SOMERSETSHIRE - 1889

.JDIRECTORY SO~IERSETSHIRE. SHEPTOX MALLET. 3!9

East & West Lydford, Milton Clevedon, East Pennard, Newspaper.

Pilton, Pylle, Shepton Mallet. Stoke Lane, Stratton-on- Shepton Mallet Journal, City of Wells Reporter & County
:Fosse & Upton Noble. The population of the union in Advertiser ; office, 47 & 48 High street; printing works,
Commercial road ; Albert Byrt & Son, proprietors, pub-
1881 was 15,779 ; rateable value, £xo8,842 lished thursday night for friday. See advertisement
Clerk to the Guardians & Assessment Committee, John

Nalder, High street, Shepton Mallet

Treasurer, Edmund Henry Dickinson, Stuckey's Bank Places of Worship, with times of Services.

Relie\·ing & Vaccination Officers, No. 1 dio;trict, Henry N. Parish Church, SS. Peter & Paul, Rev. Robert Landemann

Martin, West Shepton, Shepton Mallet ; No. 2 district, Jones B.A. rector; Rev. Chas. Powell Morris B.Ae curate;
Herbert Leversedge, Evercreech holy communion, 8 a.m . ; morning prayer, II a. m . ; evening
Medical Officers & Public Vaccinators, No. I district, Brown- prayer, 6 p . m.; first sun. in the month, holy communion
low North Hyatt, Shepton Mallet; No. 2 district, Edward at 8 a.m. & after morning prayer; third sun. in the month,

Deane L.R.C.P.Edin. Oakhill; No. 3 district, Carey Pearce evening prayer & baptisms at 3p.m.; wed. evening prayer
Coombs M. D. Castle Carey; No. 4 district, William Henry & sermon at 7.30 p . m.; fri. litany & baptisms at II a.m.;
Gillespie L.R.c.s. Butleigh; No. 5 district, James Taylor morning prayer daily at 8 a. m
Hyatt L.R.C.P.Edin. Shepton Mallet; No. 6 district, Ed- Bowlish School Church (served from SS.Peter & Paul),6p.m
mund William Vallentine M.R.c.s., L.S.A. Homerton
Kilver Street Church School (served from SS. Peter & Paul),
Superintendent Registrar, Robert Norton, High street, 11 a . m
Shepton Mallet; deputy, John George White, 39 High H.M. Prison Chapel, Rev. John Wm. Newark Jacombs,
street, Shepton Mallet
chaplain; I0. 30 a.m. & 3 p.m.; daily, 11.25 a. m. (for pri-
Registrars of Births & Deaths, Shepton Mallet Sub-district, -soners only)
Henry N. Martin, West Shepton; deputy, Frederick St. Michael Catholic, West Shepton, Rev. James A. Martin,
George Bradbury; Evercreech ~ub-district,Edmund Lever- priest; holy communion, 8 a. m.; mass, 10. 30 a . m . ; even-
sedge, Evercreech ; deputy, Herbert Leversedge, Ever- ing sermon, 6 p.m.; wed. 7.30
creech ; Shepton Mallet Sub-district,HenryW. Martin, West Baptist, Garston street, Rev. Daniel Sharp, minister ; I I
Shepton; deputy! l''rederick George Eradbury, 10 ·west a . lll. & 6 p . m.; tues. 7.30 p . m
Shepton, Shepton Mallet
Congregational, Commercial road, Rev. Martin Anstey,
Registrars of Marriages, Frederick George Bradbury, 10 pastor; 1r a . m. & 6 p.m. ; wed. 7 p.m
West Shepton, Shepton :Mallet; & Jeremiah Cuzner, Town Congregational (Iron), Commercial road,Rev. John D.Riley,
street, Shepton Mallet; deputy, John D. Cuzner, 38 High minister; II a.m. & 6 p.m. ; wed. 7 p.m
street, Shepton Mallet
Unitarian, Cowl street, Rev. Alexander Stradling, minister;
Workhouse, West Shepton, an extensive building, built in 11 a.m. & 6 p. m
1848, for 446 inmates; Jonathan Edward Needham, Wesleyan, Paul street, Rev. Joel Peters, minister; II a.m.
master; Rev. Robert Landemann Jones B. A. chaplain; & 6 p.m.; tues. & thur8. 7 p.m
Brownlow North Hyatt, medical officer; Mrs. Byles,
Schools.
matron; Miss Julia R. Murray, schoolmistress

RL'RAL SANITARY AUTHORITY. Shepton Mallet Grammar, situated on the north side of the
church, is available for 40 boys ; average attendance, 39 ;
Board day, 2nd wed. in the month at~~ noon at the Union. Rev. Charles Powell Morris B.A. head master
Clerk, John Nalder, High street, Shepton Mallet
National, Waterloo road (mixed), erected in I862, for 188
Treasurer, E. H. Dickinson, Stuckey's Bank
boys, 170 girls & 144 infants; average attendance, 150
::Medical Officer of Health, James Taylor Hyatt L.R.C.P.Edin. boys, I20 girls & go infants ; Henry Dibdin, master ; Mrs.
Shepton Mallet
Caroline Wright, mistress; Miss Louisa Olley, infants'
Inspector of Nuisances, Jas. Salisbury Phelps, Croscombe mistress

ScuooL ATTENDANCE CoMMITTEE. National, Bowlish (mixed), erected in I86g, for Bz children;
average attendance, So; Mrs. Eva Fear, mistress
Clerk, John Nalder, High street, Shepton :Mallet
National, Kilver street (mixed), erected in 1876, for 190
Attendance Officers, Henry N. Martin, West Shepton; & children; average attendance, 167 ; Mrs. Emily Kempton,
Herbert Leversedge, Evercreech
mistress

Public Officers. Carriers,

..Assistant Overseer, Henry White, West Shepton BATCOMBE-Davis, from ' Red Lion,' fri
HoRNBLOTTON-Travers, from 'Red Lion,' fri
Certifying FactorySurgeon,JamesTaylor Hyatt L. R.C.P.Edin. LIDFORD-Higgins, from' Red Lion,' fri
2 Waterloo road, Shepton Mallet LoviNGTON-Cooper, from' Red Lion,' fri

Clerk to the Burial Board, Henry Alfred Budd, 27 Peter st STOKE LANE-Kerton, from ' Red Lion,' fri
Clerk to the Commissioner of Taxes, to Shepton Mallet J. C. Wall, agent for the dehvery of goods for the Great

Highway Board & to the Visiting Justices of H.M. Prison Western Railway Company; parcels office, White Lion inn
& Coroner for South East Somerset, William Muller, 43 A. Peace, agent for the delivery of goods for the Somerset
~gh street
Collector of Land & Income Tax.. & Water Rate & Superin- & Dorset joint line ; parcels office, Hare & Hounds hotel

tendent of Water Works, James Sales Cook, Commercial Railway Stations.
road

Inspector of Weights & Measures, James Bisgood, &laston- Somerset & Dorset (joint line), Hy. Hawkins., station master
Great Western & East Somerset, Jas. Laver, station master
bury
Omnibuses from George & Hare & Hounds hotels tu Great
Surveyor of Highway District, Jonas Rugg, Croscombe
Veteriuary Inspector for Shepton Mallet & Glastonbury, Western & Somerset & Dorset Railway stations to meet

Thomas William Whitney M.R. c.v.s. Highstreet every train

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PRIVATE RESIDENTS. Byrt Albert, jun. Carlyle cot. Gt. Ostry Foxwell John Golledge, Victoria Tilla,

A'Court Mrs. 9 Paul street Carpenter William, 25 Leg square Commercial road

.Alder Waiter C. 68 Kilver street Cary Miss, 5 Field view Fudge Charles William, 78 Cowl street

..Alien James, Park honse Cary William, The Priory Gait John, Cornhill

Alien John, Highfield house Churchill Erlward Hickling, Firthfield Gare Miss, 8 l''ield view

.Alien John Richard, Park house Clarke J oseph, 48 Town street Garton James William, Oak villa

.Alien J oseph, Moreland house Clarke Mrs. 2 Paul street Goodland Mrs. Harlstone ho. Cbarlton

Alien Waiter Henry, Park house Clarke William, Tipcote ho. Town st Green J oseph, 17 Town street

Anstey Rev. Martin [Independent], 8 Clerk Lieut.-Col. Robert Mildmay .T.P. Griffin John Wheeler, 36 High street

Paul street Charlton house Hall Joseph, 5 Coombelane

Baylis Henry, Cyprus villa, Kilver st Cook Thomas, 44 High street Hardwick Misses, Bowlish cot. Bowlish

Berryman Mrs. Frederick, Charlton Coombs Edward, I8 Lower lane Harris Richard, 2I Leg .square

Berryman Robt. The Cottage, Charlton Coombs I<'rederick, 45 High street Heard Herbt. Hope cot. Commercial rd

Bowden Albert Rawlins, Hope cottage Coombs Mrs. 36 West Shepton Higgins Hy. Chas.Percy vilWaterloord

Bown Frederick, 6 Field view Coombs Thomas James, Cross roads Hobbs Mrs. Downside

Bradbury Fdk.Geo. Carmel,We.Shepton Cooper Arthnr James, 3 Cornhill Hole Mrs . 42 Town street

Brown Charles James, Culloden house Cox Henry, The Poplars, Charlton Hopkins Henry, 3 High street

Eudd Henry Alfred, The Hollies Davis Eli, Harlstone terrace, Charlton Button Miss, 6 West Shepton

Burgess Francis, xo Peter street Dawson Miss, The Close Hyatt Brownlow North, High street

Burgess Henry, 9 West Shepton Day Mrs. PrinceS road Hyatt James Taylor, 2 Waterloo road

Burnell Chas. Richd. Henley ho.High st Dibdin Henry, School ho. Waterloo rd Jacombs Rev. John William Newark

Bury John Waiter lii..D. Longbridge Earle Mrs. 31 West Shepton [chaplain H.M. prison], Bowlish

Byrne Mrs. 12 Waterloo road Emery Joseph, 51 Town lane Jones Rev. Robert LandemannB.A. The

Byrt .Albert, 47 High street Foxwell~iss, Victoria vil. Commercial rd Rectory .

330 SHEPI ON MALLET. SOMERSETSHIRE. [KELLY's

J ones Misses, The Rectory Parker Francis, West Shepton Stephenson John Washington,8 Water-

JonesOwen Clayton M.B.O:lion.Hillworth Parker Thomas, I I High street loo road .

Kelley Robert, Coombe house, Bowlish Parker William, Eden grove Stephenson John West, Genesee honse

Kitley Edward (governor H.M. prison), Patterson Mrs. 36 West Shepton Stone William I<'rederick, 46 Town st

• Cornhill Pearce Henry Edward, West lodge, Stradling Rev. Alexander [Unitarian~,

Laver John, East Somerset house,West West Shepton 47 Town street

Shepton Pearce Misses, Commercial road Urch Mrs. 6 Waterloo road

Lawrence Mrs. Bowlish cot. Bowlish Perkins George,Hill View cot.Downside WainwrightChs.Rawlinsn.Summerlea7.e

Lu:ff William, Cornhill Peters Rev. Joel [Wesleyan], 6 Paul st WainwrightJn.C.R.IYy cot. We.Shepton

Mackay George Mackenzie, Leg square Phillis John, 3I High street Waite William, 4 Waterloo road ..

Marchant James, I9 Commercial road Phillis John Ford, 9 Waterloo road Watson Miss, 32 High street

Marshall Edwin John, 36 Town street P~ipps Arthur Leckonby ;r.P.Whitstone Watson Mrs. 32 High street

Martin Rev. James Aloysius [Catholic], Plaister James, 40 West Shepton Welch John Henry, Park view

West Shepton Ponsford John, 2 Field view Welch Miss, The Close

Meyer Charles Henry, I4 Commercial rd Richmond Mrs. IO Board cross Weston Mrs. I Field view

Millan John, I7 Leg square Riley Rev. John Dobson [Congrega- White Alfred Ernest, Myrtle cottaga,

Mole William George, Hillside tional], The Lawn, Paul street West Shepton

Morice Mrs. Cannard's grave Rogers John, 3S Cowl street White Henry, Bowlish

Morris Rev. Charles Powell B.A. [head Roger W. J. Rock place White John George, 39 High street

master of grammar school & curate Rossiter Charles, I3 Paul street White Joseph, 3 West Shepton

of parish church], Grammar school Rumsey Henry, Bowlish White Mrs. 47 West Shepton

Morton William Henry, 43 High street Rumsey Mervyn H. High street White Waiter, 4S West Shepton

Nalder John, Langhorn house SharpRev.Danl. [Baptist],? Waterloo rd Whiting Mrs. Gore End cottage, Can-

N orton Robert, High street Sherring Thos. Hyatt, Barrendown ho nard's grave

Oldman Mrs. II Paul street Smart Jabez, 43 Town street Whitney Thomas W. IO Hig-h street

Parfit.t Miss, 4 Field view Staple Samuel, Northover ho. Charlton York Wm. Chas. J ackman,Wellingtonvil

COMMERCIAL. Brake Henry Frederick, carpenter, The Myrtles, Town lane

Alder George, coal dealer, 7S Garston street Brooks Eliza (Mrs. )&Aibt.chimney sweepers, 22 Board cross

Aldridge John, painter, I9 Leg square Brown Alfred Edwin, pork butcher, 67 High street

Alford Jamcs, boot & china dealer, 64 Town street Brown Ann (Mrs.), Crown inn, x Draycott

Alien & Sons, cheese factors & corn merchants, Park road Brown James, Bunch of Grapes P.H. cooper & churn manu-

Alien Albion James, mason, 36 Cowl street facturer, 2 Market place

Alien Howard, coppersmith, 2 Board cross Bryant William, Half Moon P.H. .58 Town street

Alien James Hillier, shopkeeper, so Town lane Budd & Spire, architects, land surveyors, auctioneers,

Alien John, greengrocer & t>utcher, I7 High street & I2 house, land & estate & insurance agents & general valuers

Commercial road & accountants, 27 Peter street; & at High street, Glas-

Allen Joseph, corn merchant tonbury. See advertisement

Allen Robert, general furnishing & agricultural ironmonger Budd Henry Alfred, clerk to the burial board, 27 Peter st

& manufacturer of cheese room stores & dairy utensils of Bulgin Edwin Charles, carpenter, 42 Town lane

every description, 6 Town street Burgess Joseph, salt merchant & bill poster, 6x Town street

Allen William Charles, tinplate worker, s Leg square Burr Sara Maria (Mrs.) & Annie (Miss), dress & mantle

Amateur Dramatic Society (T. C. Manning, president; T. r.nakers, 22 Leg square

Bristow, sec.), Black Swan inn, Market place Burt Richard, linen draper, x Town street

Amor 'William, shopkeeper, 28 Town street Bury John Walter M. D. surgeon & physician, & hon. medical

Anglo-Bavarian Brewery Co. brewers & maltsters (William officer to Shepton Mallet District Hospital, Longbridge

George Mole, manager), Commercial road; stores, I38 Butler George C. saddler, I High street

Grosvenor road, Pimlico, London s w ; S St. Stephen Byrt Albert & Son, printers, booksellers & bookbinders,

street, Bristol & Long acre, Walcot, Bath. See advert stationers & news agents, & proprietors & publishers of

Arnum Ann (Miss), upholsterer, 4 Park road the "Shepton Mallet Journal & County Advertiser," &

Ashford Charles, draper, I3 Market place agents for the sale of Kelly & Co.'s directories, 47 & 48

Asphalte Works (patent machine-made marble) (William B. High street ; printing works, Commercial rd. See advert

Beauchamp, proprietor), Winsor hill & West Cranmore. Campbell & Co. Limited, dyers & cleaners (Mrs. Waiter,

See advertisement agent), IO Town street

Atkins Mary (Mrs. ),furnitr. & wardrobe dlr.44 & 27 Town st Cannon Edward, Cannard's Grave inn, & cattle dealer &

Austin Edward Henry, grocer, IS West Shepton farmer, Cannard's grave

Baker George, dairy farmer, Cannard's grave Carnell Charles, mill manager, The Myrtles, Town lane

Ball Eliza (Mrs.), farmer, Charity farm, Winsor hill Carter Albert, tinplate worker, S West Shepton

Ball Lewis, smith & farrier; hunters, hacks & cart horses Carter Mary Anna (Miss), dress maker, Oak terrace

carefully shod, agricultural implements repaired & all Carter Philip, shopkeeper, 67 Town street

branches of blacksmiths' work neatly executed, Com- Cary William, cheese factor, Draycott

mercial road Case Gilbert, fishmonger, 92 Garston street

Barnes & Son, general furnishing ironmongers, agricultural Cemetery (Henry Alfred Budd, clerk to the burial board),

implement agents & manufacturers of all dairy utensi1s, Waterloo road

68 High street & at Wells Chamberlain Arthur (late T. Cook), manufacturer of all

Barnes Emma (Mrs.), hair dresser, 6 Church lane kinds of breechloading, hammer & hammerless guns, also

Barnes Thomas, plasterer, 66 Garston street rifles, revolvers & sporting cartridges, I9 High street.

Barrett Clara (Miss), Three Queens P.H. 63 Town street See advertisement ·

Bartlett Thomas, brick & tile maker (red), Cannard's grave Chamberlain William, basket maker, 7 Peter street

Baylis Henry John, watch maker, 66 High street Chard Thomas Norman, boot· warehouse, 64 High street

Beauchamp William Beachim, contractor for macadamizing Chislett John, farmer, Bullymoor farm & Egypt farm

quay walls, pitching, paving, kerbing, guttering &c. road Church of England Reading & Coffee Room (Rev. Charles

making, Mendip Mountain granite quarries & marble Powell Morris, hon. sec.), 28 Peter street

asphalte & lime works, Winsor hi1l & West Cranmore. Clarke Adolphus Charles, Red Lion P.H. 3 Town street

See advertisement Clarke William, spirit stores, 4 Town street

Beke Ann (Mrs.), furrier, 32 Zion hill Clerical & Lay Reading Society (A. Byrt, sec.), 47 & 48

Bellfury John, umbrella maker, 7 Town lane High street

Berryman, Burnell & Co. ale & porter brewers & maltsters, Colston Frederick, tailor, I4 Leg square

Charlton brewery Colston John, shopkeeper, 77 Cowl street

Black Rock Stone, Lime & Granite Works (William B. Beau- Concert Hall (John Rumsey, proprietor), 15 High street

champ, proprietor), Winsor hill; & at West Cranmore & Connock Frank, butcher, 41 Town lane

Radstock. See advertisement Conservative Association (Shepton Mallet & District) (M. H.

Blandford John, plasterer, 91 Garston street Rumsey, sec.), The Concert hall, High street

Blinman Daniel, Victoria inn, & shopkeeper,'I4 Board cross Cook Alfred J. cabinet maker, 36 Commercial road

Bond Edward, saddler, 3A, Commercial road Cook James Sales, builders' material dealer & undertaker, &

Boon Edward, cooper, so Board cross collector of land & income tax & superintendent & col-

Boyce Frank William, King William P.H. 37 West Shepton lector to the water works, I Commercial road

Bradbury Frederick George, registrar of marriages, deputy Cook John, furniture dealer, 3 Commercial road

registrar of births & deaths for Shepton Mallet sub- Cook William, florist & seedsman, 24 Town street

district, assistant clerk to the local board, insurance agent Cook William Brooks, plumber &c. 42 High street

& agent for Inman, Allan, Dominion & White Star Steam- Cook William Henry, insurance agent, 7 Field view

ship Companies, xo West Shepton Coombs J.<'rederick, postmaster, 46 High street •

DIRECTORY.] SO)'IERSETSHIRE. SHEPTON MALLET. 331

Cooper Arthur James, sec. of.the Working Men's Conserva- Golder Brainerd, tea dealer, 3 Field view

tive AssO<'iation, 3 Cornhill Golder Thomas Price (Mrs.), draper, 12 High street

Cottle Mary (Mrs.), laundress, 94 Garston street Goodall 'fom, tailor & outfitter, 51 & 52 High street

Cottrill Sylvia (Mrs.), chemist, 53 High street Goodenough Herbert Jas. confectioner & baker, 20 High st

Cox J ames, beer retailer & mason, Commercial road Goodenough Mary Gould (Mrs. ),baker &confctnr.66Town st

Cox Joseph, carpenter, 26 Dt"aycott Green Henry, carpenter, 8 West Shepton

Crease Josiah, shopkeeper, 49 Town lane Griffin George, market gardener, I Kilver street

Creese John Henry, painter, 4I West Shepton Griffiths William, grocer, I Cats ash

Crock John, jobbing gardener, 14 Waterloo road Haggett Henry, farmer, Winsor Hill farm

Crook William, market gardener, Barrendown Hale Charles, surveyor & inspector of nuisances to local

Crouch Charles, hair dresser, 4 Commercial road board, 3 Commercial road

Cullen James, stone mason, 6 Commercial road Hall Philip, draper, tailor & outfitter, Manchester ho. Town st

Cullen Joseph, stone mason, Board cross Hall William, monumental mason, Charlton

Curry John, tailor & hatter, 65 Town street Hammond John, shopkeeper, 43 Garston street

CuznerJeremh. watch ma. & registrar of marriages,s6High st Harris Joseph Henry, engineer, 14 Lower lane

Cuzner John D. deputy registrar of marriages, 38 High st Harris Richard, engineer, machinist, millwright & iron &

Cuzner John D. (Mrs.), milliner, 38 High street brass founder & engine maker (portable & stationary),

Dallimore Amelia (Mrs. ),stay & corset maker,24 Leg square & bicycle manufacturer ; personal attention given to all

Davie Sidney Philip, coach builder (established I84I), car- classes of repairs, The Iron works, Leg square
riages built to order, old carriages taken in exchange, 33 Hart Arthur, painter, 41 Board cross

High street Harwood Charles, painter, 38 West Shepton

Davies Frederick, engine fitter, 21 Commercial road Hatcher James, Downside inn, Downside

Davies Frederick, tailor, so Garston street Hatcher Job, butcher, 18 High street

Davis Ann (Mrs.), toy dealer & cork cutter, 23 Town street Hatcher Mark, pork butch11r, 24 & 25 Garston street
Davis Eli, schoolmast. at H. M. Prison, Harlstone ter.Charltn Hawkins Henry, station master S. & D. joint line, Charlton

Davis Eliza (Mrs.), dress makel", 41 Garston street Hayman John Griffin, surgeon-dentist (attends tha 3rd

Davis Elizabeth (Mrs.), King's Arms, I Uarston street tuesday in the month), so High street

Davis John, carpenter, 32 Town street Heard Herbert, land agent, see Wainwrights & Heard

Davis John, lime burner, Downside & Winsor hill Her Majesty's Prison (Edward Kitley, governor ; H. G.

Davis John (Mrs.), dress maker, 32 Town street Moon, chief warder; James T. Wyatt, surgeon; Rev.

Davis Leah (Mrs.), shopkeeper, 25 Town street John William Newark Jacombs, chaplain; W. Muller,

Davis Sarah Baber (Mrs.), farmer, Lower Downside farm clerk to visiting justices), Cornhill

Day John Henry & Sons, booksellers, stationers, printers & Herrid~e Charles, farmer & chee:e maker, Whitstone farm

• general fancy warehousemen & agents for the Royal & Higgins John, road contractor, 38 Town lane

General Insurance Companies, so High street Higgins Robert, farmer, Charlton

Day William, tailor, 12 Paul street Hill Ellen (Mrs.), shopkeeper, 48 Cawl street

Dening Frederick, Hare & Hounds commercial & family Hill Emma (Mrs.), George family & commercial hotel &

hotel & posting establishments ; the hotel affords every posting house, High street

convenience for commercial gentlemen; spacious coffee, Hiscox Henry, cooper, 27 West Shepton

billiard, commercial & bath rooms; Commercial road Hiscox Josiah, shopkeeper, 4 Leg square

Dening Frederick, inventor & patentee of telegraphs for Hiscox William, shopkeeper, 16 Town street

cricket, athletic & race meetings, Commercial road HOBBS BROTHERS (late Thomas Hobbs), manufacturers

Denman Charles, farmer, Downside of rope, line, twine, sack, sacking, rick, cart & waggon

Derry James, farmer, Old Wells road, West Shepton covers, cider cloths (established x8o8), Downside

Deverell James, White Swan P.H. 86 Kilver street Hockey Thomas, shopkeeper, 1:9 Town lane

Dickinson Edmund H. treasurer to the guardians, rural Hockey William, farmer & butcher, I Longbridge

sanitary authority &local board,Stuckey's bank, 13 High st Hoddinott Arthur, carpenter, Bowlish

Doddimead Samuel, joiner, 9 Cornhill Hodges James, greengrocer, Cross roads, Charlton

Doddimead William, carpenter, 23 Leg square Hodges Joseph, paperhanger, 12 Market place

Doddrell William Alfred,boot & shoe maker,12 Town street Hodges Wm. wheelwright &c.; tradesmen's light & heavy

Duchy of Cornwall Office (William Charles Jackman York, carts built to order; every description of waggon & agri-

assistant land stewawd), 5 Waterloo road cultural implements repaired ; personal & prompt atten·

Dunkerton Hy.Chas.beerretlr.& blacksmith, 8 &9 Marketpl tion given to all orders, Waterloo road

Dunkerton James, farmer, Bowlish Hopkins Henry, manager of Wilts & Dorset Bank, 3 High st

Dunkerton William, shopkeeper, 34 Board cro!s Horswood & Gulliford, decorative painters, Commercial rd

Dupe Elizabeth (Mrs.), laundress, 45 & 46 Garston street Ho we Eliza (Mrs.), dress maker, 52 Longbridge

Dupe John, baker, II Cowl street Hurd Frederick Charles Durwent, photographer, 10 Cowl st

Dyke George Alfred, farmer, Field farm Hutchins Thomas, watch maker1 23 High street
Dyne & Muller, aolicitors, 43 High street Hyatt Brownlow North, surgeon, surgeon to the Convent

Dyne Henry (firm, Dyne & Muller), solicitor & com- (Wells), medical officer & public vaccinator, No. I district

missioner for oaths & for taking acknowledgments by & Workhouse, & surgeon to the Shepton Mallet Hospital,

married women, 43 High street High street

East Somerset Savings Bank (John George White, actuary; Hyatt Henry, coal merchant, British Workman, Market

open every friday from u a.m. till I p.m.), :p High st place & at Great Western Railway yard

Edmonds William, shopkeeper, 29 Peter street Hyatt James Taylor L.R.C.P.Edin. surgeon, & medical officer

Edwards Tom, stone mason, 29 Town street of health to Shepton Mallet urban & rural sanitary

Elford Charles, baker, 27 Kilver street authorities & medical officer & public vaccinator, No. 5

Emery Joseph, builder & contractor, & agent for the Queen district, Shepton Mallet union & medical officer to H. M.

Insurance Co. (fire & life), 51 Town lane . Prison & certifying factory surgeon, 2 Waterloo road

Empire Telephone Co. electric bells, telephones & all kind Inland Revenue Office (Henry Edward Pearce, supervisor;

of electric apparatus fitted in mansion, office or house (G. Thomas Charles Manning, division officer), West lodget

F. Waiter, agt. for Shepton Mallet & district), xo Town st West Shepton

Evercreech Agricultural Association & Mid-Somerset Cattle Jacobs Mark, inspector of permanent way (S. & D. joint

Show (R. Moody, sec.), Pilton railway), Cross roads, Charlton

Everett Carolina (Mrs.), grocer, 9 High street James John, farmer, Rosamond green, Winsor hill

Feltham Albert Edward, moulder, 22 Commercial road James William, Prudential insurance agent, 18 Leg square

Field Henry, White Lion P.H. 2I High street Jones John, lodging house, 5 Market place

Firbank Jsph. T. contractor, Somerset & Dorset Joint Rlwy Jones Owen ClaytonM.B.oxon., M.R.c.s.Bng. & L.R.C.P.Lond.

Fowler Sarah (Mrs.), laundress, Field surgeon & honorary medical officer to the Shepton Mallet

l<'oxwell Charity (Mrs.), shopkeeper, Leg square District Hospital, Hillworth

Foxwell John F. ironmonger, cutler, <Qil, color, lamp &stove Kemp James & Sons. silk manufrs. see Bowlish & Darshill

& range warehouse, & agent for all kinds of agricultural Kendrick 'fhomas Walker, grocer, tea dealer & provision

implements, High street & 14 Paul street merchant, drug & patent medicine warehouse, manufac-

Foxwell Mary Ann (Mrs.), shopkeeper, 52 Kilver street turer of horse & cattle condiment & milk substitute for

Freemasons' Lodge (Lodge Love & Honour, No. 285), rearing calves & also Kendrick's pig powder, The Old

George hotel Post office, 49 High street

Fudge Emily (Miss), shopkeeper, 43 Town lane Lane James, cattle dealer, Cannard's gtave

Gare Frederick & Son, grocers, tea, coffee & provision mer- Laver James, station master G. W. R. (East Somerset

chants, tallow chandlers, & agents for W. & A. Gilbey, branch), 2 Park road

wine & spirit merchants, 63 High street & 51 Town street Laver John, auctioneer, see Wainwright & Laver

Gare Frederick & Son, salt merchants, 26 Town street Lewis George & Son, builders & general contractors, coach

Geneu:x: Mina (Miss), dress maker, 91 Garston street builders & wheelwrights, Downside

332 SHEPTON MALLET. SOl\1.ERSETSHIRE. [KELLY's

Liberal Association (Shepton Mallet & District) (Herbert Perkins James, farmer, Ivy House farm, Kilver street

Henry Hyatt, sec.), British Workman Perkins Wm. farmer & cheese ma. Yew Treefrm. Downside

Liberator Building Society (A. C. Day, agent), II'igh street Perry Edward, York House P.U:. 45 Town street

Lodge William, Bell inn, 2 High street Perry Waiter, dentist, 20 High street; attends the 3rd fri-

Lowe Joseph, supt. of S. &D. joint railway, Ivy cot. Charlton day in the month

Luff Joseph, tailor, 27 Commercial road Perry William John N. grocer, 40 High street

Lush William, tailor, 61 Garston street Phippen Sarah (Mrs.), dress maker, 3 Great Ostry

McConville Maria (Mrs.), wardrobe dealer~ 8 Peter street Pike Mary (Mrs.), farmer, Downside

Mackay George Mackenzie, solicitor & commissioner for Pitman William, miller (water), Ham mill, Bowlish

oaths & for taking acknowledgments for married women, Pitney Fredk. Geo. tailor & woollen drpr. 2 Commercial rd

II Cornhill Plank Elizabeth Ann (Mrs.), Mitre inn, 7 Town street

Maggs William Gilbert, baker, 14 Town street Plank Herbert, cooper, I Coombe lane

Manning Thomas Charles, inland revenue officer, Draycott Porter Edwin Leopold, draper, 2 Peter street

Mansfield;John Martin, watch maker, Commercial road Pothecary Tom, insurance agent, 18 Commercial road

Marshall Edwin John, coach builder; dog carts, white- Primrose League (M. H. Rumsey, sec.), The Concert hall,

chapels, gadabouts, tradesmen's carts & all descriptions of High street

coach building undertaken ; repairs & repainting receive Prince Albert's Somersetshire Light Infantry Regiment 3rd

personal attention, Waterloo road Volunteer Battalion (E Co.) (Major Henry Ernst; J. T.

Martin Henry N. registrar of births & deaths for Shepton Hyatt, lieut. ; J. W. Garton, sub-lieut.); armoury, Com-

Mallet sub-dist. & relieving officer No. 1 dist. West Sheptn mercial road

Martin Sarah B. (Mrs.), dress maker, 28 High street Pullen Edward, plasterer, 20 Commercial road

Masters Maria (Mrs.), shopkeeper, 3 Peter street Pullen Frederick William, builder, 24 Commercial road

l\laynard Horace Jn. grocer & wine & spirit mer. 41 High st Pullen John, mason, 56 Cowl street

Mechanics' Institute & Reading Room (Thomas Charles Pullen John Henry, builder, 4 West Shepton

Manning & W. G. Rogers, secs.), 53 Town street Purchase Isaac, news agent &bill poster, 6 Garston street

Mendip Mountain Granite Quarries & Stone, Marble, Raines Mary (Mrs.), nurse, 32 Cowl street

Asphalte & Lime Works (William B. Beauchamp, pro· RichmondEdwin,farmer&auctnr.Runawayfrm.·we.Shepton

prietor), Winsor hill & West Cranmore. See advert Richmond James, confectioner & agent for Sutton & Co.

Merchant Benj.Hyatt,watch ma.& firework ma.21 Church la carriers, 26 High street

Merchant John, cabinet maker, 93 Garston street Robbins Joseph, boot & shoe maker, 3 Peter street

Miles :Francis (Mrs.), White Hart P.H. 58 Garston street Robinson Charles, butcher, Town street

Millan James, tailor & woollen draper, 79 Cowl street Rogers J ames, Horseshoe inn, Bowlish

Millan John, tailor & woollen draper, 17 Leg square Rogers Jn. Huntly,surveyors' draftsman, 24 Commercial rd

Millard Albert Edward, grocer, Commercial road Rowe John, joiner, Harlstone terrace, Charlton

Millard James, boot & shoe maker, 59 Town street Ruddock Emily (Miss), furniture dealer, 6o Town street

Millard John, boot & shoe maker, Rose cottage, Garston st Rumsey John, pianoforte & music & musical instrument

Millard Thomas, nail maker, 33 Cowl street warehouse, & sole agent for the Bridgeport Organ Co.

Miller Enos, tailor, 44 West Shepton 15 High street

Miller Henry, hair dresser, 37 High street Russell William Alfred, painter, Board cross

Miller Jane (Mrs.), millmer, 44 West Shepton Sanson Edward, stone mason & carpenter, 62 Garston st

Moody &Son, auctioneers, High street Sheldon Samuel, smith & farrier, Commercial road

Moon·Frederick, grocer, 6 Peter street Shepton Mallet Co-operative Society Lim. (Jas. Higgens, &

Moon Henry, chief warder H. M. prison, 13 Waterloo road Richd.AllenVarty, salesmen; Jas.Phippen, sec.),Draycott

Moon Joseph, baker & grocer, 36 Garston street Shepton Mallet Cricket Club (Rev. C. P. Morris & W. P.

Morris Rev. Charles Powell, head master of Shepton Mallet Justice, hon. secs.), High street

Grammar school, Grammar school Shepton Mallet District Hospital (0. Clayton Jones M.B.

Morton William Henry, secretary to the Shepton Mallet Dis- Oxon. J. W. Bury L.R.C.P. hon. con. med. offs.; E. H.

trict Hospital, 43 High street Dickinson, treas. ; W. H. Morton, sec. ; Miss C. M. Har-

Muller William, solicitor (firm, Dyne & Muller), coroner rison, matron), Princes street, Waterloo road

for S. E. Somerset, clerk to the county magistrates of the Shepton Mallet & East Mendip Friendly Society (Thomas

Shepton Mallet division, to the commissioners of taxes to Charles Manning, sec.), National School rms. Waterloo rd

the Shepton Mallet highway board & to the visiting jus- Shepton Mallet Gas Light & Coke Co. (William Clarke,

tices of H. M, Prison, 43 High street supt. & sec.), Cowl street

Musselwhite John Worthing, beer retailer, 25 High street Shepton Mallet Grammar School (Rev. Charles Powell

Nalder John, solicitor, commissioner for affidavits & per- Morris B.A. ), adjacent to the Parish Church

petual commissioner for taking acknowledgments of deeds Shepton Mallet Journal, City of Wells Reporter & County

by married women, & clerk to the guardians & to the Advertiser (Albert Byrt & Son, proprietors) ; published

rurdl sanitary authority, local board & school attendance thursday evening for friday morning; office, 47 & 48 High

& assessment committees, 30 High street street ; printing works, Commercial road. See advert

Nash Anne (Mrs.), Charlton inn, & shopkeeper, Charlton Shepton Mallet Musical Society (Jn. Rumsey, condctr. ; Jn.

Natural History & Archreological Society (R. 0. Carey, hon. Higgins & M. H.Rumsey, secs.), The Concert hall,High st

sec.), The Grammar school Shepton Mallet Permanent Benefit Building Society (John

Neale Mary (Mrs.), dress maker, 14 Paul street Gait, sec.), 2 Cornhill

Newton Frederick, boot & shoe maker, 6o Garston street Shepton Mallet Water Works (Henry Alfred Budd, sec.),

Nicholas Charles, shopkeeper, 3I Commercial lane 27 Peter street

Nicholas James Newton, ironmonger, 24 High street Showering Alfred Marquis,Ship P.H. & brewer, Kilver street

Norman William Golledge, farmer & cheese manufacturer, Slade William, tailor, 6 Coombe lane

Cannard's Grave farm Smart John William, boot & shoe maker, 1 Market place

Norris Henry George, butcher & fruiterer, x6 High street Smith Benjamin, twine spinner, 28 Commercial road

Norton Robert, solicitor (firm, Turner, Norton &Manning), Smith William, furniture dealer, 2 Town street

38 High street ; attends here on friday SnelgroveJn. Robt. frmr. &cheese ma. Millbrook frm. Downsde

Norton Robert, superintendent registrar for the Shepton Somerset & Dorset Railway Co. (Alfred Peace, agent) ;

Mallet union & manager of Stuckey's Bank, High street chief office, Bridgwater

Offer James, cattle salesman, I Park road Speed Sarah & Eliza (Misses), basket makers,wWaterloo rd

Orledge William, pork butcher, 52 Town street Speed Edwin Isaac, basket maker, I6 Cowl street

()zzard William, journalist, Leighton cottage, Charlton Spire Joseph, architect &c. see Budd & Spire

Parker Francis, china & glass dealer, 9 Market place Stacey John, Rose & Crown P.H. & farmer & coal merchant,

Parker Frederick James, shopkeeper, 38 Town street Field & G. W. R. yard

Parker Richard, butcher, 45 Kilver street Stagg William, Pack Horse P.H. 62 Town street

Parker Robt. btchr. &cattle dlr. Cannards Grave rd.Charltn Staple S. & Co. stone & lime merchants

Parker Thomas, butcher & contractor, u High street Steeds Alfred, farmer, Lower farm, Ham

Parker William, silk mercer, draper, hosier, haberdasher & Steeds James, brewers' traveller, West Shepton

millinery, dress making, costumier, boot &shoe& mourn- Steggles Frederic G. photographer, top of High street

ing warehouse, 22 High street Stephenson J. W. & Co.hoot &shoemanufacturers,jewellers,

Parsons Alfred, market gardener, 40 Garston street sewing machine agents & dealers in all kinds of fancy

Parsons Edward, quarryman, 37 Town lane goods & foreign merchandise, patent medicine vendors,

Peace Alfred, contractor for removing & warehousing furni- tea dealers, china, glass & earthenware merchants, iron-

ture, carrier & agent for Somerset & Dorset Joint Railway, mon,uers & house furnishers, Supply stores, High street..

S. & D. Railway station See advertisement

Pearce Henry Edward, supervisor of inland revenue, West Stock Luke, builder, 4 High street

lodge, West Shepton Stone Edward Hippisley, yeoman, West Shepton

Penny Deborah (Mrs.), shopkeeper, 8 Garston street Stride John Henry, seedsman, 27 High street

JDIRECTORY. SOMJ~RSETSHIRE. SKILGAT.E. ',n.).: 3

Stuckey's Banking Co. (the Somersetshire Bank) (branch) Weeks J ames, news agent, 3 Park road

(Robert Norton, manager), 13 High street; draw on Weeks M:>ses, plumber, 7 West Shepton

Robarts, Lubbock & Co. 15 Lombard street, London E c Welch Annie Kate (M1ss) & Dawson Ada. (Miss), ladies'

Teagle Mary Ann (Mrs.), greengrocer, 4 Peter street school, The Close

Thick Charles, fishmonger. 13 Leg square Welch John Henry, saddler, 55 High street

Thompson & Le Gros, crape manufacturers, Kilver street Welch Nancy Burt (Mrs.), draper, 9 Town street

Tilsey William, boot & shoe repairer, 18 Peter street White Henry, collector to local board & assistant overseer,

Titfard George Henry, cooper, 30 Cowl street West Shepton

TurneT William James, cooper, Gharlton White John George, deputy superintendent registrar & agent

Tutton John Thorn, basket maker, xo Cornhill for the Alliance Assurance Co. 39 High street.

Vaughan Charl~>..s, boot & shoe maker, West Shepton Whitemore Elizabeth (Mrs.), Black Swan P.H. 4 Market pl

Virtue William, baker, Cowl street Whitney Thomas Wm. wine & spirit merchant, xo High st

Wainwright & Laver, auctioneers, West Shepton Whitney Thomas William M.R.c.v.s. veterinary surgeon &

Wainwrights & Heard, land agents, architects, surveyors & veterinary in'lpector for Shepton Mallet & Gbstonbury,

auctioneers, & agents for West of England & North British xo High street

& Mercantile Fire & Life Offices, West Shepton Wilcox Jas. frmr. Stomacher farm, Old Bristol rd. Downside

'Waite William, contractors' agent, 4 Waterloo road Wilcox Joseph, farmer, Winsor Hill house, Winsor hill

WalteT Gilbert Frank, plumber, painter, glazier, bellhanger, Willcox John, carpenter, 9A, West Shepton

paperhanger & decorator, gas & hot water fitter, 10 Wilts & Dorset Banking Co. Limited (branch) (Henry

Town street Hopkins, manager), 3 High street; draw on London &>

Waiter Gilbert Frank (Mrs.), tobccnst & statnr. xo Town st Westminster Bank Limited, London E c

Warner Waiter, tailor, 33 Commercial road Wodehouse Jsph. professor of music & organist, 4oBoard crss

Watson Susannah (Mrs.) & Ida (Miss), ladies' & preparatory Wodehouse Mary Anna (Mrs.), prep. school, 40 Board cros'l

school for boys, 32 High street Working Men's Conservative Association (Arthur James

Watts Henry, fishmonger, 9 Peter street Cooper, sec.), Market place

Watts James Alfred, tinplate worker, 2 Cats ash Wright Horace, hair dresser, 4 High street

Watts John, fishmonger, 13 Town street Young John, miller (steam & water), Town mill, Leg square.

Webb George, time keeper, Cross roads, Charlton Young John, jun. cattle dealer, Bowlish

SHEPTON MONTAGUE is a parish, situated on the and the Earl of Ilchester P.C. and Henry Hobhouse esq. M.P.•

Bruton and Sherborne road, 2 miles south from Bruton J.P. of Hadspen House, Pitcombe, are the chief landowners.

station on the Wilts, Somerset and Weymouth branch of the The soil is part light and stony and part heavy clay, and the

Great Western railway, 1! south-east from Cole station on subsoil is chiefly oolite rock. The chief crops are corn

the Somerset and Dorset railway, and 3 north-west from and roots ; there is also some dairy land. The area is

Wincanton, in the N orton Ferris hundred, Wincanton union, 2,424-A. IR. 22P. ; rateable value, £2,790; the population in

petty sessional division and county court district, Eastern x88x was 326.

division of the county, Bruton district of the rural deanery
and archdeaconry of Taunton and diocese of Bath and Wells. STONEY STOKE is a hamlet, 2j- miles east. KNOWLE is a.
'fhe church of St. Peter is an ancient building of stone in hamlet, ~~miles south-west and SoUTH TowN is a hamlet,.
the Perpendicular style, consisting of chancel, nave, south I mile from the parish church.

porch and an embattled tower, with pinnacles on the south Letters thro11gh Bath, via Castle Cary S.O. arrive at 8,
side, containing 3 bells, one of which is cracked: there are except Stoney Stoke & Knowle, which are received through
sittings for 100 persons. The register dates from December Bruton 8.0. WALL Box, cleared 5.50 p.m. week days
7, 156o. The living is a vicarage, average tithe rent-charge only. WALL Box, Stoney Stoke, cleared at 3.30 p.m.
£35· net yearly value £88, with residence, in the gift of the week days only. Bruton is the nearest money order &
Earl of Ilchester, and held since 1887 by the Rev. Alfred telegraph office
Edwin Eaton M.A. of Trinity College, Cambridge. There is

a Wesleyan chapel, built in x869. William Phelips esq. D.L., National School (mixed), erected in 1842, for so children;.

J.P. ·of Montacute House, Ilminster, is lord of the manor, average attendance, 39; Miss Annie Barnes, mistress

Bergeman Maj.-Gen.Chas.Herbert (late Francis Chas.farmer,Knowle Park farm Lydford Thomas, builder, contractor&.

of the Bengal Army),Welham cottage Green Richard, farmer, Stoney Stoke smith &c

Eaton Rev. Alfd. Edwin 1\l.A. Vicarage Green ~obert, farmer, Knowle rock Maidment Waiter, farmer & assistant.

COMMERCIAL. Hannam William, farmer,Low.Shepton overseer, Welham farm

Heath William, farmer, Lily farm I Sims Alfred, farmer, Lower Shepton

Boyce George, farmer, Stoney Stoke Hill William, shopkeeper Sims Edwin Corp, farmer, South town

Dowding Charles, farmer Hobbs Frederick William, blacksmith SimsWm. (Mrs. ),shopkpr.Stoney Stoke.

Down Fanny (Mrs.), frmr.Stoney Stoke Hobbs John, blacksmith Upshall Cordelia (Miss), b3er retailer

Dyke Jane (Mrs.), farmer, Stoney Stoke Longman Thos.blacksmth.Stoney Stoke

SHIPHAM is a parish, situated on the Mendip Hills, and portion of this amount is now on mortgage, producing 3~

near the road from Bristol to Langport, 2 miles east from per cent. and another portion is invested in the funds, realis-

Winscombe station on the Cheddar Valley branch of the ing 2! per cent. There are mines of calamine, but they are

Great Western railway, and 3 north-nort.h-east from Ax- not worked at present. 'fwo fairs are held yearly-one on

bridge, in the Wells division of the county, Wrington the 27th April, and the other 17th November, for cattle.
hundred, Axbridge petty sessional division, union and county John Temperley Grey esq. is lord of the manor and princip~l

court district, Locking district of the rural deanery of Ax- landowner. The soil is light, and the subsoil is clay, resting
bridge, archdeaconry of Wells and diocese of Bath and Wells. on sandstone and conglomerate. The land is chiefly in

The church of St. Leonard, erected in 1843, is a building of, pasture. The acreage is 766; rateable value, £x,26'); the

stone in the Gothic style, consisting of chancel, nave and an population in x88x was 408.
embattled western tower containing 5 bells : there are sit- Sexton, John Hares.

tings for 400 persons. The register -dates from the year
xs6o. The living is a rectory, average tithe rent-charge PosT 0FFICE.-Mrs. Phrebe Curtis,sub-postmistress. Letters
£II3, net yearly value £215, including x6 acres of glebe, arrive from CongresburyR.S.O. at xo.xs a.m. ; dispatched
with residence, in the gift of the Dean and Chapter of Wells, at3.25p.m. Thereisnopostonsundays. Woodborough
and held since 1874 by the Rev. Melmoth Arthur Lintorn is the nearest money order office & Winscombe Railw,,y
Simmons B.A. of St. Edmund Hall, Oxford. There is a station the nearest telegraph office

Wesleyan chapel. There is a club for females, endowed by National School (mixed), rebuilt in 1885, for 110 children;:
Mrs. Hannah More, the distinguished authoress, who resided average attendance, 84; Mr. Maurice, master; Mrs..

at Barley Wood, iu Wrington parish, with £8or 17s. 5d.; a Maurice, mistress

Gray John Tempedey, Manor house Day Joseph, coal merchant, Star 1 Holbrook James R. farmer, Longrow ho-

Simmons Rev.Melmoth Arthur Lintorn Ford Saml. shopkeeper & farmer, Star 1 Phippen James, farmer & shopkeeper

B.A. The Rectory Green John, Star inn, & horsebreaker Pitman Charles Strode, farmer

COM?IIERCIAL. Gulley James Wm. farmer,Fairhill frm Roe Charles, farmer

Adams Jacob, Shipham inn Hares Francis, farmer j Stephens Alfred, fa.,.,nmner, Star

Athay Henry, carpenter Hares Mercy (Mrs.), Miners' Arms P.H Wilson Snsan (Mrs.), shopkeeper

Curtis Alfred Henry, carpenter Hembury Jn. coal merchant & shoema Wookey Joseph Richard, farmer

SKILGATE is a village and parish, bounded on the Gre1t Western railwa•v, in the Western division of the

south by the county of Devon, 5 miles north·east from county, hundred of Williton, petty sessional division and
nampton, 5 east from Dulverton and 2~ north-east from union of Dnlverton, county court district of Tiverton, Wive-

Morebatb station on the Devon and Somerset branch of the liscombe district of the rural deanery of Dunster, arch-

334 SKILGATE. SOMERSETSHIRE. 7

(KELLY S

deaconry of Taunton and diocese of Bath and Wells. 'fhe combe Manor, Upton, are the chief landowners. The soil is
church of St. John, rebuilt of local stone in 1872, in the loamy, and the subsoil shillet rock. The crops are oats,
Early English style, comprises chancel, nave of two bays, barley and wheat; some land is particularly suitable for the

north aisle, south porch and an embattled :Norman tower breeding and grazing of sheep. The area is 2,108 acres;

at the west end containing 4 bells: the chancel was erected rateable value, £ r,676; the population in I 881 was 219.

at the expense of the Rev. John Bere, late rector, and has Sexton, Robert Chubb.
several stained windows: there are sittings for 120 persons. PosT OFFICE.-John Perry Palmer, sub-postmaster. Letters

The registers date from 1645, but are imperfect. The living arrive from Wiveliscombe, the post town, at 9.25 a.m. ;
is a rectory, average tithe rent-charge £172, net yearly value dispatched, 4.15 p.m. week days only. The nearest money

£240, including 70 acres of glebe, with house, in the gift of order & telegraph office is at Bampton. Postal orders
Richard Bere esq. and held since 1883 by the Rev. Charles are issued here, but not paid
Butler Harris U.A. of Queens' College, Cambridge. The Earl Parochial School (mixed), built in 1862 & since enlarged, to

of Carnarvon P.c., D.C.L. who is lord of the manor, aud Lieut.- hold 65 children; average attendance, 40; James Hand,

Col. Sir JohnDavie Ferguson-Davie bart. D.L., J.P. of Bittis- master

Harris Rev. Chas. Butler M. A. Rectory Hurley Robert, farmer, Surridge Palmar Thomas, farmer, Yeandover
COMMERCIAL. Hutchings John, carpenter Pugsley Robert, carpenter
Stevens John, shoe maker
Atkins Wm. farmer & vet. surgeon Jones Francis, tailor
Gold Henry, farmer, Leigh Barton Luxton Levi, shoe maker Thorne John, farmer
Hepper William, farmer, Chapple Norman George, farmer, Gamblyn Williams James, farmer, Pitt
Yandle James, farmer, Haddon end
Hill John, farmer, Frogwell Palmer John Perry, baker & grocer

SOMERTON is a market town, situated OQ. the river J.P. are the chief landowners. The area is 6,928 acres;

Cary, and on the high road from Wells to Taunton, 5 miles rateable value, £1o,x82; the population in 1881 was 1,9I7.

north-east from Langpon; station on the Yeovil branch of Parish Clerk, William Peddle.

the Great Western railway, and 7 south from Glastonbury PosT, M. 0. & T. 0., S. B. & Insurance &AnnuityOffice (Sub-

station on the Somerset and Dorset railway, and 123 miles Office. Letters should have 8.0. Somerset added).-Jesse

from London ; it is the head of a petty sessional division, in Gillett Williams, po..qtmaster. Letters arrive at 5-47

the Eastern division of the county, Somerton hundred, Lang- a.m. ; box closes at 6.40 p.m. ; also a mail northward at

port union and county court district, llchester district of 1.35 p.m. Telegraph business, 8 a.m. to 8 p.m. ; sun-

the rural deanery of Glastonbury, archdeaconry of Taunton days, 8 to 10 a.m. Money orders from 9 am. till 6 p.m.

and diocese of Bath and Wells. The town is paved, and WALL LETTER Box, West end, cleared at 1.40 & 6.15

lighted with gas supplied by a company. A court leet is p.m. ; sundays, 6.15 p.m

held yearly in October. The police arrangements are under COUNTY MAGISTRATES FOR THE PFTTY SESSIONAL DIVISION
the control of the county police. The church of St. Michael OF SOMERTON.
is an ancient edifice of stone in the Decorated style, with
Perpendicular additions, consisting of chancel, clerestoried Dickinson :Francis Henry esq. F. s.A., D. L. Kingweston house,
nave, aisles, transepts, south porch and an embattled oc- Somerton S. 0. chairman
tagonal tower over the south transept, containing a clock Hood Adml. Sir Arthur William Acland x.c.B. Butleigh
and 6 bells : near the south transept is a recumbent female Wootton
effigy of stone of the uth century : in the north transept is Butt Capt. John Thomas Hy. Elmhurst, Street, Bridgwater
a brass to Christopher Overton, dated 1683; the pulpit, of Clark William Stephens esq. Street, BridgwaLer
carved oak, is dated 1615, and the communion table 1626; Neal William esq. Kingsdon, Taunton
the nave roof, of chestnut, is a splendid example of Perpen- Neal Capt. William, Kingsdon, Taunton
dicular wood work of that period: the church is now (1889) Neville-Grenville Robert esq. M.A., Butleigh court, Glaston-
being restored at a cost of £1,800: there are sittings for 750 bury
persons. The register dates from 1697. The living is a Pinney Col. William D.L., F.R.G.s. Somerton Erleigh, Somer-
vicarage, average tithe rent-charge £207, net yearly value ton S.O
£333, including 108 acres of glebe, in the gift of the Earl of Pretor-Pinney Fredk. Wake esq. The Grange, Somerton S.O
Ilchester, and held since 1872 by the Rev. William Henry Stuckey Vincent esq. D.L. Hill house, Langport R.S.O
Strong B.A. of Trinity College, Dublin, and surrogate. The Clerk to the Magistrates, James Welsh
Congregational chapel, erected in x8o3, will seat 6oo persons; Petty Sessions held at the Court House fortnightly on
the Wesleyan chapel, erected in 1846, has soo sittings ; the monday, at II p.m. The parishes in the division are
Bible Christian chapel has 150 sittings ; the Friends' Mee~ing Aller, Babcary, Balton's Borough, Barton St. David,
house was built in 1876, and has sittings for 200 persons; Butleigh, Charlton Ad11.m, Charlton Mackrell, Compton
the Salvation Army barracks hold 250 persons. The Ceme- Dundon, High Ham, Huish Episcopi, Keinton Mandeville,
tery, 2 acres in extent, was formed in 1875, and is under the Kingsdon, Kingweston, L11.ngport, Long Sutton, Lydford
management of a Burial Board of 9 members, of which the East, Lydford West, Muchelney, Pitney, Puddimore Mil-
vicar is chairman. There is an ancient market cross, dated ton, Somerton, Street, Walton, West Camel, Yeovilton.
1fi73, and about 30 feet in height. The market day is on The parish of Baltonsborou~:"h is included in another
Tuesday. Fairs are held on the last Monday in January, on division for tax purposes ·
Palm Tuesday, a.nd every three weeks subsequently, Michael- INSURANCE AGENTS :- •

mas Day and 8th November. Here are gas works, a shirt Atlas, Welsh & Estlin, Broad street

collar factory and a brewery, which give employment to Commercial Union, C. M. Williams, Market place

a considerable number of people. The court house now Economic Life, A. L. Estlin, Broad street

attached to the police station contains a court room, consult- Imperial Fire, 'f. C. Head, Market place, & J. Taylor,

ing room nnd lavatory, and communicates directly with the Broad street

eells: this is the head quarters of the constabulary (Somer- Norwich Union Fire, T. Baker, The Baths, Clevedon

ton district). The following stations are in the dilltrict :- Royal Exchange, H. J. Watts, Market place

Aller, Butleigh, Compton, Dundon, High Ham, Keinton Sun Fire, C. M. Williams, Market place

Mandeville, Langport, Long Sutton, Street and ·west Camel. West of England Fire & Life, A. L. Estlin, Broad street

There are almshouses for four aged men, founded in 1626 by Westminster Fire, C. W. Hunt, The Retreat, Keinton

Edward Hext, and endowed with £so yearly; and alms- Mandeville

houses for widows, founded in 1866 by Mrs. Scott Gould, of PUBLIC ESTABLISHMENTS :-

Moredon, North Curry : charities of £35 yearly value are dis- Cemetery, Behind Berry, William Peddle, clerk to the

tributed in kind. The G Co. of the 3rd Volunteer Battalion, burial board

Prince Albert's Somersetshire Light In~antry, is stationed County Police Station, Market place, William Giles, super-

here. This was formerly the principal town in Somerset tendent, & 2 constables

and the residence of some of the Saxon kings, who had Prince Albert's Somersetshire Light Infantry, 3rd Volun-

a castle here: this building was afterwards made a state teer Battalion (G Co.), Capt. F. W. Pinney; Rev. G.

prison, and John, King of France, is said to have been con- Smith, acting chaplain

fined in it by Edward Ill. : the gaol was afterwards built PUBLIC OFFICERS:-

upon the site. At the back of the men's almshouses is a Certifying Factory Surgeon & Medical Officer & Public

spring called '' Ringers' well ; " many of the tiles lining it still Vaccinator, Nos. 2 A & B districts, Langport Union,

remam. Dundon beacon, an artificiai eminence in this parish, Edmund William Valentine

has been excavated, and the examination disclosed a cist con- Clerk to the Burial Board, Wm. Peddle

taining a skeleton and a quantity of pen-annular rings of tin. Clerk to the Commissioners of Taxes, Jas. Wslsh, Broad st

The Stawels, Barons Stawei of Somerton, were anciently con- Registrar of Births, Deaths & Marriages, Relieving & School

nected with this place. Somerton Erleigh is the residence Attendance Officer, Hitchiugs Davies, North street

of Col. William Pinney F.R.G.s., D.L., J.P.; the Grange, of Deputy Registrar of .Births & Deaths, Jesse G. Williams,

Frederick Wake Pretor-Pinney esq. J.P. ; and Somerton New street

Cottage, of Major J. Hall-Stephenson. The Earl of Ilchester Superintendent of County Police, William Gile3

P.C. who is lord of the manor, and Col. William Pinney D.L. , Town Crier, George Mar1rim, New sUeet

DIRECTORY.] SO~IERSETSHIRE. SOMERTON. 335

ScuooLS:- A School Board of 5 members was formed Sept. I888; John

Free Grammar, Broad street, founded in I676, for the free Small Tay]or, clerk to the board ; Geo. Munday, West
education of IS boys, by Thomas Gtover, who endowed it street, attendance officer
with an estate of small value ; the number at school is now

(x889) I24; James Waiter Hewitt, master Board (infants) for Bo children; average attendance, 52;

National (for girls & infants), built in xBsx by Col. Pinney Miss Hiscock, mistress
J.P. & supported by him & Lady Frances Smith ; it will

hold 200 children ; average attendance, ISO; Miss Farn- CARRIERS TO LoNG SUTTON & LANGPORT.-Great Western

ham, mistress ; Miss Warry, assistant mistress Railway Co. dai1y

• PRIVATE RESIDENTS. Davies Hitchings, registrar of births & Peddle James, butcher, West street
deaths & marriages, No. 2, Langport Peddle William, parish clerk & clerk to

Ayling Rev. William John [curate] sub-district, & relieving officer (2nd thP. burial board, Broad street

Battiscombe ChristopherWm. TheMount district) & school attendance officer, Peddle Joseph, painter & plasterer,
Braine Rev. Abraham[Congregational], Langport union, North street Sutton road

New street Eades Abraham, beer retailer, West st Pevin Wm. market gardener, West st

Clark Thomas B. North street Elwes Philip Francis Cary, brewer, see Pittard George, farmer, Somerton door

Cossins Miss Ord, Battiscombe & Elwes Pittard Levi, farmer, Sutton road

E1wes Philip Francis Cary, Monteclefe Estlin Alfred Laird, solicitor & com· Poole William, agent to Yorkshire Fire
missioner for affidavits & taking of & Life Insurance Company, Broad st
Estlin Alfred Laird, Broad street
Hall-Stephenson Maj. Jn. S.Somertn. et acknowledgments of deeds by married Prince Albert's Somersetshire Light
women, see Welsh & Edlin Infantry, 3rd Volunteer Battalion
Holmes Rev. James [Bible Christian]
Flitch Jas. horse breaker,Old Parsonage (E Co.) (Capt. F. W. Pinney)
Jennings William, Midney
Fooks Mark, farmer, Sutton road Puddy Edmund, baker, West end
Parsons Miss, Broad street
Frost George, farmer, Court farm Reading Room (William Peddle, sec.),
Parsons Mrs. The Lynch .
Pinney Col. William F.R.G.s., D.L.,. J.P. Gardiner Charles, boot maker, West st Broad street
Somerton Erleigh; & so Berkeley Gare Frederick, farmer, West street Rocket Thomas, hail;" dresser, New st
square, London w Gawler George H. beer retailer,West st Roles Wm. grocer & ironmonger,West st

Poole William, Bank house Gilbert Joseph, Globe inn, Market place 8awtell George, saddler, Market place

Pretor-Pinney Frederick Wake J.P. The Giles William, superintendent of county Sheate Jn.miller(water),LowerSomertn
police, Court house Somerton Agricultural Society (Charles
Grange
Gillett John, shopkeeper, West street Bennett &John Wyatt, hon. secs)
Scriven Mrs. Broad street
Smith Lady, Somerton Erleigh; & 30 Gooch Joseph, farmer, Sutton road Somerton Cottagers' Horticultural

Berkeley square, London w Grammar School(JamesWalter Hewitt, Society (J. W. Hewitt, T. C. Head &

Strong Rev. William Hy. B.A. Vicarage master), Broad street H. Davies, hon. secs)

Valentine Edmund William, Broad st Gunning Thos. watch maker, Market pl SomertonGas Co.(Alfd. LairdEstlin,sec)
Hatcher Fredk. Geo. grocer, tea dealer, Somerton Steam Brewery (Ord, Battis-
Welsh Edward, Broad street
corn,flour & seed merchant, Broad st combe & Elwes, proprietors), West
Welsh James, Stonebrook cottage
Head John, ironmonger, iron, steel & street. See advert.inside Front Cover
Welsh Thomas, Broad street
hardware, oil & calor merchant & Somerton & Street(594th)Starr Bowkett
Williams Charles Milward, Market pl
• agricultural implement agent, & fur- Building Society (Hy. Atkinson, sec)

COMMERCIAL. niture warehouse, Market place Stuckey's Banking Co. (William Poole,

Head Mary Ann (Miss), ladies' school, cashier), Broad street; draw on

Atkinson Henry, china & glass & fancy Market place Robarts, Lubbock & Co. London

repository, Broad street Beywood William Ridley, Unicorn Talbot John, farmer, West end

Ayres William, farmer, Hurcott commercial hotel Talbot William, farmer, Sutton road

Barnard George, farmer, Catsgore Hewitt Jas. Walt.drapr.&grocer,West st Taylor Geo. Robert, plumber & painter,

[Postal address, Taunton] Hilborne Emma (Mrs.), milliner, dress New street

Barnard George, farmer, West street & mantle maker, New street Taylor John Small, accountant & clerk
Barnard William, grocer, West street HilborneWm.plastrer.&shpkpr.Broad st I to the school board, Broad street

Barnfield William, New inn, New street Hilborne William, jun. coal, brick & tile Temperance Coffee House (William

Battiscombe Christopher Wm. bre"\fer, dealer & assistant overseer,Somerton Tuttiett, proprietor), New street

see Ord, Battiscombe & Elwes Supply stores Valentine EdmundWilliam M.R.C.S.Eng.

