SOMERSETSHIRE - 1889

JDIRECTORY. SOMERSETSHIRE. WAYFORD. 379

at a cost of about £2,000. There is a small Baptist chapel, Mid-day delivery from the north at 3 p.m. ; sundays,

and the Salvation Army has a branch here. On the espla- delivery at 7 a.m. ; dispatched at 2.10 p.m

nade is the St. Decuman's Parish room, used for all parish INSURANCE AGENTS:-
CIPmhocmpeemnriiexarlcFFiiariler,eU,wnwi.o.nL,T. .wCO.orpTgp.an&O, rC1goaCna;u1s
meetings. Attached to the wall of the Esplanade is a Caus eway p lace
barometer, presented by Sir A. A. Hood hart. There is a eway place
reading-room for the use of the inhabitants and visitors,

supported by subscriptions. Here is a lifeboat station-house, Harbour Master, Henry John Watts
erected in 1875, at the cost of the Royal Lifeboat Institution,

and a lifeboat has been presented. The cliffs east and west PUBLIC EsTABLISHMENTS : -

of the harbour are of blood-red conglomerate, intersected by Coast Guard Station, William Burns, chief boatman in

bands of light green limestone; toward Cleeve Bay, corn- charge & 5 men

monly called Blue Anchor, there is an abundance of alabaster, Relieving Officer, John Thomas

which is at times worked. A considerable trade is carried SCHOOLS : -

on in flour, meal, malt, coal, timber and cement. The iron National (mixed & infants), erected with master's house, in

foundry, of J. Gliddon and Sons, and the paper mills of 1873, for 200 children; average attendance, xso; Thomas

Messrs. Wansbrough and Worrall, employ a number of Ayres, master; Mrs. Emma Ayres, mistress

hands. There is a recreation ground near the cliffs, pre- Undenominational (mixed), for 200 children; average atten-

sented to the town by the representatives of the Earl of dance, 155 ; William Bushen, master ; Mrs. Bushen, Illist

Egremont. RAILWAYS:-

PosT, M. 0. & T. 0., S. B. & Annuity & Insurance Office West Somerset Mineral Railway Terminus, Edwin Hellard,

(Railway Sub-Office. Letters should have R.S.O. Somer- Stogumber, sec. ; Phillip Norris, station master; Henry

set added).-Hester Ann Williams, postmistress. Letters Skewis, manager

arrive at 6.40 a.m. ; dispatched at u.45 a.m. & 7 p.m. Great Western Railway station, Hy. Parker, station master

PRIVATE RESIDENTS. Fox Fowler Co. (agency), bankers; Potter C. & R saddlers & harness mas

Bowerman Miss, 6 Alexandra villas attendance tuesday & friday, 9.30 Press Thomas, grocer

Clare Rev. Robert Bone [Baptist] a.m. to 12 noon; draw on Barclay, Reading Room (Philip Norris, sec)

Court Mrs. Sea View house Bevan & Co. London E c Rowles Henry, Langdon Star inn

Drury Rev. Edmund Collins [curate], Gliddon J. & Sons, iron & brass foun- Rowsell Tom, London inn

1 Temple villas ders, millwrights & machinists; & at Shears Edwin, boot maker

Gardner Mrs. 3 Alexandra villas Williton Short J ames, lodging hou&e

Gardner Charles, 3 Alexandra villas Greenslade George, shoe maker Short Wentworth,lodging house keeper

Gimblett Mrs Griffiths John, hair dresser Snell Willlam Potter, baker & confec-

Gimblett William, Prospect villa Hensley William,boot maker,Anchor st tioner, & agent for W. & A. Gilbey,

Home Albert Vaughan,Sea View terrace Hole Charles, evgineer wine & spirit merchants

:Kaw Rev.Albert E.[Wesleyan],Swain st Hole Llewellin, iron, coal & salt mer- Stoate Amelia & Lillian (Misses), sta-

Skewis Henry, 2 Alexandra villas chant, maltster & shipowner tioners & fancy repository, Swain st

Stoate James, Sea View terrace Hole Louisa (Mrs.), baker Stoate William & Sons, millers (steam

Stoate John, The Green Hooper Emily S. & Caroline (Misses), & water), flour & coal merchants &

Stoate William, Sea View terrace fancy repository ship owners

Thorne John, Kentsford house Hooper Robert, butcher Strong Gowen, fishmonger, Anchor st

Thorne Robert John Horniblow A.E.&Co.chemists&druggsts Taylor John, fruiterer

Wansbrough Albert Colnel,Belmont vil Hunt John, contractor, Swain street Thomas John, relieving officer

Wedlake James, 5 Alexandra villas Hurley William, wheelwright Thorne John & Son, timber merchants

Williams Robert Horne Albert Vaughan, land surveyor & saw mill proprietors

COMMERCIAL. & surveyor to the Egremont trustees, Thorne Henry, butcher •
engineer to the West Somerset Min- Trestain Albert, draper & grocer

Allen lsaac, master mariner eral railway &engineer to theWatchet Vickery Mary (Mrs.), shopkeeper

Alien Jn. ship owner & earthenware dlr harbour commissioners, Sea View ter Wansbrough & Worrall, paper manufrs

Alien Richard, master mariner Kingsbury Henry, printer Watchet & Williton Gas Light & Coke

Alien Robert, lodging house Langdon Albert H. builder &contractor; Co. (Waiter Lewis Copp, sec)

Allen Thomas, master mariner & at Williton Watts George, Anchor hotel, Anchor

Balmer George, Bell inn Lee Charlotte (Mrs.), refreshment rms street; for commercial gentlemen &;

Besley Wm. & Jn. rope & twine manfrs Leigh Samuel, grocer tourists

Besley Sarah Ann (Mrs.), baker Morse Henry, mason, 4 Alexandra viis Watts Henry John, ship owner & har-

Binding Alfred, grocer Morse Stephen, mason, West street hour master

Browning Eliza (Mrs.), blacksmith Morse William, mason Weaver William, boot & shoe maker

Browning Richard, master mariner Mossman Alexander, general merchant Wedlake George, master mariner

Burdon Mrs. lodging house keeper Mossman Matthew, West Somerset Wedlake James,gypsum manufacturer;

ChidgeyMa.ryAnn& Louisa(Misses),gros commercial hotel works at Paper mills

Chidgey Thomas, master mariner Nicholas John, master mariner West of England Sack Co. Limited

Cox John, tailor O'Brien Edward, shopkeeper (Henry Parker, agent)

Copp Waiter Lewis & Co. gros. & drprs Organ Edwin (Mrs.), lodging house, 4 West Somerset Mineral Railway Co.

Date Elizabeth (Mrs.), refreshment Temple villas (Edwin Hellard, Stognmber, sec. ;

rooms, Swain st. & Pleasure ground Organ William, master mariner Henry Skewis, manager)

Date James, lodging house, Myrtle ldg Oxenham Thomas, Castle temperanc,oe Williams Rester Amy (Mrs.), stationer,

Date John, potato merchant hotel ; this is an entirely new hotel, Post office

Date Richard Stoate, steam, rail & fitted with every convenience & corn- Wilts & Dorset Banking Co. Limited

general excursion agent fort for families,travellers & tourists, (agency) (Col. H. W. Rawlins & G.

Davis James Owen,paperhanging ware- & the charges will be found exception- Pooley Martin, joint managers ; open

house, Swain street ally moderate, Swain street on thursdays 12.15 to 1.15 p.m.),

Davis Thomas Martin, ship owner & Parker Henry,station master, &lodg. bo Swain street; draw on London &

master mariner Peel Thomas Charles, tailor Westminster Bank Lim. London E c

Foy Waiter, clock & watch maker Pittaway Mary (Mrs.), shopkeeper

• gift of Mrs. Bewley, "Wife of the late rector, and held since
1888 by the Rev. Edward Every. Turberville's charity of
W AYFORD is a parish and village, divided from Dor- £2o yearly, arising from 12 acres of land is chiefly distri•

setshire by the river Axe, which abounds with fine trout, buted in money to the poor, but £6 is reserved, together

and is 3 miles south-west from Crewkerne station on the with Bragge's charity of £2 IOS. for educational purposes.
main line of the London and South Western railway, and 7 Viscount Portman, Viscount Bridport x.c.B. and Earl Pou-
east-by-south from Chard, in the Southern division of the lett are chief landowners. The soil varies. The fanns are
partly arable and partly pasture. The acreage is 1,876;
county, hundred, petty sessional division and county court rateable value, £4,843; the population in x88x was 224.
district of Crewkerne, union of Chard, rural deanery of
Parish Clerk, William Mamhury Raisen.
Crewkerne, archdeaconry of Taunton, and diocese of Bath
and Wells. The church of St. Michael, erected about 1200, Letters through Crewkerne, which is the nearest money
is a plain building of stone, consisting of chancel and nave, order & telegraph office; arrive at Clapton post office at
and a western turret containing 2 bells: the church will seat 8.35 a.m

100 persons. The register of baptisms and burials dates This place is included in the Crewkerne & Wayford United
from 1704; marriages 1709 ; but many years intervene School Board district, & the children attend the Board
without entries ; the earlier entries are in the registers of School at Clapton
Crewkerne, which is the mother church. The living is a

rectory, average tithe rent-charge £126, net yearly value
£145, including 26 acres of glebe, with residence, in the

380 WAYFORD. SO~iERSETSHIRE. [KELLY'tt

[Marke<l • receive letters tbro' Chard.) Hawkins William, farmer, Southcombe Smith Robert, farmer, Wood farm

Every Rev. Edward, Rectory Hodges Joseph, beer retailer,Greenham *Turner Frnk.butcher & frmr.Laymore

Lockhart Charles N. Greenham house *Meech William, farmer, Laymore *Turner John, farmer, Laymore

COMMERCIAL. *Newbery Fredk. blacksmith, Laymore *Turner Thomas William,baker & shop-

Bullen William, farmer Perham Henry, dairy keeper, Laymore

Bussell George, farmer, Oathill *Quick Francis, farmer, Ashcombe *Turner William, boot maker,Laymore

Cross Samuel Henry, farmer, Greenhm Raisen Wm.Mambury,frmr.Manor frm Vincent Uriah, wheelwright

*Gale Francis, farmer, Ashcombe Rapsey John, farmer Wyatt Richard, farmer, Bere chapel

Hayward Rd. & Co. sail cloth manufrs. Rossiter Edward, beer retailer White James, dairy

Greenham; &at North st. Crewkerne Slade Edward, wheelwright

WEARE is a large parish, containmg, besides the villages College, Cambridge, has been curate in charge since r88g

of its own name, UPPER and LowER WEARB, the villages The vicarage house has been altered and enlarged, at a cost

and hamlets of ALSTON SUTTON, BRINSCOMBE and STONE of £700, partly at the expense of the present vicar and

ALLERTON, a small portion of which latter is in the adjoining partly from Queen Anne's Bounty. Here are Wesleyan,

parish of Chapel Allerton, in the Wells division of the county, Baptist and Bible Christian chapels. In 1882 a reading and

.Bempstone hundred,Axbridge petty sessional division, union coffee room was opened at Lower Weare through the

and county court district, Burnham district of the rural instrumentality of Miss Luttrell, of Badgworth Court; the

deanery and archdeaconry of Taunton and diocese of Bath rooms are well supplied with the daily and weekly papers,

and Wells. Weare is situated on the road from Bristol to periodicals &c. A market was held here on Wednesdays

Bridgwater, the river Axe passing through the northern part at an early period and also an annual, but both are now

of the parish and 3 miles south-west from Axbridge station extinct. Badgworth Court is the seat of Col. Henry .Acland

on the Cheddar Valley branch of the Great Western railway, I<'ownes Luttrell c.B., D.L., J.P. Sir Charles Mordaunt bart.

and was formerly a place of considerable note. Lower D.L., J.P. of Walton Hall, Warwick, is lord of the manor of

Weare was anciently a borough and from 1304 to 1307 sent Lower Weare, Col. H. .A. Fownes Luttrell .r.P. John Arney

two members to Parliament, except in 1306, when only one esq. and James Hicks esq. are the chief landowners. The

was returned ; the place was also honored with many other soil is various, mostly light, with fine pasturage ; the sub-

privileges from the reign of Henry I. to that of Edward Ill. soil is clay. The acreage is 2,146; rateable value, £4,442;

'fhe river Axe is here crossed by a stone bridge of one arch. the population in 1881 was 652.

The church of St. Gregory is a building of local stone in the BRINSCOMBE, 1! miles south-east, ALSTON SUTTON and

Perpendicular style, erected in the time of Henry VII. con- STONE ALLERTON, 2 miles south, are hamlets.

sisting of chancel, nave, aisles, south porch, vestry, a fine Sexton, Samuel Banwell.

embattled western tower with a pierced parapat and four PosT OFFICE, Lower Weare.-John Waiter Vincent, receiver.
pinnacles, and containing 5 fine-toned bells : on the exterior of Letters arrive from Weston-super-Mare, via Axbridge
the tower are two canopied niches: in the nave, and facing R.S.O. at 7·5 a.m. Box closes at 6.50 p.m. ; sundays,
the chancel, is a brass with the effigy of a merchant with a 10.45 a.m. PILLAR LETTER Box at the Vicarage cleared
on week days at 4·45 p.m. The nearest money order &
gypciere attached to his girdle and an inscription to John telegraph office is at Axbridge
Bedbere, c. 1500: the font is Early English: there are
fragments of ancient stained glass in one of the windows,
one of which bears the initials J. B. ; and another the five PosT OFFICE, Stone Allerton.-Mrs. Ann Brice, receiver.
wounds ; a third, the chalice and wafer; and the last a Letters arrive from Axbridge R.S.O. at 8.20 am.; dis-
crown with the monogram "l.H.S." ; in the churchyard is patched 5· 10 p.m. Wedmore is the nearest money order
an ancient cross, raised on a base of four steps, the total & telegraph office

height being about 10 feet: the church was restored and a ScHooLs:-

north aisle added in 1846 at a cost of £Boo, and in 1886 a National, Upper Weare (mixed), built in 1840, at a cost of

sonew organ, erected at a cost of £250: there are sittings for £115 by the late incumbent of the parish, for children;
200 persons. The register dates from the year 1637. The average attendance, 39, & endowed with £15 yearly;

living is a vicarage, average tithe rent-charge £353, with Miss Eleanor Rowe, mistress

residence and 37 acres of glebe, in the gift of the Dean and National, Stone Allerton (mixed), built by the Rev. E. T.

Chapter of Bristol, and held since 1870 by the Rev. Frederic Perfect & given by him to the parish, together with two

Charles Skey H.A. of Worcester College, Oxford, who is non- cottages for the maintenance of the school, for 40 children ;

resident; the Rev. John Hen~y Lonsdale B.A. of Trinity average attendance, 33; Miss Mary Phillips, mistress

Weare. Emery Thos. farmer, Washbrook [Let- COMMERCIAL.

Arney Mrs. Upper Weare ters should be addressed Wedmore] Brice Ann (Mrs.), grocer, Post office

Burge George, Alston Sutton Gadd Frederick,dairy frmr.Brinscombe Boyce Robert, baker

Ham Robert, farmer, LowerWeare Burrow William, farmer
.Cann Rev. William [Bible Christian] Ham Roland, farm bailiff to Colonel Clapp John, cooper
Lonsdale Rev. John Henry B.A. [curate Luttrell c. B., D.L., J.P. Badgworth 1Coles George, boot & shoe maker
in charge], Vicarage
Court farm Frost Christopher, mason
Luttrell Col. Henry Acland Fownes- Ham William,dairy farmer,Brinscombe Frost William, stone mason
c.B., D.L., J.P. Badgworth court
HarrisJohn, see Lamb commercial inn Gray George, gardener to Col. H. A.

COMMERCIAL. Hatch Ezekiah, farmer, Upper Weare Fownes-Luttrell c.B., D.L., .J.P

Heath Thomas, farmer, Upper Weare Green George, dairy farmer

Allen George, carpenter & shopkeeper, Hicks Ann Puddy (Mrs.), dairy farmer j Green Harry, farmer

Upper Weare & landowner, Upper Weare I Green John, farmer

Arney John, yeoman, Upper Weare Hicks James, dairy farmer & land- Ham Charles, farmer

Banwell James, farmer, Alston Sutton owner, Upper Weare Ham Frank, farmer

Banwell Samuel (established 1876), HooperElizh.(Mrs.),butchr.Low.Weare Ham George, farmer &butcher

shoeing & general smith, all kinds of Lamb commercial inn (John Harris, Ham John, farmer

agricultural implements repaired at proprietor),dealer in wines, spirits & Ham Maurice, farmer

moderate charges, Lower Weare cigars of choice quality; dinners & Ham Oliver, blacksmith, shopkeeper

Bolton Joseph,generaldealer & umbrella teas provided on short notice; good & farmer

maker, Lower Weare stabling, Lower Weare 1 Hatch Isaiah, carpenter

Brice Charles, stone mason,Low. Weare Raines William, farmer, Streem farm, ' Hatch Jacob, farmer

IBurge George, farmer, Alston Sutton Upper Weare Hatch Septimus, carpenter

Burrows Benjamin, farmr. Low. Weare Rich George, farmer, Tanyard farm, Hatch Theodore, farmer & milk dealer

Callow Lydia (Mrs.), shopkeeper & Lower Weare 1Hopkins Harriett (Mrs.), shopkeeper

dress maker, Lower Weare RichJames, farmer, Lower Weare I King James, dairy farmer

Caple John, farmer, Upper Weare Ridden lt'redk. shoe maker, Up. Weare King Samuel, dairy farmer

Clapp Robert, farmer, Alston Sutton SkinnerHy.frmr.&cattledlr.Low.Weare Parsons Henry, shoe maker

Coles John B. farmer, Lower Weare Somers John,dairy farmer, Sparrow hill Pearce Frederick, farmer

Cook George, dairy farmer, Up. Weare Tilley John,dairy farmer, Upper Weare Pratten Charles, assistant overseer &
l vestry clerk for Badgworth & Weare
Cook Jane (Mrs.) (trustees of) dairy Tucker-, farmer, Brinscombe

farmers, Lower Weare Vincent John Walter, butcher & shop- Reynolds Francis, Wheatsheaf P.H
Court Albert, farmer
j keeper, Post office, Lower Weare . Sevier Edward, tarmer

Cox Sidney, butcher, Lower Weare . Way Joseph, farmer, Alston Sutton 'Sully Caleb, farmer & carpenter

Day Thomas & Joseph, basket makers, ' Tutton Eliza (Mrs.), dress maker

Lower Weare Stone Allerton. Vowles James, farmer
Day Daniel, builder & brick maker, f Webber John, dairy fa..,nrnner

Lower Weare ,. Durling George lI [Theremainderofthenamesofresidents
appear under CHAPELALLERTON].
Day Henry, butcher, Hrinscombe Tucker Mrs

DIRECTORY.] SOMERSETSHIRE. WEDMORE. 381

WEDMORE is a township and parish, situated on rising the poor, the interest, amounting to about £27, is dis-

ground, suuounded by moorland and on the road from tributed yearly in clothing at Christmas: there are endo\'111;-

Highbridge to Wells, 3l miles south from Cheddar station on ments of £I,ooo, founded by deed in 18I9 and 1845, and

the Great Western railway, 8 north-west from Wells and augmented by voluntarysubscriptions,nowproducingaboot

6 from Axbridge, in the Wells division of the county, eastern £I3 IOS. for the support of the charity school. James

division of Bempstone hundred, Axbridge petty sessional Toogood, a fanner, left, in 1854, five acres of land, the yearly

division, union and county court district, Axbridge district rent of which, about £I3, to be spent in Bibles and in other

of the rural deanery and archdeaconry of Taunton and rewards to the labouring poor. A benefaction of £I53 in

diocese of Batli and Wells. The river Axe divides it from Consols, given by an unknown donor, and producing about

the hundred of Wells Forum, and the Brue bounds it on the £8 Ios. yearly, is distributed in money. Two fairs for

south; it is divided into five tithings. namely, WEDMORK, cattle are held annually, the Monday before St. James (July

THE BoROUGH, CHURCHLAND, BLACKFORD and NoBTHLOAD 2sth) and the last Monday in September. This place

-the last being in the hundred of Glastonbury Twelve anciently belonged to the abbey of Glastonbury, and once

Hides. THEALE and BLACKFORD, ecclesiastical parishes had, it is said, not less than eleven chapels, each provided

taken out of this parish. are given under separate headings. with a priest; the remains of one chapel are still visible at

This is an ancient borough, governed by portreeves chosen a hamlet called ScOTLAND. A pot of silver coins, of Sweyn

annually; a court is held yearly, when bread-weighers, (1013) and Hardicanute (I039), was found in the church-

ale-tasters, a swine-herd and bailiffs are appointed, the pro- yard in I85I and is now in the British Museum. The

ceedings however being now little more than a formality. 'I principal landowners are John Frederick Bailey esq. who is

The township is lighted with gas. The church of St. Mary lord of the manor, Edward Webb Edwards esq. the trustees

is a cruciform edifice of local stone of the I4thand ISth cen- of the late J. Woollen esq. and Benjamin Tyley White esq.

turies, consisting of chancel with lateral chapels, nave, aisles, the trustees of Arthur Phippen esq. Col Henry Acland

transepts, south porch and an embattled C'entral tower with Fownes Luttrell c.B., D.L., .J.P. and William Knyfton, of

pinnacles, and containing a clock with chimes and 8 bells: Uphill Castle. The soil is varied, abounding with very rich

there are a few ancient monumental tablets and brasses to loam, and the moors are very valuable for dairy purposes,

the Hodges, Boulting and other families, including a brass much of the celebrated Cheddar cheese being made here.

with the figure of a heart, the following quaint inscription : - A great quantity of turf is dug, which, when prepared, is

" Sacred to the memorie of Captain Thomas Hodges, of used as fuel. It is one of the largest parishes in the county,

the county of Somerset, esq. ; who at the siege of the area being 9,986 acres; rateable value, £26,140; the

Antwerpe, about I583, with;unconquered courage wonne population in 188I was 3,o6o.

two ensigns from the enemy, where, receiving his last STOUGHTON CRoss, It miles north-west, CocKLAKE, 1!

wound, he gave three legacies : his soule to the Lord north, CRICKHAM, I! north, HEATH HousE, 2 north, SAND,

Jesus, his body to be lodged in Flemish earth, his heart 1 south, CLEWER, 2 north, situated on the river Axe, OLD

to be sent to his dear Wife in England. WooD, I south, and WESTHAM, 2 south-west, are hamlets

Here lies his wounded heart, for whome belonging to Wedmore.

One kingdom was too small a roome : PosT, M. 0. & T. 0., S. B. & Annuity & Insurance Office.-

Two kingdoms therefore have thought good to part Mrs. Emily J. Cock, postmistress. Letters delivered at

So stout a body and so brave a heart." 7.30 a.m. from Weston-super-Mare daily; dispatched at

'There is another brass with effigy in buff coat, breeches and 6.45 p.m. ; sundays, cleared at 4 p.m. Box cleared at 7

jack boots and wearing a long sword and carrying a pike, to p.m. daily; dispatched 7.25 p.m. Money order office

George Hodges esq. ob. c. 1630: the fabric was restored in open from 6 a. m. till6 p.m

188o at a cost of £2,775; it was reseated with open oak INSURANCE AGENTS:-

benches, partially re-floored, the roofs re-leaded, and a clock Church of England Fire & Life, J. B. Millard

with chimes, by Gillett and Bland, of Croydon, added: Imperial Fire, E. Wall

there are sittings for 500 persons. The register dates from Liverpool, London & Globe, Millard & Wall

the year 156o. The living is a vicarage, average tithe rent- Norwich Union Fire, F. Morgan

charge £I76, net yearly value, £300, including 7I acres of Sun Fire & Life. J. C. Smith
glebe, with residence, in the gift of the Bishop of Bath and West of England, W. F. Ford & J. F. Bailey

Wells, and held since 1876 by the Rev. Sydenham Henry ScHOOLS:-

Augustus Hervey B.A. of Trinity College, Cambridge. A School Board of 5 members was formed April5, I875

There are .Baptist and Wesleyan chapels. Here is a reading J. B. Millard,clerk to the board; E. Wall,attendance officer

room for the use of the inhabitants. Assembly rooms were Board School (mixed), built in I878, for 36o children ;

erected in I868 by a company, but have now become private average attendance, 16I ; Samuel Price, master

property. J. Woollen esq. by will in 1844 left £I,ooo to CARRIER TO BBISTOL.-James Bartlett, thurs

Wedmore. Tyley William, Grant street GEORGE FIRST CLASS AGRICUL•
Wall Arthur, West end
I TURAL, FAMILY &. COMMER-

PRIVATE RESIDENTS. Wall Edward, South bank CIAL HOTEL&. POSTING HOUSE
Wall Edwin, sen. Lascott hill
(George Elias Way, proprietor), ball

Bailey John Frederick, Manor house Wollen Mrs suppers, wedding breakfasts &c.

Baker Lot catered for in first class style
Banwell Miss COMMERCIAL.
Gibbs Joseph, carpenter
Edgington Rev. Edwin [BaptistJ
Bailey John Frederick, solicitor & corn- Gibbs William, boot & shoe maker

Ford Joseph missioner, Manor house Godfrey Henry, farmer

Ford WilliamFlower, West end Banwell John, farmer Greenaway Catherine (Mrs.), ladies•

Frost Abraham Sidney Banwell William, farmer day school

Frost Michael Richard Bartlett James, carrier HancockSarahB. (Miss),teachr. of music

Green John, Sand park Batten James, manager of Gasworks Harding George, farmer, Latcham

Green Mrs. The Grange Bethell Samuel, corn merchant Hams George, brick maker

Hancock Miss Bond Cyrus, farmer & hotel proprietor, Harvey Henry, jun. coal merchant,corn

Harvey Henry, sen see Swan hotel dealer & contractor

Hervey Rev.SydenhamHenry Augustus Champeny George, farmer, Latcham Hawkins Henry, farmer, Westover's

B.A. Vicarage Cock Jane Fry (Mrs.), draper & grocer Heath George, farmer, Lineage

Hesse Lieut.-Col. John Valentine .J.P. Coles Henry, machinist Hole John, farmer, Latcham

The Poplars 1CCooollkinCs hGaerolersg,e,poshrkoebmutackheerr Hole William, farmer
James George Hnrd John, carpenter

Lillingstone Mrs. South bank Cook John, pork butcher Indoe James Henry, ironmonger

Millard John Buuel, Laurel bank Cousens Elizabeth (Mrs.), shopkeeper James George, carpenter

Millard Mrs. M Creed George, blacksmith Larder John, stone mason

Millard Mrs. Sarah Dando James, butcher Larder J oseph, haulier

Norman Edward Dando John, painter Leigh George, farmer

Popham Henry Day A. & W. drapers Lewis William, seedsman

Pople Mrs. Cocklake road Day Charles, farmer Martin Frederick, painter

Porter Mrs Day Simon, stone mason Millard & Wall, auctioneers, valuers &

Smith John Charles Day Thomas, tailor accountants, house & land agents &

Stott Richard Lyde Duckett Humphrey, farmer, Latcham surveyors. See advertisement

Toogood John Emery Mary Ann (Mrs.), dress maker Millard George, farmer, Alien Moor

Tucker Mrs. M. Grant street Ford Joseph, surgeon, & medical officer Millard John Burrel (firm, Millard &

Tucker Mrs. P & public vaccinator, gu, district, Ax· Wall), auctioneer &; clerk to the

Tyley John, Lascott villa bridge union school board &c. See advertisement

Tyley Miss FordWm.Flower,solicitor & commissnr Millard Robert, draper & grocer

Tyley Richard Purnellxn. Speke close Gas Co. (William Pople, sec) Millard William, corn dealer

> SOltfERSETSHIRE. [KELLY's

382 WEDlWRE.

Mogg Charles, baker Urch William, watch & clock maker Tucker Charles, farmer

Morgan Henry, farmer & baker Wall Albert, farmer, West end Tucker Henry, sen. farmer

Morgan Robert, sexton Wall Edward (firm, Millard & Wall), Tucker William, farmer

Morgan Waiter, fam1er, Latcham auctioneer & assistant overseer &c. Wall John, farmer

Olver Alfred Legh, corn & seed mer- See advertisement Wall William, farmer

chant & implement agent; agent for Wall Edwin, jun. farmer, The Close Webber John, King's Arms P.H

all the principal makers, inventor of Wall John Barrow, farmer Heath House.
Olver's celebrated patent combined Wall John Stone, farmer

thistle cutter, hay maker & weed ex· Wall Soloman, builder COMMERCIAL.

tricator Watts George, carpenter Andrews George, beer retailer

Owen William (lateJ. Tonkin), general Way Georg-e Elias, see George hotel Baker Edward, farmer

& fancy draper, grocer, ironmonger Webber Edward, butcher Banwell Charles, farmer

&c. ; funerals furnished Whittle Charles James, baker, flour, Duckett George, farmer

Oxley Samuel, plasterer corn, meal, oil & cotton cake dealer, Duckett Matthew, farmer

Parker Ann (Mrs.), beer retailer The Borough Duckett Michael, farmer

Parker John, carpenter Williams Charles, stone mason Emery Richard, farmer

Parker Mary Ann (Miss), farmer Williams Henry, farmer Evans George, mason

Patch John, stone mason Willis James, shoe maker Evans George, jun. mason

Pitfield -, farmer, Elmset hall Wilts & Dorset Banking Co. Limited Page Thomas, farmer

Pople Fanny(Mrs. ), milliner &dress ma (agency) (open tuesdays only, xo to 'fucker Wm. miller (wind) &corn factr

Pople Frank, grocer, boot factor & x) ; draw on London & Westminster Wall Benjamin, farmer

commission agent Bank Limited, London B c Sand.

