church was restored in 1857, and has sittings average attendance, 32; Mrs. Lucy Glastonbury, mistress

Allan Rev. Geo. Alexander M. A. Rectory Taylor Samuel, farmer, Manor farm Watts Emily (Miss), shopkeeper
White Henry William, farmer, Bakers
Savidge William Pine, butcher & farmer Vile Joseph, wheelwright
farm
Slocombe Robert, blacksmith Vile Philip, shoe maker

PURITON is a village and parish, situated on the river marl ; subsoil, various. The chief crops are oats, wheat and

Parrett,3i miles north-north-east from Bridgwater and three- barley and green crops. The area is 1,577 acres ; rateable

quarters of a mile north-east from Dunball station on the value, £6,646; the population in r88x was 753·
main line of the Great Western railway, in the Bridgwater DUNBALL is a hamlet in this parish, where the Great

division of the county, hundred of Huntspill and Puriton, Western Railway Company have a station and extensive
petty sessional division, union and county court district of wharfage, for the transfer of goods and minerals from
Bridgwater, rural deanery of Pawlett, archdeaconry of Wells vessels to the railway. The cement works of Messrs. J.

and diocese of Bath and Wells. The church of St. Michaelis Board and Co. are situated here.

an ancient building of stone in the Early English style, con- Parish Clerk, Abraham Young.
sisting of chancel, nave, north aisle, south porch and an PosT, M. 0. & T. 0., S. B. & Annuity & Insurance Office,
embattled western tower rontaining a clock and 6 bells :four Dunball.-Mrs. Jane Dingle, receiver. Letters arrive

of the windows are stained: the church was restored in 1882, through Bridgwater at 4.48 a. m. ; dispatched at 9.8 p.m
and has sittings for 200 persons. 'fhe register date<J from PosT OFFICE, Puriton.-John Lane, receiver. Letters

1504. The living is a vicarage, average tithe rent-charge dispatched at 7 p.m
£62, net yearly value £300, including 3 acres of glebe, with Railway Station, Dunball, Waiter Hole, station master
residence, in the gift of the Dean and Canons of Windsor, A School Board of 5 members was formed November 5th~
and held since I883 by the Rev. William Creek Rowland. 1872; P. 0. H. Reed, Bridgwater, clerk to the board
Here is a Congregational chapel. Christophe William Moor Board School (mixed), erected in I86o, for 215 children;

Greenhill ~sq. J.P. who is lord of the mano~ e:nd chief land- I1 av~rage att:endance, 152; John Spittal, master; Mrs. Annie

owner, resides at the Manor House. The soil Is red sand and Spittal, miStress

Puriton. CO:MMERCIAL. Holly Ann (Mrs.), shopkeeper
Bacon Francis, Puriton inn House James, farmer

Bennett Edward Carp George, wheelwright Lane John, blacksmith, Post office

Duckett Michael Dart Thomas, baker Meaker Chas. markt. grdnr. Down end

Greenhill Christophe William Moore Day Robert, farmer Phelps England, farmer

• .T. P. Manor house Godfrey William, farmer,- Down end Phelps Samuel, butcher & grocer

·Rowland Rev. William Creek [vicar GoyHenry,jun. Exchange P.H.Down end Phelps Samuel, farmer

316 PURITON. SOMERSETSHIRE. • (K:ELLY'S

Phelps Samuel, jun. farmer Stagg Edwin, farmer I Carp William, farmer, Walpole

Ponltney Charles, farmer Stokes John, shoe maker Dingle Jane (Mrs.), grocer, Post office

Sealey James, farmer Winter Abraham, farmer Dunball Steam Pottery, brick &tile wks
Sealey Thomas, fanner Guy Henry, grocer
Dunball.

Smith George, carpenter Board John & Co. cement manufactrs

PUXTON is a small parish and village, situated half a sittings for about So persons. The earliest register, written

mile from the road from Bristol to Weston-super-Mare, with on vellum, is in good vrder, and dates from the year 1542.

a station 3 miles west from the village on the Great Western The living is a vicarage, yearly value £191, derived from

tailway, 4 miles east-by-north from Weston-snper-Mare and land in the parish of Huntspill, and from augmentations by

134 from London, in the Wells division of the county, Win- Queen Anne's Bounty and the Ecclesiastical Commissioners,

terstoke hundred, Axbridge petty sessional division and in the gift of the Dean and Chapter of Bristol, and held since

union, Weston-super-Mare county court district, Locking 1874 by the Rev. Aubrey Townshend B.D. of Trinity College,

distri<:t of the rural deanery of Axbridge, archdeaconry of Dublin. William Wyndham esq. B.A., D.L., J.P. of Dinton

Wells and diocese of Bath and Wells. The church of St. House, Salisbury, is lord of the manor and chief landowner.

Saviour is a building of stone originally of the 13th century, The soil is loam, and the subsoil clay. The land is chiefly in

but with later additions, and consists of chancel, nave, north pasture. The acreage is 613; rateable value, £3,128 ; the

porch and a western tower more than 3 feet out of the per- population in 1881 was 124.

pendicular and containing 2 bells : the porch bears the date Sexton, Thomas Yeeles.

Z555: there is a good oaken pulpit, to which is still attached Letters through Bristol, via Hewish, arrive at 7 a. m. Ban-

the iron frame of an ancient hour-glass : the greater part of well is the nearest money order & telegraph office

the benches are of massive oak and date from the latter part WALL LETTER Box cleared at 5.30 p.m. week days only

of the 15th century: there is one Early English window, and The children of this parish attend the school at Hewish

'()thers in the Decorated and Perpendicular styles : there are Railway Station, William Robert Hunt, station master

Townsbend Rev. Aubrey B.D. [vicar] I Gould John, farmer Hurley John, farmer

Burgess Edward, farmer Harse Sarah (Miss), farmer Hurley John, jun. farmer

Clarke George, farmer Hewlett James (Mrs.), farmer Webber James, farmer

Frost ·william, farmer

PYLLE is a village and parish, with a station on the since 1885 by the Rev. Humphrey Fan-an Hall M.A. of St.

Somerset and Dorset railway, 121 miles fromLondon,4 south Peter's College, Cambridge. There is a Wesleyan chapel.
from Shepton Mallet and 7 south-east, from Wells, in the Here are the extensive blue lime and solovitic cement works
Eastern division of the county, Shepton Mallet petty ses- of the Somerset Lime and Cement Company Limited.
sional division and union, Wells county court district, Shep- Viscount Portman is lord of the manor and chieflandowner.

ton Mallet district of the rural deanery of Pawlett, arch- The soil is clayey, and the subsoil is blue lias. The land is
1leaconry of Wells and diocese of Bath and Wells. The chiefly in pasture. The area is 1,094 acres; rateable value,
£1,301 ; the population in I88I was 26J.
church of St. Thomas a Becket, rebuilt by Lord Portman
Parish Clerk, William Fry.
(with the exception of the tower) in 1868, is a building of
Letters through Shepton Mallet, the nearest money order &
Mendip lias, in the Early English style, consisting of chancel, telegraph office. There are two WALL LETTER BoxEs here,
nave, south porch and an embattled western tower, with
pinnacles, containing 5 bells: the stained east window, given one cleared s.so p.m. the other 6 p.m. ; sundays, 10.50
by the rector and his family, represents " The Crucifixion : "
there are sittings for 200 persons. The register dates from a. m. ; the other 11 a.m
'the year 1591. The living is a rectory, average tithe rent- School (mixed), built by Viscount Portman in 1874, for 6o
charge £150, net yearly value £178, including 19 acres of
glebe, with house, in the gift of Viscount Portman, and held children; average attendance, 42, & partly supported by
his lordship ; John Varcoe, master
Railway Station, John Bennett Hayes, station master

Cary Edmund, Pylle house Biggin William, shopkeeper Moody Elizabeth (Mrs.), Portman

.Hal!Rev.HumpbreyFarranM.A.Rectory Cary Edmund, yeoman, Pylle house Arms P.H. & farmer

Higgins John, Stockwood's farm DowlingJames,dairy farmer,Hedgefrm Somerset Lime & Cement Co. Limited

COMMERCIAL. Fry John, carpenter (Thos. Edwd. Boyton, manager); &

.Baby Thos. farm bailiff to Miss Salmon Garland Walter, blacksmith 14 Queen Victoria street, London E c

Barber Cornelius William Haslam, Mogg Wilfrt-d, baker Stacey John, dairy farmer, Bridge

dairyman, Writh Moody & Son, auctioneers, valuers & farm, Pylle

Biggin William, butcher farmers

EAST QUANTOXHEAD is a small village and Bristol channel, is Court House, an old manor house of the

parish bounded on the north by the Bristol channel, and Luttrells, from the 13th to the 17th century: it is now
intersected by the high road from Bridgwater to Minehead, occupied by Captain Alexander Fownes Luttrell J. P. George
4imiles north-east from Williton station on the West Somer- :Fownes Luttrell esq. D.L., J.P. of Dunster Castle, is the chief
set branch of the Great Western railway, and 13! north- landowner. The soil is a stony rush; subsoil, marl and
west from Bridgwater, in the ""'esterndivision of the county, gravel; and produces excellent crops of wheat, barley, oats,
hundred of Williton and Freemanors, Williton petty ses- mangolds, potatoes and turnips. The area is 2,302 acres;
sional division, union and county court district, rural dean- rateable value, £1,509; and the population in 1881 was 236.
.ecy of Bridgwater, archdeaconry of Taunton and diocese of Parisli Clerk, James Withers.
Bath and Wells. The church of St Mary is a small edifice of Letters through Bridgwater arrive at 7 a. m. The nearest
stone, consisting of chancel, nave, south porch and an em- money order & telegraph offices are at Williton & Nether
battled western tower containing 4 bells: the church was Stowey. There is a WALL Box in the village, cleared at
-restored and the chancel rebuilt in 186o: there are sittings 6.30 p.m. week days only
for 150 persons. The register dates from 1670. The living Parochial School (mixed), erected in 1876, by G. F. Luttrell
is a rectory, net yearly value £250, including 23 acres of esq. about half way between Kilve & East Quantoxhead,
glebe, with residence, in the gift of George l<'ownes Luttrell on the road between Bridgwater & Minehead, for the use of
.esq. and held since 1889 by the Rev. Henry George Gifford the two parishes, for 108 children; average attendance,
B.A. of Exeter Collel!'e, Oxford. There are charities of about 76 ; Joseph Ayres Keith, master

£35 annual value. - Near the church, and overlooking the CARRIER TO BRIDGWATER.-James Shepherd, wed

Gifford Rev. HenryGeorge B.A. Rectory 1Langdon Robert, farmer, Perry farm I Wine Amelia (Mrs.), shopkeeper

Luttrell Captain Alexander Fownes J.P. Payne John, shopkeeper Wine Amos, carpenter

(Grenadier Guards), Court house Rawle C. & Son, farmers, Court farm Wine Thomas, blacksmith

Creech George, boot & shoe maker Shepherd James, carrier Withers James, mason & beer retailer

"Fish Henry, farmer, Townsend farm Wake Elizabeth (Mrs.), miller (water)

WEST QUANTOXHEAD (or ST. AUDRIES) is a aisles, south porch and a western tower with small and

"Small village and parish, situated on the road from Bridg- graceful spire, and a turret on the north side, and contain-

water to Minehead, and bounded on the north by the Bristol ing 4 bells : the arcades of the nave are supported by

.channel, and having the Quantock Hills on the south, xi monolithic piers of Babbicombe marble : the font is of

miles east from Williton station on the West Somerset Devonshire marble and Cornish serpentine: the stained east

branch of the Great Western raiiway, and zsl north-west window represents" The Crucifixion" and was erected at

from .Bridgwater, in the Western division of the county, the expense of Sir P. Acland bart. and Sir Alexander Acland

hundred of Williton and I<'reemanors, Williton petty Hood ba.rt. J.P. : at the east end of the south aisle is a

.sessional division, union and county court district, Wivelis- memorial window, placed by the St. Aubyn family : there

.eombe district of the rural deanery of Taunton, archdeaconry are sittings for 150 persons. The register dates from 156o.

of Taunton and diocese of .Bath and Wells. The church of The living is a rectory, average tithe rent-charge £182, net
St. Etheldreda is an edifice of stone in the Early Decorated .yearly value £2oo, including 38 acres of glebe, with residence,

style, consisting of chaD<.-el with chantry chapel, nave, in the gift of Sir Alexander Acland-Hood bart. and held

DIRECTORY.] SOMERSETSHIRE. RADSTOCK. 317

since 1872, by the Rev. John Richard Vemon M. A. of Hertford produces good crops of wheat, barley, beans, mangoldS",

College, Oxford. St. Audries, the residence of Sir Alexander potatoes and turnips. The area is x,4n acres; rateable

Bateman Periam Fuller-Acland-Hood hart. D.L., l.P. lord of value, £x,664; the population in 1881 was 278.

the manor and principal landowner, pleasantly situated WKACOMBE is a hamlet, 1 mile south of the church.

amid fine lawns and woods, and a park stocked with red and Parish Clerk, Edwin Porter.

fallow deer; at a point where the Quantock Hills dip into PosT & M. 0. 0., S. B. & Annuity & Insurance Office,

the Bristol channel, is a handsome edifice of red sandstone, St. Audries.-Edwin Porter, sub-postmaster. Letters

portions of which are of considerable age, but the front was arrive from Bridgwater at 6.35 a. m.; dispatched at 7

added in 1871; the house contains some good pictures, p.m. on week days; sunday, arrive at 7 a.m. ; dispatched

curious manuscripts, an interesting collection of Etruscan at 2.40 p.m. The nearest telegraph office is at Williton

vases and bronzes, pre-Roman and British weapons and School (mixed), erected in 1857, by Sir Alexander Acland

remains of a mammoth found in the neighbourhood. The soil Hood hart. at a cost of nearly £6oo, for So children ;

is a stony rush with some clay, with a subsoil of marl, and average attendance, 50; Miss Annie Kelsall, mistress

IHood Sir Alexander Bateman Periam Vernon Rev. John Richd. M.A. Rectory McCulloch James P.gardener&forester
Fuller-Acland- bart. D.L., J.P. St. Groves Edward, carpenter to Sir Alex. B. P. Fuller-Acland-Hood

Audries Kingsbury John, farmer, Weacombe hart. St. Audries

IHoodC8J>t.Alex.Fuller-Acland- B.A.,J.P. farm Stone Francis, blacksmith

(Grenadier Guards), St. Audries Leigh Thomas, farm bailiff to Sir Alex. Upton William, shopkeeper

Sadler Rev. Ottiwellu.A. Weacombe ho Fuller-Acland-Hood bart. St. Audries White Edwin, farmer, Staple fann

QUEEN CHARLTON is a small parish, situated in a Bath. By the side of the high road from Bristol stand the

vale, ~ milP..s south-west from Keynsham station on the main remains of an ancient cross about 12 feet high. Opposite
line of the Great Western railway and about 5 south-east the old manor house is a tine old Norman gateway, decorated
from Bristol, in the Northern division of the county, with zigzag mouldings, and formerly the entrance to the
Keynsham hundred, petty sessional division and union, court house of the abbots of Keynsham. Mrs. Elliot is lady
Bristol county court district, Keynsham district of the rural of the manor and chief landowner. The soil is light clay ;

deanery and archdeaconry of Bath, and diocese of Bath and subsoil, gravelly and white lias. The chief crops are wheat,