Beel.Charles, commercial trav. West st Hill William John Came (firm, W. J. surgeon, & certifying factory surgeon

Bennett Charles, road surveyor for the Hill & Son), solicitor, clerk to Lang- & medical officer & public vaccmatJr,
j port Town Trust, clerk to Burrow No. 2A, dist. Langport union, Broad st
Langport district, West street!

Bennett Charles, jun. land steward to · Bridge Commissioners, sec. to Lang- Vincent Alfred, Red Lion P.H. & inland

Col. Wm.Pinney D.L., J.P.Midney frm port Grammar School Trustees, agent, revenue office, Market place

Bishop Jeremiah, printer,''Albion" office for the Norwich Union & Atlas Life Wagland Mark, ironmonger, West street

Bond Edwin,grocer,West st.&Market pl Assurance Companies & Lancashire Waiter Gains, tailor &outfitter, Broad st

Bradley Alfred, watch maker, West st & Yorkshire Accident Insurance Co. Watts Henry John, linen & woollen

Brown Edwd.England, farmer, Etsome The Hill; & at Langport draper, tailor, outfitter & commission

Brown Hephzibah (Mrs.), White Hart Hunt Wm. Hy.housedecorator,West st agent; agent for the lnman, White

P.H. & butcher, Market place lsherwood Joseph, toy dealer, Broad st Star, Allan & the Union S.S. Cos. ;

Carey James, shopkeeper, West street Jones James, photographer, New street also the Somersetshire Permanent

Cemetery (William Peddle, clerk to the Laver Joseph, farmer, Lower Somerton Building Society, Market place

burial board) Lewis William, butcher, West street Watts Jas. carpenter & builder, New st

Chant John, farmer, West street Louch & Son, solicitors; &at Lan.:,oport Watts John, smith & farrier, New st

Chant John, jun. farmer, West street Louch Edward Quekett,solicitor & corn. Welsh & Clark,linen collar mfrs.Broad st
to administer oath~, see Louch & Son Welsh & Estlin, solicitors, Broad street
Chant Joseph, farmer, West street

Chard Thomas Norman, boot ware- Louch Jotn, solicitor, perpetual corn. Welsh James (firm, Welsh & Estlin),

house, MarkQt place & corn. to administer oaths, see solicitor & commissioner fnr affidavit~,

Clark Charles, shopkeeper, West street Louch & Son clerk to the magistrates & clerk to

Clark Charles John Lock, shopkeeper, Lye Charles A. M.R.c.v.s. veterinary the commissioners for property kin-
·west street
surgeon, West end come tax, Broad street

Clark Susan (Mrs.),shopkeeper,West st Main Alfred, baker, West street West of England Sack Hiring Co. (Cha.s.

Clark William, wheelwright,West street Main Jethro Geo. blacksmith, West at Clark, agent), West street

Clarke Samuel, farmer, Highbrooks Martin George, town crier & bill poster, Wheeler Fanny(Mrs.),market gardener,

[Postal address, Taunton] New street West end •

Coggan Annie (Mrs.), milliner, West st Masters Joseph, farmer, West street White Silas, cooper, New street

Coggan Thomas, civil & military tailor Miles Chas. chemist &grocer,Market pl Wilkins Ellen (Mrs.), milliner & dress

& outfitter, West street Munday Ellen (Mrs.), shopkpr. West st maker, West street

Coomer Louisa (Mrs.), manufacturer of Munday Geo. school attend. offi. West st Williams Fredk.Jesse,saddler,Market pl

all kinds of plain & fancy card board Nutt George, farmer, Park [Letters WilliamsJesseGilbert,printer,stationer,

boxes, West street. See advert received thro' Pilney,LangportR.S.O] dealer in fancy goods, wools, &deputy

Cork George, farmer, West street Nutt Jas. mineral water manufr.New st registrar of births & deaths, Post office

Cox William, wheelwright, West street Nutt Jas. S. currier & leather slr. West st Williams William, ironmonger &cabinei

Cricket Club (J. Bishop, sec) Nutt William, farmer, St. Clears farm maker, West street

Cracker Fredk. Symes, baker, New st Ord, Battiscombe & Elwes, brewers, Wilts & Dorset Banking Co. Lim. (C. M.

Crocker John, baker, Market place wine & spirit merchants & mineral Williams, agent),Marketpl.; draw on

Davey William, farmer, West end wate:r manufrs. Somerton brewery. London&WestminsterLim.LondonEC

David Samuel, farm3r, Sutton road See advert. inside Front Cover Wyatt John, farmer, Cranes farm

336 SPARKFORD. SUM:ERSETSHIRE. (KELLY'S

SLoPnAdoRn,KsFt OsoRutDh-wisesat parish and village, 134 miles from have been presented to the Somersetshire Archreologicat
from Castle Cary and 8 south-west Society's museum, 'faunton. A repository sale is held at

from Wincanton, with a station on the Wilts, Somerset and the Sparkford inn every alternate Monday. Sparkford

Weymouth branch of the Great Western railway, in the Hall, situated in park-like grounds with an entran~.--e drh•e,

Eastern division of the county, Catsashhundred, Wincanton on the high road from Sparkford to Ilchester, is the resi-

petty sessional division, union and county court district, deuce of Henry Edward Bennett esq. J.P. who is lord of tbe

rural deanery of Cary, archdeaconryof Taunton and diocese manor and chief landowner. The soil is sandy clay, and

of Bath and Wells. The church of St. Mary Magdalene is a the subsoil is blue clay and marl. The chief crops are wheat,

building of stone in the Gothic style, consisting of chancel, beans and orchard produce; this is also a fine dairy country.

nave, south transept and a fine embattled western tower The acreage is 983; rateable value, £2,453; the population

with pinnacles containing 3 bells, one of which is very ancient in 1881 was 253. •

and bears the following inscription:-" Sancta Catharina Parish Clerk, James Talbot.

ora pro nobis: "the church was rebuilt, with the exception PosT OFFICE.-Mrs. Sarah Alliston, receiver. Letters al'l'ive

of the tower, in 1824, and has sittings for 120 persons. The from Bath at 7 a. m. & 1 p.m. ; dispatched at 7 p.m. week

register dates from 1729. The living is a rectory, average days only. The nearest money order & telegraph office

tithe rent-charge £215, including 40 acres of glebe, with is at Queen Camel

house, in the gift of H. E. Bennett esq. J.P. and held since National School (mixed), erected in 1849, for 6o children;

1874 by the Rev. Charles William Bennett. Roman remains average attendance, 46; Mrs. Albertina Penny, mistress

have been found here, as well as bronze celts, some of which Railway Station, Levi Mallett, station master

Bennett Rev. Charles William, Rectory Isaacs Elizabeth (Mrs.), coal dealer Somerset Trading Go.importers of slates

Bennett Henry Edwd. J.P.Sparkford hall Isaacs George, agent to Great Western & foreign timber, coal, coke, salt,corn,

COMMERCIAL. Railway Co. & coal merchant linseed & cotton cake, meal, manure

Alliston John Jas. shopkeeper,Post office Ivey James, carpenter & general merchants; pipes, tiles &

Barrett Sidney, shoe maker James William, miller (water) &farmer all kinds of brickyard goods in stock

Brain John (Mrs.), farmer Kynaston Charles, shopkeeper (Josiah Bush,agent), Railway station ;

Church of EnglandTemperancelnstitute Kynaston George, shopkeeper MaFstonMagna; chief office,Bridgwatr

& Library (James· Talbot, sec.; Rev. Penny John Jas.Green, painter &glazier f Talbot James, carpenter

C. W. Bennett, librarian) Read John, Sparkford inn 1Waiter Philip, farmer

Dampier Robert, blacksmith Saunders Hannab(Mrs.),frmr.Woodside a Wride William, farmer, Sparkford farm

SPAXTON is a parish and village, situated under the ton, in this parish. Edward James Stanley esq. M.P., M:.A.,

Quantock hills, 6 miles west from Bridgwater station on the J.P. of Quantock Lodge, Over Stowey, and the Hon. Mrs.
Bristol and Exeter section of the Great Western railway, in Stanley, who is lady of the manor, are the principal land-
the Bridgwater division of the county, western division of owners. The soil is red clay, and the .subsoil stone. The

Cannington hundred, Bridgwater petty sessional division, chief crops are wheat, barley and roots. The acreage is
union and county court district, rural deanery of Bridgwater, 3,563; rateable value, £5,959 ; the population in 188 r was
archdeaconry of Taunton and diocese of Bath and Wells. 916.

The church of St. Margaret is a building of stone, in the FouR FoRKs, half a mile east, and MERRIDGE, 2 miles

Later English style, consisting of chancel, nave, north aisle south-by-west, are hamlets of this parish.

and an embattled western tower with pinnacles, containing a Parish Clerk and Sexton, Tom West.
clock and 5 bells: there is an altar tomb to an unknown knight:
the east window is a memorial to the Rev. James Galloway, PosT OFFICE, Four Forks.-William Chamberlain, receiver.

late rector, and was erected Tinhe137re4gbisytehrisdfaatmesilyf:rotmher1e5a5rse. Letters through Bridgwater arrive at 7.30 a.m.; dispatched
sittings for 300 persons. at 6 p.m. The nearest money order & telegraph office is
The living is a rectory, gross yearly value£664, including 66 at Cannington. Postal orders are issued here, but not
acres of glebe, with residence, in the gift of and held since
paid
Cr8a7m4bbryidtghee, Rev. Arthur James Bowen B. A. of Caius College, WALL Box at Spaxton cleared at 5.30 p.m. week days only
and J.P. Here is a Wesleyan chapel, and there National School (mixed), erected in 186o, to hold 130 chil-

is a Congregational chapel at Merridge, constructed of iron. dren; average attendance, Ioo; Edwin Wadmore, master;

A religious community, termed Princites, wt>re established Miss Emma West, mistress
ihnou1sse4ssfaotr
Four Forks. Cooke's charity consists of six alms- District School (Merridge), for Aisholt & Spaxton (mixed),
poor men or women, who each receive 2s. weekly erected in 1874, for 70 children; average attendance, 5I ;

with coals, light and clothing. The poor's land produces Miss Mary Graf, mistress

£6o yearly. The pumping station and tanks of the Bridg- CARRIER TO BnmGWATER.-John Puwell (Four Forks), mon.
water water works are situated at Ashford, near Canning- wed. & sat. returning same day

Altham Mrs. Timbercombe Culverwell Chas. farm bailiff to Edwd. Parsons James, miller (water) & farmer,
Bowen Rev. Arthur James B.A., J.P. Jas. Stanleyesq. M.P. Tuckswell farm Crockers mill

Rectory Dowdall George, farmer, Winters farm Pocock Chas. poultry dealer, Merridge
Brameld Clement Neville, Pightley ho Dyment William John, shopkeeper Porter Dan, assistant overseer
Galloway Misses, Pightley cottage Evered Robert William Cha.rd, farmer, Porter Edwin, farmer, Merridge
Galloway William George, Bush park Porter John, Travellers' Rest P.H. &
Nicholls JohnThomas,Crossfield[Letters Cridland farm
Gulliford Waiter, farmer, Postridge lime burner, Men-idge
through Cannington] Hardwill James,farmer,Waterpits farm Porter Nathan, farmer, Halsey Cross
Herniman Edwin, farmer & butcher,
COMMERCIAL. fLetters through Nether Rtowey]
Steven's farm PowellJn.Lamb inn,&carrier,Four forks

Bailey William, miller (water), Splatt Hill Charles, blacksmith, Merridge Sanders Mary & Jane (Misses), dress

Banfield George, farmer, Little Holwell Howe Samuel, farmer & landowner, makers, Four forks

Blackmore Geo. farmer, Great Holwell Merridge Sayer Dan, millwright & farmer,Greens

Bond Samuel, cowkeeper Hurford Charles, carpenter, Four forks SmithJn.castrator & sheep dipper,Keen-

Bousie John, farmer, Splatt farm Hurley John, farmer, Ebsley farm thorne[Letters througbNetherStowy]

Bradbeer Henry, dairyman, Lambridge Lane William, carpenter, Merridge Sparks Henry, miller(water),Cun-ypror

Bryant Gabriel & Co. grocers, bakers Leach William, stone mason, Four forks Sully Ernest Cracker, grocer &c

&c. Four forks Lock John, Bell P.H. Merridge WalthamThos.Perrett,farmr.Court frm

Bullingham Joseph Gould, farmer, May William, Crown P.H Waterman George, timber merchant &

Holmes farm Mayo Alfred, Victoria Arms P.H saw mills, Fonr forks

Burland Fredk. cowkeeper, Currypool NormanJane(Mrs. ),farmr.Pightley frm West Mrs. Elizh. blacksmith, Four forks.

Chamberlain William, grocer & wheel- Norman Thomas, farmer, Merridge West Tom, blacksmith

wright, Post office, Four forks Palmer Chas. grocer & draper, Merridge

STANDERWICK is a village, 4 miles east-north-east from Frome railway station, and on the road to Bath from

Warminster. This parish on March 25th, 1885, was by the "Divided Parishes Act" divided between Beckington an<i
Berkeley for civil purposes.

STANTON DREW is a parish, situated on the river r Act, r882, the parish of Pensford, or St. Thomas in Pens-

Chew, consisting of the tithings of STANTON DREW, STANTO~ ford, was incorporated with this parish, by an order of the
\VICK, and BELLUTON, on the high road from Bristol to Wells, Local Board, March 25, 1884. The church of St. Mary is

Ii miles south-west from Pensford station on the North an edifice of stone, chiefly in the Perpendicular style and

Somerset branch of the Great Western railway, about 7 consisting of chancel, nave of four bays, north aisle, north

miles south from Bristol, in the Northern division of the porch and a tower containing a clock and 5 bells; the tower

coanty, Keynsham hundred a.nd petty sessional division, dates from the 13th century, and there are remains of a

union of Clutton, Temple Cloud county court district, rural good doorway of the same period: there is a gallery, erected
deanery of Chew, archdeaconry of Bath and diocese of Bath by Peter Eaton Coates esq. and a curious old font is said

and \Vells. Under the provisieas of the Divided Parishes to be Early Norman or Late Saxon: in the north aisle or

.JDIRECTORY SOMERSETSHIRE. ST.A~TO:'\ l'RIOR. 337.

Strachey chapel, there are several monuments to the FosteT telegraph office, arrive at 8.20 a. m.; dispatched 4-45 p.m.;

and Lyde famili£>.s, now (r88g) being thoroughly restored at arrive on sundays, 9·55 a. m
the expense of -sir Edward Strachey bart. D.L. and J.P.: A School Board of 5 members was formed February ;r6,

at the east end of the church is the mortuary chapel of the 1887, for the united parishes of Stanton Drew & Pensford;
Coates family, which is kept in repair by the lord of the G. Batten, Pensford, clerk to the board & attendan~

manor: the church is now (r889) being internally renovated officer

and re-seated so as to afford sittings for 350 persons. The Board School (mixed), erected in 1857, for 120 children;
t:egister commences from r651. The living is a vicarage,
average attendance, 64; with an endowment of £32 .us..
with the curacy of Pensford annexed ; in r869 the united yearly & the same amount for apprenticing the boys ;.

livings were raised by the Ecclesiastical Commissioners to Henry Evan.s, master

the annual income of £288 (tithe rent-charge), and £1,400
granted towards the erection of a vicarage house in the Pensford (or ST. Tllol\US-IN-PENSFORD) is a village

parish of Stanton Drew: the living is in the gift of the Arch· situated in a vale, on the road from Bristol to Wells, with a

deacon of Bath, and has been held since r866 by the Rev. station on the North Somerset branch of the Great Western

Henry Theodore Perfect T.A.K.C.L. There is a Wesleyan railway, 6 miles south from the former place and 125!

chapel here, and a Friends' boufritahlegrpoaurnisdh,daatnidngnferaormto16t6h9e. from London. The river Chew runs through the village
In a field about the centre and divides it from the parish of Publow. Here is a viaduct

church, are several clusters of huge stones, forming circles, of 16 arches on the North Somerset railway, 100 feet high,

some of whi<'h lie flat on the ground, while others remain and spannin&" a valley of considerable depth. The church of
erect : one of the circles is composed of fourteen stones, St. Thomas ~ Beckett, entirely rebuilt with the exception of

another circle of about six, but some of these monoliths are the tower in 1868, is an edifice of stone in the Early Decorated

not placed in any regular order; near Sandy lane is an style, consisting of quasi chancel, nave, north and south
isolated fragment. According to Dr. F&gusson, these stones porches ami an embattled western tower containing a clock

belong to the Arthurian age, and are commemorative of the and 2 bells: the original edifice was probably of the 14th
nth battle of King Arthur, "in morte quod dicitur Agnea," century! the building has no chancel arch, but a screen of
in the locality of Maes Knoll, fought when on his way from stone and ironwork divides the nave from that part used as a

Caerleon on the Usk (9th battle), Severn ( 1oth battle), to chancel: the carved oak pulpit bears the date 1617: there
Badon hill, where the 12th battle was fought. There is one are tablets to the Guy, Veale and Thompson families, and a
stone on the road to Chew from Bristol, called the "King curious old stone font : the church has sittings for 200

Stone," or" Hautville's Quoit," of different material to the persons. The register dates from the year 1651. The living

r-est, said by tradition to have been hurled by Sir John de is a perpetual curacy, value £7, annexed to the vicarage of

Hautville, whose monument exists in Chew Magna church, Stanton Drew ; there is also a lectureship attached, founded
f.rom Maes Knoll. The old copper works, afterwards con- by the Ireland family, worth about £27 yearly. There is
verted into paper mills, are now (r889) closed. Stanton a Wesleyan Methodist chapel. Fairs were formerly held
Court, the residence of Samuel Baker Coates esq. is an old on the 6th of May and 8th of November in each year, but
and spacious building with a fine Gothic window. Belluton are now extinct. The principal landowners are the trustees
House i~ the seat of Benjamin Hansford Hill tlsq. John of the late John Windmill, Miss Adams, William Arter,
Locke the philosopher is said to have resided here. Samuel Miss Baird and trustees of " Church Lands Charity." The

Baker Coates esq. who is lord of the manor, Sir Edward soil is very rich; the subsoil, red sandstone and limestone.

Strachey hart. n.L., J.P. of Sutton Court, Bishop's Sutton, The chief crops are wheat and barley, the population in 1881
J. F. Fowler esq. and Lieut.-Col. William Hornidge Lans- was 262.

down Daubeny esq. J.P. of Shockerwick, Bathford, are the Parish Clerk, John Primrose.

chief landowners. The soil is chiefly sandy; subsoil, red PosT, M. 0. & T. 0., S. B. & Annuity & Insurance Office.
sandstone. The chief crops are wheat, barley and roots. -Miss Annie Poynting, sub-postmistress. Letters arrive
The area of the united parishes is 2,o61 acres; ratf>..able from Bristol at 7.30 a.m. & I p.m. ; dispatched at 5-35
value, including Pensford, £6,I54; the population in 1881 p.m. ; sundays, open from 8.45 to ro a.m. only; dis·

(exclusive of Pensford) was 459· patched at 9 p.m

Pari8h Clerk, William Stevens. Board School, erected in 185o, for 6o children; average

PosT 0FI<'ICE.-James Hassell, receiver. Letters from attendance, 56; Miss Melinda Casling, mistress

Bristol, via Pensford, which is the nearest money order & Railway Station, John Richard Langdon, station master

Stanton Drew. Harris Wm. corn. agent, Belluton farm Flower James

PRIVATE RESIDENTS. Hassall James, shopkeeper, PQ8t office Giles Miss, Hill side
Arter Wallace Horlges John, farmer Long John
Ashman Israel Keel Benjamin, farmer Neale Jonathan Corbett
Burnett Albert Keel James, farmer Rodbard Henry Gregory

Coates Samuel Baker, Stanton court Membrey Thomas, mason Windmill Mrs
COMMERCIAL.
Fowler Mrs Payn George, Railway hotel

Gibbs J oseph Lovell, Belton house Perry I<'rederick, beer retailer Adams Robert Russell, butcher

Hill Benjamin Hansford, Belluton house Rogers William, beer retailer Arter William, coal merchant, Hill side

Hornidge Lieut. -Col. Wm. Twyford ho Russell George, horse dealer Batten George,clerk & attendance officer

Humphries Mrs Scott John, farmer to the school board& assistant overseer

Perfect Rev. Henry Theodore T.A.K.C. r... Selvey James, farmer Beer Amelia (Mrs.), dress maker

Vicarage Slocombe Mary (Mrs.), shopkeeper, Edwards Edward, earthenware dealer

Ridge Mrs. Rosedale Stanton wick Flower Chas. saddler & harness maker

Toll William Stanton Drew Harriers (John Fifoot Higgins Jas. beer retailer & blacksmith

Turner John Fowler, hon. huntsman) Longman Elizabeth(Mrs.), beer retailer

COMMERCIAL. Stevens Thomas, farmer Luxford John, baker
Stevens William, carpenter ParkerMaryEmmaG.(Miss),brdng. schl

Betts Ann (Miss), farmer, Church farm Stevens William, farmer, Crow farm Price Joseph, farmer ·

Brodribb William James, farmer TaylorHezekiah,beer retlr.Stanton wick Price Richard, grocer & farmer

Chapman John, farmer Thomas Thos. farmer, Broad Oak farm Primrose John Richard Lukins, grocer

Chislett George, farmer, Stanton wick Watson George, farmer Saunders Rebecca (Miss), dress maker

Coward Albert.John,Foresters'Arms P.H Williams James, grocer Smart George, boot & shoe maker

Cox Edwin, boot maker Wookey Thomas, farmer, Stanton wick Thompson Edward, baker

Fowler John Harris, farmer, Elin farm Pensford. Weaver Charles, Rising Sun P.H

Harris John, blacksmith Baird Miss, Bill house West William, shoe maker

Harris Stephen, boot maker Battagal Nicholas, Hill side Wookey George, farmer

STANTON PRIOR is a parish and village, 6 miles living is a rectory, average tithe rent-charge £r65, net

south-west from Bath, 4 south-east from Keynsham station yearly value£182, including 20 acres of glebe, with residence,
on the main line of the Great Western railway, and9 south- in the gift of Earl Temple, and held since r886 by the Rev.
east from Bristol, in the Northern division of the county, William Sainsbury Hrowne M.A. of Pembroke College,
Keynsham hundred, petty sessional division and union, Bath Oxford. Henry Smith's charity of £16 yearly is for dis-
oounty court district, Keynsham district of the rural deanery tribution. Earl Temple, who is lord of the manor, and the
of Bath, and archdeaconry and diocese of Bath and '\'ells. trustees of the late William Hooper esq.are the principal land-
The church of St. Lawrence is an ancient building of stone owners. There is an ancient entrenchment on Stantonbury
in the Norman style, consisting of chancel, nave, north hill. The soil is stone brash; subsoil, stone and clav. The
porch and an embattled western tower with pinnacles, con- chi•ef crops are wheat, beans, oats and barley, and• about
taining one bell : the church was restored in 1869, and has one-third pasture. The acreage is 841; rateable Talue,
sittings for 6o persons. The reg-ister dates frcm 1557. The £1,225; the population in 1881 was 96.

s. G. & n •

33S. STANTON. PlUOB. SOMERSETSHIRE. -
[KELLY'S

:. Parish Clerk, George Bartlett. ' WALL LETTER Box cleared at 6.5 p.m

Letters through Saltford R.S.O. arrive at 9.10 a.m. The

. nearest money order offices are at Marksbury & Twerton The children of this place attend the school at Marksbt:ry

; .&; telegraph office at Twerton

f IBrowneRel'.Wm.Sainsbury M.A.Rectory HCioper John William, yeoman & farmr Taylor George, farmer, Stanton honse
Hooper James, farmer, Priory farm Smith George, farmer, Poplar farm ·

STAPT.E FITZPAINE is a parish and village, situated College,. Oxford. There are almshouses for six inmatt>.s,.

on the road to Chard, 3! miles south-west from Hatch supported by Sir W. Portman's charity of £41, and by

Beauchamp station on the Taunton and Chard branch of Crosse's charity of £10 founded by deed in 1679. Toogood's

the Great Western railway, and 5 miles south-east from charity of £6 9s. yearly value, founded by deed in 1826,

Taunton, in the Bridgwater division of the county, hundred is for blankets, and Savidge's of £1 u.s. for educational

of Abdick, Taunton petty sessional division, union and purposes. Viscount Portman is lord of the manor and chief
county court district, Ilminster district of the rural deanery landowner. The soil is clayey. The chief crops are wheat,
of Crewkerne, archdeaconry of Taunton and diocese of Bath oats and grass. A great quantity of teazels are grown
and Wells. The church of St. Peter is a building of stone, in in this district. The acreage is 2,574; rateable value,

the Perpendicular style, consisting of chancel, nave of three £1,753; the population in 1881 was 188.

bays, aisles, south porch and lofty embattled western tower Sexton, James Bale.

with pinnacles, containing 5 bells : there are sittings for 230 Letters arrive from Taunton at 8.45 a.m

persons. The register dates from 1684. The living is a WALL LETTER Box, cleared 4·55 p.m. sundays excepted

rectory, with that of Bickenhall annexed, joint gross yearly Taunton is the nearest money order office & Hatch Beau·

value from tithe rent-charge £583, with residence and so champ station is the nearest telegraph office

acres of glebe, in the gift of Viscount Portman, and held National School (mixed), for 100 children; average atten.

since 1889 by the Rev. Henry Sykes Hume M.A. of Exeter dance, 45 ; Mrs. Jane Richards, mistress

Hume Rev. Henry Sykes M.A. Rectory Diamond Thomas, miller (water) Hole Thomas, baker

Oxenham Thomas, Old Rectory Dicks Joseph, farmer Hull George, blacksmith

COMMERCIAl.. Grabham Christopher, frmr. Staple fm1 Knight Abraham, farmer, Berty farm

Bale Daniel, farmer & teasel grower Granger Samuel, carpenter Major 'fhomas, boot & shoe maker

Burrough Richard, farmer Gready James, farmer Phillips Geo. Greyhound inn, & florist
Carey George, teasel grower Harding John, farmer Sparks Samuel, farmer

Cozens Waiter, farmer & butcher Hoare Samuel, farmer Stone Mar wood, farmer, Underhill frm

STAPLEGROVEisa.parish, ontheroadfromTaunton Cothelstone House; James S. Bult esq. of Dodhill House,

to Milverton, Ii miles north-west from Taunton, in the Kingston, Joseph Welch esq. Charles Noel-Welman esq. D.L.,

Western division of the county, hundred of Taunton and .J.P. of Norton Manor, Norton Fitzwarren, John Amery esq.
Taunton Dean, petty sessional division, union and county and Col. Charles Street. The soil is light stone brash ; sub-
court district of Taunton, rural deanery and archdeaconry soil, gravel. The chief crops are wheat, barley, roots, with

of Taunton and diocese of Bath and Wells. The Great some grazing land. The area is r,o62 acres; rateable value,

Western railway skirts the parish. The church of St. John £7,336; the population in 1881 was 571.

is a building of stone of the 15th century, the aisles being On March 25, 1885, by a Local Government Order, a part
subsequently added, and consists of chancel, nave of four of the parish of St. James, Taunton, outside the munkipal
bays, aisles and an embattled tower on the south side con- boundary was amalgamated with this parish.
taining 5 bells: the church was restored in 1857, at a cost of Parish Clerk, A. Villar.
£1,200, and has sittings for 250 persons. The register Deputy Parish Clerk, William Mallett.
dates from 1558. The living is a rectory, average tithe PosT 0FFICE.-Mrs. Eliza Reed, sub-postmistress. Letters
rent-charge £172, net yearly value £18o, including 10 acres arrive from Taunton at 7.15 a. m. & 2.45 p.m.; dispatched
of glebe, with residence, in the gift of trustees, and held by at 2.45 & 9.25 p.m. On sundays arrive 7.15 a. m.; dis-
the Rev. Stafford Tordiffe B.A. of Exeter College, Oxford. patched 9.25 p.m. The nearest money order & telegraph
In this parish is a Congregational College, for description of office is at Taunton
which see Taunton. There is a flock and shoddy factory. Police Station, William Graham, constable in charge
The chief landowners are Mrs. Turner, Charles James National School (mixed), erected in 1852, for 6o children;
Turner esq. Charles Edward Jeffries Esdaile esq. J.P. of average attendance, 63; Miss Annie Line, mistress

PRIVATE RESIDENTS. Tordiffe Rev. Stafford H.A. Rectory Lane Joseph, farmer, Whitmore
Amery John, High Burlands Turner Charles James, Pinkhurst Lillycrap Charles, blacksmith
Anderson Col. John, Lawn house Vaughan Misses Lillycrap Joseph, Staplegrove inn
Biffen William, Laburnum cottage Villar William James, Elm lodge Loddor John, baker
Coles Mrs. The Cottage Watson Edgar Lowe William, builder
Cox Henry, The Firs Weaver John Wm. 2 Mile End cottages Parker Frank, butcher
Cox Mrs. Chestnut cottage Weaver William, The Mills Pitfield Charles, farmer, Burlands
Crease Henry, Lewis house White Robert, I Cyprus terrace Price Brothers & Co. manufacturers of
Dawe William F. B. I Elm villas Yeaman George, 4 Staplegrove terrace
Eden Miss, The Poplars flocks, wools, serges, blankets, collar
Fey William, 2 Cyprus terrace . COMMERCIAL. checks &c. Staplegrove mills ; & at
Gobett Mrs. I Staplegrove terrace Amery John, farmer, High Burlands Wellington
Gyngell Mrs. I Mile End cottage Autton Henry Sanford, farmer & agri- Redwood William, farmer, Pinkhurst
Hussey Thomas Arthur
Lewis Charles, Kibbies cottage cultural seedsman Riddles Henry ,James, market gardener,
Marshall Wilfred George, The Elm Birch Thomas, farmer
Montriow Mrs. Ferndale Bird George, farmer, Middle Burlands Prospect cottage
Perrin Mrs. 2 Staplegrove terrace Bond William, farmer, Stonehouse frm Sherring John, farmer, Lewis farm
Pollard Samuel, 3 Cyprus terrace Chambers Emily Jane (Mrs.), shopkpr Slade Simon, thrashing machine mvner
Chorley Henry James, shopkeeper
Richmond Andrew Clift William George, dairyman, & & farmer
Street Col. Charles, Staplegrove lodge Slade Vincent, nurseryman
Taylor Major-Gen. George Kepple R.A. assessor & collector of taxes Spillar John, farmer
Dudderidge Sarah (Mrs.), shopkeeper
The Grove Lane Emily (Mrs.), dress maker, :Fair- Villar Arth.com. trav. 3 Staplegrove ter
Weaver John William, miller (water),
water cottage
Staplegrove mills
White Charles Albert, market gardener

STAWELL is a hamlet and chapelry in the parish of Smith M.A. of Exeter College, Oxford. W. E. Welsh esq. of

Moorlinch, from which it is about 2 miles north-west, 4! Wells, is the layrecter; value of impropriate tithes, £Ioo a.

east-north-east from Bridgwater across the moors, or 6i by year. Here is a Congregational chapel. Alien Dowdeswell

road, and 3~ miles south-west from Edington Road station Graham esq. M.A. of 6 North Common road, Ealing,
on the Burnham branch of the Somerset and Dorset joint Middlesex, and Miss Loscombe are the chief landowners.
railway, in the Bridgwater division of the county, hundred The soil is marl, loam and peat; subsoil various. 'Ihe chief
of Whitley, petty sessional division, union and county court crop!! are wheat, beans, barley and oats. The area is 955
district of Bridgwater, rural deanery of Glastonbury, arch- acres; rateable value, £1,930; the population in 1881
deaconry of Taunton and diocese of Bath and Wells. The was 177.
chapel is an ancient building of stone restored in 1874, in the Parish Clerk, William Harding.
Early English style, and consists of chancel, nave, south Letters through Bridgwater, which is the nearest money
porch and a tower containing one bell: there are sittings for order office, arrive at 6.30 a.m. Edington Road station is
130 persons. The register dates from 1654. The living is the nearest telegraph office. WALL Box cleared at 6 p.m
a chapelry, annexed with that of Button Mallet to the School (mixed), erected in 1872, in memory of George
vicarage of Moorlinch, joint yearly value £3oo, in the gift Templer Graham, of Cossington, to hold So children;
of and held since 1:884 by the Rev. Frederick Northcote average attendance, 50; Miss Caroline Tiley, mistress

DIRECTORY.] SOMERSETSHIRE. •

• STOCKI.INCH• 339

COKMERCIA.L. Hillman George, farmer Parsons George, blacksmith
Carver George, fanner Hole Albert Henry, farmer Tazewell Frederick, fanner
Collings Edward, farmer Hurman Thomas, farmer Wilkins Charlotte (Mrs.), shopkeeper
Connock Charles, carpenter Loveridge George, farmer

STAWLEY is a parish and village 8ituated on the river 1Wood, the residence of William Sweet esq. is very pictur•

Tone, 5 miles west.north-west from Wellington, 5 south esquely situated, and has a remarkably effective apJ:earance.
from Wiveliscombe and 3 south-east from Venn Cross Messrs. Palmer and Sweet are lords of the manor and chief

station on the Devon and Somerset branch of the Great landowners. The soil is clay and loam; the subsoil is slate,
Western railway, in the Western division of the county, sandstone and limestone. The crops are corn and turnips.
western division of Milverton hundred, Wellington petty The area is 1,6Io acres; rateable value, £:~,208 ; the pop-
sessional division, union and county court district, Welling- ulation in 1881 was 273.

ton district of the mral deanery of Taunton, archdeaconry APLEY is a hamlet 1 mile south-east from the parish
of Tau11ton and diocese of Bath and Wells. The church of church. Here is a. Congregational chapel.

St. Michael, restored in 1873, is an ancient building of stone On March 25, 1884, detached parts of Ashbrittle parish
in the Early English style, consisting of chancel, nave, south known as Great and Little Brimley and Greenham were

porch and an embattled western tower containing 5 bells, amalgamated with this parish.
the smallest of which was given a few years ago by the Rev. Sexton, Abraham Radford.

John Hayne, late rector; on the exterior wall of the tower Letters by foot post through Wellington, arrive at 9 a..m.
is a series of 12 square panels, containing the legend, "Prar, Wiveliscombe & Wellington are the nearest money order

for the sowle of Henry Hine and Agnes his wyffe, A. D. 1522: ' & telegraph offices. WALL Box cleared at 3·45 p.m. on

there are sittings for 150 persons. The register dates from week days only
1653. The living is a rectory, gross yearly value from tithe This place is included in the Ashbrittle & Sta.wley United

rent-charge £150, with residence and 27 acres of glebe, in School Board district

the gift of and held since 1879 by the Rev. John Popham Board School, Apley (mixed), erected in 1875• for 100
Hayne B. A. of St. John's College, Cambridge. Stawley children; average attendance, 90; - Hales, master

Chapman Chas. Tremlett ho.Greenham FoxfordJn.frmr.& miller(water),Stawly Stone James, farmer. Burrow

Hayne Rev.Edward Randolph T.A..K.C,L. Gamlin William, shoe maker, Apley Sweet Thomas, farmer, Stawley wood

[rector of Raddington] Gamlin William, jun. carpenter, Apley Sweet William, farmer & landowner,

Hayne Rev. John Popham B.A. Rectory Hartnell George, butcher, Apley Apley & Stawley wood

Palmer Thomas, Bennett's house Hill John, farmer, Greenham Barton Sweet Wm. jnn. assistant overseer for

Sweet William, Stawley wood Lovebond Lucy(Mrs.),farmer, Knatch- Stawley & Ashbrittle parishes, Staw-

Surrage Charles T. D. Winkleigh house ford Barton ley wood

COMMERCIAL. May James, blacksmith, Greenham Vicary Robert, shoemaker, Tracebridge

Andrews Elias, farmer, Hill farm Palmer Thos. land surveyor & estate agt Vica.ry Wm. dairyman, Little Brimley

ChilcottGeo.Globe P.H.& shopkpr.Apley Parr Albert, builder, Apley Wood James, dairyman, Great Brimley

STOCKT·AND :BRISTOL is a parish and village Magdelene, and was built in 1882 at the sole cost of the Rev.

situated on the west bank of the river Parrett and bounded Henry Arthur DanielM.A. late vicar, for the benefit of the

by the Bristol channel, 7 miles north-west from Bridgwater fishermen and other residents in the hamlet : it is a. build-

(the nearest railway station), in the Bridgwater division of ing of brick with stone dressings, in the Early English style,

the county, western division of Cannington hundred, Bridg- consisting of nave, south porch, vestry and a turret contain-

water petty sessional division, union and county court ing one bell: the windows are of cathedral glass of ricb

district, rural deanery of Bridgwater, archdeaconry of design: a handsome oak desk, intended for use on the com ·

Taunton and diocese of Bath and Wells. The church of St. munion table, has been carved and presented by the Rev.

Mary Magdalene is a building of stone in the Early English Charles George Anderson, rector of Otterhampton, to which

style, consisting of chancel, nave of three bays, north aisle, parish the district is now annexed for civil purposes : there

south porch and a western tower containing 5 bells : the are 70 sittings. The Rev. Henry Arthur Daniel lll.A. is lord
east and west windows are stained: in 1865 the church was of the manor and principal landowner. The soil is red clay~

rebuilt at the sole cost of Thomas Daniel esq. of Stoodleigh, and the subsoil stone The chief crops are wheat, beans

Devonshire : there are sittings for 180 persons. The register and barley, and there is some pasture land. The acreage is

dates from the year 1563. The living is a vicarage, tithe 803 ; rateable value, £1,366; the population in 1881 was

rent-charge £153, gross yearly value £240, including 31 x88.

acres of glebe, with residence, in the gift of the Rev. Henry Letters received through Bridgwater via Cannington about
A. Daniel H.A.. and held since 1889 by the Rev. William
Robert Pearson Strange, of Pembroke College, Oxford : a 8 a.m. & 6.10 p.m. WALL Box cleared at 8.15 a.m. &
new vicarage house was built in 1884 on the site of the old 6.20 p.m. week days only. The nearest money order &
vicarage. Thomas Daniel esq. late the lord of the manor, telegraph office is a.t Cannington

added the rectorial tithes, yearly value £6o; he also built a National School (mixed), a picturesque building erected in

manor house of stone, now the property of the Rev. Henry 1879 at the sole cost of the H.ev. Henry Arthur Daniel M. A.
Arthur DanielM.A.. The mission church of St. Andrew, at late vicar, for So ~hildren; average attendance, 36; Miss

STERT, is connected with the parish church of St. Mary Annie Hilton, mistress

[For postal pur_poses the affix "Bri~tol" had I Strange Rev. Wm. Rt. Pearson, Vicarage I House Charles, farmer, Knaplock fann
better be om1tted, Stockland, Bndgwa.ter, House Thomas Trivett farmer

being sufficient.] COllll\IERCIAL. Pain Frederick, farme; & butcher

Daniel Rev. Hy. ArthurM.A.. Manor ho Ballam Elizabeth (Mrs.), shopkeeper Perrett Wm. Rawlins, frmr. Manor frm

Daniel Henry Thos. l.P. Manor house Caswill Gabriel John, cooper & turner Sayer Charles, farmer

STOCKLINCH is a parish formed by order of the Local Bassett Powell, of St. Bees, who is also rector of Stocklinch

Government Board, March 25th, 1884, amalgamating St. Magdalen, where he resides. The church of St. Mary

Stocklinch Ottersay with Stocklinch St. Magdalen, 7 miles Magdalen is a small building of stone in the Gothic style,

west-south-west from Martock, 2~ north-east from llminster consisting of chancel, nave, north and south porches and a

station on the Chard branch of the Great Western railway, turret containing 3 bells : there are sittings for 75 persons.

and 7 north-east from Chard, in the Southern division of The register dates from the year 156o. There is a charity

the county, hundred of Abdick and Bulstone, Ilminster of £1 yearly value. Mrs. Alien, who is lady of the manor,

petty sessional division, Chard union and county court and Mrs. Stephens are chief landowners. The soil is clay;

district, Ilminster district of the rural deanery of Crew- subsoil, lias stone. The chief crops are wheat, beans and

kerne, archdeaconry of Taunton and diocese of Bath and flax. The area of the new parish is 498 acres; rateable

Wells. The church of St. Mary is a building of stone in the value, £1,362; the population in 1881 was 210.

Early English style, consisting of chancel, nave, transept, Parish Clerk, James Woodland.

south porch and a tower containing 3 bells: there are sit- Letters through Ilminster, the nearest money order & tele..
tings for Bo persons. The register dates from the year graph office, arrive at 6.30 a..m
1574. The living is a rectory, annexed to that of Stocklinch
St. Magdalen, tithe rent-charge£183, joint net yearly value WALL LETTER Box cleared at 6 p.m. week days only

£243, including 34 acres of glebe, with residence, in the National School (mixed), erected in 1866 for 6o children,

gift of trustees, and held since 1886 by the Rev. William average attendance, 43; Miss Eliza Silver, mistress

StocklI.nch Ottersay. Linton John, cooper Woodland James, shopkeeper J•
Stephens John Hext, auctioneer
Stephens John Hext Stocklinch St. Magdalen.
Dolling James, dairyman Welch Robert, farmer
Wilce Richard, farmer Powell Rev. Walter Bassett [rector]

S. G. & B. 22*

340 · STOCKLINCH. · SOMERSETSHIRE. •

' (KELLY's

Stephens Mrs. Harriet I1Bindon George, shoe maker I Faulkner Samuel, farmer
Stephens Thomas
Brake Charles, butcher Denham Fredk. farmer, Ilford bridge Leuton Philip, wheelwright

Dolling Robert, dairyman Norton Alfred, farmer

STOGUMBER is a parish and village, 5 miles south-by- 1Court, the trustees of the manor estate, the Rev. William

• east from Watchet, 7 north-by-east from Wiveliscombe and Sweet-Escott B.A. rector of Penarth, Glamorgan, and Mar-

I75 by rail from London, with a station, I mile east, on the wood Notley esq. are the principal landowners. The soil

West Somerset branch of the Great Western railway, in the is a rich loam, with some clay; subsoil, marl and stone

Western division of the county, hundred of Williton and rush; it produces abundant crops of wheat, beans, barley,

Freemanors, Williton petty sessional division, union and mangolds, potatoes and turnips. The area is 5, I4o acres ;

county court district, Wiveliscombe district of the rural rateable value, £6,945 ; the population in I88I was I,2<J2.

deanery of Taunton, archdeaconry of Taunton and diocese
of Bath and Wells. The church of St. Mary is an edifice of CAPTON, 2 miles north-west from the village; CARSLAKE,

stone in the Perpendicular style, consisting of chancel, two I mile south-east ; HIGHER VEXFORD, 2 miles south; LowER
chapels, nave fi b ·l h d h h VEXFORD, 3 miles aouth-east; KINGSWOOD, three-quarters
of ve ays,alses,nort an sout pore es ofamilenorth-east;andVELLOW,Imilenorth,arehamlets.
and an embattled western tower, 72 feet high, containing a
clock and 6 bells; in the chancel are two memorial stained On March 25, I883, a detached part of this parish, known

windows; and on the south side are the effigies of a knight as Halsway, was amalgamated with Becknoller.

in armour and two ladies, one on each side, representing Sextoness, Mrs. Eliza Lovell.

Sir George Sydenham kt. a major in the army of Charles I. PosT, M. 0. & T. 0., S. B. & Annuity & Insurance Office.-

ob. 17 Jan. I661-2, and Susan (Sydenham) and Elizabeth Daniel Davis, postmaster. Letters arrive from Taunton

(Gilbert), his wives: at their feet are a kneeling female at 6.40 a.m.; on sundays at 6.40 a.m.; dispatched at

and figures of three infants : there are also several ancient 6.15 p.m

mural monuments, and a brass to Margery (Chamberlayne), INSURANCE AGENT.-Economic Life & West of England, E.

wife of Edmund Windbam esq. of Kensford, ob. 1585 : there Hellard

are- sittings for 320 persons. The register dates from the PuBLIC OFFICERS :-

year 1559. The living is a vicarage, yearly value £3oo, with Inland Revenue Officer, Robert Holland

a good residence, in the gift of the Dean and Chapter of Medical Officer & Public Vaccinator for Stogumber District,

Wells and held since 1871 by the Rev. Edward Henry Jones Williton Union, Charles Edward Seppings Brettingham

T.A.K.C.L. The Baptists have a chapel here, endowed by L.F.P.S.Glas. Manor house

Jane Prowse, in 1690, with £250, secured on a farm at Registrar of Births, Deaths & Marriages for the Stogumber

Hampton, Devon. There are almshouses for six poor District, Waiter Hyett

widows, who each receive one shilling per week from National School (mixed), restored & enlarged in 1871, for

Marwood Notley esq. of Combe Sydenham, in this parish; 153 children ; average attendance, I20; Henry Mouncher,

and charities of £4o yearly are distributed in clothing and master

blankets. Sir Alfred Wilson Trevelyan bart. of Nettlecombe Railway Station, Henry Vowles, station master

Brettingham Charles Edward Seppings, Case William Benjamin, grocer, &agent Mouncher Henry, deputy registrar of

Manor house for W. & A. Gilbey, wine & spirit mers births, deaths & marriages for Stog·

Hellard Edwin Chappell Jn. & Robt.carpenters, Vellow umber sub-district

Jones Rev. Edwa.rd Henry T.A.K.C.L. Cornish Geo. Lyddon, farmer, Hill frm Norman Joseph H. grocer & draper

Vicarage Davis Dl. plumber & glazier, Post office Pitts George, grocer

Jones Rev. George [Baptist], Chapel ho Duddridge Abrhm. frmr. Low. Vexford Rexworthy Ann (Miss), milliner

Ling Miss Ettery Thomas, blacksmith Risden Waiter, fanner, Escott farm

Major Mrs J<'armer David, mason Shapland Christopher, farmer, Low

Notley Marwood, Combe Sydenham Giles Richard Thresher, farmer Priston farm

Sloman Major John, Springfield lodge Granfield Charles, farmer Shepherd Simon, farmer, Rowden farm

Stone William, Haddon house Hall Hannah (Miss), milliner Sloman John, brewer

Tuckfield Mrs Hartnell Mary (Mrs.), shopkeeper Smythe William Quartley, farmer

White John, Vellow cottage Hellard Edwin, solicitor & commissioner Sully Joel & John, carpenters

for administering oaths, perpetual Sully John, carpenter, Zinch

COMMERCIAL. commissioner for taking acknowledg- SuUy John E. shopkeeper

Andrews William, shopkeeper ments of married women, sec. to the Summerhayes James, farmer

Ashelford Joseph,farmer, Deanlane frm West Somerset Mineral Railway Co. Symes William, dairyman, Capton

. BadcockJames, farmer, Higher Vexford & clerk to the Watchet harbour corn- Symons Elizabeth (Miss)~ day school

.Bowerman Alfred, farmer, Capton farm missioners Thorne Caleb Glles, Curdon farm

. .Brettingham Charles Edward Seppings Hill Henry, shoe maker Tuckfield William, miller (water), Stog-

L.F.P.s.olas. surgeon,& medical officer Hill James, farmer, Embelle farm umber mills

& public vaccinator for Stogumber Holland Robert, inland revenue officer Upham Thomas, White Horse P.H. &

district, Williton union, Manor house Hyett Waiter, plumbe-r & glazier, & baker & farmer

:Bur:,ton James, farmer registrar of births, deaths &marriages Veanoombe William, blacksmith,Vellow

. 'Burston ·wmiam Francis,miller (water), for the Stogumber sub-district Watts James, Swan inn, & farmer

Kingswood mill Jennings Oliver &Robt.farmrs.Carslake Yandle Joseph, blacksmith, Higher

nussell Thomas, Railway inn Lovell Philip, mason Carslake

__,STOGURSEY (or STOKE CouncY or DE CouRCELLES) is Acland-Hood hart. and has sittings for 618 persons. The

_ a parish and village, bounded on the north by the Bristol register dates from 1647. The living is a vicarage, average

-channel, 8! miles north-west from Bridgwater station on the tithe rent-charge £357, net yearly value £218, with resi-

main line of the Great Western railway, in the Western deuce, in the gift of Eton College, and held since I87o by the
division of the county, western division of Cannington bun- Rev. J<'rederick Meade-King M.A. of Pembroke College, Ox-
dred, Williton petty sessional division, union and county ford ; the Provost and Fellows of Eton College are owners of
. court district, rural deanery of Bridgwater, archdeaconry of the great tithes, which were commuted at £8oo. In the
Taunton and diocese of Bath and Wells. This place takes hamlet of STOLFORD, 3 miles north-east, is a small wooden

its name from the family of de Courcy or Courcelles, church, built in 1866, for the use of the parishioners during

whose chief residence it was. The church of St. Andrew is the time the parish church was under repair. Here are Con-
,_ a fine building of stone, partly in the Norman style, consist- gregational and Baptist chapels. There are almshouses for

ling of chancel, nave, transepts, opening to the church, six old women, rebuilt in 1869, by the late Sir P. P. Fuller-
separated by Norman arches, north porch and a central Palmer-Acland hart. and others for three old men. The
tower with leaded spire containing a clock and 6 bells, the total annual value of the charities is about £5oo. On the
sixth bell having been added in 1866 : the tower, now the south side of the village are the remains of the castle, one of
oldest existing portion, is in plan an oblong, the longest sides the principal fortresses in the 12th century of the powerful
facing east and west so as to allow of a wide chancel arch, house of Courcy, and passed to Faukes de Breaute on his
the columns and capitals of which are extremely beautiful, marriage with the heiress of that family; it then succes-
snd on the east side exhibit features almost classical in their sively belonged to the families of FitzPain and Percy, but it
details : the body of the church was rebuilt in the reign of was taken and burnt by William, Lord Bonville, brother-in-
Henry VII. : the church retains an early Norman font: the law of Richard, Earl of Warwick, after the first battle of St.
north transept was dedicated to St. Erasmus : the south Albans, May 23rd, 1455, and has since remained in ruins ;
t.ransept, called also "the Chapel of our Lady of Pity," is traces of the bridge are still visible, and portions of two
t.he burial place of the family of Verney and contains a. tomb, towers, some walls and the sally-port remain. The priory
with recumbent effigy in stone to Sir Ralph Verney, ob. 1353, of St. Andrew, a Benedictine house, was founded in the time
~nd' another to John Verney, who died during the reign of of Henry 11. by Hugh de Neville, as a cell to the Abbey of
Henry VI. : the east window, erected in 1866, and the west Lonlay, in Normandy, but in 1338 only the prior and one
window, in 1871, are stained: the church was restored and monk remained. Sir Alexander B. P. Fuller-Acland-Hood

reseated in 1866, partly at the cost of Sir A. B. r. Fuller- hart. D.L., J.P. of St. Audries, West Quantoxhead, is lord d

DI]JECTORY.] SOMERSETSHIRE. STOK:E-SUB-BAMDON. 341

the manor and chief landowner. The soil is clay and the Bridgwater by foot post from Nether Stowey arrive at

subsoil stone. The chief crops are wheat, barley and pas- 7.Io a.m.; dispatched at 6.xo p.m

turage; the area is 5,853 acres of land; rateable value, WALL BoxEs at Water corner cleared at 7.20 p.m. & at Stol-

£8,459; the population in I88I was I,262. ford, cleared at 8 a.m. week days only

"BuRTON, I mile north-west; KNIGHTON, r! north-west; INSURANCE AGEYT.-Phoonix Fire, H. L. T. Blake, Fairfield
National School (mixed), a handsome Gothic building,

SHURTON, I north; STOLFORD, 3 north-east; and WEEK, Ii erected in r86o, at the sole expense of the late Sir P. P. I<'.

north-east are hamlets. P. Acland bart. for 250 children; average attendance,
Parish Clerk, Francis Henry Rawlins. 20g; John James Ireland, master

PosT & M. 0. & T. 0., S. B. & Insurance & Annuity Office. CARRIERS TO BRIDGWATER.-John Bailey, James Thorne &

-Francis Henry Rawlins, sub-postmaster. Letters from William Warner, mon. wed. & sat. returning same day

PRIVATE RESIDENTS. Cavill William, shopkeeper Pairman Robert M.D., c.M. surgeon, &

Blake Henry Leach Trubridge,Fairfield Chidgey Charles, wheelwright, Stolford medical officer & public vaccinat01r,

Burland Archibald Clements William, grocer & draper Stogursey district, & medical officer

Evered John, Burton Creech Barnet, beer retailer, Burton of health, Eastern division, Williton

Exon Miss Crocombe John, farmer, Monkton union, Ivy house

Hawkins Miss, Burton Davey Charles, farmer, Wick Payne Michael, shoe maker

Joyce Miss Davey James, blacksmith, Cock wood Pearce Thomas, miller & fa'"'rrn""er, Stog-

Joyce Thomas Dibble Thomas, wheelwright ursey mill
Meade-K t.ng Rev. Fk. M.A., J.P. v·1carage Dyer Joseph, farmer, Burton Perrett Henry, farmer, Wick farm
Pain John, Cock Wood villa Faun Henry, butcher
Perrett Joseph, shoe maker, Stolford

Pairman Robert M.D. Ivy house Finden William, fisherman, Stolford Perrett Thomas, farmer, Woolston

Perrett John Giles William John, Greyhound inn Perry Joseph, blacksmith

ferrett Miss Govett Soloman, farmer, Stolford Rawlings James, farmer, Stolford

Ridler Mrs Hale Herbert William, wheelwright Rawlings Robert,farmer, Chalcott farm

Ridler-Rowe William, Harford house Hale Thomas, saddler Rawlins Francis Hellry, grocer, draper

Scott Rev. John Geo. [Baptist],Burton Hall John, painter, glazier &c &c. Post office
Harris Thoma~, beer retailer, Shurton Rich Thos. & Wm. farmers,Dawlea frm
Shepherd. Joseph, Woolston

Shepherd Mrs. J Hartree Henry, farmr. Derborough frm Risdon Jas. Jenkins, farmer,Water frm

Shepherd Mrs. M. Shurton Hodges Henry, farmer, Shurton Sellick John, fisherman, Stolford

Shepherd Mrs. p Howse David, farmer, Shurton Shepherd James & Anna (Mrs.), .Acland

Toms Thomas, Shnrton Howse John, farmer,ShurtonCourt frm Hood Arms P.H. & maltsters

Tucker James, Shurton Jones Geo.farmer,Vicarage farm,Burtn Shepherd Francis Henry, farmer,Idson

Webb William, Burton Jones Thomas, wheelwright, Shurton Silke Geo. farmer, Farringdon Hill frm

Wilson Richard Edward, Shurton lodge Jones William, farmer, Peadon farm Southwood Henry, farmer, White wick

Kilt Charles, farmer, Zine farm Sully Charles, farmer

COMMERCIAL. Langdon William, farmer,Cole Pool frm Tarr Waiter, farn1er, Priory farm

Bailey John, beer retailer & carrier Leach Henry, stone mason, Stolford Thorne James, carrier

Barnett James, wheelwright, Shurton Leigh William Henry, tailor Toms John, shoe maker

Blake Henry Leach Trubridge, steward Leversha Jn. watch & clock cleaner &c Triggol Joseph, farmer, Ste.yning farm

to Sir Alex. B. P. l<'uller-Acland- Leversha Peter, shoe maker Triggol Thomas, farmer, Cock farm

Hood bart. }<'airfield Loveless George, boot & shoe maker Warner William, grocer & carrier

Brewer Frank, fisherman, Stolford Luckwell Charles,thatcher & basket ma Webber Francis, thatcher, Xplat

Brook James, head gamekeeper to Sir Marshall Thos. grocer & draper,Burton Webber l<'rederick, thatcher

Alex. B. P.Fuller-Acland-Hood bart Millard Elizabeth (Mrs.), shopkeeper Webber George, shopkeeper, Stolford

Browning Charles, blacksmith, Burton Millard Joseph, blacksmith Wescombe John Knight, miller (water)

.Hurland Thomas, tailor Newton Beddon Thomas, baker & farmer, Shurton mill

Burton Edmund, Shurton inn Pain Sydney, farmer, Shnrton Whitefield John, farmer, Cuh·er street

STOKE-sub-HAMDON is a parish comprising the building in the Gothic style, with a tower and spire. There
villages of EAST and WEST STOKE, and situated on the river is also a Wesleyan chapel with a school. Glove-making is
Parrett, 2 miles south-east from Martock station, and It extensively carried on here, and the trade is rapidly in-
miles west from Montacute station on the Yeovil and Durs- creasing. A fair is held here on April 25. On HAMDON
ton branch of the Great Western railway, and 6 east from HILL, which is partly in this parish, are some extensive

Yeovil, in the Southern division of the county, Tintinhull stone quarries. This hill was originally a portion of a series
hundred, Yeovil petty sessional division, union and county of British earthworks, extending several miles in all direc-
court district, Martock district of the rural deanery of tions, and was re-fortified by the Romans : the remains
Ilchester, archdeaconry of Wells and diocese of Bath and of entrenchments and fortifications are still visible: the

Wells. The church of St. Andrew is a fine cruciform build- Roman fosseway from llchester to Dinnington passes
ing of stone, in the Norman, Early English, Decorated and throngh the north of this parish, and portions can still be
Perpendicular styles, consisting of chancel, nave, transepts, distinctly traced. H.R.H. the Duke of Cornwall, who is lord
north porch and an embattled tower rising over the north of the manor, Capt. Robert Chaffey-Chaffey and Major T.

transept and containing 5 bells: the chancel arch is Nor- B. Hawkesworth, are chief landowners. The soil is loamy

man : there are three fine piscinre, two of these being and stone brash and the subsoil clay and stone brash. The
double: in the chancel are two leper windows and a fine re- chief crops are wheat, barley, beans, flax, roots and some
cumbent effi.,oy of John Strode, gent. ob. 1725, and the south land in pasture. The area is 1:,168 acres; rateable value,

transept contains the effigy of a priest vested, and has nine £4,980; the population in r881 was I,516.
small stained windows, erected in 1877, by John Winter Sexton, John Palmer.