Pople William, bookseller & stationer Woodward Ralph, grocer

Porter Henry, farmer Clewer. Edwards Edward Webb, Sand hall
Porter William John Harvey, grazier White Benjamin Tyley, Sand house

Puddy Thomas, carpenter Binning Jonas, dairy fanner Durston Joseph, farmer

Puddy William, baker Brice Robert, dairy farmer Frost Charles, farmer

Redman Ann (Mies), dress maker Cock Benjamin, farmer Hawkins John, farmer

Redman George, painter & plumber Cock John, dairy farmer Puddy Edward, farmer

Redman Robert, tailor Ham Benjamin, farmer Star John, farmer

Ridge Thomas, saddler Ham William, farmer Sweet William, sen. farmer, Sand heath

Ridge William, saddler Heath Lot, dairy farmer Toogood J ames, butter factor

Sawley Moses, tailor Hole Edmund, farmer Middle Stoughton.

Smith John Charles, solicitor & corn- Roper Mark, poultry & butter dealer

missioner for oaths, chief agent Con- Wall Edwin, farmer Burrow John, farmer

servative Registration Association for Cocklake. Grant Stephen, beer retailer
theWells division of Somerset & agent I Leigh William, carpenter

for the Sun Fire & Life office COl\IMERCIAL. Pople James, jun. farmer

Stickland Edward, carpenter Baker Thomas, farmer Puddy Robert, cattle dealer

Stuckey's Banking Co. (agency) (John Binning Richard, farmer Stoughton Cross.
Valentine Hesse J.P. agent); open xo Brice Waiter, farmer, Ring hill

till I daily; draw on Robarts, Lub- Fisher Octavius, blacksmith Brown George, grazier

bock & Co. London E c Hembury Richard, cattle dealer Ham Wm. farmer, Stoughton Cross frm

Swan first class agricultural, family Hole J ames, grazier Lol"ell Eliza (Mrs.), farmer

& commercial hotel & posting house Pople Edward, farmer, Cheddar road Taylor Henry, farmer

(Cyrus Bond, proprietor); ball sup- t Pople Hannah (Mrs.), farmer Wall William, farmer

pers &c. well catered for; agent for Pople James, farmer West Stoughton.
the Anglo-bavarian ales, supplied in Pople John, farmer

small casks Pople William, jun. farmer Bentley Mrs

Taylor Charles, tailor Pople William, farmer, Rose cott!l.ge Bentley George, farmer

Thornton John, pharmaceutical chemst Puddy George, farmer Bii;hop William, butcher

Tucker Albert, farmer Shervey Richard, farmer Corner Edward, farmer

Tucker Frank, farmer Tincknell Henry, farmer Court Edward, farmer

Tucker Henry, jun. farmer Tincknell Herbert, baker Green Sandy, farmer

Tyley Frederick, farmer Webber Thomas, farmer Millard Henry, farmer

Tyley Richard Purnell M.D. surgeon, & Crickham. Tinney Samuel, farmer
medical officer & public vaccinator,
I Vowles Wm. pork butcher & butter dlr
No. 9 dist.Axbridge union,Speke close Slade George, farmer Wall George, farmer

\V E L L I N G T 0 N.

WELLINGTON is a market town, parish, head of a petty on the eighth t::ill is the inscription "Nos resonare jubent

sessional division, union and county court district, situated pietas mors atque voluptas : " there is a very fine western

on the main road from Taunton to Exeter, and bounded on arch, nearly 40 feet in height: the west window is debased

the north-west by the river Tone, 152 miles from London by Perpendicular: the east window of the chapel on the south

road and 17oi by rail, 57 south-west from Bath, 45 south-west side has on its centre mullion a tall bracket, and above it a

from Bristol, 7 south-west from Taunton and 24 north-east singular crucifix, in which the cross is budding into five

from Exeter, with a station on the Bristol and Exeter section lilies ; there is a magnificent altar-tomb, with an arched

of the Great Western railway, in the Western division of canopy, supported by shafts of black marble, beneath which

the county, hundred of Kingsbury West, rural deanery of are effigies of Sir John Popham kt. ob. June xo, 1607, Lord

Wellington, archdeaconry of Taunton and diocese of Bath Chief Justice of the King's Bench, I592-x6o7, and of Amy

and Wells. The government of the town was vested in a (Gaines) his wife, with numerous other figures kneeling: ·

portreeve, or bailiff, and some inferior officers, until the year the font is modern and richly carved, and on each side of

1873, when it was transferred to a Local Board of 9 members, the west door externally are niches for figures : the chancel

formed under the Act 36 & 37 Vict. c. 141. The Bridgwater was rebuilt in 1848, and on removing the floor of the

canal, which ran through this parish, has been abandoned sacrarium, it was found to be composed in part of fragments

and filled up. The town is about three-quarters of a mile of stone covered with fine sculptured work, coloured and

in length and is composed of five streets, named High street, gilt, which had been much defaced and then reversed to

Fore street, Mantle 8treet, and South and North streets form the pavement ; these sculptures appear to have

respectively; it is lighted with gas supplied by a company, originally belonged to a reredos of elaborate design, erected

and there are water works situated at Westford, xi miles somewhat earlier than 1400, and arranged in a regular

north-west, belonging to the Local Board. series of panels, containing a group of the "Crucifixion,"

The church of St. John the Baptist is a Perpendicular and many figures of saints ; on the nave gable is a bold but

edifice of stone, of the xsth century, consisting of chancel, elegant cross: some traces of the Early Norman church

nave of four bays, aisles with eastern chapels, south porch, have been found in carved work built mto the walls. The

and an embattled western tower, with pinnacles, with a oldest register now in existence dates from 1623. The living

turret on the south side, and containing a peel of 8 bells : is a vicarage, with the chapelry of West Buckland and the

DIRECTORY.] SOMERSETSHIRE. WELLINGTOY. 383

vicarage of Holy Trinity annexed, average tithe rent-charge, tile worKs of :Messrs. W. Thomas and Co. Limite~ give em-
£828, joint gross yearly value .{833, with residence and a~ ployment to a great number of the inhabitants, and there

small portion of glebe, in the gift of trustees, and held since are two iron foundries in the town.

1889 by the Rev. William Walker Pulman M.A. of St. John's Stuckey's Banking Company's branch bank is a handsome
College, Oxford. The great tithes of this parish were corn- building in Fore street. Fox Fowler Co.'s head banking

muted for a rent-charge of £984 13s. offices are in the same street.

Trinity church is a modern building of stone, in the form In 1873 a Fire Brigade was established, under the juris-

of a Latin cross, erected in 1831, at the west end of the diction of the Local Board: it consists of a captain and

atonwdna1 and consists of nave, chancel, transepts, south porch twelve men, and has two engines.
dome over the centre containing one bell : this church 'fhe H Company of the West Somerset Yeomanry Cavalry

is endowed with £125 yearly from the vicarial tithes of is stationed here, and the C Company of the 2nd Volunteer

Wellington, and is in the gift of trustees: there are 6oo Battalion Prince Albert's Somerset Light Infantry have head

sittings, arranged with the backs to the altar: the living is q11arters in South street. .

a vicarage, annexed to that of St. John the Baptist. The ordinary weekly market is held on Thursday. Fairs

The mission church of All Saints, Rockwell Green, now are held the second Wednesday in March and first Wednes-
(1889) in course of construction, at an estimated cost uf day in June.

£3,000, is an edifice of red sandstone lined with brick, partly A cattle and sheep market is held here on the first

in the Perpendicular style, and consists of chancel, transepts, Thursday in every month.

clerestoried nave of four bays, aisles, north and south The" Wellington Weekly News," a penny newspaper, is

porches, vestry, organ chamber and a tower at the south- published on Thursday by Messrs. Tozer and Gregory,

west angle ; it will afford sittings for 400 persons. South street.

The Congregational chapel is an edifice in the Gothic style, Here is a hospital for six poor and aged men and the like

erected in 1861, and has 700 sittings. The Baptist chapel, number of women, founded and endowed in 1606 by Sir
South street, was erected in 1833 and enlarged in 1877 at a John Popham kt. mentioned above, who was a great bene-

cost of 1,6oo, and will seat 6oo persons: adjoining the factor to this town: it was rebuilt in 1833, and has a
chapel are schools, built in 1865 at a cost of /.I,soo. There yearly income of £2oo: a scheme for the governmeat
is also a Baptist chapel at Holywell Lake, built in 1841, and of the hospital has received the sanction of the Charity
seating 100 persons. The .Bible Christian chapel in Scott's 1 Commissioners.
lane has 100 sittings. The Brethren chapel in North street Old Court is the residence of Col. James Owen Bovill;

was built in 1862, and will seat 200 persons. The Wesleyan The Cleve, of Joseph Hoyland Fox esq. J.P. ; Linden, of
Methodist chapel in Mantle street has 350 sittings; the Sylvanus Fox eS<J.. J.P. ; The Priory, of Samuel Dobree esq.

Society of Friends meeting house in High street, 250 sittings. J.P. ; Foxdown, of Frederick Thomas Elworthy esq. and

There is a union chapel at Rockwell Green, erected in 1830, Sbuteleigh, of Captain Charles Henry It'ox J.P.

seating 400 persons, and another at Wrangway, which was The great Duke of Wellington took his title from this

restored and enlarged in 1882, and has 200 sittings. town, and was lord of the manor, which appears to be an

The Cemetery, situated between the town and Rockwell ancient one, having been held by Edward, first Duke of
Green, was formed in 1875, and is 4 acres in extent, with Somerset K.B. Lord Protector, who was beheaded for high

two mortuary chapels and a lodge; it is under the control of a treason, January 22, 1552, temp. Ed ward VI. and previous

Burial Board of 9 members. , to him by several bishops, the first being Asser ( Menevensis),

The West Somerset County School, opened in April, 188o, bishop of Sherborne, 879-83, preceptor to Alfred the Great:

and enlarged in 1888, occupies a range of buildings situated the manor is now held by the pr&~ent Duke of Wellington.

in South street, and is available for so boarders and so day A Court Leet for the preservation of the rights of the

boys; the tobject of the school, established by a limited manor and borough of Wellington is held annually in the

company, is to provide a thoroughly sound and compre- month of October by the steward to the lord of t.he manor.

hensive modern education: it is governed by a board of About 2~ miles south of the town, on the summit of a

directors; James Oakley Beuttler M.A. of Queens' College, hill, 900 feet in height, a monumental pillar 158 feet high

Cambridge, is the head master. has been erected by subscription, in honour of the Duke of

The Market House or Town Hall, a building of stone, Wellington, and in commemoration of the victory obtained

erected in 1833, is the property of the Market House Co.: at Waterloo, June 18, 1815: the prospect from this eminence

the upper part consists of a room about 40 by 25 feet, used is very striking, and the column is visible for many miles

for public meetings and entertainments, and a smaller room round.

occupied by the Wellington Literary Institutes containing a 'fhe area is 5,132 acres; rateable value, £25,165; the popu-

library of 1,400 volumes, and a reading room, supplied with lation of the parish in 1881 was 6,360, including 195 officers

daily and weekly papers, periodicals &c.: the lower portion and inmates of workhouse.

forms a corn and provision market with butchers' shambles RocKWELL GREEN, I mile west; WESTFORD, I mile west;

in the rear; the whole is surmounted by a clock tower with HOLYWELL LAKE, 2 miles west; PYLESTHORN, half-a-mile
xttwo illuminated dials.
south-east; FORD STREET, south-east; WRANGWAY, 1J
The woollen manufactories of Messrs. Fox Brothers and south-west ; and PLEMORE CRoss, xi south-west are hamlets.

Co. and ElworthyBrothers and Co.Limited, and the brick and Parish Clerk. , John Royal Snellgrove•

Official Establishments, L:>cal Institutions &c.

PoST, M. 0. & T. 0., S. B. & Annuity & Assurance Office.- Fox Joseph Hoyland esq. The Cleve, Wellington

Peter Foster Munns, postmaster Fox Sylvanus esq. Linden, Wellington

DISPATCH oF LETTERS &c. Lamport Charles esq. Bindon house, Wellington

For Exeter & all towns bBerlioswtolW, eBllainthg,tonL,o7n a.m. ; London Moysey Hy.Gorges esq.Bathealton court,WiveliscombeR.S.O
Day Mail-'faunton, don & places SanfordEdwd.Chas.Ayshfordesq.Nyneheadcourt,Wellingtn

beyond, n.so a.m.; North of England Mail-Taunton, Sanford Henry Ayshford esq. Nynehead court, Wellingt-on

Bridgwater, Bristol, Wales, Scotland &Ireland, 4.35 p.m. ; Winwood Thomas Henry Ricketts esq. M. A. Wellesford
Night Mail-London & all parts of Great Britain, Colonies manor, Wellington
Clerk to the Magistrates, Robert Arundel Were, South st
& abroad , 9.40 p.m
DELIVERY by letter carriers begins at 7a.&m9.. a.m. & 2.10 & Petty sessions are held at the Petty Sessional Court house
6 p.m. ; to callers, begins at 7 & 9 30 2. 10 6 p.m. usually on the last friday in each month at half-past eleven
& &

On sundays there is only one delivery by letter carrier, k on every thorsday at u a.m. The following places are

commencing uant t7ila.1m0 .a&.mletters are delivered at the window included in the division :-Ashbrittle, Bradford, Kittisford,
from 7 a.m. La.ngford Budville, Nynehead, Runnington, Sampford
SuB-PosT OFFICE, Rockwell Green.-Mrs. Charlotte Ingram,
Arundell, Stawley, Thorne St. Margaret, Wellington &

receiver. Letters arrive from Wellington at 6.20 a. m. & West Buckland

dispatched thereto at 6.40 p.m. Postal orders are issued LocAL BOARD.

here, but not paid Offices, Town Hall.

WALL LETTER BoXES.-Ford street, cleared at 6.25 p.m.; Board day, every alternate monday at 3 p.m.

Holywell Lake, cleared at 6 p.m. ; Plemore Cross, cleared MEMBERS.
at 7.25 p.m.; Waterloo road, cleared at 8.20 & 10.30 a.m.
& 4 & 6.15 p.m. ; & Longmead cottages, cleared at 6.35

Ip.m. all week days only
Octavius Gardner Waiter, chairm&Q:

Clay William Hefford James

Cutler Jonathan Hosegood. Andrew
ICoUN'rY MAGISTRATES FOB WELLINGTON PETTY SESSIONAL Davey James
DIVISION. Mildon William B

Fox Francis H. Tite Charles

William Ayshford Sanford esq. D.L. Nynehead court, Wel- Clerk, William Burridge, Fore street

lington, chairman Treasurer, John Reynolds Milley, Stuckey's Bank

Adair Col. Alex. Wm. M.A. Heatherton grange, Wellington Medical Officer of Health, John Meredith M.D. High street
Dobree Samuel esq. The Priory, Wellington
Surveyor, Im;pactor of Nuisances &Collector, Edwin Tlaomas

Fox Capt. Charles Henry, Shuteleigh, Wellington !loward, The Ferns

384 WELLINGTON. SOMERSETSHIRE. [KELLY'S

INSURANCE AGENTS : - Thomas Harris, Milverton; Wellington sub-district,

Commercial Union, E. L. Michell, Fore street Frederic Charles Lane, Waterloo road, Wellington;

Britannia Law Fire, E. L. Michell, Fore street deputy, Mrs. E. M. Lane, Waterloo road, Wellington;

County Fire, W. Culverwell, South street & W. Acason, Wiveliscombe sub-district, J. W. Pratt, Wiveliscombe;

Fox :Fowler Co/s Bank deputy, J. Sandell, Wiveliscombe

Hand-in-Hand, Rev. G. W. Humphreys B.A. South street Registrar of Marriages, Jonathan Cutler, South street, Wel-

& J. Parkhouse, Fore street lington ; deputy, vacant

Imperial Fire, J. C. Chave, Mantlett The Workhouse, situated in a pleasant and healthy situation

Liverpool London & Globe, R. A. Were, South street near the town, is a building of stone, erected to hold 300

Law Union, E. L. Michell, Fore street inmates ; Stephen Robert Morgan, master; Rev. W. A.

Norwich Union Fire, Jonn. Cutler, Richmond ho. South st Webber M.A. chaplain; E. Prideaux L.R.C.P.LOnd. medical

Provident Life, W. Culverwell, South street ; & W. Acason, officer ; Mrs. Elizabeth Sarah Morgan, matron ; Samuel

Fox Fowler Co.'s Bank Trim, schoolmaster ; Miss Harriet Furze, industrial teachr

Queen Life & Fire, J. C. Chase, Mantle street RuRAL SANITARY AUTHORITY.
Reliance Life, W. Gregl)ry, Fore street
Royal Exchange, J. B. Langford, Shutes Meets after first guardians' board meeting each month ; board
room, Workhouse.
Sun Fire, J. R. Miller, Stuckey's Bank, Fore strest
Clerk, Robert Arnndel Were, South street, Wellington
West of England, W. Burridge, :Fore street & Beckingsale Treasurer, John Reynolds Miller, Stuckey's Bank
Medical Officer of Health, Engledue Prideaux L.R.C.P.LOnd.
& Booker, South street
Westminster Fire, F. S. Hammett, High street & F. Fox, Fore street, Wellington
Sanitary Inspector, Edward Richards, West Buckland
3 Mantle street

PUBLIC ESTABLISHMENTS : - SCHOOL ATTENDANCE COMMITTEE.

Cemetery, William Burridge, clerk to the burial board

County Court, Town Hall, His H\)nor William Paterson, Clerk, Robert Arundel Were, South street, Wellington

judge ; William Burridge, registrar ; E. C. Coles, high Attendance Officers, Thomas Twose, North street, Welling-

bailiff; John Waiter Gill Lee, assistant bailiff. The court ton & Frederick Flood, Milverton

is held monthly. The district comprises the following PUBLIC OFFICERS :-

places (the initials in parentheses refer to the counties Clerk to Assessment Committee & to Milverton Highway

Somerset & Devon) :-Ashbrittle (S.), Bathealton (S.), Board, Robert Arundel Were, South street

Bradford (S.), Burlescombe (D.), Clayhidon (D.), Culm- Clerk to Commissioners of Taxes & to Burial Board,William

stock (D.), HiUfarrance (S. ), Hemyock (D.), Holcombe Burridge, Fore street

Rogus (D.), Kittisford (S.), Langford Budville (S.), Nyne- Certifying Factory Surgeon, John Meredith, High street

head (S.), Oak (8.), Rannington (S.), Sampford Arundell Inland Revenue Officer, Samuel Henry Collins, x Hurst ter

(S.), Stawley (S.), Thorn St. Margaret (S.), Wellington Town Crier, John Bowerman, Cornhill

(S.), West Buckland (S.) PLACES OF WORSHIP, with times of Services:-
Certified Bailiffs under the Law of Distress Amendment St. John the Bapti~:~t Church, High street, Rev. William W.
Pulman, vicar; 10.30 a. m. & 3 p.m. ; wed. 7.30 p.m.;
Act, W. B. Milton, auctioneer, High street; & John C. saints days at II.30 a. m. ; early celebration at 8.30 a. m.
on second sunday in month
Norman, Culmstock, Devon Holy Trinity Church, Mantle street; 10.30 a.m. & 6.30 p.m
Inland Revenue Office, King's Arms hotel, High street Society of Friends' Meeting House, High street; 10.30 a. m.;
Local Board Fire Brigade, North street, Geo. Ireland, capt wed. alternately at u.30 a.m. & 7.30 a. m
Masonic Hall, Mantle street Baptist, South street, Rev. George Ward Humphreys B.A.
Police Station, Courtland road, Sergeant George Broadribb, Lond. minister; 10.30 a.m. & 6.30 p.m. ; tues. & fri.

chief officer, & 6 constables 7·30 p.m
Popham's Almshouses, Mantle street
Temperance Hall, North street, Frederick Glass, keeper Baptist, Holywell Lake; 2.45 & 6 p.m
Town Hall, Fore street, Samuel Hutchings, keeper

VOLUNTEERS:- !Bible Christian, Scott's lane, 10.30 a.m. & 6 p.m. ; wed.

West Somerset Yeomanry Cavalry (H. Troop) ; head 7.30 p.m

quarters," King's Arms," High street; Lieut. L. H. G. Brethren, North street, Rev. Henry Albert Tanner; 10.30

Morgan; Sergt.-Major William Peat, drill instructor a.m. & 6 p.m.; mon. & fri. 7.30 p.m

Prince Albert Somersetshire Light Infantry, 2nd Volunteer Congregational, Fore street, Rev. George William Joyce,

Battalion (C eo.) ; head quarters, South street ; Major W. minister; 10.30 a. m. & 6 p.m.; tues. & fri. 7.30 p.m

Burridge; J. Meredith, acting surgeon; Sergt. C. Toiler, Union, Rockwell Green, no minister; 3 & 6 p.m.; mon. &

drill instructor thurs. 7.30 p.m

WELLINGTON UNION. Union, Wrangway; 2.45 p.m. ; & 6 p.m. first sunday in

Board day, alternate thursdays at 2.30 a.m. at the Board every month
Wesleyan, Mantle street; Rev. Robt Bambrough,minister;
room, Workhouse, North street.
The union comprises the parishes of Ashbrittle, Bathealton, 10.30 a.m. & 6 p.m. ; tues. 7.30 p.m

Bradford, Chipstable Fitzhead, Kittisford, Langford SCHOOLS:-

Budville, Milverton, Nynehead, Oak, Raddington, Run- West Somerset County School Limited, South st.; James

nington,Sampford Arundell, Stawley, Thorn St. Margaret, Oakley Beuttler M.A. head master ; J. B. Langford, sec

Wellington, West Buckland & Wiveliscombe, in Somerset, A School Board of 7 members was formed April28, 1874;

with the parishes of Burlescombe, Clayhidon, Culmstock, Edwin Lee Michell is clerk to the board ; Thomas H.

Hemyock and Holcombe Rogus in Devonshire. The union Wensley, Mantle street, attendance officer

& register offices are situated in North street, adjoining Board School, Courtland road (mixed), built in x863, for

the workhouse premises. The population of the union in 100 boys &. 100 girls & infants; average attendance, 73

188x was 19,135; rateable value, £n1,279 boys & 81 girls & infants; William Manley, master; Miss

Clerk to the Guardians & Assessment Committee, Robert Susan Hannah Bishop, mistress

Arundel Were, South street, Wellington Fox Brothers', Coram's lane, built in 1857, for 200 children;

Treasurer, John Reynolds Miller, Stnckey's Bank average attendance, 190; Noah Geo. Williams, master

Relieving Officers, Wellington district, Thomas Twose, Fox's Tone Dale (girls & infants), built in 1846, for 120

North street, Wellington ; Wiveliscombe district,Frederick children; average attendance, u6 girls & infants; Mrs.

Flood, Milverton Martha Ebdon, mistress

Vaccination Officers, Colmstock district, Robert Cha.nnon, Free (girls & infants) (Mrs. Fox's school), Ford street, built

Culmstock ; Milverton & Wiveliscombe districts, Fredk. in 1851, for :zoo children; average attendance, 6x girls &

Flood, Milverton; Wellington district, Thomas Twose, infants ; Mrs. Elizabeth Summerhayes, mistress

North street, Wellington National, Rockwell green; built in :x84o, for 90 girls & 98

Medical Officers, Nos. I & 2 districts, Engledue Prideaux infants ; average attendance, 76 girls & 78 infants ; Miss

L.R.C.P.Lond. Wellington; No. 3 district, Sidney Ellis, Frances Long, girls' mistress ; Miss Emma Setten, infants•

Culmstock; No. 4 district, Nathaniel Batt Grigg, Hol- mistress

combe Rogus; No. 5 district, Henry Weech Randolph, National, High street, built in 1856, for 250 children;

Milverton; No. 6 district, John WyattPratt L.R.C.P.Edin. average attendance, 92 girls & 120 infants; Miss Winifred

Wiveliscombe Aplin, girls' mistress ; Mrs. E. Alien, infants' mistress

Public Vaccinators, Nos. 1, 2, 3, 4 & 6 districts, same as NEWSPAPERS:-
Medical Officers ; No. 5 district, C. Randolph, Milverton Devon & Somerset Weekly News {branch), High street,

Superintendent Registrar, Robert Arundel Were, South Woodley & Co. proprietors; published wednesday

11treet, Wellington; deputy, Richard Corner, The Bower, Wellington Weekly News, South street, Tozer & Gregory,

Wellington printers & publishers, published wednesday evening

Registrars of Births & Deaths. Culmstock sub-district, R. RAILWAY.-Bristol & Exeter, Percival Bingham Hibbert,

Channon, Culmstock; deputy, J. P. Jacobs, Culmstock; station master. Omnibus from the Squirrel hotel to meet

Milverton sub-district,Frederick Flood, Milverton; deputy, trains. John Pethybridge, goods manager

DIRECTORY.] SOMERSETSHIRE. WELLI'8GTOY. 385

PRIVATE RESIDENTS. Michell Edwin Lee, Fore street I Bryant William, greengrocer, North st

Acason William, 2 Cambrian \illas Miller John Reynolds,Bank, Fore street Bubear William & Son, rope, bag &

Baker James, Rockwell green Morris Mrs. Mantle street twine manufacturers, Mantle street

Baker Thomas, The Elms Notmau James, Bank, Fore street BURNETT EGERTON, woollen mer-

Baker William, Mantle street Osmand Thos. Orchard cottage,High st chant, South street

Bambrough Rev. Robert [Wesleyan], Pethybridge John, Cambrian villas Burridge William, solicitor, & registrar

The Retreat Phillips Mrs. Highland place of the county court & commissioner

Batstone John, Mantle street Powell Mrs. Mantle street for taking oaths & clerk to the local

BeckingsaleNathanielThatcher,SoutiJ st Pratt Mrs. Burt's honse & burial boards & commissioner of

Beuttler James Oakley M.A. County Price Edward, South street taxes, Fore street

school, South street Price George Henry, South street Burston John, shopkeeper, Scott's lane

Beuttler Mrs. Beech Grove villas Price William Sydney, Courtland ter Cape George, dairyman, Buckwell

Bishop Frederick, Northfield house Prideaux Engledue,Suthrlnd. ho.Fore st Catford William, watch maker,High st
IBishop Thomas Henry, North street
Prideaux Mrs. High street Cemetery (William Burridge, clerk to
Bishop William, North street Pring Miss, Courtland place the burial board)

Bovill Col. James Owen, Old court Pulman Rev. Wm. Walker M.A.Vicarage Chave James Chadwell,insurance agent

Brook Frederick, Middle green Pulman Mrs. Drake's place & assistant overseer

Bubear William, Furzelands, Mantle st Pyne Charles, Mantle street Chipling Matthew, Ship P.H. Mantle st

Burch Mrs. Beech Grove villa Richards Miss, Waterloo road Clapp George, shoe ma. Plemore cross

Burnett Egerton, South street Scott William, High path Clarke William, hair dresser, High st

Burridge William,The Willows,South st Slade Mrs. High street Clarke William G. nurseryman, seeds-

Burston Mrs. High street Smith John, Spring gardens man & florist, High street

Burton Peter, Pyles house Spurway Robert George, Trinity place Clay William, butcher, Rockwell green

Chave James Chadwell, Mantle street Stark Jabez, CourLland road Coles Henry, farmer, Beacon lane

Clarke Thomas, Trinity place Stark Miss, High street Coles Robert, shoe maker, Mantle street

Colles Abraham M.D. Clifford house Stone Richard, Hulford lane Coles William, farmer, Bagley

Cook Robert, Mantle street Sully Thomas Nicholson, The Lawn Colles & Cosens, surgeons &c. Clifford

Corbin Charles, Spring gardens Talbot John, North street house, High street

Corner Richard, High street Tanner Rev. Henry Albert [Plymouth Colles Abraham M.D.,F.:a.c.s.I. surgeon,

Corner Richard, The Bower Brethren], South street Clifford house

CosensChas.HydeChampion, Watrloo.rd Taylor Edward, County school, South st Collins Samuel Henry, inland revenue

Crocker Jonathan M.D. High street Thomas Miss, High street officer, Hurst terrace

Cutler James, Mantle street Thorne James, High street Coney Henry, spirit merchant & ser-

Cutler Jonathan, South street Tite Charles, Shutes house geant-major of Troop of West Somer-

Dark William, Waterloo road Toiler Mark, South street set yeomanry, Mantle street

Davies Mrs. Waterloo road Tozer Luke, Rosaville Convalescent Home (Miss S. M. El

Davison Rev. Portas Hewart [Congre- Viney James, Rockwell green worthy's) (Mrs Wainwright,matron),.

gational], High street Waiter Octavius Gardner, Ford house Plemore cross

Denner John, Rookery cot. l\Iantle st Waygood John, Waterloo road Cook Rt.Newberry,coml.trav. Mantle st .

Dimond William, Court ter. Mantle st COMMERCIAL. CooperFk.Dvd.Albion,bootma.South st.

Dobree Samuel J".P. The Priory AcklandThomas,gardener to J oseph Fox Corner Richard, deputy supt. registrarh

Duley George Edmund, Trinity street esq. Hawthorne cottage, Mantle st The Bower

Ellis William, Apsley villa Adams Herbert,baker, Champford lane CosbyThos. boot&shoe ma.Rockwell grn,. _

Elwurthy Frederick Thomas, Foxdown Alway Elizh. (Miss),confectionr.High st Cosens Charles Hyde Champion L.R.C.P.

Follett James, Trinity place Alway William, White Hart P.H. & wine Lond.surgeon &c. see Colles & Cosens

Foot William, South street & spirit merchant, High street County Court (His Honor William.-,_

Ford John, Myrtle cottage Alway William Charles, grocer & car- Paterson, judge; William Burridge,.. _

Ford William, Mantle stre3t penter, Rockwell green registrar), Town hall

Fox Capt. Charles Hy. J".P.Shute-leigh Anton William, grocer, High street Cressey Chas. shopkeeper,Rockwellgrn

Fox Joseph Hoyland. J". P. The Cleve Aplin William, farmer, Pitt farm Crocker Wm.insur. agent,Cha.mpford la. ,

Fox Mrs. Tonedale Arbery John Nicholas, draper, Ji'ore st Code William, tobacconist,South street.