Wells. The church of St. Margaret is a building of stone, barley and roots. The acreage of the parish is 952; the

chiefly in the Gothic style, and consisting of chancel, nave, rateable value is £1,529; and the population in 1881 was n5.

south transept, south porch and a central Norman tower, Parish Clerk, George Ford.
with pinnacles, containing a clock and 4 bells: it was Letters arrive through Bristol at 8 a.m. The nearest money
restored in x86x, and has sittings for 200 persons. The order & telegraph office is at Keynsham. WALL LETTER

register dates from the year 1562, but is very irregular, Box near the church, cleared 3 p.m. week days

many years being omitted. The living is a vicarage, gross Parochial School (mixed), erected with house for mistress

yearly value £105, including 28 acres of glebe, in the gift in x853, & endowed ·with £12 yearly; it will hold 50

of Mrs. Elliot, and held since x886 by the Rev. James children; average attendance, 23 ; Miss Emily Hopping,

Whiteside B.A. of Trinity College, Dublin, who resides at mistress

Mardon John, Manor house Ford George, beer retailer North Somerset YeomanryC~;.valry (G.
Baber Joseph, farmer Hember Robert, farmer Troop) (Capt. C. W. Hitr; Sergt.-
Baber Samuel, farmer Luxton James, farmer
Bryant James, farmer Whippie John, farmer Major Stadward, drill instructor)

RADDINGTON is a parish and village, separated from are sittings for xoo persons. The register dates from the

Devonshire on the south by the river Batharham, xo miles year 1583. The living is a rectory, gross yearly value from
north-west from Wellington, 5 west-south-west from tithe-rent charge £2oo, with residence and 62~ acres of

Wiveliscombe and 2 north from Venn Cross station on the glebe, in the gift of and held since 1879 by the Rev. Edward

Devon and Somerset branch of the Great Western railway, Randolph Hayne T.A.K.C.L. who resides at Stawley. Messrs

in the Western division of the county, hundred of Williton Sandford, Yeandle, Capel and Davys, and Lieut. Colonel Sir

and Freemanors, Wiveliscombe petty sessional division, John Davie Ferguson-Davie hart. D. L., J.P. of Bittiscombe

union of Wellington and county court district of Taunton, Manor, Upton, are the chief landowners. The soil is white

Wiveliscombe district of the rural deanery of Taunton, shillet ; subsoil, rock. The crops are wheat, barley, oats

archdeaconry of Taunton and diocese of Bath and Wells. and turnips. The acreage is x,sos; rateable value, £1,124;

The church of St. Michaelis a plain building of stone, in the the population in x881 was 98.

Late Decorated style, with Perpendicular windows, and has Sexton, Charles Baker.

a good panelled ceiling with bosses at the intersections: the Letters received by foot post through Wiveliscombe R.S. 0.

chancel retains a trefoil-headed piscina now without its which is the nearest money order & telegraph office, at

basin, and a fine screen: the font is octagonal and apparently 9 a. m. Nearest WAT.L LETTER Box at Chipstable, 2 miles

of Perpendicular date: the church was restored in 1845 distant, cleared at 6 p.m
and again in 1852, and consists of chancel, nave, south porch The children of this village attend the schools at Skilgate &

and an embattled western tower containing 4 bells: there Chipstable

Atkin Waiter, blacksmith & dairyman, DavysThomas, farmer & miller (water), Willis James (~Irs.), farmer, Little

Blakewell Washers Wiveliscombe

Davys Thomas, farmer & landowner, Heywood James, farmer, Manor house Yeandle John, farmer & landowner,

Kingston Tarr Henry, farmer, Notwell Upcott

RADSTOCK is a populous and thriving parish, situated 1opened in April, 1879 ; it is a building in the Perpendicular

on the road from London to Exeter, in a hollow amid an style, from designs by Mr. Willcox, architect, of Bath, and
extensive mining district, 115 miles from London by the consists of chancel, organ chamber, nave of five bays, north

Great Western railway, via Frome, and 134 by the London aisle, south porch and an embattled western tower contain-
and South Western railway, via Temple Combe, 8 north- ing 5 bells : in the interior wall of the porch is a crucifix, and
west from Frome, 8~ south-west from Bath by road and xo~ in a similar niche outside is a group of the Virgin with Child,
by railway, in the Frome division of the county, Kilmersdon both being much mutilated: some remains of a rood-loft exist,
hundred and p~tty sessional division, Clutton union, Frome and there is a fine Norman font, removed some time back
county court district, Midsomer Norton district of the rural from a neighbouring farm, where it had served as a trough
deanery of Merston, archdeaconry of Wells and diocese of for cattle : there are sittings for soo persons. The register
Bath and Wells ; the parish is governed by a Local Board of dates from the year 1719. The living is a rectory, average

9 members, the Local Government district having been con- tithe rent-charge £230, net yearly value £270, including
stituted in 1874· The Bristol and North Somerset Railway 35 acres of glebe, with residence, in the gift of Lord Carting-
Company laid down a single line of rail and opened a station ford, and held since 1888 by the Rev. Thomas James Christie
here in September, x873, running between Bristol and Rad- Gardner M.A. of St. John's College, Cambridge. There are
stock, and is here connected with the single line of the Great Baptist,Wesleyan, Primitive Methodist and Reformed Metho-

Western Railway Company, which forms a junction at Frome, dist chapels. There are two barrows in the parish, one of
giving a direct route between Bristol and Frome. In July, which is on Round hill. Coal abounds here, and is exten-

1874, the Somerset and Dorset Railway Company opened a sively worked by the trustees of the late Prances Countess
station here, their line being connected with the Midland Waldegrave. There is a market place, partly covered in,

railway at Bath, forming a communicatiOn from the north adjoining the railway stations, and a market for meat, vege-
of England to the west and south-west ; the coal and passen- tables and general produce is held here on Saturday and is well

ger traffic has since greatly augmented : numerous dwell- attended. Fortescue College, opened April, x882, is a classi-
ings and shops have been erected, and the place is rapidly cal and commercial boarding school for both sexes, in which

becoming a town. The church of St. Nicholas, with the pupils are prepared for the army, na>y, medical, law, uni-
exception of the tower and a portion of the south wall, has versity and other examinations. The Working Men's Insti-

been entirely rebuilt at a cost of about £2,500, and was re- tute, established in x866, is a. substantial building of stone,

318 UADSTOCK, SO}IERSETSHIRE. [KELLY'S

the site for which, together with £3oo, was given by the late Treasurer, E. H. Dickinson, Chapmanslade

Frances Countess Waldegrave: it comprises a reading-room, Medical Officer of Health, Tbos. Hewlett Worger, Leigh ho

well supplied with newspapers and periodicals, a library of Surveyor, Inspector of Nuisances & Collector, Tom Martin

over I,ooo volumes, and recreation and refreshment rooms; County Police Station, Jeremiah Sharpe, acting sergeant &

in the upper portion of the building is a room, 40 feet by 20, one constable

used for entertainments and meetings ; during the winter
season courses of lectures and musical entertainments are INSURANCE AGENTS : -
given. The trustees of the late Frances Countess Waldegrave Alliance Fire & Life & Edinburgh Life, J. Taylor, The Bank
are lords of the manor and chief landowners. The soil is Guardian, F. Ashby, Radstock collieries
chiefly light ; the subsoil is clay and ruckley stone. The Northern Assurance, W. I<'. Bird, Frome hill; & 0. Webb,
chief crops are corn and some land in pasture. The acreage 9 I<'rome Hill terrace
is 1,oo5 ; rateable value, £9,191 ; the population in 1881 Provident Life, C. A. Rowley, G. W. station
Railway Passengers' Accident, J. Taylor, The Bank
was 3,092.
WESTFIELD is a hamlet, 2 miles west, with a Primitive Reliance Mutual Life, J. W. Gould
Son Fire, C. A. Rowley, G. W. station
Methodist chapel.

Parish Clerk, Uriah Garrett. ScHooLs:-
PosT, M. 0. & T. 0., S. B. & Annuity & Insurance Office.- A School Board of 5 members was formed February 8, 1875;
T. Martin, clerk to the board ; Thomas Budgett, White-
Alfred Henry Mattick, postmaster. Letters through Bath ; lands, attendance officer
deliveries commence at 6.30 & Ioa.m. & I p.m.; first dis-

patch for all parts at 12.25 p.m.; for the north at 4·55 p.m. Board Schools (mixed & infants), built in 1874-'), for 191
children, at a cost of £2,2oo, & enlarged in 1882 & again
&. for all parts at 9.15 p.m. ; on sundaysat 9.15 p.m. only. in 1887, for 386 children; average attendance, 126 boys,
95 girls & 135 infants; George Biggs, master; Mrs. Cbap-
Money orders are granted & paid from 9 a. m. to 6 p.m.; lin, girls' mistress ; Miss Green, infants' mistress
National School (mixed & infants), erected in 1850, for 302
saturdays, 8 p.m. Telegraph office is open from 8 a.m. children; average attendance, 105 boys, 82 girls & 70 in-
fants ; Charles J. Lewin, master ; Miss "Wilson, girls'
to 8 p.m. ; & from 8 till 10 a.m. on sundays; letters are

WAdeLlLiveBroexdEoSnal•vt over the counter from 8 till 10 a. m on sun
Wells Way cleared at 1.30 & 8 p.m. ; Rad-

stock wagon works at 1.55 &7.40 p.m.; & Tyning colliery

at 7.30 p.m mistress ; Mrs. Lewin, infant&' mistress

LOCAL BOARD.

Offices, Riverside. RAILWAYS:-

Board day, the third friday in each month. Great "'estern, Charles A. Rowley, station master

Clerk, George Pearson, Baldwin street, Bristol Somerset & Dorset Joint Line, Jsph. Cannon, station mastr

PRIVATE RESIDENTS. Denning Thomas, beer retailer & Radstock Co-operative & Industrial

Allchurch Rev. John H. [United Meth. butcher, Frome hill Society (John :Moon, secretary;

Free Church] Edgell William, beer retailer & lime Edwin Henry Budgett, manager)

Barker Rev.Benjamin Chas.LWesleyan] burner, "\Vestfield Radstock Wagon Co. (William H. Beau-

Buller Rev. W. H. LBaptistJ Edgerley James Thos. saw mill proprtr champ, proprietor; S. J. Parsons,

Chivers Andrew Ernest, Fern villa Fortescue College (Joseph Deeley M.A., general manager) ; railway wagon

Coombs George, Radstock house F.E.I.S. principal) builders, engineers, iron & brass

Deeley Jsph.F.G.S.,F.E.I.s.Fortescue col Fortescue College for Ladies (Mrs. founders & machinists
Gardner Rev. Thomas James Christie Joseph Deeley R.A.M. principal) Read Samuel, plumber

M .A. Rectory GouldJacob Jas.grocr.& drpr.)Yells way Rossiter Job, tailor

Gregory Tom Canvin, Alpha cottage Gould John William, commission agent Salmon Benjamin J ames, commercial
Hancock "'m. Bertram, Neston villa Harcourt J oseph Miles, commercial traveller, Frome hill
traveller, Frome hill Seymour Elizabeth(Mrs. ),dress maker,
James Mrs. Carlingford villas
Hodges Sidney, pork butcher,Wells way Frame hill
Kershaw Rev. Edwin [Prim. Meth]
Holland Hy. beer retailer, Butter bldgs Stuckey's Banking Co. (branch of)
McMurtrie James, South hill
Horler J osepb, butcher (James Taylor, manager); hours 10
Parsons Sydney John, Fox hills
Langport Building Society (branch of to 3 ; draw on Robarts, Lubb
Rebbeck Miss, North Hill villa
(James Taylor, agent), The Bank Co. Lombard street, London 11: c
Taylor James, The Bank
Lockyear Mark, butcher, Wells bill Thompson John, chemist
Treasure George, Carlingford villas
Wheeler Frederick William,BelleVue ho Martin Tom, surveyor, inspector of Treasure Henry, grocer, Butter bldgs
nuisances & collector to the Radstock Tucker John, carpenter & wheelwright,
Wilkins James, Frame bill
Worger Thomas Hewlett, Leigh house local board & clerk to the school Wells way
board ; offices, Riverside Turner Edward Charles, baker
COMMERCIAL.
Mattick James Burnett, grocer & drapr Wearmouth John, engineer to the Rad-

AshLucy(Mrs.),grcr.& drpr. Wells way Mattick Jn.Keddle,saddle & harness ma stock collieries

Ashby Frank, cashier to the Radstock Miles Frederick, farmer, Church farm Webster Edward, Railway inn

collieries, Ham Hill house Miles Robert, farmer, Coombe End frm WHEELER & GREGORY (T. C.

Aylesbury Richard, carpenter & wheel- Moon John, coal agent, Wellsway villas Gregory, proprietor), builders &

wright, Butter buildings Moss J. F. & Co. drapers & grocers general contractors, railway wagon

Beaucbamp William B. (firm, Radstock Parsons Frederick, grocer & draper, & builders, brass & iron founders,

Coal Co. ), colliery proprietor agent for W. & A. Gilbey, wine & engineers &c. ; smithing in all its

Bird F. & Co. coal factors & shippers spirit merchants branches; commission agents ; agents

BIRD ..IOSEPH, builder & contractor Parsons James, beer retailer,Wells way for Haggie Brothers, Gatesbead-on-

Bird William Frederick, architectural Parsons James, g-rocer, Butter buildings Tyne, patent hemp & wire ropery

surveyor, Heath villa Pearse George Thomas, watch maker Wheeler l<'rederick William, railway

Bird Wm.Fredk. lime mercht.& burner Penny James, boot maker wagon builder, commission agent

Bisgrove John, bill poster & hair dresser Purnell Charles Dando & Sons, printers & machinery broker, Frome hill ; &

Bowell J ames, insurance agent,Wells hill & stationers at Clutton

.Brimble Farnham, Tyning inn, & black- Radstock Coal Co. (William B. Beau- ·whitehouse Samuel, miners' agent

smith champ, proprietor; S. J. Parsons, Willcox Jn.Chas. Waldegrave Arms P.H

Bryant Joseph, grocer & draper general manager); collieries at Old "\Vorger Thomas Hewlett, surgeon,

Bush William, fly proprietor Welton, Welton Hill & Farrington medical officer of health for Radstock,

Carter Eliza (Miss),private school,Wells Gurney medical o1ii.cer & public vaccinator

way Hadstock Collieries (the trustees of the No. 3 district, Frome union & certi·

Chivers Samuel, watch maker late Frances Countess Waldegrave, fying factory surgeon, Leigb house

Collins William Edward, baker & corn proprietors) (James McMurtrie, Working :Men's Hall & Institute (F.

factor, Frome hill manager ; Willi~m Bertram Ban- Asbby, sec. ; Miss Wilson, librarian;

Coombs Joseph, Bell commercial hotel cock, assistant manager ; George Joseph Adams, hall keeper)

& brewer & miller (water & steam) Treasure, bead of sales department ; Young Jane (Mrs.), grocer&; dealer in

Cottle George, coal haulier James Fi~b, head bailiff; John Wear- beer, Butter buildings

Denning Rezia, commercial traveller mouth, engineer)

::REDLYNCH ii a tithir.g and parochial chapelry, xi of stone and concrete, consisting of chancel, nave and a

miles south-east from Bruton, wh1ne is the nearest railway turret on the north side containing one b~ll : there are iit-

.station, in the Eastern division of the county, hundred of tings for 100 zersons. The living is a perpetual curacy,
Norton Ferres, petty sessional division of Wincanton, union yearly value so, in the gift of Sir Henry Ainslie Hoare
and county court district of Win~anton, llruton district of bart. and held since 1889 by the Rev. Edward John Langford
the rural deanery and archdeaconry of Taunton, and diocese B.A. of Caius College, Cambridge, who is also vicar Of Brew-

of Bath and Wells. Here is an ancient chapel, a building ham, and resides at South llrewham. RIK!lynch Park ii a

JDIRECTORY. SOMERSETSHIRE. ROAD. 319

seat of the Earl of Ilchester P.C. There are 70 inhabitants, Letters through Bath, via Bruton S.O. arrive at 8 a. m. & 6

inclusive of DISCOVE tithing, adjoiwng Redlynch on the west, p.m. which is the nearest money order & telegraph office.

with 54 inhabitants. WALL Box cleared at 10 a.m. & 6. 15 p.m. week days only

Redlynch. Da'Vis John, farmer, Redlynch farm Reakes Mark, frmr.Dropping Lane frm

Ilchester Earl of P.c. (lord-lieut. of Francis Walter, farmr.Redlynch Pk.fm Discove.