Waiter esq. in memory of his wife and children :in the north PosT, M. 0. & T. 0., S. B. & Annuity & Insurance Office

transept is a memorial window, erected in r88r, by the Rev. (Sub-Office. Letters should have S.O. Somerset added).-
Frederick Shepherd M.A. late vicar, in remembrance of his John Gill Southcombe, receiver. Lett-ers from Ilminster
wife: the pulpit is a fine specimen of carved oak of the arri-re at 6.ro a.m. & 4 p.m. ; dispatched at 2.40 p.m. &

Jacobean period: there are sittings for 300 persons. The 7.20 p.m

register dates from the year I558. The living is a vicarage, WALL LETTER Box, East Stoke, cleared at 6.4S p.m. week
yearly value £rro, with residence, in the gift of Major J. W. days only
B. Hawkesworth, the impropriator of the tithes, and held Voluntary Sehool (mixed), built in 1876, for 220 children;
since I884 by the Rev. "\Villiam John Rowland M.A. of Wor- average attendance, 200; Thomas William Pritch.ud,
cester College, Oxford. 'l'he Congregational chapel, erected master

in 1865, together with a school, at a cost of £1,973, is a CARRIER.-George Wall, to Yeovil, daily

West Stoke. Slade John, Hill view Webster Rev. Thos. [Cong.],IThe Mans
Wilsdon William, 4 I<'ootlands
PRIVATE RESIDENTS. Southcombe John
Southcombe Mrs. Brocks mount COMMERCIAL.
Channon George, tailor
Ashford Miss Southcombe Tom, I Hamdon villas
Chant Albertina (Mrs.), bakr. & beer ret
Baulch George, Conduit house Staple Joseph Chant David, thatcher
ChantEliza(Mrs.),Duke of Cornwall P.H
Chant Henry, Langlands Taylor Mrs
Chant John Isaac, baker
Dalwood George Frederick, 3 Footlands Taylor Owen, 2 Footlands Chant Philip, fly proprietor
Chant Tom, mason & shopkeeper
.Gaylard Mrs Thorne Benjamin, r Footlands
Cross William, shoe maker
-Geard John Vickery Io'rederick
Dalwood William, fly proprietor
Gill William James WalterJohn Winter, Summerlawn
Darby William, farmer, Fane"s fa.rm .
Morris John Waiter Waiter Winter, The Gal1les

_Palmer Frank Ware Thomas Bonville, Castle close

Raymond ErnestDouglas,2 llamdon vib Waterman William Joseph, Langlands

342 STOKS-SUB-HAMDON. SOMERSETSHIRE.

Fane Albert, shopkeeper Richaros Ann (Mrs.), shopkeeper Waiter John Henry, glove manufactr

Fane Frederick, builder Shutler Harriet (Mrs.), shopkeeper Walter Waiter Winter, surgeon,& medf.

Gaylard James, farmer Slade Wesley, grocer cal officer & public vaccinator, No. 6

Hallett Isaac, hair dresser Southcombe & Co. drapers & grocers district, Yeovil union, The Gables

Hebditch Benjamin Samuel, fanner & SouthcombeAugustusLouis,stationer &c Waiters Jane (Mrs.), baker & shopkpr

sub-steward to H.R.H. the Prince of Southcombe Richard, glove manufactr Warry Henry, blacksmith

Wales, Hood's farm Stoke Working Men's Institute (Ernest Waterman Wm. Jsph.grocer,Langlands

Hebditch Jane (Mrs.), shopkeeper Raymond, sec) East Stoke.
Heitmann Herrmann, watch maker Tatchell Simeon, farmer, Parsonage fm

Helliar Christopher, farmer Taylor Mary Ann (Mrs.), shopkeeper Cha:ffey-Chaffey Capt. Robert, East

Hobbs Charles, beer retailer & herbalist Taylor Samuel, shoe maker Stoke house

Johnson Thomas, boot maker Taylor Sarah (Mrs.), Fleur-de-Lis hotel Richards Maj. Hy. Hutchings,Stoke cot

Male Robert Thomas,builder,carpenter, Taylor William, Prince of Wales P.R Richards John Whitehead,Stoke cottage

wheelwright & undertaker Terrell William Griffin, farmer Rowland Rev. Wm. John M. A. Vicarage

Parker Charles Raymond,fancy box ma Thorne Elizb.(Mrs. ), Rose & Crown P.R Turner Mrs

Pippard George, plasterer Wakley George, butcher Palmer John, 11exton

Pitman George, quarry master & mason Wakley Robert, farmer Staple James, farmer

Pittard John (Mrs.), shopkeeper Wall George, carrier Taylor George, baker

NORTH STOKE is a parish and village, situated on the the architect: there are xoo sittings. The register dates from •
•
river Avon, and bounded on the north by the county of 1649. The living is a rectory, average tithe rent-charge £84,

Gloucester, xi miles north-west from Kelston station on the net yearly value £xs6, including 25 acres of glebe, with re-
Bath extension of the Midland railway, 5 north-west from sidence, in the gift of the Lord Chancellor, and held since

Bath and Bl east-south-east from Bristol, in the Frome divi- x877 by the Rev. Frederick O'Melia n.A. of Trinity College,

sion of the county, Bath Forum hundred, Weston petty Dublin. In x888 the remains of a Roman villa were dis-
sessional division, Keyusham union and county court district, covered near the church, and also a stone coffin containing a

Keynsham district of the rural deanery of Bath, arch- skeleton. Charles Daniel Cave esq. M.A., D.L., J.P. of Stone-
deaconry of Bath and diocese of Bath and Wells. The church leigh House, Clifton, who is lord of the manor, and H. W.
of St. Martin is an ancient building of stone, in the Early Lawrence esq. are the principal landowners. The soil rests
Norman and later styles, consisting of chancel, nave, south upon an oolite formation. The land is chiefly pasture. The
porch and a western tower, with pinnacles, containing one area is 778 acres; rateable value, £995; and the population
bell: there is a font of very early date, and a sun dial, in x88x was xgo.

possibly Saxon, on the porch: the chancel arch is a fine Parish Clerk, Thomas Knight.
specimen of Transitional work: the church was restored in Letters through Bath arrive at 9 a. m. & 4 p.m. The
x888, under the direction of C. E. Davis esq. F.S.A. architect, nearest money order office is at Weston. WALL LETrER

of Bath, at a cost of £soo, when a fine oak roof, dating pro- Box cleared at 9.15 a.m. & 4 p.m. week days

bably from the xsth century, was discovered on the removal of School (mixed), erected in x883, for 40 children; average

the plaster ceiling : the stained east window was presented by attendance, I4 ; Mrs. Elizabeth Blake, mistress

Hooper James Gibbs William Gwyer, farmer, Church Lintern Moses, gardener & thatcher
O'Melia Rev. Frederick B.A. Rectory
Batley James, farmer. Manor farm farm Veal William, farmer, Manor house

Jeffries William, shopkeeper

STOKE PERO is a parish, situated on the road from the hills to the Bristol channel, which abounds with trout.

West Luccombe to Exford, on the borders of Exmoor Forest, Dunkery Beacon, x,7o8 feet high, is partly in this parish,

8 miles south-west from Minehead station on the North and on a clear day Sidmouth Gap, Glastonbury hills and

Somerset branch of the Great Western railway and 3 south the Quantock hills may be seen. The Right Hon. Sir

from Porlock, in the Western division of the county, hundred Thomas Dyke Acland P.c., D.L., J.P. of Killerton, Devon,

of Carhampton, petty sessional division of Dunster, union and Mr. William Tamlyn are lords of the manor and chief

and county court district of Williton, rural deanery of landowners. The soil is loamy ; subsoil, shillet. The crops

Dunster, archdeaconry of Taunton and diocese of Bath and are mostly oats and turnips. The area is 3,422 acres; rate·

Wells. The church (dedication unknown) is a building of able value, £544; the population in r88x was 49·

stone, consisting of chancel, nave, south porch and a western WILMERSHAM, half a mile west, and LuccoTT, 2 miles west,

gable-roofed tower covered with slate and containing 3 bells: are hamlets in this parish. Luccott hill is x,512 feet high.
there are sittings for 35 piserasroencst.oryT, hyeearrelygivsatelur ed£a6te2s, from
the year 1712. The living with Sexton, John Kale.

Queen Anne's Bounty of [32 added, and 8 acres of glebe, Letters from Minehead R.S.O. via Porlock; letters delivered

in the gift of J. Quick esq. and held since r885 by the Rev. to callers only. Porlock is the nearest money order &

Waiter Hook M.A. of Christ Church, Oxford, who is also telegraph office

rector of Porlock, where he resides. Red deer are found The children of this place attend the schools at Porlock &

here in a wild state, and there is a small river running from Cutcombe
I IFrench Jane (Mrs.), farmer
Harding Henry, farmer, Church farm Tamlyn William, yeoman, Luccott

Goddard Henry, farmer, Luccott Rawle Richard, farmer, Wilmersham

STOKE RODNEY (or RoDNEY STOKE) is a parish and are the busts, with epitaph, of Sir Edward Rodney knt. and

village, situated on the south side of the Mendip hills, on the his ladye (Frauces): in :r886 an east stained window was

road from Wells to Axbridge, three-quarters of a mile south- erected at a cost of £8o, and a new oak panelled ceiling

east from Draycot station on the Cheddar Valley branch of placed in the chancel, costing £6o: there is a very fine old

the Great Western railway and 5 north-west from Wells, in carved pulpit; also a covered font (Late Norman): there are

the Wells division of the county, Winterstoke hundred, sittings for x2o persons, all free. The register dates from

·wells petty sessional division, union and county court dis- x624. The living is a rectory, tithe rent-charge £268, net

trict, Axbridge district of the rural deanery and arch- yearly value £2oo, including 20 acres of glebe, with resi-

deaconry of Taunton and diocese of Bath and Wells. The deuce, in the gift of the Bishop of Bath and Wells, and held

church of St. Leonard is an ancient stone building, in the Isince r875 by the Rev. Charles Henry Tyler M.A. of Trinity

Perpendicular style, having a chancel, nave, embattled ICollege, Oxford. There are charities of £3 :ros. yearly value.
western tower with 4 bells, and north porch: there are Frederick Parsons esq. is lord of the manor. The land

north and south chapels, the former being the burial place _belongs to various freeholders. The soil is light on the side

of the Rodney family, and the latter erected by subscription of the hills, resting on dolomitic conglomerate, and in the

in 1879 to the memory of the Rev. G. H. U. Fagan, a former moor turf and light, with a clay subsoil. The land is chiefly

rector: there are monuments of the Rodney family; also a in pasturage for dairy purposes. The area is 2,64x acres;

handsome carved oak screen, presented by Sir E. Rodney in rateable value, £51319; tbe population in x88x was 323;
x624: the <'hurch was thoroughly restored in x879, at a cost this includes the hamlet of Draycot.

of £x,xoo, raised by subscription through the efforts of the DRAYCOT is partly in this parish, but has been formed into
rector, when it was reseated with English oak, new chancel an ecclesiastical parish, and is given under a separate head-
stalls of the same material and an organ added and the ing. £30 of the tithe rent-charge is assigned to Draycot.
roof releaded and re-timbered: the monuments to the
Rodney family in their chapel were renovated at a cost of Sexton, James Edwards.

£2oo, defrayed by the family; therearetwoancient stoups, Letters through Weston-super-Mare arrive at 8 a.m.
Cheddar is the nearest money order office & Draycot rail·
one at the west and the other in the porch : there is a stained
window in the nave to the memory of a sister of the rector's way station the nearest telegraph office

wife: on the north side of the Rodney chapel is a stately WALL LETTER Box cleared at 6.40 p.m. week days only

mural monument of stone, on which, in two oval niches, Church School (mixed), for so children; average attend·

under a grand canopy, the curtains of which are tied back, ance, 30 ; Miss Mary Hicks, mistress

DIRECTOIW.] 801\'lERSETSHIRE...)

Lee Mrs ·1 - Chappell William~ jun: cbm Dierehant~ Reeves Thomas, farme:t ~ 1andowne..: •

Mumford Mrs & miller (water), Rodney Stoke mills Sage John, farmer, Yew Tree farm .

Tyler Charles, sen. Manor house Cook Henry, blacksmith Taylor John, cattle dealer 1 , .-

Tyler Rev. Charles Henry M.A. Rectory Cooper Septimus, boot & shoe maker&;; Tucker Edward,. farmer ~ T?

Tyley Mrs , rate collector Turner George, farmer, Bristol plain .

COKMERCIAL. · Evans Caleb, hair dresser .. Tyley Charles, jun. fanner &landowner

Biggins Thomas, farmer Grey John, shopkeeper . & overseer · -

Bilbie Abel T. farmer, Newhill farm Hale Silvester, Rodney Stoke inn Tyley James, farmer , '•
Caseley Hester (Mrs.), landowner Hicks William, farmer & landowner Weeks Jesse, grocer & draper 1

Chappell Arthur, farmer & overseer Masters Ernest, cattle dealer & farmer Withers Robert, shopkeeper

•

STORE ST. GREGORY is a parish and village, 8 between the north aisle and transept, two doorways

miles north-east from Taunton, 8 south from Bridgwater in this transept and one in the aisle opened, a new

and 2 south from Athelney Bridge station (which is in this roof placed on the south transept, the nave roof opened

parish) on the Yeovil branch of the Great Western railway, and repaired, the western gallery removed, the reredos

in the Bridgwater division of the county, hundred of North relieved with carving and shafts of red sandstone, nevr

Curry, Taunton petty sessional division and union, Lang- oakstalls placed in the chancel and the interior gener•

port county court district, rural deanery and archdeaconry ally re-floored : there are sittings for 424 persons. The

of Taunton and diocese of Bath and Wells. At Stanmore ·register dates from the year 1561. The living is a vicarag«J,'

Bridge, in this parish, the river Tone falls into the Parrett. net yearly value £230, with residence, in the gift of the

The church of St. Gregory is an ancient crucifonn structure Dean and Chapter of Wells, and held since 1877 by the Rev.

of lia.s stone, in the Early English and Perpendicular styles, Henry Frederick Schlusser Gurney M.A. of St. John's

consisting of chancel, nave of four bays, aisles, north and College, Cambridge. The Ecclesiastical Commissioners are

south transepts, south porch and a central octagonal tower •the lay rectors and lay vicars of this parish. Here is a

with lead-covered spire, containing 5 bells, dating from 1628 Baptist chapel. The chief landowners are Henry Powell

to 1828: of the Early English church only the lower stage of Gore-Langton esq. ~.P. of Hatch Beauchamp, Major Barrett,

the tower. with its supporting arches, and the walls of the Messrs. William, Charles, Franeis, Edwd. and Thomas House

transepts and chancel remain: the original windows exist. in and Thomas and William Hembrow. The soil isrichloam;

the east wall of the south transept, but all the others are subsoil, sand and red marl, with some grazing land. 1 Thet

insertions of the date when the church was re-modelled; the chief crops are wheat, barley, beans and roots. 'fhere are

upper stage of the tower was added at the same time, the a quantity of willow withes grown here. The area is 2,969

original belfry windows being blocked and converted into acres; rateable value, £n,777; the population in 1881 was

niches, now containing new statuettes of seven of the chief 1,418. ·

apostles, the western niche being nearly covered by the roof STATRE is a hamlet. 1

of the later nave: the roofs generally, with the exception of Parish Clerk, Michael Chedzoy, Mare green.

that of the south transept, belong either to the 15th century PosT OFFICE.-Mrs. Henrietta Williams, sub-postmistress.
or to a still later period: the south wall of the chancel re-
tains a piscina, and there is another in the east wall of the Letters arrive from Taunton at 8 a.m. ; doirsdpeartc&hteedleagtr6a.p4l}5
north transept: in the south transept may be traced the p.m. on week days. The nearest money
remains of three niches of the 15th century: the carved oak office is at North Curry ·
pulpit and reading desk are Jacobean, and the font of Ham
Parochial School~ built from designs by Mrs. Spencer, of

stone is of very unusual design: the church wa.s restored in Taunton, for 140 children ; average attendance, 107;

1888 at a cost of £ 1,CXJO, under the direction of Mr. Walter Ernest Pullen, master; Mrs.Annie Pullen,mistress

Honghton Spencer, architect, of Taunton, when the tower Railway Station, Athelney Bridge, Henry B. Salter, station
arches were repaired and strengthened, the blocked arch master

Barrington Misses, Mare green Franklin George, farmer, Mare green Keirle Francis, carrier, Woodhill

Barrington Mrs. Lane end Garland Chas. shopkeepr. & withy mer Keirle John, basket maker, Stathe

Ba,rrington William, Mare green Garland Charles Boobyer, Railway Keirle Wm. Pim, shoe maker, Woodhill

Gurney Rev. Henry Fredk. Schliisser House P.H Lockyer Edward, farmer, Mare green. ·

M.A. Vicarage Godfrey John, farmer, Huntham Lockyer John,farmer, Woodhousefarm

COMMERCIAL. Goodson William, farmer Loveridge Henry, farrier ··

Barrington James, wheelwright Hearle Richard, farmer, Churley Mitchem Edwin, withy grower

Barrington Thomas, farmer,Maregreen Hembrow Albt. Clement, frmr. Dykes North Daniel, blacksmith, Mare green

Barrington Robt. frmr. High Huntham Hembrow John, beer retailer Pearce Elizabeth (Mrs.), farmer

Barrington William, withy grower Hembrow Thos. yeoman, Sturt's farm Pipe George, farmer, Turkey

.Batten William, butcher & farmer Hembrow Thos. sen. farmer, Slough Richards William, beer retailer

Bobbett George Lockyer, withy mer- Hembrow Thos.Albt. farmr.Mare green Rowsell Thomas, farmer, Huntham

chant, Woodhill Hembrow William, yeoman, Huntham Rowsell William, farmer, Huntham

.Brown William, farmer, Burrowbridge House Charles, yeoman, Stathe Sanford Richard, shoe maker

Chedzoy George, farmer House Edward, yeoman,Walker's farm, Small James, farmer, Curry load

Chedzoy Henry, farmer, Woodhill Stathe Squire Charles, farmer & baker

Chedzoy Robert, farmer House Francis, yeoman, Stathe ::)quire John, grocer & farmer

Coate Robert, farmer, Sedgemoor House James, wheelwright &carpenter, Talbot Charles, dairyman

Coate Robert, jun. farmer & withy Mare green Thomson William, wine, spirit & corn

merchant, Stathe House Thomas, farmer, Churley farm merchani, A~helney station ,

Coate Thomas, basket maker House Thos. farmer, Curry Load farm Williams Henrietta & Elizh. (Misses)_,

Cousins Charles, farmer, Woodhill House Wm. farmer, Parsonage farm drapers & grocers, Post office

Dare Isaac, coal dealer House William, farmer, Stathe court Williams Albert, baker

Dyer Thomas Skinner, Rose & Crown Jeanes Thomas, farmer, Frog lane Winchester Hy. beer retlr. & coal dealr

P.H. ~'oodhill Keirle Charles, mason, Stathe Winchester Samuel, beer retailer

STOKE ST. MARY is a parish and village, situated on of Viscount Portman, a11d held since 1885 by the Rev.

the road from Taunton to Chard, 2 miles east from Thorne Henry Fitzhardinge Berkeley Portman M. A. of Magdalen

.station on the Chard branch of the Great Western railway, College, Oxford, who resides at Orchard-Portman. Here

about 3 miles south-east from the former town, in the Bridg- is a Congregational chapel, built in 1825. Stoke House

water division of the county, Taunton hundred, petty ses- js the residence of Col. Henry Bethune Patton ;a.P. Charles

;gional division, union and county court district, Taunton Cox is lord of the manor; Viscount Portman, Charles Edward

district of the rural deanery and archdeaconry of Taunton, Jeffries Esdaile esq. J.P. of Cuthelstone House, and Col.Pattoii

and diocese of Bath and Wells. The church of St. Mary is l.P. are the chief landowners. The soil is clayey; subsoil,

a small and ancient edifice of stone in the Early English style, clay. The chief crops are wheat and beans. The area is

consisting of chancel, nave of three bays, south aisle, north 9II acres ; rateable value, £1,79S; the population in 188i

porch and an embattled western tower containing 4 bells : was 232. ,'

the east window is stained, and there are sittings for 170 '
persons. The register of baptisms dates from the year 1676 ; Parish Clerk and Sexton, Robert Trump.

marriages and burials, 1678. The living is a vit:arage, annexed Letters from Taunton, through Shoreditch, at 7-5 a. m.; & the
with that of Thnrlbear to the rectory of Orchard-Portman, LETTER Box in the village is cleared at 6 p.m. every day,

average tithe rent-charge £309, joint net yearly value except sunday. The nearest money order & telegraph

£ 38o, including 33 acres of glebe, with two houses, in the gift office is at Taunton

Gaywood Charles, Meadow cottage Patton Col. H. BethuneJ.:P. Stoke house Prew Richd. Thos. farmer & butcher
Lance Charles, Stoke conrt
Lee \Villiam, Elm villa Woodforde Miss Govier John, farmer, Stoke hill
Maine Philip, Wood cottage
Darch Thomas, beer retailer Hull Wareham, Half Moon P.B. &

Dawe George, farmer, Stoke hill thrashing machme proprietor

344 STOKE ST. MARY. SOMERSETSHIRE.

• Barman Henry, farmer, Stoke farm Rendell John, farmer & miller (water), Tapp Thomas, farmer
Jemmett George, farmer
Bronghton farm Trump Robert, blacksmith

Small George, coal merchant & builder

STOKE S T.MICHA EL (or • LANE) is a parish and house in the Elizabethan style, formerly the property of the

STOKE

village situated on the road from Frome to Wells, 4 miles celebrated George Villiers, zst Duke of Buckingham of that

north-east from Shepton Mallet, 3 north from Cnmmore family, who was assassinated at Portsmouth by Lieut. John

station on the Witham and Wells branch of the Great Wes- Felton, 23 Aug. 1628. Captain Wyndham Knatchbull J.P.

tern railway, in the Frome divisionofthecounty,Whitestone of Babington, Bath, who is lord of the manor; Richard

hundred, Shepton Mallet petty sessional division and union, Strachey esq. Mrs. Burnard, of Northover Manor House,

Frome county court district, Shepton Mallet district of the Francis Drake esq. and Augustus Drake esq. are the chief

rural deanery of Pawlett, archdeaconry of Wells and diocese landowners. The soil is light, producing a sweet herbage;

of Bath and Wells. The church of St. Michael, rebuilt in the subsoil is limestone and water flint. The land is chiefly

1838, with the exception of the tower, at a cost of £1,400, is in pasture for dairy purposes. The area is 3,744 acres ;

a building of stone, in the Early English style, consisting rateable value, £3,629 ; the population in z88z was 677.

of chancel, nave, south porch and an embattled western Parish Clerk, Joseph Ashman.

tower, with pinnacles, containing a clock and 3 bells : there Letters through Bath arrive at Oakhill. There are two

are sittings for 450 persons. The register dates from the WALL LETTER Box&s, one cleared at 5· 25 & the other at.

year 1644. The living is a vicarage, tithe rent-charge £75, 5.40 p.m. week days only. The nearest money order

.net yearly value £x6o, in the gift of the vicar of Doulting, office is at Oakhill & telegraph office at Shepton Mallet

and held since x886 by the Rev. George Henry De l''raine, A School Board of 5 members was formed June 22, 1871;

who resides at Doulting. Here is a Wesleyan chapel. There Frederick George Bradbury, Shepton Mallet, clerk to the.

are charities of £zoo, the interest of which is given to the board & attendance officer

poor yearly in money and bread. StokeHonse, occupied by Board School (mixed), erected in 1837, for 150 children;

Radulfe Lennox Lambart esq. is three-quarters of a mile average attendance, 130; Alfred Chaplin Brewer, master~

north-west-by-north from the village. In the manor of East Mrs. Brewer, mistress ; Mrs. Annie Swain, assistant

End,. in this parish, are the remains of a large and ancient mistress

Ashman Job 1Green Edwd.dairy farmer, Tanyard frm Swayne Mark, road oontractor

Green Mrs. Holme house Green Jas. dairy frmr.Manor House frm Tilke John, dairy farmer, Stoke farm

Lambart Radulfe Lennox, Stoke house Hiscox Caroline (Mrs.), farmer TreasureAlbin,dairy frmr.Rookery frm

Padfield Mrs. Sarah Moonshill Quarry (road stone) (William Treasure Mary (Mrs.), dairy farmer~

COMMERCIAL. George Roberts, proprietor) Hyatt's farm

Bryant John, farmer, Dunford farm Oram John, dairy farmer,Midway farm Treasure Charles, dairy farmer, Phip-

Clavey Martba, shopkeeper & baker Oram Henry, dairy farmer , pen's farm

Clavey William, assistant o\·erseer Oram Wm. dairy farmer, Somer's farm Treasure Henry, George, Alfred &.

Dennange John, dairy farmer Osborne Emma (Mrs.), farmer, Moon's Matthew, dairy farmers

Edwards John,dairy farmer, Batch frm Hill farm Treasure Sidney,grocer, provision mer-

Ellis Wm. dairy farmer, Three Ashes Padfield Edmund John, dairy farmer, chant & general dealer

EmeryEleanor(Mrs.),Knatcbbull Arms Goldsborongh farm TreasureTbeo. dairy farmr.Blake's frm

P.H. & dairy farmer Rich Eliza (Miss), beer retailer Wallen George, baker

Giddings Ann (Mrs.), dairy farmer Stock Albert & Son, corn millers, Stoke Walwin George, farmer, Toose's farm

Gilson· Ann (Mrs.), shopkeeper water mill Wrintmore Edwin, beer retailer

SOUTH STOKE is a parish and village bounded on the house. The principal landowners are the trustees of the late

east by the county of Wilts and 2! miles south from Bath, Right Rev. Monsignor Charles Parfitt D. D. The soil is stone

with a station called Midford on the Somerset and Dorset brash, and the subsoil freestone. The chief crops are wheat,
joint railway, in the Frome division of the county, Weston barley and oats and about one-third pasture. The area it~
petty sessional division, Bath Forum hundred, Bath union 864 acres ; rateable value, £2,406; the population in z88I
and county court district, Keynsham district of the rural was 389.
deanery of Chew, archdeaconry of Bath, and diocese of Bath MIDFORD is a hamlet, I mile west, where is a Wesleyan
and Wells. The Somersetsbire coal canal runs through this chapel. Avon bill is the residence of Major Henry W.
parish. The church of St. James is an ancient edifice of stone, Berkeley
in the Decorated style, consisting of chancel, nave of three PosT OFFICE, Midford.-Miss Rosa Smith, postmistrJss.
bays, south aisle, north porch, and an embattled western Letters from Bath arrive at 3 a.m. & 12.30 p.m.; dis-
tower, with pinnacles, containing 3 bells : the north doorway patched at 8.20 p.m. The nearest money order office is at

is a good example of Norman work: the church was corn- Combe Down ; & telegraph office Limpley Stoke. Tele-
pletely restored and enlarged in 1845, and has sittings for grams are also received at Midford railway station.
300 persons. The register dates from the year 1771. The Postal orders are issued here, but not paid

living is a vicarage, tithe rent-charge £134, net yearly value WALL LETTER Box, at South Stoke, cleared at 7·35 pm.
£z7o, including 10 acres of glebe, with residence, in the gift week days; sundays, 6.30 a.m
of and held since 1884 by the Rev. William Rurman Hadley National School, erected for 70 children ; average attendance~
Samler M.A. of Durham University. There is a Catholic 55 ; Mrs. Sarah Stone, mistress
chapel, dedicat.ed to St. Mary. Here are a brewery and malt- Midford Railway Station, George Franklin, station master

. South Stoke. Hewlett George, farmer, Pack Horse frm St. .Agata (Conoily) Marcbesa di, Mid-

Holley Frederick, carpenter ford castle

Acworth Rev. William M.A. The Hall Mattbews Robert, shopkeeper Chancellor William Job, Fox P.H

Andrews Richard, The Knoll Pease Wm. Benson, farmer, Manor farm Crees Frederick James, farmer

Jones-Vanghan Mrs. The Priory Quick Thomas, beer retailer Garratt Henry Newson, fuller's earth.

Hollinshead Miss, The Priory WainwrightEliza(Mrs.),brewer&maltstr works, Tockin mills

Robinson Frank Ring, South Stoke ho Midford. Matthews Edward, market gardener

Samler Rev. William Surman Hadley Poulsom John, farmer

ll.A. Vicarage Berkeley Major Henry W. Avon hill Poulsom William, farmer

Handley Uriah, fuller's earth & stone Hedley Wm. Snowdon X.D. Midford ho Steger George, managing toll clerk,.

mer.& breeder of thoroughbred horses Morris Miss, Hillside Canal house

Heal Josepb Edwin, house decorator Sheppard Waiter Alien, Cleive Hill ho WhiteEmily (Miss), Hope & Anchor P.ll

STOKE TRISTER is a parish 2 miles east from Win- building of stone,seating 70 persons. Wyndbam's charity, with.

canton station on the Somerset and Dorset junction railway, others, produces £4 1os. yearly, which sum is distributed in

in the Eastern division of the county, Norton l''erris hundred, money. Bayford Lodge, the residence of John Bradney esq.

Wincanton petty sessional division and union and county l.P. is a modern stone building, charmingly situated, I mile-

court district, Bruton district of the rural deanery and arch- north-east from Wincanton station. William Pbelips esq.

deaconry of Taunton and diocese of Bath and Wells. The D.L., J.P. of Montacute House, is lord of the manor. The-

church of St. Andrew, erected in 1841, is an edifice of stone, principal landowners are John Bradney esq. J.P. Thomas.

in the Perpendicular style, consisting of chancel and nave, Henry Metbuen Bailward esq. J.P. of Horsington Manor,

south porch and an embattled western tower, with pinnacles, Admiral Cospatrick Baillie Hamilton, of 29 Lowndes street,.
containing 5 bells : there are sittings for 120 persons. The London s w, A. R. Bailey esq. and John Feltham esq. The

register dates from the year 1720. The living is a discharged soil is stony brash ; subsoil, clay and sand. The land is

rectory, annexed to that of Cucklington, average tithe rent- wholly used for dairy purposes. The area is 1,6oo acres;.

charge £sn, net yearly value £375, including 97 acres of rateable value, £3,553 ; the population in z881 was 421.
glebe, with residence, in the gift of William Pbelips esq. and
held since 1878 by the Rev. James Pbelips lii.A. of Jesus BA.YFORD is a hamlet half a mile north-west, situated ·on
College, Cambridge, who rf'sides at Cucklington. The Mis- the road from Wincanton to Mere.

sion room at Bayford, built in t88I, by the rector, is a HoRwoon, formerly a detached hamlet of Horsin:;::r, too

DIRECTORY.] SOMERSETSHIRE.

parish,was,onMarch25,I886,amalga.matedwiththisparish. order & telegraph office, arrive at 7.Io a.m. & 2.30

At Physicwell House, in this hamlet, is a well rontaining p.m. WAI.L LETTER Box, Bayford, cleared at :1:2.35

water eleven feet deep, possessing medicinal properties, the & 6.15 p.m. week days only

taste of which is similar to that of salts. National School (mixed), erected,with residence for mistress,

Parish Clerk, George Moor Gatehouse. in x874o for 90 children; average attendance, 56; Miss

Letters through Wincanton, which is the nearest money Lucy Harriett Cockram, mistress

Bradney John J.P. Bayford lodge Benjafield Edwin, farmer, Bayford Isaacs John, horse dealer, Bayford

Craddock Charles Collard George, cattle dealer Kiddle Eliza (Mr8.), shopkeeper,Bayford

I<'eltham John, Springfield Collis George, farmer, Horwood Kiddle Francis, baker, Bayford

Fisher Miss, Folley Day Robert, farmer Kimber Charles, farmer & cattle dealer,

Michaud Mrs. Bayford Dowding Isaiah, farmer, Bayford Bayford

Norris Charles, Bayford Feltham John, assessor & collector of Kimber Fredk. Geo. farmer, Park farm

Read George, Bayford • taxes, Springfield Martin Thomas, farmer, Styleway

Richards Thomas, Bayford Galpin William, farmer Moody Joseph, baker, Bayford

Rossiter Mrs. Bayford Hillard John, farmer, Hook farm Mullins William, shoe maker

Welch Stephen, Bayford Hiscock George, farmer, Frith Parsons Samuel, farmer, Bayford

COMMERCIAL. Hiscock John, mason Pound Thomas, mason
Hiscock Samuel, farmer Stokes Harry, farmer

Andrews James, Unicorn inn, Bayford Horsey Charles, farmer Vaux George, blacksmith, Bayford

Barter Wm. Dibbin, farmer, Buck mill Button Robert, farmer, Physicwell

STON EASTON is a parish and a pleasant and pictur- 1885 by the Rev. Henry Palmer Leakey, who resides at Bath.
esque village, situated on the high road from Bristol to Wells 1 The Dory charities, amounting to £224 17s. Id. are invested

and Shepton Mallet, 13 miles south from Bristol, 14 south- I in Consols, of which the churchwardens for the time being are

west from Bath, 8 north-east from Wells, 7 north from Shep- trustees ; the proceeds are appropriated to the support and

ton Mallet, and 3 north from Binegar station on the Somerset maintenance of an evening school for boys. Ston Easton

and Dorset railway and 2! south from Hallatrow station on House, an ancient stone building, surrounded with shrub-

the North Somerset line of the Great Western railway, in beries, situated in the centre of a beautifully undulating and

the Northern division of the county, hundred of Chewton, well-wooded park, is the seat of John Hippisley esq. F.:tt.s.•

Clutton union, Temple Cloud county court district and petty F.R.A.s., D.L., J.P.; Mrs. R. N. Hooper has also a residence here

sessional division, Midsomer Norton district of the rural with gardens, lawns and plantations. Oddgest is the residence

deanery of Merston, archdeaconry of Wells and diocese of of Mrs. Naish. John Hippisleyesq. D.L.,J.P., who is lord of the

Bath and Wells. The church (dedication unknown) is an manor and Mrs.· R. N. Hooper are the chief landowners.

ancient edifice of stone, in the Perpendicular style, consisting The soil is loamy, with a subsoil of limestone. The chief

of chancel, nave, transept, and an embattled western tower, produce is hay and pasturage. The area is :1:,374 acres;

with pinnacles, containing 5 bells : the nave is separated rateable value, £3,3SO; the population in x88I was 342·

from the chancel by a fine Norman arch: there are several Acting Parish Clerk, Alfred Roberts.

marble tablets to the Hippisley family : the church is now PosT OFFICE.-Edmund & Charlotte Ham, receivers. Let-
( x889) about to be restored, under the superintendence of A.
W. Blomfield esq. M.A., A.R.A• : there are sittings for ISO ters are received at Bath at 7-4S a.m. & are dispatched
at 6.25 p.m. WALL Box at Old Down, cleared at 7
persons. The ground on which the church stands is soo a.m. week days & 12 noon on sundays. The nearest
money order & telegraph offices are at Temple Cloud &
feet above the sea level. The register dates from 1572. The at Paulton
living, formerly annexed to Chewton, was separated by Order

in Council Aug. 23, 1867,and declared a vicarage, with that of

Fariogton Gurney annexed, joint yearly value £120, with 2 Church School (mixed), erected in 1841, for ISO children;

acres of glebe and residence, in the gift of the Rev. Richard average attendance, 8o ; & principally supported by the

Stamper Philpott M.A. prebendary of Wells, and held since lord of the manor ; Richard Madge, master

Hippisley Henry Edwd. J.P. South lawn FlowerJn.&Ernest,farmers,Homefarm Keen J. R. & Son, general produce

Hippisley John J.P. Somerset & Berks, Flower Frank, farmer, Cliff farm brokers & agents for the sale of Dr.

D.L. Somerset, F.R.s. & F.R.A.s. Ston Gait Jacob, builder & surveyor Moritz Blnmenthal's patent reunetine

Easton park Gait Edwin, Old Down inn, & farmer, in the united kingdom

Hooper Mrs. R. N Old Down North Somerset Yeomanry Cavalry (E.

Naish Mrs. Oddgest Gait William, potato & butter dealer Troop) (Capt. Viscount Dungarvan ;

Prince Rev. Edwd.Becher M.A.[curate], Ham Edmund & Charlotte, post office Sergt.-Maj. Banham, drill instructor)

Vicarage Holbrook Hannah (Mrs.), shopkeeper Perham Frederick, bailiff to Mrs. Naish

COMMERCIAL. Horler .Ann (Miss), draper, milliner & Roberts Alfred, beer retailer

Carpenter Frank, farmer, Church farm dress maker Roberts Edward, boot&; shoe maker

Chard Edwin,dairyfarmer,HaySt.farm Jones Owen, shopkeeper Salmon James, blacksmith & wheel-

Chard George, farmer Jones William, land steward to John wright, Old Down

Clark William, head gardener to J. Hippisley esq. .J.P Tucker George, haulier & farmer

Hippisley esq. J.P Keen James Stott, farmer Wiltshire William, farmer

STOWELL is a parish, 1 mile west from Temple Combe Henry James Poole M.A. of Queen's College, Oxford. Thos.

Junction station of the South Western and Somerset al).d Marriott-Dodington esq. M.A., J.P. of Horsington House, is

Dorset railways, and 4 miles south-by-west from Wincanton, lord of the manor and chief landowner. The soil is stone
in the Eastern division of the county, hundred of Charlton brash ; the subsoil is clay and limestone. The chief crops

Horethorne, petty sessional division, union and county court are grass, and about one-third of the parish is arable for

district of Wincanton, Milborne l'ort district of the rural wheat, barley, oats, beans and turnips. The area is 903

deanery of Merston, archdeaconry of Wells and diocese of acres; rateable value, £2,o66; the population in x88x was

Bath and Wells. The church of St. Mary Magdalene, erected I xo.

in 1834, is a building of stone in the Early English style, Letters received through Sherbome by foot post; arrive at.

consisting of chancel, nave, south porch and a western tower 7C.o4m0 bae.m&. The nearest money order office is at Temple.
containing 3 bells: there are sittings for I2o persons. The telegraph office Temple Combe railway station.
register dates from 1745· The living is a discharged rectory'
average tithe rent-charge £142, net yearly value £200, in- WALL Box cleared at 6.so p.m. on week days only

cluding 27 acres of glebe and residence, in the gift of Thomas National School (mixed), erected in 1862, for 100 childran;

Marriott-Dodington esq. and held since 1876 by the Rev. average attendance, 32; Miss Hansford, mistress

PooleRev. Henry James M.A. Rectory Hansford Mary Ann (Mrs.), farmer Louch Charles, farmer
Hiscock Albert Waiter, farmer Moorse Henry, dairy far>tm'>'~er
Crook Charles Edwin, Bugle inn
Keough James, farmer Snook Alfred, dairyman
Day Jesse, dairyman ·

STOWEY is a small parish, 9! miles south from Bristol, three lights is stained: there are sittings for xoo persom-.

3! miles south-east from Pensford station and 2 west from The register dates from the year I570. The living with
Clutton station on the North Somerset branch of the Great Bishop's Sutton is a discharged vicarage, gross tithe rent-
Western railway, in the Northern division of the county, charge £171, with residence and 33 acres of glebe, in the gift
union of Clutton, petty sessional division and county court of the Bishop of Bath and Wells, and held since x885 by the

district of Temple Cloud, Chew hundred, rural deanery of Rev. James Samuel Hill B.A. of London University. There
Chew, archdeaconry of Bath and diocese of Bath and Wells. are small charities for the benefit of poor householders ; and

The church of St. Mary the Virgin is a small stone structure, another charity, distributed at the discretion of the owner

in theNorman style, consisting of chancel, nave, south porch, of Stowey House, bequeathed by the family of Jones, who

western tower pierced and with pinnacles and 5 bells : there were formerly owners of the estate. Button Court, the seat
is a monument to the Jones family: the east window of of Sir Edward Strachey bart. D.L., J.P. and formerly in the

34.6 STOWEY. SOMERSETSHIRE. [KELLY'B

parish of Chew Magna, is a noble pile, the tower and court manor and principal landowner. The soil is loamy clay;

wall of which date from the reign of Edward II.; the manor subsoil, clayey and red sandstone. The chief crops are

house was added to the tower previous to the time of Henry wheat, barley, peas and roots. The area is 779 acres; rate·

VIII.; a chapel and great parlour were added in 1558 by able value, £2,370; the population in 1881 was 127.

Elizabeth Hardwick, whose husband, Captam St. Loe, dymg Sexston Henry Weeks •
without heirs, left his estate to her : Sutton Court was sold · '
to the ancestors of the present possessor by the Duke of Lettersfrom Bristol, via Pensford, arrive at 9.30 a.m. Pens·

Newcastle's trustees : John Hooper, bishop of Gloucester, ford & Chew Magna are nearest money order & telegraph

was once concealed here during the Marian persecution, and offices. WALL LETT)!JR Box cleared at 3·45 p.m. week

John Locke, the philosopher, was a frequent visitor at the days only

Court during the time it was held by his friend John School, established in 1837, & supported by Sir Edward
Strachey: the mansion was restored under the direction of Strachey bart. for 6o children ; average attendance, 39;
T. H. Wyatt esq. Sir Edward Strachey hart. is lord of the Mrs. L. H. Gunter, mistress

Hill Rev. James Samuel B.A. Vicarage I Board Waiter, farmer, Stowey house 1Loxton Richard,frmr.Knighton Button

RoddyCol.Chas.Hamilton,Stowey mead Brodribb William, farmer, Moorledge 1 Lyde William farmer

Strachey Sir Edward bart. D.L.,J.P. Collins Henry (Mrs.),farmer, Knighton WestSomersetYeomanryCavalry(Capt.

Sutton court · Button S. Pleydell • Bouverie; Sergt.-MaJor

Strachey Edward D.L.,.J.P. Button court Fear Ueorge, farmer George WilliamPaul, drill instructor)

NETHER STOWEY, formerly a market town, is a that took place at Blackheath, June 24, 1497, between the

parish and pretty village, situated on a small stream which king's forces and the insurgents, Lord Audley was taken

flows into the river Parrett, 9 miles west from Bridgwater prisoner and shortly afterwards executed on Tower hill. A
station on the Great Western railway, in the Western divi- part of the population, known in this locality as "broom
sion of the county, western division of Williton and Free- squires," is employed in the manufacture of birch brooms,

manors hundred, Williton petty sessional division, Bridgwater from the heather gathered on the neighbouring hills. The
union and county court district, rural deanery of Bridgwater, Hon. Mrs. Stanley and Edward James Stanley esq. H.P.,
archdeaconry of Taunton and diocese of Bath and Wella. J.P., D.L. of Quantock Lodge, Over Stowey, and Sir Alexander
The church of St. Mary is a building of stone in the Early Bateman Periam l''uller-Acland-Hood bart. D.L., J.P. of St.
English style, consisting of chancel, nave of four bays, aisles, Audries, West Quantoxhead (lord of the manor) are chief
south porch and an embattled western tower with pinnacles, landowners. The soil is loamy, and the subsoil stone. The
containing 6 bells: five of the windows are stained and in- chief crops are wheat, barley and green crops. The area is

'elude a memorial window to the twin brothers Sealey, given x,o73 acres; rateable value, £2,985; the population in 1881
by E. U. Vidal esq. of Cornborough: the church was rebuilt, was 731.
excepting the tower, in 185o, and has sittings for 250 persons. Parish Clerk, Waiter Shattock.
The register dates from the year x64o. The living is a PosT, M. 0. & T. 0., S. B. & Insurance & Annuity Office.-
vicarage, average tithe rent-charge £252, gross yearly value Samuel Wheddon, receiver. Letters arrive from Bridg·
£390, including 48 acres of glebe, with residence, in the water by mail cart at 5.15 a. m. & 4·55 p.m.; delivered at

gift of the Dean and Canons of Windsor, and held since 1872 7 a.m. & 5.15 p.m.; dispatched at 9·45 a. m. & 8.35 p.m
by the Rev. Edward Tapsfield H.A. of Durham University. INSURANCE AuENTS :-
Here is a Congregational chapel. The charities, which are Sun Fire, H. T. Long
derived from land, amount to £20 yearly. Here are stone West of England, A. Wheddon
quarries. Samuel Taylor Coleridge, the distinguished poet, National School fmixed), erected in 1813, for 140 children;

resided here from 1795 till 1798. In this parish is Castle average attendance, 102; Charles Rowley, master; Mrs.
bill, near which are the ruins of a fortress, once the residence Fanny Rowley, mistress
of James (Touchet), 14th Baron Audley, who was one of the CARRIERS TO BRIDGWATER. -Royal Mail omnibus from
leaders of the Cornish insurrection in 1497; in the encounter Kilve; Webber & Payne, daily

PRIVATE RESIDENTS. Court Frank, boot & shoe maker Payne George, beer retailer

Euller Mrs Evans Evan, surgeon, & medical officer Rich Clement, farmer

Cort Rev. John [Congregational] & public vaccinator, No. 8 district, Routley Henry, shopkeeper ,

Evans Evan Bridgwater union Sellick Edward, tailor

Fowler William, Ivy cottage GloverHyRawlings,beerret.&blacksmth Stacey George, builder

Pollard William Cox Govett Thomas, farmer Stuckey's Banking Co. (agency) atten·

Rich Clement Ham John, chemist & druggist dance on fri. from II to 3 ; draw on

Scott Mrs Hill Wm. Clutson, plumber & painter Robarts & Co. London

Tapsfield Rev. Edward H.A. Vicarage Hughes Charles, carpenter Sully Thomas, farmer, Marlpits

Trevor Mrs Jones Frederick, farmer, Roberts farm Talbot James & Sons, plumbers

Waltham John, Springfield Jones Sarah Harriet (Miss), Rose & Tarr Henry, butcher

White William Crown P.H Trevor Edward, solicitor, & clerk to the

Winsborrow William Juniper Jane (Mrs.), shopkeeper justices of the peace for the sub·

COMMERCIAL. Lee Richard, farmer division of Nether Stowey, Williton

Browning Barnett, blacksmith LongHenryTurner,saddle & harness ma petty sessional division, & steward to

Bryant Alfred,tallow chandlr. &shopkp Long Williarn, maltster & farmer the Stogursey charities

Bryant Ephraim, grocr.& drapr.& agent Martin & Son, whetllwrights Upham Edwin, George P.H

for W.& A. Gilbey, wine &spirit mers Moore Elizabeth (Mrs.),beer retailer Venn Ellen & Maria (Misses), grocers

Bryant James, baker Moore John Marriott, carpenter & as- Wheddon Samuel, tailor, Post office

Clarke George, tailor sistant oven;eer Woodward William, shoe maker

Coffee & Reading Rooms (Charlesj O'Sullivan Daniel K. inland revenue off Wyatt John, farmer

Herniman, manager) Palmer James, beer retailer Wyatt William, baker

OVER STOWEY is a parish and village, situated near t under the control of a burial board of 5 members. There

the Quantox hills, 9 miles west from Bridgwater station on are charities of £22 yearly value. Sandstone and limestone

the main line of the Great Western railway, in the Western are found here. QuantockLodge, the seat of Edward James

division of the county, western division of Cannington Stanley esq. M.P., M.A., D.L., J.P. and the Hon. Mrs. Stanley,

hundred, Williton petty sessional division, Bridgwater union daughter of the late Lord Taunton, is a handsome stone

and county court district, rural deanery of Bridgwater, building, in the Elizabethan style, erected by the late Lord

archdeaconry of Taunton and diocese of Bath and Wells. Taunton from stone raised on the estate, and is situated on

The church of St. Mary Magdalene is an ancient building of an eminence in a well-wooded undulating park of 71 acres,

.stone in the Perpendicular style, consisting of chancel, nave affording delightful views over the Quantock and Mendip

of three bays, north aisle, south porch and an embattled hills and the surrounding country. Edward James Stanley

·western tower containing 5 bells : there are several stained esq. M.P., J.P. and the Hon. Mrs. Stanley, who is lady of the

windows and in the north aisle is a memorial window to Henry manor, are the chief landowners. 'l'he soil is red clay, and

(Labouchere), xst and only Baron Taunton, who died in the subsoil stone. The chief crops are wheat and barley.

1.869; the chancel window is a memorial to the Rev. W. B. The acreage is 3,647 ; rateable value, £2,570; the popula-

. Buller, late vicar of this parish : there is an ancient stone tion in x88x was 512.

·font. The register dates from the year 1558. 'fhe living is Sexton Thomas Grandfield
a vicarage, tithe rent-charge £138, yearly value£153, with ' ~n~. gwater · .•
residence and 2 acres of glebe, in the gift of Lady Taunton, Letters from by foot mes.senger, VIa Nether

and held since J.887 by the Rev. William Macdonald Bottome. St?wey, 'Yhwh IS the nearest mone)' order & telegraph

A cemetery, a quarter of an acre in extent, the gift of Mr. office, arnve at 7 a. m. & 6.30 p.m

and the Hon. Mrs. Stanley, was opened in June, x882, and WALL Box at School cleared at 6.30 p.m. week days only

has a lych gate presented by the late rector; there is also a Natisnal School (mixed), for 1co children; average attend-

memorial cross to the late Lord Taunton: the cemetery is ance, 62; Henry Whadd·m, master

DIRECTORY.] SOMERSETSHIRE. STRltET.. 347-

Bottome Rev, William Macdonald M.A. Bousie David, gardener to Edward Lansdown Aquila & George,· fanners &
[vicar], Vicarage James Stanley esq, :M.P landowners, Hockpit farm

Robertson Mrs. Park cottage Browning John, blacksmith Mogg Elizabeth (Miss), cowkeeper
Cemetery (Rev. Wm. M. Bottome M.A.
Stanley Edward James M.P., M.A., D.L., Morgan George, cowkeeper
J.P. & the Hon. Mrs., Quantock clerk to the burial board) Rich Samuel, farmer, Cross
lodge; & 14 Grosvenor sq. London w Comber Frederick, miller (water) Rowe Jas. Pear Tree P.H. Halsey cross
Grandfield John, shoe maker Sellick George, carpenter
Ward Misses Grandfield Thomas, carpenter, wheel- Stone William Hy. farmer, Plainsfield
COMMERCIAL. Thorne George, machinist
wright & smith
Bousie Archibald, steward to Edward Hunt Jam• & George, farmers
James Stanley esq. :M.P

STRATTON-ON-THE-FOSSEL~aparishand village, held by the Bishop of Coutances and next by Thomas de

situated on the old Fosse or Roman road, and on the road Sancto Vigore, who died in 1294 ; this propel"ty subsequently

from Bath to Shepton Mallet, 1 mile south-west from ChiJ- passed t.o the Gurney and Beaufort families, and eventually

compton station on the Somerset and Dorset joint railway, became a possession of the Crown as part of the Duchy of

6 miles north-north-east from Shepton Mallet and 9 west- Cornwall, to which it still belongs. Stratton House, tqe re-

by-north from Frome, in theNorthern dh·ision of the county, sidence of Waiter Beauchamp esq. stands in veey fine

Kilmersdon hundred and petty sessional division, Shepton grounds, about half a mile from Downside and the same

Mallet union, Wells county court district, Midsomer Norton distance from Stratton-on-the-Fosse, and is a fine old JU~nor

district of the rural deanery of Mer!'lton, archdeacomy of house, formerly belonging to the Long family of Wiltshire,.

Wells and diocese of Bath and Wells. The church of St. whose arms are over the door, and afterwards to the Knatch-

Vigor is an ancient building, in the Norman style consisting bulls ; the apartments are panelled in oak throughout. The

of chancel, nave, aisle, south porch, and a western toweP, soil is various ; subsoil, clay and limestone. The land is

with pinuacles, containing 3 bells : the tower arch is a fine principally in pasture for dairy purposes. The acreage is

example of Perpendicular work : there is an ancient stone x,147; rateable value, £x,666; the population in 188x was

pulpit of the Early Perpendicular period, and a circular stone 277. The principal approach to the Catholic monastery

font: the church was restored and reseated in x881-2, the win- of St. Gregory at Downside, iR by a carriage drive from this

dows re-glazed and the chancel new roofed at a cost of £1oo: place. J

there are sittings for xso persons. The register dates from
17IO. The living is a rectory, tithe rent-charge £sS, net PosT & M. 0. 0., S. B. & Annuity & Insurance Office.-Joe

yearly value £ 14s, including 3C5oarncwr easllo, fagnldebhee,ldwsiitnhcheo1u8s7e5, Mark Fry, receiver. Letters through Bath, arrive at
in the gift of H.R.H. Duke of 4 a.m. & 2·3° p.m. ; dispatched at 4 & 9 p.m. Mid-

by the Rev. George Roach Hyatt B.A. Trinity College, Cam- somer Norton is the nearest telegraph office

bridge. Coal and ironstone abound in the parish. The National Scl10ol (mixed), erected in 18s4, for 120 children;
ma"!lor and parish at the time of the Domesday survey were average attendance, 7S; Samuel Ross Ivey, master ,

Beauchamp Waiter, Stratton house Bissex Charles, farmer, Church farm James 'fhomas,steward to St. Gregory'1

Ewer Dawson C.W.(professorof music), Bryant James, dairy farmer, Fosse frm college

St. Gregory's college Burr Joseph, shopkeeper, South street James Thomas, jun. clerk of works to

Hyatt Rev. George Roach B.A. Rectory Candy Ernest, dairy farmer, Barlake St. Gregory's college

Keevill Robert, The Lynch farm, Pitcott Keevill William James, baker

Molohan Jn. Patrick (classical master), Frappel Richd. James, King's Arms P.H Steeds Albt.Jas.farmer,RedHouse farm

St. Gregory's college Fry Joe Mark, blacksmith, Post office Woolley Charles, Prince of Wales' inn,

COMMERCIAL. James Edwin, farmer, Pitcott Pitcott

Beauchamp Walt. yeoman, Stratton ho

STREET is a parish and village, situated on the Great Parish Clerk, John Finner Petvin.
Western road, a mile and a half south from Glastonbury PosT, M. 0. & T. 0., S. B. & Insurance & Annuity Office

station on the Somerset and D:>rset railway, 8 miles south- (Sub-Office. Letters should have S.O. Somerset added).-

west from Wells and 5 north from Somerton, in the Eastern William Boyce, postmaster. Letters arrive at 5·3S· 9.10

division of the county, Whitley hundred, Somerton petty a. m. & 1· 15 p.m. ; dispatched at 10.30 a. m. & 2.30 & 7.40
sessional division, Wells union and county court district, p.m. Parcel mail 7.40 p.m Telegraph open, from 8 till

rural deanery of Glastonbury, archdeaconry of Wells and 8 p. m. Money orders from 9 a.m. to 6 p.m

diocese of Bath and Wells. A local board of 9 members LocAL BoARD.

was formed Aug. g, 18S3· The church of the Holy Trinity Meeting held at Vestry hall 2nd tuesday in IllOnth, 7 p. m.

is a building of stone, in the Perpendicular style, consisting Clerk, John Aubrey Clark, Vestry road
of chancel, nave of three bays, north aisle, south porch and Treasurer, W. H. Leaker
a western tower containing a clock and 6 bells : there are Medical Officer ol Health, Arthur Clarke B.A., L.R.C.P.Lond,
sittings for 3SO persons. The register dates from the year High street
1639. The living is a rectory, average tithe rent-charge Surveyor, Samuel Thompson Clothier, Leigh
£442, net yearly value at present £3oo, including 8 acres Collector, William Boyce, Post office, High street
of glebe, in the gift of the Marquess of Bath, and held since Inspector of Nuisances, Jsph. Bowerman Gifford, Vestry hall
1886 by the Rev. George Beilby M.A.. of Corpus Christi Col-
lege, Cambridge. There are Congregational, .Haptist (founded Volunteer Fire Brigade, J. T. H. Butt, captain; F. Clark,

1814), Wesleyan and Primitive Methodist chapels, and a lieut. ; W. S. Clark, treasurer; Joseph Ward, hon. sec. ;
meeting-house for the Society of Friends. The " Crispin John Hooper, foreman, & 20 men

Hall," Club and Institute is a building of stone, erected in 188s INSURANCE AGENTS : -
from designs by Mr. G. J. Skipper, architect, of Norwich, at Commercial Union, T. F. Huish, High street & A. Chalker,
a cost of £6,ooo,and was opened by the late John Brightu.P. High street
on October 12th of that year: it contains a museum presented Economic Life, J. Cook,.High street
by Alfred Gillett esq. and a library of over 1,300 volumes. General, J. Pursey, High street
Cox's charity, being the interest of money amounting to Hand-in-Hand, W. I. L. Matthews, Vestry lane

£275, is annually distributed to the deserving poor. Fine Imperial Fire, E. G. Day, High street

specimens of fossil fish and reptiles are found in the blue Norwich Union Fire, J. A. Seymour, Overleigh
lias of this parish. There are two factories for shoes and Refuge Assurance, W. Smith
Avalon leather board and a tanyard. Abbey Grange is the Royal Farmers, A. W. Voisey, High street
residence of Colonel Charles Prevost and Elmhurst of
A School Board of 5 members was formed August 21, 1874 ;
Captain John Thomas Henry Butt J.P. Sir Alexander Bate- Joseph Bowerman Gifford, clerk to the board & atten-
man Periam Fuller-Acland-Hood hart. D.L., J.P. of St. dance officer
Audries, West Quantoxhead, is lord of the manor and chief
landowner. The soil is clayey, and the subsoil blae lias. Board School, High street (mixed & infants), erected in
Tha chief crops are wheat, beans, oats and barley. The area 18sg & enlarged in 1886, for 67ochildren; average atten-
dance, 290 boys & girls & 18s infants; James Harding,
is 21913 acres ; rateable value, £10,874; the population in master; Miss F. Kirby, mistress
1881 was 2,514.