Fox Sylvanus J".P. Linden Baker C. agent for W. & A. Gilbey, Culverwell Emily & Bessie (Misses),.

Fox Thomas, Court wine & spirit merchants fancy repository, South street

Gill John, Beaconsfield, Fore street Baker Charles, shopkeeper, Mantle st Culverwell William, saddler, South st

Griffin Mrs. High street BakerFredk.VictoriaArms P.H.North st Cutland William, shopkeeper, North st

Haddon Isaac, Wellesley villa Baker James, baker, South street Cutler Charles Thomas, plumber,.

Haddon James Stradling, Fore street Baker Mark,blacksmith,Rockwell green painter &c. Fore street

Haddon Mrs. South street Baker Robert, shopkeeper, High street Cutler J onathan, registrar of marriages

Haddon William Deacon, Mantle street Baker William, blacksmith &c. Cornhill for Wellington union, South street

Hammett Mrs. Courtland road BarringtonWilliam,marine store dealer, Damp Fanny (Mrs.), scientific dress

Harries Edwin, County school,South st Rockwell green maker, Mantle street

Harris Frederick, Gordon villa Beckingsale & Booker,solicitors,South st Davey Jas. grocer & seedsman, Fore st

Harvey John, Waterloo road Beckingsale Nathaniel Thatcher (firm, Davey Jas.Albt.baker & grocer,South st

Hawkins Mrs. Trinity place Beckingsale & Booker), solicitor,clerk Davey Waiter Henry,baker, Ji'ore street

Henwood Mrs. North street to Sampford Arundel school board, Davis JamesWilley,painter &c. North st

Hill John, North street commissioner for oaths, South street Devon & Somerset Weekly News

Hitchcock The Misses, Henley's farm Bettle Fredk. Selby, t'hemist, South st (branch)(Woodley & Co. proprietors;

Hitchcock The Misses, High street Bird John, yeoman, Westford house published wednesday), High street

Hooper Waiter, North street Bishop Brothers, engineers, North st Devonshire Oils Manufactory(R.Coruert

HumphreysRev.GeorgeWard B. A. Lond. Bond Jas. veterinary surgeon, North st proprietor) Mantle street

[Baptist], The Manse, South street Bond Joseph, King's Arms family & Doel John, tailor, Rockwell green

Jones 1\Iiss, High street commercial hotel & inland revenue Drew John, baker, Cornhill

Joyce Rev. George William [Con,o-re- office, High street Dunbar Robert, wheelwright, Forest-

gational], Fore street Bond Sidney Edmund, glass & china Dunn Edwin, boot maker, High street:.

Joyce Mrs. High street dealer, High street Durston William, farmer, Gillards

Kidgell Mrs. High street Bond Thomas, builder, High street Dyer Thos. shopkeeper, Springfield rd

Kingsnorth Herbert Henry, North st Bond Thomas James,farmer,Perry elm DykesJobBurrows,drapr.&grcr.Fore st

Knight George, Mantle street Booker Wm. Thomas, solicitor & corn- Ellis William, maltster, &agent for the

Knight Robert, Fore street missioner for oaths, see Beckingsale Anglo-Bavarian Brewery Co. High st

Lane Thomas, Trinity place & Booker Elworthy Brothers & Co. Limited, serge

LeCouteur Harcomb Cuff, High street Bowerman & Wyatt,grocrs.&c.North st manufacturers & yarn spinners,West-

LeCouteur Mrs. High street Bowerman John,greengrocer,town crier ford mills; & 42 Noble street E c

Lucas Mrs. North street & billposter, Cornhill Ewens George, corn factor,North street

Lyale George, Swallowfield Bowyer John, cashier at Westford mills Ewens William Hy. farmer, Ford farm

Manley John, Wellesley villas Brooks Mary Elizabeth (Miss), private Farrant Jas. Helling, farmer, Longforth

Martin Miss, Bulford lane S(;hool, High street Farrant Samuel, farmer, Park farm

Martin William, Mantle-street Brooks Sarah (Miss), bookseller & sta- Ford Bros. iron & brass founders, mill~

Mengrove Thomas, Spring gardens tioner, High street wrights & machinists & agricultural

Meredith John M.D. High street Brown John, watch maker, Mantle st implement makers,Reliance foundry,

Mermagan Chas.County schoo!,South st Bryant Hy.printer & bookbindr.High .st Gas street. See advertisement

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386 WELLINGTON; SOMERSETSHlRE. 1 [KELLY's

Follett William, builder, Mantle street Lanelsaac,currier&.leather sllr.South st ·Pyne Martha Calway (Miss), grocer,

Fouracre Albert, beer ret. Rockwell grn Lane Isaac, plumber &c. High street Rockwell green . . •

Fox Fowler Co. bankers (Jas. Not.man, LangdonWm.yeoman,Low. Westford fm Pyne Thomas, tailor, High street

· manager) ; head offices; Fore street; Langf(frd John Brown, sec. to the West Quick James, farmer, Plemore cross

draw on Barclay, Bevan & Co. Lon- Somerset County School Lim. Shotes Quick Johrt, grocer, Mantle street

donEC Lapthorne & Stone, monumental Rabjohns David, shopkeeper, Mantle st

Fox Bros.& Co. serge, blanket & woollen masons, High street Radford Rhoda & Jane (Misses), dress

manufacturers & lambs' wool & Lapthorne J ames, boot maker, North st & mantle makers, Mantle street

worsted yarn spinners, Tonedale ; & Lapthorne Robert, tobacconist,North st Redwood T. & Sons,boot & shoe makers,

at 21: Gresham street & 29 Golden Lapthorne William,boot maker,High st Mantle street

square, London Lark Richard, farmer, Harford Richardson J emima (Mrs.), provision

Fry Emma(Miss),dress ma..Waterloo rd Leat Edwin Culverwell, fancy reposi- dealer, Rockwell green ·

Fry Richard, dyer, Mantle street tory, North street Roll Elizabeth (Miss), draper, High st

Furze John, butcher, Rockwell green; Leat John, baker, North street Rowe Francis, boot & shoe maker,

& farmer, Payton farm Leat William Henry, butcher, High st Springfield road

Fursdon Wm.Dolphin inn, Waterloo rd LeConteur Harcomb Cuff & Emily Rumsey.Arth.Gray,blacksmith,North st

Gamlin Geo. blacksmith, Holywelllake (Miss), private school, High street RutterHubertWm.shopkpr.Rockwll.grn

Gamlin Hy. Thos.shopkpr.Holywelllake Lee John Waiter Gill, county court Sanders Francis, shoe maker, Cornhill

Garnsey William Saml. butcher,High st assistant bailiff, Mantle street SansonHy.boot &shoe ma.Rockwellgrn

Gater Lewis Mowbray, Railway hotel, LloydJ. (Mrs. ),fancy repository,South st Shapland & Son, ironmongers, Forest

· Waterloo road Local Board Fire Brigade (George Shapland & Co. drapers & boot dealers,

Giles Elizabeth(Mrs. ),shopkpr.Scott's la Ireland, captain), North street South street

Giles John, ironmonger, North street Loney Samuel & Co. coal & builders' Shapland John, baker, South street

Gosnell J ames, reporter, North street merchants, Tonedale Sharland Frederick, farmer, Hidlands

Grady Edwin,shopkeepr. Champford la Loney William, baker, North street Sharland John, Squirrel hotel, & wine

Gratton Chas.draper& outfitter, South st Manley Charles, baker, Rockwell green & spirit merchant, Fore street

GreensladeEmma(Miss),private school, Marks Charles, shopkkeper, South st Shear John, Holywell inn, Holywelllake

Mantle street Marks William, cabinet maker, Fore st Shepherd Ann(Mrs. ),shpkpr.Rockwl.grn

GreensladeWillie Wm. boot ma. Fore st Marshall .Ann(Miss),dress ma. Scott'sla ShoplandEdwin,coffee tvrn. Rockwl. grn

GregoryWalt.agricultrl.chemist,Fore st Martin William Prideaux, commercial ShorneyJemima(Mrs. ),shopkpr.High st

Griffin John H. farmer,Dowlands traveller, Mant.Ie street Blade Henry, shopkeeper, Bnlford lane

Gush James, draper, Fore street Masonic Hall, Mantle street SmithSl.sewing machine agnt.Mantle st

Haddon & Son, woollen mers. Fore st MastersJsph. shopkeeper, Rockwell grn Southey Rebecca(Mrs. ),frmr.High.Ford

Halfyard John, coach builder, The Meredith John M.D. physician, medical Stephens Baker, butcher, Fore street

carriage works, Forest. See advert officer of health for Wellington urban Stevens John,shopkeeper,Springfield rd

Hallett Hy. refreshment rms. North st district & certifying factory surgeon, Stone George, farmer, Tonedale

Hambly Samuel, tobacconist, High st High street Stone Henry, shopkeeper, North street.

Hammett Fredk.Scott, bootma.High st Michell Edwin Lee, solicitor, commis- Stradling Wm. water miller,Pinksmore

Hancock Edward, painter, Mantle st sioner for oaths, clerk to Wellington Stuckey's Banking Co. (branch) (John

Hancock Willie, grocer, North street & 'fhorn St. Margaret school board & Reynolds Miller, manager), Fore

Harris Fredk.commcl.trav. Waterloo rd school managers,&agent toLaw Union street ; draw on Robarts, Lubbock &

Hartnell George, butcher, Rock green Fire & Life Assurance Co. & solicitor Co. London E c

Hartnell James, basket maker,South st to Wellington Permanent Building Symons Jesse, saddler, Rockwell green

Haycraft Samuel, refreshment room & Society, Fore street Symons John, farmer, Backways

club, Tonedale Mildon Wm. Bidgood, auctioneer, house Talbot Robert, baker, Mantle street

Hayman Charles, baker, North street & land agent, Sussex ho. High street Tarr William,shopkeeper,Holywelllake

Hefford James, fishmonger & miller Milford .Ann (Mrs.), dress ma. North st Temperance Hall (Frederick Glass,

(water), Cornhill Milford Wm. wheelwright,Holywelllake keeper), North street

Hickey John, White Horse P.B. Highst Miller John Reynolds, manager of Thomas William & Co. Lim.(T.N.Sully,

Riles Robert~ coffee tavern, Cornhill Stuckey's Bank & treasurer to the manager), brick &tile manufacturers

Hill James,boot maker,Champford lane union & rural & urban sanitary Thorne George, cabinet maker, High st

Hill Jonathan, grocer, Springfield road authorities, Fore street 'fhorne George, shopkeeper, North st

Hillacre George, butcher, North street Milton William, boot ma. Rockwell grn Thorne Henry, Eight Bells l'.H. &

HinesThos.rope & twine ma. Waterloo rd Milton Wm. Jn. boot ma. Rockwell grn brewer, High street

Hitchcock Eliza (Miss. ), ladies' school, MorganRichard, botcher,Holywelllake Thorne J. H. ironmonger, Fore street

High street Morrish Henry, farmer, Mantle st.reet Timewell Waiter Johnj coach builder,

HitchcockMaria(Mrs.),butcher,South st Munns Peter Foster,postmstr.Postoffice Rockwell green

Hitchcock Thos. shopkpr. Rockwellgrn Nethercott Henry J n. watch ma. High st Toms John Robert, pianoforte & music

Hobbs James, outfitter, Fore street Page John, boot maker, High street seller, High street

HockleyEmily(Miss),milliner,Mantle st Palfery William,photographer, North st Tooze Jn.provision dealer,Springfield rd

Hockley Sarah Jane(Mrs.), shopkeeper, ParkhouseJn.Hy.prntr.statr.&c.Fore st Town Hall (Samuel Hutchings,keeper),

Mantle street Parsons Henry, blacksmith, High st Fore street

Hole Francis,Cottage inn,Champford la Paull Joseph Edward, hair dresser & Tozer & Gregory, printers & stationers,

Hole James, Clock inn, Rockwell green tobacconist, Fore street South street

Holley Courtney, shopkeeper, High st PedlerRd.frmr. &landowner,Chitter·well Trelease William John, wine, spirit &

Honniball & Toller, grocers & china Perry Margaret (Miss), milliner & beer merchant, Fore street

dealers, Fore street straw bonnet maker, Mantle street Trickey William, shopkeeper, South st

Hooper Waiter, tailor, North street Phillips James, builder, Waterloo road Tristram James, farmer, & Sandford

Hosegood .Andrew, farmer, Nowers Pike Charles, shoe maker, Mantle street Arms P .H. South street

Howard Edwin Thomas, architect & Popham's .Almshouses, Mantle street Twose Charles, pork butcher, North st

surveyor, & surveyor & inspector of Porter William, baker, Mantle street Twose Emily Laurott.o (Miss), milliner,

nuisances & collector of rates to the Price Brothers & Co. manufacturers, High street ·

·local board, The Ferns Staplegrove mills; departments: Twose Thomas, relieving & vaccination

Hutchings Edward, carpenter & green- flocks, wools, serges, blankets, quilts, officer & school attendance officer for

grocer, North street collar, checks &c Wellington district

Hutchins William, jobmaster, High st Price Edwd. bedding manfr.&c.South st Twyford J n. builder&contrctr.Mantle st

Ireland Geo.plumber & painter,High st PrideauxW.S.&Son,ironmongrs.Fore st Venn James, farmer, Bryants

Janes Eliza (Mrs.), milliner, Mantlest Prideaux Engledue L.R.C.P.LOnd. phy- Vicary William Thomas, Half Moon

Janes Thomas, coach builder, Mantle st sician & surgeon, & medical officer & family & commercial hotel & posting

Jefferies J n. rope & twine ma. Swines la public vaccinator, Nos. I & 2 districts, house, &english ti{nber mer.North st

Jennings Fredk. shopkpr. Rockwell gm Wellington union & medical officer Voisey J n. plumber & decorator,South st

Jennings Robert, Weavers' Arms P.ll. workhouse & medical officer of health Walker Thomas,butter factor, Trinity st

Rockwell green to rural sanitary authority, Suther- Waters Thos.GreenDragon P.B.South st

Johnson Mary (Mrs.), shopkeeper, land house, Fore street Webber John, farmer, Hoyles

• Champford lane PrideauxFlorence(Miss),private school, Webber John Wm. butcher, North st

Jones Wm. plumber & decrtr. Mantle st High street Webber Sarah (Mrs.), draper, Fore st

KallendSaml.Warren,fishmngr.North st Prince .Albert's Somersetshire Light Webber Thomas, baker, Holywelllake

Kingsnorth John, grocer, Mantle street Infantry, 2nd Vol. Hat. (C Co.)(Maj. Webber William, London inn, High st

Knight Robert, plumber, Fore street W. Burridge; J. Meredith, acting Webber William, mason, Mantle street

Lane Frederic Charles, registrar of surgeon ; Sergeant C. Toiler, drill Webster Samuel, draper, South street

births & deaths for the ·wellington instructor), South street Wellington Gas & Coal Co. (Henry

district, Waterloo road. Pnrsey Thomas, shopkeeper, Cornhill Giles Crowe, manager),Champford la

JDIRECTORY. SOMERSETSHIRE. WELLS.' 387·

Wellington Grocery Supply Stores guardians & rnrat sanitary authority White James, butcher, Fore street'

(Charles Baker & Co. propTietors), & assessment & school attendance Wilkins George, butcher, Springfield rd

grocers, & agents for W.& A. Gilbey, committees, clerk to the magistrates Windeatt George, chemist, Fore street

1 wine & spirit merchants, High street for the Wellington division & snper- Winter Hy. furniture dealer, High st

WeUington Liternry Institution (H. C. intendent registrar,clerk to Milverton Winter ""William, boot maker, South st

·Le Couteur, librarian; J. Meredith highway board, South street Withers Jas.Hy.Three Cups P.H.Fore st

M.D. & Rev. Geo. Ward Humphreys West Somerset County School Limited Wood Alford John, saddler & harness

B.A.Lond. hon. secs) (James Oakley Beuttler M.A. head maker, North street

Wellington Permanent Building Society master; John Brown Langford, Wood Edwin, butcher, Mantle street

(John Reynolds Miller, sec.), Forest secretary), South street Wood Joseph, tailor, Champford lane

Wellington Weekly News (1'ozer & West Somerset Yeomanry Cavalry (H Wood Thomas, butcher, Mantle street

Gregory, proprietors & publishers; troop) (Lieut. L, H. G. Morgan i WoodberryAlfd.fly owner,Rockwell grn

published wed. evening), South street Sergt.-Maj. Wm.Peat,drill instructor) Woodberry Wm. chair ma.Rockwell grn

Wensley Thomas H. school attendance WestcottFred,dairyman,Bowerman's la Working Men's Club (Mrs. Pyne, care-

officer, Mantle street · WestcottHy.rope&twine ma.Holywl.lke taker), Mantle street r

Were Robert Arundel, solicitor, com- Westcott Thos. Alien, farmer, Laglands WrightWalt.frmr.&butter factr.Ford st

missioner for oaths, clerk to the Westcott William,tailor,Rockwellgreen

WELLOW is a parish and pleasant village, Io8 miles belonging to Earl Temple. Earl Temple is lord of the manor

from London and .'l south from Bath, with a station on the and chief landowner. The soil is brashy, and the subsoil

Somerset and Dorset joint railway, in the Frome division of bastard freestone and blue Iias. The chief crops are wheat,.

the county, Wellowhundred,Weston petty sessional division, barley and oats, and about one-third pasture. The area is

Bath union and county court district, Midsomer Norton 5,292 acres; rateable value, £9,II3; the population in I88x

district of the rural deanery of Merstow, archdeaconry of was I,383. srONEY L ITTLETON, J mt'le

Wells and diocese of Bath and Wells. The church of St. s oHutAhS;SATGwEr9N2HOmE1'l,esI SOUth-east ; -east; WHITE OxMBAD, I
Julian is an ancient building of stone, in the Later Norman mile nor th

style, restored and rebuilt A. D. 1370, and again restored in mile west; SHOSCOMBB, x mile and a half south-west, with

1845, and consists of chancel, nave of four bays, aisles, south a Chapel of Ease, or School Church, and a mixed school;
porch and an embattled western tower~ with pinnacles, con-
taining a clock and 6 bells : there are several monuments to WooDBOROUGH (partly in sthoiusthp,arairseh)h,a3mlmetisleisnstohuisthp-awriessht.; ·
and StNGLE HILL, 2 miles
the Hungerford family: the original oak benches remain, Parish Clerk, James Gi:fiord.
and a beautifully carved open oak roof: the church will seat
400 persons. The register dates from the year I56I. The PosT 0FFICE.-Mrs. Mary Morris, postmistress. Letters ·

living is a vicarage, average tithe rent-charge £292, net from Bath arrive at 8 a.m.; dispatched at 9.20 p.m. The

yearly value £g75, including 6I acres of glebe, with resi- nearest money order office is at Peasedown St. John &
dence, in the gift of trustees, and held since I886 by the Rev. telegraph office, Freshford

Le Gendre George Horton B.A. of Trinity College, Cam- INSURANCE AGENT.-Sun Fire, G. W. Graves •
bridge. There are Wesleyan and Free Methodist chapels. ScHOOLS:-

Here is Bray's Down coal pit, which is in full work. A fair National (mixed), built in I852, for I70 children; average

is held on the I7th of October, yearly, principally for sheep. attendance, 49 boys, 36 girls & 39 infants, & endowed with

The Manor house, erected in I634, and formerly the residence £12 yearly ; Robert Hughes, master; Mrs. Elizabeth

of the Hungerford family, is now the property of J. G.Willis Hughes, mistress

esq. who farms the land, but resides at Newton St. Loe; it School (mixed), Shoscombe, built in I869, for IOO children;

contains some fine oak carving. There is a Celtic burying- average attendance, 25 boys, 36 girls & 20 infants; Miss

place on the manor of Stony Littleton, the property of Lord Phoebe Hill, mistress

Hylton, and a Roman villa, in very good preservation,on land Railway Station, Harry Hayward, station master
[Names marked thus~ the Postal address is Cole Gec:::-ge, sen. y•eoman
*Long Robert, farmer, Shoscombe

Red Post & for Twinhoe, Midford.] ColeWm.farmer & maltster &landowner Montague Wm. beer retailer & butcher

CFoolseteMr isRs,evM. ou~rnetdeP_lreiacskanBt haorhuasem B.A. *CDoallgigeTr hGoeso.rfgaer~srh.o&pskheoeppkeprr.Shoscombe Morris Mary (Mrs.), shopkpr. Post office
Oborn Thos.miller (water),Wellow mills

[curate], I VICt?r!a cottages Gi:fiord Thomas, carpenter Packer Charles, nurseryman

Hy.Graves George Wllham, Rose cottage Gore John beer retailer Pearce Joseph, farmer, Twinhoe

HortonRev. LeGend re Geo. B. A. Vicarage *Gough Albt.farmer,White Oxmead Phillips John, pig dealer

StanleyWm.Edwd.Stainton,BathHillho *Gullock Joseph, farmer, Shoscombe *Pickford Samuel, farmer, Paglinch

COMMERCIAL. Harris John, farmer, Twinhoe farm, Shoscombe

Ashman George, boot maker Hill Edwin, George inn Porch John, blacksmith

*Braysdown Coal Co. (William Steart, *Hodgson Frank, baker Pow James, farmer, Twinhoe

manager; John Spear, sec) Hooper Thomas Jas. farmer, Wellow ho Slingo James, beer retailer,Dunkerton hl

*BruntRt.Jas.farmr.WhiteOxmead frm Humphries Elizabeth (Mrs.),shopkeeper *Spear John, colliery sec. Braysdown

Carey Eliza (Mrs.), farmer, Hassage Humphries James, stone mason Stanley William Edwd.Stainton L.B.C.P.

Cawley & Co. Lim. fullers earth works Keel Harry Fry, Red Post P.H 1 Edin. surgeon, & medical officer 7th

Cleverley 1Villiam, farmer, Hassage King Jane (Mrs.) & Emanuel, farmers, dist. & public vaccinator grd rural dis-

*Colborne Edwin, carpenter, Single hill Woodboroug-h farm trict, Bath union, Bath Hill house

*Colborne James, blacksmith, Single hill Lane GeorgeHy.farmer,StoneyLittleton *SteartWm.collierymanagr.Braysdown..

*Colborne James, jnn. carpenter & beer Light William, farm bailiff to J. G. Steeds George, New inn

retailer, Single hill Willis esq. Manor farm Thomas Henry, farmer J

l

'V ELLS. }

WELLS is a city, municipal borough, market and assize The assizes are held at the Town Hall once a year in the
town, head of a petty sessional division, union and county summer, and the quarter sessions at Easter and Michaelmas.
court district, with stations on the Great Wastern and Petty sessions for the city are held before the mayor and
Somerset and Dorset railways, 20 miles south-west from borough magistrates, and for this dirision before the county
Bath, 2I south from Bristol, ~o east from Bridgwater, 3:1 magistrates.

north-east from Taunton and I23 from London, in the The borough returned two members to Parliament at

Wells division of the county, hundred of Wells Forum, least from 23 Edward I. (I295), but was disfranchised by
Shepton :Mallet district of the rural deanery of Pawlett, the Representation of the People (Scotland) Act, 1868 (3I
archdeaconry of Wells and diocese of Bath and Wells. The and 32 Vict. c. 48).
city comprises within it ·the Liberty of St. Andrew, the As a place of residence, Wells may be said to possess
whole of the In, and part of t.he Out parishes of St. Cuth- several important advantages, being situated on a deep bed
bert; it was incorporated 3I Eliz. ( I588-9) and continued to of diluvial gravel, in a position of unusual attractiveness at
be governed by the charter then granted until the passing the foot of the Mendip hills, whose varied and sometimes
of the Municipal Corporations Act in I835; the municipality richly wooded heights rising around furnish a grateful
is now regulated by the Consolidation Act of 1882, and shelter ; prominent among these is Dulcot hill, a detached
consists of a mayor, recorder, four aldermen, and twelve and craggy eminence, while on the south rises Glastonbury
~uncillors, acting also as the urban sanitary authority. Tor. The city is abundantly supplied with water brought

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388. WE.I.T.S. r SOMERSETSHIRE. (KELLY'S

from the Mendip bills by a private company as well as from relations to this country." From basement to gable it is

the copious springs from which the name of the city is full of rich and beautiful foliage of delicately wrought stone-

derived, and is well built, paved and lighted with gas; work, and is covered with sculptures in deep niches relieved

extensive drainage works are now in course of construction. by shafts of Kilkenny marble, constituting the earliest and

The Somerset and .Dorset railway branches off from the most magnificent series of religious effigies disposed in this

Bristol and Exeter section of the Great Western at High- manner to be found in Europe, the whole being the work of

bridge, a few miles from Bridgwater, and runs through an unknown English artist; the list includes 2I crowned

Glastonbury to Wells: a line, formerly called the East kings, 8 queens, 3I mitred ecclesiastics, 7 knights, 14

Somerset, was opened in I862 from Wells to Shepton nobles and princes, and upwards of 450 smaller figures em-

Mallet, and forms a junction with the Wilts, Somerset and bodying the whole Christian scheme, from the Creation to

Weymouth branch at Witham :Friary, a few miles from the Day of final Retribution, which crowns the central

Cbippenham on the Great Western line. The Cheddar gable ; on either side is portrayed the General Resurrection;

VaUey branch of the Great Western railway, which termi· above this is the Heavenly Hierarchy, while below our

nates here, was opened in I87I, with a junction at Yatton, Saviour in his Majesty stand in the highest range the figures"

thus placing the city in connection with Bristol, Clevedon of the Twelve Apostles. For artistic skill and excellence,

and other important places. these sculptures are not surpassed by any similar and contem-

Wells is said to be the only city in England which has poraneous works on the continent ; being full of action and

not furnished a title of nobility. gracefully draped, with every minute detail of costume care-

The city of Wells owes its modern name to the springs or fully reproduced. The beautiful north porch has a parvise,

wells near the eastern end of the cathedral: in early times lighted by lancets in the gable, and is flanked by octagonal

it was also known as" Welle," "Welliae," "Fonticuli," and turrets with spirelets ; on the east of the transept is a

other names, all having reference to its remarkable springs, gallery of communication, paRsing from the chapter house.

the chief of which, known as " St. Andrew's well," still and above the chain gate to the vicar's college ; the central

exists in the Palace gardens. Bishop Beckington, a liberal tower is of three stages, the two uppermost ornament.ed

benefactor to the city, granted to the inhabitants the right with trefoiled panelling, pierced in the topmost stage for

to a continuous supply of water from this well, and this windows ; the parapet is embattled, and the buttresses are

grant is still in force, the water being conveyed to the great continued above it into crocketed pinnacles.

conduit in the Market place, and thence flowing along the The ground plan comprises a choir with transepts and

sides of the streets, forming a most interesting feature in semi-octagonal lady chapel at the east end, great central

the place: for this benefit the citizens bound themselves to transepts with tower, octagonal chapter house eastward of

make a yearly pilgrimage to the tomb of their benefactor, the north transept, with crypt below it; nave with western

and there pray for the repose of his soul. towers, north porch, and on the south side the cloisters, ex-

The town is lighted with gas from works established tending from the west front eastwards to the transept. The

under a special Act of Parliament, obtained in I832 and by original entrance was by the doorway under the south-west

an Act entitled" The Wells Gas Act, I867:" the annual tower, at one time insulated, for the proper entrance in the

meeting of the company is held in May, when a committee western front was blocked by the holding of three annual

of management is appointed for the ensuing year. fairs in the cemetery before it. The nave has a triforium of

The civil history of Wells, confined chiefly to a few royal extreme height, and a deeply recessed clerestory and stone.

visits, is of inferior interest : King John is recorded to have roof, simple but grand in design, springing from short.

visited the place on seven different occasions ; Henry VI. columns ; but its most prominent feature consists in the.

in I449 and 1452 ; Henry VII. in 1497 ; Anne of Denmark, double-curved stone arches, with circles in the spandrils.

consort of James I. in I613, and at a later period Cromwell supporting the central tower, remarkable alike for their·

was received by the citizens. After the defeat of Monmouth wonderful boldness of outline and massive construction; the·

at Sedgmoor, July 5, I685, a large number of the prisoners roof below the central tower is carved with rich fan-tracery;

taken in that battle were confined at Wells, and received on the south side of the nave, in the central bay, is a

both temporal relief and spiritual counsel from Bishop Ken. minstrels' gallery of Perpendicular date, and in the arcades

Wells is essentially an ecclesiastical city, perhaps the most are inserted two chantry chapels, both of the I5th century

remarkable of its kind in the world, and its existence and -Bishop Bubwith's on the north (I424), and treasurer.-

importance are almost wholly due to the religious founda- Sugar's (1489) on the south; against the latter a ston~

tions of which it was the seat. Before the time of Ina, King pulpit, with a legend from 2 Tim. iv., 2, was erected by

of the West Saxons, the place was but a little village; but Bishop Knight in I542. The main transept has chapels

soon after this pious prince obtained the crown, he founded with Perpendicular screens on the east side, and sacristies

a church (A.D. 704) on the site of the present cathedral; the on the west, and in the northern arm there remains the

town was first incorporated by Bishop Robert, who suc- face of a curious astronomical clock, the original works of

ceeded to the see in I I38, and died about I 166. This which, now in the South Kensington Museum, were con-

~harter was confirmed and the privileges granted by it structed by Peter Lightfoot, a monk of Glastonbury, about.

extended by Reginald FitzJocelin, who became Bishop of the year I325, and brought here from Glastonbury Abbey

Bath and Wells in 1174, and by Bishop Savaric, who suc- church at the time of the Dissolution ; on the summit are.

ceeded Bishop Reginald in I I92. The first royal charter four mounted figures, which revolved on the striking of the

was granted by King John in the third year of his reign clock; a seated figure or "jack" strikes the quarters with

(1201-2), and by this it was constituted a free borough, and his spurred heel on one small bell within the church, and

the townsmen and their heirs free burgesses : other charters two other figures of knights, in armour of the I 5th century,

were subsequently obtained by the citizens, from Henry Ill. strike the hours with their battle-axes ; the figures still re-

Edward I. Edward Ill. Richard II. Henry IV. and Henry main, but the present clock is of modern date.