Dor.set), Redlynch park; & 42 Bel- Ingham Frederick Havelock, land Sherston Major, Discove house

grave sq. & Carlton club, London s w stewarq to the Earl of Ilchester Hussey Thos.farmer, Godminster farm

RIMPTON is a parish, 6i miles north-east from Yeovil for 130 persons. The register dates from the year 1537·
The living is a rectory, average tithe rent-charge [175, net
and three-quarters south-east from Marston Magna station
on the Wilts, Somerset and Weymouth branch of the Great yearly value [202, including so acres of glebe, with resi-
Western railway, in the Southern division of the county,
Taunton Dean hundred, Sherborne union, Yeovil petty ses- dence, in the gift of the Bishop of London, and held since
sional division and county court district, rural deanery of 1887 by the Rev. George William Meggy B.A. of Wadham
Merston, archdeaconry of Wells and diocese of Bat.h and College, Oxford. Martin's charity and some others are
·wells. A mill stream runs through the v1llage. The church together of £4 yearly value, which sum is distributed in
of St. Mary is an ancient edifice of stone in the Early Deco- money. Rimpton House, the residence of George Edward
rated and Perpendicular styles, consisting of chancel, nave, Genge-Andrews esq. is a fine modern mansion of stone.
George Edward Genge-Andrews esq. who is lord of the
transepts, south porch and an embattled western tower con- manor, and Viscount Portman are the chief landowners.
taining 3 bells : in the chancel are five stained windows, The soil is sandy loam, and the subsoil is clay. The land is
four of which were presented by Sir William Forbes hart. chiefly in pasture. The area is 999 acres ; rateable value,
and there are memorial windows to Mr. Silas Feaver and to [2,322; the population in 1881 was 278.
Miss Marion E. Genge-Andrews, d. r886, inserted by her
Parish Clerk, Mark Minchington.
father, G. E. Genge-Andrews esq. : in the chancel are brasses PosT OFFICE -George Hutchings, jun. receiver. Letters

to the Rev. Montlgue John Gregg Hawtrey, late rector, d. are received from Sherborne £Dorset), arrive at 8.25 a.m.;
1886, and to his son, Ralph De Beauvoir Hawtrey, corn- dispatched at 5.10 p.m. The nearest money order& tele-
mander R.N. who was lost at sea in r873: the church retains graph office is at Queen Camel
Parochial School (mixed), built in 1843, for 48 children;
a fine piscina and a hagioscope, and has an anment font: tbA average attendance, 42 ; Miss Kate Bishop, mistress

building was completely restored in 1877, and affords sittings

Genge-Andrews Geo.Edwd.Rimpton ho 1Hutchings George, farmer, Court farm 1Parfitt Thomas, farmer

::Marden Mrs Hutchings Geo. jun. carpenter, Post off Priddle Elizabeth (Mrs.), shopkeeper

Meggy Rev. George Wm. B.A. Rectory Marden Edwin Down, farmr.Home frm SauudersMichael,carpenter,shopkeeper

Bishop William, blacksmith Marden Walter Henry, farmer & miller (water)

Candy Herbert, farmer Martin John, thatcher Tucker Isaac, beer retailer

ROAD is a parish and extensive village, situated on the volumes, and a large hall for meetings capable of contain-

river Frome, which runs through it and -the neighbouring ing 300 persons. In connection with the ball is a flourish-

parish of Woolverton, II9 miles from London, 4 north-east- ing benefit club, with about '120 members, and also a cricket

by-north from Frome station on the Great Western railway, club. Road was formerly a market town, but has now

and 10 south-east from Bath, in the Frome division of the only a pleasure fair, held annually on the first Monday

county, Frome hundred, petty sessional division, union and after 9th September. At Shawford there are woollen dye

county court di!>trict, rural deanery of Frome, archdeaconry works. Road Manor, the residence of Robert Pooll Henry

of Taunton and diocese of Bath and Wells. Half of the village, Batten-Pool! esq. J.P. is a modern house in the Italian style,

called Roadhill, is in North Bradley parish, Wilts. The with an embattled tower at the east end, picturesquely

village is lighted with oil lamps. The parish church of St. situated on an eminence about half a mile west of the village,

Lawrence is a fine building of stone, consisting of chancel, in a well-wooded park of about 6o acres, which contains a

with vestry, nave of four bays, aisles and an embattled small lake. Robert Pooll Henry Batten-Pooll esq. J.P. is

tower containing 6 bells~ the east window, representing the lord of the manor and principal landowner. The soil is

"Ascension," was inserted by a former rector in memory of various, but generally light; the subsoil is mostly clay. The

his wife : the chancel is fitted with elegant stalls: in the land is chiefly in pasturage for dairy purposes. The area is

south aisle is a canopied recess, and there are several piscinre : 932 acres ; rateable value, [2,588 ; and the population in

at one corner of the tower is a railed battlement, called " the 1881 was 570.

King's Chair," and a tradition is current in the parish that Parish Clerk, Josiah Francis.

Charles II. after the battle of Worcester (Sept. 3, 1651) PosT & M. 0. 0., S. B. & Annuity & Insurance Office.-

ascended this tower for the purpose of reconnoitring the George William Stokes, postmaster. Letters arrive
surroundiag country : there is a brass with epitaphs to the
through Bath & are delivered at 6.30 a.m. & 4·45
memory of the clerks of Road and Woolverton, who were p.m. ; a dispatch takes place at 12 noon by messenger to
buried on the same day, 1799: the church was restored and
an organ chamber added in 1874, and has sittings for 400 :Frome & at 7·45 p.m. by mail cart from Beckington to
persons : at the entrance to the churchyard is a lych gate, Bath. The nearest telegraph office is at Beckington
erected in 1:874. The register dates from the year 1587. The
living is a rectory, with that of Woolverton annexed, average WALL LE'ITER Box in Road hill, cleared at rr.ss a.m. &
tithe rent-charge [382, net yearly value [323, including 85
7-15 p.m
INSURANCE AGENT.-Commercial Union, E. Silcocks

acres of glebe, with residence, in the gift of Mrs. Crofton, ScHOOLS:-
and held since 1886 by the Rev. Henry Woodward Crofton National, Road hill (mixed), erected in 1830, for 150 chil-
B.A. of Trinity College, Dublin, who resides at Woolverton. dren; average attendance, 130 ; Miss Hargraves, mistress

There are Baptist and Wesleyan chapels. The charities Wesleyan (mixed), built & endowed by the Pooll family in

amount to [,3 ros. yearly, which is distributed in bread. 186o, for 150 children; average attendance, 120; S.

The United Counties Reading and News Rooms and Public Penrose, master

Hall, situated in the main street of the village, was erected CARRIERS : -

at the expense of R. P. H. Batten-Pooll esq. J.P. and a fine Road to Bath, Job Hancock, wed. & sat

clock was placed in the front in 1887: the building contains Road to Trowbridge, Elijah Rowel, tues. & thurs. ; & to

reading, bagatelle and chess rooms, a library of over 300 Frome, wed. & sat

Batten-Pooll Robert Pooll Henry J.P. Chivers Frederick, carpenter & builder Kitley Henry, Bell inn
Road manor Derbam Thomas, plasterer & tiler 'Martin William, boot maker
Freeman Emma (Mrs.), shopkeeper Mattick John, farmer, Church Row frm
Bourne Mrs. Merfield house Freeman John Watts, draper & tailor Mechanics' Institute & Reading Room
Borland Mrs Fricker James, plumber & glazier
Goddard Mrs. Parsonage house Fussell Sidney, Cross Keys inn,& baker (John Goulter, librarian; Tom Goul-
Hoddinott Mrs. Mclver house Gee Jas. Geo. saddler & harness maker ter, sec)
Jobnston Mrs. Moncrieti villa Gerrish Isaac J. farmer, Clay Lane frm MorreU William, George inn
Kemp Edward, Shawford house Goddard John,dairy farmer, Road corn Morris Thos. boot ma. & assist.overseer
Langley Miss Goulter Charles, boot & shoe maker Morgan James, baker & grocer
Langley Mrs Goulter James, baker & grocer Noad John, butcher
Parsons William Gray Edwin, news agent Noad Jonathan, butcher
Stokes Benjamin Grist Arthur, cattle dealer Noad Jonathan, jun. butcher
Wood Mrs. Mayfield house Hancock Job, carrier Noad Thomas, Red Lion P.H. & butchr
Happerfield Charles, grocer Oram .1\'loses, farmer,DillybrookHo.frm
COMMERCIAL. Holcombe Benjamin, coal dealer Prosser Henry Jonathan, pianoforte ma
Heaven John Fox, farmer, Road corn Hooper Julia (Miss), shopkeeper Riddle William, farmer
Benger Thomas, cowkeeper Rowel Elijah, carrier Roberts James Gould, miller (water)
Carter Joseph, farmer, Church row Kemp& Stevens,wool dyrs.Shawfrd. wks Sants William, brick maker & beer ret
Chivers William, gig & handle stock Silcocks Edward, carpenter & builder-·

maker ~hair cutter ,

320 ;ROAD. SOMERSETSHIRE. (KELLY'S

~mith Thomas, carpenter & wheelwright Taylor Martha & Son,fullers & dressers, West William Waiter, farmer, Omeage

STOKES GEORGE WILLIAM, grocer Scutt's Bridge mills Windel Simon, farmer, Shawford farm

& draper ; the old established house Taylor Daniel, farmer Windel Thomas, farmer, Barrowhou..-:e

for grocery, drapery, dress making, United CountiesReading&News Rooms farm

millinery, tailoring, outfitting, furni- & Public Hall (G. W. Stokes, sec. ; Woolley Edward, painter & band mastr

ture &c. Post office E. Blick, librarian)

RODDEN is a parish, situated on the Warminster road, Wilts, and held since 1883 by the Rev. Edward MethuAn

one mile and a half east from Frome station on the Wilts, Rogers Edgell M.A. of Trinity College, Oxford. Easthill
Somerset and Weymouth branch of the Great Western rail- House, formerly the seat of the Lopes family, and now the
way, in the Frome division of the county, Frome hundred, residence of Thomas Frederick Parkinson esq. is a pleasantly
petty sessional division and county court district, rural situated residence, standing in about 30 acres of park and
deanery of Frome, archdeaconry of Taunton and diocese of pleasure grounds, through the lower part of which flows the
Bath and Wells. The church (name unknown) (formerly a river Frome. Sir Charles Mordaunt bart. M.A., D.L., .J.P. is
chapel of ease to Boyton, in Wiltshire) is an ancient building lord of the manor and the principal landowner. The soil is
of stone, in the Early English style, dating from r64o, and loam, over stone trash, and the subsoil is clay. The land is
consists of chancel, nave, J!OUth porch and a small embattled chiefly in pasture, for dairy purposes. The area is 939 acres ;
western tower containing one bell: the church was endowed rateable value, £r,84o; the population in r88r was I75·

in the last century by the Rev. John Methuen Rogers, of Parish Clerk, Philip Chapman.
Berkley, in the adjoining parish: in 1889 the building was
entirely new roofed and re-seated by public subscription, and Letters arrive at 7 a.m. through Frome, which is also the
has sittings for 100 persons. The register dates from about nearest money order & telegraph office

the year 1654. The living is a rectory, net yearly value, WALL LETTER Box, at Wallbridge, cleared at ro.so a. m. &
£r7o, including 17 acres of glebe, with residence, iu the gift 7.50 p.m
of the Rev. Edward Betenson Edgell M.A. rector of Bromham, The children of this place attend the Berkley National school

Edgell Rev. Edward Methuen Rogers I Barnes William Joseph, farmer & cattle I ColesMaria(Mrs.),dairy farmer,Rodden

M.A. Rectory, Stiles hill dealer, Southfield farm farm

Parkinson Thomas Fredk. Easthill ho Barry Harriett (Mrs.), farmer, Wall- Davis James, farmer, Lambsgate

Allard Wm. dairy farmer, Heath house marsh farm Singer Forehead, farmer, Pear Tree fro

Barnes Joseph, farmer, Roddendown Carpenter William, farmer, Conigar

ROWBERROW is a parish and village, situated on the residence, in the gift of the Bishop of Worcester, and held since

Mendip Hills, near the Bristol and Bridgwater road, 2i miles 1874 by the Rev. Thomas Lawrence Stayner M.A. of Trinity
east from Winscombe station on the Cheddar Valley branch of College, Cambridge. The calamine stone, formerly used in

the Great Western railway and 4 north-east from Axbridge, the composition of brass, is to be found here. Edward ]3..
in the \Vells division of the county, Wrington division of Leacroft esq. is lord of the manor and chief landowner. The
Winterstoke hundred, Axbridge petty sessional division, soil is light ; the subsoil is limestone brash, resting on lime-
union and county court district, Locking district of the rural stone rock. The land is chiefly pasture. The acreage is

deanery of Axbridge, archdeaconry of Wells and diocese of x,o12 ; rateable value,£568 ; the population in 188r was 168.
Bath and Wells. The church of St. Michael is an ancient . Parish Clerk, George Adams.
building of stone in the Gothic style, consisting of nave, Letters by foot post from Congresbury R.S.O. arrive at

south porch and an embattled western tower, with pinnacles, about 10.30 a.m. WALL LETTER Box cleared at 3·45
containing 6 bells: the church was restored in 1865 and has p.m. Churchill is the nearest money order office. Th&
sittings for 118 persons. The register dates from the year nearest telegraph office is at the station, Sandford
1723. The living is a rectory, average tithe rent-charge The children of this place attend Churchill or Shipham