OvERLEIGH is a hamlet, three-quarters of a mile east. CARRIER TO BRIDGWATER.-Alfred Beaven, mon. wed. &sat

PRIVATE RESIDENTS. Fo!!l! Charles Herbert, Ivy Thorne- f
Ansell Miss, Holmcroft hanClark Joseph F.R.M.s. Hind Hayes
1 Clark William Stephens J.P. Millfield ho Gifford Joseph Bowerman, Vestry •

Bartlett Rev.Jas. [BaptistJ,Somerton rd Clarke Arthur B. A. High street Gillett Alfred, Overleigh house

Beilby Rev. Geo. :M.A. [rector], High st Clement Rev. Ueo. [Wesleyan], High st Hitchings Thomas, High street

Butt Capt. Jn. Thos. Hy. J.P. Elmhurst .Clothier Jn. Wm.Columbus,Leigholt ho Huish Thomas Frank, High street

Clark Francis Joseph, High street Cox Joseph, Cranhill road Miller John Harry, Glaston road

Clark James, Greenbank Edwards Albert, Lower Leigh Palmer Mrs. Stone hill

Clark John Aubrey, Vestry road Eglinton George Waiter, The Laurels Porter Alfred Deverill, High street.

348 STREET. SO~IERSETSHIRE. [KELL¥'s

Prevost Col. Charles, Abbey grange Frampton Edward, farmet", Ivy farm Pullin Jesse, shopkeeper, West end

Seymour James Alfred, Burleigh cot Frampton William, butcher, West end Pursey Jn. & Son, boot makers, High st

Seymour Josiah, Moormead Fry Samuel, saddler & income tax col- Pursey Fredk. boot maker, W~t end

Turner William, Brookside lector, Somerton road Pursey Jas. grocer & builder, High st

Ward Joseph, Bowling green Gallop Sarah(Mrs.),fancy repos.High st Pursey Wm. stone merchnt. Stone hill

COMMERCIAL. Gare Joseph, shopkeeper, High street PURSEY WILLIAM CORNELIUS,

Adams Alfd. painter &c. Glastonbury rd Gifford Joseph Howerman, clerk to the boot closed upper & leather manu..

Alien Jas. stone merchant, Cranhill rd school board & inspector of nuisances facturer, High street

Almond Frank, baker, High street to the local board, Vestry hall Richards Anuie (Mrs.), grocer, Htgh st

AndrewsFras. Robt. watch ma. High st Gooding James, farmer, Lisle farm Roach Edward Harris, solicitor, High

Avalon Leather Board Co. (Joseph Gover Darwin, carpenter, East lane I street; & at Glastonbury

Ward, manager) Green Thomas, fruiterer, High street · Rodges Wm. Hy. boot maker, High st

Barnes Robert, farmer, West end Grinter Frank, butcher, High street RoodKate (Miss), fanner& landowner,

Beaven Alfred, carrier to Hridgwater & Grinter Richd. boot maker, High street Stone lane

shopkeeper; parcels conveyed to Haimes John, earpenter, CranhiiJ road Rood Thomas, jun. farmer, Tewnsend

Bridgwater, monday, wednesday & Hartry Henry, carpenter, High street Rose Stephen, hair dresser, hair cutting

saturday ; conveyances kept for plea- Hartry John, carpenter & undertaker, & shampooing rooms & hair brushing

sure parties, picnics, weddings &c. repairs in all branches of the trade by machinery, High street

tenns moderate, Cranhill road neatly executed, Oxford terrace Sadler Edward Charles, West British

Boyce William, stationer, & rate coli. to Hayes George, draper &grocer, High st shoe works, High street

local board, Post office, High st Hayman John Stephen, grocer, draper SEYMOUR .JOSEPH A SON, blue

Browning Jsph. watch ma. Goswell ter & ironmonger, patent medicines & lias stone merchants, Overleigh

Burnett Esau, farmer, Stonehill road drugs at reduced prices, also licensed Seymour Z. & Son, blue lias stone mer-

CAINES GEORGE, blue lias & pennant to sell tobacco, London house chants & monumental masons,High st

stone merchant, ·High street Higgins Mary Ann (Mrs.), coffee house, Seymour Alfred, baker & confectioner,

Candy Rd. grocer & seed mer. High st High street families waited upon daily, West end

Chalker Alexander, draper & milliner, Higgins William, farmer, Woodbound Seymour J<'itzroy, coal mer. Goswell ter

clothier, & funerals furnished, High st Hitchings Thomas, tobacconist, confec- Smart Fredk. boot ma. 8 Gladstone ter

Chubb Joseph, boot maker, High street tioner &fancy goods importer, High st SmithWm.grocr.& who.cnfctnr.High st

Clark Joseph, accountant, Hind Hayes Hooper James, fanner, High street Somers Noah, stone mer. Middle Leigh

CLARK CYRUS A .JAMES, manufac- Hooper John, grocer, High street Spragg William, fanner, Portway farm

turers of boots & shoes, High street Hooper Samuel, blacksmith, Vestry la Stacey Robt. Street inn, Somerton rd

Clark John Aubrey, estate agent & sur- Hosier Sidney, farmer, Street farm Stapleton John, stat.ioner, printer &

veyor, & clerk to the local boord, Huish & Son, builders, contractors, fancy repository, West end

Vestry road undertakers, smiths, stone merchants Stock Charles, watch maker, High st

Clarke Arthur B.A., L.R.C.P.LOnd. sur- & wheelwrights, High street STONE WILLIAM, fancy card board

geon, & medical officer & pub1ic vac- Huish Frederick, -truilder & contractor, box manufacturer, Cranhill road

cinator, 4th district, Wells union, & Glaston road Stuckey's :Banking Co. (agency) (open

medical officer of health, Street urban Impey & Clothier, jam manufacturers, tues. & fri. 10.30 a. m. to 3 p.m. ),

sanitary authority, High street Avalon works High street; draw on Robarts, Lub-

Clothier Arthur Hassell, tanner, Leigh Impey E. C. (Miss), seed grower & bock & Co. London E c

Clothier Jas. farmer, Middle Leigh farm merchant, manure &agricultural im· Talbot Robt. blue lias stone mer.Stone hl

Clothier Samuel Thompson, stone mer. plement agent; & at Market hall, Tazewell Jesse, beer retailer, West end

& surveyor to the local board, Leigh .Hridgwater Turner Amy & Emily (Misses), berlin

Coole John & Son, general drapers, James John, shopkeeper, Mead wool & fancy warehouse, High street

hatters & outfitters, millinery, caps, Jeanes Joseph, farmer, Peck mill Underwood John, stone mer. Dverleigh

straw bonnets & ready-made clothes, Kelly Miriam (Mrs.), dairy fanner, Voake J<'rederick Wm. butcher, High st

High street Marshal's elm Voisey Arthur William, plumber & gas-

Co-operative Society (Joseph Howennan Kiddle Joseph (Mrs.), butcher, High st fitter, bellhanger & house decorator,

Gifford, sec.), High street Lewis .Azariah, plumber, High street High street

Crane Thomas, Albert inn, Leigh lane Mallett Thomas Tucker, farmer, Bla- Volunteer Fire Brigade (J. T. H. Butt,

Crispin Hall, Club & Institute {Alfred grove farm capt. ; John Hooper, foreman)

Deverill Porter, sec) Mears William, blacksmith, High street Wake William, dairyman, East lane

Day Edwin George, coffee house, & Miles James & Son, mechanical engi- Wall John, haulier, Mead

photographer, High street neers & machinists, Leigh lane Weaver Jn. Whiting, butcher, Hig-h st

Difford Lucy (Miss), grocer & draper, Miller George, cooper, High street Westlake Isaac, farmer, Cranhill road

High street Monelle & Son, fashionable tailors & Wilts & Dorset Banking Co. Limited

Difford Thomas, dairyman, High street outfitters, Glaston road & High st (agency) (open tues. & fr.i. 10.30

Durston Thomas, butcher, Glaston rd Monelle John Fredk. fanner, Stone hill a. m. to 3 p.m. ), High street; draw

Eavis Joseph, farmer, High street Oborne Herbert, shopkeeper, Mead on London & Westminster Bank

Eglinton George Waiter L.R.C.P.Edin. PARKER CHARLES FREDERICK, Limited, London E c

surgeon, The Laurels tailor, woollen draper & outfitter, White Caleb, tailor & habit maker,

Forster William Day,chemist &surgeon- High street hatter & general outfitting establish-

dentist, Oxford house, High street Petvin I<'ras. baker & confctnr. High st ment, High street

Fox Job, beer retailer, Elms Petvin John !<'inner, watch ma. High st White Job, farmer, Overleigh farm

STRINGSTON is a small village and parish, 2 miles yearly are distributed by the churchwardens. Sir Alexander

from the coast of the Bristol Channel, 10 north-west from Bateman Periam Fuller-Acland-Hood hart. D.L., J.P. of St.

Bridgwater, and 6 east from Williton station on the West Audries, West Quantoxhead, who is lord of the manor, and

Somerset branch of the Great 'Western railway, in the Mrs. St. Albyn, of .Alfoxton House, Holford, are principal

Western division of the county, hundred of Cannington, landowners. The soil is chiefly stony rush, and produces

Williton petty sessional division, union and county court dis- good crops of wheat, barley, oats, mangolds, potatoes, and

trict, rural deanery of Bndgwater, archdeaconry of Taunton turnips. The area is 1,193 acres; rateable value, £1,033;

and diocese of Bath and Wells. The church (dedication the population in 1881 was 114.

unknown) is a small and plain building of stone, consisting On March 25, x886 a detached part of this parish known

of chancel, nave, south porch and a western tower contain- as Alfoxton was amalgamated with Holford.

ing 3 bells: the chancel was rebuilt and the church restored Parish Clerk, John Woolley.

in 1879 at a cost of about £6oo: there are sit.tings for 100 Letters through Bndgwater, via Holford, arrive at 7.30 a. m.

persons. The re~ster dates from the yean633. The living is a The nearest money order office & telegraph office at

vicarage, united to Kilve rectory, average tithe rent-charge Stogursey ·

£350, joint net yearly value £290, including 109 acres of School, erected in 1875 at Dyche in this parish for 'the

glebe, with house, in the gift of Balliol College, Oxford, and children of Holford & Dodington parishes; it will hold 100

held since 1877 by the Rev. Hay Sweet-Escott JLA. of that children ; average attendance, 70 ; Thos. Copley, master;

college, who resides at Kih·e. Charities producing £r IS. Mrs. Mary Copley, mistress
l jEames Robert, farmer
. Perrett Thomas, farmer Venn Charles, farmer

• Escott Hy.blcksmth.& whlwrght.Dyche Risdon Edward, farmer

SUTTON BINGHAM is a parish and village, situ- and county court district, rural deanery of Merston, areb- •

ated on the Dorsetshire border of the county, with a station deaconry of Wells and diocese of Bath and Wells. The

on the main line of the London and South Western railway, church of All Saints, erected in the early part of t.he 12th

127 miles from London and 3! south from Yeovil, in the century, is a small building of stone, in the Norman style,
Southern division of the county, Houndsborough, Barwick consisting of chancel, nave and a north porch, 2 bells being
and Coker hundred, Yeovil petty sessional division, union hung in the western wall : the stained west window is "

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DIRECTORY.]

memorial to the late Rev. Hugh Welman Helyar M.A. 6o Helyar B.A.. of Trinity College, Oxford. Hora.ce Augustus

years rector of this parish : the east window is a memorial Helyar esq. .J.P. of Coker Court, East C'.oker, is lord of the

to Honoria Helyar: a splendid Late Norman arch with the manor and chief landowner. The soil is clay and heavy

dog· tooth ornament divides the chancel from the nave: the sand ; subsoil, lime rock. The chief croJps are wheat, barley

chancel retains a piscina, and has also some wall paintings of and pasture. The area is 527 acres; rateable rnlue, £1,046;

late 14th century date, representing the "Coronation of the the population in 1881 was 52.

Virgin," and figures of bishops and female saints, the back- Parish Clerk, Henry Gear.

ground being powdered with cinquefoils: the church was WALL LETTER Box cleared at 4.20 p.m. Letters through
completely restored in 1882, at a cost of ,!)5o, and has sit- Yeovil, which is the nearest money order & telegraph
tings for 70 persons. The register dates from the year office, arrive at 10 a.m
1672. The living is a rectory, tithe rent-charge £129, with
76 acres of glebe and residence, in the gift of Horace A. Hel- The children of this place attend the school at East Coker

yal' esq. and held since 1878 by the Rev. Wyndham Hugh Railway Station, James Castleman, station master

HelyarRev.Wyndham Hugh B.A.Rectory 1Ridout John BaTter, farmer I Tanswell Henry, dairyman

LONG SUTTON is a parish and village, situated on the · is enriched with carved foliage and the upper part of the

river Yeo or lvel, 4 miles east from Langport station on the· base has alternating band!! of moulding and carved work,

Yeovil branch of the Great Western railway, 3 south from surmounted by a. trefoil cresting: in 1878-9 the nave roof

Somel'ton and 5 north-west from Ilchester, in the Eastern I was thoroughly restored at a cost of about £230, the roofs of

division of the county, Somel'ton hundred and petty ses- the aisles and chapels re-constructed and an organ gallery

sional division, Langpol't union and county coul't district, formed above the rood screen, under the direction of John

TUral deanery of Ilchester, archdeaconry of Taunton and S. Quitter esq. A.R.I.B.A. of London, and a new organ wss

diocese of Bath and Wells. The church of the Holy Trinity supplied and fixed by Hill and Sons, of London, at a co<~t of

is a building of stone, in the Early Perpendicular style, con-I £265, the Duke of Devonshire x.G. being the chief donor

sisting of chancel with chapels, clerestoried nave of four to the general fund: the tower, which is groined in its lower

bays, aisles, north and south porches and a lofty embattl€'d stage, has a western entrance and a stair turret on the south

western tower with pinnacles, containing a clock and 5 side : there are sittings for 300 person<~. The register dates
1

bells: the chancel has a modern arched roof, panelled: the' from the year 1711. The living is a vicarage, average tithe

nave roof is a fine example of timber work of the Late Per- I rent-charge £195, net yearly value £18o, including 17 acres

pendicular,period, divided into four bays by framed princi- of glebe, with residence, in the gift of the Dean and Chapter

-pals, richly moulded, with embattled tie-beams, supported of Wells, and held since 1888 by the Rev. George Skurray

on corbels and ornamented with quatrefoils and carved Henning M.A. of Corpus Christi college, Cambridge. The

bosses, the space between the tie beams and the roof being Society of Friends have a meeting house here. The Du'ke of

filled in with open tracery: the aisle roofs are of simpler Devonshire P.C., x.G. is lord of the manor and principal

character, but have moulded principals carried on corbels and !landowner. The soil is clayey; the subsoil is blue lias. The

brackets: the chancel has three sedilia and a piscina: the chief crops are wheat and beans. The acreage is 3,865;
rood screen, an admirable example of Late P~rpendicular rateable value, £6,936 ; the population in 1881 was 876.

woodwork, extends completely across the church, pal'tially .
.enclosing the chapels: the lower pol'tion is panelled, and the KNOWLE is a hamlet, 1 mile south-east i UPToN 18 a ham-
upper part carved and groined, the ribs springing from let, 1 mile nol'th-west.

slender shafts rising from the base : the frieze is divided by Sexton, George Hunt.

mouldings into three bands, elaborately carved with running PosT 0FFICE.-Mrs. Mary Wood, sub-postmistress. Letters
foliage: the entrances to the chancel and chapels are through from Langport R.S.O. arrive at 7.30 a. m. ; dispatched at

tall open doorways, the intervening spaces being arched and 5.30 p.m. ; sundays, 11 a. m. The nearest money order &
filled in with open tracery ; the rood loft stairs remain in a telegraph office is at Somel'ton. Postal orders are issued
turret adjoining the south chapel: the octagonal pulpit is an here, but not paid

extremely fine and highly wrought work of the same period: WALL LETTER Box at Upton cleared 5.50 p.m. week days
the exterior is divided by crocketed pinnacles into a series of & 11.20 a.m. sundays
narrow divisions, each forming a. tall canopied niche, and all National School (mixed), rebuilt & enlarged in 1873, for 16o
the niches are filled with figures: the projecting desk frieze children; average attendance, uo; Dick Needham, mast

Long Sutton. Otton John, co~lal', saddle & harness Hawker George, shoe maker

Harris Miss, Long Sutton house maker ; repa1rs ~eatly & promptly Munckton William, farmer

Henniug Rev.Geo. SkurrayM.A. [vicar] executed; & at Kmgsdon Palmer John, shopkeeper & farmer

Troubridge Robert Knio'htlands Parsons'fhos.&I<'redk.frmrs.Manorfl'm Snook John, farmer

' "' Peddle Edwin, shoe maker & shopkeepr Tatchell Simeon, farmer
COMMERCIAL. Upton.
Stevens George, blacksmith

Bolt Charlotte (Mrs.), draper & grocer Tucker James, farmer 1 Cox John
Brown Charles, grocer & beer retailer Tucker Henry, butcher & farmer Dinham William

Brown James, farmer Venn William, Devonshire ATms hotel, Bicknell William Frederick, fanner

Bryant James, farmer & lime burner & seedsman; every description of Cox Austin, farmer

Bryant Waiter, shoe maker agricultural & flower seeds, price list Dinham Joseph, farmer

' Burt Thomas, brazier on application Fry Frank, dairyman

Collins Robel't, farmer Williams Brothers, drapers & grocers Gaylard Walte.-, farmer

Dyer Wm. assist. overseer &rate collctr Williams Edwd. B. hay dealer & farmer Gooding George, farmer

Fry Robert, farmer Williams Thomas, baker Gooding John & William, farmers

Harvey Albel't, blacksmith Knowle. Holland James, grocer

Holland Thomas, farmer Kiddle George, builder & farmer

Kiddle Francis, builder Bennett James, shoe maker Palmer Sarah (Mrs.), farmer

Palmer Alfred, beer retailer Bond George & Son, farmers Towning George, farmer

SUTTON MALLET is a hamlet and chapelry, 4 mires Smith M.A. of Exeter College, Oxford, who resides at Moor-

~outh from Edington Road station on the Somerset and linch. The lay rector is William Inman Welsh esq. of New

Dorset railway, 5! east from Bridgwater, across the Moor, street, Wells.. The trustees of the late William Rogers esq.

and 1! by the road, in the Bridgwater division of the county, and the representatives of the late Mr. William Young are

hundred of Whitley, petty sessional division, union and the chief landowners. The soil is marl, loam and pMt;

county court district of Bridgwater, rural deanery of Glas- subsoil, various. The principal crops are mangold-wurtzel,

1onbury, archdeaconl'y of Taunton and diocese of Bath and wheat, barley and beans. The area is 878 acres; rateable

Wells. The chapel is a modern building of stone, in a de- value, £1,530; the population in 1881 was 113.
based style, consisting of apsidal chancel and nave, south Parish Clerk, Edward Young.

porch and a tower containing 2 bells: the church, with the Letters received at 6 a.m. through Bridgwater, which is the

exception of the tower, was re-built in the year 1829: there nearest money order office; Edington Road station is the

are sittings for 165 persons. The register dates from 1654. nearest telegraph office
The living is a. chapelry, annexed with that of Stawell to the
vicarage of Moorlinch, joint net yearly value £ 300, in the WALL Box cleared at 6 p.m. week days only
gift of and held since 1884 by the Rev. I<'rederick Northcot.e The children of this hamlet attend the school at Stawell

Danger Mrs I1Dowden Alfred, farmer II Fry Albert, farmer
Brown William Co1lings, farmer Earl William, farmer Young William, faMrmmer & landowner

Brown William Henry, farmer

SUTTON MONTIS is a parish and village, 2 miles county, Catsash hundred, Wincanton petty sessional division,

south-east from Sparkforo station on the Wilts, Somerset union and county court distt'ict, rural deanery of Cary, arch-
and Weymouth branch of the Great Western railway, and 6 deaconry of Taunton and diocese of Bath and Wells: a stream
sonth-west from Wincanton, in the Eastern division of the flowing westwards forms the northern boundal'y and separntes

350 .SU.TTON .MOJiTIS. SOMERSETSHIRE. (KELLl''S

this parish from South Cadbury. The church of the Holy rector. Viscount Portman and the Rev. William John Beck,
Trinity is an ancient building of stone in the Norman style, rector, are the chief landowners. The soil is sandy loam,

consisting of chancel, nave, south porch and a western tower and the subsoil clay. The chief crops are grass, corn and

containing 3 bells : the chancel is Decorated and the chancel orchard produce. The area is 494 acres ; rateable value

us.arch and tower are Norman ; the ancient pulpit is of carved £1,479; the population in x88r was

oak and has a canopy : the east window is stained : in 1888 Parish Clerk, Jonas Bishop.
Mrs. Beck presented an oak lectern : there are sittings for PosT OFFICE.-Mrs. Augusta Mary Seal, receiver. Letters

no persons. The register dates from the year I7or. The through Bath via Sparkford by foot post, arrive at 7.3o
liTing is a rectory, average tithe rent-charge £123, gross a.m. & 6 p.m; dispatched at 6 p.m. on week days only.
yearly value £24o, including 37 acres of glebe,with resident:e, Queen Camel is the nearest telegraph & money order office
in the gift of and held since 1887 by the Rev. William John Parochial School (mixed), erected in x841, for 25 children;
Beck T.A.X.C.L. The late Miss Blandford, by deed of gift, average attendance, 18; Miss E. Roper, mistress. By
granted £20 to be distributed annually in coals, for the poor arrangement the children of Weston Bampiylde attend
of this parish. A penny bank has been established here by the school here

Beck Rev. Wm. John T.A.K.C.L. Rectory I Tucker Mrs 1Harding James, farmer
Seal Augusta Mary (Mrs.), pollt office
Harding Douglas Hamnet, Sutton Mon- COMMERCIAL. Shepherd Emma (Miss), shopkeeper

tis house Arthur John, farmer Tucker Herbert, farmer

Leach Miss Crofts Daniel, farmer

Rugg Mrs Davis William, farmer

SWAINSWICK (or SwAN&WICK) is a scattered parish peatedly prosecuted in the Star Chamber on account of the

aud village on the road to Gloucester, and divided into libellous character of his writings, and on two occasions was
UPPER and LowER Sw.AINSWICK, 3 miles north-east from pilloried, besides suffering the loss of his ears: he is chiefly
Bath railway station, in the Frome division of the county, known by a publication entitled "Histrio Mastix," a tirade
Bath Forum hundred, Weston petty sessional division, Bath against the Drama: he died 24th October, r669, and was
union and county court district, Keynsham district of the buried in the church. The Provost and Fellows of Oriel
rural deanery of Chew, archdeaconry of Bath and diocese of College, Oxford, who are lords of the manor, and St. John's
Bath and Wells. The chureh of St. Mary is an ancient Hospital, Bath, are the principal landowners. The soil is
edifice of stone, in the Norman style, consisting of chancel, loamy, and the subsoil is lias. The crops are corn, and some
chantry, nave of four bays, north aisle, south porch, and a land is in pasture. The area is 845 acres; rateable value,
western tower containing 6 bells: in the chancel is a brass, £3,584; and the population in 188r was 633.

with effigy in civilian dress, wearing a dagger, to Edmund TADWICK is a hamlet about 2! miles west of the church.
Fforde esq. ob. 1439: above the effigy are three scrolls, with Parish Clerk, Ambrose Whitmore.
text from Job xix. ; this brass was once on an altar tomb:
there are sittings for 200 persons. The register dates from PosT OFFICE, Lower Swainswick.-Edward Sheppard, sub-
the year I557· The living is a rectory, average tithe rent- postmaster. Letters arrive from Bath at 6.30 &8.15 a. m.

charge £I6o, yearly value £300, including 15 acres of glebe, & 7·45 p.m.; dispatched at II am. and 9·5 p.m. week
with residence, in the gift of Oriel College, Oxford, and held days; sundays dispatched at 9 p.m. Bath (Grosvenor) is
since I857 by the Rev. John Earle M.A.late fellow and tutor the nearest money order office & Bath the nearest tele-
of that college, professor of Anglo-Saxon in the University of graph office. WALL LETTER Box, Upper Swainswick,
Oxford and prebendary of Wells. The charities amount to cleared at I0.40 a.m. & 8.30 p.m. week days only

about £22 yearly. William Prynne, a politician, born here Parochial School (mixed), Upper Swainswick, erected 1870
in x6oo, was well known as a political writer in the reign of for 70 children; average attendance, 55; Mrs. Gaisford,
Charles I. and during the Commonwealth, and was re- mistress

Lower Swainswick. Garraway George, Bladud's Arms P.H Sainsbury Charles, Beech house

PRIVATE RESIDENTS. Garraway George, market gardener Wheeler John, Prospect house
HammondMark,grdnr. Gloucester bldgs Whittington Rev. Robert Esbury IIJ.A.
Bolwell George, I7 Gloucester buildings Hardwick Joseph, stone mason, 4 [curate of Woolley & CharlcombeJ,
Bond Samuel, Avon side, London road Gloucester buildings Swainswick cottage
Emerson James Brodribb, Bail Brook Herbert John, commercial traveller, I6 Whittington Thomas, Hill house
villa, London road
Fear J oseph, Brougham house Lower Gloucester buildings COMMERCIAL.
Jones Mary (Mrs.), laundress
Hooper James, Ash cottage
King Thomas Francis, gardener, Glou- Bath Saml.farmer & dairyman, Hill frm
Lord Mrs. Shrubbery cottage
cester buildings Bath Saml.jun.farmer,Swainswick farm
Milsom Frank, Woodlands
Lucas George, gardener Beak Charles, blacksmith
Moulton John, Oriel lodge
Morse James, coal dealer, Grotto cot Churchill Mrs. shopkeeper
Purdy Alfred Jas. Victoria, London rd Sheppard Edward, tailor, & post office, Gunning Thos. potato dealer, Tadwick
Selby Mrs. 2 Vale view, London road
I Lower Gloucester buildings Gunning Thomas, jun. farmer,Tadwick
StockwellThomas Goldesbrough F.R.c.s. Symes Samuel, market gardener
Lambridge house Gunston Geo. farmer, Ashcombe farm

Tiley Mary Ann (Mrs.), laundress Hook George, market gardener
Thomas Rev. GeorgeEdward [Baptist], Wait William, jun. market gardener Hopkins Chas. gardener, Fairview cot
Oriel house
Waiters A. A. nurseryman, London rd Mines Solomon, gardener
Veal Frederick, Myrtle cottage
Ward Frank, miller (water), Dead mill Moore Frederick, beer retailer
Venables Mrs. Rose bank, London road Wells Wm. french polisher, Laurel cot Moore Joseph, carpenter & builder
Williams Geo. The Laurels, London road
Upper Swainswick. Rawlings George, potato dealer
Williams Misses, Spa house
Rhymes Henry, dairyman & assistant
Willis Captain Thomas H. I Vale view, Earle Rev. Prof. John M.A.[prebendary overseer, Tadwick
London road
of Wells], Rectory ShackellRd.farmer&dairymn. Manor fm
Wrigbt Lieut.-Col. Arthur F. Bingham, Hallett Charles, Upper Swainswick ho Smart Thomas, market gardener
Lower Swainswick house
Hanham John, Nightingale cottage Wait William, market gardener

COMMERCIAL. Miles Miss Whitmore Absalom, market gardener,

Bush Hy. gardener, I Gloucester bldgs Miles Walter, Rose cottage Bellevue cottage

SWELL is a parish, situated on the road from Taunton the gift of the Dean and Chapter of Bristol, and held since

to Langport, 4 miles west-south-west from Langport station I888 by the Rev. Arthur Edmund Hill B.A. of Trinity

on the Durston and Yeovil branch of the Great Western College, Dublin. Swell Court, an ancient residence, is now
railway and Io east from Taunton, in the Southern division a: farm house. Wanley Ellis Sawbridge-Erle Drax esq. J.P.

of the county, hundred of Abdick and Bulstone, petty ses- of Holnest Park, Sherborn.e, is lord of the manor and

sional division of Ilminster, Langport union and county principal landowner. The soil is chiefly sandy loam; sub-

court district, Ilminster district of the rural deanery of soil, clay. The chief crops are wheat, beans and oats. The

Dunster, archdeaconry of Taunton and diocese of Bath and area is 1,342 acres; rateable value, £1,686; and the popu-

Wells. The church of St. Catherine is a very ancient lation in 188I was I33·

building of stone, consisting of chancel, nave, south porch and WEST SEDGMOOR, formerly extra-parochial, has been
a western turret containing 2 bells : there are sittings for 108 annexed to the parish of Swell.

persons. The register' dates from the year 1559. The Letters through Taunton arrive at 8.20 a.m. The nearest
living is an endowed vicarage, annexed to that of Fifehead, money order & telegraph office is at Curry Rivell

average tithe rent-charge £289, joint gross yearly value

£357, including 28 acres of glebe at Swell, with house, in The children of this place attend the school at Fivehead
I IHill Rev. Arthur Edmund B.A. Rectory Goodson Francis Henry, farmer
Rowsell William, farmer, Moortown

Cousins Charles, farmer HallettChristopber, farmer,Swell court Silvidge Mrs. farmer

DIRECTORY.] SOMERSETSHIRE. 'l'AUNTON. 35l

TATWORTH is an ecclesiastical parish, formed Sep. x8, court once a year to let the land: an inch of tallow candle

1866, from the tithings of Tatworth and South Chard, in is lighted, and the last bidder hefore the light burns out
the civil parish of Chard, from which it is 3 miles sout.h and obtains the land for the year at the price he offers. There

xi north-west from Chard Junction station on the London is a Particular Baptist chapel at South Chard, a plain build·

and South Western railway, and is situated on the road from ing of flint stone with a thatched roof, and supposed to have
Chard to Axminster, in the Southern division of the county, been originally built. in the reign of Queen Elizabeth: it
Kingsbury east hundred, llminster petty sessional division, has always been known by the name of "S~ Margaret's,"
Chard union and county court diitrict, district and rural and is believed to haTe been an ancient chapel: there is a niche

deanery of Crewkerne, archdeaconry of Taunton and diocese over the doorway where probably an image once stood ; it

of Bath and Wells. The parish includes the tithings of TAT· will seat about 300 persons: there is also a Bapti-t chapel
WORTH and SouTH CHARD, and the hamlets of PERRY at Combsies. Parrock's Lodge is the seat of Mrs. Langdon.
STREET, CHILSON, and CQMBSIES. The church of St. John The principal landowners are Earl Poulett, who is lord of

the Evangelist, consecrated in the year x851, is a building the manor, John Churchill Stuckey Langdon esq. .J.P. Mr.
of flint stone in the Early English style, consisting of chancel, Robert Diment, Mr. George Trenchard and John Bellamy
nave, south porch and had a turret, containing 2 small Payne esq. The soil is light loam-; subsoil, sand and chalk.
bells, which was destroyed by lightning in June, x889: an The chief crops are corn, roots and pasture. The area il!

organ was presented by J. B. Payne esq. in 186o: there are 1,552 acres; the population in 1871 was 852.

3o6 sittings, of which 250 are free : an addition to the burial Parish Clerk, Samuel Harris.

ground, given by Earl Poulett, was consecrated June 23, PosT OFFICE, South Chard.-Thomas Spurdle, receiver.

1874. The register dates from the year 1851. The living is Letters arrive from Chard at 8.10 a. m. ; dispatched at

a vicarage, gross yearly value £290, with residence and 3l 6 p.m. Chard is the nearest money order & telegraph

acres of glebe, in the gift of the Vicar of Chard, and held office

since x867 by the Rev. Henry Stuart King H.A. of Clare WALL Box, Tatworth, closes 6.15 p.m. week days only
College, Cambridge. There is a custom here of holding a Chard Junction Station, Samuel Gribble, master

sale by candle-light, said to date from time immemorial, and Board Schools (mixed), under Chard School Board, erected,
arising, it appears, from the existence in the parish of six with master's house, in 1878, for 250 children; average

acres of land without any legal owner : the holders of pro- attendance, 150; Frank Ernest Puddicombe, master ;
perty in the locality, however, share the rent, and hold a Miss Jessie Theaker, assistant mistress

Ta.tworth. Davis James, pig dealer Shepherd William

Buckler David William, Tatworth villa Dawe John, Country hotel Symes Thomas, Perry street

Bunston Robert, Tatworth villa Dening Charles, cattle dealer Taylor John, Perry street

Dawe James Dening Henry, cattle dealer coMMERCIAL.

Forsey J oseph Gibbs Henry, boot & shoe ma. &shopkpr Berry Samuel, farmer

Hallett Mrs GreenCharles,boot&shoema.Combsies Board Gcorge, farmer, Cross fann

King Rev. Henry Stuart H.A. Vicarage Hallett Frank, farmer Bradford & Sons, coal merchants, Ohard

Langdon John Churchill Stuckey .J.P. Harvey George, cooper Junction station

Parrock's lodge House John, fanner Burt Clement H. cashier at Mr. J. B.

Langdon Mrs. Parrock's lodge Notley William, farmer Payne's lace works, Perry street

Notley George Summers Charles, farmer Cleal J oseph, farmer, Chilson

COMMERCIAL. Stevens James, shopkeeper Cuff John, grocer & farmer
Stevens William, shopkeeper Diment Rt.farmer & landowner,Chilson

Bnwyer Andrew, farmer Wall John, farmer Loney Joseph, shopkeeper, Perry street

Bowyer Thomas, dairyman Wheaton Fredk. cattle dealer, Chard rd Norton John, Chard Road hotel

Bragg Emanuel, shoe maker Woolcott John, drillman Notley John, farmer, Chilson

Bromfield James, farmer South Chard. Payne John Bellamy, lace manufacturer
Brown Frederick, blacksmith & engineer, Perry Street works

Chirk Robert, farmer Bowyer Thomas, farmer Showers Obadiah, dairyman

Chick William, grocer, Combsies Burt Clement Hatswell, Perry street Snooks Willis, farmer & lime merchant

Cleal Joseph, farmer, Hurtham Cuff John, St. Margarets Stevens Chas. Walt. baker, Chilsoncom

Co-operative Branch Stores (Henry Halls Thomas Kempster, Holly cottage Vincent George, farmer

Gibbs, manager) Payne John Bellamy, Perry street Wheelwright Thomas, Golden Fleece

Comelius William, grocer Randall Job P.H. Chard common

'fAUN rr 0 N.

TAUNTON is a parliamentary and municipal borough, mar-: the impostor Perkin Warbeck seized the town and castle,

ket, county and assize town, head of a pet.ty sessional, which he abandoned on the approach of the King's troops.

union and county court district, distant by railway x63i During the Civil War the place was alternately occupied by

miles from London, 44! south-west from Bristol, 3o! north- both sides, and in 1645, after sustaining a prolonged siege,

east from Exeter, 51~ south-west from Bath, 7~ east-north- capitulated. At the Restoration, the walls of the town were

east from Wellington, and u south-by-west from Bridg- razed to the ground, and so effectually that not even their

water, with a station on the north of the town on the Bristol site can now be traced. The inhabitants took a prominent

and Exeter section of the Great Western railway, and is the part in the rebellion of Monmouth in June, 1685, presenting •

junction of the Devon and Somerset, theWest Somerset and stands of colours to his troops, and to himself a richly

the Chard branches with the main line; in the Western embroidered standard.

division of the county, hundred of Taunton, rural deanery The town is situated in a central part of the beautiful and

of Taunto~ Dean, archdeaconry of Taunton and diocese of luxuriant vale of Taunton Dean, and consists of three main

Bath and Wells. streets, meeting in the centre of the town, where there is a

Taunton is situated on the river Tone, formerly navigable fine open triangular space, called "The Parade," inclosed

by means of locks to the town, but which ceased to be used with iron posts and chains, and in which stands a handsome

after the Taunton and Bridgwater canal was opened, al- market cross ornamented with small figures ; there ara,

though the conservators have power to restore the naviga- besides, many smaller streets. The principal streets ar-3

tion of the river whenever the canal shall cease to be spacious and well paved and the houses chiefly built of

navigable. brick. The town is partially lighted by electricity from

The Great Western railway passes through St. James' works in St. James' street and with gas from works situated

parish. in Tangier, and is well supplied with excellent water. Ham-

Taunton is a place of great antiquity, and was called by met street forms the approach to the church of St. Mary

the Saxons Tantune, and subsequently Taunton; from its from the Parade, and is the most regularly built street m

situation on the river Tone, and from the discovery in the the town. A substantial stone bridge of three arches crosses

neighbourhood of several urns containing Roman coins, it is the Tone, and connects the town proper with that portion

supposed to have existed in the time of the Romans. The called North Town.

town and manor were subsequently granted to the church Taunton was incorporated by royal charter by Charles I.

of Winchester, and another castle built on the site of the first 1627, but the charter was annulled on the restoration of

by the bishops of Winchester, in which for many years they Charles II. on account of the support given by the town to

principal.y resided : in the reign of William I. Taunton had the Parliamentary party during the civil war: another

a mint, and enjoyed the privileges attached to the possession charter, however, was granted a few years after, enlarging

of that honour. In 1497, during the reign of Henry VII. the boundaries of the borough, and devolving the civil

uv ...<!)•') T.Ati~iON. SOMERSET3HIRE. [ KELLY'S

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government on the mayor, aldermen and burgesses of the gift of the Rev. Frederick John Smith M.A. of Norham

borough ; but this second (~barter was lost in 1792, the Gardens, Oxford, and vicar here I885·7· and held since

members of the corporation having failed or neglected to 1887 by the Rev. Thomas Edward Morris Barrow II.A. of

keep up the requisite number of aldermen and burgesses. Emmanuel College, Cambridge. The population in 1881

A new charter of incorporation was granted to the town on was 743·
the 17th April, 1877, by which the corporation now consists RowBARTON is an ecclesiastical parish, formed Oct. 31,

of a mayor, 6 aldermen and 18 town councillors, and the 1879, from St. James. The church of St.Andrew is a building

borough is divided into east, north and west wards. The of stone in the Decorated style, consisting of chancel, nave

t.:orporation now form the urban sanitary authority. The of five bays, aisles, south porch and a tower, with a fine spire

board of guardians are the rural sanitary authority for on the south side, containing one bell : a stained window in

every other parish in the union. The police arrangements the south aisle is a memorial to the Rev. FrederickJeremiah

are under the County Constabulary force. Smith M.A. late vicar of St. John's, Taunton (d. Oct. 29,

The assizes are held here in the spring and winter, and 1884): the church was built in 188o and will seat 300

there are also Midsummer and Epiphany quarter sessions. persons. The register dates from the year 1879· The living

Taunton formerly returned two members to Parliament, is a vicarage, net yearly value £15o, of which £so is paid

but under the provisions of the " Redistribution of Seats by the Ecclesiastical Commissioners, in the gift of the Rev.

Act, 1885," the number was reduced to one; the municipal Frederick John Smith M.A. and held since 1881 by the Rev.

and parliamentary borough comprises the parishes of St. Roger St. John Gresley. The population in 1881 was 2,204.

James, St. Mary Magdalene, part of St. George's (Wilton), Holy Trinity is an ecclesiastical parish, formed in 1842.

and part of Bishops Hull. The church, situated in South street, was built by subscrip-

The church of St. Mary Magdalene, situated near the tion, at a cost of about £7,000, and consecrated June 18,

centre of the town, is a spacious edifice of stone, chiefly of 1842, and is a building of stone, consisting of chancel, nave

the Perpendicular period, consisting of chancel, clerestoried and an embattled western tower, containing a clock and one

nave of five bays, aisles, south porch and a magnificent bell: an Grgan was presented to the church by a former

western tower containing a peal of 10 unusually tine and vicar : the fine east window is a memorial to the Todd

melodious bells : the north aisle is in part Early English, family: in 1887 a yarish room, also used as a vestry, was

and there are many ancient monuments : the interior was built at a cost of /.,700, and is connected with the church on

completely and elaborately restored during the incumbency the south-east by a covered way: there are I,oso sittings,

of the late Rev. Dr. Cottle, in 1845: and the famous tower half of which are free. The register dates from the year

was entirely rebuilt in fac-simile of the old tower during 1842. The living is a vicarage, gross yearly value £165, in

the years 1858-1862, under the direction of the late Sir the gift of the Bishop of Bath and Wells, and held since

George Gilbert Scott R.A. and Benjamin Ferrey esq. of 1887 by the Rev. Altham Surtees Altham M.A. of Christ

London: it consists of four stages, the lowermost, containing Churt·h, Oxford. The population in 1881 was 3,136.

a fine west window, forms an entrance porch : the remaining The church of St. George, Wilton, is a building of stone,

three stages are lighted by coupled ogee windows, which principally in the PerpendiCular style, with slight remains

add much to its lightness and beauty ; double buttresses at of Early English work, and consists of chancel, nave of five

the angles, rising to the fourth stage, terminate in pinnacles, bays, aisles, south porch and an embattled western tower,

and the whole is crowned by an elaborately panelled parapet with pinnacles containing 5 bells : the church was rebuilt in

with square embattled turrets, finished with crocketed 1854, and in 1870 the interior was reseated, restored and

spirelets and vanes, smaller flying pinnacles projecting at beautified, and the south porch rebuilt, at a cost of £6oo ~

the angles: its height, exclusive of the angle turrets, is 131 a carved stone reredos representing " the Ascension" was

feet; the latter, 32 feet high, are supported by flying but- erected in 1887 : there are sittings for 300 persons. The

tresses from the parapet, and make the total height to the register dates from 1558. The living is a vicarage, gross

vanes 163 feet : the only portions of sculpture belonging to yearly value £120, with residence, in the gift of John

the old tower now remaining are in the spandrils of the Hamilton Kinglake M.D. and held since 1889 by the Rev.

western entrance, and represent the Day of Judgment and Daniel James Pring M.A. of Exeter College, Oxford.

Doom. In 1867 a stone pulpit was erected, and from 1869 The Catholic church, dedicated to St. George, situated

to 1872 numerous improvements of an important character on high ground, at the top of Billet street, and opened April

were effected, including the raising of the chancel and the 24, x861, consists of chancel, nave of four bays, aisles and a

erection of a reredos, designed by the late G. E. Street esq. western tower, with spire 210 feet in height, containing 8

R.A. at t.he expense of John Marsha.ll esq. of Belmont; bells. The Very Rev. John Mitchel (canon and M.R.) is the

figures of the Twelve Apostles have also been placed in the priest.

niches of the clerestory: the east window, erected in 1887, The Convent, formerly called" The Lodge," is a Catholic

was presented by John Marshall esq. of Belmont : there are institution of the order of St. Francis of Assisi, and took its

sittings for 1,200 persons. The register dates from the year rise early in the 13th century : the ladies of tLis establish-

"~558. Tte living is a vicarage, tithe rent-charge £so, net ment came over from Belgium during the French Re\'olution

yearly value £279, including 147 acres of glebe, with house, of 1793, and settled first at Winehester, and subsequently at

lin the gift of the Church Patronage Society, and held since Taunton, where they purchased their present property in

:r887 by the Rev. William Henry Askwith M.A. of Trinity 1807 ; a limited number of young ladies of Catholic families

College, Cambridge, and surrogate. are here educated.

The church of St. James is an edifice of stone, in the Late The Convent of Perpetual Adoration, Park street, formerly

Perpendicular style, consisting of chancel, nave of five bays, established at Cannington, near Bridgwater, was removed

aisles, south porch and a western tower, with pinnacles, 116 to Paul's House, Taunton, in 1867. The religious of this

feet in height and containing 6 bells: the tower, having order (unlike the numerous orders devoted to active works

'fallen into a state of dilapidation, was taken down in 1870, of charity) consecrate themselves to a life of contemplation

and re-erected in fac-simile under the direction of Mr. J. H. and special prayer. 'I he order was established in France in

Spencer, architect, of this town, the work being completed the middle of the 17th century, and this community was

in 1875; the church contains mural monuments with arms founded in England by the Hon and Right Rev. Dr. Clifford,

to members of the Yea family, including one to Colonel bishop of Clifton, in 1863. In 1867 the nuns purchased the

Lacy Yea, who fell at the head of his regiment at the attack property in Bishops Hull, known as Paul's House, from the

vn the Great Redan, Sebastopol, on the 18th June, 1855, Cole family, and shortly after added to the mansion and

and another to Sir Wil1iam Waiter Yea hart. who died May built a chapel, which has a spire surmounted by a large gilt

20, 1862: the west window is also a memorial of the Yea figure of the Archangel Gabriel, and is always open to the

family: the east window was inserted by the Rev. Canon public: the sanctuary is beautifully decorated, and the altar

Liddon, of St. Paul's Cathedral, London, to members of his exceedingly rich in alabaster and paintings.

family: in 1884 the chancel was entirely rebuilt and a side On the site of the present convent there formerly stood a

-chapel and organ chamber added, at a cost of £2,000, from monastery of Carmelite Fri&rs, founded by W. de Meryet,

designs by Mr. B. E. Ferrey, of London: there are sittings and dissolved in the time of Henry VIII. but no portion of

for 8oo persons. The register dates from the year 1626. the ancient building now remains.

The living is a vicarage, gross yearly value £3oo, in the gift The Unitarian (formerly Presbyterian) chapel was founded

'Of Simeon's trustees, and held since r886 by the Rev. God- in 1646; the interior has very fine carved oak pillars and

frey Kingdon M.A. of Exeter College, Oxford, and surrogate. pulpit : the chapel will seat 500 persons. The registers

BISHOPS HULL is an ecclesiastical parish, formed April date only from 1747. The Congregational chapel, called

29, 1864, from the civil parishes of Bishops Hull, St. Mary "Paul's Meeting House," founded in 1672, and erected in

Magdalene, Taunton, and Wilton. The church of St. John 1797, has sittings for 8oo persons; its registers date from

the Evangelist, situated in Park street is a building of stone 1699. There is also a Congregational chapel inNorth street,

in the Early English style, from designs by the late Sir seating 8oo persons. The Baptist chapel in Silver street

Gcorge Gilbert Scott R.A. consisting of chancel, nave of four was founded in 1815, but has registers dating from 1782; it

bays, aisles, south porch and a tower with spire on the south will seat 750 persons. .Albemarle Baptist chapel was built

side containing one bell : there are 700 sittmgl'l, all of which in 1875, and has 500 sittings; attached is a lecture room,

are free. The register dates from the year 1863. The living seating 150 persons. The Octagon chapel, founded as a

is a 'l'iearage, yearly value about £54• with residence, in the Baptist Meeting house in I8x6, but abandoned by that sect

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DIRECTORY.] SOMERSETSHIRE. TAU~ TON.

~n July 1826, now belongs to the Brethren: the original re- Taunton contains many good and comfortable hotels and
gisters date from the foundation ; the chapel has 200 sittings. commercial inns, the principal of which are Saunder's
sittings. There is a Meeting House for the Society of Friends, Castle hotel, North street; Nation's Clarke's hotel, Castle
Green ; Gill's Great Western Railway hotel, Railway station;
ln Bath place, originally erected• in 1:693, and seating xoo and London hotel, East street.
persons; attached is a burial ground. The Temple Wesleyan

-chapel in Upper High street was founded in 1778, and has The Somerset County Club is in Fore street.

:r,2oo sittings; the registers of births, baptisms, and burials The Somerset County Cricket Club, numbering 280 mem-

date from 1785. The Wesleyan chapel in Victoria street has bers, has grounds situated at the top of St. James' street,

400 sittings. Ebenezer Bible Christian chapel, Magdalene provided with a grand stand and pavilion and a good cycle

.street, was built in 1864, and has sittings for 350 persons. track : the Somerset County Lawn Tennis Club, formed in

St. Mary Magdalene and Bishops Hull cemetery, situated 1889, has grounds at Ash Meadows : the West Somerset
inl Bishops Hull road, and formed in 1854, at a cost of Archery & Lawn Tennis Clubs ground is at Batts Park.

:£6,ooo, is 8~ acres in P.xtent, a portion being reserved for Six: weekly newspapers are published in the town.
Her Majesty's Prison is situated in Upper High street,
Catholics, and has 2 mortuary chapels; it is under the control opposite the Shire Hall, with which it has underground com-
of a Burial Board of thirteen members. St. James' cemetery,
Frieze Hill, formed in 1877, at a cost of £5oo, is 5 acres in munication; the building, which covers an area of 4i acres,
extent; it has one mortuary chapel, and is under the control is of stone, with a governor's house. and offices of brick,
of a Burial Board of nine members.
fronting the street, but is now closed.
The buildings of the Grammar school, founded in 1522, The Taunton and Somerset Hospital, situa~ed in East
by Richard Fox, bishop of Winchester, and situated in Castle
Green, have been sold to the corporation, and converted reach, was founded in 1809, in commemoration of the entry
into municipal offices and a council chamber ; they are Late of King George Ill. upon the fiftieth year of his reign ~ in
Perpendicular in style, and include a good open timbered
roof. 1870 an eastern wing, mortuary and convalescent wards

were erected, and in 1873 a west wing was added 1 these
additions, designed by Mr. J. Houghton Spencer, architect,

of this town, were built at a cost of about £3,000; the hos-
The Shire Hall is a handsome and substantial building of pital is attended by the principal medical men of the town,
stone in the Elizabethan style, erected from designs by W. and is benefited by the Tone Navigation Fund and Mary
B. Moffat esq. architect, of London: the foundation stone Blake's and the Rev. F. J. Smith's charities, of the annual
was laid by Viscount Portman, lord-lieutenant of the county, value of £89 ; the number of in-patients attended during the
in August, 1855. and the building was opened for the Lent year ending Oct. 1st, 1888, was 752; and the out-patients,
assizes in 1858: the total cost, including purchase of land, 4,199· The total number of in-patients attended since the
fixtures, and furniture, amounted to about £28,ooo :it con- 25th March, 1812, to Oct. 1st, 1889, was 33,726; the total of
sists of a fine entrance hall, leading to the courts on eit.her out-pa~ients during the same period was qo,2g2.
side, retiring rooms, a well-proportioned room for the grand
jury, and a fine suite of apartments for the judges: in the The Nursing Institution, erected in 1887, from designs by
entrance hal~ are marble busts of several Somersetshire J. H. Spencer esq. of Taunton, is built principally of brick in
worthies, viz.-John Locke, philosopher and statesman; the Italian style, with a frontage from east to west of about
74 feet, and adjoins the west wing of the· Taunton and
Admiral Robert Blake; John Pym, statesman; Thomas Somerset Hospital ; the floor on the street level is occupied
by 1·ooms devoted to out-patients of the hospital and a wait-
YoungM.D.,.F.R.s.; BishopKen; Henry Byamn.D. chaplain ing room, 53 feet long by 24 feet wide: on the same floor
to Charles II. ; Capt. John Banning Speke, the distinguished are dispensing and consulting rooms. The nursing institu-
tion proper, which occupies the two floors above the out-
African explorer; Henry Lord Taunton; Edwin Norris, patients' department, has on the first floor eight bed~rooms
all opening into a central hall, on the right of which are
linguist and philologist ; Charles Summers, sculptor ; (the apartments for the head nurse and her assistants; the storey
work of his former pupil, Miss Thomas); Henry Fielding, above has nine bedrooms and a nurses' day room.

the novelist; Brigadier-Gen. John Jacob C.B. and of Wilson
Fox :ar.n., F.R.S. physician in ordinary to the Queen. The

meetings of the County Council are held here.

The Masonic Hall is situated in the Crescent ; the An Eye Infirmary, established in 1816, is supported l y
4 ' Unanimity, and Sincerity Lodge," NQ. 261, founded in
1788, holds its meetings here on the 3rd Wednesday in the voluntary contributions.

month from September to May, and has uo members. The St. Saviour's Home for Boys, situated in Park street,

The New Market, situated on the west side of the Parade, and founded in 1870, is designed to educate and start in life,

is a building of the Ionic order : it contains a large hall and orphan, deserted, or neglected boys.

uther apartments, known as the "Victoria Rooms," which The Servants' Trammg Home, East reach, was founded
are used for the purposes of the Taunton School of Art : the for the reception of poor, orphan, or friendless girls, who are
basement is occupied by shops for butchers, poulterers, fish- here boarded and clothed, and suitably trained with a view

mongers and fruiterers. The markets are held on Wednes- to domestic service: since its first opening, 212 girls have

day and Saturday, principally the latter, and are well sup- been received, and during the year ending August 3oth,

'plied with provisions of all kinds. The market for cattle, 1888, there were 28 girls in the house, of whom 8 have left

'Sheep and corn is held on Saturdays. to take situations. Matron, Miss Fyfe; secretary, Miss

Fairs for cattle, sheep, and horses are held on June 17th Leake, Haines hill ; treasurer, Miss Stephens, Hames hill.
.and July 7th. Gray's Almshouses, in East street, were founded in 1635,

The Old Market House, which stands in the centre of the by Robert Gray esq. a native of this town, who endowed

town, is a plain brick building, with a clock in the centre of them with £ 3,ooo, which provides ten poor women and six

the front elevation, and has on either side an arcade, used men with lodgings and a weekly allowance of three shillings;

by various tradesmen on market days : the interior corn- an:i one reader with six shillings per week.

prises the Guildhall, a handsome assembly room, containing St. Margaret's Hospital, situated at the bottom of East

.a full-length portrait of George Ill. and other apartments reach, between the high road and Mill lane and in the

now used by the Conservative club. parish of West Monkton, was founded at some period bE'.fore

There are two silk factories, three producing linen collars or between the years 1174 and 1185, as a lazar house, and on

.and cuffs, and others for the making of gloves and paper June 22, 1236, received a grant of protection from Henry

boxes ; besides these there are several small iron and brass Ill. ; subsequently the hospital was endowed with the bene-

foundries, coach making, malting and brewing establish- factions of Thomas Lambrit or Lambright, and in 1418,

ments and cabinet manufactories. Nicholas Bubwith, bishop of Bath and Wells, granted an in-

Here are four banks, viz. Stuckey's Banking Company, the dulgence, durante bene placita, to such persons as should con-

Wilts and Dorset Bank, and Fox Fowler Co. in :Fore tribute to its repair and support; at the beginning of the

.street, and the Devon and Cornwall Bank in North street; reign of Henry VIII. it appears to have been destroyed by

there is also a savings bank at the top of High street: these fire, and shortly thereafter rebuilt by Richard Beere, abbot
establishments are all good buildings, and form considerable of Glastonbury, whose monogram, surmounted by a mitre
ornaments to the street architecture of the town. The with infulre, appears on the building: in April, 1545, a por-
West Somerset Savings Bank, in Upper High street, was tion of the hospital property was sold by Henry VIII. and
first established in 1817: the number of depositors on Nov. in the succeeding reign the chapel of the hospital was alw

2oth, 1888, was 7,384. and the amount standing to their • disposed of. In 1612, by an Order of Sessions, dated Sept.

credit at the same date was £246,056 7S. 15, regulations were made under the authority of the Court

The Assembly-rooms, at the London hotel, are available of Chancery for the administration of the foundation as an

for balls, concerts and public dinners; the large room is 90 almshouse, and it has so continued: the structure consists of

feet by 40 feet, and 30 feet high ; the smaller room, 6o feet seven tenements of two storeys, those at each end project-

by 3(). feet, and 20 feet high. There are also good assembly- ing, but the roof is continuous and is supported along the

rooms at the Town Hall, at the Castle, and the Municipal space between the wings by wooden posts rising from a low

buildings. wall and forming a kind of cloister; the east and west ends

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are gabled; the present endowment amounts to about £45 on which are five roses with the date 1495, and the upper
yearly, which sum is applied to repairs and in aid of the escutcheon bears the arms of King Henry VII. :the present.

poor's rates ; the inmates are all in receipt of parochial ball, which a few years back was used as the assize hall, was

relief. built by Bishop Robert Home in 1557, since which time it.

Huish's Almshouses, in Magdalene street, were founded has frequently been repaired and remodelled. The moa\

and endowed by Richard Huish esq. for "thirteene poore, was filled up in 1758, and the drawbridge removed: among

needy, maimed, impotent, and aged men: " the President, the constables of this ancient: fortress appears the name o(

who reads prayers daily in the common-room of the build- Thomas Chancer, a relative of Geoffrey Chancer, the father

ing, receives 7s. a week ; other inmates have ss. a week, of English poetry. During the civil war the castle was ai

besides clothing. The charity is now administered in con- first held for the Parliament, but surrendered to the Mar-

nection with the schools of the charity, under a scheme of quess of Hertford ; it was afterwards re-taken and held by

the Endowed Schools Commissioners. the famous Robert Blake, better known as .. Admiral Blake,"

Henley's and Pope's Almshouses are for poor persons who against the far superior forces of Lord Goring, until the

occupy them rent-free, but receive no allowance. Of the siege was raised by the arrival of Fairfax. The castle oc-

other charities, that arising from the town lands is the princi- cupies a gravelly eminence of no great height, on the right

pal ; the property consists of houses and lands to which no bank of the river Tone, which forms the northern boundary

claimant appeared after the desolation of Taunton by the of the area, the remaining sides being protected by tributary

Plague ; and these, together with land and houses purchased streams, while on the east and south it is covered by the

under bequests of John Meredith and Margery Acland, are town ; the space thus inclosed forms a trapezium of about 7

vested in feoffees, who in 1845 erected almshouses for twenty acres, of which a portion on the north, comprising about

poor people in Magdalene lane : the annual income from one fourth of the whole area, constitutes the inner court and

this charity is about £430, and is distributed among the measures about 123 yards from east to west and 73 from

poor of the parish of St. Mary Magdalene. Carey's charity north to south; this is again sub-divided into eastern and

of £30 yearly, also belonging to St. J ames' parish, is for fuel. western courts, and in the latter stand the principal existing

There are five almshouses in St. James' parish for old remains of the fortress, which include the keep, a rect-

women, to which the incumbent, subject to the approval of angular embattled structure, so by 40 feet, with walls 13.

the churchwardens, has the appointment. feet thick and a square battlemented staircase turret at the
There is also a charity called Curtils', which yields £7 xos. north-east angle, rising above the parapet ; the basement is:

yearly, applied to the education of the children of the poor of vaulted ; the original north wall of the Norman castle,

St. James'. which is about 140 feet in length and joins the eastern face.

Taunton is the depot of No. 13 Regimental District, of the keep, though much mutilated and greatly reduced in

Prince Albert's Somersetshire Light Infantry Regiment, com- height, retains its flat buttresses, and at its eastern end has

prising Nos. xst and 2nd battalions (13th foot), and the xst a postern with a segmental arch ; the west front of the keep

and 2nd Somerset Militia, which forms its 3rd and 4th bat- is continued at the same height till it reaches the south-west.

talions and whose head quarters are here ; a monument to angle, where there is a great circular tower with splayed

the officers and men of the above regiment who fell in the base, which has been refaced: the corresponding tower,

Burmese war was unveiled July 30, x889; it consists of a which stood at the south-east angle, is now replaced by a

Runic cross, placed at the corner of the enclosed portion of gabled building ; the south front, which extends between

the parade : new barracks have been erected. these points, is 140 feet long, and in the centre is a slightly

The West Somerset Yeomanry Cavalry ha\·e their head projecting gateway, with a wide entrance arch and a

quarters in Church square. chamber above it ; this work is chiefly Early Decorated, but

In Cheapside i8 the head quarters of the 2nd Volunteer has Perpendicular additions : there are still remains of the

Battalion, Prince Albert's Light Infantry Regiment. eastern gatehouse, a structure of large size, with massive

Taunton was the birthplaee of Samuel Daniel, poet- moulded arches on corbels, at the end of a passage 6o feet

laureate (1599-1619) 1 who was born here in 1562 and died in length ; over this entrance was a small room for the work-
Oct. 1619; and (Jan. 4, r683), of the Rev. Henry Grove, an ing of the machinery of the portcullis and drawbridge ; and

eminent Dissenting minister and writer on theological sub- also a spacious apartment used as a chapel, two windows of

jects. Alexander William Kinglake esq. author of "Eothen," which, in the Early Decorated style, remain on the north

a model book of travels, and the "History of the Crimean side, but are now walled up in the masonry of the modern

War," was born here in 1811. Am::mg the bishops of Win- house : the eastern part of the inner court was defended by

chester who made the castle their occasional residence were earthworks, consisting of two ramparts, from 18 to 24 feet.