VI. in all these grants the privileges of the citizens were The entrance to the choir is through a rood-screen of

considerably limited by the power of the bishops, who, at Decorated work, with arcading and a central doorway; it

that period, held in their hands the supreme local govern- contains forty-one stone stalls, erected by Salvin in 1848-

ment of the city. Many of the disabilities under which the 54, but retaining the ancient misereres of I335; thes&

inhabitants laboured were removed by Queen Elizabeth, who are carved chiefly with illustrations of popular romance,

(with the consent of Bishop Godwyn) in the thirty-first year monsters, or historical, legendary, allegorical and heraldic

of her reign (1588-9) granted two charters: one for muni- subjects ; three pointed arches open into the choir transept

cipal purposes and the other for regulating the ancient beyond the altar, through which are seen the graceful

trading companies and increasing the powers of the Court arches and clustered columns of the lady chapel, the.

of Record, which had existed here from, and probably before, junction of which with the choir has been effected in the

the time of Bishop Savaric. most masterly manner ; the lady chapel was restored by

The noble cathedral is the great attraction to visitors, and, Ferrey in 1842, when the ancient glazing of the eastern of

with its group of subordinate buildings, offers the most the five stained windows, dating from I32o, was re-arranged

complete example of a secular cathedral (i.e. of the old by Willement ; of the other glass in the cathedral, that of

foundation) now left to us. A fine view of the exterior is the west window of the nave, brought from Rouen and

obtained from the south-east, across the moat and battle- Cologne, dates from I507, and there are some fragments of

mented walls which surround the gardens of the episcopal the Perpendicular period in the windows of the nave and

palace, and from the Shepton Mallet road ; and from the transept. The chapter house, an arcaded octagon, with a.

spacious close an admirable and scarcely inferior prospe<."t is central pillar of Purbeck marble, and some Edwardian

afforded of the three towers, the majestic west front, with glazing in the tracery, is Early English, verging on Deco·

its superb screen, the noble chapter house, and the unique rated, was completed about I293-1302, and communicates

chain bridge between the transept and the vicar's college. by a passage with the north choir aisle; it has seven four-

The whole of the glorious west front, save the upper portion light Decorated windows, beneath which is a continuous

of the towers, was chiefly the work of Jocelin, Bishop of Bath arcade of fifty-one canopied niches, and being 20 feet higher

and ·wells, 1205·41, and forms, as a whole, one of the most than the floor of the cathedral, is approached by a fine flight

extraordinary examples of medireval -sculpture in Europe. of forty-eight stairs : in the staircase is a penitential cell.

Here is seen at one view '' a magnificent picture of the great The crypt or ancient sacristy, built in I286, contains a

doctrines of the Christian dispensation, and its peculiar wooden lantern, said to have been brought from Glaston-

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bury, and a cope chest; in the passage may be &een a stone thorp, about 1475. In 1498, lting Henry VII. was entet--

cresset for a lamp. The cloisters, forming an irregular tained at the deanery on the occasion of his march to sup-

parallelogram to the south of the nave, are of 12 panes on press the rebellion headed by Parkin Warbeck, having with

the east and west, and of 13 on the south side, but have no him, in Wells, an am1y of go,ooo men. The southeTD front

.north alley; the east alley, with the lavatory and npper was built by Cornelius Burgess D. n. a Puritan divine and

. library, was built in 1407-24; the west and south alleys, the despoiler of the palace, who fixed his residence here ;

with the vaulting, in 145o-65; the library was furnished with but at the Restoration the building was appropriated to it8

books by Bishop Lake, 1616-26, and contains about 2,400 original use. A pastoral staff, with a jewelled head of

volumes, including an Aldine Aristotle with MS. notes by Limoges enamel, and supposed to have belonged to Savaric,

Erasmus, and the EtymolOf!icon. of Isidore, and here are also bishop 1192-1205, is preserved here. The archdeacoory,

preserved a number of disused book chains. originally of the time of Edward I. has • hall and timbered

The first church is believed to have been built here by ceiling of the 15th century, and there are portions of the

King lna: Bishop Robert (1135-1166) repaired, or rather same date in the canonry house on the south-east.

rebuilt, the church that stood here in his time, and erected The Vicars' College, founded by Bishop Jocelyn in 1230 as

an apsidal presbytery, which he consecrated about 1150; the residence of the vicars choral, and situated on the north

the present church was mostly the work of Bishop Jocelin of the close, forms a charming oblong court, in a mixed

(Trotman) de Welles, a native of this city, who, as Bishop Ecclesiastical and Domestic style, and originally consisted of

Godwyn tells us, " pulled down the greater part of it, to 42 double-storied houses, 21 on each side, with a covered

witte, all the west end, built it anew from the very gallery lesding across the chain gate into the cathedral ; the

foundation, and hallowed or dedicated the choir on October hall (1340) with Perpendicular additious after 1565, retains

23, 1239," to St. Andrew; these works, including the main its pulpit, and some medireval furniture, and an ancient

transept, north porch and nave were subsequently continued painting of the foundation by Bishop Ralph, 'Of Shrewsbury ;

with interruptions, which are still visible in the masonry. on the north side is a chapel (qo8-25), and a library added

'fhe lady chapel, eastern transept and presbytery with the by Bishop Beekington ; the kitchen also remains ; the chapel

flying buttresses were built in the first half of the qth has recently been restored, chiefly at the cost and through

century, the triforium and clerestory of the choir being the exertions of the Rev. Edward Leighton Elwes M:.A. vice-

afterwards adapted to the new style ; the central tower, com- principal of the Theological College, 1876-9.

pleted in 1321, received its buttressing arches in 1340 ; the The Bishop's Palace with its grounds, occupies an area of

upper portion of the south-west or bell-tower was added by seven acres, and is one of the most perfect and interesting

Bishop Harewell (1366-86) and the north-west tower was examples of castellated baronial mansions, as well as of early

heightened in 14o8-24. Late investigations lead to the domestic architectural art, now existing in the kingdom.

belief that Dean John Godele (1305-1332) built portions of The first foundation of the palace is attributed to Bishop

the present edifice, which is constructed of Doulting stone, John de Villula, about 1088, but the present structure was

Chilcote lias and Purbeck marble. The principal monu- the work of several different prelates and is defended by an

ments are the following :-In the north-east chapel, Bishop embattled wall with an alure behind the parapet, built by

Creyghton, 1672, with mitred effigy bearing pastoral staff ; Bishop Ralph de Salopia after 1329, and an outer gate house,

Bishop Berkeley, 1581, an altar tomb, and near it an effigy with square flanking towers and a drawbridge SU8peoded by

of Friar Milton ; in the south choir aisle Bishop Bytton I. chains across the broad fosse or moat surrounding the whole 1

1:264, with an incised slab, the earliest exi.§t.ing in this the chapel, Early Decorated, built by Bishop Burnell (1274-

country; in the south aisle of the presbytery, a table tomb 92) has a central row of pillars and a stained east window,

with lofty canopy, said to be the tomb of Bishop Drokens- given by Bishop Law; it was restored by Bishop Bagot, who

ford, keeper of the wardrobe, 1329 ; on the south side of the died in .r8c;4: the great hall (120 by 70 feet), now in ruins,

choir is the tomb of Bishop Beckington, keeper of the great was also the work of Burnell, and here Abbot Whiting, of

seal (ob. 1464-5), the prelate bein~ represented by two re- Glastonbury, was tried and infamously condemned to death,

-cumbent life-sized figures--one fully vested, as in life, the November 14th, 1539, and Bishop Ken (1684-91) sat down

other an emaciated effigy in a winding sheet : the attached to dinner every Sunday with his poor guests. In the gallery,

chaotry, with its iron screens, has now, however, been dis- 8o feet long, with a vaulted roof, carved door and panelled

persed into various portions: here also are the tombs of wainscot, is a collection of episcopal portraits and the famous

Bishop Bytton II. 1274, with effigy; BishopsBarwold, 1008; " abbot's chairs : " the entrance is through a crypt, built in

Ethelwyn, 1023, and Brythwyo, 1024, with mutilated 1293, in which is an ancient lantern, originally hung in the

effigies; and Bishop Still, 1007', with effigy in parliamentary crypt under the chapter house. Bishop Beckington re-

robes ; on the north side are those of Bishops Ralph de paired and beautified the palace and added the drawbridge

Shrewsbury, 1363, with effigy, and Giso, 1o88, also with and gateway, as well as the great gate leading from the

effigy ; and there are others, mutilated, to Bishops Brithelm Market place, a quadrangular structure, with octagonal

(955-73), Kinewald (973-85) and Alwyn (995-1oo5), these turrets at the angles. Bishop Barlow, in 1550, granted the

being, as in other early instances, apocryphal figures palace, with other church property, to the Duke of Somerset

executed in the Early English period ; in the north transept and from him it was purchased by Sir John Gates: in the

is an altar tomb with canopy to Bishop Cornish, provost of time of Cromwell it fell into the hands of the fanatical

Oriel College, 1513, and a tomb with effigy to Dean Forest, Puritan, Cornelius Burgess, mentioned above, who destroyed

~446; in the south transep~ are the tombs of Bishop Harewell, and sold considerable parts of the buildings ; but these

.1380, and Dean Husee, 1305, with alabaster effigies; devastations were somewhat remedied by Bishop Piers

Precentor Storthwaite, 1455, and Bishop de la March, lord ( 1632·1670). Bishop Law made many and extensive im-

treasurer, 1302, both with effigies; and of Joan, daughter provements, but Bishop Bagot has been its greatest bene-

and co-heir of Sir Thomas Chedder kt. and wife of John factor in modent times. At the north-east angle of the

(Talbot)Viscount Lisle,of Kingston Lisle, Berks (ob. 1464); in moat a little cascade marks the fall of the springs rising

the nave is a slab said to cover the ashes of King loa, who from the "bottomless well" of St. Andrew. The garden

died c. 728, and brasses to Dean Edmund Goodenough, front is partly of the 13th century, and in the garden is a

d. 1845, and to Bishop Bagot, d. 1854; and on the south side conduit, erected by Beckington, from which he conveyed

are stones, from which the brasses have been removed, to water to another conduit near High Cross.

Bishops Haselshaw, 1308, and Ergham, qoo; the brass The church of St. Cuthbert, originally a cruciform struc-

effigy of Bishop Jocelyo, 1247, now destroyed, was one of the ture of stone of Early English date, c. 1240, is. now mainly

earliest on record ; there is also in the south aisle of the lady of the later 14th century, exhibiting Perpendicular work with

chapel a monument byChantrey to John Phehps, of Monta- details of Decorated character and consists of chancel with

cute. The internal length of the cathedral is 388 feet, and the aisles and an original sacristy on the north side, clerestoried
ilreadth of the nave~ feet; the central tower is 16o feet in nave of six bays, aisles, with chaotry chapels on both sides,

J:Jeight, the western towers 130 feet; and the west front, 235 transeptal chapels, north and south porches, each with a

feet wide, has been thoroughly repaired and restored, under parvise and a very fine embattled western tower, with pin:-

.-the supervision of B. I<'errey esq. F.S.A. at a cost of about nacles, containing a clock and 8 bells, dating from 1683 to

£x2,ooo. The cathedral registers date from the year 1664. 1887: the chancel is very Early Perpendicular and retains

The cathedral stands in a district (formerly extra-parochial) three sedilia, and a water dram and aumbry on the south

ealled "the Liberty of St. Andrew," because canons were side, and on the north is a small door leading to the groined

aceounted resident if living within its bounds: the precincts sacristy: the arches of the nave arcades are Early English,

of the church were formerly surrounded by lofty and c. 1240, bnt the pillars were lengthened in the Perpendicular

massive walls, and the inclosure was entered at three several period, to the later part of which the aisle walls, clerestory

points through three gates of great strength and archi- and roof may be assigned : the 110uth transeptal chapel,

. tectural beauty, all of which, though dilapidated, still dedicated to St. Cnthbert, contained a chantry, founded in

remain ; these gates, called respectively the Dean's Eye, or 1403, by Thomas Tanner, of Wells; and against the east

Browne's gate on the north-west, the Chain gate (north), wall are the remains of a defaced altar, with a reredos

and Penniless porch, or the Bishop's Eye (south-west) were representing "the root of Jesse," erected in 1470 : in the

the work of Bishop Beckington. . north transeptal chapel of the Holy Trinity, is a tabernacled

The Deanery, with its gatehouse, was built 147:1-98; but altar of the 15th century and an earlier reredos, with two

much of the present structure was the work of Dean Gun- tiers of niches, discovered in 1848 with other ornamental

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portions and statues, which had been built 11p and hidden utilized for the purposes of "the hospital : an illuminated

.under successive coats of plaster;> the beautiful modern money chest of the 14th century, on a :r6th century stand,

reredOB was presented by local Freemasons and incloses a is preserved here: the annual income of the charity is about

has-relief by Forsyth. of "The Last Supper:" the stained £730. Still's Almshou.ses, adjoining Hubwith's, were founded

"a$t window was erected in :r853, and there is some other . by Bishop Still, who died in :r6o7, leaving £soo for this pull-

very. good stained glass, including the west window, recently pose, and with an addition to his gift of £279, by 'Nathaniel .

presented by one of the churchwardens : the church has Still, his son, lands were purchased and settled for the

undergone gradual restorations, and will seat :r,:roo persons. benefit of six poor men, to be nominated by the bishop for

The registers date from the year :r6o8. The living is a the time being. Bishop Edward Willes, who died in 1773,
vicarage, average tithe rent-charge £672, gross yearly value settled £:r,2oo for the benefit of four poor men, to be norrd-

£6go, with residence, in the gift of the Dean and Chapter nated by the bishop. 'l'he almshouses endowment has had

of Wells, and held since :r87o by the Rev. John Beresford M.A. numerous benefactors, including Clement Tudway esq. who

of Emmanuel College, Cambridge, and prebendary of Wells. gave £soo, and died in 1815. The annual income of the

.The rectorial and tithe-rent charges, formerly leased by the whole of these almshouses is now about £:r,ooo, and each of

Dean and Chapter1 are now held by the Ecclesiastical Corn• the inmates recei\·es a weekly allowance of 7s. throughout
tnissioners : in the election of churchwardens, the out-parish the year, besides coals &c. Bricke's Almshouses adjoin ~till's

warden is chosen by the parishioners and the in-parish and were founded in 1637 by Waiter Bricke, for four poor

warden by the Corporation from among their own body, burgesses of Wells: the endowment is vested in trustees,

St Thomas, East Wells, is an ecclesiastical parish, formed who nominate the inmates and pay them 7s. per week: the

April :ro, 185B, from that of St. Cuthbert. The church of yearly income is about £94· Llewellyn's Almshouses were

St. Thomas the Apostle is an edifice in t.he Decorated style, founded by Henry Llewellyn, who died in 1614-t for twelve

wilt in. 1856-7 from designs by S. S. Teulon esq. of I,ondon, poor women, each of whom receives a weekly payment of ss.:

by Mrs. Troth Jenkyns, in memory of her husband, late the annual income is nearly £250. Harper's Almshouseswere

Dean of Wells and Master of Balliol College, Oxford: the founded by Archibald Harper, who died in.1713, for six poor

church consists of apsid.al ehancel, nave, aisles, north porch woolcombers of the city, each receiving a weekly allowance

and a western tower, with pinnacles and spire, and contains of 6s. ~ the yearly income is about £:roo. Charles' Alms-

a clock: the beautiful .stained windows .were principally houses were founded by William Charles in 182-t-1 for two

presented by the members of Balliol College : there are 6oo poor women :. the annual income is about £26. Brittaine's

sittings. The register datesfrom the year 1858. The living charity, originally for bread, to be given to second poor, is

is & vicarage, yearly value £2921 with residence, in the gift now under the provisiorui of a new scheme, devoted in part
of ttustees1 and beld since t877 by the Rev. Joseph Stubbs to other objects; the portion of the income so diverted,
~tubbs M.A. of St. Catharine's. College, Cambridge, and hon. amountini" to about £140 yearly, is applied according to the

priest vicar of Wells Cathedral.. . , discretion of the trustees. There are numerous other charities,
. Ebenezer Baptist chapel was founded in 1£14 and has with yearly revenues varying from £ :r to £150..

registers from that date ; the chapel affords 450 sittings ; the The Cottage Hospital, situated in St. Thomas street and

Wesleyan chapel at South Over will seat 300 persons ; and the opened in I 875, chiefly by the exertions of the present bishop

Congregational chapel, ·in Union street, built in 1750, has and Lady Hervey, contains 8 beds and is supported by volun-

sittings for 350 persons; the Brethren have a meeting room tary contributions. •

in Union street. , . .· . The Town Hall, an inelegant structure, was erected in

. , In Chamberlain street is a .Carmelite nunnery with about 1779, in place of an earlier edifice raised on pillars in the

.17.inmates, founded in 1875• on certain property known as middle of the square and built by Bishop Knight (1541-54)

"The Vista," purchased by the community in that year and and. Dean Woolman: it includes spacious and convenient

colonised from the convent of Lanherne, in the parish of courts for the assizes and quarter sessions, and in the rear is

.l\lawgan-in-Pydar, Cornwall; the Convent church, begun in a gaol for the temporary confinement of prisoners: in the

:1877, by the m.unificence of Johh Mercer esq. of Aston Hall, council-chamber, a well-proportioned apartment, are por-

Lancashire, was completed in :r889, and has been dedicated traits of Dr. Mews, the "fighting bishop," who took the

to St. J oseph and St. Teresa ; it is a building of stone, con- chief command of the artillery at the battle of Sedgmoor,

sisting of chancel, nave, lady chapel and sacristy, and will July sth, 1685; Bishop Creyghton (:r67o-2), presented by Mr.

seat 130 people; the Rev. Joseph Berard is the priest in ·Thom!ls Serel; and Bishops Hooper (1703-27) and Law

charge. , . . (1824-45); there are other portraits, attributed to Sir Peter

St. Mary's Convent (3rd order of St. Teresa) is situated Lely, of James I. and Charles II. and of the Right Hon.

in Chamberlain street; lady superior, Eliza Forbes Davis.. William Wyndham, who died here 17th June, 1740; and

The Cemetery, situated at Portway and consecrated in Archibald Harper, founder of the woolcomber's almshouses:

:1855, consists of nearly 8 acres of land and has two mortuary the ·walls are adorned with some curious manuscripts of con-

chapels ;. it is under the control of a Burial Board of 27 siderable local historical interest and value, including a letter
of Charles I, requesting a loan of £soo; an original writ for
members.

Wells Theological College was founded in 1840 by the late ship money &c.: at the entrance to the council-chamber are

.Bishop Law and is intended for graduates and others who the busts of Bishops Beckington and Still, erected in fac-

.are candidates for holy orders, the period of study extending simile from those of their tombs in the cathedral, by Mr.

i>Ver one year for graduates and two years for non-graduates; .John Derham, of this town, at the cost of Mr. Thomas Serel.

in addition to the regular course,lectures are given on pastoral The police, consisting of a sergeant and three constables, are

.theology and assistance is also afforded to all candidates for part of the county force and under the superintendence of

holy orders who may be entering on the O:xford and Cam- the chief constable.

bridge preliminary examination ; there are chapel services The Armoury of the C Company 3rd Volunteer Battalion of

in addition to those of the cathedral and students have~ Prince Albert's Somersetshire Light Infantry is situated in

portunities for school teaching, parochial visitation and for High street.

giving addresses at mission services; the college is available The Market House,. adjoining the Town Hall, was built in

for 30 .students and is supported partly by endowment and 1835, and is a light and spacious structure. The market is

otherwise by voluntary aid, some portion·of its funds being held every Saturday and a large monthly market for cheese

annually expended in .exhibitions to students; attached is a. and cattle is held the first Saturday in every month. Fairs

good library. The trustees have recently (:r.889) purchased are held near the railway station on the 1st Tuesday in

the old Arebdeaconry house in the ,Close, and the building January, May, November and December. .,

is now (1889) being thoroughly restored, and will, on the The County Lunatic Asylum for paupers, established in

completion of the work, be assigned as.the permanent home 1848, forms an extensive and substantial pile of buildings

of the college. The Rev.. Edgar Charles Sumner · Gibson pleasantly situated in a healthy locality, about a mile and a
.x.A. of Trinity College; Oxford and prebendary of Wells, half from the city, on the Bath and Frome roads, upon 85

-principal. . ': ... acres of land, with 38 additional acres leased ;· at the present

" Wells has several. richly endowed eleemosynary institu- time there are upwards of 630 patients and xoo attendants:

tions. St. Saviour's (or Bubwith's) AJmshouses, on· the besides the main building, there are three detached build-

north side of St. Cuthbert's churchyard, ·were founded by ings occupied by women, holding 190 and 24 respectively:

Bishop Nicholas Bubwith in I437· and built.by the executors the- management of the asylum is vested in a committee of

.of that prelate and endowed from funds provided hy him for visitors appointed jointly by the councils for the county of

·twenty-four poor persons, to be nominated alternately by Somerset a11d city of Bath: .in the grounds is a large chapel

the Dean of Wells and by the mayor for the time being r the with a tower and spire and seating Boo persons. ·

entrance is from the street through an arched doorway, over In the vicinity of the city ·are two extensive paper mills;

which is a now vacant niche; tbe building originally con- in the town itself are corn mills and several.brnsh manufac-

sisted of a great hall, with a chapel at one end and a range tories, in one of which, belonging to 1\!essrs. Hillier and Son,

of rooms along.the side; the present chapel, placed at the east. .a considerable number of hands are employed.

·end, was·restored by Bisl:iop Hagot; at the west end is a two- ·. The chief hotels are the Swan, from .which is obtained .a

.storied building, .fOrmerly the Guildhall; built by·the execu- good view of the Cathedral, .the Star, and the Mitre: the

.tors of- Bishop Bubwith.· and pres~nted to :the citizens,. but .Crown inn, .on the southside otthe Market pl~;~ce~is a curious

,disused on the ereetioll ot the preoten' Towl,l ,Hall and no.w -timber-framed house, with windows suppo~ed ·on car\$!

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corbels and is especially interesting on the side towards the Tudway, of the Cedars, Wells. There is a public fountain

yard: in 1~5 the celebrated William Penn is said to have and a drinking fountain in this hamlet, and a paper mill.

preached from one of its windows : remains of similar char· paEriAshsTowf APTrEidRd, y3,twhmiiclhesisngoirvtehn, is within the ecclesiastical
acter Huger in other parts of the town, including some under a separate heading.
gabled fronts in Sadler street and in St. John's street, a
.portion of a 'wall with a singular window belonging to the MILTON and WALCOMBE form a tithing, about x mile

hospital of St. John, founded by Bishop Hugh de Welles, north.

before the middle of the 13th century, for a master and 10 WELLESLEY, xi miles south-east, and now a farm-house,
brethren. . the property of C. C. Tudway esq. is the place from which

The Recreation Grounds, situated near the Bishop's is derived the family name (Wellesley) of the Duke of

Palace, consist of 6 acres of land, laid out in x888, at a cost Wel.lin.,oton.

·of [,r,7oo. WooKEY HoLE is a hamlet, 2 miles north-west, situated

The acreage is 14,918 ; rateable value, St. Cuthbert-out- chiefly in the out-parish of St. Cuthbert, but partly also

Parish, {,25,808 ; St. Cuthbert-in-Parish, {,12,672 ; the in Wookey. The village is rapidly increasing in size and

Liberty of St. Andrew, in Wells, {,2,330; the population in importance, owing to the continual extension of the large

r881 was-of St. Cuthbert-in-Parish, 3,337 (including qo paper mills belonging to Messrs. W. S. Hodgkinson and Co. :

in Workhouse); St. Cuthbert-out-Parish, 4,338 (including in 1871 schools were built by this firm. The church of St.

829 in County Lunatic Asylum and 3 in Cottage Hospital) ; Mary Magdalen, a chapel of ease to St. Cuthbert's, erected

and St. Andrew Liberty, 420 total, 8,ogs. The population in 1874, chiefly at the cost of the Hodgkinson family, is a

of the municipal borough was 4,634· building of stone, in the Early English Btyle, consisting of

Parish Clerk (St. Cuthbert's), John Robert Collins. chancel, nave and south porch: the east window is stained,

BuRCOT is a tithing, x mile west. Near it is Somerleaze and there are sittings for xso persons. Here is a Wesleyan

House, built in 1794, and now the residence of Edwa.rd chapel, seating rso persons. Wookey Club house, erected

Augustus Freeman esq. D.C.L., .LL.D., J.P. professor of in 1883, at the sole expense of W. S. Hodgkinson esq. is a

Modern History in the University of Oxford. spacious building of stone, in the Tudor style, and co~prises

DuLCOTE is a picturesque hamlet, x mile south~east. an assembly room, with stage, reading and recreation rooms

Here is a school-chapel, erected in x86o, by Mrs. M. C. and a laboratory•

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business & issue of licences-week days, 9 a. m. to 6 p.m. ;
HoURS OF ATTENDANCE.-For sale of stamps, registration of saturdays, 9 a.m. to 8 p.m. Telegraph business, week
letters &c. week da}s, 7 a.m. to 8 p.m. ; sundays, 7 to days, 8 a.m. to 8 p.m. ; sundays, 8 a.m. to xo p.m 1
10 a.m. Postal order business-issued, week days, 7 a. m.

INWARD MAILS.

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Hour of Town LETTER MAILS. Hour of PARCEL MAILS.
Delivery. Arrival. (No delivery on sundays.)

DAILY. --------- ------------------

7 a.m London (night) & all parts ......................,................... London (night) & all parts

WEEK DAYS ONLY.

London, North of England, Scotland &

9·45 a.m Wales,Salisbury, Southampton & South- 8.so a. m

West of England &c .........................

Shepton Mallet...................................... . x.s p.m London, North of England, Ireland & Scot-
{ London (xst day), Ireland, Bath & Bristol ... 2.rs p.m land, Bath, Bristol, Chippenham & West
of England

6•15 p.m {London (2nd day), Bath, Bristol, Chip-} s.so p.m London,Bath,Bristol, Chippenham &South·
penham, Glastonbury &c ................ .. { West of England

7a.m.(nextday)jWells rural posts............,.......................... 7 p.m Wells rural posts

OUTWARD MAILS.

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• Latest Hour of Posting.

LETTER MAILS.

Letters intended for registration & in- 1--------.--------· Latest Hour
With an addi-
PARCEL MAILS. for
surance must be presented at the With ordinry. tional !d.
Receiving
counter half an hour before the postage. stamp(parcls.
Parc::els.

dispatch of each mail. excepted).

WEEK DAYS ONLY. Wells town & rural deliveries............... 8 p.m. (pre-
Wells rural deliveries ........................ 5.so a.m vious day)

London (xst day) & all parts ............... 9.20 a.m London (xst day), Chippenham............ 9 a.. m
Bristol & West of England ................ .. 11.30 a.m
I2.3S p.m London (2nd day), Bath, Bristol,~
London (2nd day), ·Bath, Bristol,} Chippenham, North of England, ~2.20 p.m
. Reading, Swindon &c ~................. • 2.5 p.m
3·I5 p.m • Ireland & Scotland ·······•···········•· ...
North of England, Ireland, Scotland,~
Dorchester, Weymouth & South- •
West of England, Bath, Bristol &c... ,
London (night) & all parts.................. 5.40 p.m
Glastonbury & Street (Somerset) .........

~ 2Jld ••••••••••••••• 9.30 a.m 7·4S p.m
Wells town deliveries· 3rd..;............... 2.30 p.m
2nd ............... 9.15 a.m
"4th.................. . 6p.m Wells town deliveries grd................ .. :z.xs p.m

•

~tll.................. 5·4S p.m

DAILY. · •

xst town ndieglihvte)r&y ············-········.. ·-~···· 6.go a.m •
London ( 7·45 p.m
all parts .................. 8.10 p.m

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TowN W•Lt. LB'l"l'BR RoXEs, cleared (week days only) at:- St. Andrew's, 6.xo & 9.15 a.m.; 12.25, 2, 5.2s & 6.55 p.m

- 8~. John street, 6.5 & 8.45a.m. ;1122.2.200, ,:2z..s5,, 5.40 & 7.1op.m St. Thomas, 6.5 a.m. ; 12.20, 1.55 & 6.50 p.m
H~gh street,. 6.xo & 8.50 a,m.. ; 5·3S & 'l·IS p.m WALL LETTER Box, at Dulcote, in the school wall, cleared

Portway, xo.xo a.m. & 6.50 p.m ., ., · at 12.5 p.m. & 6.35 p.m . ..

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.392 'WELLS. . SOM.ERSETSHIRE. .\

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LKELLYS

Corp01'8.tion. Law Life, R. L. Foster, I Cathedral green

MAYoR-Jobn Henry Holloway esq. Liverpool, London & Globe Fire & Life, Garrod & Ha.rris,

RECORDER-Thomas E. Rogers esq. Market place

TOWN CoUNCIL & LOCAL BOARD. Manchester Fire, G. Slade, 5 St. John street

Mayor, John Henry Holloway esq. Mutual Life, A. G. Russ, Poor Law offices

Aldermen. Northern, F. Ashman, Bridge Farm cottage, Dulcote; S. F.