£62, net yearly value £I57, including 40 acres of glebe, with school

Leacroft Edwd. Ranulph,The Manor ho ,. Leacroft Mrs. The Manor house ' GulleyJamesSamuel,boot &shoe maker

Stayner Rev. Thomas Lawrence M.A. Adams Jacob, farmer & assistant overseer for Rowberrow
I Adams Jsph. Tripp, Swan P.H. &farmr Ven Joseph (Mrs.), shopkeeper
[rector], The Rectory

RUISHTON, is a parish and village, situated by the versity. Henlade House, the property of Henry E. Murray-

river Tone, with a station called Thorn, on the Chard Anderdon esq. .J. P. is a substantial building, commanding a
branch of the Great Western railway, and is 3 miles east fine prospect. Woodlands House, the residence of Major-
from Taunton, in the Bridgwater division of the county, General Henry Brasnell Tuson c.B., R.M.A. 1s situated in
hundred of Taunton Dean, Taunton petty sessional division, pleasant grounds. The lords of the manor are Alexander
union and county court district, rural deanery and arch- William Kinglake esq. B.A., D.L. and Dr. H. Kinglake. The

deaconry of 'faunton, and diocese of Bath and Wells. The principal landowners are Henry Edward Murray-Anderdon
church of St. George is a small but venerable edifice of stone, esq. .J.P. Edmund Chisholm Batten esq. M.A., .J.P. of Court.
in the Decorated and Perpendicular styles, consisting of House, Thornfalcon, Henry Barker esq. Edward Hardwill
chancel, nave of two bays, south aisle, south porch and an esq. Francis Payne Govier esq. and Mr. Blake. 'fhe parish
embattled western tower 56 feet in height, with pinnacles, is about equally divided into pasture and arable land. The
and containing a clock and 3 bells ; the porch and the base soil is marl ; subsoil, upper red sandstone. The area is
of the tower still exhibit Norman features; the upper portion r,ooo acres; rateable value, £3,458; the population in r88r
o{ the tower dates from 1549 : the south aisle is Decorated, was 467. HENLADE is a hamlet about a mile south and near
and the nave Perpendicular : the stained east window re- Thorn station.
presents events in the life of Our Lord: the east window in Parish Clerk, John Bowles.
the south aisle was erected by the parishioners as a memo- PosT OFFICE, Henlade.-Walter Withers, sub-postmaster.

rial to the late John E. Anderdon esq. of Henlade House: Letters arrive from Taunton at 4· ro a.m. & 3· 15 p.m. &
there are sittings for 200 persons: the church was restored dispatched at 8.40 p.m.; box closes at 8.30 p.m. The
and reseated in r866; the seats being those formerly in use deliveries begin at 6 a.m. & 3.30 p.m. On sundays the
in the Royal Savoy chapel, Strand, London: in the church- office is open only from 7.30 a.m. till ro a.m. WALL
yard are tombs to the family of Proctor from 1621, and LETTER Box, Ruishton village, near the church, cleared
some remains of a stone cross. The register of baptisms at 6.45 p.m. on week days & II.3o a. m. on sundays. The

dates from 1755 ; marriages, 1754 ; burials, 1760. The nearest money order & telegraph office is at Taunton
living is a vicarage, average tithe rent-charge £63, net Parochial School (mixed), erected in r86r, at a cost of about.

yearly value, including 12 acres of glebe, £ros, with resi- £6oo, for 100 children; average attendance, so; Miss.

deuce, in the gift of trustees, and held since 1888 by the Nickless, mistress

Rev. Philip Chapman Barker M.A., LL.B. of London Uni- Railway Station, Thorn, Frederick Vowles, station master

Ruishton. Bickham John, farmer, Acklands farm Henla.de.
Cozens John, baker & farmer
Barker Rev. Philip Chapman M.A.,LL.B. Fairbrass James, Ruishton inn Clayton John Moy
Gibbitt James, shoe maker Hodge Richard
Vicarage Govier Francis Payne, farmer & land- Murray-Anderdon Henry Edward .J.P-
Durham Capt. Philip, Ruishton lodge
Godfrey Charles owner, Thornwater farm Henlade house
Hitchcock George Gray Charlotte(Miss),schl.Blackbrk.cot Richards Henry Parrott, Fairleigh
Searle Mrs HarrisonNanatta (Mrs.),Blackbrook inn Sommerville Robert G. Henlade villa.
Simpson James Hitchcock George, jun. poultry dealer
Tuson Maj.-Gen. Henry Brasnell c.B., Hitchcock John, farmer & assist. oversr COMMERCIAL.
Kingdom George, laundry
R.M.A. Woodlands house Lillycrap Frederick, smith Bennett William, basket maker
Marsball John Wm. market gardener Cozens Edward, farmer
COMMJ.:&CJAL. Richards Frank, market gardener Dimbleby John, dairyman
Gready James, wheelwright
Bennett Emily (Mt·s ), farmer

•

DIRECTOR•t.] SO~lERSETSHI RE. St. ~ICH.!EL CHU.t.Gii.

Hutcbins John, farmer Taunton Vale Foxhonnds (Wilfred G. Pitts Thomas, butcher

Marshall Richard Richards & Son, m!l.r- IMarshall esq. The Elm, Staple grove, Smith Henry, wheelwri~ht
ket gardeners
master; PeterWhitecross,hunt3man), Uppington Thomas, mason
Moore Isaac, shopkeep:Jr Kennels Willment John, carpenter

R UNNINGTON is a parish and village, situated on the The living is a ractory, average tithe rent-charge £70; net

river Tone, I utile north-west from Wellington station, on yearly value, [151, including I6 acres of glebe, with rJ3i-

the Bristol and Exeter section of the Great Western railway, dence, in the gift of the trustees of the late Rev. E. A.Webl:•er,

in the Western division of the county, hnndred of Milverton, and held since I877 by the Rev. William Alexander Webber

petty sessional division, union and county court district of M.A. of St. John's College, Cambridge. Lieut.-Col. Sir Fre1k.

Wellington, rural deanery of Wellington, archdeaconry of Arthur Thomas Hervey Bathurst hart. of Clarendo:t puk,

Taunton, and diocese of Bath and Wells. The church of Salisbury, Miss Merson and Mrs. Farrant are the chief Iand-

St. Peter is an ancient building of stone, in the Early Eng- owners. The soil is loa.m-sand ; subsoil, rock. The chief

lish style, consisting of chancel, nave, south porch, and an crops are wheat, barley and turnips. The area is 321 acres;

embattled western tower containing 2 bells: the rood-loft rateable value, £879; the population in I881 was 73·

stair in the north wall remains, and near it is a stone pro- Parish Clerk, Samuel Cording.

jecting from the wall, on which, probably, the hour-glass Letters · 'Vellingtun by foot pos~. arrive at 7 a. m. WALL
formerly rested: the stained east window is a memorial to from

the Rev. E. A. Webber, erected by his widow, and thara is LETTER Box, cleared at 6 p.m. The nearest m1n~y od.er.

another stained window in the south wall : there are sitting.;; & telegraph office is at Wellington

for So persons. The register dates from the year 1586. IN.>URANCE AGENT.-West of England, ,V. A. 'Richards.
1Webber Rev. Wm. Alex. M..&.. Rectory 1Yeandle Francis, farmer
Davis Mrs

Gains Misses Yeandle John ,.

ST. CATHERINE is a parish and picture3que village, mnch mutilated, bnt is now restored as near)y :ll3t po<JsifJTB'.

adjoining Batheaston, boun<led on the north by the county to its original design: on the south side of the- naYe is a
of GloucestRr, and 4 mile;; north-east from Bath, where is stained window containing a figure of St. Ca.therin~: there-

tb.a nearest railway station, in the Frome division of the are sittings for So persons. The register dates. fcom the year·-...
county, union a.nd county court district of Bath, hundred of 1722. The living is a chapelry, annexed ~o- the vicarage of

Bath Forum, Weston pstty sessional division, Keynsha.m Batheaston, joint net yearly value £350. with residence and'·
district of the rural deanery, and archdeaconry of Bath and 2 acres of land, in the gift of Christ Church, Oxford, and. -
diocese of Bath and Wells. The church of St. Ca.theri.na is held since r888 by the Rev. Arthur Medows Downes Y.A. of -
an ancient edi.uee of stGne of Norman date, rebni.lt ia 149;1, Christ Church, Oxford, who resides at Batheaston. A.
by John Cant1ow, prior of Bath, whg died in August of that reservoir supplying the Bath Water works is si,uated here~ ·

year, and again rebuilt ill 1704; in 1846 it was re3tored by The Hon Mrs. Robert Drummond, whose seat, St. Cathe-. _
the Strntt family, artd consis~ of chancel, n.a.vey south rine's Court, is in this parish, is lady of the manor and~

porch, aud an embattled western tower, with pinnacles, pri.ncipal landowner. The soil i;; loamy; subsoil is lias.
conta.inil'lg -4 bells: the pulpit and pews are ef ~ak: there The crops are corn, and much land is in pasture. The area. ,

are several monuments, including one to the Blanchard is 1,037 acres; rateable value, f.r,8-t-o; an1 the poJ.?ulatioiU
family, dated November 7, 1l168: the nave was Itew roofed, in 188r was 136.
a smsld. vestry ad.ded, and school-rooms bl!lilt near thB Parish Clerk, William Strange.
churclt, at the cost of the R.ev. Robert Dr11mm1ntd, who als~t Letters received from Bath, arrive at 9 a. m. The nearest

gave s0me very handsome mosaic work: th.e east window money order office is at Hatheaston

is filleli with stained glass of the dai;m @of Prior Cantlow Infants' School, erected in 187o, for 36 children ; average

( r-489-99), to waose memtJry it was erected; it had been attendance, 18 ; Mrs. Charlotte Smith, mistress

Drummemd ~u. 1\Irs. Robert, St. 1Beaman James, farm bailiff to the Hon. I Evry Henry, market gardener
C&t.IJ.\eri.ne's C6Urt
11 Mrs. Drummond, Court farm Hooper John, farmer, Orchard farm
Ct»>:M:ERCIAL.
' :Be:rnard Gerard H. (Mrs.), farmer, Kidner SimonRichd.farmer,Lodge frm
Aliri Francis, miller (water),
Oat.herine's 111ill St. Hermitage farm Tylee George, market gardener

• Crew A.rtbttr, farmer, Fry's farm

ST. DECUMAN'S is..., parish, with stations at Watchet oak : in the churchyard is an ancient cross about r2 feet i:m .

an& WiHiton I'm the West 'Somerset and Minehead branch of height: the .church has sittings for 250 p3rsons. The
the Great W esrern railwa;y~ 17 miles n~rth-west from Taun- register dates from 1602. The living is a vicarage, average·

toR and 6.east irom Buaster, in the Western divisiou of the tithe rent-charge £194, net yearly value £197, including s.-

cruaaty, hundred and petty sessional diVJisign of W~lliron and acres of glebe, with residence, in the gift of the trustees of

Freemanors, Williton uniM and county oourt district, Wivel- the late Earl of Egremont, and held since 1884 by the Rev•.
ise~tmbedistrietoftherur.aldeaneryofTa;anton,archde&eonry Lionel Thomas Purcell M.A. of Worcester College, Oxford.

of Taunton amd diocese 0f Bath and Wells. The parish is There are Wesleyan, Congregational, Bible Christian andli

bo.tlllded on tbe north by- the Bristol cha.nnel, and comprises Baptist chapels. The charities amount to £100, distributed
the townships of St. DECUMAN's, WATCS:ET and WILLITON, in clothing at Christmas yearly. This place gives a title to.-
wi!l:lltthe hamlets of DoNIITIFORD and STREA.M. The t()wn and one of the prebendaries of Wells Cathedral, now held by
portofWatcbetandthe1iMFnofWillitoaa.reeachgivemunder Archdeacon R. W. Browne M.A. of Bath. The trustees ot:
sepa.rate headiugs. The dlurch of St. Ihcuman is 3!11. edifice the late Earl of Egremont are lords of the manor and prin- ·

of stane in the Early Engli:sh and Perpendicular styles, con- cipal landowners. The soil is a rich loam ; subsoil, mar! ;
sistin.g- of chat~l, nave of three bays, aisles, south pQrdl and and produces excellent crops of wheat, beans, h::n·ley, man-

au. .emhsttled western tower, with pinnacles, containing 5 golds, potatoes and turnips. The acreage is 3.758; rateable,
bells: there are monuments of the Wyndhams, ineludingan value, £ro,583; the population of the parish in r881 was
altar -tomb witla brasses tc» Sir Joh.n Wyndham, olJ. 1574, 3,232, including 152 officers and inmates of Williton work-·

and Elizabeth (S.rdnam), his wife, ob. 1571 ; also bra.sses to house.

Jolm Wyndham. esq. ob. 25tb. August, 1572, his effigy being Parish Clerk, John Griffiths.
in armour; and to Florenee (Wadham), his wife, ob. 1596;
there is also a tomb of @luema.rble, withemblazcmed shields, Letters through Watchet R.S.O. which is the nearest money-

to Goorge Francis (Wadham), 4th Earl of Egremont, d. 2nd order & telegraph office, arrive at 6.40 a. m. & 3 p.m

April, 1845: the roof, pulpit, screen and pews are of carved The children of this place attend the school at Watchet

Crang James, Donniford Merson Francis, farmer, Donuiford Pole George Gooding, farmer, Snailhol

Purcell ReT". Lionel Thos. JC.A. Vicarage Risdon Thomas Hawkes, farmer, Wash- SouthwoQd Thomas, farmer, Rydon

Cordwent Henry, farmr.Parsonage frm ford farm Wansborough & Worrall, paper manfrs

Gimblett WiHiam Jas. farrnr.Donniford

ST. GEORGE, see EASTON-IN-GORDA.'iO.

ST. MICHAEL CHURCH, in Domesday "Michael- consisting of chancel, nave, a low tower on the north side-

iscerce." i3 a small parish, I mile north from Durston station with pyramidal roof, and containing one bell : in the interior
on the Bristol and Exeter section of the Gre~t Western rail- are several monuments to the Slade family. Some member3
way, 5 miles south from Bridgwater and 6 north-east from of the family of Bacon, of Manse! House, are also buried
Taunton, in the Bridgwater division of the county, hundred here· there are sittings for 70 persJns. The register dates
of Nol'th Petherton, petty sessional division, union and from the year 1695. The living is a rectory, average tithe

county court district of Bridgwater, rural deanery of Hridg- rent-charge £x8, net yearly value £7o, inclu:ling 22 acres of
water, archdeaconry of Taunton and diocese of Bath and glebe, in the gift of Antony Gibbs e~q. of Tyntesfield, and

Wells. The church of St. Michael is a small edifice of stone held since 1856 by the Rev. Grenville Heber Frolsha:n Elton

in the Perp:mdicular style, about 50 feet in length, and Hodson B.A. of Emmanuel College, CambridgJ, who rJsides

&S. G. ~ B. -21

322 ST. MICHAEL CHURCH. SOMERSETSHIRE (KELLY'S

at North Petherton. Sir Alfred I<'rederick Adolphus Blade Letters through Bridgwater, the nearest money order office,
hart. J.P. of Maunsel Grange, North Newton, is lord of the arrive at 8.45. North Petherton is the nearest telegraph
manor and chief landowner. The soil is red loam ; subsoil, office
clay and sandstone rock. The chief crops are wheat and
This parish is included in the North Petherton School Board
barley and grazing land. The area is 43 acres ; rateable district ; the children attend the Board School at North
Newton
value, £135; the population in 1881 was 31.
Parish Clerk, George Reading.