Cardinals Beaufort (1405-47), and Wolsey (153o-31). thick and about xo feet high, running along .the east and

The principal residences in Taunton are-Pyrland Hall, in south fronts, and against which the Norman wall was built.

the parish of St. James', a handsome and commodious man- Jeffreys (chief justice 1683-5) held his" B:oody Assize" in

siOn, situate in a well-wooded park of so acres, and com- the Great Hall in June, x685, after the battle of Sedgmoor,

manding a fine view of the surrounding country : it was when over 300 of the insurgents were executed in various

the seat of the Yea family, and the property of Sir Henry parts of the county, 19 being hanged opposite the White

Lacy Yea hart. on whose death in A. D. 1864, the title became Hart inn in this town. This ancient and historical fortress

extinct ; it was for upwards of thirty years the residence of was acquired in 1875, at a cost, including the purchase of a

the late Richard Meade-King esq. J.P. and is now the resi- house and garden adjoining, and various incidental expenses,

dence of George Richard Withingtonesq. J.P. FlookHouse, of £4,329, by the Somersetshire Archreological and Natural

in North Town, is an Elizabethan building, but the exact History Society: the museum of this society, occupying six

date is not known, although there is a chimney-piece bearing or seven rooras on the ground and first floors, contains a

date 1652. Lyngford, in the parish of St. James', the resi- valuable collection of objects of interest in both departments,

dence of Charles Jeffreys Watson Alien esq. J.P. is a hand- ~eluding a very numerous series of casts from the exterior

some building, standing in grounds commanding a fine view and interior of the cathedral at Wells, early British remains

of the adjacent country. Belmont and Mount Nebo are the from Worle hill, Wincanton, Wiveliscombe and other places

property and residence of John Marshall esq. : the aviary, in the county; Roman remains from Norton. Fitzwarren,

erected at a cost of £8oo, contains a rare selection of birds : Shepton Mallet, High Ham, Drayton, Pitney, Combe St.

the fernery, erected at a cost of £400, contains upwards of Nicholas, Hamdon Hill, Luxborough, Sparkford, North

350 varieties of hardy ferns : the 1public are admitt!id to Perrott and other localities ; a piece of Roman tesselated

these grounds at all reasonable times. pavement found at East Coker, stone and bronze weapons,

Taunton Castle, an object of conspicuous local interest, sculptures forming a portion of the old reredos of Welling-

was founded by Ina, king of the West Saxons, in 702, a date ton church, coins, seals and medals ; a collection of relics

nearly 200 years earlier than that of the foundation of any from the field of Sedgmoor; and a unique reliquary, found

other fortress mentioned in the Saxon chronicle, and here in 1849, in the church of St. Paul, Kewstoke : in geology the

he held his first great council; during a rebellion in 722, museum is especially rich, containing, amongst others, some

when it was seized by Eadbricht, king of the South Saxons, fine specimens of Saurians from the lias of the county, and

its timber work was destroyed by Ethelburga, queen of Devonian fossils ; while the collection of bones from the

King Ina, but was afterwards rebuilt. In the following caves of the Mendip h1lls is perhaps unequalled in England,

reign, being then a royal residence, it was given with the containing many unique specimens of the remains of the

manor of Taunton Dean to the church of Winchester. lion, hyrena, wolf, bear, fox, otter, many specimens of

William Gifford, who as bishop of Winchester (no7-29) rodents, elephant, mammoth, rhinoceros, horse, ox, bison,

held the lordship, Henry of Blois, his successor (n2~-74) deer and reindeer : the large collection of original drawings

and following prelates reSided here, and the castle received of churches and domestic architecture in the county, for-

from them considerable additions, especially towards the end merly belonging to the late J. H. Smyth Pigott esq. of

of the 13th oentury or c1.rly in the 14th century, when the Weston-super-Mare, is also deposited here. There is also a

existing south front wrLh its circular towers was erected. general Natural History collection, illustrative of animals,

The whole building w;.s repaired and an embattled gateway birds &c. found in the county; and the nucleus of a library,

built by bishop Thomas Langton (1493-1502): this gateway of about s,ooo volumes, containing some valuable books and

is still standing and has over it, fronting the Castle green, manuscripts.

two escutcheons, the lower one being charged with a cross Edward Irwin Bainbridge Cox esq. of 14 Upper Grosvenor

DIRECTORY.] SOMERSETSHIRE. TAUNTON. 355

street, London w, is lord of the manor of Taunton Dean; portion of West Monkton also within; St. Mary Without

deputy steward, Thomas Meyler, 8 Hammet street, Taun- was also formed at the same date and consists of the portion

ton; Alexander W. Kinglake esq. of 17 Bayswater terrace, of St. Mary outside the borough boundary, and a part of

London w, is lord of the hundred of Holway and manor of Wilton also outside ; the remaining portion of the latter

Taunton Late Priory; steward, Thomas Meyler, 8 Hammet beyond the boundary being united to Bishops Hull extra-

street, Taunton. municipal to form the new parish of Bishops Hull Without ;

The original parishes forming the borough of Taunton rateable value of Bishops Hull Within £5,264, and Bishops

have, since March, 1885, been rearranged as under :-The Hull Without £7,353; the population of the municipal

area of St. James' is 1,300 acres, and has been constituted and parliamentary borough in 1881 was 17,210, viz. : -

two parishes, viz.: St. James Within, rateable value St. Mary Magdalene 8,549 (including II9 in the Taunton

/,28,245, and St. James Without [4,079, the latter a new and Somerset Hospital and 198 officers and inmates in the

parish formed from a portion of St. James' outside the Workhouse); St. James', 7,o67; part of Bishops Hull, 620;

municipal borough, the remaining portion being amalga- part of West Monkton 6; part of Wilton 968 (including 35

mated witll Staplegrove; the area. of St. Mary Magdalene in H. M. Prison and 131 in the Military Prison).

parish is 1,109 acres and has been made into two parishes; Parish Clerks, St. Mary Magdalene, S. Parkhouse, Magda-

rateable value of St. MaryMagdalene Within £34,363, and of lene street; St. James', Thomas Tidbury, 9 North town;

St. Mary Magdalene Without [4,028; St. Mary Magdalene Wilton, John Wyatt, Sherford, Wilton.

Within parish was formed March, 1885, by the amalga- Sextons, Bishops Hull, T. Stone, Tangier; Rowbarton,

mation of the part within the municipal limits with that George Fox, Rowbarton.

. Official Establishments, Local Institutions &c.

PosT, M. 0. & T. 0., S. B. & Insurance & Annuity Office, Melior Alfred esq. Otterhead, Honiton

Church square, Edward Brown Bowser, postmaster Murray-Anderdon Henry Edward esq. Henlade ho. Taunton

The office is open for the sale of stamps, registration of letters, Newton Francis Murray esq. Pickeridge, Taunton

week days from 7 a.m. to 10 p.m.; sundays, 7 to 10 a.m. Newton Francis Wheat esq. D.L. Barton grange, Taunton

Money order & savings bank, armuity & insurance busi- Noel-\Velman Charles esq. D.r... Norton Manor ho. Taunton

ness & issue of licenses, week days, 9 a.m. to 6 p.m. ; Paterson His Honor Judge William, 34 Gloucester crescent,

saturdays, 9 a.m. to 8 p.m. Telegraph business, week Hyde park, London w

days, 7 a. m. to 10 p.m. ; sundays, 7 to 10 a.m. & 5 to 6 Patton Brigadier-Gen. Henry Bethune, Stoke court, Taunton

p.m. Issue & payment of postal orders, week days, 7 Patton Lionel esq. Sheafhayne, Yarcombe, Chard

a.m. to 10 p.m Rawlins Lieut.-Col. Henry William, Manor house, Bishops.

DISPATCH OF LETTERS-MAILS. Hull, Taunton
Slade Wyndham esq. Montys court, Taunton
Minehead,Exeter, Wellington, Tiverton & the West, 7 a.m. ; Sommerville Alexander Annandale esq. Carvalion house,..
London (1st day) & Bristol, 10.15 a.m.; Weston-super- Creech St. :Michael, Taunton
Mare, 12.15 p.m.; London (2nd day), Bath, Bristol, Walsh Theobald esq. Bishops Hull, Taunton
Ilminster, Minehead, Langport, Barnstaple, Wiveliscombe, Clerk to the Magistrates, John Henry Hiddulph Pinchard,
South Molton, Exeter, Wellington & the West, 12.30 Hammet street
p.m. ; Southampton & South-West of England, 3·55 & Petty Sessions are held at the Shire Hall every wednesday
4·45 p.m. ; North of England, Ireland, Scotland, Bridg- at u a.m. & sa.turday at 12 noon at the Guildhall. The
water, Bath, Bristol &c. 4·45 p.m. (sundays, 3·45 p.m.) ; following places are inc.uded in the petty sessional
Taunton rural deliveries, 5.30 a.m. ; London (night), division :-Angersleigh, Bickenhall, Bishops Hull, Cheddon
Bath, Bristol & all parts, 10 p.m.; Bridport, Ilchester, Fitzpaine, Corfe Creech St. Michael, Hillfarrance, King-
llminster, Lyme, liinehead, Sherborne, Yeovil, Wivelis- ston, North Curry, Norton Fitzwarren, Oake, Orchard
combe, Exeter, Tiverton, Wellington & the West, 12 mid- Portman, Otterford, Pitminster, Ruishton, Staple Fitz-
night. Taunton town deliveries : Letter Box at the head paine, Staplegrove, Stoke St. Gregory, Stoke St. Mary,

office is cleared half an hour before the commencement Taunton St. Mary Magdalene, Taunton St. James, Thorn-
of each delivery for town deliveries
falcon, Thurlbear, TruU, West Hatch, West Monkton, .

PARCEL POST-DISPATCHES. Wilton Borough Magistrates.

London, Bristol &c. 10.15 a.m.; London, Bristol, llminster, The Mayor & Ex-Mayol',
Minehead, Langport, Wi veliscombe, South Molton &c.

12.30 p.m. ; Exeter, Wellington, Tiverton & the West, 2.30 Corporation.
p.m. ; North of England, Ireland, Scotland, Bristol &c.
Mayor, Henry James Spiller esq.
4·35 p.m.; London & all parts, 10 p.m

. TowN DELIVERIES. tCharles Goodland ALDERMEN. Robert Bru(prd.

J:St delivery at 7 a. m. ; 2nd, at 9·45 a.m. : 3rd, at. 2·15 , tWilliam Poole Samuel Farrant

p.m..: & 4th, at 7.15 p.m. On sundays the first dehvery tPeter Taylor 'Henry James Spiller
only IS made
WALL LE'l'TER BoxEs at Greenway lane, Haines hill, High CouNCILLORS, with date of retiring.

street, Mountlands, Park street, North town & Railway tWilliam Herbert EAST Wj ARD.tHy. Joseph Van Trump
station (down platform), cleared five times daily & (except Fowler

railway) once sunday tJames Standfast I *John Goldsmith
RECEIVING OFFICES. tWilliam Adams *George Webber

NORTH WARD.

BRIDGE STREET, Thomas John i3ickley, receiver, box cleared tGeorge Saunders, jun tWilliam Potter

at 10.25 a.m. & 12.15, 4·45, 6.45 & 9.30 p.m tJohn Giles Vile *Charles Baker

EAST REACH, Mrs. S. Kirkpatrick, receiver, box cleared 10 tThomas Morrish Hawkins *Fredk. Benj.Wickenden

a.m. & 12.15, 4.20, 6.45 & 9.15 p.m WEST WARD.

8HorrERN1 John Blackmore, receiver, 10 a. m. & 12. 10, tStephen William Arnold tWilliam Lock
tWm. Muggleton Chapman *William Goodland
4.15, 6.45 & 9.10 p.m

Member of Parliament. tEdwin Goodman *Thos. Samways Taylor
Marked thus t retire in 1889.
Marked thus t retire in 1890.
Hon. Alfred Percy .Altsopp D.L. Hindlip hall, Worcester; &
Marked thus o retire iu 1891.
13 Upper Belgrave street; & Carlton, Junior Carlton & Marked thus § retire in 1892.
Arthur's clubs, London s vr
Elective Auditors, William Waterman, Paul street & David
Returning Officer, The Mayor Poole Hewer, Upper High street

County Magistrates for the Petty Sessional Division Mayor's Auditor, William Adams, East reach

of Taunton. OFFICERS OF THR CORPORATION & URBAN SANITARY

Alien Charles Jefferys Watson esq. Lyngford ho. Taunton 1 AUTliORITY.

IAlien Jefferys Charles esq. B.A. Gatchell ho. Trull, Taunton 1Town Clerk & Clerk to the Urban Sanitary Authority &

Badcock Henry Jeffries esq. B.A. Pitminster lodge, Taunton School Attendance Committee, Thomas Meyler, 8 Ham-
Barrett William esq. Moredon, North Curry, Taunton met street

Chisholm-Batten Edmund esq. M.A. Court house, Thorn- I Treasurer, Henry Jeffries Badcock, Stuckey's Bank

falcon, Taunton :Medical Officer of Health, Henry James Alford M.D., F.c.s.

Fowler William Herbert esq. Bank, Taunton 2 Marlborough terrace

Helyar Major Charles. Welman Hawker, Poundisford lodge, Borough Accountant, To,ww-nn Clerk

Taunton Borough Surveyor, James Henry Smith, Roseneath cottage

Hn!me Henry E-sq. Burnworthy, Honiton Inspector of N uis;}nces, Chas. LattonWebber, 5 Albemarle rcl

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356 TAlJNTON. SOMERSE~rSHIRE. [KELLX•S

Inspector under Contagious Diseases (Animals) Act, Samuel Certified Bailiffs under the Law of Distress Amendment

Durham, Upper High street Act, I8a8 :-Charles Bere, Bath place; Arthur ueorge

Water Inspector, Henry Thomas Coles, 8 Mary st. Taunton Taylor, 6 Hammet street; William James Villar, 10

Collector of Rates, Samuel Henry Davies, Wilton Hammet street; John Bishop Daniel, 30 Paul street;

Veterinary Inspector, Geo. Hill ElderM.R.c.v.s.Castlegreen Joseph Darby, 13 Hammet street; H. Paull, Ilminster;

School Attendance Officer, John Maddock, Hovelands farm C. R. Morris, North Curry; J. G. Peard, N01th Curry;

Mace Bearer, John Coles, Wood street R. W. Hews, Wiveliscombe ; H. M. Hext, Ilminster ; lt'. P.

Insurance Agents. Lempriere,Wiveliscombe; Wm. Waterman, 31 Paul street;

Accident, A. & H. Maynard, 5 Hammet street ; A Good- John David Woollen, Shirehall&T. D. Woollen, Shire hall
County Constabulary Station, Upper High street; superin-
man, 3 Hammet street
tendent, Samuel Durham ; I sergeant, I acting sergeant
Accident & Plate Glass, A. Goodman, 3 Hammet street
& 11 constables
Alliance, Charles Bere, Bath place
British Empire Mutual Life, J. Kingsbury, Laburnham cot- District Registry Office of Her Majesty's Court oll'robate, 4
Hammet street; Robert Arthur Kinglake, :registra:r;
tage, Cannon street; W. & A. Chapman, 20 North street & Edwin Oxley, chief clerk
E. Quant, 32 Station road Eye Infirmary, Westgate street; Samuel !•'arrant, surgeon;
Briton Life, J. H. B. Pinchard, 13 Hammet street
open saturday, n to 1
City of Glasgow, G. Philpott, SA, Hammet street Gray's Almshouses, East street
Commercial Union, G. E. Colthurst, Bridge st.; W. H.
Guildhall & Parade Assembly Rooms, Market place; G.rorge
Crease, 3 Bath place; Porter & Porter, Lytes Cary1 Lewis, hall keeper
Kingsdon; E. H. Watson, 10 Hammet street
lCounty Fire, W. F. B. Dawe, Register office; W. La.ngdon, Inland Revenue & Stamp Offices, Fore street; WilliMn
Station road; H. Corner, Holly lodge, North town; Furze Bickford, collector & bead distributor of stampt-;.
G. Frost, Oakgate house, Bath place; G. E. Small, 7 James Osmond, Edward Collings & Chas. Jesse Williams,.
clerks ; John FaWC'DS Dobson, supervisor; Charles Jol:m
.Carlton terrace, Station road; W. J. Villar, 10 Ha:mmet Revell11ms. :sac. oxou, surveyor o.f taxes
street & A. G. Taylor, 6 Hammet street
Municipal Offices, Castlt~ green
.. /Crown, G. Philpott, Hammet street
Shire Hall, Upper High street; John David Woollen, keeper-
Economic Life, A. J. Edwards, Gas works
St. Mary's Vestry Hall, Paul st.; S. Panhouse, vestry clerk
·" Edinburgh Life, A. & H. Maynard, 5 Hainmet street
Somerset Archreological & Natural Hi&tory Society, The
Employers' Liability, G. Saunders, jun. Bath place
General, F. V. Sanderson, 6 Mount ter.; F. C. Sanderson~ Castle ; Willi.am Bidgood, eurator
5 Marlboro' ter. Park st. & J. M. Chapman, 10 Canon st Taunton Association for Advancing the T:rad-e of the Town,
North street;. W. H.. Fowler esq. president ; Vere Hare,
Guardian, J. Showers, St. James street
hon. sec
Hand-in-Hand, G. Saunders, jun. Bath place
Imperial Fire & Life, G. H. Pollard, The Timber yard; Taunton District Highway B'oaTd, W. F'. B. Dawe, clerk ;
Sweet & Son, n Hammet street (Fire only); C. H. Ven- .Andrew Richmond, survey&T ; offices,. Registry place
Taunton St. James' Cemetery, Frieze hil'1; Joha Chapman,
ning, 45 High street (Life only) clerk to the burial board; ~uel Totile, lodge keeper
Law Life, T. Meyler, 8 Hammet street
Liverpool & London & Globe, T. Meyler, 8 Hammet street Taunton St. Mary Magdalene & Bishop'~ Hull Cemetery,

London Guarantee, G. Philpott, Hammet street Bishop's Hull road; John Henry Biddulph P:i.nchard,

Manchester Fire, W. H. ·wake, Church square clerk to the burial board ; Richard Sqtlftftce, lodge keeper

J National, J. & W. Darby, 13 Hammet street Temperance Hall,. High street; E'dward Webber, lessee
National Provincial Plate Glass, A. Goodman, 3 Hammet st TaHnton & Somerset Hospital, East reach; George B. Cor-

Northern Assurance, E. R. H. Masters, Devon & Cornwall nish M.D. consulting physician ;· William· Marwooo Kelly
M. D. Edward Liddon M. D. & Henry J. Al-ford M.». phy-
Bank & W. J. Villar, 10 Hammet street
sicians ; H. Alford, consultin&" surgeon ; William Liddon
-Norwich & London, W. H. Wake, Church square
iNorwich Union Fire, J. H. Kirtley, High street & T. His- M.B. Samuel Farrant & GeOTge Wm. Rigd-en, snrgoons;
Rev-. William AYnold M.A. chaplain; John Henry Bid ulph
cock, 7 Cyprus terrace, Billet street
Pinchard, sec. ; Albert Goodman, aeoountant ; William
Pelican Life, J. Hare & Son, 30 North street
Phamix Fire, J. Hare & Son, 30 North street & H. Chan- Burrough Cosens, house surgeon i Miss Alice Lamb,
matron ; Miss Macdonald, lady supt. o~ u.urses.
ning, 33 High street
Provident Life, W. F. B. Dawe, Register office & W. Lang- West. of England Insurance Co. Engine Station,. Castle
green.; James Baker,. supt. &. 1..2- men
don, Station road

Rock Life, F. J. Stephens, 4 Middle street; Sweet & Son, n MILITARY.
Hammet street; J. H. Kirtley, High street; & P. H.
REG.'IMENTAL DISTRICT, No.. Y3.
Leggett, 2 Haines hill

Royal Exchang'\3, Sweet & Son, n Hammet street Depot, the Barracl\s·, Mou.nt street.

Scottish Equitable, W. H. Wake, Church square Prince Albert's Somersetshire Light Infuntry (1st k 2nd

8cottish Union. J. & W. Darby, 13 Hammet street battalions, 13th foot)'

Sun Fire, A. & H. Maynard, 5 Hammet street ; Barnicott & Commanding Regimental Dis&rict, Co1. E. L. England
Son, 44 Fore street
Acting Adjutant, Major Edmnnd .Joseph Gallwey
West of England, G. P. Martin, Wilts & Dorset Bank; T. Paymaster Regimental District, Major H. W. PhiH!ps (staff
Fearncombe & Young & Richardson
paymaster)
Westminster Fire, E. Jarvis, 2 Shuttern; W. Rex, 16 Medical Officer, Brigade-Surgeon Willmm Hensman
Alma street & G. Rowe, Rose cottage, Wilton
Warrant Officer, Sergt.-Maj.~r John Baker

Public Establishments. Prince Albert's Somersetshil"e Light In:iantry Regiment, 3rd

Ureat Western Railway Telegraph Department, Railway Battalion (1st Somerset :Militia); headquarters, Barracks,

station ; Frederick Haynes, superintendent Mount street ; Col. H. C. Henley,. lieut. -col. command-

Corporation Fire Brigade Station, Magdalene street; keys at ing; Capt. H. E. Hicks, instructor ci musketry; Bt.-Major

Municipal offices, Castle green & W. Wood, turncock, Henry Alfred Walsh,. adjutant.; Captain R. Matheson,

Magdalene street; James Hy. Smith, captain, & 10 men quartermaster

tCounty Court (Circuit 57), held at the Shire hall, every Prince Albert's Somersetshire Light Infantry Regiment, 4th

month ; His Honor William Paterson, judge ; Thomas Battalion (2nd Somerset Militia); head quarters,Barracks,

.Meyler, registrar; Edward Charles Coles, high bailiff; Mount street; vacant, lieut.-col. commandant; Captain

.John David Woollen, deputy bailiff; offices, 8 Hammet W. G. S. Sainsbury, instructor of musketry; Major E. J.

-street; business hours, 10 to 4; on thursdays, 10 to I. Gallwey, adjutant; Lieut. 1<'. Sturt, quartermaster

The district comprises the following places :-Angers- VoLUNTEERS.

·: leigh, Ash Priors, Bathpool, Bickenhall, Bishops Hull,

]3ishops Lydeard, Blagdon, Cheddon Fitzpaine, Chipstable, West Somerset Yeomanry Cavalry; depot, II Church

Churchinford, Church Stanton, Cothelstone, Combe square; Col. the Hon. A. W. A. N. Hood, lieut.-col. com-

.florey, Corfe, Creech St. Michael, Creech Heathfield, manding; A. F. Bernard, major; Capt. P. F. Durham,

.Cnrland, Duddlestone, Durston, East Bagborough, Fitz- adjutant ; Surgeon-Major S. !<'arrant, surgeon ; George

head, Galmington, Halse, Ham, Hatch Beauchamp, Hill Elder M.R.c. v.s. veterinary surgeon; D Troop, Major

Heathfield, Henlade, Huish Champflower, Kingston, Lang- Jn. A. Winter ; Sergt.-Major Wm. Brash, drill instructor

ford, Lillesdon, Lydeard St. Lawrence, Milverton, Nailes- Prince Albert's Somersetshire Light Infantry, 2nd Volunteer

bourne, N orton Fitzwarren, Newport, North Curry, Battalion (comprising A, B, C, D, E, F, G, H, I, K, L &

Orchard Portman, Otterford, Pitminster, Quantock, Mcompanies); headquarters,Cheapside; Brig.-Gen.H. P.

Raddington, Rowbarton, Ruishton, Staplegrove, Staple Patton, lieut.-col. commandant ; Col. H. E. Harbin,

t'itzpaine, Staplehay, Stoke St. Mary, Taunton, with lieut.·col. ; M. L. Blake, major; Major A. W. A. Pollock,

Haydon, Holway & Shoreditch, Thornfalcon, Thurlbear, adjutant; C. E. Lance, quartermaster; E. Liddon M. D.

Tulland, Trull, West Bagborough, West Hatch, West & Surgeon-Major W. Winterbotham M.B. surgeons; R.

L Monkton, Wilton, Wiveliscombe & Wrantage Axford & T. Clark M. D. hon. assistant-surgeo..lS; Rev. S.

DIRECTORY.] SOl\IERSETSHIRE.. TAUNTON. 357

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J. Heathcote M.A. & the Rev. W. G. Fitzgerald hon. Clerk to the Trustees of the Market, Thomas J ames Shepherd,

chaplains;- Rev. L. H. P. Maurica M.A. acting chaplain ; Castle green

A Co. Capt. H. C. Sweet; B Co. Capt. E. T. Alms; Sergt.- Collector of the Market, C. J. Fox, Castle green

Major E. Willey, drill instructor Collector of Income & Assessed Taxes, St. Mary Magdalene

TAUNTON UNION~ Parish, William Waterman, 31 Paul street; St. James',
John Mattocks Chapman, 10 Canon street

Board day, fortnightly, wednesday, at 2.go, at the Work- Collector of Inland Revenue, Wm. Furze Bickford, Forest

house. Collector of Poor Rates for St. Mary Magdalene Without,

The Union comprises the following parishes :-Angersleigh, William Henry Wake, Church square; St. Mary :Magda-

Ash Priors, Bickenhall, Bishops Hull (Within & Without), lene Within, David Poole Hewer, Upper High street; St.

Bishops Lydeard, Cheddon Fitzpaine, Churchstanton James Within & Without, John Mattocks Chapman, 10

(Devon), Combe Florey, Corfe, Cothelstone, Creech St. Canon street; Bishops Hull Within & Without, J. l\Iayes,

Miehael, Curland, Durston, Halse, Hatch Beauchamp, Bishops Hull

Heathfield, Kingston, Lydeard St. Lawrence, North County Analyst, Henry James Alford M.n., F.c.s. 2 :\'Iarl-

Curry, Norton Fitzwarren, Orchard Portman, Otterford, borough terrace

Pitminster, Ruishton, Staplegrove, Staple Fitzpaine, County Surveyor, Charles Edmond Norman, 12 Hammet st

Stoke St. Gregory, Stoke St. Mary, Taunton St. James Curator of Somerset Archreological & Natural History

(Without & Within), Taunton St. Mary Magdalane (With- Society, William Bidgood, The Castle

out & Within), Thornfalcon, Thurlbear, Tolland, Trull, Deputy Clerk of the Peace for the. County, Thomas 21Ieyler,

West Bagborough, West Hatch, West Monkton, Wilton 8 Hammet street

The population of the union in 1881 was 35,978 ; rateable District Registrar of Hel' Majesty's Court of Probate, Robert

value, £238,251; area, 69,383 acres Arthur Kinglake, 4 Hammet street

Clerk to the Guardians & Assessment Committee, William Inspector of Weights & Measures, Samuel Durham, }"olice

Francis Bartlett Dawe, Registry place, Taunton Station, Upper High street

Treasurer, Henry J. Badcock, Stuckey's Bank Sheriff's Officer for the Taunton District, John David Woollen,

Relieving & Vacination Officers, No. 1 district, Samuel R. Shire hall

Chapman, Taunton; No. 2 district, Chas. Sloman, Bridge Stamp Distributor, William Furze Bickford, Fore street

street, 'Taunton; No. 3 district, Hy. John Pearce, Bishops Steward to the Trustees of Taunton Town Charities, John

Lydeard ~ No. 4 district, George Lewis, North Curry; Henry Biddulph Pinchard, 13 Hammet street

No. 5 district, F. Lane, Howleigh Steward of the Hundred of Holway & Manor of Taunton

Medical Officers, No. 1 district, James Alexander Macdonald Late Priory, Thomas Meyler, 8 Hammet street

M.D. East street, Taunttm; No. 2 district, Samuel Farrant, Steward of the Manor of Taunton Deane, John Hamilton

North Street house, Taunton ; No. 3 district, William Kinglak.e M.D. ; deputy, Thomas Meyler, 8 Hammet st

Bradshaw Paulin L.R.C.P. Edin. Creech St. Michael; No. Superintendent of County Constabulary, Samuel Durham,

4 district, Wavell Arundell Dene, Bishops Lydeard; No. Police Station, Upper High st.reet

5 district, Hugh Pengilly Olivey, North Curry; No. 6 dis- Supervisor of Inland Revenue, John Fawcus, Fore street

trict, William James Townsend Barker L.R.C.P.Lond. Surveyor of Highways, Andrew Richmond, Bath place

Churchinford; No. 7district, Jn. Codner M.B., c.M. Corfe Surveyor of Taxes, Chas. John Revell Mus.:sac.mwn. Forest

Public Vaccinators, Bishops Lydeard rlistrict, H. F. Meade, Town Crier, James Parker, Melody buildings

Bishops Lydeard ; Churchstanton district, William James Treasurer to Trustees of Gray's Almshouses, Tho?. l\Ieyler,

Townsend Barker L.R.C.P.Lond. Churchinford ; Corfe & •· 8 Hammet street

St. Mary's districts, John Codner M.~., c. M. Corfe; North Newspapers.

Curry & Creech districts, Hugh Pengilly O!ivey, North

Curry; St. James' district, Samuel Farrant, North Street Somerset County Gazette, Castle green, Woodlcy, Williams
house, Taunton; Taunton Borough, George Henry How, & Dunsford, publishers & proprietors; published sat. &
Yard house, Northtown
wed. See adverti'lement
Superintendent Registrar, William Francis Bartlett Dawe, Somerset County Herald, 34 Parade, Harry Read, publisher
Registry place, Taunton ; deputy, Alexander Hammett, & proprietor ; published sat. See advertisement
53 North street, Taunton
Somerset Express, 29 Paul street, J. Forbes Keir, manager;
Registrars of Births & Deaths, Bishops Lydeard sub-district, published sat. See advertisement
H. J. Pearce, Bishops Lydeard; deputy, William Sweet- Taunton Courier, 34 Parade, Harry Read, publisher; pub-
ing, Bishops- Lydeard ; North Curry sub-district, William lished wed. See advertisement
Pyne, Creech; deputy, Hugh P. Olivey, North Curry; Taunton Echo, 29 Paul street, J. Forbes Keir, manager ;
Pitminster sub-district, F. Lane, Corfe; deputy, James published wed. See advertisement
Buckland, Pitminster; Taunton St. James' sub-district, Western News, Castle green, Woodley, Williams & Dunsford,
vacant; deputy, John Mattocks Chapman, 10 Canon st. publishers & proprietors ; published tues
Taunton ; Taunton St. Mary Magdalene sub-district,

Samuel R. Chapman, Taunton; deputy, William Henry Places of Worship, with times of Servic3s.

Wake, Billet street St. Mary Magdalene Church, Rev. William Henry Askwith •
Registrar of Marriages, W. J. Horwood, Registry place, M.A. vicar; Rev. William Arnold M.A. & the Rev. Herbert
Wice M.A. curates; II a.m. & 3.15 & 6.30 p.m.; wed.
Taunton; deputy, John Blizard, Workhouse 7.30 p.m. & thurs. 2 p.m. in winter & 3 p.m. in summer;
holy communion every sunday at 8 a.m. & noon
Workhouse, South street, a large building, built in 1837,
tohold410inmates; John Blizard, master; Rev. R. Bailey, St. James, Rev. Godfrey Kingdom M.A. vicar; Rev. Henry

chaplain; Alfred Robert Iles L.R.C.P.Edin. medical officer; Kerr Binns, curate; II a. m. & 3 & 6.30 p.m. ; wed. 7.30
Mrs. S. C. Blizard, matron

RuRAL SANITARY AUTHORITY. p.m ; daily, 8 a.m

Meets monthly at Workhouse, after board meeting. St. John, Park street, Rev. Thomas Edward Morris Barrow

Clerk, Wm. Francis Bartlett Dawe, Registry place, Taunton M.A. vicar; Rev. Herbert Reginald Alien B. A. curate ; 8 &

Treasurer, Henry J. Badcock, Stuckey's Bank II a.m. & 3.30 & 6.30 p.m.; daily, 8 a. m. & 5 p.m.; wed.

Medical Officer of Health, H. J. Alford M.D. 2 Marlborough 7·30 p.m
Holy Trinity, Trinity street, Rev. Altham Surtees Altham
terrace, Taunton

Inspector of Nuisances, Andrew Richmond, Bath pl.Taunton M. A. vicar; Rev. W. S. Isherwood, curate; 11 a. m. &

SCHOOL ATTENDANCE CoMMITTEE. 6.30 p.m.; wed. 7.30 p.m
Clerk, Wm. Francis Bartlett Dawe, Registry place, Taunton St. George, Wilton, Rev. Daniel James Pring :M. A. vicar ; 11
Attendance & Inquiry Officers, The Relieving Officers
a.m. & 6.go p.m.; daily, 8 a. m. except fri. when it is held

at II a.m. & 7.30 p.m

Public Officers. St. Andrew, Rowbarton, Rev. Roger St. John Gresley,
vicar ; Rev. Andrew Richardson Carr B.A. curate ; 8 & 1I
Assistant Overseers, Parishes of St. Mary Magdalene Within a.m. & 6.30 p.m. ; daily, 8 a. m. & 7 p.m. ; tues. & thurs.
& Wilton, David Poole Hewer, 10 Canon street ; St. Mary
Magdalene Without, W. H. Wake, Billet street; St. James 8.45 a.m

Within & Without, John Mattocks Chapman, Canon street;

Bishops Hull Within & Without, J. Mayes, Bishops Hull Mission Room (St. George), Galmington; 3.30 p.m

Certifying Factory Surgeon, Rowland Hill West M.A. 12 St. George's Catholic Church, Billet street, The Very Rev.
Canon John Mitchell M.R. & Rev. Thos. O'Meara, priests;
Middle street mass, 8 & 10.30 a.. m. ; vesper~<, instruction & benediction,
Clerk to the Burial Board for the United Parishes of St.
Mary Magdalene & Bishops Hull, John Henry B. Pinchard, 6.go p.m.; holy days, mass 8 a.m. & mass & benediction

13 Hammet street 10.30 a.m.; daily mass 8.30 a. m

Clerk to the Burial Board for the Parish of St.. James, John Society of Friends' Meeting House, Bath place ; II a. m. &

Mattocks Chapman, Canon street 6.30 p.m

Clerk to the Commissioners of Taxes for Taunton Division, Baptist (Albemarle), Rev. Levi Palmer, minister; li a.m.

John Henry B. Pinchard, 13 Hammet street & 6.30 p.m. ; thurs. 7.30 p.m

358 TAUNTON. • (KELLY'S

I SOlVIERSETSHIRE.

Baptist, Silver t~treet, Rev. Jo~m P. Tetley, minister; n a.m. missioners, Feb. 8, t889; by which the ancient Free

& 6.30 p.m Grammar School foundation of Richard Fox, bishop of

Bible Christian (Ebenezer), Magdalene street, Rev. William Bath & Wells, together with the endowment of William

Higman, minister; 11 a.m. & 6.30 p.m.; wed. 7.30 p.m Walbee for the schoolmaster, & a yearly sum of [,xoo

Brethren (Octagon), Middle street ; ministers various ; 10.45 hitherto paid from the Taunton Town Charity to the
governors of Huish's girls' school, are consolidated into one
a.m. & 6.30 p.m. ; thurs. 7.30 p.m
Congregational, North street, Rev. Samuel Wilkinson, minis- foundation to be called "Bishop Fox's Girls' School,"
with a governing body of 12 persons, of whom 2 are
ter; 11 a.m. & 6.30 p.m.; mon. & wed. 7.15 p.m
Congregational (Paul's Meeting House), Paul street, Rev. ex-officio, 6 representative & 4 eo-optative; Miss Annie

John Marsden B.A. minister; 11 a.m. & 6.30 p.m S. Eyre, head mistress

Unitarian, Mary street, Rev. Jeffery Worthington B. A. minis- School of Art, Victoria rooms, Alexander Gordon, master ;

ter; 11 a.m. & 6.30 p.m bRSuehvi~. h.&.n...-irR·meavm..A.Srtpth-i1us-r Vere Hare, hon..sec

Wesleyan (Temple), Upper High st. p am, mmiS ers St. Mary Magdalen, Church square, established in 1809, re-
II a. m. & 6.30 p.m; wed. 7.30 p.m
built & enlarged in 1866, for 198 boys, 135 girls & 184
Weslevan, Victoria street; u a.m. &
6·30• p 0 m infants; average attendance, 165 boys, us girls & 145
Wesleyan Mission Room, Rowbarton; JI a.m. & 6.30 p.m
infants ; George S. S. BickneH, master ; Miss Ellen Fyson,

mistress; Miss Kate Wall, infants' mistress

Gospel Union (Davies's hall), Silver street; ministers St. John's School (mixed), Tangier, for 200 chil<fren; aver-

various; 11 a.m. & 3 & 6.30 p.m . age attendance, 100; Miss Harriet Culverwell, mistress

Schools & Colleges. Holy Trinity (mixed & infants), Trinity street, built in 1842,
for 300 children ; average attendance, 129 boys & girls &

The King's College, South road, situated in the southern 153 infants; Joseph Bond Male, master; Mrs. Male, mist

suburb of the town & looking out on Blackdown hills is St. James's (mixed & infants), St. James' street, erected in

one of the schools founded by Canon Wooda.rd in connec- 1828 & enlarged in 1875 ; average attendance, 122 boys

tion with St. Nicholas College, Lancing, Sussex, its aim & girls & 107 infants; Joseph Montague, master; Mrs.

being to supply a good Public School education, on sound Montague, mistress

Church of England principles, at a very moderate cost, & National, Rowbarton (mixed & infants), for 420 children;

was opened & dedicated in the name of King Alfred, average attendance, 200 boys & girls & 150 infants~

with a public ceremonial & service, October 26, 188o: the Thomas Irwin, master ; Mrs. A. S. Spender, infants'

buildings, constructed of red Monkton stone, comprise mistress, Rowbttrton

a temporary chapel, dining hall, school room, class rooms, British (mixed & infants), Albemarle road, built in 1879,for

studies, dormitories, & other requisites for a lArge public 250 children, average attendanca, 200 ; Llewellyn Morgan

school, & are surrouuded by grouuds of about 20 acres ; Cooke, master

visitor, the Bishop of the Diocese ; head master, the Britiilh (infants), Mary street, built in 1828, for 200 chil-

Rev. George Osmond Lees Tbomson III.A. of Exeter dren : average attendance, 105; Miss E. Rogers, mistress

College, Oxford; Rev. Thomas Alexander Lacey M.A. British, South street, built in x837,for 165 boys & 165 girls;

Balliol College, Oxford, second master ; Arthnr Henry average attendance, 100 boys & 150 girls; James Tipton,

Samman B.A. Peterhouse, Cambridge, Septimns Symonds master ; Miss Elizabeth Hannaford, mistress

B.A. & Henry Bishop Hatherly, St. Edmund Hall, Oxon, Memorial School (Unitarian) Mary street (mixed), built in

assistant masters 1886, at a cost, including the site, of [,4,ooo, by the Rev.

The Independent College, Staplegrove, established in 1847, J. Collins Odgers B.A. as a memorial to his wife & her

was for 23 years carried on in premises in the Bishops family, who were natives of Taunton; for 300 children;

Hull road, under the name of the West of England average attendance, 16o; James Duckworth, master '

Dissenters' Proprietary School. The present building, Wilton (mixed), for 120 children ; average attendance, 70;

opened in 1870, is an edifice of grey stone from the West Mrs. Lockyer, mistress

Leigh quarries, with Bath stone facings in the Tudor- Wilton (mixed),Galmington, built in 1864, for 50 children;

Gothic style, from designs by Mr. T. James, of London, average attendance, 14 ; Mrs. Mary Ann Gould, mistress

& was erected at a cost, including site, of more than Wesleyan (Temple), Upper High street (mixed), built in

£ 2o,ooo: it consists of two wings, one of which is occupied 1868, for 350 children; average attendance, 189; George
by the school room & the other by the dining-room: in Clark, master

the centre is a tower 106 feet high, with clock & an St. George's Catholic (boy-s), erected in 1870, for 100 boys;

illuminated dial; the Rev. Frederic Wilkins Aveiling M.A., average attendance, 38 ; William J. Webster, master;

B.Sc.Lond. exhibitioner, Pye Smith scholar & Williams (girls) Paul street, erected in 187o; for 100 girls; average

divinity scholar, head master; W. J. C. Lambert M.A. A. attendance, go; Miss Colvin, mistress

Baker M.A. W. Wood B.A. A. Moss, Herr Brinkmann, W.

J. Loveday, T. Wood & - Perrett, assistant masters; Railway Station.

visiting teachers, Prof.Lyons,gymnastics; & Alex. Gordon Great "[.e11tern Railway, Arthur Nicholson Lailey, station
(head master of Taunton Art school) for shorthand; master; T. J. ·Perrett, manager of goods department.
Junior School (for boys under 11), Miss Rudd, lady Omnibuses meet all trains from London, Castle & Clarke's
principal. See advertisement
hotels ·
Queen's (Wesleyan) College, Trull road, established in 1843
by members of the Wesleyan Methodist body as a pro- Railway Carriers.

prietary school, & affiliated with the University of London Great Western Railway Co. Jas. C. Wall, agent, 6o High st
in 1847, was reorganized and re-named 1888: the modern Pickford & Co. (John Forward, agent), North street

department includes instruction in all subjects necessary Carriers.

for a commercial career ; Thomas Darlington M.A. Fellow •

of St. John's College, Cambridge, head master; A. H. AsHILL-Baker, from 'Old Angel,' Forest. sat. at 4 p.m

Haslam M.A. W. Skinner M.A. 'f. Williamson, E. W. BISHOPS LYDEARD-Payne, 'Half Moon,' sat. 4.30 p.m

Johnson B.A. & T. Luxton B.A. asststanf. masters ; E. V. BRIDGWAT.ER-Evans, from his house, East street, mon:vted.

Ballard, music master ; A. Clarke, drawing master thurs. & sat. at 9 a.m -

The Alexandra College & Kindergarten for girls situated at BuCKLAND ST. MARY-Every, 'Half Moon,' wed. & sat. at I

Haines hill, a healthy & open locality at the west end of the CHURCHINGFORD & CHURCHSTANTON-Trim from 'Crown,'

town, comprises a gymnasium & a detached infirmary High street, wed. & sat. at 3 p.m. ; Joyce, from 'Sara-

with bath rooms. The scheme of education is similar to cen's Head,' High street, sat. 3 p.m
that of mod~rn high schools for girls in London: there are CoMBE FwREY-Baker, 'Black Horse,' Bridge st. sat. 3 p.m

special classes for governess students in training ; Madame CoMBE ST. NrcHous-Dampier, 'Saracen's Head,' High

Meynier, principal. See advertisement street, sat. 3 p.m

Huish's (boys), East street: this foundation, formerly CuRRY MALLET-Musgrove, from 'Old Angel,' Fore street,

applied, under the will of Richard Huish of Taunton, to sat. at 4 p.m
the maintenance of schools for both sexes, is now, by a CuRRY RIVEL-Gillard, from' Swan,' East st. sat. 4 p.m

scheme of the Charity Commissioners, approved Feb. FIVE HEAn--Musgrave, from' Swan,' East st. sat.at 4 p.m

8, 1889, applicable, so far as the school branch is con- HALSE-Perry, from 'Half Moon,' North street, sa~. at 4

cerned, to the education of boys only : a yearly sum of £6 HATCH BEAUCHAMP _Baker, from' Old Angel,' Fore street,

is to be applied in maintaining an exhibition tenable at the sat. at 4 p.m

school, in addition to such exhibitions as are maintained HoLCOMBE RoGus-Vickery, from 'Bell,' High street, sat.

under clause 72 of the principal scheme, & a yearly sum 3-30 p.m
of £6o is to be provided in maintaining three exhibitions lLMINST.ER-Brice, from 'Old Angel,' :Forest. sat at 4 p.m

of £2o each, as soon as suitable school buildings have lLTON-Baker, from ' Old Angel,' sat. at 4 p.m

been erected; R. Humphrey, head master LYDEARD ST. LAWRENCE-Payne, from' Half Moon,' North

Bishop Fox's (late Huish's) (girls), Masonic hall; this school street, sat. at 4 p.m

formerly a part of the Huish foundation, is now carried MILVERTON-Dyte, from' Nag's Head,' North street, wed.

on under a new scheme, approved by the Charity Corn- & sat. at 4 p.m

DIRECTORY.] SO:MERSETSHIRE. TAUNTOY, 359

NORTH CuRRY-Vile, from ~Swan/ East street, mon. wed. THtrRLOXTON-Evans, East street, mon. wed. thurs. & sat.

& sat. at 4 p.m at 9 a.m

NoRTH PETHBRTON-Evans, East !Street, mon. wed. thurs. & WELt.INHTON-James, from 'Crown,' High street, wed. &
sat. at 4 p.m
sat. at 9 a.m
0TrERFORD-Hill, from 'Crown,' High street, sat. 3 p.m.;

Doble, from • Saracen's Head,' High street, at 3.30 p.m WILLITON--8eward, from 'Half Moon,' North street, sat.
STOKE Sr. GREGORY, Pym, from 'Bell,' Hi~li street, sat. at 4.30 p.m

3.30 p.m -

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PRIVATE RESIDENTS. Bowser Edward Brown, Chestnut house, Darby J sph. North Town ho. Station rd

Mount street Darlington Thomas M.A. (head master

Adey Miss, Henley cot. Bishops Hull rd Bragg Mrs. Cedar cottage, Mount street of Queens college), Trull road

Alford Henry, 9 Mountlands, South rd Broad Mrs. Silvermead, South road Dash Miss, 3 Belvedere road

Alford Henry James M.D. 12 Marlboro' Brown David, Midlothian house Davey Alfred, 13 Trinity street

terrace . Brown Mrs. Oak villa, Cheddon road DavJY Miss,Albert villa, Bishops Hull rd

Alford John, 15 Whitehall terrace Brown Mrs. 6 Park street Davey Mrs. 22 Mount street

Allen Rev. Herbert Reginald B.A. Brown Thos. 8 Sydney ter. North town Davis Henry, Billet Field house

[curate of St. John's], Albert terrace, Bull Mrs. Tauntfield, South road Davis James, 38 South street

Park street Bult Thomas Kirwin, 4 Park street Davis Mrs. Laburnum cottage, Tangier

Allen Charles, 2 The Avenue Burfield Richard Hy. II Fairwater ter Davis Samuel Hy. Euston lodge, Wilton

Allen Col. Charles Je:ffreys Watson J.P. Burnet Miss, 4 Park ter. Bishops Hull rd Davis William, 36 South street

Lyngford Burrough Miss, 71 East reach Day Miss, Westbourne villa, Wilton

Alms Edward Theodore, 7 Linden Burston Mrs. 7 Belvedere road De Lacey Mrs. Hawthorne cot. Bishops

grove, North town Butler Mrs.3 North Town ter.North twn Hull road
Altham Rev. Altham Surtees :M.A. Butler Wm. Alfred,St. Audrys, South rd Denham Geo. Crescent ho. Up. Hi~h st

[vicar of Holy Trinity], 13 Trinity st Butler William B. Savings bank Derham Samuel, 9 Mary street

Alton Miss, 2 Park ter. Bishops Hull rd Buxton Miss, 5 Carlton terrace Dillon Mrs. 14 Belvedere road

Amery Miss, I Whitehall villas Cadoza Mrs. Havelock cot. Kingston rd Dinham John, I7 Middle street
Annan Mrs. 13 Mary street Calway Frank, Stlverdale, Richmond rd Dobson John Fras. Elm grove,I<'rieze hill

Aplin Samuel, 47 East reach Caparn Rev. Wm. Barton l!ri.A. Taunt- Dowie Thomas Hudson, 6 North Town
Armstrong Miss, 25 Bridge street terrace, North town
field house, South road

Arnold Rev. William M. A. [curate of Carey John M. D. Hamdon vil. North twn Dudeney Thomas James, 16 Crescent

St. Mary's & chaplain of Taunton & Carr Rev. Andrew Richardson B.A. Duder John, 52 North street

Somerset Hospital], Canon house [curate of Rowbarton], Easton villa, Dyke Henry, 10 Upper High street

Arnold Francis Stephen, North way, Cheddon road Eames John, 6 Middle street

Rowbarton Carroll Mrs. 16 Middle street Easton Hrbt. 8 Portman ter.Cheddon rd

Arnold Stephen WiUiam, Okehilfs Cattle Mrs. Laurel cottage, Kingston rd Ed wards Alfd. 3 Park ter. BishopsHull rd

Askwith Rev. William Henry M.A. Channing Hy. Bath ho. Bishops Hull rd Ed wards Miss, Ashley villa, Park street

[vicar of St. Mary's & rural dean], Channing William Henry, Frieze hill Ed wards :Mrs.9 Linden grove,North twn

Vicamge !· Channon Mrs. 6 I<'airwater terrace Edwards Thomas, Fern cottage, Hill

Atton Mrs. Ben Lomond, Haines hill · Chapman Arthur Allan, I Elm grove, terrace, South street

Aveling Rev. Frederic Wilkins M.A., Frieze hill Elder George Hill, Castle green

B.sc. (principal), Independent college Chapman William, St. James' house, St. Elliott Thos.Rendell,sAlbert ter.Park st

:Badcock Miss, 5 Crescent James' street Emberson Frederic John, 4 Stanley ter.

:Badcock Miss, Wheatleigh ho. Haines hl Cheasley Albert, I3Mountlands,South rd Cheddon road

Badcock Mrs. Robert, Fons George Chubb Augustus, Rowbarton house England Mrs. Stanley villa, Cheddon rd

house, Wilton Cirdland Joseph, 41 South street EvansMiss, 12 Hovelandster.Haiueshill

BaileyReT. Robert,Avalon, The Avenue Clark George, 15 Portland street Evans Wm. Rd. 3 Cyprus ter. Billet st

Baker A. l!ri.A. (assistant master), Clarke Miss, 2 Whitehall villas Exell Alfred, 5 Albemarle ter.Station rd

Independent col)ege Clarke Mrs. Bishops Hull road Farrant Samuel, North Street house

Bale Alfred, 4 Birch grove, North town Clarke Mrs. 2 Wellington ter. Bishops Farthing Wm. Belle View ter. Wilton

BaleJn. Hodges, 2 Elmgrove,Frieze hill Hull road Farwig William Charles, 12 Victoria st

Barber Mrs. 6 Portman ter. Cheddon rd Clatwprthy Eland, Hawthorne cottage, Fennell Major Jocelyn, Hope corner

Barford Valentine, 8 Linden grove, Mount street Fennell Mrs. Hope corner

North town Clatworthy Mrs. Mount villa, Mount st Fisher J n. Ma.rtyn, Hovelands, Haines hl

:Barker Henry, 2 Mountla.nds, South rd Cleave Miss, Sherford lodge, Haines hill Fisher Miss, Paul's lodge, Park street

:Barnicott Reginald, Powlett ho. High st Clifton Cyrus Arthur, 2 Carlton terrace Fisher Mrs. The Holt, South road

Barnw.311 Rev.HenryLowry B.A.Southfld Clode Alfred, Middle Street house Fisher Samuel, Hovelands, Haines hill

Barrow Rev. Thomas Edward Morris Cochrane Robert Noble, 5 St. Andrew Fitzmaurice Mrs. Mountlands, South rd

M.A. [vicar of St. John's], I Marl- terrace, Richmond road Fletcher Miss, 4 Victoria street

borough terrace Coleman Capt. Maitland Rossiter, IO Folland William, 4 Alma street

Barter Mrs. 4 Mount terrace Hovelands terrace, Haines hill Foy Mrs. 2 Linden grove, North town

BartlettWm.4St.Andrw.ter.Richmnd.rd Coles Henry Thomas, 8 Mary street Freeman Miss,2 Stanley ter.Cheddon rd

Batten Mrs. I Flook terrace, North town Collenbier Rev. Lewis Chas. [Catholic], French Edmund, 12 Trinity street

Beadon Oliver, Tauntfield ldg. South rd Franciscan convent French Henry, 5 Haines hill

Beer Thomas Sellick, 3 Albemarle ter- Collier Edward, I North Town terrace French Henry, 49 South street

race, Station road Collier Frdk. Hy. Sidney ho. North twn French William Charles, 44 Hill terrace
:Bell Rev. Henry Herbert M.A. 4 Wel- Collier Mrs. 12 Linden grove, North twn French William Charles, 5 Mount ter

lington terracer Bishops Hull road Collings Edward, 9 Portman terrace, French Wm. Chas. jun. 44 South street

Bellis Major J. F. Glenavon, Haines hill Cheddon road Fuge Charles• 3 Stanley ter. Cheddon rd

Eere Charles, 56 North street Collins· M alachi Blake, 10 Middle street Fuge Charles James, 19 Cannon street

.Berger Mrs. Hnghenden ho. Billet field Colthurst George Edward, Northfield Gallwey Major Edmund Joseph (Adjt.

.Best William Henry, 73 East reach Cook Henry, 10 Belvedere road 4th Batt. (Militia) Prince Albert's

.Bevan Thos. Montrevor, 2 Birch grove, Cooke Llewe!ynMorgan, 7 Fairwater ter Som. L. Inf.), Highland vil. Haineshl

North town Coombs Mrs. 14 Whitehall terrace Gibbons Henry, 27 Mount street

:Bicknell Mrs. 2 Albert terrace, Park st Copp Mrs. 5 Fairwater ter. Frieze hill G-ibbs Robert, 6 The Crescent

.Bicknell Mrs. 42 Upper High street Corner Henry, Holly lodge, North town Gibbs William S. Batts park

:Bicknell ::lamuel, 2 Middle street Corner Mrs. Elm grove, Frieze hill Gibson Alexander, Sussex vil.Station rd

.Bidgood William, The Castle Cornish G-eorge Bishop l!ri.D. 19 East st Gillett Mrs. 9 Hoveland ter. Haines hill

.Billett Mrs. 17 Middle street Cornish Edward, 20 Silver street Godfree Mrs. 45 South street

.Binns Rev. Harry Kerr [curate of St. Cosens Wm. Burrough, East reach Godfree Mrs. Woodbine, Shoreditch rd

James], Bellevue, Haines hill Cotching Wm. Gleinster, 3 Middle st God win Miss, Crown cot. Kingston rd

Birch Col. Alexander J. Colvin, 3 Hove- SouzensJas. Jn.3 Elm grove, Frieze hill Goldsmith John, 4 Albert ter.. Park st

lands terrace, Haines hill Cox William, I 1 Whitehall terrace Goldsworthy Edwd. Fras.9 Belvedere rd

Bishop Misses, 5 Linden gro. Nth. town Cresswell Nathaniel, 4 Kilkenny villas, Goodla.nd Charles, Tone Bridge house

Blackmore John, 76 Alma street Cheddon road GoodlandEd wd. Osborne ter. Elm grove

Blake Mrs. Broadlands, Haines hill Cresswell Sackville Bawden, I Linden Goodland Mrs. 4 Bridge street

Blatchford Thomas John, 16 Silver st grove, North town Goodland Thomas, 27 Bridge street

Board Miss, 6 Cyprus terrrace, Billet st Criddle John Wornell, 7 Park street Goodland Wm. Kilkenny ho.Cheddonrd

Bond Henry, 3 C1ifton ter. Cheddon rd Crump Thos.Golsworthy,15IEastreach Goodman Albert, Fernlea, The Avenue

Bond Mrs. Southfield, South road Culverwell Mrs.4Albemarle ter,Statn.rd Goodman Edwin, 7 Birch gro.North twn

Bowden G-eo.Northbrook ldg.North twn . Dale By. Shepherd,3 Birch gro. Nth.twn Goodman Edwin, Yarde ho. North twn

360 TAUNTON.. SOMERSETSHIRE. (KELLY's

Goodman John, Sherford villa, Sher- King William Edward, Io Fairwater Myburgh Robert Wiberforce, Westhill,.

ford, Wilton terrace, Frieze hill Haines hill

Goodricke Miss, Fons George, Wilton Kingdom Rev, Godfrey lii.A. [vicar of Neweombe Louis Henry,. Portman

Govett Wm. !<'look villa, North town St. James & surrogate], Salisbury house, Rowbarton

Grabham Abraham, 3 St. Andrew ter- house, Billet field Newton Francis Murray J.P. Pickeridge,.

race, Richmond road Kinglake John Hamilton M.D. Wilton Haines hill

Gray Miss, I Taunton ter. Kingston rd house, Upper High street NockAlfred George,4Richmond terrace,.

Green Robert, S Mount street Kinglake Robert Arthur, Somerville, Richmond road

Gregory Arthur William, Greenway Haines hill Norman Charles Edmond, 26 Vivary

house, Rowbarton Kingsbury John, Labumum cottage, Norman Mrs. 8 Middle street

Gregory George Hy. Glenroy, South rd Cannon street Norman Waiter, Laurel cot. Mount st

Gresley Rev. Roger St. John [vicar of Kirtley John Hassall, Vivary lodge Norris Wallace, 7 East reach

St. Andrew's], Rowbarton Kitchen Frederick Cooper, 47 South st O'Meara Rev. Thomas [Catholic], St.

Groves Mrs. I Crescent KitchingRichard Gelson, Prospect villa, George's

Haddon Chas. Southfield vil. South st Canal road Oram Edward Ellis, 8 Fairwater ter

Hambley Charles J oseph, 5 Clifton ter- Kite Geo. Hy. Elmswood, Haines hill Oran Mrs. Tower house, Tangier

race, Cheddon road Kite Thomas, Silvermead, South road Osborn Miss, 2 Clifton ter. Cheddon rd

Hammet John, 4 Upper High street Knox Alexander, Fullands, South road Palmer Rev. Levi [Baptist], Cransley

Hammett Alexander, 8 Crescent Lacey Rev. Thomas Alexander M.A. house, Cheddon road

Hammett Thomas, 2 Kilkenny villas, (second master of King's college), Palmer Mrs. Frieze Hill cot. Frieze hill

Cheddon road Holmfield cottage, South road Palmer William, 6 Wellington terrace,.

Harding John, Lyndale cot. Mount st Lacey Alfd. Hoskins, Hope vil. Bishops Bishops Hull road

Hardwell Edwd. Lyndhurst, South rd Hull road · Parkhouse John, 42 South street

Hare Alfred, I Prospect viis. Frieze hill Lambert W. J. C. (assistant master), Parsons Mrs. 2 Fairwater terrace

Hare Chas.Vere, I Birch gro. North twn Independent college Paull Charles, Mountlands, South road

Hare Mrs. 63 East reach Lance Miss, Mountlands, South road Paull Edward Francis, Leycroft

Harris David Wm. Belle View ter. Wilton Langdon James, n Belvedere road Payne George, Linder villa, Haines hill.

Harris Miss, 7 Mountlands, South road Langdon William, 9 Whitehall terrace Pearce Edwin, II Linden gro.North twn..

Harrison Miss, 3 Upper High street Lawrence Samuel, Upper High street Pearce Reuben, 6g East reach

HarrisonMrs.2 Park vils.BishopsHull rd Lawrence Wm. Dinham, ss East reach Penistan Miss, 27 Park street

Hartnell Mrs. I Albert ter. Park street Lewis Alfred, 4 Crescent Penny Henry James, II Middle street

Haslam A. H. lii.A. (assistant master), Lewis Josiah, 9 Crescent Penny Mrs. Tangier cottage
Ley Henry Charles, 67 East reach
Queeus college Penny Thomas, Parklands

Hastie Thomas, 12 Paul street Liddon Edward M.n.Silver Street house Penny Thomas Stubbs, Knowls

Hatcher Demas, St. George ho. Wilton Liddon William lii.B. Church square Perkins Mrs. 18 Park street

Hatcher Hy.Wm.Mountway ho.Mary st Lock Charles, 6 Upper High street Perrett- (assistant master), Indepen-

Hatcher Robt. Stafford Yil. Billet field Lock Mrs. 6 Mount street dent college

Hatherly Henry Bishop (assistant mas- Lock Mrs. Edward, 12 Mountlands, Perrett Thomas Gidding, Richmond

ter), King's college, South road South road road, I<'rieze hill

Hawkes Thomas Wm. IS Silver street Loveday J. (assistant master), Indepen- Phillips Major H. W. (paymaster, regi-

Hawkey Miss, 7 Mount terrace dent college mental district No. I3)

Hayman Mrs. Elm grove, North town Lovibond Mrs. The Priory Phillips Mrs. Vivary villa,. Mount st.