Retire. Retire. Goodall, Chamberlain street; & H. B. Russell, Wilts &
John Giffard Everett..• I88gl Edward Harte...•••..•.•• 1892 Dorset Bank, High street
John Henry Holloway 1889 Jacob Barnes ••..•.•....• 1892 North British & Mercantile, Welsh, Son & Chubb, Market
place ; & R. L. Foster, I Cathedral green
Councillors.
Retire. Norwich Union Fire, A. Chapman, 24 Chamberlain street
Retire. Ocean & Ueneral Guarantee Assurance, A. G. .Russ, Poor

Jonatban Slater .••....•• 1889 89.muel John Catcott
Edwin Adolphus Collins 1889 Sirnmons .............. . I890 Law offices
John Nathaniel Knight 1889 Alfred Sheldon •........ I89I Phrenix Fire, T. J. Russell, Market place
John Robert Collins ... 1889 Francis William Smith 189I Provident Life, C. Tyte, 4 Sadler street
Sidney Thos. Richards I 890 James Arthur Tate ..• I89I Prudential, W. White, 74 High street
Cornelius Tyte ••• ... ..• I89o William John Bennett 189I Railway Passengers' Assurance, G. Slade, 5 St. John street
Rock Life, G. E. Gould
Wm. Henry Wickenden I89o
Auditors, Alfred George Russ, Poor Law offices ; & T. W. Royal Exchange, J. Marsh, 4 Priory villas
Scottish Accident, R. Isgar, Stuckey's Bank, High street
Phillips, 10 Market place
Star Life, G. Slade, 5 St. John street
Assessor, Edward A. Serel, 25 Market place
Sun :Fire, Hippisley & Sons, 12 Chamberlain street
OFFICERS OF THE CoRPORATION & URBAN SANITARY West of England, E. A. Serel, 25 Market place; Garrod &
AUTHORITY.
Harris, Market place; & R. L. Foster, I Cathedral green
Town Clerk & Clerk to the Urban Sanitary Authority, & to
the School Attendan('e Committee, Reginald Lowbridge Westminster Fire, J. H. Toomer, 7 St. Thomas street

Foster, :r Cathedral green Public Establishments.

Treasurer, Richard Harris, Market place· Borough Gaol, Market pl. Sergt. James Knight, gaol keeper
Cemetery, Reginald Lowbridge Foster, clerk to the board &
Medical Officer of Health, Hy. Wm Livett, Chamberlain st
High Constables, Samuel John Catcott Simmons, Tor street; registrar; R. H. Curtis, superintendent

& William John Bennett, Sadler street County Court, Town ball (registrar's office, I Cathedral
City Survey:>r & Surveyor to Urban Sanitary Authority, green), His Honor W. J. Metcalfe Q.C. judge; Reginald

Charles Brown, Chamberlain street Lowbridge Foster, registrar & high bailiff; Edwin A.
Collins, under bailiff. A Court is held once a month; the
Inspector of Nuisances, W. H. Jenkins, 45 High street following places are in the district :-Ashwick, Baltons-
Borough Accountant, William Newport Bendall, 17 Cham- borough, Binegar, Butleigh, Chewton Mendip, Croscombe,
Dinder, Ditcheat, Doulting, East Lydford, Emborough,
berlain street
Mace Bearers, Charles Gardner, I5 St. Cuthbert street ; & Evercreech, Glastonbury, Green Ore Farm1 Holcombe,
Hornblotton, Lamyatt, Meare, Milton, Clevedon, North
George Edward Cook, I7 St. John's street Wootton, East Pennard, West Pennard, Pilton, Priddy,

Town Crier, John Wilton, 25 Broad street
School Attendance Officer, Edward A. Serel, Market place

CITY MAGISTRATES. Pylle, Rodney Stoke, Shepton Mallet, Stratton-on-the-

The Mayor :Fosse, Street, Walton, Westbury, West Cranmore, West

Jacob Barnes, 4I High street Lydford, Wookey

John Giffard Everett, 4 St. Andrew's street Certified Bailiffs under the Law of Distress Amendment

John Gabriel French, IO New street Act :-Edwin A. Collins, Priory road ; E. S. L. Collins,

John Samuel Fry, Keward house Priory road; William John Bennett, Sadler street; M.

Henry ""illiam Livett, 20 Chamberlain street Smith, High street, Glastonbury

William Inman Welsh, Beaumont County of Somerset & Bath Lunatic Asylum for Paupers,

Clerk, Reginald Lowbridge J<'oster, Cathedral green West Horrington, A. Law Wade B.A., M.D. resident

Petty Sessions for the city are held at the Town hall every physician & supt. ; Alexander McWilliam M.A., M.B., c. M.
2nd thursday in the month at I I a. m
senior asst. medical officer ; Arthur William James

County Magistrates for Wells Petty Sessional L.R.C.P.Lond. junior assistant medical officer; Rev. James

Division. Downes B.A. chaplain ; Benjamin Thomas Duke, clerk to

Clerk Edmund Hugh esq. chairman, Burford house, Shep- the visitors & clerk & steward of the asylum
Cottage Hospital, H. W. Livett M.D. & R. PurnellM.D. hon.
ton Mallet
BoyleMajor the Hon. Edmund John, Chewton house,Mendip consulting surgeons; W. Fairbanks M. D. & G. 0. Risdon,
Freeman Edward Augustus esq. D.C.L., LL.D. Somerleaze, L..R.C.P. hon. medical officers; C. Hart, treasurer; R.
Isgar, hon. sec. ; Mrs. H. Ridgeon, matron
Wells
Hodgkinson William Sampson, Glencot, Wookey Hole, Wells County Police Station, Market place, J ames Knight,sergeant,
& 3 constables
Perkins Lieut.-Col. Alfred Thrale, East court, Wookey
Court of Probate District Registry Office, Cathedral green,
Porch John Alb~rt esq. Edgarley, Glastonbury
Langford Ellicott, registrar ; 'l'homas Lowndes Glcaves,
Somerville Arthur Fownes esq. Dinder house, Wells
chief clerk
Tudway Charles Clement esq. The Cedars, Wells
Clerk to the Magistrates, Francis Osborne Oates Chubb, 7 Market House, James Knight, keeper
Public Weighbridge, I Priory road, Charles Hayter, lessee
Market place
Petty Sessions are held at the Town hall every third monday, Stamp Office, Market place, Thos. Jas. Russell, distributor
at 11.30 a. m.; the following places are included in the Surveyor of Taxes Office, Market place, John W. Smith
petty sessional division :-Batcombe-cum-Nyland (extra- Town Hall, James Knight, keeper
VOLUNTEERS.
parochial), Binegar, Dinder, Glastonbury Saint Benedict,
Glastonbury Saint John, Meare, North Wootton, Priddy, North Somerset Yeomanry Cavalry (C Troop), Capt.
Rodney Stoke, Wells Saint Andrew Liberty, Wells Saint Norman McLean ; Sergt.-Major Wm. Salter, drill instrctr
Cuthbert-in-Parish, St. Cuthbert.out.Parish, Westbury, Prince .Albert's Somersetshire Light Infantry, 3rd Volunteer
Battalion (C Co.), armoury, 72A, High street; Capt. R.
West Pennard, Wookey
L. Foster; J. A. Bright, acting surgeon ; Rev. F. S. B.
Insurance Agents. Peppin M.A. hon. chaplain

Accident, H. B. Russell, Wilts & Dorset Bank, High street WELLS UNION.

Alliance Assurance, R. Isgar, Stuckey's Bank, High street Board day, wednesday fortnightly at II a.m. at the Work·

Atlas Fire & Life, Hippisley & ::Ions, I2 Chamberlain street house of the union.

.British Empire Mutual Life, H. Brice, 2I Chamberlain st The union comprises the following places :-Baltonsborough,

Clerical, Medical & General, H. B. Russell, Wilts & Dorset Butleigh, Chewton Mendip, Dinder, Glastonbury, Green

Bank, High street Ore, Meare, North Wootton, Priddy, Rodney Stoke St.

Commercial Union, W. N. Bendall, Eastfield; & R. Norton, Andrew (Liberty of), in Wells, St. Cuthbert-out-Parisb,

Priory road in Wells, St. Cuthbert-in-Parish, in Wells, Street, Walton,

County Fire, C. Tyte, 4 Sadler street ; R. Isgar, Stuckey's Westbury, West Pennard & Wookey. The population of

Bank, High street; H. B. Russell, Wilts & Dorset Bank, the union in I88I was 22,009; rateable value, £I47,I98

High street; W. Lmmon, jun. Wookey Hole Clerk to the Guardians & Assessment Committee, Alfred

Economic Life, J. M. Atkins, "Journal" office George Russ, Poor Law offices, Wells

Eagle Life, Welsh, Son & Chubb, 7 Market place Treasurer, Major the HonE. J. Boyle, Stuckey's Bank

Edinborough Life, R. Isgar, Stuckey's Bank, High street Relieving & VaccinationOfficers,No. 1 or Wells district,Frank

General, Bennett & Smith, Sadler street Carter Thatcher, 82 High street, Wells; No. 2 or Glaston·

Guardian, A. G. Russ, Poor Law offices bury district, Robert Whitting Fear, Magdalene street,

Imperial Fire & Life, Welsh, Son & Chubb, 7 Market pia~ Glastonbury .~

JDlREG'TORY. SOl\iERSETSHIRE. · 'WELLS. 393

Medical Officers & Public Vaccinators, No. I district, R. PREBENDS,

Purnell M.D. Wells; No. 2 district, George Owen Risdon Date. Prebend. Prebendaries.

L.R.C.P. Lond. Wells; No. 3 distl'ict, James Albert Bright, I833···Wiveliscombe •••••••••R. A'Court Beadon M.A. Heron-

Glastonbury; No. 4 district, Arthur Clarke B.A., L.R.C.P. slade, Warminster

LOnd. Street 184o.••Combe the 1oth ••••••Jonathan James Toogood M.A.

Superintendent Registrar, Alfred George Russ, Poor Law Kirkby-Ovrblw.rect. Wethrby

offices, Wells; deputy, Edwd. A. Serel, Market pl. Wells 184o.••Wormister •••••••••.••DavidMalcolmClerkLL.B.South-

Registrars of Births & Deaths, Glas~onbury sub-district, R. bourne, Christchurch, Hants

W. Fear, Magdalene street, Glastonbury; deputy, H. J_ I848.••Combe the 5th..,••••••Harry Mengden Scarth M.A

Taylor, Glastonbury; Wells sub-district, Frank Carter x85t •••Holcombe ·······-·······Frederic Bagot D.C.L. Rectory,
Thatcher, 82 High street, Wells; deputy,JohnH. Toomer, Harpsden, Henley-on-Thames

7 St. Thomas street, Wells 185I•••Milverton •••••••••••••••Ven. Archdeacon Geo. Anthony

Registrars of Marriages, William N. Bendall, 17 Chamber- Denison M.A. Vicarage, East

lain street, Wells; R. W. Fear, Magdalene street, Glas- Brent, Highbridge

tonbury ; deputy, H. J. Taylor, Glastonbury tB53···Combe the 8th •••••••••Edgar Huxtable M.A. Clevedon

Workhouse, built in 1837, at a cost of £5,937, is available I854···Combe the 14th •••••• Henry John Barnard M.A. Vicar-

for 300 inmates & includes an infirmary, erected in the age, Pucklechurch, Bristol

grounds in 1871 at a further cost of £I,6oo, containing 1855···Whitelackington ••••••Chas. MarcusChurch M. A. Wells

45 beds ; a chapel has been added by the Rev. Thomas 1856•••Dultingcote ••••••••••••Joseph Henry Stephenson M.A.

Partridge Noon M.A. vicar of West Pennard, in memory Rectory, Lympsham, Wes-

of his only daughter; George Laugley, master; Rev. J. ton-super-Mare

Allott M.A. chaplain; Henry William Livett L.R.C.P. 1858•••St. Decuman's•••••••••Archdeacon Bro~w~ne M.A. The

Edin. medical officer; Mrs. J. Langley, matron; George Liberty, Wells

R. Hodgkiss, schoolmaster I863···Combe the 13th.•••••••Michael Ferrebee Sadler M.A.

ScHOOL ATTENDANCE COMMITTEE. Rectory, Honiton
Clerk, Alfred George Russ, Poor Law offices 186s.••Wedmore the sth.•••••Hy.BannermanBurneyM.A.Nor-
Attendance Officers, The Relieving Officers
Inquiry Officers, The Relieving Officers ton St. Philip vicarage, Bath
I867···Wedmore the 2nd•••••Augustus William Grafton M A.
RURAL SANITARY AUTHORITY.
Vicarage, Castle Cary

Meets every alternate wednesday in the Board room of t868 ••.Combe the 7lh•••••••••William Edmund Buller M.A.

Workhouse. Vicarage, Chard

Clerk, Alfred George Russ, Poor Law offices, Wells 1868.••Litton ..................Canon George Buckle M.A. The

Treasurer, Major the Hon. E. J. Boyle, Stuckey's Bank Liberty, Wells

Medical Officer of Health, Henry William Livett L.R.C.P. I8]o.••Taonton..................George Edwd. Tate M.A. Vicar-

Edin. 20 Chamberlain street, Wells age, Kippington, Sevenoaks

Inspectors of Nuisances, S. Tebbitts, WookeyHole & J. Adams, 1871...Yatton •.•.••.•••••.•••••Alexander Colvin Ainslie M.A.

North Wootton Vicarage, Langport, Taunton

187I.••Wanstrow.••••••••.•••••John Earle M.A.Rectory, Swans-

Publio Officers. wick, Bath
187I...Henstridge ••.•.•.••••.Adam Goldney M.A. Vicarage,
Clerk to the Commissioners of Taxes for the Division of Wells
Forum & City, Burial Board & Commissioners of Sewers East Pennard, SheptonMallet
for the County & Upper Axe District Drainage Board, 1872...Timberscombe.........Edward Ayshford Sanford M.A.
Reginald Lowbridge Foster, I Cathedral green
Retry. Combe-Fiorey, Tauntn
Clerk to the Deputy Lieutenants for the Sub-Division of
Wells, William Inman Welsh, 7 Market place I874···Buckland Dinham •••Edwin Arthur Salmon M.A.
Vicarage, Martock
Collector of Property, Income & Assessed Taxes in & out
Parish of St. Cuthbert & Liberty of St. Andrew's,Assistant 1875...Combe the Jrd ........Wm. Walt. Rowley M.A. Vicar-
age, Woolavington, Bridgwtr
Overseer for out Parish of St. Cuthbert, Edward A.Serel,
Market place 1876.••Combe the 2nd.••.••••.John Young Nicholson B.D. Rec-
Collector of Rates & Assistant Overseer Liberty of St. tory, Aller, Langport
Andrew's & Assistant Over.;;eer for in Parish of St. Cuth-
bert, William Newport Bendall, 17 Chamberlain street 1876...East Harptree •••••••••Godfrey Thring B.A. Rectory,
High Constables, William John Bennett, Sadler street & Hornblotton, Castle Cary
Samuel John C. Simmons, Tor street
Inspector of Weights & Measures for the Glastonbury, Wells I8]6.••Shalford .................William Bishop de MoleynsM:.A.
& Shepton !Mallet Division, John Bisgood, deputy chief Vicarage, Burrington, Bristol
constable; residence, Glastonbury
Local Agents to the Ecclesiastical Commissioners, Hippisley 1879...Compton Duodon.•.••Theodore Crane Dupuis M.A.
& Sons, 12 Chamberlain street Vicarage,Burnham,Brdgwatr

Stamp Distributor, Thomas James Russell, Post office, I879···Compton Bishop ••••••Richard Stamper Philpott M.A.
Market place River house, Upper mall,
Hammersmith w
Surveyor of Taxes, John W. Smith, Market place
I879···Warminster, alias} {Jas. C?leman M.A. Vicarage,
Luxfield ........... Cheddar, Weston-super-Mare

188o.••Combe the 4th.•••••.••Geo. Jas. Gowring M.A. Vicar-
age, Whitelackingtn.Ilminster

188o...Combe the 15th •••••• Edgar Charles Sumner Gibson

Diocese of Bath & Wells. lii.A. Wells

1869, Bishop, Right Rev. Lord Arthur Charles Hervey D.D. x882•••Cudworth ••••••••••••.••John William Robinson M.A.
The Palace, Wells ; & Athenaeum club, London s w Vicrge. Nth. Pethrtn. Brdgwtr

t88I, Dean, Very Rev. Edward Hayes Plumptre M.A., D.D. 1882•••Barton St. David••••••John Geo. Howes M.A. Rectory,
The Deanery, Wells Exford, Taunton
ARCHDEACONS.
I883·--Dinder •••.•••••.•••••.••William Michell Jrl.A. Rectory,
185t, Taunton, Ven. George Anthony Denison M.A. East Dinder, Wells
Brent, Highbridge
1883···Combe the 9th.••••••••Jn. Beresford M.A. Vicrge.Wells
r86o, Bath, Ven. Robt. Wm. Browne M.A. TheLiberty,Wells
1863, Wells, Ven Augustus Otway FitzGera)d M.A. Vicarage, 1884···Combe the 6th.........Sl. .Adams Jrl.A. Vicarge. Yatton
I884···Whitchurch ............Geo. Druce Wynne Ommanney
South Brent, Bridgwater
M.A. 29 Beaumont st. Oxford
CANONS. I885-··Combe the 12th •••.••Francis Tilney Bassett M.A.
1863, St. Decuman's, Ven. Archdeacon Robert William
Vicarage, Dulverton
Browne M.A. The Liberty, Wells 1886•••Ilton •••.••••••••••••••.••Henry Roe F. R.A.s. Rectory,
1868, Haselbere, Thomas Dehany Bernard M. A. The Liberty,
Yeovilton, Ilchester
Wells I88]•••Combe the nth ••••••Edward Burbidge M.A. Rectory,

1879, Whitelackington, Charles Marcus Church M.A. North Backwell, Bristol
Liberty, Wells I88]•••Milverton 2nd ••••••.••Mark Warburton B.D. Rectory,

1887, Litton, George Buckle M. A. The Liberty, Wells Kilmington, Bath
1887.•• Ashill.....................William Alexander Osborne B. A.
1888, Precentor, Canon Geo. Buckle M.A. The Liberty,Wells
Rectory, Dodington,Bridgwtr
1879, Chancellor of the Cathedral, Canon Thomas Dehany I889···Combe the 1st •••••••••Edwin John Harford M.A.Harth-
Bernard M.A. The Liberty, Wells
ford, Bath .

1885, Treasurer, Prebendary Joseph Henry Stephenson M.A. I88g•••Easton-in-Gordano •••John Buttanshaw M.A. :z2 St.
Lympsham rectory
James square, Bath
1861, Sub-Dean, CharlesMarcusChurch M.A.North Liberty, 1889···Wedmore ihe 4th •••William Wheeler Aldridge M.A.
Wells
Emmannel vicarage,Weston-
1884. Chancellor of the Diocese, Worshipful Thomas En-
glesby Rogers x.A. Yarlington house, Wincanton _ .super-Mare .'
. . Wedmore the Ist......Vacant I

394 WELLS. · .SOl\iERSETSHIRE. • f, (:KELLy.'~

I

Priest Vicars (a Corporation, with lay vicar!!):- · Yatton, Rev. Prebendary Samuel Adams x.A

1859, Robert Ernest Wallis Ph.o. Vi~arage, C?xley, Wells Yeovil, Rev. Henry Thomas Beebe M.A •

1859, Staphen Francis Bedford P.eppm M.A. Vtcarag6t Hor- Places of Worship, with times of Services.
•
rington, Wells
The Cathedral Church of St. Andrew, holy communion
1869, Douglas George Manning M.A. Sadler street, Wells a.m.; second celebration at II a.m. the :first sundayin the

1882, Honorary Priest Vicar,Joseph Stubbs Stubbs M. A. St. month; u a. m. & 3 p.m.; daily 8 (holy eommu:nion) & ro

Thomas' vicarage~ Wells . ..

Bishop's Examining Chaplains:- a.m. & 3 p.m • .

1872, Canon George Buckle M;A.·The Liberty, Wells St. Cuthbert's Church, Rev. John Beresford ,M.A.I VICar;

Joseph Armitage Robinson M.A. Christ's college,Cambridge Rev. James Smethurst B.A. & Rev. D. Melville Boss )J.A.

Pluralities Act Commissioners;- · curates;. u a.m. & 3 & 6.30 p.m.; wed. 7 p.m .

:r886, For Dean & Chapter, Canon T. D. Bernard M..t. The St. Thomas' Church, Rev. Joseph Stubbs Stubbs M.A. VICar;

Liberty, Wells u a.m. & 6.30 p.m.; thurs. 7 p.m

1886, For Archdeaconry of Wells, Prebendary A. C. Ainslie Wookey Hole (Chapel of Ease to St. Cuthbert's), n a.m.. &
6.30 p.m.; thurs. 7 p.m
· M.A. Langport vicarage, Taunton SS. Joseph & Teresa (Catholic), Cha~berlain street, Rev.

1886, For Archdeaconry of Bath, E. J. Harford M.A Joseph Berard,priest; holy commumon 7.30 a. m. summ_er

1887, For Archdeaconry of Taunton, Preb. E . .Buller M.A & 8 a.m. winter; high mass, 10 a.m.; vespers& benediC-

Secretaries to the Bishop:- •

Richard Harris, Market place, Wells·· • tion, 6.30 p.m.; daily mass, 7 a.m. summer & 8 a.m.

J. B. Lee, 2 The Sanctuary, Westminster s w winter; holidays of obligation, festivals of the Blessed

Registrar of the Diocese, Richard H.arris, Market pi. :Wells . Virgin Mary & wed. benediction, 7.30 p.o;l

Acting Registrars of the .Archdeaconries :- Baptist, Union street, Rev. William E. Glanville, minister;

Bath, Richard Harris, Market place, Wells u a.m. & 6.30 p.m.; mon. 8 p.m.

1884, Taunton, Rol?ert A. Kinglake Brethren Union; u a.m. & 6.30 p.m.; mon. 7·45 p.m.;

:r888, Wells, Richard Harris, Market place, ~ells . tues. 7.30 p.m .

Deputy Registrar of Archdeaconry of Wells, Rtchard Harr1s, Congre,<>'8.tional, Union street, Rev.Thomas Joseph K1ghtley,

Market place, Wells .. minister ; u a.m. & 6.30 p.II1.; thurs. 7 p.m .
iWeslevan, Southover, Rev. John Nanscawen Broad~ miniS-
Registrar to the Dean & Chapter, R1chard Harrts, Market ter n a.m. & 6.30 p.m.; tues. 7 p.m.; fri. 8 p.m

place, Wells .. Wesleyan, Wookey Hole, n a.m. & 6 p.m.; mon. 7 p.m
•1
Chapter Clerk, Richard Harris, Market place, Wells

Inspectors of Schools, R~v. W. Miche_ll M.. ~•. & Re'!'· Hy. Roe . Schools.

Registrar to the P~cubar Courts, Richard Harns, Market Wells Theological College, Right Rev. Lord Arthur Charles
Hervey D.D. Bishop -of Bath & W~~~~. visitor; R;ev.. Pre-
place,. Wells .. . .. • . bendary Ed~r Charles Sumner G1b~on ~.A.. pnnctpal ;
Rev. Frederic Arthur Clarke M.A. VICe-pnnCipal; Rev.
Surveyors Qf Ecclesiastical Dilapidations, E. Hippisley,
Athelstane Coode M. A. chaplain
Wells; C. R. Wainwright,. Shep~~- M.allet; &. Q. H. Grammar, Cathedral green, is believed to ha;ve be~n founded

Samson, Taunton by Bishop Jocelin de Welles about ~~1o; 1ts ~bJects were

Organist, Charles William Lavington extended by Bishops Ralph de Salop1a _& Beckmgton ! the

Vicars Choral, Thomas Wicks, William Drayton, Arthur cathedral choristers are educated gratmtously; the m1ddle

Henry Taylor, I<'ergus Asquith, William Merriman, Harry school has been amalgamated with it & in. x884 the new

James Carter, John I<'rancis Miller, Frank Dawkes, Henry Grammar school was built at the sole cost of the Rev.

Partridge, Henri G. Riviere

Sacrist & Principal Verger, William Fielder, Vicar's close

SUBUOGATES FOR THE DIOC:Jl:SE OF BATH & WE!.LS. Canon Thomas Dehany Bernard; the new building takes

Ashill, Rev. Thomas Arthur Voules M.A 1 the place of the choir school, which had been carried on for

Bath, SS. Peter & Paul, Rev. Canon Richard England upwards of four centuries in the west cloister of the

Brooke H.A .. cathedral; George Perry .Abram B.A. master

, Trinity, Rev. James Murray Dixon M.A Wells High School for Girls. Cathedral green, Right Rev.

St. J~aavmieosu'r~',s,RReve.v.PJhoilhipn .A.Ie~nder Jacob M..A.. Lord Arthur Charles Hervey D.D. Bishop of Bath & Wells,
St. Wm. Girdlestone Filleul
'Y·::
M.A patron; Mrs. H. Walro~d, hon. Ia:dy su~rintend~nt;

, St. Michael's, Rev. John Castle Burnett lii.A Miss Amy HarrlSon, head m1stre;:;s ; M1ss Marwn Harnson,

, Walcot, St. Swithin, Re-v. Ernest Augustus Eardley- assistant mistress .

Wilmot M.A . Blue Coat (mixed), Tucker street, was founded about x654,

Bathwick-cum-Woolley, Rev. George Tugwell M.A by Ezekiel Barkham: subsequently other ~ifts were m_a~e

Bridgwater, St. Mary's, Rev. William George l''itzgerald for. educational purposes by Adrian. HICkes & Ph~llip

. , St. John's, Rev. Charles Bazell B.A., T.A.K.C.L Hodges, & in :1717 the schools were umted & re-orgamzed

Bruton, Rev. Henry Thomas Ridley in accordance with the Endowed Schools .Act by a scheme

Burnham, Rev. Prebendary Theodore Crane Dupuis M.A ef the Charity Commissioners, which came into operation

Castle Cary, Rev. Prebendary AugustU& Wm. Grafton M.A, in 1879 & was revised in :r889 : there are 35 scholarships,

Chard, Rev. Prebendary Willia.m Edmund Buller M. A for 20 boys & 15 girls; :ro of these are of the value of £s,

Crewkerne, Rev. Richard Holme M.A in addition to the free education; these are called Bark

Easton-in-Gordano, Rev. Arthur Walkea- M.A ham scholars, the. remaining known as Free scholars
Frome, Trinity Church, Rev. \Yilson Eu~tace Daniel M. A all the Barkham scholarships are given to scholars elected,
after a competitive examination, from elementary schools;
. , Christ Church, Rev. R1.chard. Ratkes Bromage M.A., half the Free scholarships are also given to the ele~entary
F.B.G.S ·
schools, the remaining half to scholars attendmg the
Holford, Rev. George Eden Frederick Peake M.A.
schools as paying scholars.; the annual income is about
Holton, Rev. Joseph John Stanton M.A
. £450; Charles Jones, master; Miss E. C. Sumner, mist
Ilminster, Rev. Ja.mes Rynd Briscoe M.A . ,
Central National (mix.ed & infants), St. John street, erected
Keynsham, Rev. Joseph H~n!Y Gray ~-A · in 1858-9, on the site of an ancie~t priory de~icated to St

Midsomer Norton, Rev. Wilham Morr1son M.A. John the Baptist, founded by B1shop Jocehne de Weli~s

South Petherton, Rev. William Samuel Bruce M. A • . & his brother Hugh, Bishop of Lincoln, about :1206; thi&

Portishead, Rev. James Stuart M. A ..... · · school was built by voluntary contributions, aided. by a

Publow, Rev. Arthur Bellamy M.A grant from the National Society, for 209 boys, x8o ~1rls &

Somerton, Rev. William Henry Strong B.A · 240 infants ; average attendance, :r66 boys, 12? gtrls. &

Taunton, St. James's, Rev. Godfrey Kingdon M.A . 130 infants.; Albert Knight, master; Mr~. A. Kmght, m1st

, . St. Mary's, Rev. Willirun.Henry Askwitb M.A National (mixed), Wookey Hole, erected m 1872, for 200

Timberscombe, Rev. Robert James Crosswell M.A St.chTihlodmrean~'· savDeirsatgriecta,ttSetn.'dTahnocem, a1s2' 0st;reJeatm, eesreGctreadnti,nm1a8s5te9r,

Wellington, Rev. Prebendary George Knowling M.A

W· e,.lls~ Rev. Canon Thomas Dehany Bernard M.A · for n8 boys & :170 girls & infants ; average attendance,
Rev. Robert Ernest.Wallis P.h.D . ·
·· 97 boys & 127 girls & infants; William Barnes, master;

,, Rev.Stephen Francis Bedfor_d Peppin M:A.Horrington Miss Sara,h Bendall, ttJ.istress . . 1

, Rev. Douglas George Manmng M.A. . Parochial (mixed), Dulcote, erected in 186o! by Ml's. M. C.

, Rev. Prebendary John Beresford M. A Tudway & maintained by her, for 57 children; average

. ,, Rev. Joseph Stubbs Stubbs .M.A · < attendance, 43 ; Mrs. Elizabeth Knight, mistress

Weston-super-Mare, Rev. Preb. Edwin Arthur Salmon M.A Catholic (mixed), Union street,. erected i_n 1888, for u8

,, . .. , .. Emmanuel, Rev. Wi1liam Wheeler Aid- children; average attendance, 45; Mtss L. Charlotte

ridge M.A Stones, mistr~s . . . . ·,

·Wincanton, Rev. ColinGrant-.DaltonH..&.•·- · · . Newspaper.