Badcock Henry, farmer 1Parsons Charles, mi1ler (water) I

SALTFORD is a village and parish, situated on the river 1887 by the Rev. Frederick Waiter Robberds B. A. of Trinity
Avon, 5 miles west-north-west from Bath, with a station on College, Cambridge. Here is a Primitive Methodiet chapel.

the main line of the Great Western railway, in the Northern The soil is various. The chief crops are wheat, barley and

division of the county, Keynsham hundred, petty sessional oats. The area is 88o acrQs; rateable value, £6,378; and

division and union, Bath county court district., Keynsham the population in 1881 was 437·

district of the rural deanery of Bath, archdeaconry of Bath

and diocese of Bath and Wells. The branch of the Midland , PosT OFFICE (Railway Sub-Office. Letters should have

railway from Mangotsfield to Bath passes through the R.S.O. Somerset added).-Samuel Bruce, .postmaster.

parish, and has a station at Kelst.on, I mile east. The Letters arrive at 6.45 a.m. & 3·45 p.m. ; dispatched at

church of St. Mary is an ancient building of stone, consisting 4·45 & 8.20 p.m. Keynsham is the nearest money order

of chancel, nave, south porch and an embattled western & telegraph office

tower, with pinnacles, containing one bell : the church was Parochial School (mixed), rebuilt by Mrs. Kelly in 1874, for
108 children ; average attendance, 73 ; William Simpson,
restored in 1851, and has 200 sittings. The register dates master; Mrs. Charlotte Simpson, mistress
from the year 1712. The living is a rectory, average tithe
rent-charge £x6o, net yearly value £x6o, including 13 acres

of glebe, with house, in the gift of trustees, and held since Railway Station, William Edward Andrews, station master

PRIVATE RESIDENTS. Smith Frank Albert, Stoneleigh villa Mitchell George, coffee room

Adams Edward, Springside COMMERCIAL. Ollis Cecelia (Mrs.), farmer, Hill farm
Arthur Edwin, Fir bank Ollis Henry, beer retailer

Bird Thomas Leopold, Avon view Ashford Edward, farmer, Avon farm Ollis John James, fanner

Curtis John, Tunnel house Brimble Charles, farmer, Court house Roch Mary (Mrs.), farmer,Hillside frm

Fedden Nelson, Avonside Bruce Samuel, shoe maker, Post office Smith Edward, butcher

Gilmore John Crosby, Thorncliff Harford & Co. brass battery works Smith Thomas, carpenter

Hancock Charles Long, Metz cottage Higham Henry, farmer Trott Joseph, lodging ho. Norman ho

.Jones Mrs. Scott, Hall cottage Holbrook Ann Phippin (Mrs.), grocer Webber John, haulier

Kelly Mrs. Admiral, Saltford house King George Chades, Bird-in-Hand P.H Weymouth I<'redk. Jas. wood & coal dlr

Manning Joseph, Woodbine villa Lock lames Candy, farmer Williams Sarah Jane (Mrs.), shopkeepr

Robberds Rev.Fredk.Waiter B.A.Rectry Long Charles Whitworth, Crown inn

SAMPFORD ARUNDELL is a small village and. Sweet M. A. of St. Mary Hall, Oxford. On Sampford Moor is

parish, situated near the road from Wellington to Exeter, 2!- a Union chapel, erected in x87I. Werescote is at present

miles south·west from Wellington station on the Bristol and vacant, Woolcombe is the seat of the Rev. Lewis Morgan

Exeter section of the Great Western railway, and 9! south- M. A. ; Marlands, of Lieut.-C<Jl. Robert Thatcher and Easter-

west from Taunton, in the Western division of the county, land House of Robert Arundel Wereesq. TheMessrs. Were

hundred of Milverton, Wellington petty sessional division, are lords of the manor and chief landowners. The soil is a

union and county court district, rural deanery of Wellington, rich loam ; subsoil, clay and sand ; and produces excellent

archdeaconry of Taunton and diocese of Bath and Wells, crops of wheat, beans, barley, mangold, potatoes and turnips.

The church of the Holy Cross is a small edifice of stone, m The area is I 1 I05 acres; rateable value, £3,334; the popu-
the Perpendicular style, consisting of chancel, nave of four lation in I88x was 364.

bays, aisles, south porch and an embattled western tower Sexton, John Cruise.

containing 5 bells : t?ere is ~ marble monum~nt to Chris- Letters via Wellington, the nearest money order & telegraph

topher Baker esq. high sheriff of the county m 1724; alsb office, arrive at 7.30 a.m. WALL Box, cleared 6.5 p.m.
memorials to the Brown, Bellett, Were and other families and week days only ·

to former vicars of the parish : all the windows in the chancel
and the west window are stained ; the east window of the WALL LETTER Box, White Ball, cleared at 6. 5 p. m

.south aisle is a memorial to Sarah Nethercole, d. 1875 : the A School Board of 5 members was formed March 30, 1875;

north aisle retains a holy water stoup: there are sittings for N. T. Beckingsale, Wellington, is clerk to the board; T.

220 persons. The register dates from the year 1695. The H. Wensley, Wellington, attendance officer

living is a discharged vicarage, average tithe rent-charge Board School (mixed), erected in I88o, for 6o children;

£xoo; net yearly value £133, with about 2 acres of glebe, in average attendance, 35 ; Miss Sarah Hembrow Hine,

the patronage of and held since 1862 by the Rev. George mistress

PRIVATE RESIDENTS, COMMERCIAL. Moy Edward, beer retailer, Whitehall

Davie Misses, Sandfield Burge William, farmer, Sampford farm Pomeroy William Robert, Beam Brid~e

Morgan Rev. Lewis M.A.oxon. [rector Collier John, farmer, Sampford moor inn, & farmer •

of St. Hilary & Eglwysbrewis, Gla- Cridland Elizabeth (Mrs.), Blue BallP.H Tredwin Francis, shopkeeper

morganshire], Woolcombe Drew William, shopkeeper Trenchard John,farmer,Sampford moor

SweetRev. Geo.M.A.Vicarage,Broadleigh Goodhind Joseph, farmer, Peacey Trevelyen Samuel, wheelwright

Thatcher Lieut.-Col. Robert, Marlands HaywardJas. blacksmith,Sampfrd.moor Vallentine Thomas, farmer, Dykes

Were Robert Arundel, Easterland house Hurford William, farmer, Hallhayes Westcott John, farmer, Whites farm

SAMPFORD :BRETT is a small village and parish, sent Florence, wife of John Wyndham ob. 1562: in the north

x! miles south from Williton station on the West Somerset transept is a stained window to the Rev. John Knight

branch of the Great 'Western railway and IS miles north- Greetham, 26 years rector, d. 1865; and in the west window
west from Taunton, in the Western division of the county, the arms of Courtenay impaling Giffard and Clotworthy,
hundred of Williton and Freemanors, Williton petty sessional 1744 : there are monuments to Zacharias Windham ; the
division, union and county court district, Wiveliscombe dis- Rev. Humphrey Tanner, rector, 1780; the Rev. Thomas
trict of the rural deanery of Taunton, archdeaconry of Tanner, rector, 1830; and in the churchyard to Lettice, wife
'Taunton and diocese of Bath and Wells. The church of St. of William Webber, rector, '!66o: the church was restored
George is a small cruciform edifice of stone in the Deco.rated in 1835 at the cost of about £2,ooo by George Francis, 4th
style, consisting of chancel, nave, transept, west porch and and last Earl of Egremont, aad has sittings for 170 persons.
an embattled tower on the south side, containing a clock The exis1.ing register dates from the year 1738. The living

and 5 bells : the pulpit, reading desk and seats are of black is a rectory, tithe rent.-charge £3oo, net yearly value £290,
oak, handsomely carved : in the vestry is an altar tomb including 37 acres of glebe, with house, in the gift of the
with recumbent effigy of a cross-legged knight in full trustees of the late Rev. Charles Tripp D.D. and held since
armour, said to represent one of the Brets, by which family x865 by the Rev. John Tripp B.A. of New Inn Hall, Oxford,
this manor was held from the time of Henry I. for a con- who is also chaplain of the Unionhouse at Williton. Sir
siderable period; Bimon Bret or Brito, the first owner, was Alexander Bateman Periam Fuller-Acland-Hood hart. D.L.,
probably a follower of the Conqueror, and his eldest son, J.P. St. Audries, West Quantoxhead, who is lord of the
Richard Brito, was one of the four knights concerned in the manor, and the trustees of the late Earl of Egremont, are

murder of Archbishop 'fhomas a Becket: the figure of a the principal landowners. The soil is a rich sandy loam,

woman carved upon a bench end at the bottom of tB.e nave, with some clay; subsoil, marl; and produces excellent
with two children on either side of her feet, is said to repre- crops of wheat, barley, mangolds, potatoes and turnips.

DIRECTORY.] SOMERSETSHIRE. SEAVINGTOY ST. MARY. 323

The acreage of the parish is 932; rateable value, £2,II2; 1 only. The nearest money oruer & telegraph offices are at
the popu1ation in 1881 was 217. Williton. Postal orders are issued, but not paid

Sexton, H~nry Perry.

PosT 0FFICE.-George Langdon, sub-postmaster. Letters School (mixed), erected, with house for mistress, in 1867,

through Taunton, via Williton, arrive at 7.40 a.m. & 6.30 by Sir A. B. P. Fuller-Acland-Hood bart. for 100 children;

p.m.; dispatched at 7.40 a.m. & 6.30 p.m. week days average attendance, so; Miss La.ura Thears, mistress

Stone John Giles I Durie Alexander, district surveyor Milton Henry Robert, miller (water),

Tripp Rev. John B.A. [rector & chap- Hosegood Thomas, farmer, Allar farm Sampford mills

lain of Williton workhouse], Rectory Kerslake James, blacksmith Pinn Henry, farmer

COMMERCIAL. Langdon George, shopkeeper & haulier, Ralls William, shoe maker

Bond William 0. farmer, Catwell & post office White John, farmer, Torweston farm

SANDFORD ORCAS is a parish, situated on the of this place. There are charities of £1 17s. yearly value,
borders of Dorsetshire, 2 miles south-east from Marston distributed in money. The Manor House, adjoining the

station on the Wilts, Somerset and Weymouth branch of the church, and now the residence of Hubert Hutchings esq.

Great Western railway and 3 north-west from Sherborne, l.P. is a picturesque and interesting mansion, dating from

in the Eastern division of the county, Horethorne hundred, about 156o, and includes a great hall, with a fine oak screen,

Wincanton petty sessional division, Sherborne union, YE'!ovil a large old-fashioned fire-place and unusually massive

county court and highway district, Milborne Port district of mullioned windows, looking on the bowling green ; the

the rural deanery of Merston, archdeaconry of Wells and whole of the rooms are richly panelled with oak ; there is a

diocese of Bath and Wells. The church of St. Nicholas, fine gatehouse, and over the east gable of the house are the

restored in 1871, is an ancient building of stone in the royal arms of the Tudors. The manor derives its adjunct

Decorated and Perpendicular styles, with some Norman of " Orcas" from the Norman family M Orescuitz, who at

remains, consisting of chancel, nave of three bays, aisles, one time held it. Hubert Hutchings esq. .J.P. who is lord of

l'!outh porch and an embattled western tower, containing 5 the manor, Viscount Portman and the Messrs. Down, are

bells : the south aisle belongs to the manor house adjoining, the chief landowners. The soil is sandy ; the subsoil is

and has a rich Perpendicular roof and there are remains of various; the land is chiefly in pasture. The area is 1,091

ancient wall painting; and monuments to the Hutchings acres ; rateable value, £2,502; and the population in x881

family, including one dated x607, and to the Kinzle family, was 255.
former owners of the manor ; the font is Early English, and Parish Clerk, George Snook.

six of the windows are stained. The register dates from 1538. PosT 0FFICE.-Miss Elizabeth Dodd, receiver. Letters
The living is a rectory, average tithe rent-charge £218, gross through Sherborne (Dorset), which is also the nearest
money order & telegraph otfice. arrive at 8.15 a.m. ;
yearly value £318, including 46 acres of glebe, with house, dispatched at 5.40 p.m
in the gift of and held since 1878 by the Rev. William Esdaile
M. A. of St. Catharine's Collage, Cambridge. Bishop Godwin,

author of the "Catalogue of the English Bishops," and the Church School (mixed), built in 1!!62, for 6o children; aver-

" Man in the Moon," who died in 1633, was at one time rector age attendance, 40; Miss Priscilla Palmer, mistress

Down Mrs Brine George, blacksmith Legg William, farmer
Esdaile Rev. William lii.A. Rectory Brown Edmund, stone mason
Hutchings Hubert J.P. Manor house Brown George, farmer, Patson hill Northam Isaac, miller (water)
Price Mrs Dowle George, dairyman Pearce Isaac, dairyman
Down James, farmer
COMMERCIAL. Down William, farmer Pickford Joseph, farmer
Bishop Ann (Mrs.), shopkeeper Rogers Charles, Mitre inn

SEABOROUGH is a small village and parish, separated value £150, including 28 acres of glebe, with house, in the

from Dorsetshire by the river Axe, 3 miles south from gift of and held since 1879 by the Rev. Thomas Maynard

Crewkerne station on the main line of the London and South Shaw M.A. of Sidney Sussex College, Cambridge. There is a

Western railway, in the Southern division of the county, charity of £100, left by John Wills, the interest of whieh,

Crewkerne hundred, petty sessional division and county amounting to about £4 7s. is distributed in kind. Sea-

court district, union of Beaminster, rural deanery of Crew- borough Court is the residence of John Batley esq. Lady

kerne, archdeaconry of Taunton and diocese of Bath and Oglander, of Nunwell, Isle of Wight, and Mrs. Goff, are the

Wells. The church (name unknown) is a small edifice of chief landowners. The soil varies; the farms consist chiefly

stone in the Decorated style, consisting of chancel, nave, of pasture lands. The area is 581 acres; rateable value,

transept, south porch and an open western turret contain- £813 ; the population in 1881 was 123.

ing 2 bells: the transept was added in 1729, and the church Parish Clerk, John Bane.

restored and enlarged in 1882, by the addition of a new Letters are received from Crewkerne by foot post at 9 a. m.

chancel and vestry: there are 85 sittings. The register The nearest money order & telegraph office is at Crew- _

dates from 1562, entries previous to this date were made in kerne

the register of Crewkerne, which is the mother church. The The children of this parish attend the National school at

liwing is a rectory, average tithe rent-charge £109, net yearly Drimpton, Dorset
I Illatley John, Seaborough court
Dampney Richard, farmer, Seaborough Pile Samuel, farmer, Higher farm

Shaw Rev. Thos. Maynard M.A. [rector] farm

SEAVINGTON ST. MARY is a parish and village, ton St. Mary, May 14, 1875; the Ecclesiastical Commis-

situated on the London and Exeter road, 2 miles south-west sioners have augmented the benefice by a grant of the

from South Petherton, 3 east from Ilminster and 5 north- rectorial tithes formerly belonging to the prebend of Ilton,

west from Crewkerne, in the Southern division of the in Wells cathedral. Here are Bible Christian and Wesleyan

county, hundred of South Petherton, Ilminster petty ses- chapels. Arthur Vaughan Banning Vanghan-Lee esq. l.P.

sional division, union of Chard, Crewkerne county court of Dillington Park, Ilminster, who is lord of the manor, S.

district, rural deanery of Crewkerne, archdeaconry of Taun- Donne esq. the representatives of the late Thomas Naish esq.

ton and diocese of Bath and Wells. The church of St. and the Rev. Joseph Phelps Billing, rector, are chief lan:l-

Mary is an ancient edifice of stone in the Early English style, owners. The soil is chiefly light sandy loam and arable

consisting of chancel, nave, south porch and a tower contain- land. The crops are wheat, barley and beans. The acre-

ing 3 bells, and was restored in 188o at the expense of V. H. age is 962; rateable value, £2,669; the population in 1881

Vaughan-Lee esq. the Rev. J. P. Billing (vicar) and J. and was 304.