Haynes Fredk. Belmont vil. Cheddon rd Lugg James, 7 Trinity street Phillips William, 48 South street

Heale !<'rank, IO Victoria street Luxton 'f. B.A. (assistant master), Philpott George, 9 Middle street

Hellard William Burge, The Chesnuts, Queen's college, Trull road Pile Mrs. 5 Upper High street

North town Macdonald James .Alex. 111. n. East st Pinchard Jn. Hy. Biddulph, Shrlllpnels

Hensman Brigade-Surgeon William, Macdonald Norman W. Priory Field Pitman Mrs. 70 East reach

Canons field, Park street house, Canon street Pollard George Hendebourck, 2 Haines

Heudebourck Mrs. 3 Mount terrace Mclndoe John, 4 Fairwater terrace Hill terrace, Haines hill

Hewett Mrs.E.2Taunton ter.Kingstn.rd Maclurcan Mrs. Woodville, Haines hill Pollard Mrs. Grassendale, North fiown

Hicks Alfred, 3 Albert ter. Park street McTurk Robert Murray, Highfield, Pollard Mrs. George, 3 Haines Hill

Higman Rev. William [Bible Christian], Shoreditch terrace, Haines hill

I Middle street Madeley William, The Cottage Poole Mrs. IO Linden grove, North town

Hill John, I Belvedere road Maingay Frederick, I Park terrace, Poole William, 14 Park street

Hill Michael, 5 Birch grove, North town Bishops Hull road Porter Mrs. 12 Whitehall terrace

Hill Mrs. 74 East reach Manley Mrs. Belle View ter. Wilton Potter William, I2 Crescent

Hine Mrs. Galmington, Wilton MarsdenRev. JohnB.A.[Cong.], Panlst Poulton John, 4 Clifton ter.Cheddarurd

Hiscock Thos. 7 Cyprus ter. Billet st Marshall John, Belmont & MountNebo, Powell Harry, Woodbine lodge, Bi.slwpe.

HitchcockRd.6Albemarle ter.Station rd Wilton Hull road

Holway William, 10 Whitehall terrace Marshal! Misses,8 Mountlands,South rd Powis Henry, 51 South street

HollawayWm.Jn.Meadow bnk. South rd Martin George Pooley, Bank house Prankerd Miss, 4 Cyprus tei". Billet st

How Geo. Hy. M. D. Yard ho. North twn Martin Henry, 2 Elm ter. Belvedere rd Pratt Miss, S Wellington tet". Bishops

Howard Mrs. Stanley ho. Cheddon rd Martin Thos.Jas.Osborne ho.Haines hill Hull road

Hully Miss, II Hovelands ter. Haines hi Masey Mrs. 5 Park ter. Bishops Hull rd Price John Gay, 8 Mount terrace
Humphry Miss, 6 Whitehall terrace Mason Mrs. 40 East reach Prideaux Fredk. Ermington, Haines hl

Hunt John Southall, 4 Portman ter- Matheson Capt. Robert (quartermaster Pridham John, 18 Crescent

race, Cheddon road 3rd Batt. (Militia) Prince .Albert's Pring Rev. Daniel James :M..A. [vicar of

Hussey Mrs. 4 Haines Hill ter. Haines hi Som. L. I.), 7 Mount street St. George], Vicarage, Wilton

lies Alfred Robert, St. George's house Mayfield Mrs.4Taunton ter.Kingston rd Pring Mrs. Elmfield, South road

lsher wood Rev. William Slater [curate MaynardAlfd.Henley ldg.BishopsHull rd Pring William, 29 Bridge street

of Holy Trinity], Claremont, South st Maynard Herbert, Henley lodge, Bishops Puddicombe Mrs. 6 Victoria street

Jackson Mrs. 3 Wellington terrace, Hull road Pye Mrs. I9 Park street

Bishops Hull road Maynard Miss F. Springfield cottage, Pym Samuel, 3 Park street

Jacobs Myer, 33 Silver street North town Quantock Mrs. 2 Upper High street

Jarvis Edwin, 2 Shuttem Maynard Mrs. 45 Alfred street Rawle Mrs. 6 Clifton ter. Cheddon rJ

Jeboult Misses, 2 Mount terrace Meade Robert, 3 Sydney ter. North twn Rawlinson William, Hillside, Haines hl

Jeffries Miss, 7 Mountlands, South rd Melhuish Mrs. I Carlton terrace Reaves Archibald,Mountlands,South rd

Jenner Thomas, The Brewery, North st Meyler Thomas, Lowlands Redman Sidney, Ladymeadp South rd

Jennings Mrs. IS Belvedere road Mitchell Very Rev. Canon John M. R. Relph Harry, 6 St. .Andrew terrace.

Jerningham Miss (1ady abbess),Convent. [Catholic], St. George's Richmond road

of Our Lady of Dolours, Silver street Mitchell James Frazer, 4 Elm terrace, Rendell Henry, Sboreditch house

Johns Robert, 28 Bridge street Belvedere road Rendell Robert, Obridge

Johnson E. W. B.A. (assistant master), Mitchell John Alfred, 7 Middle street • Rendell Wm. Priory ho. St. James' st

Queen's college, Trull road Mitchell Samuel Vincent, East End Revell Charles John, uus.nac.ox(ln.

Johnson Edward, Charlemont,.Haines hi house, Bishops Hull road Bellevue terrace, Wilton

Johnson Miss, Bishops Hull road Mockridge Charles, 30 Silver street Revill Frank, Rock ho. Kingston road

Keir John Forbes, 6 Belvedere road Mockridge Misses, Oban ho. Cheddon rd Reynolds Mrs. 2 Park street

KKeelnl•yd William Marwood M.D. u Crescent Mockridge Mrs. 37 South street Richardson Hy. Jas. 54 & 55 North st
rick Alfred, Bridge street Morle Mrs. Arrandale villa, Station rd Rigden Geo. Wm. 2 Cyprus ter..Billet st

Kershaw Mrs. 3 Crescent Morley William, 3 Fairwater terrace Risdon Edward, 2 Crescent

KiellMiss,s Richmond ter.Richmond rd Morris William Payne, I Fairwater ter Roberts Robert, Belvedere road
King Miss, 4 Marlborough ter. Park st MossA. (assist. mastr. ),Independent coli Robinson J ames, Blaydon ho. Whitel.lail

DlRECTO:RY.] SO~IERSETSHtRE. 0 TAUNTOY. 361

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Rodwell Charles, Raymond, Ashleigh, Spiller Mrs. Elm grove, North town Wake Wm. Hy. t Cyprus ter. Billet st

Frieze hill Spilsbury Rev. William (Wesleyan], Wakefield John Edward William M.A.

Rogers George Henry, I6 Park street I4 Crescent Hovelands lodge, Haines hill

Rogers Mrs. I Wellington terrace, Spry Richard Wakeley, 6 Park terrace, Waldegrave Samuel Edmund, Brae-

Bishops Hull road Bishop's Hull road holme, Elm grove, North town

Rooks Thomas, I I. Victoria street Standley Alfred P. 20 Crescent Walker Alexander,Elm gro.North town

Ross Glen, 2 Haines hill Stansell Alfred, 5 Cyprus ter. Billet st Wall Mrs. 68 East reach

RossRaymond,Windsorlodge,Haines hi Stanway Moses, 17 Park street Walsh Bt.-Major Henry' Alfred (adju-

Rowe J oseph, I9 Crescent Startin Mrs. Villa Venture, Haines hill tant 3rd Batt. (militia) Prince Albert's

Rowsell Mrs. Mrytle vil. Cheddon rd Stephens Frederick John, 4 Middle st Somerset Light Infantry), Ashfield

Rowswell Chas. 3 Elm ter. Belvedere rd Stephens Mrs. 4 Haines hill lodge, Mount street

Rudd Miss (lady prin. jun. school), Stone Henry Domonic, 5 Belvedere rd Waiter Mrs. Claremont,Bishops Hull rd

Independent college Storey Richard, I8 Silver street Wansbrough Alfred Colmer, The Elms.

Salmon Mrs. 3 Belvedere road Strange William, 3 The Avenue Frieze hill

Samman Arthur Henry B.A. (assistant Stringfellow Alien H. 20 East street Warren Thos. Ed win, 9 Fairwater ter

master), King's college, South road Sully Henry, Wilton cottage, Wilton Warren William, 39 Bridge street

Samson Charles Henry, The Laurels Summerfield William, II Mountlands, Warren Wm. Hy. Elm gro. North town

Samson Mrs. St. John's villa, Park st South road Waterman Wm. Beulah vil. South rd

Sanders Mrs. 5 Taunton ter.Kingston rd Surridge Robert, 3 Whitehall terrace Weaver Mrs. I Park viis. BishopsHull rd

Sanderson Francis Virgo, 6 Mount ter Sweet Arthur Francis, 2 Hoveland ter "'ebb Mrs. 2I Paul street

Sanderson Frank Charles, 5 Marl- Sweet Mrs. Greenlands, Wilton Webber Francis, 6o East reach

borough terrace, Park street Symonds Septimus ~.A. (assistant Webber Fredk. Elgin lodge, Station rd

Saunders George, sen. Rose mount, master), King's college, South road Webber George, 7 East reach

Bishops Hull road TapperHy.Geo.Cherrion vil.Cheddon rd Webber Miss, 4 North Town terrace~

Saunders George, jun. Stepswater, Taunton John, 7 Crescent North Town

Bishops Hull road Taylor Arthur George, I The Avenue Wensley Mrs. 2 St. Andrew terrace~

Scarlett James, Willowbourne, Bishops Taylor James Naaman, 5 Portman ter- Richmond road

Hull road race, Cheddon road West J oseph, 8 Whitehall terrace

Sears Robt. Humphry,Priory, Canon st ! Taylor Peter, Mountlands, South road West Rowland Hill M:.A. I2 Middle st

Selwyn Miss, 6 Albert terrace, Park st Taylor Theophilus, 2 Fairwater villas, White James, zt Silver street

Seward Edward, 29 Silver street N or~h town White John, Tangier house, Tower st

Seward William, 8 Victoria street Taylor Thos. Wier lodge, North town White Mrs. Ivy Green ho. Up. High st

ShattockJn. 7 Albemarle ter.Station rd Taylor Thomas Samwayes, I Fairwater White Samuel, IO Mountlands,South rei

Shattock Ths.7Portman ter.Cheddon rd villas, Frieze hill Wice Rev. Herbert M.A. [curate of St.

Sheppard George, 5 Park street Templeman Robert, Stafford house, Mary Magdalene], 1:3 Park street

Shipham Rev. Arthur [Wesleyan], Cheddon road WilkinsonRev. Samuel [Congregational].

I7 Crescent Tetley Rev. John P. [Baptist], 14 Silver Ashfield house, Mount street

Short Mrs. 8 Park street street Willcocks .Arthur Dun-ant, Tone villa.

Showers James, I8 Canon street Thistle William George, I2 Middle st Bridge street

Shuffrey Miss, 6Birch gro. North town Thomas John, 36 East reach Williams George, 4 Belvedere rd

Sibley John, Highclere house, South st Thomson Rev. Geo. Osmond Lees M.A. Williams Thomas George,The Blorenge.

Simmons Mrs. 5 Victoria street (head mast.), King's college, South rd North town

Skinner W. M.A. (assistant master), Thorn Robert, 66 East reach Williamson T. (assistant master).

Queen's college, 'frull road Tipton James, Iona villa, Cheddon road Queen's college, Trull road

Sleeman James, Sunbeam villas, Albe- Towell Herbert Thomas, Tregenda, The Wilson Mrs. 2I Canon street

marle road Avenue Windsor John, 8 Belvedere road

Slocombe Mrs. St. Albans, The Avenue Trencharo William John, 24 Silver st Wing Mrs. 5 NorthTown ter.North twn

Sloper Edwin, Stuckey's bank Trethowen Mrs. 3 Westbourne terrace, Witham Alfred Ernest, 64 East reach

Smith Andrew, 6 Union street Shuttern Withington Geo. Rd. J.P.Pyrland hall

Smith Clement, IO Crescent Trood Miss, 2 North Town terrace Withycombe Mrs. Eliza, 48 East reach

Smith Hy. Henley ho. Bishop's Hull rd TroodWm.7 North Town ter. North twn Wood T. (assistant master), Indepen-

SmithJamesHenry, Roseneathcottage, Turle Mrs.S North Town ter.North twn dent college

Wellington road Twyne Major Bryan Bristow, 2 Hove- Wood W. B. A. (assistant master), Inde-

Spencer George, Fore street lands terrace, Haines hill pendent college

Spencer Mrs. 3 Carlton terrace Tyndale Mrs. 7 Sydney ter. North town Woodbury Frederick, 19 Silver street

Spiller Edmund, 3 Portman terrace, Underwood Mrs. 24 Mount street Woolfrey Mi-;s, IS Park street

Cheddon road Upham Miss, Rose mount, Mount st Worthington Rev. Jeffery B.A. [Uni-

Spiller Geo. 4 Linden gro. North town Vaughan Col.Alexander Hy.Waterslade tarian], Sherford

Spiller George, Weir villa, North town Veller Miss, Rowbarton Wyatt Wm. 2 Portman ter.Cheddon rd

Spiller Henry James, Bridge street Wake Mrs. 20 Park street

COMMERCIAL. Attfield Mrs. Sophia, ladies' school, 22 Silver street

Abraham Henry, stationer, II Fore street Atton & Co. tailors & woellen drapers, 35 Parade

Adams Frederick, fruiterer, 7 Station road Aulton Samuel Henry, insurance agent, 29 Viney street

Adams Thomas Lethbridge, Bristol Arms P.H. North street Badcock Henry J effries, manager of Stuckey's Bank &

Adams William, baker, 57 East reach borough treasurer & treasurer to guardians & rural sani-

Alder James, furniture broker, 33 Bridge street tary authority, Fore street

Alexander William, travelling draper, 46 East reach Badcock William, grocer, 3 Station road

Alexandra College (high school for girls)(Madame Meynier), Bailey Rev. Robert, boys' school, Avalon, The Avenue

Haines hill. See advertisement Baker & Ludlow, butchers, 28 Upper Higli street

Alford Henry James M.D., F.c.s. physician Taunton & Baker & Son, solicitors, 3I Paul street

Somerset Hospital, public analyst for the county, medical Baker Frederick Waiter, music & musical instrument ware-

officer of health for Taunton urban & rural sani~ary dists. house ; tuning in town or country by the year or single

& med.officer to the Taunton sanitary hosp. 2 Marlboro' ter time ; all kinds of instruments repaired on the premises at

Alford James Gideon, King's Arms P.H. North town moderate charges; F. W. B.'s quadrille band for balls

Alien C. & Son, engineers, Bridge street &c. 43 Fore street

Allen Charles Samuel, grocer, I9 East reach Baker Frederick Waiter, teacher of music, 43 Fore st:r~t

Alien John, wheelwright, I36 East reach Baker John, gasfitter, 5 Paul street ·

Allen Thomas, beer retailer, I8 Bridge street Baker Joseph, shopkeeper, 6 St. James street

Alms Edward Theodore (finn, Pinchard & Alms), solicitor, Baker Margaret (Mrs.), stay & corset maker, I8 Bath place

commissioner for oaths & chief agent for Western Division Baker William, confectioner, IX Bath place

Conservative Association, I3 Hammet street Bale J n. Hodges, boot & shoe ma. 42 North st. & 3 &4 High st

Alston & Rawes, boys' prep. school, Mary Street ho. Mary st Balman William, farmer, Musgrave farm

Anderson William, jeweller, 3 North parade, Station road Banfield Selina (Mrs.), grocer, 3 Eastgate

Archdeaconry of Taunton Clergy Widows' & Orphans' Fund Barnicott & Son, booksellers, account book makers, printers. -

(R. A. Kinglake esq. hon. sec.), 4 Hammet street lithographers, stationers & relief stamptlrs, 44 Pore street

Arnold S. W. & Sons, Rowbarton brewery, Rowbarton Barrett Charles Waiter, jeweller, 24 & 25 Fore street

ASHTON COMMERCIAL &. FAMILY TEMPERANCE Barrett Jonathan, currier, I8 High street

HOTEL (established I869), two minutes' walk from Barter & Duder, tea dlrs. & who. & ret. grocers, 52 North st

station, has every convenience for commercial gentlemen Bartlett E1izabeth (Mrs.), Turk's Head P.H. St. James st

& tourists, charges very moderate (W. A. Boalch, pro- Hartlett Thomas, tailor, I Alfred street, East reach

prietor), Station road Bartlett Walter, boot maker, 123 East reach

362 TAUNTO~. SOMERSETSHIRE. [KELLY'S

Beach James, bicycle manufacture\', East reach Chapman John Mattocks, clerk to burial board, deputy

Beale Emily & Mary Ann (Misses), milliners, 31A, High st registrar of births & deaths for Taunton, St. James' sub-

Beckingsale & Booker, solicitors (sats. only), Paul street district, & assistant overseer & collector of poors rates for

Belben Stephen, fruiterer, 42 East street St.James within & without, &collector of income & assessed

Belham William, hair cutter, 32 Paul street taxes, IO Canon street

Bell Rev. Henry Herbert, boys' preparatory school, 4 Wel- Chard John, haberdasher, I41 East reach

lington terrace, Bishops Hull road Chattock Charles, boot & shoe maker, Noble street

Bellamy John Thomas, carpenter, 15 Mary street Cheek Frederick John, music warehouse, 6 Hammet street

Bellchambers Samuel, greengrocer, r8 East reach Chick & Son, tailors & outfitters, 46 North street

Bennett Ellen (Miss), dress maker, 15 Paul street Chick Charles, Rising Sun inn, II2 East reach

Bennett George, shopkeeper, 29A, High street Chick Thomas, grocer, The Crescent

Bennett John, boot & shoe maker, 46 High street - Chorley Eli, baker, 143 East reach
Bere Charles, solicitor, Bath place Chorley John, lodging house, 79 East reach

Berry Thomas, George inn, North town Chown William Richard & Son, tailors, 28 Albemarle road

Best Louisa (Mrs.), stay maker, 56 Upper High street Chown Alice (Miss), dress maker, 28 Albemarle road

Bickford William Furze, collector of inland revenue & dis- Church of England Working Men's Society (Holy Trinity

tributor of stamps, Fore street branch) (S. J. Bagnall, sec.), Alma street

Bickley Thomas John, draper, Post office, 21 Bridge street Clark Archibald, travelling draper, 350, East reach

Bishop Frederick William, solicitor, see Chapman & Bishop Clark John Rendell, Squirrel P.H. Magdalene lane

Bishop William, farmer, Dowsland farm CLARKE'S FAMILY A COMMERCIAL HOTEL (Charles

Bishop Fox's (late Huish's) School (girls) (Miss Annie S. James Nation, proprietor),the first-class commercial house

Eyre, head mistress), Masonic hall of Taunton, situated in the very centre of town ; billiard

Biss Mary Ann (Mrs.), haberdasher, 17 North street rooms attached, bus meets all trains, Castle green. See

BlackmoreJn. statnr. Post office, 2 Westbourne ten.Shuttern advertisement

Boalch William Albert, oil, color, varnish & paperhangings Clarke Edward, grocer, I9 Bridge street

merchant, xo Bath place Clarke George, builder, 32 Silver street

Bond & Hitchcock,agricultural machine owners,Albemarle rd Clarke James C. landscape gardener & florist, Rosebank

Bond George, confectioner, 38 North street cottage, Greenway lane, Rowbarton

Bond John Ridler, tailor, 43 High street Clarke William, boot & shoe maker, 5 Cheapside

Bond Thomas, greengrocer, II St. James' street Clatworthy & Son, general &furnishing ironmongers,cutlers,

Bonfield John Henry !):night, butcher, Cheddon road bellhangers & dealers in stoves & ·ranges &c. IO High st

Bonn Louis Menni, teacher of languages, 2 Sydney terrace Clatworthy Robert, Harp inn, Shoreditch road

Borrows Elizabeth (Mrs.), baker, 9 Silver street Clifton Cyrus Arthur, surgeon, 2 Carlton terrace

Bowden George, grocer, 23 Fore street Clist George, cabinet maker, 24 East reach

Bower Elijah, Princess Royal P.H. 25 Cannon street Clode John & Son, wholesale & retail fish, game & poultry,

Boyland Thomas, carpenter, I3 Highclere terrace, South st oyster & ice merchants, I7 East street. See advert

Bracher Daniel, bath chair proprietor, High street Cock Thomas, farmer, Priors wood

Bracker Lucy (Mrs.), milliner, 40 Silver street Cole Frederick Edward, lithographer, 2I Crescent

Bradbeer John, farmer, Pikes farm, Wilton Coleman Charles, hair cutter 2, & tobacconiit 3, Bridge st

Bragg James, Full Moon P H. 47 High street Coles Florence (Miss), dress maker, 14 North town

Brannan Louisa (Miss), ladies' school, 37 High street Coles Henry Thomas, water inspector, 8 Mary street

Bridges Chas. pianoforte tuner, 5 Greenway ter. Rowbarton Collard l::lenjamin, White Hart P.H. 51 East. reach

Bright Jemima (Mrs.), fancy warehouse, r6 East street Collier Frederick Henry, grocer, North street

Bristol & English Channel Ship Canal (W. V. Pugh & M. N. Collihole John, tailor, 68 Alma street

Ridley, engineers), I2 Paul street Collihole John Bartholomew, tailor, 7 Tancred street

Broom John Trapnell, chimney sweeper, 25 Trinity street Collings Edward, inlrmd revenue officer, Fore street

Brown David, woollen draper, tailor & outfittet, hatter & Colman James, hair dresser, 26 Tancred street

hosier ; choice & well selected stock from the best makers, Colmer Joseph, hair dresser, 44 Nort.h street
COLTHURST A eo. timber, deal & slate merchants, manu-
I44 East reach

Brown Thomas, draper, 13 Paul street facturers of bricks, tiles & drain pipes, Steam saw mills.

Browning Henry, butcher, 72 East reach See advertisement

Brownsey David, boot & shoe maker, 8 St. James' street Convent of Our Lady of Dolours (Miss Louisa Jerningham,

Bryant Elizabeth l::lurston (Mrs.), shopkeeper1 I3 North twn lady abbess; Rev.L.Charles Coelenbier, chaplain),Silver st

Bryant James, wheelwright, Station road Convent of Perpetual Adoration (Rev. Vincent Ferrem),

Buckland Joseph, furnishing & general ironmonger & Park street

patentee, 4 East street . Cook Alfd. King & Co. shirt & collar manufrs. Excelsior works

Bulpin Emma (Mrs.), shopkeeper, 8r East reach Cook Henry, stone merchant, IO Belvedere road

Bulpin William, hay & straw dealer,East cottage, East reach Cook Samuel, insurance agent, 40 South street

Burrows James, shopkeeper, I 13 East reach Cook Thomas, general dealer, Cheddon road

:Burrows John, baker, 78 East reach Cooksley William Henry, Saracen's Head P.H. 64 High st

Bussell Joseph, baker, 4I Alma street Coombe John, saddler, I2 Shuttern

Butland Wm.Reuben Lowery,curiosity dlr.3I Upper High st Coombes John Warman, fancy warehouse, 23 Bridge street

Butler William B. actuary at West Somerset Savings Hank, Coombes Mark, baker, I2 East street

Upper High street . Coombs Jane (Mrs.), honiton lace maker, 13 Bridge street

Butt Sidney, shoe maker, Shuttern Coombs Norah (Miss), milliner, see Lawrence & Coombs

Campbell John, school for boys, Castle house, Castle green Cooper Henry Montague, photographer, 27 East street

Carey John M.D. surgeon, Hamdon villa, North town . Corner Alfred William, tailor, I45 East reach

Carroll John, carpenter, I Vine terrace, North town . Cornish George Bishop M.D. surgeon, I9 East street

Castle family & commercial hotel (Edmund Alfred Saun- Corporation Fire Brigade (Capt. James Henry Smith),

ders, proprietor), centrally situated & replete with every Station, Magdalene street

comfort for tourists, North street. See advertisement Corporation Water Works (T. Meyler, clerk; James Henry

Cattle John, beer retailer & eating house, I Paul street Smith, engineer; H. T. Coles, inspector), Municipal

Cearley Jane (Mrs.), shopkeeper, I3 Victoria street offices, Castle green

Chaffin John & Sons, photographers, 65 East street Cosens Mary (Mrs.), laundress, I4 Station road

Chalk Henry Aaron, baker, 3 St. James' street Cosens William Burrough, house surgeon Taunton &

Chalmers George Alexander, jobmaster, North town Somerset Hospital, East reach

Channing Archibald, solicitor, 33 High street Cotte Amelia (Mrs.), shopkeeper, I Portland place, Wood st

Channing Daniel, Waggon & Horses P.H. I22 East reach Cottrell Abraham, shopkeeper, 28 Eastbourne road

Channing Frederick John, beer retailer, Canon street Cottrell John Elijah, optician, Station road

Charming Henry, solicitor & commissioner, 33 High street County Court office (Thomas Meyler, registrar & high bailiff),

Channing James, beer retailer, 21 East reach 8 Hammet street

Channing Waiter, Royal Marine P.H. 45 Silver street County Stores (The) (King &Plimsoll, proprietors), grocery,

Chapman & Bishop, solicitors, Bath place ironmongery, stationery &c. 6 Fore street

Chapman & Thomas, plain & fancy box manufacturers, Court Charles, wine & spirit merchant, 45 North street

stationers &c. pattern cards & cloth covered fixture bo:x:es COUSINS WILLIAM, market gardener, Sherford Wilton; &

made to order, Paul street florist & seedsman, 37 North street & Market .

CHAPMAN WILLIAM A ARTHUR, family drapers, house Cox Edward, horse dealer, 34 Grays road

furnishers, carpet warehousemen &c. 20 to 26 North st Coyle Ann (Mrs.), wardrobe dealer, II East reach

Chapman Sl. solicitor& commissioner,see Chapman & Bishop Cozens Robert Lionel, jeweller, I4 East street

Chapman Samuel R. relieving officer & vaccination officer Crease Emily (Miss), ladies' outfitter, 2 l::lath place

No. I district & registrar of births & deaths, St. Mary Crease Henry, oil & color warehouse, 7 & 8 High street

Magdalene sub-district Crease William Henry, architect, 3 Bath place

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DIRECTORY.]

Cresswell Sackville Bawden, solicitor & commissioner, 2 Easton Mary .Ann (Mrs.), stay maker, 57 High street

Hammet street Easton Richard, solicitor, commissioner & perpetual com-

Cridge James, chimney sweeper, 42 Silrer street missioner, & clerk to trustees of Pyncombes & Homers

Crocker John Murley, corn merchant, Far Field villa, charities for the augmentation of small livings, 5A1
Kingston road, Rowbarton Hammet street

Crockett William Maxwell, photographer, 52 East street Edgcumbe James, superintendent Prudential Assurance Co.

Cross Alfred, pork butcher, 28 East street 6 Linden grove, North town

Crosse Henry, cabinet maker, upholsterer & undertaker & Edniondson Misses, ladies' school, Mary street

carpet warehouse, 15 Bridge street Edwards Elizabeth (Mrs.), dress maker, 26 Upper High st

Crosse Robert, corn dealer, 12 Bath place Edwards John, Coach & Horses P.H. East street

Crossman Jas. insurance agt. I St. Andrew ter.Richmond rd Edwards William, tailor, 55 East reach
Crouch Ellen (Miss), shopkeeper, so St. James street
Elder George Hill M. R. c. v.s. veterinary surgeon & veterinary

Cruickshank John, saddler, I2 Tower street & Station road inspector to urban sanitary authority, Castle green

Crump Thomas Golsworthy, artist, I5I East reach Elliott Thomas R. hosier, 37 Fore street

Cuff John, shopkeeper, 25 Tancred street Evans Abraham, shopkeeper & carrier, 44 East street

Culverwell Albert, carpenter, 2 Tangier Evans Ernest, greengrocer, 2I Bath place

Culverwell Samuel, carpenter, 45 East reach Evans William Richard, pawnbroker, 55 High street

Culverwell Thomas, corn merchant, !<'airfield ho.Cheddon rd Every John, commercial traveller, Taviton lodge, Bridge st

Cure Arthur, Royal Oak P.H. 30A1 High street Every Kate (Mrs.), ladies' school, Taviton lodge, Bridge st
Gurry H. (Mrs.), fancy repository, I9 Fore street Eye Infirmary (Samuel Farrant, surgeon), Westgate street

Daniel John Bishop, auctioneer & surveyor, 30 Paul street Farrant Samuel, surgeon & medical officer No. 2 district &

DARBY "OSEPH & WALTER, auctiooo&rs, valuers, re- Taunton & Somerset Hospital &surg.-major West Somer-

ferees, accountants, stewards, land & timber surveyors, set Regiment, Yeomanry Cavalry & public vsccinator for

tithe & rent collectors, valuers for probate & succession of St. J ames district, North Street house

dutie01 &c. 13 Hammet street; horse repository, Tangier Fawcus John, supervisor of inland revenue, Fore street

Darby Thomas, beer retailer, Canal road Fewings Jn.& Co.aerated water manfrs.Guildford pl.High st

Darch William, blacksmith, Old .Angel yard, Fore street J<'inch William, builder, 28 Silver street

Dare Edmund, insurance agent, 2 Trinity street Fishe:r J. M. & Sons, ironmongers, 8 & 9 Fore street

Dash William, assurance agent, Kenwyn house, Cheddon rd Fisher Ed win, harness maker, II5 East reach

Davey & Son, millers (steam), Town mills Flood Albert William, shopkeeper, 4I East street

Davey James, dancing master, 22 Station road Folland William, dentist, 4 Alma street

Davey Joseph, corn merchant, 4 East reach Forward George, dairyman, 24 Upper High street

Davey Thomas, baker, Kingston road, Rowbarton Forward John Wyatt, carrier, 38 North street

Davies Emma & Mary (Misses), school, I2 Silver street Foster Francis, shopkeeper, I39 East reach

Davies Mary (Mrs.), furniture dealer, 13 Silver street Fouracre Aaron, Royal Mail P.H. Station road

Davis & Sons, brush manufacturers, IO East street I<'ouracre Ann (Mrs.), shopkeeper, 20 Tancred street

Davy James, Gardeners .Arms P.H. Plais street Foweraker Henrietta (Mrs.), shopkeeper, 38 King street

Dawe Samuel, working cutler, 42 Silver street I<'owler Elizabeth (Mrs.), private lodgings, Park street

Dawe William Francis Bartlett, clerk to the guardians & Fox Brothers & Co. wool staplers, Bridge street

rural sanitary authority & supt. registrar & auditor to Fox Fowler Co. bankers (branch) (Geo. Spencer, manager),

Savings Bank, Registry place Fore street; draw on Barclay & Co. London E c

Day George, umbrella maker, 5 Station road Fox Alfred, Fleur-de-Lys P.H. North street

Dee James, Winchester .Arms P.H. Castle green Fox C. J. inspector & collector of the market, Castle green

Derham Samuel, sub-actuary of Savings Bank, High street Fox Charles Owen, builder, I Eastbourne road

Derham Sarah (Mrs.), dress maker, 2 Tower street French & Co. fellmongers, 18 Tancred street

Devon & Cornwall Banking Co. Limited (Henry James Froom Waiter, Myrtle Tree P.H. 9 Bridge street

Richardson, manager), 54 & 55 North street; draw on Frost George, accountant, 20 Bath place

Barclay, Bevan & Co. London Fry Henry & Son,farmers, Shepherd's Bush farm, Shoreditch

Devon & Somerset Railways Co.'s Offices, 5A1 Hammet st Fry William Cattle, chemist & druggist, 18 Fore street
DEVON & SOMERSET UNITED STORES (James Hare, FUGE CHARLES, carriage builder, inventor & builder of

manager) ; price lists for all departments free on applica- the Ina landaulette, miniature landau, Albemarle cart,

tion; carriage paid on general orders of £3 & upwards to Polo cart, The Doctor's Friend & The Jubilee &c. 8 North

any station in Devon, Somerset, Cornwall, Wilts & Dorset; street. See advertisement

corner of High street; also at 245 High sLreet, Exeter FugeW. teachr. of drawing&painting,3Stanley ter. Cheddon rd

Dick R. & J. boot & shoe warehouse, I Cheapside Galt Thomas, tailor, 3I .Alma street

Dimond Thomas, shopkeeper, 44 Bridge street Gamlin James, carpenter, North Town

Dimond William, dyer & cleaner, 98 East reach Gapper :Misses, boys' school, Haines hill

District Registry Office of Her Majesty's Court of Probate & Gardener James, painter, 22 East reach

Court of the .Archdeacon of Taunton (Robert Arthur Garland William, shoe maker, 6 Bath place

Kinglake, district registrar; Edwin Oxley, chief clerk; Geale Elizabeth (Mrs.), baker, 42 High street

Wm. John Jewell, 2nd clerk; open IO a.m. to 4 p.m.), 4 Geen William, Westgate inn, Shuttern

Hammet street Genge Thomas, boot & shoe maker, I8 WestJate street

Doble Thomas, carpenter, Saracen's Head yard, High street George John, greengrocer, 7 Silver street

Dobson John Fawcus, supervisor of inland revenue, Forest Gibbs W. F. & Co. linen drapers, silk mercers, hosiers,

Dollin John, beer retailer, 93 East reach glovers, haberdashers, milliners & mantle makers ; family

Dowling Henry, baker, 6 Paul street mourning ; funerals furnished; dressmaking on the pre-

Down ~amuel, wheelwright, Kingston road mises, Parade house

Drayton J. jeweller, 46 Fore street Gibbs Robert M.R.c.v.s. veterinary surgeon, county veteri-

Drewe George, butcher, Kingston road, Rowbarton nary inspector, Bridge street

Drewett William, beer retailer, 36 Paul street Gill Charles, coal merchant, 27 Eastbourne road

Dudderidge William Henry, confectioner, 25 East street Gill H. H. Great Western hotel, opposite the station

Dudeney Thomas James, teacher of music, I6 Crescent Gillard Eli, tobacconist, 57 East street

Durham Samuel, inspector under Contagious Diseases Gillett Frdk. Philip, pawnbroker, 4 North parade, Station rd

(Animals) Act, Upper High street Gillett Waiter, pawnbroker, I7 East street

Dyer Alien Cameron, fruiterer, I8 Crescent Girls' Friendly Society Lodge (Mrs. Coombes, caretaker), 5

Dyer Edward Charles, wine & spirit vaults, 50 Fore street Middle street

Dyer John Edward, tailor, 79 Alma street Goddard Charles, Star inn, I3 Middle street

Dyer Matilda (Mrs.), confectioner, Station road Godding John, china, glass & earthenware dealer, 2I East st

Dyer Willie, hair dresser, 22 Bridge street • GoddingHiram,nurseryman,North town ; &fiorist,29North st
Dyke Joseph, milk sell&r, II Canon street Goldsworthy Ellen (Mrs.), shopkeeper, 43 Wood street

Dykes Mary.Ann(Miss),private lodgings,Grenville ho.High st Gollop Henry, hair dresser, 22 Station road

Dymond William John, shopkeeper, 34 Upper High street Goodhind Jane (Mrs.), wine & spirit merchant, 40 East st

Eades David, grocer, 59 East reach Gooding John, Shakespeare P.H. I55 East rea<'h

East End Club (Frank Templeman, sec.), 4I East reach Goodland A. & Son, coal mers. & maltsters, Taunton wharf

Eastment James Samuel, furniture dealer, 38 High street GOODLAND CHARLES & SONS, coal, stone coal, culm &

EASTON & WALDEGRAVE, engineers, millwrights, iron- salt merchants & general wharfingers, North Town wharf;

founders, boiler makers & manufacturers of high-class also brick, drain pipe, slate &c. merchants at Bishop"s

steam engines of every description; flour, paper & saw mill Lydeard, Milverton & Wiveliscombe railway stations

machinery, cranes, water wheels, turbines, hydraulic Goodman & Son, stationers & printers, 29 North street

rams, steam & hand pumps, & iron gates & fencing &c. Goodman Edwin, dentist., North town

Whitehall iron works. See advertisement Goodman John, goldsmith, watch maker &c. 2 North street

Easton William & Son, land agents & surveyors, Hammet st Goodma.n Joseph, furniture dealer, 149 East reach

364 TAUNTON. SOM:}~RSETSHIRE. (KELLY'S

Goodman .Albert A.C.A. chartered accountant, auditor, Herrington Barnaby, dairyman, 85 East reach

valuer, land & general agent, secretary to the Taunton & Hewer David Poole, ass1stant overseer for Taunton St. Marv

West of England Permanent Benefit Buildin~ Society & Magdalene Within &Wilton, & collector of poors rates for

agent to the Royal Fire & Life office, 3 Hammet street. St. Mary Magdalene Within, Upper High street

See advertisement Hewett W. & Go. brewers, North street

Goodman Samuel, grocer, 32 East reach Hewitt Rliza Ellis (Mrs.), Four Alls P.R'. Bath place

GoJdman Thomas, shopkeeper, 4S St. James street Hewlett & Son, gasfitters, 7 Paul street

Goodman Waiter, watch maker, I Bridge street & corn Hill ChaTles, shopkeeper, 23 Upper High street

dealer, I 5 East reach Hinton George, gun, rifie & fishing tackle manufr. & lawn

Goodman William, marine store dealer, So East reach tennis, cricket &sporting goods wareh0.54High st. See advt

Gosling Peter Francis, pork butcher, 52 St. James street Hitchcock George, farmer, Pyrland

Govier John, dyer, 20 Bridge street Hitchcock John, shopkeeper, 39 Alfred street, East reach

Govier William Charles, carman, Wood street Hoare Corah Angel (Miss), fancy repository, 20 High street

Grant Elizabeth (Mrs.), shopkeeper, 7 Canon street Hollands James, marine store dealer, 14S East street

Great Western Railway Co.'s Offices (J. C. Wall, agent), 6o Holloway Martha (Miss), commercial & temperance hotel,

High street private coffee & drawing rooms, hot & cold baths, 26

Great Western Railway Engineers Department (Thoma8 Station road

Hammet, chief engineer) Holloway James Rodd, farrier, 4I Bridge street

Greed & Son, builders, 20 Church street Holman Richard, chimney sweeper, High street

Greed George, house decorator, 7 Victoria street Holt William George, tobacconist, 51 North street

Greed Martba (Mrs.), dress maker, 21 Albemarle road Hook & Co. grocers, 6 Cheapside

Greed Waiter, wheelwright, Shoreditch road Hopkins William John, grocer it machinist, Magdalene st

Gregory & Wrenn, pharmaceutical chemists, IS East street HorwoodW.J.reg of marriages forTaunton union, Registry pi

Griffin ·wmiam John, New inn, Wilton street, Wilton Hosgood John, boot maker, 22 Paul street

Griffiths Emma (Mrs.), King & Queen P.H. 24 Paul street House Francis Trivitt, corn, hay, ~alt, agricultural, garden

Grimshire Alfred, Three Tuns P.H. 36 Tancred street & flower se3d merchant & dealer in bird seed, dog biscuits

Guildhall &Parade .Assembly Rooms (George Lewis, keeper), cattle food, linseed, oatmeal &o. 30 High street

Market place How George Henry M.D. surgeon & puhlic vaccinator for
GURNETT HENRY & eo. grocers, tea & coffee dealers, Taunton borough, Yard house, North town

it.alian warehousemen & provision merchants, 9 High st Howard William Henry, cattle dealer, 13 Belvedere road

Haas Joseph, jeweller, 53 East street Ruddy John, grocer, 6 Station road ·

Habberfield William, coal dealer, Queen street Hudson Henry, smith, Kingston road, Rowbarton

Haberstroh Goiliel, watch maker, 131 East reach Hughes EI-izabeth (Mrs.), Oxford inn, s Canon street

Haddon & Franklin, silversmiths, 29 Parade Hughes Thomas, dairyman, 3 Paul street

Halcombe& Co. sack contractors, Station yard Huish's School for Boys (R. Humphrey, head mast.),East st

Hall & Brown, milliners, 34 North street Hull & King, grocers, 2 East street

Hall Emma (Mrs.), shopkeeper, 6 Magdalene street Hull John, painter & glazier, I6 Bridge street

Hallett James, tobacconist, 2 Cheapside Hurford Gideon, grocer, Kingston road, Rowbarton

Hammet John, coal & salt merchant, Bridge street lies Alfred Robt. L.R.C.P.Edin. surgeon, St. George's house

Hammett Alexander,printer, bookseller, stationer, advertis- Incledon Thomas, hair cutter, x6o East reach

ing agent & deputy supt. registrar, 53 North street Independent College (Rev. Frederick Wilkins Aveling M.A.,

HanJerry, stone &monumental mason, Greenway, Rowbarton B.sc.principal; for assistant masters, see Schools), Staple-

HANBURY & eo. brewers, maltsters, manufacturers ofall grove. See advertisement

kinds of aerated waters & agents for the Anglo-Bavarian Ings I<'rances Elizabeth (Mrs.), groeer, IS4 Ea<lt reach

Brewery Co. Canon Street brewery, Canon st. See advert Inland Revenue & Stamp Office (William Furze Bickford,

Handel Robert, Mason's Arms P.H. Magdalene street collector & head di.:;tributor of stamps; 'f. James Osmond,

Handel Rosina (Mrs.), beer retailer, 23 'frinity street Ist clerk; J. J. Edward Collings & Charles Jesse Williams,

Handford George, builder, Viney st. & shopkpr.94East reach clerks; John Fawcus Dobson, supervisor & surveyor of

Handoll Samuel, tinsmith, 3I East reach taxes), Fore street

Hare John & Son, house & estate agents, appraisers &agents Jarman William, painter, 42 Bridge street

for Pbrenix Fire & Pelican Life offices,3o North st. See advt Jarman William, shopkeeper, S Silver street

Harris Edmund, shopkeeper, I47 East reach Jarvis Artbur, hair dresser~ 57 Upper High street

Harris Edward John, chemist & druggist, 5 East street Jarvis Elizabeth (Mrs.), Crown & Sceptre P.H. Station road

Harris John, pork butcher, 29 East reach Jeboult Edward, monumental mason, I3 Station road

Harris Richard, farmer, Rowbarton Jennings James, saddler, 8 East street

Harris Robert, confectioner, 42 Fore street Johns William, Ring of Bells P.H. I6 St. James street

HARRIS THOMAS, merchant tailor & woollen draper, J ohnson Hannah (Mrs.), dress maker, 62 South street

hatter & outfitter, Golden Fleece, 6 & 7 North street. Jones Henry, builder, Grays road & North town

See advertisement Jones Lucy (Mrs.), shopkeeper, so Grays road

Harris William, shopkeeper, Richmond road, Frieze hill Jones Thomas, shopkeeper, 63 Sout.h street

Harrison Benjamin, Bird in Hand P.H. Mary street Josland Emily (Miss), ladies' school, 2 Canal ter. Station rd

Hart William, Green Dragon P.H. 53 High street Julian Kate (Mrs.), photographer, ss East street

Hartman Elizh. (Mrs.), Rose & Crown P.H. 29B, High street Kallend Henry, chimney sweeper, I4 Bridge street

HartnellRobertGpham&Son,paperhngrs.&plumbrs.sxHigh st Keats Elizabeth (Mrs.), New Cottage inn, Rowbarton

Hartnell Emily (Mrs.), fancy repository, r6 High street Keep Matilda Ann (Miss), confectioner, I2 Bridge street

Hartnell Frederick William, carpenter, 32 Westgate street Keir John Forbes, editor &manager of the Somerset Express

Hatch Frank Howard, brewer, mineral water manufacturer & Taunton Echo, 29 l'aul street .

& wine & spirit merchant. West Somerset brewery, St. Kelly William Marwood M.D. physician, 11 Crescent

James street Kendrick Alfred L.D.S.R.c.s.Eng. & Irel. dentist, Bridge st

Hatcher & Sons, silk mercers, linen drapers, milliners & Keogh Artbur, horse breaker, Galmington, Wilton

dress makers, funerals completely furnished, 12 & I3 King & Dunn, furnishing & general ironmongers. cutlers,

High street; cabinet makers, upholsterers, house fur- tool me~;chants, sporting guns & ammunition, paint, oils,

nishers & bedding manufacturers, Parade colors &c. 4S & 44 North street

HAWKES THOMAS, ironmonger, implement, cake, manure Kinglake Robert Arthur, district registrar of Her Majesty's

& Sa<~k agent, maker of horse & cattle food & medicines, Court of Probate, 4 Hammet street

Lacteo for rearing calves &c. 32 East street Kings College (Rev. George Osmond Lees Thomson M.A.

Hawkings James, plumber, Magdalene street bead master ; for assistant masters, see Schools), South rd

Hawkins .Abraham, mason, I 58 East reach Kingsbury & Son, corn factors, 2 St. James' street

Hawkins Emanuel, mason, 4 Mary street Kirkpatrick Samuel, chemist, Post office, 16 East reach

Hawkins Louisa (Mrs.), laundress, North town Kirtley John Hassell, solicitor, High street

Hawkms M. (Mrs.), farmer, Haydon Kite George Henry, solicitor, perpetual commissioner &

Hawkins Samuel, brick maker, South street commissioner for oaths, solicitor to Equitable Benefit

Hawkins Samuel Jacob, confectioner, 3 East street Building Society & to Somerset Finance Co. Limited, I2

HawkinsThomas Morrish, stationer & printer, 67 High st Hammet street ; & at North Curry

Hayman John, umbrella maker, 39 Silver street Kite Thomas, stock & share broker, I2 Hammet street

Hayman William, boot & shoe maker, 30 East reach Knight Elizabeth (Miss), provision dealer, 7 East street

Hayman William George, hair dressel", 4S East street Knight Elizabeth (Mrs.), dress maker, 12 Tancred street

Haynes Robert, shoe maker, 4 Station road Knight Henry, confectioner, I Bath place

Hellard Edwin, solicitor, 5B, Hammet .;;treet Knox Alexander, army tutor, Fullands, South road

Hellard "William Burge, wine &spirit mer. I & 2 Ea~t street Lailey Arth.Nicholson,station mast.sStanley ter.Cheddon rd

Hepworth J & Son, clothiers, 23 & 24 North street Lake Lilly (Mrs.), laundress, 43 Alfred street, East reach

Herman Thomas, beer retailer, Upper High street Lane George, shopkeeper, S St. James' street

.JDIRECTORY SOMERSETSHIRE. f!UNTOY. 365

Lang William Charles, beer retailer, 90 East reach Mogrid~ Charles, boot & shoe maker, 41 High street

Langdon Willia.m, corn & forage merchant, Station road Monday Alfred James, solicitor, I3 Station road

Langford Isaac, working cutler,. 7 Alma street Moon James, Denmark inn, Cbeddon road

Lapworth Thomas, toy & fancy w&rebouse, 24 East street Moore Hannah (Mrs.), private lodging house, :r:8 Paul street

Larkin James1 general draper, East street Moore Henry, plumber, 153 East street
Lawre.:1ce & Coombs, milliners, 52 Bridge street Moore John, blacksmith, 23 East reach

Lawrence & 'fhompson, cabinet makers, upholsterers, gen- Moore John, shopkeeper, 24 Viney street

eral furnishers & furniture removers & starers, Crescent Moore Samuel, beer retailer, 22 Westgate street

works, Uppe:.: High street & Bridge street. See advert Mordle Henry Edward, pawnbroker, I East reach

Lawrence Catherine (Mrs.), Crown & Tower P.H. 43 Silver st MORRIS, SON & PEARD, auctioneers, surveyors, land,

Lawrence John, tailor, 51 Bridge street house, estate & insurance agts. East st. ; & at North Curry

Leakey John, shoe JUaker, 7 Bath place Morse John, carpenter, Alma street

Leaver George, cab proprietor, 16 :Mary street Mountstephens John, builder, Cannon street

Lee John, !{rocer, 9 East street Mulford Edward, shopkeeper, ISO East reach

Lenthall Waiter William, plumber, 2 Station road Musgrave Thomas, farmer, Pyrland farm

Lethbridge William Reed, tailor, hatter, hosier, glover & Nash Benjamin, market gardener, Belle view teiTace, Wilton

general outfitter & clothier, 2 High street. See advert Nash Sidney, upholsterer, cabinet maker, house furnisher,

Lewis & Lewis, family drapers, silk mercers &c. millinery, mattress & window blind maker & carpet warehouseman,

mantles, costumes, jackets, ladies' & children's outfits, 25 High street

household linen &c. mourning orders receive careful & Nash William, greengrocer, 39 & 40 High street

prompt attention, I3 & I4 Fore street Nation Charles James, proprietor uf Clarke's family & com-

Lewis Alfred, general draper, costumier, milliner & under- mercial hotel, the first class commercial house of Taunton,

taker, London house, 2I Fore street situated in the very centre of town, billiard rooms attached,

Lewis Charles, grocer, IS Fore street 'bus meets all trains, Castle green. See advertisement

Lewis Josiah, tailor, n North street Nation Joseph, shoe maker, 35 North street

Liberal & Radical Association (Wm.Rex, agt.), 7 Hammet st Newberry John, basket maker, 4 St. James straet

Liddon Edward M.D. & William M.B., F.R.c.s.Eng. surgeons, Newbery John, hay & straw dealer, I Queen street

Church square Newbury Thurza (Mrs.), beer retailer, North town

Linstead Louisa (Miss), dress maker, 49 Alma street Newcombe & Son, butchers, Kingston road, Rowbarton

Lisle Arthur Fellow, engraver, 12 Belvedere road Newton Ann (Mrs.), shopkeeper, 26 Paul street

Liverpool Legal Friendly Society (J.Beavan,agt. ), Station rd Newton George, shopkeeper, 133 East reach

Lock W. & Co. wholesale grocers, I2 North street Nichols & Tyler, members of Somerset county cricket team,

Lock John, George hotel, 5 High street cricket, tennis, football, & all indoor & outdoor games,

Lock WiUiam, baker & confectioner, 17 Bridge street guns, revolvers, cartridges, & every requisite of sports-

London & West of England Yeast Co. (Thomas Sweeting, men in stock, wholesale & retail tobacconist, tobacco at

manager), yeast merchants, 2I Station road store prices, 25 North street

Loney Maria (Miss), dress maker, 4 Bath place Noble Thomas Warner, draper, 12 East street

Love Alfred, carver & gilder, n Bridge street Norman F. F. & C. H. furniture dealers, IO North street &

Love Edward, draper, 23 East street 9 St. James street

Loveday James Goddard, school, Weirfield house, North twn Norman William & Son, boot & shoe makers, 2 Hammet st

Luscombe Festus, Bank tavern, 55 Upper High street Norman Charles Edmund, county surveyor, I2 Hammet st

l\!acdonald James Alexander lii.D. surgeon & medical officer Norman George, saddler & harness manufacturer, horse

No. I district, Taunton union, East street ctalobtlhisihnegd&ocv. esra7d6dlyeeratros)t,hse West Somerset Yeomanry ( es-
Macey Arthur John, painter, Io Silver street North street

McAulay Robert, Nag's·Head P.H. North street Normau Jane (Mrs.), beer retailer, 72 South street

Mclntyre, Hogg & Co. shirt & collar makers, High street Norris Edward Jackson King, confectioner, I Eastgate

Maddicks Emily (Mrs.), shopkeeper, Kingston rd.Rowbarton NorthWard Conservative Club (J.Montague, sec.), Station rd

l\Iaddock John, school attendance officer, Hovelands farm North Louisa (Miss), stationer, 2 Hammet street

Makepeace Emma (Miss), baker, u8 East reach North Sarah Annie (Miss), ladies' school, I Clifton terrace,

Mallon Emma (Mrs.), shopkeeper, Cheddon road Cheddon road

Manning & Edwards, tailors, 38 Fore street Northcombe Wm. painter & plumber, 3 Guildford pl.High st

Manning J oseph, monumental mason, 27 Station road Northcott Francis, glass & china dealer, 78 South street

Manfield William, shopkeeper, 49 St. James street Norton Mills Co. Limited (Harry Relph, manager), tnillers

:Marchant .Mary (Mrs.), hardware dealer, I37 East reach & bakers ; office, Bath place

Marke John, cake baker, 44 High street Nursing Institution (Miss Macdonald, lady supt. }, East reach

Marks Waltel', wheelwright, Golmington, Wilton Nutt Samuel Charles, bookbinder, 4 Carlton terrace

Martin & Towell, wholesale & retail linen & woollen drapery Oaten Charlotte (Mrs.), shopkeeper, 99 East reach

warehouse, 47, 48 & 49 Fore street Oaten Frederick, furniture dealer, 4 Silver street & _52

Martin Alfred, leather glove & gaiter maker, 4 Fore street Alma street

Martin Geo.Pooley, joint mgr.Wilts & Dorset bank,North st Olding John Charles, engraver, 9 Alma street

Masonic Lodge (Unanimity & Sincerity, No. 261) (Alexander Oliver George, boot & shoe maker, 3r Fore street

Hammett, sec.), 8 Crescent Orchard Kate & Ellen (Misses), milliners, 5 Whitehall ter

Massingbam Henry George, boot & shoe maker, 23 Forest Osmond James, inland revenue officer, Fore street

.Maxwell Thomas, draper, 22 Canon street Osmond William, boot & shoe maker, 29 High street

MAYNARD A. & H. auctioneers, valuers, referees, sur- Palmer Edwin, watch maker, 30 Station road

veyors, accountants, stewards, land, tithe & insurance Panes James, beer retailer, 43 East reach

agents ; offices, 5 Hammet street Parker Henry. cattle inspector for Great Western Railway,

l\Ieade Amanda & Susan (Misses), milliners, I9 High street Obridge

Melhuish Henry James, Taunton Arms P.H. 142 East reach Parker James, town crier, Melody buildings

Memorial Hall, Paul street Parkhouse S~phen Charles, cabinet maker, Ma_gdalene st

Meyler Thomas, solicitor, registrar & high bailiff of county Parrott Jane (Mrs.), shopkeeper, 30 Westgate street

court, town clerk, clerk to urban sanitary authority & Paul Edmund, baker & confectioner, 2 Station road

school attendance committee, deputy steward of manor of Paul Thomas, chimney sweeper, 13 Whitehall

'Taunton Dean, deputy clerk of the peace (county of Paull Charles, cake & manure merchant, Church square

Somerset), treasurer to trustees of Gray's Almshouses, Paull Edward Francis, solicitor, 29 North street

-commissioner for affidavits & for acknowledgments, 8 Pavey Henry, beer retailer, IO South street

Hammet street Payne Henry, builder, 9 Cannon street

l\1eynier Madame, high class school for girls, Alexandra col- Payne John, Old Angel P.H. Fore street

lege, Haine hill. See advertisement Payne William, glover, 156 East reach

~!idelton William, tobacconist, 30 Fore street Pearce Richard & Sons, ironmongers, 31 Station road &

Midgley Robert, shopkeeper, Whitehall Richmond road, Freize hill

Mills Eleanor (Miss), preparatory school, Cannon street Pearce Joseph Wm. beer retailer, 40 Alfred st. East reach

Milton George, boot & shoe maker, 20 East reach Pearce Robert, pianoforte tuner, 19 Bath place

Milton John, boot & shoe maker, 3I Cannon street Pearcey Alfred, plumber & painter, 44 St. James street

Milton William, County inn, Shuttern Pearcey Frederick Samuel, bookbinder, 48 High street

Minus John Edward, music warehouse, 32 North street ; & Pearcsy Thomas, beer retailer, 32 Upper High street

organ builder, Bishop hill Penny Thomas, dairyman, 7 South street

Mitchell Geo. Westlake, wine & spirit mer. The .Market house PENNY THOMAS STUBBS, Tone bridge & East reach,

Mitchell Harry, grocer, 3 East reach timber merchant &steam saw & moulding mills, merchant

Mitchell James Frazer, boot & shoe maker, 9 Bath place in slates, bricks, tiles, cement, plaster, stoneware pipes,

Mo:ffat John, travelling draper, 1 Grey's terrace, East reach builders' ironmongery & every other description of bwld3

Mogford Ann (Mrs.), shqpkeeper, 38 East reach ing materials. See advertisement

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366 TAUNTON. SOMERSETSHIRE. [KELLY'S

soPenwarden Ra.lph, draper, I2 Station rd. & North street Richards Thomas, shopkeeper, 37 Tancred street
Percy William, draper, 9 North street Richmond Andrew, highway surveyor, inspector to the

Perrett Thos. Giddings, Great Western goods agent, Station rural sanitary authority, Bath place

Perrin John Burch, farmer, Haydon house Ridge Matilda (Mrs.), shopkeeper, I6 Gray's road

Perrott Mary Jane (Mrs.), shopkeeper, 13 Upper High st Ridler William, farm bailiff to Mr. John Joyce, Graenways

Petherick Mary (Mrs.), dyers' agent, 49 East street farm, Rowbarton

Petherick Richard, cabinet maker, 26 East reach Ridler William James, butcher, Cheddon road

Petherick Richard (Mrs.), milliner, 26 East reach Rigden George Wm. surgeon, 2 Cyprus terrace, Billet street

Petherick Waiter Knighton, bird stuffer, 26 East reach Risdon Edward, corn mer. I North parade, Station road

Phillips Henry, bath chair p-roprietor, High street Roberts Eliza (Mrs.), children's costumier, 5 Bath place

Phillips Henry, Crown P.H. 62 High street Roberts Mary (Mrs.), shopkeeper, I35 East reach

Phillips William Henry, outfitter, I3, 14 & IS North street Rogers Urbane William, Seven Stars P.H. xo6 East reach

Philpott Geo. official receiver in bankruptcy, SA, Hammet st Rollings Elizabeth (Mrs.), shopkeeper, 24 High street

Pike Eli, chimney sweeper, SI Upper High street Rooks Edwin, watch maker, I34 East reach

Pile Francis, engraver, 5 Upper High street Rooks Waiter, shopkeeper, 69 South street

Pile Jane Leake (Miss), teacher of music, 5 Upper High st Rose Julia Emma (Mrs.), shopkeeper, 27 St. James street

Pinchard & Alms, solicitors, clerks to magistrates for divi- Rosewarne John, mason, 146 East reach

sion of Taunton, clerks to burial board for Taunton, St. Rosier G-race (Miss), dress maker, IO Church square

Mary Magdalene & Bishops Hull, secretaries to Taunton Ross & Hill, brewers, Bath place ; & wine & spirit mer-

& Somerset Hospital, 13 Hammet street chants, 58 High street

Pinchard John Henry Biddulph (firm, Pinchard & Alms), Ross & Sleeman Limited (Jas. Sleeman, managing director),

solicitor, commissioner for oaths, steward to trustees of maltsters, steam millers & corn merchants ; office, Albe-

Taunton town charities, clerk to the governors of Huish's marle mills ; maltings at Tangiers, Taunton & Bishops

schools, hon. sec. & treasurer of Somerset Attornies' club, Hull; & millers at Barnstaple

& clerk to commissioner of taxes for division of Taunton Rossiter Jane & Annie (Misses), dress makers, 9 East reach

& to the county magistrates for the petty sessional divi- Rowbarton Brewery (S. W. Arnold & Sons, proprietors),

sion of Taunton, I3 Hammet street Rowbarton

POLLARD GEORGE HEUD'EBOURCK, english & foreign Rowe John, artist, I9 Crescent

timber merchant & contractor, steam sawing, planing & Rowland Elizabeth (Mrs.), shopkeeper, I6 Upper High st

moulding mills, marble & stone works, importer of timber, Rowsell Thomas, Galmington inn, Ualmington, Wilton

deals, slate & building materials generally, The Timber yd Rowswell Edward, gasfitter, 6 Alma street

Poole Albert, shopkeeper, I07 East reach Rowswell Frederick, carpenter, I7 Alma street

Poole James, provision dealer, 32 Station road • Russ William, Swan P.H. 63 East street
Poole Lucy (Mrs.), shopkeeper, 5 Queen street Ryden Eli, baker & confectioner, 29 Station road

Poole William, solicitor & commissioner, 63 High street St. Andrew's Working Men's Club (T.Irwin, sec.),Rowbartn

Porter James, bill poster, 26 St. James street St. James' Cemetery (John M. Chapman, clerk to the burial

Portman Estate Office (F. T. Hussey, agent), Bath place; board; Samuel Tottel, lodge keeper), Frieze hill

attend saturdays 3 to 5 p.m St. Mary Magdalene & Bishops Hull Cemetery (John Henry

Pote Thomas, shopkeeper, 77 East reach Biddulph Pinchard, clerk to the burial board; Richard

Potter Edwin, saddler, 6 High street Squance, lodge keeper), Bishops Hull road

Potter William, builder, I r Albemarle road St. Mary's Vestry Hall, Paul street

Potter William, hair dresser, 39 North street St. Saviour's Home for Boys (William Watts, master; Mrs.