• Woo1layington, Rev. P.rebendary Wm. Waiter Rowley llf.A

Williton, Rev. Samuel .John Heathcote M.A Wells Journal; office,'9 High street.; James Motes Atkins,

Wrington, Rev. Prebendary_Har~y.Me.ngden Scarth M..&. printer, .publisb.er & prop~tor ;. published thUI1 ·· ··

DIRECTORY.] SOMERSETSHIRE. WELLS. 395

· ·W. : :Ra.Hnway~ ·d 1 & Somerset & Dorset, Thomas Bartlett Fear, station master &
•
Hreat;. Western, 1111am enry Ran a11, statiOn master od t .

goods agent; James Creswell Wall, carting agent go s agen

·· l'RIVATE RESIDENTS. EverettJohnGifTard,4St.Andrewstreet Marsh John, 4 Priory villas
Fagan Mrs. Tower house, St. Andrew st Montgomery Alexander McRobert,Rock

AbramGeorgePerryB.A. (master),Gram- :FairbanksWilliamM.D.Molbourne house, house, 8I High street

. mar school, Cathedral green Chamberlain street Norton Robert, 6 Priory villas

Andrews Albion George, St. Cuthbert's Fawcett William, x6 Chamberlain street Oxley Joseph, I8 Vicars' close '

lodge, Chamb~rlain street Fletcher Mrs. I ~t. Andrew street Oxley Mrs. 5 St.· Andrew street

Appleby Mrs. 90 St. Thomas street Foster Mrs. 8 Chamberlain street Parfitt Mrs. East Liberty •

Asquith Fergus [vicar choral], I7 Freeman Edward Augustus n.c.~., J.P. Parkins Miss, 9 Vicars' close

Vicars' close ~omerleaze house, Burcot Pereira Rev. Henry WallM.:A. Chamber-

Barnard Misses, East Liberty French John Gabriel, :ro New street lain street

Barnes Miss, I2 Broad street Fry John Samuel, Keward house Plumptre Very Rev. Edward Hayes D.D.

Barnes William, 78 Thomas street Fry Mrs. 20 ~adler street [dean], Cathedral green

Bateman J<'rederick ·John Brownfield, Gandell Mrs. Stoberry park Purnell Richard M.D. 8 New street

New street . · Garnsey Mrs. 7 St. Thomas terrace Risdon George Owen, 2 Chamberlain st
Bath & Wells, Lord .Bishop of (Right Gibbs Mrs. :;~9 Sad1er street Ross Rev. D. Melville M. A.[curate of St.

Rev. Lord Arthur Charles Hervey Gibson Rev. Edgar Charles Summer Cuthbert's], 7 New street

D.D.), The Palace M.A. [preb. principal of Theological Russ Alfred George, 12 New street

Bendall ChariEI!, 6 St. Andrew street college], 2 St. Andrew street RussellHubertBarnard,Bank ho.High st

·Bendall William Newporf.1 Eastfield Glanville Rev. WilliamEwart [BaptistJ, Russell Thomas Jas. 30 Chamberlain st

Berard. Rev.Joseph [Catholic],The Vista 3 Davis's terrace, Tucker street Sadler Edward Charles, I Priory villas

Beresford Rev. John K.A. (vicar of St. Gleaves Thos. Lowndes, I.') Vicars' close. Salisbury Thos. Bth. view,Glastonbry. rd

Cuthbert's], J; St. Cuthbert's street GoodallSydneyl<'redk.Le.ura pl.Portway SelliGk Charles, 2I Tor street

Bernard Rev.ThomasDehanyx. A.(canon Gunning Miss, Wookey hole SSeerlwelaEydMwrasr.Sdt.AAthnedlrsetwan'sel,os.NNtehw.Lsitbreeretty
& chancellor of the Cathedral], The Haine James, I St. Thomas terrace

Liberty Halliday Miss, u New street Sheldon Alfred, West Street house

Berryman Misses, I4 Chamberlain street Harris Richard, I New street Sheldon Frank, Chamberlain street
s sBerryman Misses, 92 St. Thomas street Harte Edward, Chamberlain street Slade George, St. John street
Berryman Mrs. 92 St. Thomas street Harte Mrs. 9 Chamberlain street Smethurst Rev. James B. A. [curate of

Blackburne John Henry (late captain HaywardThs.South view,Glastonbry.rd St. Cuthbert's], 3 Chamberlain st

Royal artillery), The Be~·l Hearn George White, So St. Thomas st Smith John W. 5 Priory villas

Bond Hannibal R. IS Chamberlain st- Hervey Right Rev. Lord Arthur Charles Snelgrove Edwin, Dulcote

Brancker Misses, 2 New street D.D. {Lord Bishop of Bath & Wells], Spry Mrs. Priest row

Brice Henry, 2I Chamberlain street The Palace Stevens Miss, Davis's terrace, Tucker st

Brice Henry,Furlong villa, St.Thomas st Hill Mrs. James, 27 New·street Stubbs Rev. Joseph Stubbs M.A. ['·icar

Brine Albert, Portway house ' · Hillier Arthur Robert Davies, I8 Cham- of l::it. Thomas], St. Thomas :,treet

Broad Rev.JohnWanscawen[Wesleyan], berlain street Sugden Hon. Mrs: New street
7 Chamberlain street
Hippisley E. M. IO Chamberlain street 1 Summer Miss, u Vicars' close

Brooks Miss, 2 Vicars' close Hippisley Edwin, 4 Chamberlain street Swainson Henry, 88 St. Thomas street

BrowneVen.Archdeacon Robert William Hippisley William J. IS N-ew street · Tate James Arthur, 7 Priory villas ·

M.A. [archdeacon of Bath & canon], Hobhouse Right Rev. Edmund n.n.(late TaylorArthurHy.[vicar choral],High st

The Liberty ; & Athonamm club, Pall bishop of Nelson), 9 New street TaylorHy.Robt.Hawkins,3St.Thomas st
mall, London s w
HobhouseMrs.Woodbury house, Bath rd Teek Mrs. 3 Cathedral green

Buckle Rev. George M.A. [canon of Wells, Hodgkinson William Sampson J.P. Teek Mrs. 5 Cathedral green

exam. chaplain to the Bishop & pre- Glencot, Wookey hole Thompson Rev. Archer M.A. Milton ldg

centor], The Liberty ' Holloway Jn.Hy.Erstfeld,Cathedral grn Thorn George, Tor house, Tor street

Carter Harry J ames, I4 Vicars' close Isgar Robert, 7 High street Thorne Ernest Arthur, 22 Vicars' close

Chapman Alfred, 24 Chamberlain street James Arthur W. L.R.C.P.LOnd. (junior Toomer John Henry, 7 St. Thomas st •

Chiswell Francis Albert, Davis's terrace, assistant medical officer), Asylum Tudway Charles Clement D.L., J.P. The

Tucker street Jerrard Mrs. I8 Broad street Cedars

Church Rev. Charles Marcus M.A. [canon Jewers Arthr.J.F.S.A.I9 Chamberlain st Vincent Miss, 27 Sadler street '

of Wells,l?rebend of WhiteLackington, Keate Miss, Priest row Vowles Charles, 9 St. Thomas street •

sub-deanJ, North Liberty . Keen George Robert, Sadler street Wade Arthur Law B.A., M. D. (resident

Clarke Rev. Frederic Arthur M.A. [vice Keen Miss, Chamberlain street physician & superintendent),Asylum

principal Theological college], I6 Kightley Rev. Thomas Joseph [Congre- Walrond Mrs. Cathedr-al green ·

Vicars' close gational], 24 Vicars' close Watson Mrs. 25 Vicars' close

Clarke Alfred Alexander, I 3 Vicars' close Knight John N. Jolimont,Milton hill Watts Mrs. n Priest row

Coates John, Bath road Lavington Charles William (organist of Way John Edwin, 3 Priory villas

Collins Edwin Adolphus, Priory road Cathedral), North Liberty Way Miss, 3 Priory villas

Collins Frederick, Io Broad street Law George, Davis's terrace,Tucker st Way Waiter Henry, 3 Priory villas

Coode Rev. Athelstane M.A. [chaplain Lee John, Wookey hole . Webber Thomas9 62 High street

Theological college], Portway LivettHy.Wm.M.D. 2oChamberlain st Welsh Charles C. P. Beaumont ·

Cox Miss, Penarth house, Portway Lovell Mrs. 4 Priory road Welsh William Inman, Beaumont

Cross Algernon, Lawrence lodge, Cham- Lucas Robert, rg Chamberlain street White Miss, 82 St. Thomas street.

berlain street· McLean Norman, Stob&rry park White Mrs. St. Thomas street •

Cross Lionel, Chamberlain street McWilliam Alexander M.A., M.B.(senior Wicks Thomas [vicar choral], 34

Dando Mrs. 2 St. Thomas terrace assistant medical officer), Asylum Chamberlain street

Davies Evan Coleman, 9 Market place Maidment Miss, I7A, Chamberlain st Wilkins Robert Palmer, 3 Vicars' close

Davis Lady Superior Eliza Forbes, St. Manning Rev. Douglas George M.A. Willcox Georgo, Victoria ha. Queenst

Mary's convent · [priest vicar], Sadle:r street Willmott Mrs. 12 Priory villas ·

Eades Miss, 5 St. Thomas terrace Marchant Elihu, I6 Portway Woods Miss, I4 New street

Ellicott Langford, 6 Cathedral greeri Meller John Francis [vicar cl1oral1 4 Wynell-Mayow Rev.Philip M.A.Ehortwd

Evans Mrs. 7 New street : Vicars' close ·

• Baker Thomas, umbrella repairer, IOA, Union street

• COMMERCIAL.

Ahram George Perry B.A. boarding & day school, Cathedral Ball Henry, greengrocer, 20 St. John st~eet
Barnard Charles, butcher, so High street .,_
Grammar school

Abram Mrs. preparatory school, Cathedral green • Barnard William Charles, butcher, 46 High 11treet .

Allen William, decorator, 7 Tor street Harnes & Son, ironmongers,4I High st.; & at Shepton Mallet

Andrews Brothers, curriers, 76 High street. Bartlett George, greengrocer, 32 St. Cuthben street

Andrews & Goodall, solicitors, Chamberlain street Ba.teman Fredk.Jn.Brownfield,surgeon, L.B.C.P.Edin.New st

Andrews Francis James, Mermaid iiUl, I Tucker street Bendall Arthur, baker, II {if. I3 St. Thomas street
Andrews John, market gardener, 12 Queen street Bendall Robert, carpenter, IO St. Thomas street

Atkins James Motes, printer & publisher of the '~Wells Bendall Samuel, boot & shoo maker, 10 Sadler street
.Bendall Sarah (Mrs.), dress ma~er, IO Sadler stree~ ·
Journal,'' 9 High street
Bendall William Newport,assistant overseer for the in parish
Bagg Robert, farmer, Bnreot farm, Burcot
· of St;. Cuthberi & assistant overseer & collector. of :rates
Baker Alfred William, draper, 3I High street. ,. . for the Liberty of SLAndrew~,registr. f)f marriages for the
Baker Felix, Wookey Hole inn,- Wookey hole
<.

Baker George, fanner, Woodford house, Woodford . , · · Wells:.union, & man. ol the water wrks. 17 .Chamberlai!l st
Baker John,. baker, ·30 St., Thomas street ,·.•. . • 1 .. ·BeJ!nett Chas. Viqeen~, ~.& .map,v.! WeUs.Uas.Q9.~l~J49ver

WELLS. .SO.MERSETSHIRE. • [KELLYS

Bennett & Smith, auctioneers & valuers, estate & house County Court (His Honor W. J. Metcalfe Q.c. judge;

agents; offices, Sadler street & High street, Glastonbury Reginald Lowbridge Foster, reg. & high bailiff), Town hall

Hennett Wm. John (firm, Bennett & Smith), auctioneer & Court of Probate District Registry Office (Langford Ellicott,

collector of property, income & assessed taxes, Sadler st reg.; Thos. Lowndes Glcaves, chief clerk), Cathedral green

JJennett William John, White Hart commercial hotel & Cox Henry, sen. miller (water), Mill lane

restaurant, close to the Cathedral ; picnics, luncheons, Cox Henry, jun. baker&; flour&; corn dealer, I3 High st

public dinners, suppers &c. catered for, choice old wines&; Crabb Joseph, farmer, Littlewell cottage, Glastonbury road

spirits, Sadler street Crandon Robert, dairyman, I4 St. Thomas street

Berry John, brush maker, 84 High street Crease Edwin, grocer, So High street

Herryman Albert, farmer, Bridge farm, Dulcote Crosse Brothers (late Berryman & Co. ), wine & spirit mer-

Black James, paper manufacturer, Dulcote chants, 2S High street

Blacker Henry, smith, Union street Crump John, saddler, I7 High street
BlackwellBessie(Miss),fancy repository, 4Jubilee ter. Portway Dalimore Emma (Mrs.), laundress, 5 Bath Road terrace

Blinman George Henry, beer retailer & builder, Priest row Davies Evan Coleman, solicitor (firm, Hobbs & Davies)

Bond Hannibal R. costumier, silk mercer, linen & general Davis George, shopkeeper, I6 St. Thomas street

draper, millinery &; mantle warehouse, family mounung, Davis Joseph Clapton, journalist, 2 Laura place, Portway

The Bon March6 Davys John, outfitter, 4 Market place

Boulton Mary (Mrs.), butcher, 37 High street Dawkes & Partridge, photogrphrs. IO Davis's ter. Tucker st

Howles Thomas George, basket maker, 19 St. John street Dawkes Frank, vicar choral, xo Davis's terrace, Tucker st

Bowns Star hotel, family, commercial & posting ho, High st Dell Brothers, builders & contractors, 24 Union street

Boyle Major the Hon. E. J. manager of Stuckey's Bank & Dingle William, confectioner, I3 South street

treas. to the union & rural sanitary authority, 7 High st Dixon, Horsburgh & Co. Limited, paper manufacturers, St.

Bray Frederick William, builder, contractor &; proprietor of Cuthbert's works ; agents, Cutler Mills Paper Co. Lim.

West Horrington lime works; best hydraulic lime, espe· of London, Dub1in & Aberdeen

cially suitable for building purposes, or iron & copper Dowling William, farmer, Burcot

smelting, supplied on reasonable terms ; lime, as analysed Drayton & Co. bill posters, 15 High street

by eminent persons, contains 58.25 of pure lime & 25.s2 Drayton William, music seller, IS High street

of carbonate of lime, St. Thomas street Dredge James, boot maker, 9 Broad street

Brice Nancy (Mrs.), young ladies' school, 2I Chamberlain st Drummond Sarah (Mrs.), lodging house kpr. 27 Vicars' close

Brine William, Sons &; Co. brush manufacturers, Towns end Duke Benjamin Thomas, clerk to the visitors & clerk &

Brine William, shopkeeper, I9 Tucker street steward to the County Lunatic Asylum

Brinson Joseph, beer retailer, Market place Durston Albert, Burcot inn, Burcot

Brooks Alice (Miss), pork butcher, 78 High street Ellis Frank, corn miller (water), Burcot mill, Burcot

Brooks Waiter, beer retailer, I3 Broad street Evans George, grocer, 62 Southover

Brown Charles, architect & surveyor ; surveyor to town Evans Mary (Mrs.), City Arms inn, High street

council&; urban sanitary authority, Chamberlain street Fairbanks William M.D. surgeon, Melbourne house, Cham-

Browne W.E. & Sons (established 18o6), nurserymen, seeds- berlain street

men & florists ; forest trees & shrubs of every description; Farley Samuel & Sons, wheelwrights & smiths, n Eroad

contracts given for forest planting, The Nurseries street & Mill lane

Browne Job, farmer, 73 St. Thomas street Farrow William, sign painter, 12 Priest row

Browne Wiiliam, dairyman, 7.5 St. Thomas street Fear Thomas Bartlett, station master of Somerset &; Dorset

Campbell P. &; P. dyers & cleaners (H. J. Loxton, agent), railway, Keward villa, Glastonbury road

3 St. John's street Fielder William, sacrist of Wells cathedral, 6 Vicars' close

Cattle John, shopkeeper, I7 Broad street Fire Brigade (Volunteer) (Albert Halliday, captain); engine

Cemetery (Reginald Lowbridge Foster, clerk to the burial house, Market place

board; R. H. Curtis, superintendent) Flicker Edward, draper, 2 Sadler street & Market place

Chapman &; Son, coal merchants ; sole agents for the cele- Foster Reginald Lowbridge, solicitor, proctor, town clerk,

brated Kilmersdon co.tl, all the best coals kept in stock, clerk to the borough magistrates, clerk to the commis-

a quantity of gravel for sale, Great Western coal wharf sioners of sewers for the county, clerk to the urban sani-

Chapman Herbert, baker & coal dealer, 38 & 40 Southover tary authority, clerk to the burial board, steward to the

Chapman Jesse, shopkeeper, 43 St. Thomas street trustees of Lewellyn's &; Charles' almshouses, clerk to the

Chappell Fredk. bill poster & beer retailer, 59 High street commissioners of taxes for the divisions of Wells City &

Chard Edward Hill, cabinet maker, upholsterer &c. piano· :Forum, steward to the vicars choral, clerk to the Upper

fortes, harmoniums, american organs &c. on sale or hire, Axe district drainage board & to school attendance com·

goods made to order with care & dispatch, orders mittee & registrar of county court, I Cathedral green

promptly executed, I4 Broad street Foster Robert, marine store dealer, 5 Southover

Charles William, butcher, SI High street Foxwell Charles Edmund, boot & shoe maker, 23 High st

ChubbFrancis Osborne Oates (firm, Welsh, Son & Chubb), Francis Isaac John, Somerset P.H. St. Thomas street

solicitor, clerk to the magistrates for Wells division &; Fry Elizabeth (Mrs.), lodging house keeper, 5 Vicars' close

secretary to the Wells Water Co. Lim. 7 Market place Fry John Samuel, corn miller (water), Keward mill

ChurchesJesse&Frank,frmrs. SugarLoaf frm. Glastonbury rd Fry Peter, corn merchant & seedsman, & agent for Gould·

Churches Edward, coal dealer, 56 Southover ing's manure &; Thorley's cake &; food, 22 High street

City Club (T, Phillips, sec.), Market place Gardner Charles Baron, painter, IS St. Cuthbert's street

City of WellsCoffeeTavem (Alfd. Geo.Russ, sec.),Market pl Gardner James, painter, 24 Chamberlain 11treet

Clarke Alfred Alexander, artist, I3 Vicars' close Garrod &; Harris, solicitors, see Richard Harris

Clarke George, lodging house keeper, 7 Vicars' close George John, boot & shoe maker, I Broad street

Cleaver.Catherine Maria (Mrs.),bookseller &; fancy stationer, George L. (Mrs.), Swan family & commercial hotel &posting

S Market place establishment, Sadler street

Cock Charles, builder, 32 High street George William, printer & news agent, 25 Sadler street

Cock Edwin, engineer, South street Gibbons Samuel, shopkeeper, II Union street

f'JOleman Charles Noah, baker, 25 St. Thomas street Godfrey Fredk. Henry, builder & contractor, I Victoria ter

Coles George Frederick, King's Head P.H. 36 High street Gosney Adam (late Webber), photographer, The City

Collier Albert, greengrocer, 56 High street Weighbridge. See advertisement

.Collins & Sons, auctioneers, Priory road Gould Edward, farmer, Lower Milton

Collins John Robert, plumber&; parish clerk & sexton of St. Gould Frederick, Red Cow P.H. Wookey Hole

Cuthbert's, St. John street Gould William, farmer, Hill House farm

Collins William, nurseryman, seedsman & florist,79 High st Grammar School (G. P. Abram B.A. master),Cathedralgrn

Cook George Edward, beer retailer, I7 St. John street Great Western Railway Parcel Receiving Office (J. (;, Wall,

Coombs Edward, engine titter, Burcot lane agent), 1 High street

Cottage Hospital (R. Purnell lii.D. & Henry William Livett Green Annie (Miss), dress maker, sB Southover

M.D. hon. consulting surgeons; W. Fairbanks M.D. & G. Green Elizh. (Mrs.), lodging house keeper, Io Vicars' close

0. Risdon L.R.C.P. hon. medical officers; C. Hart, treas.; Green John, coach builder, Portway

R. Isgar,hon.sec.; Mrs.H.Pidgeon, matron), St. Thomasst Green John, jun. dairyman, 6 Sadler street

(;otterel Elizabeth Eliza Wilson (Miss), milliner & dress Green Joseph, farmer, Burcot house, Burcot

maker, 3 New street Green Sarah (Mrs.), shopkeeper, 58 Southover

County of Somerset &; Bath Lunatic Asylum for Paupers Haggett & St-ockwell, dyers &; cleaners, 29 High street

(Arthnr Law Wade B.A., M.D. resident physician & supt.; Hale Maria (Mrs.), shopkeeper, 51 St. Thomas stree1i

: Alexander McWilliam :M.B., :M,A., C.M. senior assistant Halliday Albert, architectural wood carvers & art cabinet

medical officer; Arthur W. James L.R.C.P.LOnd. junior maker, Union street & I3 New street

assistant medical officer; Rev. James Johnson Downes Halliday Edwin, carver, 33 High street
m.A. chaplain ; Benjamin Thomas Duke, clerk to the Halliday William Wood, carver, 35 High street
visitors- & clerk & steward of the asylum), West Horrington Hamilton l''inlay, tailor & draper, 9 Davis's ter. Tucker st. •

D1RECTORY.J SOMERSETSHIRE. WELLS. 397

Harris Edwd. Geo. beer retlr. & greengrocer, 7 St. John's st Marchant Elihu, agent & steward to C. C. Tndway esq.

Harris Richard (firm, Garrod & Harris), solicitor, perpetual D.L., .J.P. 16 Portway

commissioner for taking acknowledgments of married Marsh & Adlam, cheese factors, Old Passenger station

women, commissioner for oaths, registrar of the arch- Marsh Sarah (Mrs.), lodging house, 2 Priory road

deaconry of Bath, registrar of the archdeaconry of Wel1s, Marshalsea Elizh.Gibbons (Miss),drpr.& outfittr.3 Market pl

registrar of diocese of Bath & Wells, sec. to the Bishop of Martin Jacob, haulier, Southover

Bath & Wells, chapter clerk, registrar to the dean & Merrick Joseph William, Lamb inn, 25 St. Thomas st

chapter & city treasurer, Market place Merriman William, tailor, 23 Vicars' close

Hartley Sophia (Mrs. ),lodging house keeper, 21 Vicars' close Millard Frances (Miss), dress maker, 86 St. Thomas street

Haughey James, wardrobe dealer, 6 Queen street Millard Sylvanus, shopkeeper, 77 St. Thomas street

Hawkins Charles, beer retailer, 42 Southover Mills Thomas, stone,marble &granite monumental sculptor ;

Hawkins James, butcher, 6 St. Thomas street all kinds of lettering & engraving executed in the very best

Hayman John Griffin, dentist (1st & 3rd monday in the style, inscriptions in imperishable lead, monuments

month), 10 High street cleaned &c. 75 High street & Princes road

Hayter Charles, stationer, 1 Priory road Milton Charlotte Sophia (Mrs.), lodging ho. 8 Vicars' close

Hemmens William Henry, hair dresser, 61 High street Mitre family & commercial hotel & posting establishment

Herring Robert, china warehouse, 49 High street (Mrs. Emma Hill, proprietress), Sadler street

Heseltine & Son, grocers, 48 High street Mogford John & Son, nurserymen & florists; gardens laid out

Higgins Henry, grocer, 72 High street & kept in order by the day, month or year; bouquets

Hill Amelia (Miss), milliner & dress maker. 3 Priest row made to order, hot houses & greenhouses attended to &

Hill Edward, farmer, Dulcote supplied with plants on moderate terms, St.Thomas nursry

Hill Elizabeth (Mrs.), lodging house keeper, Priest row Mogford John (Mrs.), pork butcher, 7 St. Andrew street

Hill Emma (Mrs.), Mitre family & commercial hotel & Mogg William, baker, 52 High street

posting house, Sadler street Montgomery Alexander McRobert, draper & tailor, Rock

Hill George, farmer, Fountain farm, Dulcot house, 8I High street

Hill Samuel, farmer, Manor farm, Wellesley Moon James, carpenter & builder, 7 Town Hall buildings

Hillier & Son, brush & mat manufacturers &c. (established Morgan John, earthenware dealer, 63 High street

1820), Town Hall buildings Morgan John, jun. umbrella repairer, St. Cuthhert street

Hippisley & Sons, architects & land agents, local agents to Morgan John Hy. baker & grocer, Post office, Wookey hole

the Ecclesiastical Commissioners & agents to the Sun & Mullins Mary Ann (Mrs.), milliner & dress ma. 6o High st

Atlas Fire & Life Insurance Cos. I2 Chamberlain street New RockCoalCo. (James Hancock, manager), Somerset &

Hobbs & Davies, solicitors, 3I Sadler street Dorset railway wharf

Hodgkinson W. S. & Co. paper manufacturers, Wookey Noble George, saddler, 14 Sadler street

hole ; & 3 Queenhithe, London E c North Somerset Yeomanry Cavalry (C troop) (Capt. Nor-

Hole John, coach builder; carriages of el"ery description man McLean, commanding; Sergt.-Maj. William Salter,

built to order, bought or taken in exchange, repairs in all drill instructor)

branches receive prompt & personal attention, terms Norton Henry Charles, tailor, hatter & agent for Christy's

moderate, Coxley celebrated silk & felt bats, 34 High street

Holloway James, boot & shoe maker, 67 St. Thomas street Norton Robert, solicitor (firm, Turner, .Norton & Manning,

Holloway John Henry, grocer, provision merchant, draper, of London), Priory road

costumier, milliner, hosier, glover & outfitter, I7, 19, 2I Nurse Sidney, gamekeeper to C. C. 'fudway esq

& 23 Market place Nurse Thomas, butcher, 57 High street

Hooper John, bird & beast stuffer, Union street Nutty John, shopkeeper, 27 St. John street

Hopkins Mary Ann (Mrs.), poulterer, 2I St. Thomas street Oram James, hair dresser, I2 High street

Hopkins William, haulier, 33A, Southover Oxley Henry, poulterer, 4 Tucker street

Hoskins George, chimney sweeper, I2 St. Cuthbert street Padfield Elizabeth (Mrs. ),professor of music, 28 Vicars' close.

Humphreys George, fruiterer, 8 Sadler street Palmer George, tailor & hatter, 38 High street

Isgar Robert, sub-manager of Stuckey's Bank, 7 High street Parfitt William, beer retailer, .5 Queen street

Jackson Ernest, bookseller, 5 High street Parker William, butcher, 43 High street

James Charles, hair dresser, 6 Broad street Parsons George, beer retailer, I9 :::ladler street

James :Frederick, baker, 26 St. Cuthbert street Partridge Harry, vicar choral, IO Davis's ter. Tucker street;

Jefford Robert, City of Wells temperance hotel, dining & Penny James, shopkeeper, 27 Southover

refreshment rooms ; chops, cutlets, steaks, coffee, tea &c. Perren Joseph, grocer, 2 St. Cuthbert street

5 Sadler street Perry Walter, dentist (attends here 2nd & 4th tuesdays in

Jenkins William Henry, fancy repository & inspector of the month), 15 High street

nuisances, 45 High street Phelps John, farmer, Manor farm, Milton

Jewers Arthur J. F.S.A. surgeon-dentist, I9 Chamberlain st Phillips Thomas William, photographer & auditor to rura}

Johnson Joseph, baker, 29 Broad street sanitary authority, IO Market place

Keen George Robert, commission agent, Sadler street Plant James, fishmonger, IS High street

Keen Robert, draper, 40 High street Pocock Thomas, grocer, I6 High street

Kerslake William, tailor, 22 Union street Pointing Richard, White Horse P.H. Dulcote

Kingsbury John, shoe maker, I9 High street Porter Annie Montgomery (Mrs.), wine & spirit merchantr

Knight Jas. town hall & market ho.kpr. I Town Hall bldgs Market place

Knight John N. ironmonger, oil merchant, cutler, machine Price W. H. & E. bookbinders, 74 St. Thomas street

agent, gas & hot water engineer, general smith, bicycles, Prince Albert's Somersetshire Light Infantry, 3rd Volunteer-

tricycles, gnus & cartridges, colors, varnishes & builders' Battalion (C Co.) (Capt. R. L. I<'oster); armoury, 72A,

materials & plated goods, 3 High street High street

Lane Charles, Britannia inn, Bath road Public Weighbridge (Charles Hayter, lessee), I Priory road

Lane Henry, upholsterer, 6 'for street Purnell Richard M.D. physician & surgeon, & medical officer-

Lane James, Fountain inn, I St. Thomas street & public vaccinator No. I district, 8 New street

Langport & Mid-Somerset Building Society (Robert Isgar, Randall William Henry, G. W. R. station master, I Davis's:

agent), 7 High street terrace, Tucker street

Lewis Charles, pork butcher, 39 High street Rawlings Edgar Cornelius, farmer, Knap Hill house

Liberator Building Society (Geo. Slade, agent), 5 St.John st Reakes Henry William, ironmonger, I Market place

Lilly George, smith, bellhanger, gasfitter & hot & cold Red Lion Club (F. Asquith, sec.), Market place

water engineer, conservatory & greenhouse heating appa- Reeves William, farmer, Islington farm & Lower Milton

ratus, kitchen ranges, stoves & grates refitted & repaired, Reid John M.R.c.v.s. veterinary surgeon & shoeing smith;:

prompt & personal attention given to all classes of work, I will select & test the suitability of horses ior purchasers &

Queen street advice given to gentlemen having horses to dispose of;

Livett Henry William, surgeon, & medieal officer of health, hunters & nag horses carefully shod on the most approved-

Wells urban & rural sanitary authorities & medical officer principles, High street

of workhouse, 20 Chamberlain street Reynolds Sophia (Mrs.), lodging ho. Davis's ter. Tucker st

Locke Waiter William, lodging ho. keeper, 4 Cathedral grn Richards Sarah Ann (Miss), lodging house, Chamberlain st.