T. Naish esqrs. at a cost of £3oo: there are sittings for 140 SEAVINGTON ABBOTS is a tithing in this parish half a mile

persons. The register dates from the year 1698. The north-east. ,

living is a vicarage, net yearly value £137, in the gift of the Parish Clerk, William Vaux.

Dean and Chapter of Bristol, and held since 1871 by the Letters through Ilminster, arrive at 7.30 a.m. & 5 p.m.

Rev. J oseph Phelps Billing, of Stdney Sussex College, Cam- South Petherton is the nearest money order & telegraph

bridge, who is also rector of Seavington St. Michael, where office

be resides. The hamlet of HuRCOT, about I mile north- WALL LETTER Box, cleared at 6.45 p.m

west, and formerly in the parish of llton, was formed into The children of this place attend Seavington St. Michael

an ecclesiastical district and added to the parish of Seaving- school

Amery Mrs. ·west street I Harding Joseph, farmer Naish Thomas (Mrs.), farmer & land
Palmer Charles Joseph
Harding Thomas, farmer owner, Seavington Abbotts

COMMERCIAL. Hill William Darby, farmer, West street Palmer CharlesJsph.yeoman,Home frm

Hutchings Jonah, thatcher Pring William Gale, farmer

Doutch Thomas, shopkE'!eper Lukins Barnard, shoe maker Vaux William, wheelwright & carpenter

S. G. & B. 21.

324 SEAVINGTOY ST. MICHAEL. SOMERSETSHIRE. [KELLY'S

SEAVINGTON ST. MICHAEL is a small parish lain to Earl Poulett, who is also Ticar of Seavington St.
and village, 2 miles south-west from South Petherton, 4 east Mary. The Warden and Fellows of St. Mary's College, Win-
from Ilminl'ter station on the Chard branch of the Great chester, who are lords of the manor, Mrs. J. England, Earl

Western railway and 5 north-west from Crewkerne, in the Poulett, the Rev. J. P. Billing and Mrs. Board are the chief

Southern division of the county, Ilminster petty sessional landowners. The soil is light sandy loam and chiefly arable
division, hundred of South Petherton, county court district land. The chief crop<~ are wheat, barley and beans. The

of Crewkerne, union of Chard, rural deanery of Crewkerne, acreage is 28o ; rateable value, £1,024 ; the population in

archdeaconry of Taunton and diocese of Bath and Wells. r88r was 229.
The church of St. Michaelis a small but ancient building of Parish Clerk, William Vaux.
stone in the Early English style, consisting of chancel, nave, PosT 0FFICE.-Mrs. Ann Burrows, receiver. Letters through
north porch and a turret containing 3 bells: there are sittings Ilminster arrive at 5.20 a.m. & 7 p.m. ; dispatched at 1.30.

for r so persons. The register dates from the year 1689. & 7.20 p. m. The nearest money order & telegraph office is

The living is a rectory, with the chapelry of Dinnington an- at South Petherton. Postal orders are issued here but.

nexe.d, tithe rent-charge £292, net yearly value £320, in- not paid
eluding 41 acres of glebe, with house, in the gift of Earl National School (mixed), erected in !:842, for 120 children;
Poulett, and held since r861 by the Rev. Joseph Phelps average attendance, 100; Waiter Tinley, master; Mrs.
Billing, of SidneySussex College, Cambridge, domestic chap- Emily Tinley, mistress

Billing Rev. Joseph Phelps, Rectory Hallett Jane (Mrs.), shopkeeper Poole James, yeoman
Naish John Hill Frederick, blacksmith Slocombe Charles, baker
Naish John, jun Hutchings James, shoe maker Vaux John, baker
Naish John, yeoman Vaux William, carpenter
COMMERCIAL. Naish John, jun. yeoman Ware William, yeoman, Buckrell's farm
Ash Thomas, carpenter Napper William, shopkeeper Ware William Naish, yeoman
Burrows John, emigration agent Parkhouse Samuel, Volunteer inn Warry Richard, butcher & farmer
Gayleard Rt. Elias, saddlr.& harness ma

SELWORTHY is a parish and village situated on the high by fire, once in 1799 and again in 1851 : it is a plain building,.

road from Minehead to Porlock, 2 miles east from Porlock enlarged in I874, pleasantly situated in bea.utirul grounds

and 4 west from Minehead terminal station on the West and commanding a fine view of the surrounding country,

Somerset branch of the Great Western railway, in the and the woods and plantation are traversed by many pleasant.

Western division of the county, hundred of Carhampton, walks extending for nearly 40 miles and which, by per-

Dunster petty sessional division, union and county court mission of the owner, are open to the public: on the walls.

district of Williton, rural deanery of Dunster, archdeaconry of the stables are arranged 30 stags' heads and the dates.

of Taunton and diocese of Bath and Wells. The Horner when killed: the 15th century gateway belonging to the old

stream passes through this parish, and after receiving a house still remains. Rt. Hon. Sir Thomas Dyke Acland bart.

rivulet at the hamlet of Bossington falls into the sea. The P.C. is lord of the manor and chief landowner. The soil is.

church of All Saints is an ancient building of stone in the loamy on gravel. The chief crops are wheat, barley and

Perpendicular style, consisting of chancel, nave of four bays, turnips. The area is 2,835 acres (including common);.

aisles, south porch and an embattled western tower contain- rateable value, £31 I27; the population in r88r was 410.
ing a clock and 6 bells : there are several monuments and The following hamlets are in this parish, viz. : -

brasses, principally to the Staynings family, former lords of LYNCH is 1 ~ miles north-west : here is a small chapel,.
the manor, by whom the south aisle, in the roof of which restored in t1h8e83r•e4c, tionr ;w hBiocshsisNeGrTvOic~e,s are oecasionally per-
there is some delicate oak carving, was rebuilt in 1490: in formed by r£ miles north-west;

the church, secured by a chain, is a copy of Bishop Jewel's ALLERFORD, I mile west: the parish schoolroom situated

"Defence of his Apology for the Church of England," ordered here is licensed and regularly used for divine service; BuD-

to be provided by every parish in the reign of Edward the LEIGH HILL, half a mile south; and TIVINGTON, 1 ~ miles
VI. : the church was entirely restored and the roof of the south-east from the parish church, where is a small chapel Qf

nave painted in 1874 at the expense of the Rt. Hon. Sir T. early date, used as a schoolroom on week days and for occa-

D. Acland bart. P.c., M.A., J.P. : there are sittings for 400 sional evening services on Sundays. On March 25th, r883, a

persons : in the churchyard is an ancient stone cross about detached part of Timberscombe, known as East Lynch, was
12 feet in height. The registers date from the year 1673. ama1gamated ·h · ·h d · d hd
The living is a rectory, average tithe rent-charge £265, net wit this paris • an m r8S4, a etac e part.
yearly value [250, including 59 acres of glebe, with resi- of Porlock, known as Bossington, was also added.
dence, in the gift of the Rt. Hon. Sir Thomas Dyke Acland PosT OFFICE, Allerford.-Mrs. Richard Chapple, sub-post-

hart. P.c. and held since r884 by the Rev. FrederickHancock mistress. Letters arrive from Minehead R.S.O. at 7-3<>

B. A., s.c.L. of Wadham College, Oxford. Part of the rectory a. m. &dispatched at 5· I5 p.m. & onsunday at same times.

dates from the 14th century and attached is a ISth century The nearest money order offices are at Minehead &Porlock
tithe barn. At Selworthy Green are several cottages, pleas- & telegraph office at Porlock. Postal orders are issued but.

antly situated and appropriated to the use of the poor and not paid

supported by SirT. D. Acland bart. P.c. SelworthyBeacon, INSURANCE AGENT.-Economic Life, G. J. Fish, Brandy
in this parish, is I,014 feet, and Bossington Beacon 798 feet. Street farm
above the sea level ; the latter is a land mark to vessels in the SCHOOLS : -
Bristol channel. Situated on a high hill overlooking the School (mixed & infants), for 150 children; average attend-

church is an ancient encampment of an elliptical form, con- ance, so boys, 30 girls & 20 infants ; George Hayes.
sisting of a rampart of stones and earth. Holnicote House, master ; Mary Hayes, mistress
the seat of the Rt. Hon. Sir Thomas Dyke Acland hart. Dame School, Tivington, supported by the Rt. Hon. Sir
P.C., F.R.G.s., F.L.s.,~·.c.s. ,J.P.,D.L. has been twice destroyed Thomas Dyke Acland bart

Acland Rt. Hon. Sir Thomas Dyke bart. Baker William, fishmonger, Allerford Fry John, farmer, Lower ho. Bossington

P.C., F.R.G.S.,F.L.s., F.c.s., M.A.,D.L., Birmingham Christopher, land agent & Fry Robert, farmer, Bossington

J.P. Holnicote house; & Killerton, steward to the Rt. Hon. Sir Thomas Kent Robert, blacksmith, Allerford

Exeter; &Athenreum club, London s w Dyke Acland hart. P.c Knight David, farmer, Troyts

Acland Charles Thos. Dyke M.P., M.A., Cavill Jas. gamekeeper to the Rt. Hon. Litson Gabriel, farmer, Bossington
D.L., J.P.; & so Lennox gardens & Sir T. D. Acland bart. P.C
Moorman John, farmer, Zeals

Athemeum & Trayeller.s' clubs, Lon- Chapple Rd.(Mrs. ),shopkpr.&post office Orchard Louisa (Mrs.), shopkeeper

dons w Clarke Isaac, farmer & (water) miller, Partridge Samuel James, farmer

Anderson Miss, Selwvrthy cottage Lynch mills Petherbridge Emanuel,shoe ma.Allerfrd

Birmingham Christopher, Holnicote cot Clarke William, farmer, East Lynch Rendell Hugh, farmer, Hoopers

Clarke Isaac Court James, farmer, Higher Allerford Ridler James Kent, farmer, Blackford

Greenslade John, Tivington Crudge James, shoe maker, Allerford Ridler John, farmer, Lower West Lynch

Hancock Rev.Fredk. B.A.,S.C.L. Rectory Escott William, blacksmith, Buddle hill Slade Robert (Mrs.), shopkeeper

Harrod Charles Digby, Allerford house Fish George, farmer, Brandy street Stenner Saml.Waiter, baker, Bossington

Rew Miss, Allerford Floyd & Son, carriers, Bossington Stenner William, foreman to the Rt.

CO~Il\lERCIAL. Floyd James, farmer, Bossington Hon. Sir Thomas Dyke Acland bart.
Floyd J ohn1(Mrs.,a) rfn1er P.c.,J.P. Brandysrt eet

Baker Thomas, miller (water), Pyles Fry Charles, farmer, Allerford

SHAPWICK is a village and parish with a station 2 and Wells; part of this parish, consisting of about 170 acresp •
miles north from the village on the Somerset and Dorset at Withey farm, ,is detached. The church of St. Mary is a.
railway, 4~ west from Glastonbury, 6~ east from Bridgwater building of stone in the Early English style, consisting of
and 137~ from London, in the llridgwater division of the chancel, nave, south porch and a central tower, with pin-

county, hundred of Whitley, petty sessional division, union nacle3, containing 5 bells: in the church are several tablets
and county court district of Bridgwater, rural deanery of to the Strangways family: there are sittings for 250 persons.

Glastonbury, archdeaconry of Taunton and diocese of Bath The register of baptisms and marriages dates from 1591 ;

DIRECTORY.] SO:M:ERSETSHIRE. SHEPTO'S MALLET. • 3.25

burials, r 590. The living is a vicarage,with that of Ashcott an- There are extenstve turf peat moors of between 400 and 500

nexed, average tithe rent-charge £194, joint net yearly value acres, of which 8o are now being cut to turf. The soil is

£255, including 90 acres of glebe, with residence, and further clayey and the subsoil stone. The chief crops are wheat,

endowed in r884 with £3,000 by Mrs. Strangways, sen. in beans a.nd oats. The area is 3,322 acres; rateable value,

the gift of Sir Graham Graham-Montgomery hart. and held £3,951; the population in r88r was 436.

since 1887 by the Rev. Charles Percy Graham-Montgomery Sexton, James Hucker.

ALA. of Emanuel College, Cambridge. 'fhere are charities PosT & M. 0. 0., S. B. & Annuity & Insurance Office.-
'(){ about £31 annual value; this sum includes £t9 2s. 6d. Thomas Crossman Harvey, receiver. Letters arrive from

from Henry Smith's charity, distributed in kind, £5 for tBerliedggrwapahteorffaicte4i.s48ata.tmhe. ; dispatched at 8. 34 v.m. The
railway st.ation
education, about £r 17s. for church purposes and £5 for
distribution in money. Shapwick House is the seat of George ·
D eedes u..•arry esq. Q.C., lii.A., J.P. who I·S 1ord of the National School (mixed), erected in r87o, for roo children;
manor; and the Rectory, the seat of Henry Bull Tempter average attendance, 6o; Edwin Miles, master; Miss Ada
St rangways esq. J.P. George Deedes Warry esq. Q.c., J.F. Howe, mistress

and Henry Bull Strangways esq. are the chief landowners. Railway Station, 'fhomas Alexander, superintendent

Cornford Miss Collins Theophilns, The Griffin P.H Howe Charles, farmer, Moorgate farm
Graham-Montgomery Rev. Chas. Percy Durston John Rouse, farmer Hucker Frederick, carpenter
Eclipse Peat Manufacturing Co. manu- Meaker Henry, farmer, Kent farm
M. A. Vicarage Meaker Josepb, farmer, North Brook
J"effery Miss facturers of eclipse peat moss litter & Moxey George, painter & glazier
StrangwaysHy.BullTemplerJ.P.Rectory eclipse peat firelighter Pike James, farmer
"\Yarry George Deedes Q.c., M.A., J.P. Fear Edward, farmer, Canada farm Pitcher Wm. Thier, baker & corn dealer
Fear James, farmer Reeves William Paris, shopkeeper
Shapwick house l<'rancis Henry, farmer Small George, farmer
COMMERCIAL. Franks George, farmer ~mall Henry, farmer
Harvey Thomas Crossman, shopkeeper, Spearing William Paul, miller (steam)
13eel Caleb, blacksmith Post office Vowles Edwin, farmer, Withey farm
Biddlecomb William, farmer Hitchcock Charles, farmer Warren William, farmer
('Iarke Alfred, farmer, Quarter farm Hitchcock George, turf merchant
oCollins Stephen, farm bailiff to George

Deedes Warry esq. Q.c., J.P

SHEPTON BEAUCHAMP is a village and parish, Here are almshouses for 7 aged people. William England

4 miles north-east from Ilminster station on the Chard esq. of Petherton, is lord of the manor; and John Naish esq.
branch of the Great Western railway and 5~ north-west of Seavington St. Michael, the representatives of the la.te

irom Crewkerne, in the Southern division of the county, Thomas Naish, of Seavington St. Mary, and S. Donne esq.
hundred of South Petherton, Ilminster petty sessional are the chief landowners. The soil is sandy loam and the
.dh·ision, Chard union, Crewkerne county court district, subsoil is limestone. The chief crops are wheat, beans and

lhninster division of the rural deanery of Crewkerne, arch- flax. The area is 836 acres; rateable value, {,2,705; the
~eaconry of Taunton and diocese of Bath and Wells. The population in r88r was 640,

church of St. Michael is a building of sto:qe in the Perpen-
dicular and Decorated styles, consisting of chancel, lateral Parish Clerk, Thomas Sowden.