Potter William Henry, cab proprietor, 52 Upper High street Hannah Watts, mistress), Park street

Poynter Robert Hooffstetter, nurseryman, Castle green Sale & Spiller, ironmongers, 8 Bridge street

Price, Corner & Co. woollen manufacturers, Rowbarton Sansome John, tinman, Mill lane

Pridham John, professor of music, I8 Crescent Samson Charles Henry F.R.I.B.A. architect, surveyor &

Prince Albert's Somersetshire Light Infantry,2nd Volunteer diocesan surveyor, The Laurels

Battalion (Brig.-Gen.H. B.Patton,lieut.-col.commandant; Sargent John Charles, chemist, 5 Fore street

Col. H. E. Harbin, lieut.-col. ; Capt. A. W. A. Pollock, Saturley Henry Thomas, draper, I8 East street

adjutant ; C. E. Lance, quarter-master ; A Co. Capt. H. Saturley Robert, ironmonger, 34 Bridge street ; & tinplate

C. Sweet; B Co. Capt. E. T. Alms; Sergt.-Maj. E. Willey, worker, Old Angel yard

drill instructor) ; head quarters, Cheapside Saunders James & Charles, butchers, 24 Bridge street

Pritchard Wm. slate mer. 6 Stanley terrace, Cheddon road Saunders George, jun. british & foreign stock & share

Pugsley Elizabeth (Mrs.), dress maker, Cann st. Shutterne broker & estate & commission agent, Bath place

Pursey John, refreshment rooms, 30A1 East street Saunders George, London hotel, East street
Pyne Mary Ann (Miss), dress maker, 82 South street Saunders Geo. private lodgings, 2 Albemarle ter. Station rd

Pyne Robert Slape, baker, 49 High street SCARLETT &. SON, wholesale & family wine & spirit mer-

Quant Edward, coal, corn, flour, seed, fruit, potato & gen- chants, agents for Bass's &Anglo-Bavarian ales,Guinness's

eral merahant, 3IA, Station road stout & sparkling champagne cider, 3 Cheapside

Quant'ft Temperance hotel, dining & commercial rooms, Schalfino Lewis, watch maker, 34 East street

good commercial rooms & every comfort with moderate School of Art (Alexander Gordon, master; Vere Hare, hon.

charges, 32 Station road sec.), Victoria rooms

Queen's (Wesleyan) College (Thomas Darlington M.A. head Scott William, travelling draper, 8 East reach

master; for assistant masters, see Schools), Trull road Sealey William, beer retailer, Somerset place, Alfred street

Quick Edward, shopkeeper, Tangier Selley James, general dealer, 7 Shuttern

Quick Harry, Wood Street inn, Wood street Sellick Thomas, shopkeeper, I4 Tancred street

Quick Simeon, market gardener, Wilton Serle George, coal merchant, Denmark terrace, Cheddon rd

Rainey Henry, shopkeeper, I Victoria street Serle James, boot & shoe maker, 42 East reach

Rathbourne Tom, Compass inn, I Cann street Serle Thomas John, paperhanger, 5I East street

Rawlins Lieut.-Col. Henry Williams, joint manager Wilts & Servants' Training Home (Mrs. Eliza Fyfe, matron), 13

Dorset Bank, North street East reach

Read Harry, printer, publisher, bookseller, bookbinder, Sharp Henry, shopkeeper, 83 East reach

staticner, copperplate engraver,lithographer, news agent, Shattock Richard, paperhanger, 4 Whitehall terrace

proprietor & publisher of the " Somerset County Herald " Shattock Robert, shopkeeper, Galmington, Wilton

& "Taunton Courier" newspapers, 34 Parade. See advt Shepherd Samuel, blacksmith, 14 Mary street

Reed & Cook, solicitors, I2 Paul street; & at Bridgwater Shepherd Thos. clerk to the trustees of the Market, Castle grn

Reed Paul Octavius Haythorne, solicitor & commissioner Sheppard Waiter, basket manufacturer, 26 East street

for oaths & perpetual commissioner, see Reed & Cook Shopland William, dairyman, 54 South street
Reed Theophilus Maurice, solicitor, see Reed & Cook
Short George William, chemist & druggist, so High street
Reeves Archibald, solicitor & commissioner, 7 Mary street Showers James & Co. coal, iron, corn, flour & hay & straw

Reilly William Barnard, clothier, 50 Cheapside merchants, Coal Orchard wharf & I St. James street

Rendell & Son, builders, St. kmes street Shutler Henry Parker, Half :Moon P.H. 36 North street

Rendell Robert, china dealer, 35 Bridge street Sibley John Pottenger, draper, Eastgste

Rendell Thomas, boot & shoe maker, 2IA, High street Sibly Mrs. ladies' school, Flook house

Rendell William, grocer, 2I High street Sidwick John, baker, 44 Upper High street

Revell Chas. John Mus.Bac.oxon. surveyor of taxes, Forest Silvester Juseph, tailor, 17 Tancred street

Rex & Son, drapers, u East street Singer Manufacturing Co. (Richard Houlton Wood, man•

Richards Eliza (Mrs.), gun maker, I High street ager), Bridge 1o1treet

Richards Henry, The Bell P.H. High street Skinner Emily (Mrs.), shopkeeper, 75 East reach

Richards Henry Parrott, boot & shoe maker, I Fore street Skinner George, shopkeeper, :t40 East reach

Richards Isaac, outfitter, 28 Parade Slade Simeon, shopkeeper, 2 Church street
Richards Thomas, blacksmith, South street
Slade Vincent, greengrocer, 26 High street

DIRECTORY.] SO~iERSETSHIRE. TAUNTOY. 367

Slavin Arthur James, stone carver, 3 Bath place Taunton Co-operative Society (Thomas Dodington, sec. ;

Sloman C. relieving & vaccination officer, No. 2 district., George Menmuir, manager), Magdalene street

Taunton union, Bridge street Taunton Courier (Harry Read, publisher; published wed-

Sloper Edwin, sub-manager of Stuckey's Bank, Fore street nesday), 34 Parade. See advertisement

Small George Edward, wood stain manufacturer, Station rd TauntonCricketClub(WilliamElton,hon.sec.),Heathfield hall

Smith Agnes (Miss), teacher of music, IO Crescent Taunton Deane Horticultural &Floricultural Society(Howard

Smith Arthur John, chemist & druggist, 47 North street Maynard & Alex. Hammett, joint secs.), Hltmmet street

Smith Caroline (Mrs.), The Racehorse P.H. I 57 East reach Taunton & District Gardeners' Association (Allan C. Dyer,

Smith Clement, music warehouse, 66 East street sec.), I8 East street

Smith Ed. tailor, 87 South street Taunton Echo, Somerset Advertiser & Western Herald

Smith Elias, builder, 3 Haydon road, East reach (published wednesday; John Forbes Keir, manager), 29

Smith Harriett (Mrs.), dress maker, 20 Middle street Paul street. See advertisement

Smith James, boot & shoe maker, 56 East reach Taunton Electric Lighting Co. Limited (F. C. Bostock, sec.;

Smith James, cowkeeper, 6 Elm terrace, Belvedere road 0. V. Thomas, electrician in charge)

Smith James Henry, borough surveyor, Roseneath cottage, Taunton Gas Light & Coke Co. (Alfred Edwards, man.),

Wellington road Tangier

Smith Joseph, carpenter, Io North town Taunton Masonic Hall Co. Lim. (J.Showers, sec.), 8 Crescent

Smith Thomas, hair dresser, I 30 East reach Taunton Omnibus Co. (J. Stone, manager), Paul street

Somerset Archreological & Natural History Society(William Taunton & Perfect Thrift Building Society (William Henry

Bidgood, curator), The Castle Crease, sec.), 32 Bath place

Somerset County Club (Norman W. Macdonald, hon. sec.), Taunton & Somerset Conservative Club (F. J. Shepherd,

Fore street hon. sec.), Market house

Somerset Coll<ty Cricket Club (H. E. Murra.y-Anderson Taunton & Somerset Hospital (Henry J. Arnold M.D. phy-

esq. J.P. hu1. sec. Henlade house; William H. Wake, sician ; William Liddon M.B. Samuel Farrant & George

assistant sec.), I Cyprus tQrrace William Rigden, surgeons ; William Burrough Cosens,

Somerset County Gazette (Woodley, Williams & Dunsford, house surgeon ; Rev. William Arnold M.A. chaplain ; John

publishers & proprietors; published sat. & wed.), Castle Henry Biddulph Pinchard, sec. ; Albert Goodman, ac-

green. See advertisement countant; Miss Alice Lamb, matron; Miss Macdonald,

Somerset County Herald (Harry Read, publisher & proprie- lady superintendent of nurses), East reach

tor; published sat.), 34 The Parade. See advertisement Taunton & Somerset Printing & Publishing Co. Limited

Somerset County Lawn Tennis Club (Major Clarke, hon. (John Forbes Keir, managing directc.r; A. Goodman,

sec.), Bishops Hull sec.), printers & printers & proprietors of the " Somerset

Somerset Discharged Prisoners' Aid Society (R. A. Kinglake County Express," " Taunton Echo " & " Wellington Ex-

esq. J.P. hon. sec.), 4 Hammet street press," 29 Paul street. See advertisement

Somerset Express (John Forbes Keir, manager; published Taunton Vale Fox Hounds (Wilfred G. Marshal! esq. master,

saturday), 29 Paul street. See advertisement The Elm, Staplegrove; Major Henry A. Walsh, hon. sec.

Somerset Finance Co. Lim. (Thos. Kite, sec.), I2 Hammet st Ashfield lodge, Taunton) ; kennels, Heulade, Ruishton

Somerset Manufacturing Co. collar manufacturers, South st Taunton Vale Harriers (E. Liddon esq. master; J. Darby,

Southey Henry James, carpenter &c. I6 Tancred street hon. sec.), I3 Hammet street

Spencer George, manager of Fox Fowler Co.'s Bank, 'faunton & West of England Horse Show Society (J. Darby,

Fore street hon. sec.), 13 Hammet street

Spencer Joseph Houghton, architect, 8 Hammet street Taunton & West of England Permanent Benefit Building

Spiller Alfred John, builder, 12 Magdalene street So<iety (Albert Goodman, sec.), 3 Hammet st. See advt

Spiller Francis John, watch maker, I7 Fore street Taunton & West Somerset Coffee Tavern Co. Limited (Albert

Spiller Henry James, builder & contractor, Bridge street Goodman, sec.; Thomas Pullman, manager), Fore street

Spiller John, builder, I Eastbourne terrace & Paul street; offices, 3 Hammet street. See advert

Stacey J ames, baker, 7 Bridge street Taunton & West Somerset Liberal Club (N. Lewis, sec.), 7

Stagg Sarah (Mrs.), confectioner, 36 East street Hammet street

Standfast James, carriage manufacturer, 54 East street Taunton & West Somerset Teachers' Association (W. J.

Stansell & Son, house decorators, 62 East street Porter Wellington, sec)

Stanway & Summerfield, silk throwsters, East street; & at Taunton John, solicitor, 36 High street

Wiveliscombe Taylor Alfred George, solicitor, 6 Hammet street

STAR KEY, KNIGHT &. CO. LIMITED, brewers, maltsters, Taylor St. Vincent, farmer, Pool farm, Wilton

importers of foreign wines & spirits & manufacturers of Taylor Thomas, glove manufacturer, Wood street

aerated waters, Taunton brewery ; &Bridgwater &North Tazewell & Son, butchers, 2 East reach

Petherton Temperance Hall (Edward Webber, lessee), High street

Starr Waiter James, general dealer, x Greys rd. East reach Templeman Charles, shopkeeper, 34I Silver street

Steel James, travelling draper, 62 East reach Templeman Robert Taylor, plumber, 35 East reach

Steevens Arthur, complete house furnisher, licensed valuer, Templeman William, builder, 33 East reach

goods removed & warehoused, glass & china merchant &c. Thatcher Alfred, shopkeeper, 26 Albemarle road

64 East street & Billet street. See advertisement Thatcher Mary (Mrs.), dyer, 3 Silver street

Stembridge Miss, berlin wool repository, 63 High street Thatcher Samuel, stone & marble mason, Station road

Stevens Henry, tailor, I2 Fore street Thistle William George, surgeon, 12 Middle street

Stevens Henry James, stationer, 8 Bath place Thomas Elizabeth (Mrs.) & Katherine (Miss), dress makers,

Stevens James, ironfounder, St. James street 28 Wood street

Stevens James, leather cutter, 40 North street Thomas William & Co. coal & builders' merchants, Tangier

Stevens John Redford, Alma inn, 25 Silver street wharf

Stevenson Thomas, Somerset inn, 27 Upper High street Thomas Frederick, shopkeeper, 3r Wood street

Stone George Coleman, wardrobe dealer, 3I Tancred street Thomas John, beer retailer, Kingston road, Rowbarton

Stowell John, boot & shoe maker, Elm place, North town Thomas John, insurance agent, 36 East reach

Stringfellow Alien H. surgeon-dentist, 20 East street Thomas William, market gardener, Wilton street, Wtlton

Stuckey Thomas, shopkeeper, II King street Thompson Hannah (Mrs.), grocer, I8 Station road

Stuckey's Banking Co. (branch) (H. J. Badcock, manager; Thorn Henry James, dairyman, 38 Bridge street

E. Sloper, sub-mnnager), Fore street; draw on Robarts, Tidbury Thomas, seedsman & florist & parish clerk of St.

Lubbock & Co. London E c James, 9 North town

Snmmerhayes Thomas, wheelwright, Shoreditch Toiler Henry Charles, dairyman, I5 Upper High street

Sutton Charles, commercial trayeller, Paul's cot. Park st Tone & Hillfarrance Brook Fishing Association, Hammet st

Sweet & Son, solicitors, n Hammet street Totterdell Joseph, baker, 4 Shuttern

Sweet Arthur Francis (firm, Sweet & Son), solicitor, u Tozer Thomas, mason, 4 Middle street

Hammet street Tregaskis Charles, coffee tavern, 23 High street

SweetHy. Chas. (firm, Sweet & Son),solicitor, II Hammet st Trelease Charles, travelling draper, 23 Silver street

Symes Harriet (Mrs.), shopkeeper, I59 East reach Trenchard & Watson, solicitors, Io Hammet street

Symes John, hair dresser, 28 Station road Trenchard George1 umbrella maker, 2 Eastgate
Talbot Thomas, beer retailer, 41 King street Trenchard Henry Mon~ague, solicitor (firm, Trenchard &

Tames Frederick, chimney sweeper, 23 Paul street Watson), IO Hammet street

Tapscott Mary (Mrs.), shopkeeper, 20 Station road Trood & Co. potato importers, Bridge street

Tarrington James, mason, II Mary street Trott Simeon, shoe maker, I Station road

Taunton Association for Advancing the Trade of the Town Trump Ruth (:Mrs.), shopkeeper, I5A, Bridge street

(W. H. Fowler, president; Vere Hare, hon.sec.), North st Trump William Charles, greangrocer, 25 East reach

Taunton Beekeepers' Association (Arthur J. White, sec.), 5 Trust Henry, Three Mariners P.H. 52 High street

Hammet street Tucker Cicely Isabella (Miss), ladies' school, 3 Victoria st

Taunton Club (H. Fisher, sec.), London Jaotel, East street Tucker John, coffee house, I Silver street

SOMERSETSHIRE. ( K E L L Y 1S

Turle William, corn & seed merchant ; $eedsm~~on to the Western Counties Buililing Society's Office (Samuel Derham1
Royal Agricultural Society of England, 59 High 11treet sec.), Bath.place

Turner Cornelius, jeweller, 4I North street Westlake William Henry, woollen draper, tailor, hatter,

Upham Arthur (Mrs.}, dress maker, 3 Shuttern hosier & general outfitter, 65 & 66 High street

Upham Arthur, tailor, 3 Shuttern Whately & Symes, carriage builders, carriages repaired &

Upham Eliza (Mrs.), dress maker, IS Middle street re-painted at moderate charges, Haydon road, East reach

Upham James, tailor, 15 Middle street Whitaker Miss, teacher of drawing, 33 North street

Van Trump Henry James, pawnbroker, 59 & 6o East street White Charles, baker, 49 Ea~t reach

Venner Frederick Abraham, dairyman, 22 High street White Edward James, confectioner, 61 High street

Venner George, greengrocer, I7 Upper High street White John, corn dealer, 6 Shuttern

Venning Edward John, boot maker, 6I East street White John, jobmaster, furniture removed & warehoused,

Venning Susan (Mrs.), grocer, 45 High street cab proprietor & dealer in horses, I7 Silver street, Castle

Verrier Elizabeth (Mrs.), shopkeeper, 14 St. .1ames street green & North town. See advertisement

Vickery Annie Jane (Miss), dress maker, 40 Wood street Whiteman William, hatter, 18 North street

Vickery Charles, Boot inn, 28 Paul street · Wickenden Frederick Benjamin, confectioner, I9 North st

Vile John & Son, china & glass dealers 14 & IS, & toy dealers Wide Frederick, Black Horse P.IJ. Io Bridge street

I7, High street Wide John, tailor & outfitter, 45 Fore streeJ;

VILLAR WILLIAM .J. auctioneer, valuer, house & estate Wilkey Mary Ann (Mrs.), shopkeeper, 6 South street

agent, accoun.tant, rent & debt collector, Io Hammet st Wilkins Charles, beer retailer & carpenter, I Whitehall ter

Vincent George, stationer & printer, 31 East street Willcocks Arthur Durrant, surgeon, Tone villa, Bridge st

Vincent Gilbert, shopkeeper, 12 Portland street Willey Ann (Miss), stay maker, 5 Silver street

Voysey Henry, basket maker, 25 Paul street Williams Charles Jesse, inland revenue officer, Fore street

Voysey Thomas, greengrocer, 55 East street Williams George, insurance agent, I Elm ter. Belvedere rd

Wake William Henry, accountant, commission agent, assis- Wills Samuel Henry, wood turner, 37 St. James' street

tant overseer & rate collector for St. Mary Magdalene Wills Thomas Charles, builder, .l Jubilee terrace, Green-

without, Church square way lane

Wakefield Jn. Edwd. Wm.M.A. solr. Hovelands lo. Haines hill Wills Waiter William Wyndham, picture frame maker, 37

Waldegrave Samuel Edwd. enginr.see Easton & Waldegrave St. James street

Walker Alice Maud (Miss),tchr. of music, Elm gro.Nth.twn Wills William, carver, 37 St. James street

Walker John, travelling draper, 6I East reach Wilmington Elizabeth(Mrs. ),dress maker, I Compass terrace,

Waiters Stephen & ~on, silk manufacturers, Wood street Bishops Hull road

Ward Arthur, painter, IO Alma street Wilson George, draper, 65 East reach

.Ward Charles, writer & gramer, I6 Paul street Wilts & Dorset Banking Co. (branch) (Lieut.-Col. Henry

·ward Jabez, shopkeeper, 35 East street Williams Rawlins J.P. & George Pooley Martin, joint man-

·warman Joseph, builder, 35 East street agers), North street; draw on London & Westminster

Warr Richard, grocer, 32 High street Bank Limited, London E c

Warran Emma (Miss), shopkeeper, 27 Paul street Winter & Son, furniture brokers, Paul street

·warren W. & Sons, corn & seed merchants, Bridge street Winter Edwin, tin worker, so East street

Warren William, grocer, 39 East street Withington William, watch maker & jeweller, II High

Waterman William, house & estate agent, building surveyor, street & I6 Fore street

accountant & collector of income & assessed taxes for St. Wood & Co. tobacconists, Paul street

l\Iary parish, 3I Paul street Wood Elizabeth Jane (Miss), dress maker, 37 Paul street

·watson Charlotte (Mrs.), shopkeeper, 16 Bath place Wood Martha (Mrs.), Railway inn, Whitehall ter. Stationrd

"\Vatson Edgar Henry (firm, Trenchard & Watson), solici- Wood Susan (Miss), milliner, 20 Wood street

tor, 10 Hammet street Wood William, carman, Albemarle road

Watts James, Dolphin inn, I4 East reach Wood William, shopkeeper, 38 Silver street

Watts John King, grocer, Sunny bank, Cheddon road, & Woodberry John, blacksmith, Silver street

confectioner, Station road WtJodbury John, tailor, 56 Alma street

·weayer Fred, smith, Paul street Woodford Waiter Henry, beer retailer, I48 East reach

"\-Veaver Henry, shopkeeper, u6 East street Woodley, Williams & Dnnsford, publishers & proprietors of

Webb Thomas, Phrenix P.H. 56 East street "Somerset County Gazette & Western News," Castle grn

Webber Charles Button, inspector of nuisances to urban Woodley William Augustus, solicitor, Castle green; & 22

sanitary authority, 5 Albemarle road Broad street, Bristol

Webber Edward, coffee house, 28 High street Woodman Charles, coach painter, 27 High street

Webber George, architect & surveyor, 7 East reach Woodman Elizabeth (Miss), dress maker, I Trinity street

Wellington Frederick (late Biffin), chymist, proprietor of ·woodman J ustina (Mrs.), dress maker, 27 High street

the world-renowned foot rot lotion for sheep & cattle, op- Woodman Robert, hair dresser & fancy bazaar, 28 North st

posite the Market cross. See advertisement Woohway Harriet (Mrs.), servants' registry office, 5 Mag-

Wescombe Mary (Mrs.), beer retailer, Rowbarton dalene street

Western News (Woodley, Williams & Dunsford, publishers ·woolfrey John, builder, Bishops Hull road

& proprietors ; published tuesdays), Castle green Woollatt Richard, chemist, 20 Fore street

West of England Collar Manufactory, Viney street Woollen John David, deputy bailiff of county court & keeper

West Henry, gasfitter & plumber, 31 High street of shire hall, Shire hall

West Rowland HillM.A. surgeon & certifying factory sur- Wootton F. (Mrs.), ladies' school, East street
geon, 12 Middle street
Wright Chas. Arthur, boot & shoe ma. Albert ter. South st

West Somerset Archery & Lawn Tennis Club (Maj.-Gen. Wyatt George Pollard & Son, coopers, 56 High street

Emerson, hon. sec.), Barr house, Bishops Hull 1 Wyatt Arthur, beer retailer, Mary street

West Somerset Brewery {Frank H. Hatch, proprietoi-) Wyatt John, grocer, I26 East reach

WEST SOMERSET GAME & FISH SUPPLY (F. A. Cook, Wyatt John, wood turner, & parish clerk of Wilton, Sher-

proprietor), 3 North street ford, Wilton

West Somerset Savings Bank (William B. Butler, actuary; Wyatt Samuel, tin worker, 89 East reach

Samuel Derham, sub-actuary ; open daily JO to 3, sat. IO Yandall Edwin, boot & shoe maker, 30 East street

to4 & 6 to 8 p.m.), Upper High street Yandell Florence (Miss), stocking knitter, 43 Bridge street

West Somerset Yeomanry Cavalry (Hon. A. W. A.N. Hood, Yenrlall Charles Alfred, hosier, 2 North parade, Station rd

lieut.-col. commandant; A. F. Bernard, major; Capt. P. Young Henry, grocer, & agent for W. & A. Gilbey, wine &

:F. Durham, adjutant; Surg.-Maj. S. Farrant, surgeon; spirit mers. 68 & 69 High st. & 6 North parade, Station rd

Geo. H. Elder M.R.c.v.s. vet. surg.; (D troop) Maj. John Young Men's Christian Association (Herbert Handel, sec.),

A. Winter; Sergt.-Maj. William Brash, drill instructor); 3 Hammet street

head quarters, Church square Young Women's Christian Association (Miss Harriet .A.

West Ward Conservative Club (Jas.Villar,sec.),43Up.High st Foster, sec.), I3 Crescent

TELLISFORD is a parish and village, situated on the Saints is an ancient building of stone in the Gothic style,

river Frome, 4 miles south from Freshford station on the consisting of chancel, nave, south porch and an embattled
Wilts and Somerset branch of the Great Western railway, 4~ western tower containing 2 bells: the church was restored
south-west from Bradford-on-Avon, 5north from Fromeand and reseatei in 1854, and has sittings for 120 persons.

9 south-east fmm Bath, in the Frome division of the county, The register dates from the year 1539. The living

Bath county court district, Frome union, Wellow hundred, is a rectory, average tithe rent-charge £I26, net yearly
"\\'eston petty sessional division, rural deanery of Frome, value £2o6, including glebe, with residence, in the
archdeaconry of Wells and diocese of Bath and Wells. The gift of R. W. Baker esq. and held since 1888 by the Rev.
river Frome here diYides Somersetshire from W~tshire and William Henry Lowder M.A. The trustees of the late T. H.
is crossed by a stone bridge of three arches. The village Houlton efq. are lords of the manor. The principal l..lnd-

was partially destroyed by fire in I785. The church of All owner is Sir Edward Victor Lewis Houlton G.C.M.G The

DIRECTORY.] SO~IERSETSHIRE. THEALE. 369

soil is brashy ; subsoil, grit. The chief crops are wheat, the nearest money order office & Beckington the nearest

1mt.s, barley and beans. The area is 757 acres ; rateable telegraph office .

value, £968; and the population in 1881 was 85. WALL LETTER Box cleared 6.45 p.m. week days; sundays,

Sexton, l<'rank Rossiter. 9.30 a. m

Letters through Bath, arrive at 7.30 a.m. & 5 p.m. Road is The children of this place attend the school at Road
I IBaker Mrs. Rectory •

Denning Charles, farmer, Church farm Phippen Thomas, farmer, Manor farm

Lowder Rev. William Hy. M.A. [rector] Gulliver Isaac, farmer Towill Harry, farmer, Chatley farm

TEMPLE COMBE (or ABBAS CoMBE) is a parish, situ- possessions of this order. Thomas Henry Methuen Bailward

ated on the river Kale, a tributary of the Stour, with a esq. J.P. of Horsington Manor, who is lord of the manor,

.station at the junction hereof the London and South Western and Mrs. Bewsey, Samuel Worthy Bewsey and P. R. Peck

and Somerset and Dorset joint railways, n2 miles from are the chief landowners. The soil is loamy; the subsoil

London and 5 south from Wincanton, in the Eastern division in the upper part of the parish is stone and in the lower part

of the county, Horethorne hundred, Wincanton union, clay. The chief crops are hay, but corn, beans and root

county court district and petty sessional division, Milborne crops are also grown. The area is 1,842A. IB. 31P. statute

Port district of the rural deanery of Merston, archdeaconry measure, of which 452 acres are tithe-free; rateable value,

of Wells and diocese of Bath and Wells. The church of St. £6,388; the population in 1881 was 590.

Mary is an edifice of stone in the Gothic style, consisting of Parish Clerk, Henry Greenstock.
chancel, nave of three ba.ys, north aisle, south tran:se.pt, PosT, M. 0. & T.O., s. B. & Annuity & Insurance Office.-
south porch and a tower, With e~~attled parapet, conta1mng Frederick Fish, receiver. Letters arrive from Bath to
a cl.ock and 5 bells: there are s1ttmgs for :'1-~o p~rsons. The
register d~tes from the year 1563. The bvmg 1s a recto~y, WAWpLaiLtncchLaeR.ndTtoaI'nEt ,R3t.h5B0eon&xce8abtpy.Smfoo.ou;tthpsouWsntd,easayttesr7,n8a.Rpm.am.il&wa2y p.m.; dis-
ave~e t1the rent-charge £~o4o n~t yearlr value .£3r6, m- platform,
cludm~ 38 acres of glebe, wtth residence, m the gift of and
held smce 186o by the Rev. Thomas Fox B.A. of Wadham cleared at 7.40 p.m. week days only .
. . .
College, Oxford. Here is a Congregational chapel. There Natwnal School (mixed), erected m 1873.' for 120 children;
are charities of £2o yearly value, which sum is distributed average attendanc::e, 95, & endow~d With £3 yearly, the
in money. There are large dairies in the parish. Here was rent of a field ; Mtss Ada Pask, mistress

anciently a preceptory of the Knights Templars, founded INSURANCE AGENT.-North British & Mercantile, S. W..

before n85 by Serlo Fitz-Odo, and with revenues at its dis- Bewsey

solution of £107; the remains, situated to the south of the RAILWAY STATIONS:-

village, now form part of a farm-house, and the tithe-free South Western, George Lawrence, station master

land in the parish is supposed to have been a portion of the Somerset & Dorset, F. C. .Hisgrove, station master

Dashwood Misses . Gay John Frederick, farmer Lodder Josiah, farmer

Fox Rev. Thomas B.A. Rectory GayWm.Herbert,drapr.&grocer,&agt. Mills Albert, farmer, Coombe Throop-

Wadman John, Coombe villa for W. & A.Gilbey,wine & spirit mers Newton Livinia (Mrs.), shopkeeper

COMMERCIAL. Harding Henry, dairyman Pitman Geo. blacksmith & rate collectr-

A'Barrow Henry, farmer Hazzard Frank, beer retailer Rowland John, farmer

A'Barrow James, carpenter Hiscock Samuel, farmer, Throop Snow John & Co. (Eli Harrard, agent),

Bailey Charles, farmer Hobbs Thomas, farmer coal merchants, Railway station

Bastable Richard, dairy farmer, Throop Hockey Charles, cattle dealer Vicker Edwin, but<-her & farmer

Beer Robert, coal merchant Hockey Edwin Arthur, farmer Warren William Edwin, farmer

Beer Wm.James, Worthys Royal hotel Holloway John Henry, Blue Boar P.H Whitmarsb James Hennett, Railway inn

Bewsey Sml. Worthy,yeoman, Yew tree Hooper J oseph, baker WorthySml. registrar of births & deaths

Case William, grocer & bricklayer Imber Charles, painter for sub-district & relieving officer

Davis Alfred Geo. builder & ironmongr Lanning Barnard, farmer, Throop Milborne Port dist. Wincanton union

Ellis Joshua, railway refreshment rms LanningJn. E. farmer, Coombe Throop Young Thomas & John, farmers, Corn-

Fish Frederick, shoe maker, Post office Lock George, farmer, Manor farm mon Lane farm

THEALE is a village and an ecclesiastical parish, fom1ed Mudgley, about 1 mile south-west of Theale and be-

Oct. n, 1844, from the civil parish of Wedmore, situated on longing ecclesiastically thereto is an interesting hamlet,.

the Wells and Highbridge road, 4 miles north from Shapwick much visited in consequence of its antiqua1-ian interest.

station on the Somerset and Dorset railway, 6 west from Within the hamlet is a field belonging to Mr. Hill's farm,.
Wells and 6 north from Glastonbury, in the Wells division of called "Palace Garden," where once stood the summer

the county, eastern division of Bempstone hundred, Ax:bridge palace of Alfred the Great, and in which he entertained

petty sessional division, union and county court district, Guthrum, the Danish leader, after that king's baptism, and

Axbridge district of the rural deanery and archdeaconry of its foundations may still be traced : amongst the ruins has

Tannton and diocese of Bath and Wells. Christ Church is been found a silver spoon and a brooch, both of which are

a modern building of Wedmore stone, consisting of chancel, now in the Bodleian library, at Oxford: in 188o the field

nave, south porch and a western bell cot, containing one bell: was excavated by the Rev. S. H. H. Hervey, and plans of

there are sittings for 340 persons. The register dates from the buildings uncovered were published in the " Wedmore

1826. The living is a vicarage, net yearly value £270, with Chronicle."
residence, in the gift of the vicar of Wedmore, and held since Sexton, Benjamin Pimm.

1879 by the Rev. James Sydenham Fowke Singleton T.A.K.C.L. PosT OFFICE, Theale.-John Davis, receiver. Letters arrive

The charities are of £5 yearly value. Mrs Knyfton, of from Cheddar R.S.O at 8 a.m. ; dispatched at 5.50 p.m.

Uphill Castle, is the chief landowner. The soil is a rich The nearest money order & telegraph office is at Wedmore.

loam; there is much lias around. The chief crops are PILLAR Box, Mudgley, cleared at 6 p.m. week days only

grass. The area is 3,000 acres; the population in 1881 was All letters to New Town & Panborongh should be addressed

769. via Wells
BAGLEY, half a mile south-west, NEw TowN, a quarter of Theale is a portion of the Wedmore School Board district
a mile south and PANBOROUGH, 1 mile south-east, are hamlets Board School (mixed), erected in 1865, for 108 children~

in this parish. average attendance, 70; Thomas Ryman, master

Thea.le. Durston William, farmer COM1111ilRCIAI..
Harvey William, cattle dealer Bethell Edward, farmer
Burrow Mrs Millard George, farmer

Champeney Mrs

Harvey Mrs Norman Edward, farmer Brown Edward, farmer

Singleton Rev.James Sydenham Fowke Norman John (Mrs.),farmer,Northload Brown George, farmer, Blakeway

T •.&..K.c.L. Vicarage Porter Robert Harvey, farmer Brown Gilbert, farmer

COMMERCIAL. Steads W. J. farmer Brolfn Jarnes, farmer

Adams George, farmer Stott Matthew, farmer Champeny George, farmer

Ashford Samuel, farmer Taylor Elizabeth (Mrs.), farmer Clarke J obn, farmer

Broom George, boot & shoe maker Told Frank, butter dealer Cock James, farmer
Hurnett William, farmer Day John Henry, farmer
Burrow Benjamin, farmer & grazier Bagley. Denbee Thomas, farmer, Blakeway
Burrow Tom, farmer Ford Alfred, fanner
Mapstone Samuel, shopkeeper

Carver Richard, farmer Wall George, shopkeeper Millard Medford, farmer

Clarke Jarnes, farmer Wall Matthew, farmer Puddy -, Mudgley Hill farm
Thayer George, farmer, Blakeway
Cook George, stone mason Mudgley. Tucker Edward, farmer
Davis John,grocer &draper, Post office
Tucker Joseph (Mrs.), farmer &c
Dunsford Nehemiah, blacksmith Brown Mrs

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370 THEAL!!:. SOMERSETSHIRE. (KELLY'B

New Town. Panborough. Cook George, farmer

[Letters for New Town should be addressed (Letters for Panborough should be addressed Davis James, carpenter & wheelwright
via wells.] Davis Joseph, carpenter & wheelwright

via Wells.] Champeny Charles Hellier John, New inn, Meare

Bunn James, beer retailer Burrow Thomas, Benj. & John, farmrs Stallard James John, Panborough inn

Bunn John, stone mason & builder Burrow William, farmer, Barrow ho Stone William, shopkeeper

Catley Charles, farmer Champeny Charles, jun. farmer Stott Thomas, farmer

Watts Robert, fatmer Champeny John, farmer Tincknell-, baker

THORNE (formerly THORN CoFFIN) is a small parish £2oo, including go acres of glebe, with residence, in the gift

and village, 3 miles north-west from Yeovil and 2 miles of William Hargreaves esq. and held since 1878 by the Rev.
north-east from Montacute station on the Durston and Richard Spooner Bond M.A. of Hertford College, Oxford.

Yeovil section of the Great Western railway, in the Southern Thorne House is the residence of His Honor Judge James
division of the county, Tintinhull hundred, Yeovil petty John Hooper M.A., J.P. who is lord of the manor and chief

sessional division, union and county court district, Martock landowner. The soil is loamy and clayey ; subsoil, clay and
district of the rural deanery of Ilchester, archdeaconry of heavy sand. The land is chiefly in pasturage; the acreage
Wells and diocese of Bath and Wells. The church of St. is 4o6; rateable value, £x,o31; the population in 1881
Andrew is an ancient building of Ham stone in the Early i was 1xo.

English style, consisting of chancel, nave, north porch and i Sexton, George Welch.
a turret containing 2 bells: on the south side of the nave is 1 WALL LETTER Box, cleared at 8.25 a.m. & 4·35 p.m. j sun-
a memorial window, erected in 1864, to Charles and Susan l day, 11.35 a.m. Letters by foot post through Yeovil,
Pearson and their youngest daughter : the pulpit is of oak, which is the nearest money order & telegraph office,
and bears the date 1624 : there are sittings for 70 persons. arrive at 8 a. m

The register dates from the year 1695. The living is a The children of this place attend Chilthorne Domer National
rectory, average tithe rent-charge £120, gross yearly value school

Bond Rev.RichardSpoonerM.A.Rectory Marsh John, farmer Symes William, farmer
Trim Alfred Charles, cowkeeper
Hooper His Honor Judge James John Marsh William, farmer, Manor farm Welch George, sexton

M.A., J.P. Thome house Mathews Charles Manley, boot maker

Colley Bennett, carpenter

THORN ST. MARGARET is a village and parish, Alien B.A. of Sidney Sussex College, Cambridge. William

situated between the river Tone and the Great Western Ayshford Sanford esq. D.L., J.P. of Nynehead Court, Robert

railway, 3 miles west from Wellington station on the Bristol Arundel Were esq. of Easterlands, Sampford Arundell,

and Exeter section of the Great Western railway and st Thomas Henry Ricketts Winwood esq. M.A., D.L., J.P. of

south from Wiveliscombe, in the Western division of the Wellisford Manor, Langford Budville, Rev. Lewis Morgan

county, Milverton hundred, Wellington petty sessional M.A. and Thomas Williams esq. are the chief landowners.

division, union and county court district, rural deanery of The soil is sandy, and the subsoil, limestone and sandstone,

Wellington, archdeaconry of Taunton and diocese of Bath The crops are wheat, barley and turnips; the acreage is

and Wells. The church of St. Margaret is a building of 824; rateable value, £891 ; the population in 1881. was u8.

stone in various styles, consisting of chancel with south Sexton, Stephen Braddick.

aisle, nave of three bays, south aisle, south porch, vestry Letters by foot post from Wellington, which is the nearest

and an embattled western tower, containing 3 bells: the money order & telegraph office, arrive at 9 a.m. The

seats are open: there is a brass of the Tudor period to - nearest LETTER Box is at Holywell Lake

Worth, with curious Latin epitaph and translation: the A School Board of 5 members was formed April29, 1874;

church, with the exception of the tower, was entirely rebmlt E. L. Michell, pf Wellington, is clerk to the board

in 1865, and has xoo sittings. The register dates from the Board School (mixed), erected at Holywell Lake, in the

year 1715. The living is a vicarage, tithe rent-charge £54• parish of Wellington, at a cost of about £8oo, for 81

net yearly value £ xso, in the gift of the Archdeacon of children ; average attendance, 65; Miss Rosa Morrish,

ITaunton, and held since 1878 by the Rev. Thomas Watson mistress [ Hattin James, farmer, Manor farm

Alien Rev. Thomas Watson B.A.[vicar], Carpenter John, farmer, Rew·
Vicarage Channing Thomas, farmer, Baisley Hawkins John, farmer, Shippen farm

THORNFALCON is a parish, situated on the main road marriages and burials, 1726. The living is a rectory, tithe

from Taunton to Ilminster, about 3! miles east from Taun- rent-charge £120, net yearly value £230, including 73!
ton, with a station in Ruishton parish, called Thorne, on the acres of glebe, with residence, in the gift of John Batten esq.
Chard branch of the Great Western railway, in the Bridg- and held since x881 by the Rev. Augustus William Henry

water division of the county, hundred of North Curry, Langford B.A. of Brasenose College, Oxford. Court House
Taunton petty sessional division, union and county court is the residence of Edmund Chisholm-Batten esq. M. A., l.P.
district, rural deanery and archdeaconry of Taunton and the lord of the manor. John Batten, Edmund Cbisholm-

diocese of Bath and Wells. The church of the Holy Cross Batten and Herbert Batten esqrs. are the landowners. The
is an ancient building of stone in mixed styles, consisting of soil is chiefly clay and red marl ; subsoil, marl. The chief
chancel, nave, south porch and an embattled western tower crops are wheat, beans and roots and about half is pas-

containing 3 bells: some of the bench ends are finely carved: ture land. The area is 810 acres ; rateable value, £1,380;
in the chancel is a memorial to the Rev. Benjamin Jouxton, the population in 1881 was 179.
24 years rector, who died in 1739: the church was restored Letters through Taunton, which is the nearest money order
in x!:s82, under the direction of Mr. Edmund Ferrey, architect, & telegraph office, arrive at 7.30 a. m
when the nave was improved by the substitution of oak panel- Parish Schools (mixed), for 35 children; average attendance,
ling for the plaster ceiling: there are sittings for 120 per- 30; Mrs. Turner, mistress

sons. The register of baptisms dates from the year 1725 ; Railway Station, Thorne, Frederick Vowles, station master

Chisholm-Batten Edmund M.A., J.P. Beere Robert, farmer MitchamSamuel,frmr.LowerManorfnn
Richards Robert, farmer, Ash farm
Court house Day David, farmer, Manor farm Stevens William, blacksmith

LangfordRev.Aug.Wm.Hy.B.A.Rectory Gosling Samuel, butcher

Barrington William, farmer Hole Henry, Nag's Head P.H Tout William, wheelwright

THURLBEAR is a parish, situated on the road from net yearly value £38o, including 33 acres of glebe, with two

Taunton to Chard, about 3~ miles south-east from Taunton houses, in the gift of Viscount Portman, and held since x885

and 2! south-south-west from Thorne station on the Chard by the Rev. Henry Fitzhardinge Berkeley Portman M.A. of

branch of the Great Western railway, in the Bridgwater MagdalenCollege, Oxford, who resides at Orchard-Portman.
division of the county, hundred of North Curry, Taunton Viscount Portman is lord of the manor and sole landowner.
petty sessional division, union and county court district, The soil is mostly clay; subsoil, clay. The chief crops are

rural deanery and archdeaconry of Taunton and diocese of wheat, beans and roots, and there is some grazing land.

Bath and Wells. The church of St. Thomas is an ancient The area is 955 acres; rateable value, £848; the population
edifice of stone in the Norman style, consisting of chancel, in 1881 was 133.

nave of four bays, aisles, south porch and Perpendicular Sexton, John Tarr.
embattled western tower, containing 4 bells : there are some Letters through Taunton, the nearest money order & tela-

good stained windows: there are sittings for x6o persons. graph office, arrive at 8.30 a.m
'fhe register dates from 1700. The living is a vicarage, School (mixed), erected in 1872, for the parishes of Stoke
annexed with that of Stoke St. Mary to the rectory of St. Mary & Thurlbear, for 100 children; average attend-

Orchard-Portman, average tithe rent-charge £309, joint ance, 65; Miss S. D. Costillo, mistress

Birt Edward, farmer Doble Edwin, Lime Kiln inn Low Joseph,woods manager to Viscount

Bulpin Mary (Mrs.),lime burner & frmr Durk Matilda (Mrs.), farmer Portman, Winter Well house

Cary George, farmer,BadgerStreet farm 'faylor Albion, farmer, Greenway farm Tarr John, carpenter

'

DIRECTORY.] SOl\IERSETSHlRE. TIMBERSCOMBE. 371

THURLOXTON is a parish and village, situated on the I sittings for 170 persons. The register of baptisms and

Iroad from 'faunton to Bridgwater, about 5! miles north-eMt I burials dates from the year 1558; marnages, 1698. The

from the former and s! south-west from the latter town living is a rectory, average tithe rent-charge £74, net yearly

and 3 miles north-west from Durston station on the main value £184, including 85 acres of glebe, with house, in the
line of the Great Western railway, in the Bridgwater division gift of Viscount Portman, and held since 1859 by the Rev.
of the county, hundred of North Petherton, Bridgwater Robert Leach Bartlett B.A. of Wadham College, Oxford.

petty sessional division, union and county court district, Viscount Portman, who is lord of the manor, and William
rural deanery of Bridgwater, archdeaconry of Taunton and Harrison esq. are the chief landowners. The soil is heavy
diocese of B&th and Wells. The church of St. Giles is an sand and gravel; subsoil, sand and stone brash. The chief
ancient buildmg of local stone, consisting of chancel, nave crops are wheat, barley, roots and some grazing land. The

of three bays, north aisle, south porch and an embattled area is 551 acres; rateable value, £.I,30I ; the population in

western tower containing 5 bells, one being re-cast, one 1881 was 161.

added and the entire peal rehong on a new frame in 1884 at Parish Clerk, James Porter.
a cost of £350: the north aisle was added in 1868: the PosT OFFICE.-Robert Nation, receiver. Letters are re-
ancient pulpit is of oak, beautifully carved, and the screen, ceived at 8.30 a.m. through Taunton, & dispatched at

apparently Jacobean, is also of carved oak: the font is of 4·45 p.m. on week days; no delivery on sunday. North
Ham stone: the east window is a memorial to Thomas Petherton is the nearest money order & telegraph office.
Colmer Colthurst esq. d. May 14, 1883, and the west win- WALL Box, near Green Dragon inn, cleared at 4·55 p.m
dow to various members of the Harrison family: a stained Parochial School (mixed & infants), built in 1863, by Lord

window was erected on the south side in 1887: there are Portman; average attendance, 45; Miss Bargery, mistrss

Bartlett Rev. Robert Leach B.A.Rectory Farthing Herbert,farmer, Manor house Morris Frederick, farmer

Colman William Jean Heal'Francis, farmer Phillips John, Green Dragon P.H

Paramore Mrs Kidner Fras. farmer, ,Bullingshay farm Porter James, builder
I
Seaman William

TICKENHAM is a parish and long straggling village, senting the Crucifixion: there are sittings for 300 persons.

situated on the southern declivity of a range of hills, at The register dates from the year 1538. The living is a

the foot of which runs a small mill stream; it is 3 miles vicarage, average tithe rent-charge £126, net yearly value

north-west from Nailsea station on the Bristol and Exeter £215, in the gift of the Bishop of Worcester, and held since

section of the Great Western railway, and 10 west from 1887 by the Rev. Joseph Byrchmore. The Brethren have a

Bristol, in the Northern division of the county, Bedminster small chapel here. Cadbury Barrow, on the summit of a hlll

union, Portbury hundred, petty sessional division of Long in this parish, is supposed to have been a Roman encamp-

Ashton, Bristol county court district, Portishead district of ment. From this hill a good view of the Bristol channel
the rural deanery of Chew, archdeaconry of Bath and may be obtained. Sir John Henry Greville Smyth bart. K.A.,

diocese of Bath and Wells. The church of SS. Quiricus and J.P. of Ashton Court, Long Ashton, is lord of the manor;
Julietta is an ancient building of stone in different styles, and Sir Edmund Harry Elton bart. J.P. of Clevedon Court;
consisting of chancel with aisles, nave, aisles, south porch Antony Gibbs esq. J.P. of Tyntesfield, Wraxall; Miss I. M.

and an embattled western tower, with pinnacles, containing Brackenridge, of Claremont, Highdale road, Clevedon; and

6 bells, the oldest dating from 1632: the chancel arch is Miss Horlor, are the principal landowners. The soil on
Early Norman; the arcades belong to the Early Decorated the north side of the village is sandy and loamy, on a bed of
period ; the windows of the aisles and their parapets are limestone and rock ; on the south it is marshy and peat.

Perpendicular; here is an Early English font in good pre- The area is 1,627 acres; rateable value, £2,834; the popu-
servation : the north aisle contains three curious recumbent lation in 1881 was 332.
figures; the first two, dating from the 12th century, are Parish Clerk, George Ware.
apparently Crusaders, supposed to represent members of the Letters through Clevedon arrive at 10 a. m. The nearest
Berkeley family, of Tickenham, who once resided at the money order & telegraph office is at Nailsea. WALL Box
Court-house: the third is the effigy of a lady wearing a cleared at 3 p.m

so ;wimple and very long robe, held up by one hand: in the Parochial School (mixed), for 8o children ; average attend-

south chancel aisle is some ancient stained glass, repre- ance, Miss M. A. Louisa Dutton, mistress

Byrchmore Rev. Joseph, Rectory Coombs Harriett (Mrs.), farmer Toop Thomas, farmer, South view
Churchus George Evans William, farmer Vowles Elizabeth (Mrs.), farmer, The
Coles Misses Gagg John, market gardener
Winstone John Hamlin Edward, market gardener Rookery
Harris Elizabeth (Mrs.), Star P.H Vowles James, farmer, West End farm
COMMERCIAL. Haskans Joseph, market gardener Vowles John, farmer, Batch farm
Betty James, farmer Vowles Joseph,farmer,Brown Rock frm
Bishop Clement, miller (water), Ticken~ Marsh Henry Martin, farmer, "Ticken-
ham House farm Vowles Martha (Mrs.),farmer,Stonedge
ham mill Vowles William, farmer, Rocks farm
Canter Giles, market gardener Morgan Benjamin, farmer, Folly farm Wallis Edwd. farmer, Luggards cross

Rails William, farmer Winstone Wm. Tickenham Court farm

TIMBERSCOMBE is a parish and village, situated on Clark esq. are the principal landowners. The soil is red sand-

3tthe road from Dunster to Dulverton, 8 miles south-west stone and limestone; the subsoil various, mostly rock. The

from Williton, south-west from Dunster station on the chief crops are wheat, barley and turnips. The acreage is
West Somerset branch of the Great Western railway and 3 1,902 ; rateable value, £3,155; the population in 1881 was

south from Minehead, in the Western division of the county, 357·
hundred of Carhampton, petty sessional division of Dunster, By Local Government Orders, which came into operat10n
union and county court district of Williton, rural deanery of
Dunster, archdeaconry of Taunton and diocese of Bath ~nd March 25, x883, a detached part of Carhampton, known as
Beasley, was amalgamated with 'fimberscombe and de-
Wells. The church of St. Michael is a building of stone of tached parts of this parish, known as EAST LYNCH and
the 15th century, consisting of chancel, nave of four bays, STADFORD RocKs, were amalgamated respectively with
south aisle, north porch and an embattled western tower SELWORTHY and CUTCOMBE.
containing 5 bells: the tower was rebuilt by Richard Parish Clerk, John Huxtable.
Elsworth esq. : there is a handsome carved screen : the
chancel was restored in 1862 and the body of the church in PosT OFFICE.-Mrs. Mary Lyddon, sub-postmistress. Let-
1882: there are sittings for 147 persons. The register dates ters arrive from Taunton via Dunster, by foot post, at
from the year x6s6. The living is a vicarage, average tithe 8.15 a.m. ; dispatched at 4.25 p.m. except sunday. The
rent-charge £176, net yearly value {,266, including 12 acres nearest money order & telegraph office is at Dunster.
of glebe, with residence, in the gift of the Bishop of Bath and Postal orders are issued here, but not paid

Wells, and held since 1876 by Rev. Robert James Crosswell Endowed School (mixed); average attendance, 65; founded

M. A. of Oriel College, Oxford, and surrogate. The poor have by Richard Elsworth in 1714; the governors of the

£w yearly from Elsworth's charity mentioned below. Wors- charity contribute £1 annually for every child passing

ley Battersby esq. J.P. of Knowle, who is lord of the manor, the government examination ; Samuel Overmass, master ;

Rt. Hon. Sir Thomas Dyke Acland hart. P.c. and Henry Mrs. M. A. Overmass, mistress

Battersby Worsley J.P. Knowle Coles John, farmer Hurford George, shoe maker
Crosswell Rev. Robt. Jas. M.A. Vicarage Davis Elizh. (Miss), Rose & Crown P.H Huxtable John, jun. wheelwright
Merson Francis, farmer, Bickham
Kendall Thomas Rousby, Great house Edwards George, tailor Morgan Geo. miller (water), The Mills
COMMERCIAL. Floyd William, mason Norris John, farmer, Dudding's farm
Gibbs John, Lion inn, & farmer Phillips James & Son, millers (water),
Brewer Thomas, farmer, Slade farm Grabham William, blacksmith
Brewer Thomas, wheelwright Cowbridge mills
Hensley 'fhomas, saddler & shopkeeper
Clatworthy William, market gardener

S. G. & B. 24*

372 TIMBERSCOMBE. SOMERSETSHIRE. [KELLY'S

Pngsley William, tailor & shopkeeper Tapp Jame.!', farmer, Croydon farm Townsend William, farmer, Harwood
Sayer George, farmer, Well Tapp John, farmer, Harwood Williams Robert, shoe maker

Stenner Samuel, butcher Townsend John, farmer

'TIMSBURY is a parish and village, situated one mile from 130 to 230 fathoms, both entirely free from explosive

and a half east from the high road from Bath to Wells and gas and in full work. The Somersetshire coal canal skirts the

·one mile north-west from Camerton terminal station of a parish on the south. Timsbury House, the seat of Samborne

branch of the Great Western railway, 8 south from Keyus- Stukely Palmer-Samborne esq. J.P. is a fine old Elizabethan

ham, 8 south-west from Bath, in the Northern division of mansion. Pendoggett is the residence of Captain Francis

the county, Chew hundred, Clutton union, Temple Cloud Lamb Philp .T.P. The principal landowners are S. S.

petty sessional division and county court district, Bath dis- Palmer-Samborne esq. William Rees-Mogg esq. D.L., J.P.

trict of the rural deanery and archdeaconry of Bath and dio- of Cholwell House, and the Timsbury Manor Company.

cese of Bath and Wells. The church of St. Mary is a modern The soil is a rich loam; subsoil, white lias. The chief crops

building of stone in the Gothic style, consisting of chancel, are wheat, oats and barley, and about three-fourths of pas-

nave of four bays, aisles, transepts, south porch and an em- ture. The area is 1,148 acres; rateable value, £5,274; and

battled western tower, with pinnacles, containing 6 bells: the the population in 1881 was 1,424.

churchyard is 516 feet above the level of the sea: the old Parish Clerk, James Newth.

·parish church was pulled down and rebuilt in 1826: in 1852 p osT, M. 0 . & T. 0 ., s• B. & Anow'ty & Insurance Office.-
the Rev. R. Hill M. A. then rector, added a handsome chancel Ernest Weaver Stamp, receiver. Letters from Bath

and transepts, from designs by the late Sir G. Gilbert Scott arrive at 7w.2e0eka.dmay. s&; s3upnd.may. s;, dispatched at u a. m. &
R.A. and in x886 the old square pews and the north and 6. 55 p.m. dispatched at 10. 3o a.m

south galleries were removed, under a faculty granted by WALL LETTER Box at Radford, cleared at 7.15 p.m. week
the bishop : a new organ was also placed in the north days only

transept at the same time: there are sittings for 400 per- INSURANCE AGENT.-Imperial Fire, T. Keeling, 4 South view
sons. The register dates from 1561. The living is a rectory,
average tithe rent-charge £ 252, gross yearly value g£if3t70of, National School (mixed & infants'), erected in 1830 by
including 6o acres of glebe, with residence, in the public subscriptions & enlarged at different periods, for

Balliol College, Oxford, and held since 1g83 by the Rev. 294 children; average attendance, 70 boys, so girls & 87
Leigh Thomas Rendell M.A. of that college. There are Con- infants; Albert Arnold, master ; Mrs. Alice Arnold~
mistress ; Miss Alice Evans, assistant mistress
gregational, wesleyan and Free Methodist chapels. The

church land produces £xs 15s. yearly, arising from the rents CARRIERS TO:-
of two houses and gardens. In this parish there are two col- BATH-Alfred Mullins, every day except fri

lieries-" Conygre" and "Lower Conygre," varying in depth BRISTOL-Robert Sims, thurs. & sat

Bartlett John, Tyning house Crang Findlater, surgeon, & medical Mullins Alfred, carrier

Crang Findlater officer & public vaccinator, Clutton Newth James, shopkeeper

Evans John district, Clutton union Oxley Charles Smith, colliery agent

Gray Henry F. Hillside Doman Charles, farmer Padfield James, colliery clerk

Oxley Charles Smith, South Hill house Emery Phinetta, shoe maker Payne J ames, colliery under manager

Palmer-Samboroe Sambome Stukely Fear Henry, academy Perry William, blacksmith

;r,p, Timsbury house Flower Frederick, carpenter Pitt Henry, New ion

. Parsons Miss, Wall mead Flower Henry, stone mason Rossiter, Thatcher & Co. brewers &

- PhilpCapt.FrancisLamb J.P.Pendoggett Gilson James, farmer, Dunford maltsters

Rendell Rev. Leigh Thos. M.A. Rectory Gregory John, farmer Sims Robert, carrier

Rossiter Joseph Kelson, Radford Gregory John, jun. assistant overseer Smith Alfred, plumber

Thatcher John, Radford Hall Thomas, farmer, Slate farm Samborne, Smith & Co. Timsbury

COMMERCIAL. Hodder Geo. jun.colliery under managr collieries (John Treasure, manager;
Holbrook Chas. grocer, baker & draper Charles Smith Oxley, agent; Joseph

Bendell William, beer retailer & grocer Holbrook Henry, shoe maker Heal, engineer)

Bendell Frank, beer retailer Holbrook John, marine store dealer Stamp Ernest Weaver, draper & grocer,

Bush Thomas, tailor James James (Mrs.), beer retailer Post office

Coles Kezia (Mrs.), grocer Keeling Valentine, carpenter Tucker George, butcher

Collins William Nuth, miller & farmer, Lippiatt William, farmer, Wall mead Tucker Thomas Bames, butcher

. Timsbury steam & water mills,Radfrd Moxham Jacob, blacksmith White George, farmer

TINTINHULL is a parish and village, situated on the including glebe, with residence, in the gift of Viscount

high road from Martock to Yeovil, giving name to the bun- Arbuthnott, and held since x871 by the Rev. John Bezaleel

dred in which it is situated ; it is 4! miles north-west from Hyson. Here is a Baptist chapel, with xoo sittings. Viscount
Yeovil, 2! south-west from Ilchester and ~~ north from Arbuthnott, who is lord of the manor, and the Ecclesiastical

Montacute station on the Yeovtl and Durston branch of the Commissioners, are the chit-£ landowners. A fussilised
Great Western railway, in the Southern division of the ichthyosaurus has recently been dug up, measuring 22 feet
county, Yeovil petty sessional division, union and county in length. Glove making is carried on here, and provides

court district, Martock district of Ilchester rural deanery, employment for a large number of hands. The soil is

archdeaconry of Wells and diocese of Bath and Wells. The clayey, and the subsoil clay. The chief crops are wheat and

church of St. Margaret is an ancient building of stone in beans, and a large portion in pasture. The area is 1,990
the Early English style, consisting of chancel, nave, south acres ; rateable value, £4,056 ; the population in x881 was

porch and a tower on the north side containing 5 bells : 403.
there is a brass, with three-quarter effigy in cope, to John Parish Clerk, Henry Gawler.