Lockyer Edward John, grocer, 7 Southover Richards Sidney Tom, decorator, 74 High street

Lovegrove Jn.Way,fancy stationer &hair dresser, 42 High st Richardson William Dickinson, baker, 54 High street

Lovelace William Robert, shoe maker, I9 Broad st1eet Ricketts George, carpenter, 29 South street

Lovell Alfred (Mrs.), plumber, 2 St. John street Risdon George Owen L.R.C.P.Lond. surgeon, medical officer

Lowman J oseph, tobacconist, 23 SaJler street & public vaccinator for No. 2 district, Wells union, 2

Loxton Frederick William, cabinet maker, 4 Broad street Chamberlain street

Loxton Gideon, farmer, Pen Hill farm Rodgers Henry James, Crown P.H. Market place

Loxton John, shoe maker, 4 'for street Rose Florence (Miss), shopkeeper, 7 Broad street

Manning Richard James, pharmaceutical chemist, 27 High st Rowse William, watch maker, 2 Jubilee terrace, Portway

3~8' WELLS.. S,OMERSETSHIRE~

R.uss Alfred George, clerk to the. board of guardians & as• Tuck Thomas, tailor, 84 St. Tbpmas street

sessment committee & the rural .sanitary authority & Tucker Robert, shoe maker, 8 Broad street

superintendent registrllor, Poor Law offices . • Tucker William, pork butcher, I Southover

Russell James & Sons (established I85o), Derby, Cannock Tyack John William, hoot & shoe maker, 20 High street

:Chase, Forest of Dean, Wells· Way, Radstock, Edford, Tyte Cornelius, insurance agent, 4 Sadler street

patent fire brights & other coals, Old City coal wharf Tyte George William, jeweller, 3 Sadler street

Russell Hubert Barnard,man. of Wjlts &Dorset Bank,High st Tyte Samuel, grocer & china warehouse, 53 & 55 High st

Russell Mary Ann (Mrs.), shopkeeper, 31 Southover Union Street Livery Stables, landaus, broughams, two &

Russell PhilipBeadonJn.farmer,Park Hill cot.Glastonbury rd four-horse breaks, wagonettes, dog carts, pony carriages,

Russell Thos. Jas. postmaster & stamp office, Market place ladies' & gentlemen's saddle horses, on hire at the shortest

Sage Thomas, chimney sweeper, St. Thomas street notice at moderate charges, first-class loose boxes, lock-up

Salvidge Henry, saddler, 3 & 5 Broad street coach houses &c. (T. W. Walker, proprietor), Union st
Savage Emma (Mrs.), china, glass & earthenware dealer, Vaughan Waiter R; Golden. Heart P.H. 21St. John street

I5 Market place VenningJames M. tailor, 47 High street

Savings Bank (The Right Hon. & Right Rev. The I.ord Vile George, Goat inn, & builder, 8 St. Thomas street

Bishop of Bath & Wells, president; Edward A. Serel, sec. Vincent Henry, fishmonger & greengrocer, 70 liigh street

& actuary) (open on saturday from 12 to x), 5 New street Vincent James, farmer, Lower farm, Burcot

SerelJohn Thomas & Co. grocers, Market place Vincent John Frederick, shopkeeper, I Union street

Serel Edward Athelstane, accountant, assessor & collector of Vinen Mary Ann (Mrs.), lodging house, I2 Vicars' close

income & property tax & poor's rates for in & out parishes Vonberg W. C. dr,aper, 2 High street 1

of St. Cuthbert & Liberty of St. .Andrew, & assistant Vowles Brothers, farmers, Portway farm

overseer for out parish of St. Cuthbert; sec. & actuary of Walker Thomas Wm. Sun inn, Foresters' & Brush Makers'

the Wells Savings Bank & dept. supt. registrar & agent clubs, good stabling, loose boxes &c. ponies & traps for

for the West of England & Alliance Fire & Life Insurance hire, Union street

Cos. & school attendance officer, 25 Market place Wall Samuel, lodging house keeper, I6 Vicars' close

Sharland Alice (Miss), dress maker, 4 Priest row ' Waiter Augustus, watch maker & jeweller, 10 High street

Sheldon Alfred, corn miller (water), Lower Corn mills Way J. C. & Sons, grocers, cheese factors, beer merchants, &

Sheldon .Alfred, millwright & engineer, special machinery agents for W. & A. Gilbey, wine & spirit mers. 26 lfighst

for paper manufacture, corn mill machinery, hydraulic Weaver Edwin Charles, farrier, Union street

pumps & presses, patent bearings for vertical spindles, Weaver Elijah, tailor, 77 High street ',

water wheels.& gearing of every description, West street Webb Frederick S. house, sign & furniture painter, grainer,

Sheldon Frank A.lii.I.C.E. civil engineer, West street . paperhanger, decorator, gilder &c. all work neatly ex-

Sheppard Joseph Hughes, tailor &woollen draper, 28 Cham- ecuted, estimates given, 58 High street

, berlain street . Webb Frederick Sidney, tobacconist & cigar merchant, Wills',

Sheppard Mary (Miss), beer r~tailer, St. Cuthbert street Lambert & Butler's & all best brands of tobacco & cigars.

Simmons Samuel John Catccitt, shopkeeper & collector of meerschaum & briar pipes & all smoking requisites of the

taxes. Torstreet best qu~lity, 58 High street

Singer Manufacturing Co. (William James Harvey, agent), Webb Maria (Miss), lodging house keeper, I9 Vicars' close

.St. Cuthbert street . Webb William, Railway hotel ,

Slade George, district manager for the Star Life Assurance Weeks & Smart, dentists, 27 High street

Society & agent for the Manchester Fire, Railway Pas- Wells District Constitutional Club (G. E. Gould & George

sengers' Assurance Accident & Plate Glass Insurance Cos. Wilcox, secs.), I I Market place

& Liberator Building Society, 5 St. John street Wells Gas Co. (Charles Vincent Bennett, sec. & manager),

Slade Stephen, blacksmith, 20 St. Thomas street Southover . -

Slater Jonathan, chemist & druggist & aerated water manu- Wells High School for Girls (Miss Amy Harrison, head

factm·er, 12 Sadler street mistress), Cathedral green

SmithFras. Wm. grocer&italianwarehouseman,7Sadlerst Wells Journal (James Motes Atkins, printer, publisher &

Smith Harriet (Miss), lodging house keeper, 20 Vicars' close proprietor; published thursday); office, 9 High street

Smith J ames, New inn, St. 'fhomas street Wells Swimming Baths (John Knight, proprietor), Ash lane

Smith John W. surveyor of taxes, Market place Wells Theological College (the Right Rev. Lord Arthur

Snow John & Co. brick & tile merchants (George Roach, Charle.~ Hervey D. D. Lord Bishop of Bath & Wells, visitor;

manager), Somerset & Dorset railway wharf Rev. Edgar Charles Sumner Gibson M.A. prebendary of

Stamp Office (Thomas James Russell,distributor),Market pl Wells Cathedr!lol, principal; Rev. Frederic Arthur Clarke

Star Life Assurance Society (George Slade, district man- M.A. vice-principal; Rev. Athelstane Coode M.A. chaplain)

ager), 5 St. John street Wells Water Co. Limited (Francis Osborne Oates {)hubb,,

Stott Joseph, farm, Beryl farm sec.; Wm. Newport Bendall, manager), 7 Market place

Stubbs Francis Taylor, coal merchant, agent for the sale of Welsh, Son & Chubb, solicitors, 7 Market place

the Countess of Waldegrave's celebrated Wells Way coal, Welsh William Inman (firm, Welsh, Son & Chubb), solicitor

brights, Derbyshire kibbles, Cannock Chase, Church & proctor, clerk to the deputy-lieutenancy, clerk to the

Gresley & other coals; coke at market prices; office, 5 highway board of Wells, district perpetual .commissioner

High street & the City coal wharf for taking acknowledgments of married women & com-

Stuckey's Banking Co. (Somersetshire Bank, branch of) missioner to administer oaths, 7 Market place

(Major the Hon. E. J. Boyle, manager; Robert Isgar, WestHorringtonLimeWorks(F.Bray,propr.),St.Thomasst

sub-manager), 7 High street; draw on Robarts, Lubbock Western William, beer retailer, 33 Southover ·

& Co. Lombard street, London E c Weston Chas. & Richard, farmers, Woodfordfann,Woodford

Summers John, beer retailer, 71 High street Wheeler Elizabeth (Mrs.), straw bonnet maker, 20 Tucker st

Surveyor of Taxes Office (Jn. W. Smith, surveyor), Market pi Wheeler George Weston, pawnbroker, I3 St. Cuthbert's st

Sutherland John, farm bailiff to Lord Brougham,Milton farm White A. E. (Miss), dress maker, Priory road

Swan family & commercial hotel & posting establishment White James, butcher, 3 Queen street

(Mrs. L. George, proprietress), Sadler street White Mary Louisa (Miss), shopkeeper, I3 Priest row

Swayne Waiter Thomas, solicitor, 12 Sadler street White William, district supt. to the Prudential Insurance

'falbot John William, grocer & tobacconist, 21 High street Co. ; all classes of life assurance transacted, prospectus &

Tate James & Sons, wine & spirit merchants & agents for balance sheet on application; office, 74 High street

Eagle Life & Atlas Fire & Life Offices, 6 & 8 High street Wickenden William Henry, confectioner, II High street

Teal Edward Cooper, 19 St. Thomas street Wwkham Charles Edward, farmer, Palace farm

Tebbitts S. inspector of nuisances, Wookey hole Wicks & Son, cabinet makers, I3 Sadler street

Teek Albert, farmer, Launcheley farm Wilkins Albert William, pork butcher, 68 High street

•reek Ann (Mrs.), berlin, crewel& fancy wareho. 30 High st Wilkins James Vincent, farmer, Walcombe

Teek John, farmer, Dulcote Willway L.H. dyer & cleaner( E. H. Chard, agent),14Broad st

Thatcher Frank Carter,registrar of births & deaths forWells Wilton John, beer retailer & town crier, 25 Broad street

sub-district & relieving & vaccination officer for No. I Wilts & Dorset Banking Co. Lim. (Hubert Barnard Russell,

district, 82 High street manager), High st.; draw on London& Westminster Bank

Thompson Eliza Sarah (Mrs.), lodging house keeper, 26 Limited, London E c

Vicars' close Withers Asenath (Mrs.), farmer, Milton

Toomer John Henry, deputy registrar of birth & deaths for Wood Charles, tailor, Lorne place, St. Thomas street

Wells sub-district, 7 St. Thomas street Woodburn Frederick William, beer retailer & carpenter, 66

Town Hall (James Knight,, keeper) High street

'!'renchard John, farmer, Wookey Hole lane Wookey Hole Club House (James Grant, sec.; Thomas Tite,

Trimmer Alfred, shopkeeper, 3 St. Thomas street steward), Wookey hole

Tripp Mary Ann (Miss), ldgng. ho. kpr. I Laura pl.Portway Worman Alfred, farm bailiff to Chas. Clement Tudway, esq

Tripp William, Cheddar Valley inn, Tucker street Yelf Elizabeth (Mrs.), straw bonnet maker, 17 Southo\'er
Trudgion William, boot maker, I Mill lane
Yelf Robert, Prudential Insurance agent, 17 Southover

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:fJIRECTORY.J SOMERSETSHIRE.

WEMBDON .fs a pleasant village and parish, I mile of land, is distributed in clothing. Here is ·a brewery be-
north-west fronr. Bridgwater,' to which town it fom1s a longing to Messrs. Robinson & Co. At Mount Radford is a

suburb1 in the Bridgwater division of the county, parlly in quarry, the stone from which is much used in the neigh-

the municipal borough of Bridgwater, hundred of North bourhood for building purposes. The chief landowners are

Petherton, Bridgwa.ter petty sessional division, union and Lady Oglander, of Nunwell, Brading, Isle of Wight, and

county court district, rural deanery of Bridgwater, ·arch- Seward Brice Q.o., M.A., LL.D. of New Court, Lincoln's Inn~

deaconry of Taunton and diocese of Bath and Wells. The The soil is red sand and marl mixed with loam ; the marshes

church of St. George is a building of stone in the Early are clay; subsoil, the same. The chief crops are wheat,

English style, consisting of chancel, nave of five bays, aisles, barley and green crops generally. The area is, witbout the

south porch and an embattled western tower, with pinnacles, borough of Bridgwater, 2,384 acres; rat.eable value,. £8,88o;

containing 5 bells : in I868 a great part of the church was the population in I88I was I,233.

destroyed by fire, but has been rebuilt, and was re-opened 'Parish Clerk, Richard Merchant.

in 1870 : there are sittings for 350 persons. The register Posr & M. 0. 0., S. B. & Annuity & Insurance Office.-
dates from the year I672. The living is a vicarage, net
William John Paine, receiver. Letters received through
yearly value from tithe rent-charge £475• with 7 acres of
glebe, in the gift of W. Brice esq. and held since I885 by Bridgwater at 6 a. m. ; dispatched at 12. ro & 9.40 p.m.
the Rev. William Frederick Berry. There are several villa Bridgwater is the nearest telegraph office

residences in this parish, chiefly occupied by merchants and National School (mixed), a buildingof stone, erected in r87I,

tradesmen of Bridgwater. Sir Bartholomew Mitchell's for r8o children; average attendance, to8; Richmond

charity of the yearly value of £6, derived from 3A. oR. I2P. Ellis Short, master

l'RlVATE RESIDENTS. Galloway Misses Beare Edmund,farmer, Grabhams farm
Gould Joseph Henry, Button house Bishop William, livery stable keeper

[The names in. Wembdon road as far as the J enkins James, Dean villa Bulled George,_ Rock House inn
Cemetery will be found under BRIDG-
J essop I<'rederick, I Bradford villas Coggan Fredk. farmer, Cocker's farm
WATER.] Cornish James, farmer, Greenway
Kelly I<'rederick .
Akerman William Savidge, Oakfield Major Charles, Maplehurst •
Aldridge Thomas, I Thornbury villas Martin Thomas, Trenino villa Dace Annie (Mrs.), teacher of music,
2 Nightingale villas

Barham Eustace, Down hall Menniss Miss, 2 Bradford villas DangerWm.land agt.& survyr.Down cot

Barh.am Thomas Foster, Holywell Mountstevens Robert, 2 Causeway villas Harding Robert, farmer, Marsh farm

Bastard Mrs. Roseland Parsons Cornelius, I Causeway villas Hook John, farmer, Burnthouse

Bate Charles Robert, Hill grove Poole William Hoxton house Hurford Jane (Mrs.), Cottage inn

Batten Mrs. I Nightingale villas Rainforth John T. Brightolme Kidner James, farmer, Wembdon farm

Berry Rev. Wm. Fredk. Vicarage Rich Mrs. Cyprus villa Pain Joseph, stone mason

Bourrecoud Henri, I Portland villas Roberts John, Bellevue Robinson & Co. india & family pale ale,

Bradshaw Edward, 2 Thornbury villas Robinson William, Mount Pleasant burton beer & porter brewers, wine &

Brice William, The Oaks Smith Mrs. I<'rankleigh house . spirit merchants & manufacturers of

Bryant Mrs. Wood house Sully John George, Mount Radford aerated waters, Wembdon brewery ;

Burcher Mrs. Blanch villa Thompson Alexander, 2 Redlands & at High street, Bridgwater ·

Chapman Samuel, 2 Camden villas Trend Miss, Lydford villas Sparrin Jacob, farmer, Sandford

Chilcot John Alfred, Brunswick villa Trevor Edward, Hasleigh Tabret Ann (Mrs.), laundress

Culverwell James, Penrose house Ware James, Grasmere Tabret Henry, dairyman, Walden

Culverwell Mrs. The Elms Westlake Mrs. :I Redlands Valentine William, farmer, Perry wood

Danger William, Down cottage White Henry Cornelius, Upland villa White George Chilcott, farmer

Dunsford John Thomas, I Camden villas Woodward John, Wembdon villa Willey John, farmer

Dyment George, Lindern cottage COMMERCIAL. Young Mary Ann (Mrs.), Perry court

Etchells J ames, Mount villa Allice George, farmer

WESTBURY is an extensive agricultural parish, flooring renewed and 'the interior re-seated ; the bells, pre-

bounded on the south by the river Axe, and pleasantly situ- viously 4 in number, were re-cast into 6 of smaller size:

ated on an elevated declivity of the Mendip hills, overlooking there are sittings for I8o persons. A venerable yew- tree,
the valley, with a station named ~·Lodge hill,'' on the supposed to be about Boo years old, stands on the east side

Cheddar Valley branch of the Great Western railway, 4 of the church. The register dates from I654· The living is

miles north-west from Wells, 6 south-east from Axbridge, a vicarage, average tithe rent-charge £I53, net yearly value

and I32 from London, fn the Wells division of the county, £250, including IO acres of glebe, with house, in the gift of

hundred and petty sessional division of Wells Forum, union the Bishop of Bath and Wells, and held since I886 by the

and county court district of Wells,.Axbridge district of the Rev. Clement Alford M.A. of Corpus Christi college, Oxford.

rural deanery, archdeaconry of Taunton and diocese of Bath Here is a Bible Christian chapel, built in. I872, a Wesleyan

and Wells. Westbury derives its name from its situation chapel, built in I86-t-, and a Temperance Hall, erected in 1874·

to the west of Wells, and the term" Burg" or" Bury," a At an intersection of the roads of the village stand the

fortified town or village: this name was applied to the manor remains of a cross, to which at one time the "stocks" were

by the Saxons previous to the Conquest, and it was one of attached, and one of the fastenings still remains. · The

the ancient possessions of the see of Wells, having been Ecclesiastical Commissioners, who are lords of the manor,

granted by King Edward the Confessor to Bishop Giso A. D. and Mrs. Knyfton are the chief landowners: many of the

1065, and was comprised within the territory of Wells. The resident farmers farm their own land. The soil on the higher

church of St. Lawrence is an ancient building of stone, side of the parish is a thin stratum of red loam, resting on

chiefly in· a debased Perpendicular style, with some remains mountain limestone and conglomerate; the lower part is a

of Saxon, Norman and Early English "'ork, and consists of red marl, and the moor is alluvial, of a rich quality. The

chancel, nave, with an arcade of three arches on the south chief crops are pasture. The acreage is 2,968 ; rateable

side, south aisle, south porch, with trefoiled parapet and value, £5,384; the population in r88r was 592,

pinnacles, and an embattled western tower, with pinnacles, PosT OFFICE.-Arthur Edgar Classey, receiver. Letters

containing 6 bells: there are monuments to the Rodney, through Wells amt 7onae.my . ; dispatched at 6.Io p.m. Wells
Spencer and Knyfton families, to the Rev. James Lewen M.A. is the nearest order office;· telegraph office at

a former vicar of this parish, and others: in x887 the church Lodge Hill railway station. Postal orders are issued here,
was thoroughly restored at a cost of £2,300, when the tower but not paid .
was rebuilt, and provided with a peal of 6 bells by Georgiana ·
Sophia Knyfton, as a memorial of her husband, Thomas National School (mixed), built in z88,5,' for roo children;

Tutton Knyfton esq. of Uphill Castle, who died Feb. 2nd, a.verage attendance, 78 i Miss H. Trimmer, mistress

1:887; vestry and organ chamber also added, the roofs and Railway Station, Edward Salmon, station master

Alford Rev. Clement B.A. Vicarage Ash John, coal merchant Crease John, grocer & provision dealer
Collins George
Crease Thomas Boyce Eli, blacksmith . Dennis George, carpenter & shopkeeper
Geldart Rev. James, Westbnry house
Glanvile John Boyce Luke, assessor of taxes & assis- Dix Elizabeth (Miss), shopkeeper
Gray George, Freehall villa
Green Thomas, The Square tant overseer, The Rocks Dix James, farmer
Hardwich James, Lodge Hill house
Masters Matthew Brock John, farmer Durston William, engine fitter
Phelps Mrs
Sealy Mrs. Dahlia cottage Bryne Maurice, farmer Glanvile John, yeoman

COMMERCI,A.L. Carver Edwin, farmer Ham George, farmer

Alien Rob~rt, stone mason Classey Arthur Edgar, grocer, draper Hole Frank, farmer

& provision dealer, Post office Lovell James, boot & shoemaker

Classey Edward, baker Loxton William John, boot maker

Classey Oliver Milton, provision factor Masters Henry,fariner,Croft Lane farm

Cox Frederick, cattle dealer & farmer Phelps Edwin, farmer, Knowle farm

Cox James, yeoman Phelps James, yeoman

400 WESTBURY• SOMERSETSHIRE. (KELLY'S

Phelps James, jun. farmer Simmons George, stone mason Urch William, yeoman
Phelps William, farmer Stott Edmund, yeoman Vowles Egbert, farmer
Russell George, yeoman Stott Fanny (Mrs.), farmer Weare Thomas, shopkeeper & farmer
Sealy Egbert, farmer Stott Frances (Mrs.), farmer Weeks Albert, stone mason

Sealy James, yeoman Stott John, farmer Weeks Edwin, yeoman
Sealy John, farmer Stott Thomas, butcher & farmer Weeks George, yeoman
Sheppard Charles, carpenter & farmer Tucker Thomas (Mrs.), butcher Weeks Hugh, stone mason
Sheppard George, carpenter Tyley William, yeoman Weeks Thomas, farmer
Sheppard Henry, beer retailer Urch Edwin, farmer Wilson Henry, Railway hotel
Sheppard William, carpenter &c Urch John, Horse & Groom inn Young William,farmer &coal merchant

WESTON is a parish and village, and head of a petty cheese. William Oliver esq. who is lord of the manor, and

sessional division, having a station on the Midland railway, Rev. Edward John Paul Wilkins-Leir B.A. are the principal
and 2 miles north-west from Bath, in the Frome division of landowners. The soil is loamy ; the subsoil is stone and
the county, hundred of Bath Forum, unionand county court blue clay. Bath oolite is found in the upper part of the
district of Bath, Keynsham district of the rural deanery and parish, and blue and white lias in the lower parts; the latter
archdeaconry of Bath and diocese of Bath and Wells. The is quarried and burnt into lime. The land is chiefly in pas-
river Avon, here crossed by a stone bridge, skirts the southern ture. The acreage is 2,6oo; rateable value, [25,329 ; the
boundary of the parish, and a tributary to the Avon, which population in x88r was 3,6o7.
rises in the Lansdown hills, flows through the village. The Parish Clerk, Edmund Russell.
church of All Saints, rebuilt, with the exception of the tower, PosT & M. 0. 0., S. B. & Annuity & Insurance Office.-

in r832, is a building of stone in the Later English style, Edmund Russell, postmaster. Letters from Bath, arrive
consisting of chancel, nave of two bays, aisle, south porch at 8.45 a.m. & 2 p.m. ; dispatched at 10.30 a.m. 3 &
and an embattled western tower with pinnacles, containing 8.30 p.m. ; sundays, arrive at 8.30 a.m. ; dispatched at
a clock and 6 bells : there are sittings for 589 persons, of ro p. m
which 300 are free. The register dates from 1538. The PosT OFFICE, 6 Augusta place, Locksbrook.-Richard Can-
living is a vicarage, average tithe rent-charge [332, net turbury, receiver. Letters from Bath, are dispatched at

yearly value, [286, including 15 acres of glebe, with resi- 8.30 & 10.35 a.m. 2.15, 5·45 & 9.15 p.m
dence, in the gift of the Lord Chancellor, and held since PosT, M. 0. & T. 0., S. B. & Annuity & Insurance Office
188g by the Rev. John Arundell Leakey M.A. of Queen's Violet bank, Lower Weston.-Richard Canturbury, re.
College, Oxford. St. John's ecclesiastical parish was formed ceiver. Letters from Bath, & are dispatched at 8 & Io.2_:

from the parish of All Saints, July 4, 1879, and comprises a.m. 2, 5.30, 7.20 & 9· 10 p.m
Locksbrook and Lower Weston, in the civil parish of Wes- INSURANCE AGENT.-Phoonix Fire, E. H. Morgan, Edg.
ton: the church, erected in 1838 and enlarged in x869, is an cumbe brewery

edifice of stone in the Early English style, consisting of PuBLIC EsTABLISHMENTS:-

chancel, nave, south transept and a belfry: a new transept Court House & Police Station, Upper Bristol road, William
was consecrated in x887: there are 500 sittings. The living Balkwill, superintendent

is a vicarage, average tithe rent-charge £52, net yearly St. Michael's (Bath) Cemetery, Bristol road, R. A. Moger,

value [2oo, in the gift of the Lord CbancelJor, and held clerk to the burial board; William Roles, supt

since 1879 by the Rev. John Stedman B.A. of Pembroke Walcot Cemetery, Isaac Williams, clerk to the burial board;
College, Oxford. There is a chapel for Lady Huntingdon's Joseph Lucas, supt

Connexion. Walcot and St. Saviour's (Bath) cemetery is Weston Cemetery, H. H. Carpenter, 2 Station !"JaJ, clerk
x6 acres in extent; the cemetery for Weston parish adjoin- to the burml board; Joseph Lucas, supt
ing has an area of 2~ acres ; and there is a handsome mor-

tuary chapel which is used for the joint parishes of Walcot PuBLrc OFFICERS:-
and Weston; it is under the control of a Burial board ohf a9s Medical Officer, No. 7 District, Bath Union, Henry Willia.m
members. St. Michael's (Bath) cemetery of 12 acres Langdon, Beechen Cliff view, Newbridgt> road

also a mortuary chapel. There is an excellent club and Collector of Poor Rates, Robt. Hyde Carpenter, 2 Station rd
reading room for the working classes, erected by a former I Road Surveyor, Alfred Bolwell, Forfar lodge

vicar, at a cost of [500, and supported by the contributions Superintendent of Police, William Balkwill, Court house,

of the members. The charities are of [30 yearly value, of Locksbrook

which sum £10 IOS. is distributed in bread and the rest in Gospel Mission Hall, Locksbrook

money. Partis College, situated at New Bridge Hill, is a ScHOOLS:-

home for 30 widows or orphan daughters of officers in the National (mixed &infants), built in r8I7, for 400 children;
army and navy, or members of the legal, medical or clerical average attendance, 105 boys, 78 girls & 130 infants;
professions, who have attained their 5oth year, and are pos- William Dawe, master; Miss Sarah Ann Woolford, mis-
sessed of an income of i.,2o and not exceeding [30 a year; tress ; Miss Hannah M. Shaul, infants' mistress
to this is added from [30 to [35 annually out of the trust St. John's National (girls & infants), Locksbrook, erected
fund. On Lansdown hill, in this parish, is a monument to in 1876, at a cost of £I,soo, for I6o chlldren; average
Sir Bevill Grenville, a gallant officer who joined the Royalist attendance, 65 girls & 65 infants ; Miss Mary Ann Charl-
army in 1642, and fell in an engagement here on July 5, 1643. ton, mistress
A fair is held on the xoth of August for cattle, sheep, pigs and Railway Station, Charles Jobbins, station master

PRIVATE RESIDENTS. Carr William, Manor house George Miss, Belton house

Abbey Miss, Muskoka, Newbridgeroad Chadwick James, Prospect house Gibbs Decimus A. Lymington villa,

Acton Mrs. Cambridge ho. Newbridge rd Chalker Mrs. BelleVue ho. Newbridge bl Newbridge road

Angel Mrs. 3 The Grove Clere John Henry de Jersey, Tula, Goad Ebenezer Allen, 6 South view,

Anstis Robert, Ashley house, Ashley Newbridge bill Newbridge road

terrace, Newbridge road Cochrane Samuel Pennington,Boscobel, Goodland John Hoskings, 4 South view,

Ashman Mrs. Canton villa,Newbridge hl Newbridge road Newbridge road

Beddoc Mrs. 4 Westbourne terrace, Collins Francis Henry, St. Alphege, Gould Hy. The Retreat, Newbridge pk

Newbridge road Newbridge hilJ Grant Col. Charles William R.E., J.P.

Benjamin Geo.Lyndhurst,Newbridge rd Cook Henry, 5 Windsor pi. Locksbrook Penn hill, Newbridge hill

Berry John Peter, Dean vil.Newbridge hl Cooke Thomas, Eva villa, Newbridge rd Gray Alex.Hill, Beaulieu, Newbridge hl

BiggsGeorge,Ashley villa,Newbridge rd Cosslett Richard, I Westminster villas, Gray Francis Henry, Vine house

Bird Miss, Ellerslie, Newbridge bill Newbridge road Green Miss, Holmcroft, Newbridge pk

Bishop Mrs. Craven house,Newbridge rd Cox Frederick,Warlands,Newbridge hill Greer Fredk.Queenwood, Newbridge hl

Bishop Hy. Geo. Ivanboe, Newbridge rd Creery Mrs. Oakleigh, Newbridge road Haigh Mrs. Heath royd, Newbridge hl

Blakeway Misses, Portland villa, New- Davis Henry Apsley ho. Newbridge hill Hamilton Rev. Andrew M.A. [chaplain

bridge road Deuton Mrs. James, South bank Partis college], Newbridge hill

Bolwell Alfred, Forfar lodge, Newbrdg.hl Dormer Frederick Micbael, 3 Park road, Harcourt Mrs. 3 South Bank villas,

Bond Henry, Claremont, Newbridge hl Upper Station road Newbridge road

Booth Rev. Joseph Beaumont [United Feaver Mrs. Claverton ho. Newbdg. hill Harding William Coles, 4 Gordon tar-

Methodist Free church], 47 Hunger- Fisher Robert,7South view,Newbdg. rd race, Newbridge road

ford road, Locksbrook Flay John S.'J<'lai:ley vil. Newbridge hi Head Thomas, lford ho. Newbridge rd

Bradford Miss, Oakley,Newbridge road French Rev. Thomas, 5 Westbourne Helps Geo. Glenavon, Newbridge road

Brendon Miss, Redcliff, Newbridge hill terrace, Newbridge road Hillier Wm. Clyde vil. Newbridge road

Browning Waiter Herbert, Portway ho Fryer John Trimble, Fair View villa, HoneybonaWm.Aubrey ho. Up.Statn.rd

Brooke Chas. 4 Park rd. Up. Station rd Newbridge road Horsford Major Edwin Clarenee O'B.