.chapel, nave of three bays, aisles, north and south porches PosT OFFICE.-James Irish, receiver. Letters from llmin-

and a western tower containing a clock and 6 bells: there ster delivered at 6. 40 a.m. & 6.rop.m.; dispatched at 1.55
.are sittings for 370 persons. The register dates from 1558. & 6. 25 p.m. ; no snnday post. The nearest money order
The living is a rectory, average tithe rent-charge £313, net & telegraph office is at South Petherton. Postal orders ,
are issued here but not paid
yearly value £262, including ro~ acres of glebe, with resi-
deuce, in the gift of Mrs. Coles, and held since r885 by the

Rev. Arthur Lethbridge M.A. of Exeter College, Oxford. Here National School (mixed), erected in r865, for rso children;

is a Wesleyan chapel. There are charities of £6o yearly value. average attendance, 125; Miss Marian Avery, mistress

Coles Mrs Hawkins William, shopkeeper Slade William, farmer, Hill farm
Lethbridge Rev. Arthnr M.A. Rectory Irish James, blacksmith, Post office Smith lsaac, shopkeeper
Uich Mrs Male John, carpenter Sowden Thomas, farmer
Meachamp George, shoe maker Taylor John, saddler
CD::\IMERClAL. Naish Thomas, yeoman Vaux John, baker
13est Charles, miller (water) & baker Nnrton Henry, shopkeeper & plumber Watts William, cooper
Best James (Mrs.), beer retailer Rowswell Arthur, farmer White-, farmer
£ornelius George, shopkeeper Rowswell Frank, farmer Wilmott James, carpenter
England Jacob, shoe maker Rowswell Herbert, farmer Woolcote John, farmer
Garrett Henry, butcher Rowswell Waiter, Duke of York P.H Young Charles Henry, farmer
_Hallett Edward, baker & grocer

SHEPTON M ALL E 'r.

.SHEPTON MALLET is a map.ufacturing and market and union on the side of a valley, and the principal street crosses the

town and head of a petty sessional division, situated to the valley from the north to the south : it is lighted with gas,

.south-east of the Mendip Hills, 5 miles east-south-east from supplied by a company established in 1856.

Wells, 17 south-south-west from Bath, 20 south from Bristol The water works, constructed in r859, yield a copious

.and u6 by road and 129 by rail from London, with stations supply of pure water obtained from the deep-seated springs

on the Wells and East Somerset branch of the Great Western of the old red sandstone of the Mendips, which is conveyed

railway and on the Somerset and Dorset joint railway, in the in stoneware pipes by Windsor Hill Mill to a large reservoir

Eastern division of the county, hundred of Whitestone, at Lower Downside, and thence distributed over the town:

·county court district of Wells, Shepton Mallet district of the height of the reservoir is sufficient to force the water to

the rural deanery of Pawlett, archdeaconry of Wells and the top of the highest building in the town.

diocese of Bath and Wells. · The paving and walks have been much improved ; many

The Wells and East Somerset line, which leaves the Wilts alterations have been carried out in the principal streets, and

-and Somerset line at Witham Friary and is leased in per- several handsome buildings have been erected.

:petuity by the Grea11 W~tern railway, was opened for traffic The church of SS. Peter and Paul, originally cruciform, is

in r858, and the continuation to Wells, 5 miles in length, in a large and ancient building of stone, in the Transition

r862. Norman and Perpendicular styles, consisting of chancel,

The Somerset and Dorset joint line of the Midland and clerestoried nave of six bays, aisles, north and south porches,

London and South Western railways was opened on the rst sacristy of two stories, with stair turret and a western

August, 1874, forming a junction at Evercreech and giving tower with open traceried parapet and pinnacles, containing

-direct communication between Bournemouth and the west a clock and 8 bells: in the chancel is a beautiful double

'Of England. piscina of the 13th century: the roof is of oak constructed

The toWD is governed by a Local Board of nine members, in 350 exquisitely varied panels, and enriched with figures

formed under the Act 39 and 40 (1876) Vie. c. r6r, and of angels holding shields, some of which are charged with

eonsists of about ten streets, but the parish includes also the emblems of The Passion: the pulpit, of stone beautifully sculp-

$Ubnrbs of BOWLISH, CANNARD'S GRAVE, CHARLTON, DARS- tured, dates from the rsth century: the east and west

HILL, DRAYCOT, KILVER STREET and WEST SHEPTON: it lies windows are stained, the latter being a memorial to the Rev.

326 fHEPTON MALLET. SO~IERSETSHIRE. [KELLY'S

W. P. T. Wickham, late rector: in the church are brasses foundation of the brewery, a Roman Pottery was discovered

with effigies to William Strode esq. of Barringt.on, ob. 1649, and for a long time was carefully preserved, but alterations

the figure being in armour, and to Joan (Barnard) his wife have necessitated its removal. Rope making and brick and

and 9 children, and two recumbent stone figures of Knight tile making are carried on extensively in the parish.

Templars ; there are also monuments to the Strode and The chief hotels are " The Hare and Hounds " and " The
Barnard families and others : over the western doorway are George."
3 niches containing figures of our Lord, St. Peter and St.
Paul : the lower stage of the tower is fan vaulted : the aisles The Concert Hall, situated in High street, was erected in
were rebuilt and widened in 1837, at a cost of £3,075: in x86x, and is so feet long, 32 feet wide and will hold 400
r8sx the chancel was rebuilt and a vestry erected at the east persons : it is let for concerts and public meetings, and
end of the south aisle and parts of the church restored ; in contains an organ, erected in x88i.

r88r-2 the clerestory windows were taken out and new ones The members of the Clerical and Lay Reading Society
inserted at a cost of £136 and the organ restored at an expense hold their meetings at Mr. Byrt's, in High street.
of£136 ; in r888 the church was reseated with open benches
of Canadian oak and refloored ; the chancel has been raised, The Mechanics' Institute and Reading Room, established
the old reredos removed and replaced by tapestry hangings ; in x86o, occupies premises at 53 Town street.

the work was carried out under the direction of J. D. Sedding The Divisional Court house, situated in Commercial road,

esq. diocesan architect, at a cost of £r,215: there are nearly is a building in the Elizabethan style, erected in x857, and

r, xoo sittings, 500 being free. The register dates from the consists of magistrate's court and retiring-room, a waiting-

year 1635. The living is a rectory, average tithe rent.charge room for witnesses, added in x889, police station with resi-

£662, net yearly value £380, including 8 acres of glebe, with dences for the sergeant and constables and three cells.
residence ; there is also a small rectorial manor belonging to
H.M. Prison, situated in Comhill, is for felons, misde-
the living: it is in the alternate gift of H.R.H. the Prince of meanants, debtors and military offenders for the whole eastern
half of the county, and is a large and compact building,
Wales, as Duke of Cornwall, and R. C. Jones esq. and held
capable of containing between 200 and 300 prisoners : the
since x887 by the Rev. Robert Landemann Jones B.A. of system of separate confinement. and industrial occupation is
Queen's College, Oxford, and chaplain to the Shepton Mallet carried out, the prisoners being employed in making mats,
um•on.

The Catholic church, dedicated to St. Michael, situated at baskets, brushes, weaving cottonsheeting (for other prisons),

West Shepton, on the south side of the town, and erected in picking oakum and stone-breaking : a treadmill is used for

x8o4, is a building of stone in the Gothic style, consisting of grinding the corn for the prison: in x849 a chapel was

chancel and nave, and has 300 sittings; there is a residence erected and an organ has also been added.

attached for the priest. There are two or three excellent benefit societies, includ-

The Congregational chapel, in Commercial road, was built ing a Permanent Benefit Building Society, established in

in x8oo, and enlarged in x8q, at a cost of about £goo; in 1853· The Shepton Mallet and East Mendip Friendly

1877 it was reseated, the interior restored and a new gallery Soeiety was established in x84l; the meetings are held at

erected at a cost of £x,3oo: it will seat soo persons. the Nat.ional Schoolrooms, Waterloo road. The Freemasons'

The Congregational chapel, situated in Commercial road, lodge, "Love and Honour," No. 285, holds its meetings
monthly at the George hotel ; and there is a Druids' lodge
was built in x88x and is censtructed of iron: there are soo held at the Bell inn. The Ancient Order of Foresters hold:i
sittings. its meetings monthly at the York House inn, Waterloo road.

The Wesleyan chapel, in Paul street, erected in x8r9, has The Ancient Order of Shepherds hold meetings at the

sittings for Boo persons. Church of England Reading Rooms, Peter street. The

The Unitarian chapel, in Cowl street, built in 1692 and Independent Order of Odd Fellows (M. U.) hold meetings
enlarged in 1758, has since undergone considerable repairs: at the White Lion inn.

it contains a finely carved oak pulpit, with canopy, and some Stuckey's Bank, erected in x86x, is a handsome building

ancient memorial tablets, including one to the Rev. Simon of stone, situated at the corner of High street and Paul

Browne, ob. 1732, a distinguished Nonconformist divine, and street. The Wilts and Dorset Bank (branch), situated in

another to the Rev. Anthony Atkey, ob. 1734, both of whom High street and facing the Market place, was erected in

officiated here ; there is a brass to William Hislop, ob. 1728: 1877, and is a fine building of stone in the Italian style.
in x886 the chapel was reseated with open benches, the Here is also a Savings Bank.
floor relaid with deal, an organ placed in the gallery and a
11chool added in the rear, for xso children, at a cost of £370: The "Shepton Mallet Journal, City of Wells Reponter,
there are 250 sittings: attached to the chapel is a burial and County Advertiser," is issued every Thursday evening
ground : the chapel is endowed with the rents of estates at for I<'riday mornings from the press of Messrs. Byrt and
Baltonsborough and interest of money in the funds. Son, and has an extensive and increasing circulation through-
out the county.
The Baptist chapel, in Garston street, is a small building,

erected in r875, and will seat 200 persons. The premises in which the extensive printing, stationery

The Cemetery, situated in the 'Waterloo road, was formed and bookbinding works of Messrs. Byrt and Son are now

in x8s6, and occupies about 5 acres of ground, a portion carried on occupy two houses in the High street and cover
a large area with frontage in the Commercial road.
being reserved for Catholics ; there are two mortuary chapels,

in the Gothic style of the 14th century : the ~urial Board The Shepton Mallet Volunteer Fire Brigade consists of
consists of nine members.
captain, lieutenant, foreman engineer, sub-engineer and nine

The Grammar school, situated near the church, was firemen: there is a manual engine, 200 feet of hose and
founded in 1627, by George Strode esq. of London, and other appliances ; the engine house is in Commercial road.

William Strode esq. of Barrington, and endowed by them In x886 the Anglo-Bavarian Brewery Co. established a fire.

with the rectory of Meare, in this county : the head master brigade with manual engine, which in 1889 was reorganized

is allowed the privilege of receiving a limited number of boys by J. W. Garton esq. and a powerful steam fire engine with

on the Foundation as boarders ; the usual classical and all appliances and 2,ooo feet of hose purchased. The

commercial education is given, and the average attendance brigade consists of captain, lieutenant, engineer and xa

is about 40: Rev. Charles Powell Morris B.A. of St. John's men ; the engine house is at the brewery.

College, Cambridge, is head master. The Shepton Mallet District Hospital, established in r86g,.

So early as the 14th century, Shepton Mallet was a place is situated at the corner of Princes street and Waterloo road~

of considerable commerd.al importance. In 1790 more than on the main road leading from Shepton Mallet to Bath and

4,000 hands were employed in the cloth trade and the place Bristol, and is an edifice of stone in the Gothic style, erected

was noted for the manufacture of West of England cloth. in 1879, at a cost of £3,350, under the direction of Mr. G.

The introduction also of another source of employment, !n J. Skipper, architect, of Norwich. The hospital occupies

the manufacture of knitted stockings, in which there are now an area of one acre and a quarter, and consists of on the

above 400 hands employed, added considerably to the in- ground floor, a medical ward with four beds, surgical ward,

dustry of the place. The town, however, has undergone great with two beds (for males only), convalescent and nurses~

vicissitudes, but during the last twenty-five years it has been room ; there are also a surgery and operating rooms, out-

steadily recovering. There is a small manufacture carried patients' waiting-room and the usual domestic offices &c. ;

on in silk, velvet and crape ; but the chief trade of the town on the first floor are similar wards to those on the ground

is brewing. TheAnglo-Bavarian Brewery, situated in Com- floor for females only, with nurses' room and servants' bed

mercial road, near the centre of the town, was built in 1862, rooms &c. : in rear of the wards on each floor are the ward

and purchased by the company (who removed from &uth- offices, bath-room, lavatory &c. The hospital is in part.

ampton) in 1872; it has recently been considerably enlarged maintained from rents derived from two freehold houses,.

and now covers about 8 acres of ground, and has an exten· amounting to about £6o yearly, together with £r,soo in
sive home and export trade, the result of the excellence of £3 per Cent. Consols, and annual subscriptions of £rgo,

the company's productions. Dunng the excavations for the collections in churches and chapels of £us, besides sunJry

DffiECTORY.] SOMERSETSHIRE. SHEPTON MALLET. 327

receipts from entertainments and alms boxes amounting to Sepeton, had been in possession of the Abbots of Glaston-

about £98. To the end of the year 1888 1,845 in-patients bury for 400 years: the manor afterwards passed from

had been admitted, whilst 8,458 out-patients had attended. Roger de Curcelle, a Norman of noble family, to a baron of

The hospital is managed by a committee selected from the name of Malet or Mallet, and this family is believed to

subscribers. have retained possession of it till the time of King John, in

Htrode's Almshouses, situated on the south side of the whose reign William Mallet, who resided in his strong

churchyard, were founded in 1699 by Edward Strode esq. castle at Curry Mallet, confederating with the rebellious
for the use of four poor old men who have not received barons against the king, forfeited all his estates to the

parochial relief ; this charity is endowed with {,220 yearly. Crown: he was afterwards forgiven, and his sons-in-law
Four more almshouses were built in 1861 adjoining these. were permitted to retain the property on payment of a. fine :
the property passed by purchase to Sir Thomas Gournay,
There are about eleven other charities, distributed at different
but after a succession of grants and reversions the manor
periods of the year ; the yearly income of the whole amounts reverted agatn to the Crown in 1536, and was granted to
the Prince of Wales as Duke of Cornwall: the manor has
to about [,5oo, of which {,200 is distributed in money and
since descended in regular succession, and at the present
kind.