Heth, rector of Tintinhull and Chisleborough, and canon of PosT OFFICE.-George Stagg, receiver. Letters through

Sarum, ob. 1464; the inscription includes two Latin verses: Yeovil, arrive at 81.03•030a.am. m. .; & are dispatched at o3rd.3e0r
there are other brasses to John Stone, rector, ob. 1416, and p.m. ; suodays at The nearest money
to Thomas Nappier, ob. 1650: in 1885 the building was
office is at Ilchester, & telegraph office at Montacute rail-

rest.Jred at a cost of about £1,700, the south side of the way station. Postal orders are issued here, but not paid
chancel being rebuilt, new roofs fixed, the floor re-laid and
tb'l interior reseated: there are sittings for 200 persons. Police Station, John Cluse, constable
T.te register dates from the year x68o. The living is a National School (mixed), built in 1848, for 90 children;

-vicarage, tithe rent-charge £31, gross yearly value £I6o, average attendance, 56; Miss Ellen Banger, mistress

Hiscock Edward Epton Thomas, boot maker Pearse Richard, butcher

Hyson Rev. John Bezaleel, Vicarage Farthing John, farmer Penny Samuel Bradford, farmer

Penny Samuel Bradford Farthing Thomas (Mrs.), farmer Pinney Cornelius, farmer & hay dealer

Stone Richard Jenkyn South, Lyme ho Farthing William, farmer, Winter's frm Pippard George, boot maker

Southcombe Robert, Westeria villa Francis John, farmer Read John, farmer, College farm

COMMERCIAL, Francis Mary (Miss), farmer SnellSimeon,farmer,HalfwayHousefrm

Allen Alfred, blacksmith Hallett Jacob Cridland,frmr.Manorfrm Southcombe & Sons, glove manufac-

Baker George Frederick, Lamb P.H Hayne William, farmer, Gentile farm turers; & at Montacute

Baker Wm.miller(water),Welham's mill Isaac Andrew, butcher Stagg George, carpenter, Post office

Beaton Mary (Miss), shopkeeper Loader William, baker Stone Richard, beer retailer

Brooks William, farmer Manley George, farmer, Waiter's fann Swain Emma (Mrs.) & William, dairy

Clark John, dairyman Moody George, farmer, Bearley farm 'fruman CarolineAugusta (Miss),schnol

Cole Samuel, Victoria P.H. & farmer Ostler William (Mrs.), farmer Tucker Waiter Burton, farmer
ITOLLAND is a parish and village, 4 miles north-by-east branch of the Great Western railway, 10 north-west from
from Wiveliscombe station on the Devon and Somerset Taunton.,in the Western division of the county, hundred of

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DIRECTORY.] SOMERSETSHIRE. TRENT.,. 373

Taunton Dean, petty sessional division of Bishops Lydeard, ".;fa~u JJtrmnt. mo," and on the left side a partition o• f

Taunton union and county court district, Wiveliscombe dis- carved and panelled oak, with an ornamented plaster cornice;
trict of the rural deanery of Taunton, archdeaconry of a door, over which are the initials ''I. T." leads through into

Taunton and diocese of Bath and Wells. The church of St. a with-drawing room; these initials are assumed to stand

John the Baptist is a building of red sandstone in the Early for James Turberville, Bishop of Exeter {I5SS-6o), who is

English style, consisting of chancel, nave, north aisle with believed to have lived here in seclusion after his deprivation

arcade of three arches and an embattled western tower in 1559, and to have then refitted and decorated the

oontaining 3 bells: the church was restored in 1872 at a mansion. At the back of the house, in an orchard, is a fish

cost of £1oo, and has sittings for 92 persons. The register pond, with a island therein, the surplus water flowing over

dates from the year 17o6. The living is a rectory, average the pond head by a stream into Tolland water at the foot of

tithe rent-charge £n7, net yearly value £156, including 42 the hill. The manor of Gavelden or Gaulden, anciently one

acres of glebe, with house, in the gift of the Lord Chan- of the possessions of Taunton priory, was granted by Hen.

eellor, and held since 1872 by the Rev. Henry Graydon John- VIII. in 1544, to William Standish, who died 7 Edw. VI.

ston B.A. of Trinity College, Dublin. There is a charity of (1553) ;_ in 7 Eliz. (1565) it appears to have belonged to

2s. 6d. yearly value. Gaulden Manor House, now a farm Francis Southwell, on the failure of whose issue it came

house, is internally of considerable interest ; the principal to the Wynne family, by whom it was held till after 1587.

entrance, on the west, opens into a passage leading on the There is now no manor. The Rev. Maurice Yescombe, the

right to the hall, an apartment 30 feet in length by 15 I trustees of Horner's charity, and Miss Yea are the chief

wide, with a panelled plaster ceiling, enriched in the !landowners. The soil is clay, ragg and sand. The crops
centre with a fine fluted pendant~ a deP.p cornice, running i are wheat, turnips, oats and barley. The acreage is 813 ;

round the greater part of the walls, exhibits in plaster rateable value, £I,I6o; the po~ulation in 1881 was 129.

various subjects from the Old and New Testaments, in- Parish Clerk, .David Bosley. l

eluding "theTemptationofAdam," "thePresentationofthe Letters by foot post through Wiveliscombe R.S.O. which is

Head of John the Baptist," "King David playing the Harp" the nearest money order & telegraph office, arrive at 8

and emblematical figures, badges and numerous mottoes: a.m. WALL LETTER Box, cleared at 5.10 p.m. week

over the chimney piece are four shields of arms, one being days only

those of the Turberville family, of Bere Regis, Dorset; the This place is included in the United School Board district

remaining three have the same coat impaling :Norris, Carew of Brompton Ralph & Tolland, the school being in the

and Toner : on the stone lintel of the fireplace is the legend former parish

JohnstonRev.Hy.Graydon B.A. [rector] Bruford Nicholas, farmer& landowner, James Edwin, miller (water) & farmer

MooreMajor John (late 14th foot regt. ), Court house Nurtley John, farmer, Dobles

East Town cottage Davis James, farmer, Gaulden farm Rich John, farmer, Grove

Bird George, blacksmith Hole Thomas, carpenter

r

TREBOROUGH is a small scattered village and parish, quarry of the finest blue slate, formerly worked by Messrs.

I! miles east from Comberow terminals1iation on the West William and John W. Pritchard, but now closed. Sir Alfred

Somerset Mineral railway, 6 south-west from Williton Wilson Trevelyan hart. of Nettlecombe Court, is lord of the

station on the West Somerset branch of the Great Western manor and sole landowner. The acreage of the parish iB

railway, 8 north-west from Wiveliscombe, in the Western 1,799; rateable value, £1,073; the population in 1881 was

division of the county, hundred of Carhampton, petty ses- I 50.

sional division of Dunster, Williton union and county court Parish Clerk, James Staddon.

district, Wiveliscombe district of the rural deanery of Letters arrive from Washford R.S.O. at about 9.30 a.m.
Taunton, archdeaconry of Taunton and diocese of Bath and WALL Box cleared at 4.40 p.m. week days only. The
Wells. The church of St. Peter is a small edifice of stone, nearest money order & telegraph office is at Washford

in the Geometrical and Perpendicular styles, so feet long by A School Board of 5 members was formed January 12, 1881 t
15 feet wide, and consists of chancel, nave, south porch and
an embattled western tower containing 3 bells: there are Rev. A. Gale, clerk to the board; James Young, Dunster,
sittings for 200 persons. The existing register dates from attendance officer

1813. The living is a rectory, gross yearly value £16o, in- Board School (mixed), erected in I865, with a residence for

-eluding 28 acres of glebe, with house, in the gift of Sir mistress, built by the late Sir W. Trevelyan hart. ;• it will

Alfred Wilson Trevelyan hart. and held since 1869 by the hold 70 children; average attendance, 27; Mrs. Alice

Rev. John Alfred Estcourt Gale. Here is an extensive Wadsworth, mistress

Bagshot Joseph Barnes, Treborough ldg Bishop John, farmer, Lower Court farm Howe John, farmer

Gale Rev. John AlfredEstcourt,Rectory Bryant Jane (Mrs.), carter Thorne William, fa.,.,rmmer, Sminies

Baker John, shopkeeper Dyer Charles, farmer Vellacott Eli, farmer, Chapman's farm

Bishop Daniel, farmer, Higher court

TRENT is a parish, with the hamlet of AnBER·WITH· The living is a rectory, tithe rent-charge £372, with resi-
HUMMER, bounded on the west by the river Yeo, on the dence and 45 acres of glebe, in the gift of T. Thistle esq, ot

Dorsetshire border of the county, 3 miles north-east from Whitby, Yorks, and held since 1875 by the Rev. Charles

Yeovil, 3 sout.h from Marston station on the Great Western Richmond Tate B.D. late fellow of Corpus Christi college,

railway, in the Southern division of the county, Horethorne Oxford. There are charities of £48 yearly value, for distri-

hundred, Sherborne union, Yeovil petty sessional division bution in money, and four almshouses, founded and en-

and county court district, rural deanery of Merston, arch- dowed by deed in 1846 and 1861, by Mrs. Turner, for aged

deaconry of Wells and diocese of Bath and Wells. The people ; the endowment, derived from about £2,131 Consols.

·church of St. Andrew is a beautiful edifice of stone in the amounts to about £64 a year. Near the entrance to the

Early Decorated style, consisting of chancel, nave, north churchyard is a chantry house, built by John Frank, a

.chantry chapel, south transept, south porch and a tower native of Trent, Master of the Rolls in the reign of Henry

at the south-east angle, with pinnacles and a fine spire, and VI. and acting Lord Chancellor and Keeper of the Great

containing 5 bells : all the windows are stained : there are Seal, April 22 to May 23, 7433, who left £I,ooo to Oriel

earved benches of early date and four of these bear the College, Oxford, out of which a chantry priest was to ~

4 ' Ave Maria : " there is also a very beautifully carved maintained here, and four fellows at the College. The

screen, and the carving of the pulpit represents scenes in the Manor House, formerly occupied by the Wyndham family,

early life of our Lord : in the chancel is a quaint but is famous as the place in which Charles II. was concealed for

splendid monument to Tristam Storke, a former owner of fifteen days after the battle of Worcester, September 3,

this manor, ob. 1532: in the north chantry chapel are re- x651 ; it is now the property of Miss Jane Seymour, and the

~Cumbent effigies in stone, one representing Sir Roger Wyke, residence of Alexander Baillie esq. Miss Jane Seymour,
a knight of the reign of Edward Ill. and the other a frank- only daughter of the late Alfred Seymour esq. now a minor,

liD or gentleman of earlier date : in the church is a mural is lady of the manor and chief landowner. The soil is

monument to Sir Francis Wyndham, baronet of Trent, ob. alluvial and sandy loam; the subsoil is strong clay. The
1676, and Anne (Gerard), his wife, ob. t698: and in the chief crops are pasture, arable and orchard produce. The
nave is a handsome monument to Sir Francis Wyndham~ area is 1,590 acres; rateable value, £3,900; the population
4th and last baronet, d. April, 1715: and others to William in 1881 was 46!ll.
Gerard, ob. 16o4; Anna, wife of Thomas Gerard, ob, 1633 Parish Clerk, William Batson.

and to the Rev. William Henry Turner B.D. 40 years Letters through Sherborne (Dorset), arrive at 9.30 a.m~

rector, d. 1875: there are brasses to Henry Seymour esq. d. WALL LETIER Box cleared at 5 p.m. The nearest money

1849 and to Henry Danby Seymour, d. 1877: the chapel is order & telegraph office is at Nether Compton
entered through an archway bearing the genealogical tree
of the Gerard and Coker families : the church was restored The Endowed & National Schools were amalgamated in 1878
and enlarged in 1840, at a cost of £2,000: there are sittings & are under the supervision of 6 governors, of whom the
fur 276 persons. The register dates from the year 1558. rector is ex-officio, three being elected by the vestry & two

374 S0]\1ERSETSHJRE. (KELLY'S

by the magistrates for the Yeovil division: the endow- National School (mixed), built in x865 & enlarged in :r882,

ment of £120 yearly, left by John Young in 1678, is ap- for xoo children; average attendance, 70; Roland 0.

plied to the support of the united schools Venton, master

Baillie Alexander, Manor house Brine Emma (Mrs.), dairy Mitchell Elizh.Sarah (Mrs. ),fm1r.Adber

Mercer John Robert Whitley Constan- Brine George, carpenter Oatway Edwd. Palmer, frmr. Hummer

tine, Hummer Brooks Emanuel, tailor Smith David, Seymour Arms P.H

Tate Rev. Chas. Richmond B.D. Rectory Brooks Mary.Ann k.Jane(Misses),farmrs Spurdle Frederick, farmer, Adber

COMMERCIAL. Brooks William Peaty, farmer Squire Edward, boot maker
Collis J ames, dairyman Stacey John, farmer

Adams John, butcher Cressey Waiter, carpenter, Adber Stacey Thomas, farmer

Adams Ruth (Miss.), shopkeeper Down John Noake, farmer Strode Henry, farmer, Adber

Andrews Richard, farmer, Hummer Dyke Henry, farmer, Adber Toms Henry, farmer

Batson Thomas, dairyman, Rowbarrow Garret George, thatcher ' Tuck James, farmer

Brine Arthur, carpenter, Adber Hill Robart, rope maker, Adber Udall Frederick, miller (water)

Brine Edward, painter & glazier Hunt George, blacksmith & carpenter

TRULL is a parish and village, situated on the high road burials dates from 1670; marriages, 1678, The living is a'

from Taunton to Honiton, 2 miles south-west from the vicarage, gross yearly value £150, with residenee, in the

former, the nearest railway stat.ion, in the Western division gift of Francis Wheat Newton esq. of Barton Grange, and

of the county, hundred of Taunton Dean, Taunton petty held since x882 by the Rev. John Henry Southam M. A. of St.

sessional division, union and county court district, rural John's College, Cambridge. F. W. Newton esq. is the owner

deanery and archdeaconry of Taunton and diocese of Bath of the great and small tithes. Queen's (Wesleyan) College,

and Wells. The church of All Saints, formerly belonging situated in this parish, is described under Taunton. The

to the priory of Taunton, is an edifice of local stone of the parish lands produce £ xoo yearly, which is divided into four

Perpendicular period, consisting of chancel, nave of three equal parts, ·one for the maintenance of the fabric of the

bays, aisles, south porch and an embattled western tower of church, one for the support of the school, and the remain-

two stages, with pinnacles, and containing 6 bells~ some of ing portion for distribution in clothing and money. The

the ancient 16th century benches have very richly-carved Wyatt charity produces £25 yearly, half of which goes

ends; the series, as now existing, represelj.ts in part the towards the maintenance of the school, on condition that

ordinary Sunday procession of a small parish church of the fees to that amount are returned to Trull children ; the

period, and includes (I) a boy in a short surplice, carrying -other half being expended in providing prizes. Gatchell

a. cross; (2) a man in slashed trunk hose and short surplice, House is the residence of Je:fferys Charles Allen-Je:fferys esq.

carrying a candle or ,torch; (3) a similar figure, wearing a B.A., .J.P. The Rev. Beauchamp Kerr Warren Pearse M.A.

maniple on the left arm, and carrying a reliquary; (4) a 1 rector of Ascot, Berks, Mr. Dening and Mr. William Thomas~

man in a long surplice, holding an open book, possibly a · Mrs. Corner and Miss Blake are the chief landowners. The

deacon or a second priest; (5) the priest, vested in a fringed soil is marl; subsoil, new red sandstone. The chief crops

alb and embroidered cope, and holding an open book ; are wheat, barley, roots and grazing land. The area is

neither holy water nor incense is shown: another bench end 2,196 acres; rateable value, £7,789; the population in r881

exhibits the Instruments of the Passion and the figure of a was g6o.

eock, and two more hear the letters "S '1 and " W" respec- Parish Clerk, Henry Charles Sweet.

tively, the latter letter being upheld on the beaks of two Sexton, William Billett.

birds: at the. back o~ the furthest seat ar? eight _pam~ls, PosT OFFICE.-Albert John Bull, sub-postmaster. Letters
o!nam~,nted with the lmen patter~ and ~~~mg the ,mscrip-
tions, Job~ Waye Clarke he~e and, Stmon '\\a~man, through Taunton at 6. 25 a.m. & &3 p.m.; dispatched at
week days at 12 noon on sun-
maker of thts worke, Ano. Dm. 1-?00 : on the pulptt a~e 12 a.m. & 6, 3c5lopse.ms .fioven minutes before e ach dispatch.
days ; box
figures of St. ~ohn the. Evangelist and the four Lat~n
do~tors : _there IS an ancient screen of caryed oak and SIX Postal orders are issued here, but not paid. The nearest.
stamed WI~d_ows: the church was restored m 1862-3, under
the supervision of the late Rev. W. Jefferys Alien, at the money order & telegraph office is at Taunton. For Cut-

sey & Budleigh the post town is Wellington

cost of about £250, taken from a charity fund left by some Parochial School (mixed), erected in 1875, for this parish

person unknown in the reign of James I. : the chancel was & the adjacent portion of Pitminster parish, & enlarged

restored at the same time by F. W. Newton esq.: there in 1876, at a cost of £140, for x6o children; average

are sittings for 320 persons. The register of baptisms and attendance, 132; Harry Whale, master

PRIVATE RESIDENTS. 1 Morris Waiter, The Lawn Derham Samuel, builder & contractor,.
Allen-Je:fferys Je:fferys Ch~rles B.A.,J.P. I Southam Rev. John Henry M.A. The Oakfield

Gatchell house Vicarage Fudge Waiter, wheelwright

Allen Mrs. Gatchell house Sweet Henry Charles, Chilliswood Greenslade Richd. F. farmr.Chilliswood

Beckford Wm. Fuze, Summerleigh Welsh Mrs. Lower Comeytrowe Hawkins Thomas, farmer, Hamwood

Blake Miss, Dipford White Mrs. Boxhill Hedge Hewitt Francis & Seymour, farmers,

Cordwent Miss Woodland Mrs. Wild Oak Sweethay

Corner Mrs. Fair Lawn COMMERCIAL. Johns Jane (Mrs.),blacksmith&shopkpr

England Col. Edward L. (commanding· Braddick Mrs. farmer, Budleigh Langford John, blacksmith, Daw's grn

reg. dist-. No. 13), Kingsgatchell Bull Albert Jn. plumber & postmaster Mockridge Frederick, shopkeeper

Facey Mrs. Greenfield 1 Coram Stephen Hewitt, farmer,Hearse- Mogridge Henry, mason

Fowler William Herbert J.P. Claremont well farm Osborne William, wine & spirit mer

Greenslade Mrs. Fairfield Corp Frank,_ painter Player Francis, market gardener

McLean Miss, Wild Oak house Clements Sarah (Mrs.), farmer Slade Edwin, butcher

Morris Lieut. -Col. Ussher Lee R.M. Dening EdwinBenjamin, farmer &land- Webber Jn. farmer,Higher Comeytrowe

Hillbrook owner, Lower Comeytrowe [For remainder of names see Taunton.)

TWERTON (or TWEll.TON·ON-AvoN) is a village and' compa.rtments; the central portion contains a group of" The

parish, situated on the river Avon, with a station on the Last Supper,"' and above are figures of St. Michael and St.

main line of the Great Western railway, 107 miles from Gabriel: the east window is stained, the subject being the

London and xi west from Bath, in the Frome division of ''.Ascension :" the north porch incloses a fine Norman door-
the county, Wellow hundred, Weston petty sessional divi- way: there are sittings for about 400 persons. The registers
sion, Bath union and county court district, and iD the date from 1538 and are fairly perfect. The living is a.
Keynsham district of the rural deanery of Chew, arch- vicarage, average tithe rent-charge £x88, net yearly value

deaconry of Bath and diocese of Bath and Wells. Under £227, including 51 acres of glebe, with residence, in the gift.
~he provisions of the Boundary Act, x868 (31 and 32 Vict. of Oriel College, Oxford, and held since 1876 by the Rev.
c. 46), a portion of this parish is now included within the William Stokes Shaw M.A. of Caius College, Cambridge. St.
parliamentary borough of Bath. The church of St. Michael, Peter's church, erected in x88o, at a cost of £4,000, is a.
a building of stone in the Perpendicular style, was rebuilt, building of stone, consisting of apsidal chancel and nave~

with the exception of the tower, in 1885, under the direc- and will seat 400: the Rev. Walter Robert Ridge T.A.K.C.L.
tion of Mr. E. Buckle, and chiefly at the .expense of the \8 curate in charge. Adjoining the church is the church

Messrs. Carr, and consists of. chancel, nave of four bays, aisles house, erected in 1888: Sunday schools are held here as well

with organ chamber and vestry, north porch and a low as meetings connected with the church and parish, and a

western embattled tower, with pinnacles, and containing 8 parochial club now numbering about 300 members of both

bells: the seats in the nave and aisles are of oak with square sexes; there is also a gymnasium. St. Michael's mission

traceried ends of various patterns : the choir stalls are room is at Twerton hill. There are Wesleyan, Baptist, Con-

similarly treated, but have poppy heads : the pulpit IS of oak, gregational and Free Methodist chapels, and one (or the
very handsomely carved, a.nd has figures of angels a.t the Brethren. A Cemetery of 2! acres, situated on the north side
angles 3 there is also a beautiful reredos of alabaster in three Qf the Great Western railway, was opened J_uly 8, 1881, at a

DIRECTORY.] SOMERSETSHIRE. UBLEY. 375

total cost of £2,000 ; it contains one mortuary chapel and a PosT & M. 0. 0., S. B. & Annuity & Insurance Office, East

caretaker's house, and is under the control of a Burial Board Twerton, James May. Letters received up to 8.so & II.IO

of 9 members. Twerton Club and Institute, established in a.m. 3· s.20 & 8.40 p.m. ; sundays, IO.IO a.m

1838, has reading, smoking and recreation rooms and a hall WALL Box, Lower Bristol road, cleared at 8.45 & n.5 a.m.

for meetings, holding 250 persons. Here are lias quarries, 2. 15, 5·I5 & 8.35 p.m. & on sundays Io.s a. m

containing ammonites. There are also brick works and ScHooLS:-

manufactories of woollen cloth. There is a house here once A School Board of 5 members was formed November I2,

occupied by Henry Fielding, the novelist. The principal 1875 ; J. Hippisley, clerk to the board

landowners are Messrs. Carr and Henry Holloway a<:;q. The East Twerton Board School, erected in 1878, at a cost of

chief crops are wheat, oats and barley, and about two-thirds £4,074• & recently (1889) enlarged by the addition of an

of the land is in pasture. The soil is clayey ; subsoil, free- infants' school; it will hold 298 boys, 278 girls & 2I2 in-

stone and lias. Acreage, 97I; rateable value, £2I,8I4; the fants; average attendance, 230 boys, 208 girls & 240

population in t88I was 4,834. infants ; Charles Henry Clark, master ; Miss Naomi

Parish Clerk, John Davies. White, mistress; Miss Ada Small, infants' mistress
Parochial School (mixed), erected in I854 & enlarged in

PosT, M. 0. & T. 0., S. B. & Aanuity & Insurance Office.- I8!i7, for 440 children; average attendance, Ioo boys, IOO

William Newman, postmaster. Letters are delivered from girls & I64 infants; John Davies, master; Mrs. Mary Ann

Bath; dispatched at 8.40 & II a.m. 2.so, 5.IO & 8.30 p.m. Davies, mistress

& on sundays at to a.m Railway Station, James Parker, collector

PRIVATE RESIDENTS. Crook Henry, shopkpr. Low. Bristol rd 1 Newman William,linen drapr.Post office

Bence Richard Bradley, Nelson house CrumpGeo.&Thos.coopers,8Victoria ter Noble James, blacksmith

Bryne Thomas, Victoria house Dadge John, beer retailer Parsons Eli, shopkeeper

Carr David Septimus, Hope cottage ' Diment John, butcher, 6 Roseberry pl PearceAlbt.Perry,builder,ICharlton vils

Carr Jonathan, Woodhouse Doman Mrs.Fanny,shoe wareho.High st Phillips Thomas, baker, East Twerton

Carr Thomas, Poole meade Dyer John, cab proprietor, Alfred st Phippen William, farmer

Cox William, 2 Prospect cottages Eagle Ra.chel & Jane (Misses), news Phonetic Journal Office (Isaac Pitman

Critchlow Mrs. 7 Victoria buildings agents, Lower Bristol road & Sons,printers; published saturday),

Davidge George, 2 St. Peter's terrace Emery Richard, cowkeeper The Phonetic institute

Ducket Rev. Edward Armstone B.A. Evans Saml.shopkpr.I EastTwerton ter Pinney HerbertJas. baker,Oldfieldpark

[curate of St. Michael's], Avon ho Ferebee Geo. shopkpr. Low. Bristol rd Pitman Isaac (inventor of phonography)

Eames Edmund, I4 Victoria buildings Fletcher Edwin, beer ret.Prospect bldgs & Sons, shorthand & general printers

Gatehouse Jas. Knight, 6 Victoria bldgs , Gay George, shopkeeper, Oldfield park & publishers, Phonetic institute

Hales John, Moorfield house Gay George, jun. shoe ma. Oldfield park Poole Jn. photogrphr. &teacher of music

Hippisley John, Clyde house Gingell Alfred, shopkpr. 5Roseberry pl PortnallElizh.(Mrs.),beer ret.Longmd.st

Hitchins William, Ivy villa Goddard John &Co.manufacturingcon- Prince Albert's Somersetshire Light In-

Howard Henry, 1St. Peter's terrace fectioners, The Old Goal fantry,Ist VolunteerBattalion(H Co.)

Newman Olinthus, Argyle terrace Godwin Frank, confectnr.2Denmark ter (Captain J.Bush ; Rev.W.StokesShaw

Nurse Mrs. I6 Victoria buildings Grant Robert, beer retailer M.A. acting chaplain)

Shaw Rev. William Stokes M.A.Vicarage HallettGeo.carpenter, I7 Charmbery ter Purnell George, boor retailer

Tanner Mrs. Benjamin, High street Hallows Edward,coaldlr.Low.Bristol rd SilcoxAlfd.I<'ras.tobacnst.3 Roseberry pl

Wigmore James M.D HamlinJas.shoe ma.Summerlay's bldgs Simmonds Rosina (Mrs.), beer retailer

WilsonChristr.Stephen, 7Longmead ter Hancock Alfred, market gardener, Singer Mary (Mrs.), news agent

Woodhall Mrs. 5 Victoria buildings Lower Bristol road Skuse Isaac, plasterer

Woodrow Wm. Edwd. I Victoria bldgs Harding Charles, Belvoir Castle P.H SmithChas.greengrocer,LowerBristolrd

COliMERCIAL. Harrison Thomas, decorator SparksThos.Weeks,dairy,2Stanleyplace

Alien John, watch maker Hart Silas, shopkeeper, High street Swain Alfd.Livinstone P.H. Moorland rd

Asher John Lampard, ironmonger Hathway Mary Ann (Mrs.), shopkeeper, Tanner James, beer retailer

Ashman Chas.shopkpr. I Fielding's row Char!ton cottages Taylor James Davis,maltster& corn mer

Batten Joseph, grocer HayterGeo.market gardnr.Shophouse la Tucker Jacob, baker

Batten Thomas, shopkeeper Hayter James, provision dealer TuckeyWilliam Elias,grocer,g St.Peter's

Bath Sanitary Steam Laundry Co. Lim Hiscox Francis, boot ma.3 St.Peter's ter terrace & Oldfield park

Beard Eliza (Mrs.), Royal Oak P.H Hole Elizh. (Mrs.), shopkpr. 17 Dorset st Turner Wm. shopkeeper, Alfred place

Bedford Worthy, Railway inn Hook Thomas,com.traveller,Albertvilla Tutton John William, White Hart P.H.

Bence Henry, draper & grocer, Lower JonesRichd.Ernest,baker,IDenmark ter & butcher

Bristol road &High street KeelingHubertSarr.uel,buildr.South avn · Twerton Co-operative Society Limited

Bence John, coal dlr. Lower Bristol rd KendallLouisa Mary(Mrs.),linendraper (W. H. Hoskins, sec)

Blackmore James Barrett, Crown inn, Kendall Wilham, farmer, Church farm Twerton Institute & Reading Rooms

& engineer Kilmister J oseph, shoe maker, High st (James Butterworth, sec)

Blanning Ebenezer,shopkpr. Oldfield pk KingThomas,beer retailer & shopkeeper Twerton Liberal Club (Henry Morgan,

Brice William, shoe ma. Charlton cots Lee EmmannelBiddle, beer retailer sec.), Stuart p'ace

Brooks John, marine store dlr. High st Lewis Fredk. Geo. beer retailer, High st TwertonUnionistClub(Thos.Morgan,sec)

Brooks Rachel (Mrs.), laundress, Shop- Love George Henry, shopkeeper, Lower Victoria Brick, Tile & Pipe Co. (William

house lane Bristol road Pa~nter, manager)

Brown HarryFras.drapr. 8St.Peter's ter Loveless Edwd.Wm.chemist,& registrar Walker John Parker, haulier

Butcher Waiter, butcher, & Midland of births & deaths for Twerton sub- Waiters Ebenezer, shopkeeper

Arms P.H. East Twerton district, Bath union & assist. overseer Waiters Samuel, shopkeeper

Butler George, grocers, 6 Stanleyplace LutonGeo.&Wm.carptrs.Fielding's bdgs Watts William, shopkeeper, High street

Candy Bros. maltsters, East Twerton McintyreDonald,insur.agt.2Charlton vis Weaving Albert, confectioner, High st

Carey Jas. market gardnr. Twerton hill Maggs Mark, boot maker Welch John Thomas, builder, railway &

Carr Isaac & Co. woollen manufactrs Marshall James, baker, High street road contractor,timber haulier, goods

Carrier Henry~ shopkeepr.2 I<'erry bldgs Martin Charles, shopkeeper & beer retlr remover &c. See advertisement

Carter John, dairy, Albert cottage Maslen Waiter, shopkeeper,I3 Stuart pl Weston William, lime burner

Cemetery (J. H. German, clerk to the MayJames,statnr.Post office,Ea.Twertn Whatley John, butcher

burial board) M•llington Rt.medical rubber,Clifton ho Wheeler Mark, grocer, Longmead house

Chancellor Emanuel, buildr.&contractr Mills J11hn, market gardener White George, Jubilee inn, Twerton hill

Clark William, grocer, 5 Moorland rd Mitten James, chimney sweeper Whittin,aton John, beer retailer

Coventry Edwin, coal dealer Morris George & Co. butchers, 5 Long- Wigmore James M.D.surgeon, &medical

Cox Fredk. Geo. shopkpr. Brook lane mead buildings officerNo.sdistrict &public vaccinator

Cox John, shopkeeper, High street Morris George, New Bridge inn No. 2 rural district, Bath union

Crook Alfred, butcher Neems John, farmer, Sladebrook Wiltshire George, shopkeeper

UBLEY is a parish and village situated on the north side boniferous lime.3tone in the Decorated and Perpendicular

of the Mendip Hills, on the road from Bath toWeston-super- styles, consis~ing of chancel, nave of four bays, aisles, north

Mare, and surrounded by lofty undulating and picturesque porch and an embattled western tower, with pinnacles and
hills, 6~ miles west from Sandford railway station, 9 north- a lofty spire, and containing 4 bells : there is a piscina on the
north-west from Wells and u south from Bristol, in the south side of the chancel and another in the south aisle: in

Northern division of the county, Chewton hundred, Clutton the chanrel is also a chained copy of the paraphrase of

union, Temple Cloud petty sessional division and county Erasmus on the New Testament, dated I522: the oak corn-
court district, Chew Magna distric~ of the rural deanery of munion table dates from I637, and the east window is

Chew, archdeaconry of Bath and diocese of Bath and Wells. stained: a silver and glass flagon and a silver paten have

A tributary of the river Yeo flows through the parish. The been presented to the church by the lord of the manor : the

church of St. Bartholomew is an elegant structure of car- church was thoroughly restored in I875 ; the north porch

376 tJBLEY. SOM.ERSETSHIRE. (KELLY'S

added in rR76; and in r877 the churchyard was enlarged: Everett esq. and the Rev. Francis Arnold are the chief land-

there are sittings for 142 persons. The register dates from owners. The soil is variops; subsoil, limestone. The chief

the year r67r. The living is a rectory, average tithe rent- crops are oats and most of the land is in pasture. The

charge £r68, yearly value £370, including 89! acres of acreage is r,Boo; rateable value, £2,535; the population in

glebe, with residence, in the gift of and held since r874 by r88r was 287.
the Rev. Albert Ennor. The rectory house, adjoining the Parish Clerk and Sexton, John Durbin.

church, is a substantial building, and was restored in r878. PosT OFFICE.-Samuel Horlor, receiver. Letters through

Here is a Wesleyan chapel. Hazel Manor is the residence of B3E_ra4is0sttopHl.,maa.rrpritvBreeleaagtdis9onath.imse .tnh;eedairnseepsaatrtectshetleedmgaroatnpe4hypo.omfrfid.cee;r.suonfPfdiocaseytas&l,
dd
Charles Hill esq. J.P. and Colonel Edward Stock Hill C.B.,
orders are issue here, but not pai
M.P. The charities, including the rent of the poor's land, a
afibeolduto£f 62 acres, and the interest on about £37, produce
yearly, which is distributed in bread and money.

A fair is held on the 4th September yearly for cattle. Lead National School (mixed), built in r876, for 52 children;
ore is found here; and on the Mendip Hills in this parish are average attendance, 42 ; Miss Rose Mary Ridout, mistress

Roman remains. Benjarnin Edward Somers esq. M. A., J.P. CARRIER.-James Panes, to 'Hope & Anchor,' Bristol, mon.
of Mendip Lodge, Churchill, is lord of the manor ; Charles thurs. & sat.; leaves Ubley at 7.30 a.m. &Bristolfor Ubley

IHill esq. J.P. Col. Edward Stock Hillc.B., M.P. John Gifford at 4.30 p.m
Batten Charles :Ford Gabriel, farmer, Ubley park 1 Panes Charles, hay dealer
Panes James, carrier
Dadswell Miss, Sussex cottage Franks Charles, carpenter & builder

Ennor Rev. Albert, Rectory 1Franks Charles (Mrs.), shopkeeper Payne Jaue (Mrs.), dairy fa..,nrnner, Wood-

Harrison Mrs. Somerset house GallopChas.farmer,assistant overseer&c house farm

Hill Charles J.P. Hazel manor Gallop Silvester, dairy farmer PayneFrank, carrier, Woodhouse farm

Hill Col. Edward Stock C.B., M. P. Hazel Gallop William, grocer & draper Pearce Joseph,dairy farmer&landowner,

manor; & Carlton club, London s w GeorgeWilliam,farmer &miller (water) Rookery farm

Wood William M.D. The Willoughbys Horlor Samuel, sub-postmaster Pyatt William, dairy farmer
Quick Joseph, carpenter, Coffee tavern
COMMERCIAL. Humphries John, blacksmith

"Baber Charles, fanner Keedwell Charles, dairy farmer Sheppard John, dairy farmer

.Hest Geo. dairy farmer, Cle\'e Hill farm Keedwell Fras.dairy frmr.Henmarsh fm Simmons William, dairy farmer

Caple Geo. Parker, farmer & landowner King James, dairy farmer ThieryWm.dairy farmer,StirrupCupfm

Cavill George, farmer, Manor house Oakes William, Bell inn,accommodation Webb Harriet (Mrs.), dairy farmer

Durbin John, stone mason for travellers, good beer, cider &stout Young John, dairy farmer

UPHILL is a village and parish, situated at the mouth chapel : a burial ground inclosed by a stone wall, surrounds

·'Of the Axe on the Bristol channel, with a station called the church. Here is a Wesleyan chapel. The Weston-super-
Bleadon and Uphill on the Great Western railway, 2 miles Mare Sanatorium is in this parish. Uphill Castle, the seat
south from Weston-super-Mare, and 139 from London, in of Mrs. Knyfton, lady of the manor, is a castellated resi·
the Wells division of the county, Winterstoke hundred, denee, with a tower and turreted porch, and stands in park·

Axbridge petty sessional divison and union, Weston-super- like grounds, commanding a fine view of the town of Weston-

Mare county court district, Locking di&trict of Axbridge super-Mare,the surrounding hills and the bay,and approached
rural deanery, archdeaconry of Wells and diocese of Bath from the Weston road by an entrance lodge. Uphill Grange,
and Wells. The church of St. Nicholas, erected in 1843, is the seat of Capt. Charles Edward Whitting J.P. is situated
a building of stone in the Perpendicular style, consisting of on an eminence, and enjoys a fine view of Brent Knoll and
chancel,nave, aisles and an embattled western tower, contain- the intervening country. Sandcroft is a commodious resi-
ing one bell : there are sittings for 300 persons. The register dence, built and occupied by Captain Charles Whitting.
dates from 1704. 'I he living is a rectory, tithe rent-charge Totterdown, the seat of Edward Morgan Whitting esq. is

[227, net yearly value £242, including 25 acres of glebe, situated on an eminence, affording a splendid view of the
with residence, in the gitt of T. Bennett esq. and held since town of Weston-super-Mare and the neighbouring country.
1862 by the Rev. Stephen Bennett M.A. of Oriel College, Mrs. Knyfton, who is lady of the manor, Capt. C. Whitting,
Oxford. The old church, which stands on the summit of a Capt. Charles Edward Whitting esq. J.P. and Edward Mar-
bill near the village, probably occupies the site of the Roman gan Whitting esq. are the chief landowners. The soil is
A:xium, and is an edifice of stone, in the Norman and later loam and clay. The land is chiefly in pasture. The area is
styles, consistingof chancel, nave, north porch and a central r,o77 acres of land; rateable value, £5,481 ; the population
tower, containing a mu~ical peal of 5 bells: the porch, owing in 188r was 645.
to the subsidence of the sides, has assumed a horse-shoe Parish Clerk, Robert Counsell.
-shape : there is a priests' doorway on the south side of the PosT 0FFICE.-Mrs. Mary Minifie, receiver. Letters from
chancel, and Norman doorways on each side of the nave : Weston-super-Mare, arrive at 4 a. m. ; delivered at 7 a.m.;

the tower is strongly buttressed, and has an octagonal turret second delivery, 3·45 p.m. ; dispatched at 3·45 &9.50 p.m.
at the north-east angle, with a spired crocketed capping and Weston-super-Mare is the nearest money order &telegraph
-finial: in the nave are slabs inscribed to Samuel Baker, office. Postal orders are issued here, but not paid
rector of Uphill, d. Jan. 29, 1706, and to Samuel Baker, Elementary Schools (mixed), erected in 1873, by the late T.
rector, d. December, 1725: the tower and the chancel were T. Knyfton esq. at a cost of about £1,3oo,for 100 children;
thoroughly repaired at the sole expense of the late 'f. T. John James Francis, master
Knyfton esq. J.P., D.L. and are now used as a mortuary Railway Station, Robert Payne, station master

Bennett Rev. Stephen M. A. Rectory Burdge Edmund, farmer King Frederick, dairyman
Glanvile Rev. William Shartman M.A.
Counsell Alfred, farmer Luff Edward, farmer, Manor farm
[curate], The Gables
Xnyfton Mrs. The Castle Counsell Robert, fanner & parish clerk Manley Ann (Mrs.), Dolphin inn
Whitting Capt. Charles, Sandcroft
Whitting Capt. Charles Edward J.P. Counsell Thomas, dairyman & farmer Masters George, tailor

Uphill grange Evans James, farmer Minifie & Sons, wheelwrights & smiths
Whitting Edward Morgan, Totterdown
Fear Henry, shopkeeper Minifie Mary Jane (Mrs.), laundress
COMMERClAL.
Boley Elizabeth (Mrs.), dairyman Fear William, market gardener Minifie William, wheelwright & smith
Boley William, coffee house
Brown Henry, farmer Gould James, coal merchant & farmer Pople William, ferryman

HammondEdwardSamuel,grocer&drapr Rogers Thomas Lewis,teacher of music,

Hart Peter, Ship inn Westfield house

Herniman Henry Waterman, butcher Williams Jane (l\Irs.), laundress

Hucker William, farmer Young Abel, farmer

UPTON is a parish and village, situated on the river containing I bell: the stained east window is a memorial to

Haddeo, a tributary of the Exe, 7 miles west from Wivelis· Mr. and Mrs. lllake: there aresittingsfor x8o persons. The
cornbe. 7 north-east from Bampton, 5 east-north-east from register dates from the year r6oo. The living is a vicarage,
Dulverton and 4 north of Morebath station, on the Devon yearly value £73, without residence or land, in the gift of

and Somerset branch of the Great Western railway, in the the Rev. N. H. C. Ruddock M.A., J.P. and held since 1879

Western division of the county, hundred of Williton, petty by the Rev. lsaac John Cowden·Cole B.A. Lampeter. Here

sessional division and union of Dulverton, county court dis- is a Bible Christian chapel, rebuilt in 1878. Bittiscombe

trict of 'fiverton, Wiveliscombe district of the rural deanery I Manor is the residence of Lieut.-Col. Sir John Davie Fergu-

of Dunster, archdeaconry of Taunton and diocese of Bath son-Davie bart. D.L., J.P. The Earl of Carnarvon P.c., D.c.L.
and Well~. There is a very picturesque road here, called who is lord of the manor, and Lieut.-Col. Sir John llavie
Lady Harriet Acland's drive. The old church of St. James, I Ferguson-Davie hart. D.L., J.P. and the Rev. Noblett Henry
owing to its dilapidated state, has been abandoned, the Cranmer Ruddock M.A., J.P. of Bridgwater, are the chief
churchyard being used as a burial ground: the new church, landowners. The soil is clayey; the subsoil is shillet rock
erected in 1867, in the hamlet of RAINSBURY, is a building of and clay. The crops are wheat, barley, oats and turnips.

stone, in the Early English style, consisting of chancel, nave The area is 3,779 acres; rateable value, £2,735; the :popu-

of 3 bays, north porch, and a turret over the chancel arch Jation in 1881 was 278.

JDIRECTORY. SOMERSETSHIRE. WALTOX-IN-GORDANO. 377

RAtNSBURY is a hamlet, ! mile south-east of the old week days only,dispatched at 4.30 p.m. The nearest money
order & telegraph offices are Dulverton & Wiveliscombe
churchyard.
National School (mixed), erected in 1876, at the sole cost of
BITTISCOJIIBE is a hamlet, 2 miles south-east from the new Lieut.-Col. Sir J. D. Ferguson-Davie hart. D.L., J.P. to
church. hold 70 children; average attendance, 3S; Miss Jane
Langdon, mistress
Sexton, Edwin Jordan.

PosT OFFICE, Rainsbury.-John Hill, sub- postmaster.
Letters arrive from Wiveliscombe R.S. 0. at 9· IS a.m.

Ferguson-Davie Lieut.-Col. Sir John ' Follett Charles, farmer, Bittiscombe Nation James, farmer
Norman James, farmer, Withy
Davie bart.D.L.,J.P.Bittiscombe manr Fyfe John, mason Nonnan William, fanner, Lotley
Stevens Richard, trainer
Lang Commander Henry Briggs R.N. Govier John, mason Sutton John, farmer, Westcott
Tarr William, Lawtrow Cross P.H. &
Venne house Hill Edward, farmer, Upton farm
blacksmith
Hill James, carpenter & shopkeeper Thorne Richard N. V. farm bailiff to

COMMERCIAL. Hill John, Post office Rev. N. H. C. Ruddock J.P
Warren William, farmer, Oxenleaze
Avis Charles, shopkeeper How Joseph, mason

Avis William, farmer Hurley Robert, farmer, Moorhouse

Broom George, farm bailiff to Sir J. D. Jones James, miller (water)

Ferguson-Davie bart. Leeford farm Locke James, carpenter

Down James, contractor Marsh John, farmer, Godhams

UPTON NOBLE, originally a hamlet of Batcombe, but Sussex college, Cambridge, who resides at Batcombe. Here
now a parish, is 3! miles north-east from Bruton, and 2~ is a Wesleyan chapel. The principal landowners are Mrs.
south-west from the Witham Friary station, on the Wilts, Harris, George Mitchell esq. and Mr. Caleb Waiter. Soil

Somerset and Weymouth branch of the Great Western rail- and subsoil various, but clay and stone brash predominate.

way, in the Frome division of the county, Shepton Mallet The chief crops are grass, corn and roots. The area is 677
petty sessional division and union, Frome county court dis- acres; rateable value, £I,070; population in 1881 was 216.
trict, Bruton district of the rural deanery, and archdeaL'Onry Parish Clerk, John Toop.

of Taunton, and diocese of Bath and Wells. The church of Letters th rough Bath, via Bruton S.O. arrive a t&;9.t1esle. grTaphhe
St. Mary Magdalen is a small but ancient edifice, consisting neare st money order office is at Batcombe

()f chancel, nave, south porch, and a western tower contain- office at Bruton. WALL Box cleared at s. 2s p.m. week
ing 2 bells: in the chancel, behind the rectory pew, is a days only

piscina : in the churchyard are the remains of a stone cross : A School Board of 5 members was formed Nov. 7, 1881; F.
tbheeenredaersetrsoiytteidn,gsbfuotri7t 3dpaeterssonbsa.ck Much of the register has G. Bradbury, Shepton Mallet, clerk to the board & attend-
to 1677. The living is a

perpetual curacy annexed to the rectory of Batcombe, aver- ance officer
age tithe rent-charge £68o, net yearly value £703, includ- Board School (mixed), built in 1882, at a cost of £sso, for
ing 6S acres of glebe with house, in the gift of and held 63 children; average attendance, 36; Miss Fanny Butler,

since 1878 by the Rev. Waiter Collyns Baker M. A. of Sidney mistress

Goldie Mrs I Fitz James, farmer & cheese factor, I Tanner Jacob, shopkeeper

COMMERCIAL. Manor & Folly farms Tanner John, blacksmith

Bennett Edward (Mrs.), farmer Hoskins John, farmer Toop John, shoe maker

Coombes Joseph, mason & cowkeeper Rex Charles Edward, farmer Vining Thomas, wheelwright

Coombes Wm. farmer, New House farm Rex James, mason Waiter Caleb, farmer & landowner

·WALTON is a parish and village, situated on the road Marquess of Bath, and held since 1889 by the Rev. John
from Glastonbury to Bridgwater, 3 miles south-west from Edward Loughnan B.A. of Trinity College, Dublin. There

Glastonbury, 6 north from Somerton, and 11 east from is a Primitive Methodist chapel. The Marquess of Bath

Bridgwater, in the Eastern division of the county, Whitley F.S.A. is lord of the manor and chief landowner. The-
hundred, Somerton petty sessional division, Wells union and soil is clayey, and the subsoil blue lias stone. The chief

county court district, rural deanery of Glastonbury, arch- crops are wheat, beaus and pasturage. The area is 2,so4
deaconry of Taunton, and diocese of Bath and Wells. The acres; rateable value, [.3,690: the population in ~88~ was

church of the Holy Trinity, rebuilt in 1866 is a building of S3S·
stone, in the Decorated style, consisting of chancel, nave of Parish Clerk, John Grenter.

two bays, north aisle, south porch and a western tower con- PosT OFFICE. -Henry Westlake, postmaster. Letters

taining a clock and 5 bells: there are sittings for 300 through Bridgwater, arrive at s.2o a.m.; dispatched at 8.5
persons. The register dates from 1682. The living, for- p. m. The nearest money order & telegraph office is at
merly annexed to the rectory of Street, was separated and Street

declared a rectory by an Order in Council, May u, 1886, National School (mixed), founded in 1840 & rebuilt in 1876,

averag-e tithe rent-charge £324, gross yearly value £300, for 130 children; average attendance, 79; Edward Brom-

inclnding x8! acres of glebe, with residence, in the gift of the field, master ; Mrs. Fanny Somers, mistress

Kelly Mrs Crossman William, farmer Penny Robert Cook, farmer

Lougbnan Rev. John E. B.A. [rector] Edwards Henry, farmer & butcher Percy Henry, thatcher

COMMERCIAL. Everdell J oseph, fanner Phillips Chas.baker,grocr.& provsn.mer

Earnes Joseph, farmer Farrow John, carpenter Porter James, farmer

Bird James, farmer Fleetwood Frank, shopkeeper Richards Jn.Wm. family grocr.& drapr.·

Bird John, farmer Frampton Isabella (Mrs.), farmer provision, corn mer. & ironmonger

Bird William, farmer Frampton Richard (Mrs.), farmer Slocombe James, blacksmith

Browning Albert, shoe maker Gooden ·Frank, Globe inn, good accom- SOMERS WILLIAM, builder, contrac-

Collins Elias, farmer modation for travellers tor & stone merchant, Quarry villa

Crane William, miller (wind) Gould William, stone merchant Summers Sarah (Mrs.), farmer

Crossman Carolina (Mrs.), fanner Higdon Lucy (Mrs.), farmer Taylor Edwin, farmer

Crossman Frederick John, farmer Hucker William, farmer Taylor Robert, farmer

Crossman Henry, farmer Moore Sarah (Mrs.), farmer Taylor Tom, farmer

Cro!'lsman Josiah Frampton, farmer & Padfield George, farmer Voake Mary Jane (Miss), shopkeeper

rate collector Padfield Hamilton, beer retailer Westlake Henry, shopkeeper,Post office

Crossman Mary Anna (Mrs.), dress ma Padfield Sarah (Mrs.), farmer White Susan (Mrs.), shopkeeper

W ALTON- IN- GORDANO is a small parish and nave and north aisle of the present church have been erected :
village situated in a vale on the shore of the :British channel, the walls of the nave, raised on the lines of the old founda-
2 miles north from Clevedon terminal station of a branch of tions, mark the exact proportions of the former church: the
the Great Western railway, and 12 west from Bristol, in the chancel follows the style of the 13th century, remains of

Northern division of the county, Portbury hundred, Long work of that early date having been discovered in excavat.
Ashton petty sessional division, Bedminster union, Bristol ing the ground: the east window contains many interesting
county court district, Portishead district of the rural fragments of French glass of the same date : in the eastern

deanery of Chew, archdeaconry of Bath, and diocese of Bath wall are niches: there are sittings for 300 persons: in the
and Wells. The church of St. Mary, Walton-by-Clevedon, churchyard stands an ancient stone cross, 20 feet in height,

the original parish church, and formerly dedicated to St. on a base of 3 steps, the upper portion of which has been
Paul, after being for many years a complete ruin, was re- renewed. The register dates from the year 1684. The

built and re-consecrated at t.heend of 187o, and now consists living is a rectory, average tithe rent-charge £1so, net

of chancel, nave, north aisle, D()rth porch, t"estries and an yearly value [.2oo, including 28 acres of glebe, with resi-

embattled western tower, with pinnacles, containing 5 bells: deuce, in the gift of the trustees of the late Sir Philip Miles
1he lower stage of the tower is the only remaining portion of hart. and held since 188o by the Rev. Charles Augustus

the 15th century building, in the style of which period the l<'owler :!ll.A. of Oriel College, Oxford. 'fhe church of St.

378 WALTON-IN-GORDANO. SOMERSETSHIRE. [KELLY'S

Peter and St. Paul, Old Walton, rebuilt in 1839 and restored Parish Clerk, John CmTey.

in 1874, is an edifice of stone, in the Early English style, Sexton, St. Mary's, Wil1iam Parson", Welsh view.

consisting of chancel and nave, and a small western turret, PosT OFFICE.-Charles Plumley, sub-postmaster. Letters
containing one bell : there are sittings for 100 persons. The
Convalescent Home of the Sisters of Charity, Lady Bay, a through Clevedon, by mail cart, arrive at 3· 18 a.m.; dis-
branch of the House of Charity of St. Raph:tel, Bristol,
erected in 1873, is available for 12 male and 20 female patched at 9·47 p.m. Clevedon is the nearest money order
& telegraph office
•patients. On an eminence to the west of the village are ex- SCHOOLS:-
tensive ruins of an ancient castle built in the reign of James
I. The trustees of the late Sir Philip Miles hart. are lords National (mixed), established in x8x6, for 90 children;
of the manor and chief landowners. The soil is light and average attendance, 27 ; ~iss Hannah Dupree, tnistress

sandy; 6Ubsoil, limestone and rock. The area. is x,x65 acres; St. Elizabeth's Industrial, opened in July, x887, for 28 cbil-

rateable value, £4,743: the population in 188x was 484. dren, & managed by the ~isters of Charity

PRIVATE RESIDENTS. Hickley Rev. John Geo. B.D. Newhaven Wdkes John, Gwent

Atkins Robert Coster, Rearsby Hoddell James. The Ferns W1lls Henry Overton, Romsdal

Baker Mrs. Warley lodge Kempson Capt. Douglas, Strode house COMMERCIAL.
Banks Benjamin, Sea view Knight James W. F. Severncliffe

Barnes Thomas, Heathercliffe LeMesurie:r Misses, Bonair Bacon Charles, market gardener

Bent Mrs. 4 Lauriston villas Marrack John Reed, Ivy bank Baker Wm. laundryman, Castle lodge

Blount Charles, Newlands Marsh Mrs. Osborne house Coles Joseph, lime burner

Bridges Mrs. 2 Welsh view Martin Robert Humphry, Oaklands Coles Thomas, cowkeeper

Broadrick Edward, Rugby house Maxwell Archibald, Guelph house Convalescent Home for the Sisters of

Brown Miss, Exeter lodge Melhuish Dudley Warren, Channel view Charity (branch of St. Raphael's,

Bush Miss, Ellastone lodge Middle Mrs. Hill side Bristol), Ladye bay

Chadwick James, St. Margarets Moor Miss, Chester lodge Cornish Rev. Stephen lii.A. preparatory

Coates Herbert, Hillcrest Mortimer Col. Jones, Woodside school for gentlemen, Walton lodge

Coates William, The Grange Mullens Miss, Beaconsfield Davis William, farmer, Lower farm

Cooke William, Brighton house Newman Majol' Charles Cecil, Valette Dunn Charles, thatcher & market gdnr

Cornish Rev.Stephen M.A. Walton lodge Ransford William, Hill view Dunn Mary (Mrs.), market gardener

Cossham Stephen G. The View Rayson Rev.William RobertM.A.[curate Hack William, shoe maker

Dand Mrs. Ettricke lodge of St. Mary's], Colston lodge Harse Jsph.shopkpr. & collector of rates

Davis Miss, Ladymeade Rose Capt. Alfred, Lyndhurst Hydropathichotel(Mrs. Taylor,mngrss)

Dennison Mrs. Fairlight house Russell Miss, 3 Lauriston villas Lovell William,builder,&lodginghouse,

Dutton Edmund, Woodside lawn Sheppard James Henry, Ulcombe lodloe Shanklin house

i'allowes Rev. John Prince M. A. 2 Lau- Simmonds Miss, Fairlight house Matthews Chas. W. farmer, Castle farm

riston villas Smith Mrs. Old Park house Melhuish Dudley Warren, young gentle-

Fortt Miss, Ellastone lodge Still Henry Lloyd, The Chestnuts men's school, Channel view

Fowler Rev. Chas. Aug. M. A. Vicarage Stillingfleet Miss, Camden house Parsons William,lodging house,& sexton

Frost Jerrold Day, Walton house Stock William, Cbelvey of St. Mary's, Welsh view

Godwin Josepb, Upton cottage Swift James Russell, Castle view Sellick Elizabeth Olive (Mrs.), grocer&

Goode Mrs. The Woodrow Sykes Miss, Toronto beer retailer

Gyles Mrs. Dovedale Thompson Mrs. Downside Swift James Russell, young gentlemen's

Hancock Edward, Clevedon lodge Trotter Joseph, Rockleigh house boarding S<"hool, Castle view

Harding Mrs. Ashley Walton Mrs. Oriel lodge 'Virgo Henry John, market gardener

Hathway Capt. William, Albury Whately Miss, Ladymeade Wilmott James, farmer, Church farm

WANSTROW is a village, situated on the high road College, Cambridge. There are Wesleyan and Primitive

from Bruton to Frome, with a station on the Witham and Methodist chapels, the former erected in 1835 and the latter

Wells branch of the Great Western railway, 123 miles from in 1877, William Hurle Clarke esq. is lord of the manor,
London, 5 north-east from Bruton, and 6 south-west from and the Ecclesiastical Commissioners hold a pol'tion of the
Frome, in the Frome division of the county, eastern division land as for the ancient prebend of Wanstrow, Wells Cathe-
of Frome hundred, Frome petty sessional division, union and dral. The soil is principally clay, and the subsoil stone and
county court district, rural deanery of Frome, archdeaconry clay, but the latter predominates. The land is pasture and
of Taunton and diocese of Bath and Wells. In 1885 the a little arable, and dairy farming is carried on very exten-

inhabitants were supplied with water obtained from the sively. The acreage is 2,054; rateable value, £3,078 ; the
Dursley springs. The church of St. Ma.ry is a building of population in 1881 was 330.
stone, in the Early English style, consisting of chancel, Parish Clerk, Giles Cox.

north chapel, nave, aisles, transepts, south porch and an PosT OFFICE.-Mrs. Elizabeth Ann Pearce, receiver. Letters
embattled tower on the south side, with pinnacles, and con- arrive from Frome at 8.40 a.m. ; dispatched at 4.25 p.m.
taining 5 bells: the church was restored in 1877 at a cost of 'fhe nearest money order office is at Batcombe; Witham
£x,soo, and has sittings for 180 persons. The register dates Friary railway station is used for telegrams
from 1653. The living is a rectory, average tithe rent- National School (mixed), built in 1856, for 65 children;
charge £269, net yearly value £296, including 6o acres of average attendance, 50; Miss A. Crump, mistress; Miss
glebe, with house, in the gift of William H. Clarke esq. and M. Rowley, assistant mistress
held since 1885 by the Rev. Robert Dunn M.A. of Christ's Great Western Railway Station.-Train stops by signal only

Coles Thomas Coombes Nathaniel, brick & tile maker Pearce Edward, blacksmith
Dunn Rev. Robert M.A. Rectory
Coward William, shopkeeper j Pearce Elizabeth Ann(Mrs. ),day school,
COMMERCIAL.
Hall Herbert & Sidney, frmrs.Park frm Post officP.
Bennett George, farmer
Bond William, carpenter Hall H erbert, collector """- assessor of i pearce T homas, carman, Weston town
Candy Fred, farmer, Weston town
Clacee Henry, Railway hotel, & shopkpr taxes & collector of poor's rates , Salisbury John, farmer
Cock William, farmer
Harding Hugh Rabbitts, farmer, Stnd- 1 SharpeJn.&Son,wheelwrghts.& carpntrs

ley farm· Walwin William, cattle dealer

Nicholls George, shopkeeper Wilmot J ohnRobt.Wanstow inn,&farmr

Nicholls John, woodman, Birts hill Yeoman Richard, farmer, Manor house

W ATCHET is a small town and township in the parish the ha' rbour thus inclosed is lined with substantial quay

of St. Decuman's, situated on the coast of the Bristol channel, walls and a landing slip : in its fine seaward approaches,
I79t miles from London by rail, 18 north-west from Taunton, the depth of water at its entrance, and its direct railway
and x8 north-west from Bridgwater, with a 11tation on the communication with the interior, Watchet harbour possesses
West Somerset branch of the Great Western railway and advantages beyond any other small port on the Bristol
the terminus of the West Somerset Mineral railway, in the channel, and works for its improvement were constructed in
Western division of the county, hundred and petty sessional 1861 under the direction of James Abernethy esq. l'ti.I.C.E.
division of Williton and Freemanors, Williton union and chief engineer and Samuel Brown esq. resident engineer.
county court district. The tidal harbour has an area of 10 The harbour due8 amount to about £8oo yearly. The
acres, and a depth of water at the entrance of 13 feet at low town is lighted with gas supplied by a company. Water is
neap tide, and of 25 feet at high water (ordinary spring at present supplied from the wells around the town, but a
tides) over a large proportion of this area; it is well sheltered limited company has been formed to supply the place from
from all winds, being protected on the west by the old pier the Brendon Hills, and a reservoir constructed, but in con-
and new breakwater, the latter 390 feet in length ; and on sequence of a dispute the water has not yet been laid on to
the north-east by a pier 56o feet in length, which also forms the houses. The description of church and other particulars
a convenient quay for steamers and coasting vessels : steam are given under the head of St. Decuman's. 'l'he Wesleyan
cranes are supplied at nominal rates for discharging cargoes; chapel situated near the railway station, was erected in 1271,

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