The 15th Somerset Rifle Volunteer Corps was raised here time it is held by H.R.H. the Prince of Wales, and courts
April u, I86o, and is now the E Company grd Volunteer are held here.

Battalion of Prince Albert's Somersetshire Light Infantry ; A Roman ~or fosse road passes through Shepton Mane-
the head quarters are in Commercial road. from Ilchester to Bath, and is intersected by the Great We.-

The earliest account of a market here is in the Close tern and Somerset and Dorset railways, during the con-

Rolls, I9 Hen. Ill. (1234-5), when the right to hold one was struction of which the foundations of a house, exhibiting·

granted to Hugh de Vivon, then lord of this manor; other herring-bone work, were discovered; fragments of a great

grants were issued in the same reign, and in I I Edward II. a variety of earthenware vessels, a pot containing silver coins,

charter for a market was granted to Reginald Fitz Reginald. a number of fibulre, amulets, rings, hair-pins, keys and a

The market is held on Friday, when there is a large sale of bell, all of bronze, and a horse's bit of iron were found near·

corn, meat, pigs, butter, eggs, poultry, vegetables and the ruins of the house, as well as a large number of bronze

general produce : the corn market is well attended. The coins ranging from Claudius A.D. 41 to Magnentius A.D.

Market place extends over a considerable area and constitutes 353 : these interesting remains are now in the possession of

an important feature of the town. The Market Cross, a Mr. John Phillis, 31 High street.

fine structure, originally erected in 1500, and restored and The Mendip Mountain Granite Quarries and Marble

modified in 184I, consists of an hexagonal structure with Asphalte and Lime Works are situated at Windsor Hill in
open arches and crocketed pinnacles rising above a traceried
this parish ; the stone called the " Black Rock stone" is
parapet enriched by smaller pinnacles ; in the centre, sup- celebrated for its durability and is largely used for road
ported on a basement of three steps, rises a lofty spirelet, making throughout the kingdom: the rubble made from
arranged in three stages and reaching a height of 51 feet: this stone binds well, and is largely used for carriage drives,

each division has canopied niches and crocketed pinnacles side walks &c. The asphalte is made by special machine.
at the angles, and the whole terminates in a cross : on the process and is very cheap. Lime is burnt from the car-
building is a brass plate bearing the following inscription:- boniferous strata.

®f !!Ottr chadt!!t .ptay fat The area of the parish of Shepton Mallet is- 3,6oo acres;

tltt sanlts at l!malter ~tttklanb anb J\,gnys ltus hlt!ft rateable value, {,20,357; the population in x881 was 5,322,
including 167 officers and inmates of the workhouse, I02 in
hlh hlhat!S gaobs this ttasst hlas mabt
in tht !!ttt of out ):orb <§ob ~.~.
H.M. prison and 8 in the District Hospital.
hlft011s ob!!U shal bt lttpit tot tbtr
in tht pa:risht thttt.~:ht of Shepton ~lllld 0AKHILL is a hamlet and extensive village, formed into

!!t xxbiii. h!1 of £\obtmbtt an ecclesiastical parish in 1866, situated 3 miles north-east
on hlh011s .soults Jhu ,nbon. of Shepton :Mallet, in the parishes of Ashwick, Shepton

Mallet and Stoke Lane, and is given under a. separate
A cattle show is held here yearly, in the early part of heading.
September ; there is also held every alternate Friday a
repository cattle sale by Messrs. Wainwright and Laver, CHARLTON, DARSHILL (Upper and Lower), DOWNSIDB,
auctioneers of this town. DRAYcoT, KILVER STREET and WEST SHEPTON are in this
parish.

A fair formerly held annually at Kilver Street, on the 8th At KILVER STRli1J.T are Church of England schools, erected
of August, is now obsolete.
in I876 and licensed for divine service, which is held once

In I68s, James, Duke of Monmouth and his troops paid every Sunday.

two visits to the town, and it was here that his contemplated BoWLISH is a hamlet, partly in this parish and partly in
attack on Bristol was first made known: twelve persons Pilton: here is a National school, licensed by the B:shop,
who had joined his cause were executed in the market and Divine service is held every Sunday.
place, by order of Judge Jeffreys : Monmouth himself, it is
said, passed at least one night at Longbridge House. CANNA.RDS GRAVE is a hamlet, partly in this parish and
partly in Pilton.

Previous to the Conquest, Shepton Mallet, then known as Sexton, William Chamberlain.

Official Establishments, Local Institutions &c.
.

PosT & M. 0., Stamp & T. 0., S. B. & Annuity & Insurance I p.m. Money order & savings bank, government annuity
Office, High street.-Postmaster, Frederick Coombe & insurance business & issue of licences, week days, 9

HOURS OF ATTENDANCE.-For sale of stamps, registration of a.m. to 6 p.m. ; saturday, 9 a.m. to 8 p.m. Telegraph

letters &c. week days, 7 a.m. to 8.40 p.m. ; sunday, 7 to bUBiness,week days, 8 a.m to 8 p.m.; sunday, 8 to xo a. m

10 a.m. Postal order business, week days, 7 a.m. to 8

- LETI'ER MAILS, INWARD MAILS. I

Hour of Town I - PARCEL MAII.fS·
Delivery. (No delivery on sundays.)
Hour of
Arrival.

7a.m London (night) & all parts ........................ •••••••••••••••••• London (night) & all parts

North of England, Ireland, Scotland &

10.45 a.m Wales, Southampton & South West of >- 10.2!) a.m

1.50 p.m ,.. England, Bath & Chippenham..•••••••.••. 12.40 p.m tj London (xst day), North & South West of
1.35 p.m England, Scotland,Ireland, Bristol, Chip-
• I• ••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••• penham &c
Bath
.._Lundon (xst day), Bath &c......................

5·45 p.m London (2nd day), Bath, Bristol & Wilts ••••.. 5·30 p.m London (2nd day), Bath, Bristol & Wilts
7 a.m(next day) hepton Mallet rural posts ........................ 7 & 7.30 p.m Shepton Mallet rural posts

On sunday the first delivery only is made.

328 SHEPION JIALLET. .SOMERSETSHIRE. [KELLY'S

OUTWARD MAILS.

LETTER MAILS. Latest Hour of Posting. PARCEL MAILS.

Registration letters to be registered for W'th dd' Parcels intended for transmission by Latest Hour
mails dispatched during the hours of . . . 1. an~ I- Parcels Post must be presented at the for

attendance must be handed in 30 With ordmry. twnal 2d· counter between the hours of 7 a.m. & Receiving

minutes before the letter box is cleared. Postage. stamp,parcels 8 p.m. on week days. Parcels.
excepted.

WEEK DAYS ONLY.

Shepton Mallet rural deliveries ............ 5·45 a.m
London (rst day), Bath, Bristol, Chip-}
9.30 a.m. j London (rst day), Chippenham, } 9.30 a.m
penham, Swindon, Reading &c.
f•••••••••••••••••• Swindon, Reading &c
Bristol, Bath, Wells & West of England
12.15 p.m. London (2nd day), Bath, Bristolf 12.30 p.m
London (2nd day), Swindon, Reading &c •••••••••••••••••• { Chippenham
Bath, North of England, Ireland &} J
- Scotland
Southampton &South West of England .. . 12.50 p.m Bath, North of England, Ireland & t
London (night) & all parts ..................
4·15 p.m. •••••••••••••••••• { Scotland ) 4·I5 p.m
ISt... •••
5.50 p.m
J
8.30 p.m. 8.40 p.m London (night) & all parts.................. 7.30 p.m
Shepton Mallet town deliveries · 2nd..... 7 a.m. ·········-······· .........................•..................•......... 8 p.m. (pre-
\. 3fd.. ... . vious day)

....4th .... . 10.45 a.m. . .•..•... ,..... ... .•• ... . ..•.• .•• ..•.•• ••••••.•• .•••.•••• .•• •••.•• ••• .•. 10. 15 a. m
r.so p.m. ... ... .......•.... .............................................. ..•... ... 1.20 p.m

5-45 p.m. .................. ······················································ 5·I5 p.m

Only the Night Mail is dispatched on sundays.

Local :Board. Economic Life, J. Wainwright, West Shepton

Offices, Peter street. General, J. H. Day & Sons, so High street

Board day, first wednesday in each month. Gresham, Budd & Spire, 27 Peter street

1\lEMBERS. Hand-in-Hand, J. S. Cook, r Commercial road

·Burnell Charles R. High street Imperial Fire & Life, J. Gait, Cornhill; Henry Hopkins, 3

Burt Rkhard, Town street High street (fire only)

·Cary William, Draycot London Assurance, R. Norton, High street

Garton James W. Commercial road London & Lancashire, Budd & Spire, 27 Peter street

.Heard Herbert, West Shepton Norwich Union Fire, G. J. Cottrill

Lu:ff William, Cornhill Phrenix Fire, F. Coombs, Post office, High street

Mackay George M. Cornhill, chairman Provident 'Life, H. Hopkins, 3 High street & A. R. Bowden,

Norton Robert, Stuckey's Bank Hope cottage

Snelgrove John R. Milbrook farm Queen, J. Emery, sr Town lane

'Clerk, John Nalder, High street Railway Passengers' Assurance, H. Hopkins, 3 High street

"Treasurer, E. H. Dickinson, Stuckey's Bank Rock Life, Budd & Spire, 27 Peter street

Medical Officer of Health, James Taylor Hyatt L.R.C.P.Edin. Royal, A. C. Day, High street

2 Waterloo road Royal Exchange, T. J. Cook, High street

Surveyor&Inspector of Nuisances,Chas.Hale,Commercial rd Scottish Accident, Budd & Spire, 27 Peter street

,Collector, Henry White, West Shepton Sovereign Life, A. Byrt, High street

~sessor of Rates & .Assistant Clerk, Frederick G. Bradbury, Standard Life, H. Hopkins, 3 High street

10 West SheDton Sun Fire, G. M. Mackay, II Cornhill

West of England, Wainwrights & Heard, West Shepton

-county Magistrates for the Petty Sessional Division

of Shepton Mallet. Public Establishments.

Napier Edward Berkeley esq. D.L. Pennard house, Shepton Anglo-Bavarian Brewery Co.'s Fire Brigade; engine house,
Mallet, chairman
The Brewery, J. W. Garton, captain
l'aget Lieut.-Col. Sir Richard Horner bart. M.P., n.r.. Cemetery,Waterloo rd.Hy.Alf.Budd,clerk to the burial board
Cranmore hall, Shepton Mallet
Concert Hall, 15 King street, John Rumsey, proprietor
Chetham-Strode Edward Chas.esq. Reform club, London sw County Police Station, Commercial road, William Perry,
Clerk Edmund Hugh esq.B.C.L.,D.L. Burford,Shepton Mallet sergeant of police, & 3 constables
Clerk Col. Robert Mildmay, Charlton house, Shepton Mallet Court House for Petty Sessions, Commercial road
Dickinson Edmd. Hy. esq. B.A. Chapmanslade, Westbury, Wilts Duchy of Cornwall Office, 5 Waterloo road, W. C. J. York,
Ernst Henry esq. D.L. "\Yestcombe house, Evercreech, Bath assistant land steward
Leir Major William, Ditcheat, Bath
H. M. Prison, Cornhill, Edward Kitley, governor; James
Napier Capt. Gerard Berkeley, Pennard ho. Shepton Mallet Taylor Hyatt, surgeon, L.R.C.P.Edin.; Rev. John William
Phipps Arthur Leckonby esq. Whitstone, Shepton Mallet
Newark Jacombs, chaplain; William Muller, clerk to
Sherston John Davis esq. Evercreech house, Bath
visiting justices; Miss Mary Ann South, matron
Spencer Frederick esq. Pondsmead, Oakhill, Bath
Inland Revenue Office, ·west lodge, West Shepton, Henry
Spencer John Maitland esq. Hillylands, Oakhill, Bath
Edward Pearce, supervisor; Thomas Charles Manning,
Strachey Richard Charles esq. .Ashwick grove, Oakhill, Bath division officer
Tyndale John William Warre esq. M.A. Maisonette, Ever- Market Place, F. Parker, toll collector
creech, Bath ·
Prince Albert's Somersetshire Light Infantry,3rd Volunteer
Clerk to the Magistrates, William Muller, High street Battalion (E Co.) ; armoury, Commercial road ; Major

Petty Sessions held at the Court House every alternate friday Henry Ernst, commandant ; Lieut. J. T. Hyatt ; Sub-
& on every tue,day & fri~ay a petty sessional court will Lieut. J. W. Garton

be holden for the purpose of hearing indictable offences Public Weighbridge, top of High street

in pursuance of the Summary Jurisdiction .Act, 1879, also Public Carcass Scales, at the Red Lion yard
for the purpose of the .Act for the Prevention of Poaching, Shepton Mallet District Hospital, Princes street, Waterloo

r862; each of the sessions will commence -at 12 o'clock road, 0. Clayton Jones M.B. & J. W. Bury L.R.c.P. hon.

noon & parochial business will be first transacted. The medical officers; E.H.Dickinson, treasurer; W.H.Morton,

division comprises the following parishes :-Ashwick, asemcpreOtafrf•vice;, Miss G. M. Harrison, matr o n
Batcombe, Croscombe, Ditcheat, Doulting, Downhead, Post office, 46 High street
S t
East Cranmore, East Pennard, Evercreech, Hornblotton, Volunteer Fire Brigade, T.C.Manning, captain, Beech house,

Lamyatt, Milton Clevec!on, Pilton, Pylle, Shepton Mallet, Draycott ; J. F. Foxwell,lieutenant, High street, & 9 men

Stoke Lane, Upton Noble, West Bradley &West Cranmore SHEPTON MALLET UNION'.

Insurance Agents. Board day, alternate fridays at II a.m. at the Union house.

British Empire Mutual Life, F. Gare, Town street The Union comprises the following parishes:- Ashwick,

British & Irish Plate Glass, Budd & Spire, 27 Peter street Batcombe, Binegar, Bradley (West), East & West Cra.n-

Commercial Union, C. 1\I. Moody, Pylle more, Croscombe, Ditcheat, Doulting, Downhead, Em-

County :Fire, A. R. Bowden, Hope cottage borough, Evercreech, Holcombe, Hornblotton, Lamyatt,