Bryant Thomas Andrew, Kent lodge, Fryer Mrs. Fair View villa, Newbdg. rd 3 College view

Newbridge road Furneaux Ernest Alan, Silverstone, Hughes Edward William, I Westbourne

Bynghall Mrs. Glen rock, Newbridge hi Newbridge hill terrace, Newbridge road

CanningtonMrs. Energlyn, Ne wbridge hl Fussell Sydney,Tyneville, Newbridge rd Humphery Percy, Clee;e hill

DIRECTO~Y.J • SO?tiERSETSHIRE.

Jacot Mrs. Dorilet villa, Newbridge rd Simon Rev. Edwin [Congregational]• Brewin Henry. oommercial 1:!rlt-vellel",
Bournville boose,. Up. Station road
Jenkins Mrg. I Nelson place Trecarrol, Newbridge road
Jervis Richard Lamb, 2 Westminster Skinner Thomas, Cumberland villa, Brice Wm, l,oot :r;oaker. VP· Station rd

villas, Newbridge road Newbridge road Brown Ann (Mrs.), lodging house, 43

Jones Miss, Hyde -lo. Newbridge road Skuse Miss, Holmcroft~ Newbridge pk Hungerford r()ad

Jones Wm. Glenfern vil. Newbridge hl SloanJas.Alex.Rougemont,Newbrdge.hl Brook Robert, boot makr.4 L&nsdown pl

KeyworthRev.Hy.Martin,7Trafalgar pl Sloman Saunders, 4 Station road Browning ...Ubert, boys' school

King Mrs. Coombe Royal,Newbridge hl Smith Francis, Weston lodge Bryant Timothy, carpenter, Brass l\lill

KingWilliamEdward, I Park road,Upper Smith Mrs. Myrtle villa, Newbridge hl cottages, Locksbrook

Station road Smith Mrs. Rokeby, Newbridge hill Bull Albert, farmer11 Chelscomb farm •

KingWm.Ths.Weston ho.Newbridge hi Smythies Miss, Weston lawn Bullock Hy. Chas. bldr. I Lansdown ter

Langdon Henry William, Beechen CUff Snell Mrs. Fernleigh, Newbridge road Bustard William Henry, piano maker,

view9 Newbridge road Spurway Capt. Wm. Henry, Westbrook 2 Shaftesbury avenue, Newbridge rd

Leakey Rev. Jn. Arundell M.A. Vicarage Stedman Rev. John B.A. [vicar of St. Butler Alfred, dairyman,Halfway farm,

LookhartHumphrey Campbell, 4 West- John's], Bellevue Io. Newbridge hill Newbridge hill

minster villas, Newbridge road StrattonMrs. Westerleigh,Newbridge rd Cann William :.{tobert, mason, Valley
Longworth-Dames William, Ryndville, Sturge Henry, York vil. Newbridge hill cottag~; N ewbridge hill

Newbridge hill Sumsionlsaac,Penryn ho.Newbridge rd Canterbury Richard, grocer & baker,

Lushington Franklyn, Portledge house, Sutton Mrs. 3 South view,Newbridge rd Post otpce,6 Augusta pl.& Violet bank

Newbridge hill Tanner SLThs.Fernbank,Newbridge rd Carpenter Chas. nurseryman, Nelson pl

MackenzieWm.Seaforth vl.Newbrdg.rd Trickey James, I Nelson place CarpenterHy.nursrymn.Victoria.nursry

Marshall Mrs.s Gordon ter.Newbrdg.rd Tucker Edwin,2 West vls.Newbridge rd Carpenter Jn.nurserymn.8 Trafalga~ pl

Martin Rd. Rotherwood, Up. Station rd Tudor Mrs. Kelston knoll,Newbridge hl Carpenter Robert Hyde, accountant &
Maslen Thomas, Lansdown villa poor rate collector, & registrar of
Mason Miss, The Firs Turner John Thomas F. Locksbrook marriages for Bath union & clerk to
Massie Thomas Richard, Normanhurst, villa, Newbridge road Weston burial board, 2 Station road

Newbridge road Vink William Hy. I Westbrook villas Cary Louisa (Mrs.), Crown & Anchor
Meehan John Francis, j Westminster Wale Joseph, Marlborough house P.H. High street
WardeMrs.Newbridge ho.Newbridge hl

· villas, Newbridge road Warren John, I West vls. Newbridge rd Chivers Thos. Jn. bldr.32Hungerford rd

MellorEdwd.Jsph.Moira lo.Newbrdg.hl Warry William Beaver, South wood, Clay Wm. fly proptr. Locksbrook mews

Merchant Henry, Locksbrook house, Newbridge hill Coombs Alfrd.hardware dlr.Locksbrook

Newbridge road Watson Mrs. Fairfield, Newbridge hill Cosslett Richard, jun.steam lime works,

Mills Humphrey, Alexandra villa, New- Weaver George, Lansdown house Locksbrook

bridge road Webb Mrs. Lyme villa, Newbridge rd County Police Station (WilHam Balk-

Mogg Rev. Hy. H. M.A. Newbridge hill Weeks William, Iona, Newbridge hill will, superintendent), Locksbrook

Moody Jesse, Sandown, Newbridge rd Weight Mrs. 3 Westbourne terrace, Cross .John, mason, 3 Trafalgar place

Morgan Wm. I Windsor vils.Locksbrook Newbridge road Cross Robert, mason, High street

Moutrie Thos. Rockford, Newbridge hill West Jsph. Thornboro' ho.Newbridge hl Cryer Lydia (Mrs.), laundress, :;~ West-

Murlis Thomas Geo. 4 Trafalgar place Wigmore Charles Andrews, I Gordon brook buildings
NapierAmmdel, Windsor vil.Newbrdg. hl
Norris Albert Henry, 8 Station road terrace, Newbridge road Dare Robert, haulier, 5 South view
Norris Frederick Chas. 7 Station road Wilkins-Leir Rev. Edward John Paul
Oram James, Ferndale, Newbridge rd Newbridge road ·
B.A. Weston house
Deane James William, butcher, 6 Cork
Williams Tuberville Pictou, Hillingdon,
place, Upper Bristol road

Pabst Heinrich Ludwig, 4 Windsor Newbridge hill Deverell Wm. King's Head P.H. High st

place, Locksbrook Wolseley Rev. Robert Warren M.A. Ellery Charles Stafford, superintendent

Palmer Ths.2 South view,Newbridge rd [curate Qf Trinity church], West- of gas works, Bristol road

Parker Misses,Walton vil.Newbridge hl moreland villa, Newbridge road Elsbury Thomas, plumber, 28 Cork st

Parsons Frederick, Locksbrook Wood Mrs. Solmerton, Newbridge hill Emery Thos. painter, 67 Hungerford rd

Peake Rev. James Room M.A. Wyddfa, WorthingtonMrs.Wen ho.Newbridge rd Emms James, greengro. Up. Station rd

Newbridge road YabsleyAndrew,Melrose vl.Newbrdg. hl Emms Wm. Chas. shopkeeper, High st

Pearce Mrs. 5 College view _90MMERCIAL. EnglishElizh. (Mrs. ),shopkeeper,High st
Perry Mrs. Vincent, 3 Westminster Fews George, slater, High street

villa, Newbridge road Amos Eli Thomas, plasterer Fletcher John, farmer, Lansdown farm

Peters Miss, Easton vil. Newbridge hl Archard George, corn dealer, Merthyr Fletcher William, farmer, PennHill frm

PhillippsWalt.Hy.Failand hoNewbdg.rd villa, Newbridge hill Fryer EHzabeth (Mrs.), cement, plaster

Pickering- Francis, 7 Westbourne ter- Ashford Geo. farmer, Broadmoor farm & lime works, Locksbrook

race, Newbridge road Ashman Ernest, pork butcher, Upper Godwin Thomas, baker, High street

Pickwick Owen, 5 Shaftesbury avenue, Station road Gospel Hall (Good Templars), Locksbrk

· Newbridge road Ashmau Frederick, drysalter, Blue Grant John Walker, insurance agent,

PointingMrs.2Gordon ter.Newbrdg. rd lodge, Upper Bristol road 54 H ungerford road

Porter Charles, I College view Ashmau James, market gardener, Aps- Hale Chas. undertaker, Up. Station rd.

Pragnell Miss, EllersHe, Newbridge hill ley cottage, Newbridge hill Hancock WilliamReeves, upholsterer, 3

PressJsph.Collins,Fern cot.Newbrdg.rd Ashman Miriam (Mrs.), haulier, & Windsor place, Locksbrook .

Pullar Lawrence, 4 South Bank villas, dairy, South Bank cottage . Harding George, electrician contractor,

Newbridge road Balkwill William, supt. of police for 33 Hungerford road . .1

RangerEdwd.Jas.Rowleigh,Newbrdg.hl Weston district,Court ho.Locksbrook Harding George, florist & market gar-

Richardson Maj.-Gen. Joseph Fletcher Ballinger Joseph Henry, lodging house, dener, Brookfield cottage c

c.B. Selby cottage, Newbridge road 6 Westmioster villas, Newbridge rd Harding Wm. carpenter, Belton cot

Roberts Miss, Ivy lodge Bally Henry, dairyman, High street Haskell William, market gardener

Roberts Mrs. Northfield, Newbridge hi Banks George, greengrocer, I Cork Haydon Clement, butcher, High street
Hayter Geo. greengrcr. Up. Station rd
RobinsonRev. Edwd.Jewitt [Wesleyan], place, Upper Bristol road Helps George, sec. to Bath Gas Light

. Seer green, Newbridge hill Banks James, farmer, Redmore farm & Coke Co. ; office, Bristol road
Higgs WalterThomas, insurance agent,
Robinson Francis John,Kymange, New- Barnett George, carpenter, Rose cott
2 Lark place, Upper Bristol road
bridge road BartlettWm. mason,West lo. Locksbrook Hilliard Albert, shopkeeper, 2 High st
Hitchcock Henry, blacksmith, High st
RobinsonMiss,3Gordon ter.Newbrdg.rd Bascomb Bros.dairymen,Up. Station rd Hoare Daniel, plumber & painter
Hobbs Wm. Jn. boot makr. I Fugal pi
Robinson Samuel William, 9 Gordon Bath Gas Light & Coke Co. (incorpor- HolcombeChas.blacksmith,Lansdown pl
Hold Charles, fly proprietor
terrace, Newbridge road ated 1818) (Geo.Helps,sec.)Bristol rd Holtom Benjamin, ·market gardener,

Roe Geo. 6 Gordon ter. Newbridge road BeavisArth.New Crown P.H.Locksbrook 4 Locksbrook terrace
Isaacs Thomas William, marqueterie
RoutleyEdwn.Spring vale,Newbridgehl Bennett Levi, builder, I Shaftesbury
cutter, 2 Locksbrook road • • •
Routley Henry, 3 Shaftesbury avenue, avenue, Newbridge road James Thos. Dolphin P.H. Locksbrook
Jarvis Robt. Chas.mason,4Church gates
Newbridge road Bennett Matthew, builder, Morwenna, Keeling Thomas, builder, 26 Cork st

·Scott Mrs. I South view, Newbridge rd Upper Station road Kelson Jas.WindsorCastleP.H.Bristol rd
Kembery Sarh. Ann(Mrs.),farmr.Fox hl
.Shepherd Benjamin, 8 South view, Bennett Thomas, house decorator, 4

-Newbridge road Elm view, Newbridge road

.Shepherd William Waite, I Elm view, Blake Hy. mineral water dealr. High st

Newbridge road Bolwell Alfd. road surveyor, Forfar lo

Sheppard Edward Henry, Home Ieigh, Bond Fdk. omnibus propr. Trafalgar pl

Newbridge road Bond Thomas, stud groom to H. W.

Sheppard WiUiam Clarke, Rockstone, Freeman esq. Heather Stud farm

Newbridge road I Brewer Richard, farmer, Gowdry farm

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402 WESTON: . SOMERSETSHIRE. (KELLY'S

Kennard Saml. buildr.21 Hungerford rd Pickwick 6eorge Herbert, grocer, 5 SmithEllen(Miss),bakr.&; grocer,High st

Knight James, boys' school, South Cork place, Upper Bristol road Smith Henry, market gardener, Fox hill

Bank villas, Newbridge road Podger Henry,.dairyman, 13 Manor rd Smith Isaac,beer retailer,PennHill place

Langdon Henry Wm. surgeon, & medi- Podger Virginia (Mrs.),beer ret. High st SmithJas.Selway,cabint.ma.IRailwy.pl

cal officer, No. 7 district, Bath union, Podger John, shopkeeper SmithJames, locksmith, 1 Lansdownpl

Beechen Cliff view, Newbridge road Podger Mary (Mrs.), laundress Snow George, shopkeeper, Alexandra

Lark Charles, builder,5t Hungerford rd Pointing Henry, brewer & maltster, cottages, Newbridge road

Lavis Mary Ann (Mrs.), dress maker, Weston brewery Stiles Henry, market gardener, Fox hill

7 Manor road Ponsford George, florist, 6 Westbourne Straub Fanny (Mrs.), school, Somersei

Llewellyn William Thomas, tobacconist, terrace, Newbridge road villa, Newbridge road

2 Cork place, Upper Bristol road Ponsford Maria k Eliza (Mi8ses), dress Taylor Eliza(Miss),dress ma. Church vil

Loud Thomas, farmer, Weston farm makrs.6Westbourneter.Newbridgerd Trickey Henry, farmer, Dean Hill farm

Loveless Edwd.Wm. chmst.Newbrdg. rd PopplestoneWm. Hurrell, grcr. Locksbrk Turvey Benjamin, mason, Brook Leigh,

March Annie (Miss), dress maker, 2 Powney John, farmer, Chapel farm Locksbrook r

Lan11down terrace Read George Rendall, linen draper, Usher George, market gardener, 6

MaslenThos.tmbr.mer.Locksbrookwhrf Upper Station road Westbrook buildings

Ma:xwell Alfred, greengrocer, 4 Cork Reed Henry John, locksmith Usher J ames, horse slaughterer, Westoa

place, Upper Bristol road Richmond Joseph, beer retailer Kennel

Meller Charles, piano tuner, Burton Robbins James, haulier Wake Edward, boot maker, I Prospect pi
I Robbins Thomas, wood &coal merchant Walcot Cemetery (Isaac Williams, clerk
house, Newbridge park

Mercer William, general dealer & beer Robinson & Morgan, brewers, Edge- to the burial board; Jsph.Lucas,supt)

' retailer, College view eombe brewery Walker J oseph, shopkeeper, High street

Millett Joseph, shopkeeper, 5 Alexan- RoddWilliam,builder,2 UpperStationrd Warren Caroline (Mrs.), dress maker,

der buildings, Locksbrook Roworth William, watch maker Trafalgar place .

Mills Matilda (Mrs.), shopkeeper, Russell Edmund,carpenter, &post office WeeksEnosOswald,plasterer,Bedfrd. cot

Porter's buildings, Upper Bristol rd Russell Joseph, carpenter, I Victoria ter WestonCemetery (R.H.Carpenter, clerk

Mills Wm. Fletcher, grocer, Station rd St. Michael's Cemetery (R. A. Moger, to the burial board; Jsph.Lucas,supt)

MitchellJas. tonnage agnt.fortheKennet clerk to the burial board; William WettenAugus~s,fish &vegetable dealer,

& Avoncanal,Canal bank,Locksbrook Roles, superintendent), Bristol road High street

MooreErnst.comcl.trav.13Hungrfrd. rd Sadd Charles Lloyd, Crown P.H WhitingJohn, painter,2Locksbrook place

Morgan Edward Herbert, see Robinson Salmon Francis Henry, coal mer.High st Williams Charlotte (Miss), shopkeeper,

& Morgan SalmonJesse, carpenter,3 Westbrook pl 3 Cork place, Upper Bristol road

MouldWalt.florst.3Elm vw.Newbrdg.rd Saunders Alfred, hair dresser, 2 Cork Witcomb Albert,shopkeeper,Locksbrook

Newman Samuel, dairyman place, Upper Bristol road Wood Thomas,boot maker, 4Manor road

Norman Charles, boot maker, High st Scudamore William J ames, gasfitter, Wood Waiter James, grocer,Manorroad

Parsons Albert, farmer, Foxcombe farm 6 College view Working Men's Club & Reading Room

Parsons lt'rederic & Co. dyewood Shergold J ames, shopkeeper,High street (James Knight, sec)

manufacturers, Weston dyewood mls Shouler PerC'y Smith, butcher, Park Young Daniel, haulier, Cleeve cottage,

Partis Coll~e, Newbridge hill road, Upper Station road Newbridge hill

Perry Albert, coal merchant, 1 High st SkinnerTbomas,grocr.1UpperStation rd [For names in Weston road, Weston

Perry Elizh.(Mrs.),lndrss.ChurchHl.ho Slade Matilda (Mrs.), fly proprietor park & Park gardens, see BATH)

Perry Evan, boot makr. 5 Lansdown pl Sloman& Burge,color mnfrs.Locksbrook

WESTON BAMPFYLDE is a. parish, named after Hellier 1\I.A. of Lincoln College, Oxford ; the Rev. Philip
the Bampfylde family, 5! miles south-south-west from Castle Charles' Caffin M.A. of Hatfield Hall, Durham, has been
Cary, I xnile south from Sparkford station, on the Great curate-i~charge since 1887. Morris' charity of £10 IO:!.
Western railway, and 7 miles south-west from Wincanton, yearly is for distribution. John Bamprylde, who married
in the Eastern division of the county, eastern division of the Eleanor, daughter of Henry Beauchamp, was lord of the

hundred of Catsash, Wincanton petty sessional division, manor of Weston Bampfylde, temp. King John, 1199: Mrs.
union and county court district, rural deanery of Cary, Blandford is now lady of the manor and chief landowner.
-archdeaconry of Taunton and diocese of Bath and Wells. The soil is sandy clay ; subsoil, clay. The chief crops are
'fhe church of the Holy Cross is an ancient building of stone, grass, wheat and orchard produce. The area is 631 acres;
in the Gothic style, consisting of chancel, nave, south porch ;rateable value, £1,744 ; the population in 188I was 104.
and an octagonal embattled western tower, containing 3 LITTLE WESTON is a hamlet, I mile north-east from the
bells : the font is of early date: the approach to the rood- parish church.

loft still remains and is in a good state of preservation : in Parish Clel'k, John Parsons.

I873 the church was completely restored and re-seated with Letters from Bath, via Sparkford, ·arrive at 7 a.m. & 6.30
open benches, and in x888 new lamps were fitted and a new p.m. Queen Camel is the nearest money order & tele-
harmonium placed: there are .sitting for I 50 persons. The graph office. WALL LETTER Box, cleared at 6.30 p.m.
register dates from the year 1632. The living is a rectory, on week days only
average tithe rent-charge £146, gross yearly value, £2o6, The National School, erected in I857, is now used as a
including 22 acres of glebe, with residence, in the gift of lecture & concert room : the children attend school at the

F. Burrow esq. and held since I868 by the Rev. John Sllaw adjoining village of Sutton Montis

Caffin ReY. Philip Charles lii.A. [curate I Corp George, farmer ' I PhippenCharles Clemson, farmer,Lower

in eharge), Rectory CreedGeorge(Mrs.),farmr.LittleWeston & Church farms

Thomas John Clarke, Manor house Gare Josiah Dobin, farmer Watts Henry, dairyman

Brain John King, dairy & corn farmer, Gifford James, farmer Watts Henry John, poultry farmer

Little Weston farm

•

WESTON-IN-GORDANOisavillageandparish,situ- average titherent-charge£Ioo net; yearly value £81,in
ated on the shore of the Bristol channel, 3 miles north-east the gift of the trustees of the late Sir Philip Miles bart. and

from Clevedon terminal station of the Clevedon branch and held since 1884 by the Rev. Charles McGhee Keith. A por-

3i west-south-west from Portbury station on the Portishead tion of the outer walls of the Court House, anciently the
branch of the Great Western railway and 10 west from residence of the Percival family, still remains, a short

Bristol,. in the Northern division of the county, Portbury distance south of the church. The trustees of the late Sir

hundred, petty sessiona.l division of Long Aston, Bedminster Philip Miles . hart. are lords of the manor and principal
union, Bristol county court district, Portishead district of landowners. The soil is loamy ; the subsoil is limestone.

the rural deanery of Chew, archdeaconry of Bath and dio- The chief crops are grass and wheat. The area is 693 acres;
rateable value, [972; the population in I88I was 177.
cese of Bath and Wens. The church of St. Paul is a small
Sexton, James Sullay.
building, in the Perpendicular style, erected about 1480, and ·
PosT OFFICE.-Frederick Bateman, receiver. Letters arrive
consists of chancel, nave and south chapel, south porch and
a western tower, twoi tthhsepiPreer, cciovnaltaifnaimnigly5, bells; of the mon- from Clevedon at 3·3° a.m.; dispatcbed at 9·35 p.m. The
nments erected who were lords of nearest money order & telegraph office is at Portishe;ad

the manor for many generations, only one, fixlrl to the north

wall of the nave, now remains, and is inscribed to Richard National School (mixed), erected in I8.5g, for 66 childJren;

Percival, ob. 1482: there are sittings for I20 persons. 'fhe average attendance, 44, & endowed with £5 yearly; )Miss

register dates from the year I684. The living is a rectory, Esther Gifford, mistress ··

Keith Rev. Charles McGhee, Rectory • Guppy Edwin, White ,Horse P.~

Colburn Albert, estate carpenter to the
trustees of the late Sir P. Miles bart . Harding Albert, market gardener~
Ttll"Iler Charles, It'airlee

COlllliiERCUL. . Colburn Seth, farm bailiff to the Hillman Sydney, quarry owner &j lime

Bateman F\-ederick,shoplq}r. Post office trustees of the late Sir P. Miles hart burner

DIRECTORY.) SOMERSETSHIRE. WESTON-SUPER-MARE. 403

Hartree Sa.muel, builder Perkins James, farmer Sprigg John, shoe maker
Mitchell J oseph, farmer
Oldfield Joseph, farmer Portishead District Provident DISpen- Wade Jane (Mrs.), shopkeeper
Pearre George, farmer
sary,open mon.& thursday 12 to I p.m Watts John, farmer

Pyne Samuel, blacksmith Walker Joseph, farmer

W ESTON-SU PER-MARE.

WESTON-SUPER-MARB is a modern town and fashionable structure is of iron, supported on jointed iron pillars, in-

watering-place, situated on the Bristol channel, 139 miles serted into iron cups screwed into the rocky bed of the

from London, 20 south-west from Bristol, 32 from Bath, 20 channel : 1he first stone was laid October 28th, 1864.

from Bridgwater, 30 from Taunton, and 20 from Wells, and The parish church of St. John was for the most part re-

connected with the Bristol and Exeter section of the Great built in 1824o. on the site of the old fabric, then destroyed:
Western railway by a loop line, constructed from the main the chancel was erected in 1837: it is an edifice of stone in

line at Worle, on the Bristol side, which after passing the the Early English style, consisting of chancel, nave, aisles,

town again rejoins the main line near Uphill; passengers are transepts, south porch, and an embattled western tower,

thus able to come direct to Weston without changing ear-l with pinnacles, containing a clock and 6 bells: a beau-

riages : it is the head of a county court district, in the Wells tiful stained chancel window was presented by the late

division of the county, hundred of Winterstoke, Axbridge Bishop Law, at a cost of £5oo : in 1872 the church Wa8

petty sessional division and union, rural deanery of Ax- thoroughly repaired at a cost of £6oo, and in 1878 upwards

bridge,arcbdeaconryofWellsanddioceseofBatband Wells. of £z,Ioowas spent in substituting open pews and other-

The town is governed by 18 commissioners, chosen under wise improving the interior: there are sittings for z,ooo

an Act of Parliament, placing the town under the provisions persons, of which 300 are free. The register dates from

of the Health of Towns Act; great attention has been paid the year 1668. The living is a rectory, average tithe rent-

to the sanitary condition of the place, £31 1122 having been charge £149, net yearly value £535, including 24 acres of
expended in public drainage. This town is sheltered from glebe, with residence, in the gift of the Bishop of Bath and

the north winds by Worlebury Hill, and is the resort, in the Wells, and held since 1888 by the Rev. Edward Arthur

season, of large numbers from Bath, Bristol, Cheltenham, Salmon M.A,. of Wadham College, Oxford, rural dean, surro.;.

Taunton and Oxford, as well as other parts of the kingdom. gat.e, proctor in convocation and prebendary of Wells. ,

It has found considerable favour as a winter residence, as Emmanuel is an ecclesiastical parish, formed in 1847·

there is very little frost or snow, and the air is said to pos- The church, in Oxford street, was erected in 1847, and is an

sess peculiarly invigorating qualities, from the large amount edifice of stone in the Perpendicular style, consisting of

of iodine which it contains. chancel, nave, aisles, north porch, organ chamber, and an

Weston is altogether a town of modern erection. About embattled western tower, with pinnacles, containing a cloc~

the beginning of the century it only contained 24 houses, and I bell : there are sittings for x,ooo persons, of which 200

inhabited by fishermen, scattered along the shore: it now are free. The register dates from the year 1847· The liv-

(x889) has 2,890 houses, the greater portion of which are of ing is a vicarage, net yearly value ab.out £250, in the gift of

a superior description. The town thrives principally from trustees and held since 1884 by the Rev. William Wheeler

the number of visitors during the summer season, is well Aldridge, of Worcester College, Oxford, rural dean of

paved, lighted with gas, from works situated in the Uphill Axbridge.

Drove, nearly a mile distant from the town and the property Christ Church is an ecclesiastical parish, formed Sept. 24,

of a company, and abundantly supplied with water from an 1855. The church, erected in 1855, is a building of stone in

extensive reservoir in the Bristol road, and another on the the Gothic style, consisting of chancel, nave, aisles, south

Worlebury Hill, constructed in 1866, for supplying the porch and a western tower, with spire, containing I bell : a

houses in the upper portion of the town. new organ was erected in z887 by public subscription : there

The Waterworks became the property of the Town Corn- are sittings for 700 persons, of which 100 are free. The

missioners in December, :x878, at a cost of £6s,ooo, since register dates from the year x855· The living is a vicarage,

which additional works have been made at a cost of £29,0001 yearly value £300, with residence, in the gift of trustees,

altogether £94,000. and held since 188o by the Rev. Colin Campbell M.A. of

Formerly, the sewage of the town was disinfected, at Trinity College, Cambridge. ,

works situated on the Uphill moor, but is now carried to the Holy Trinity is an ecclesiastical parish, formed May 2,

mouth of the river Axe, controlled during the flood by a 1862; the church, situated in the South road, was erected in

pen-stock there, and is discharged upon the ebb, and swept x86x, and is a building of stone in the Early English style,

westward into the sea, round the Brean Down born of the consisting of chancel, nave, aisles, north porch and a tower

bay, upon the back of the strong race which prevails there; on the south-west side, with spire, containing 1 bell: tber~

the abbatoirs, which are very efficient, are in the Drove. · are sittings for 624 persons, of which 150 are free. The

Great improvements have taken place within the last few register dates from the year 1861. The living is a vicarage.,

years, and houses. are constantly .being built: the side of the yearly income being derived from pew rents and the in-

the Worlebury Hill is dotted with crescents, terraces, villas terest on £ 1,6oo, in the gift of trustees, and held since x889 by

and mansions, and on all sides may be seen houses of a the Rev. John Dawson B.A. of Pembroke College, Cambridge.

superior class. In 1887 a New Sea Front was completed All Saints' Church, at the back of the Bristol road, is an

forming a continuous broad promenade or esplanade, 2! iron building, licensed for public worship, and will seat 256

miles in length, designed and carried out under the direction persons; the Rev. Frederick Harvey, of St. Alban Hall, Ox-

of Mr. T. J. Scoones c.E. of Bristol, at a cost of £32,755: ford, has been curate in charge since 1887.

wind-shelters and seats are provided at frequent intervals, The Catholic Chapel, dedicated to St. Joseph, and situated

with here and there short flights of steps to the sands. at the back of South road, is a small building of stone in the

The death-rates for the last six years have been as follows Gothic style, erected in 1865, and consists of .chancel and

per 1,000 :-1883, 14·6 ; 1884, 16'23 ; z885, 17·07 ; z886, nave, west gallery and vestry : there 'are 200 sittings. , I

17·53; 1887, 20'27; z888, 15·09. The apparent increase The Friends' meeting-house, Oxford street, is a plain

in the rate is due to the fact that the calculations are building of stone, erected in 1846, and has 200 sittings, 'I'M

based upon the census returns of IBBI, since which year Baptist chapel, in Wadham street, is a building of stone, and

many houses have been built and the population has been has Boo sittings: there is also a Baptist chapel in the BristOl

very largely increased. The report of the Medical Officer road, seating 6oo persons. The Congregational chapel,

of Health, for the quarter ending March, z888, showed that Boulevard, was erected at a cost of about £6,ooo, and wi!J.
the death-rate wa.s II per z,ooo of the present population. seat 700 persons. The Wesleyan chapel, in Regent street,

The Pier, a handsome structure, starts from the Anchor is a Gothic building with 700 sittings. The Wesleyan chapel

Head, the entrance being by elaborate iron gates, and con- in Upper Church road, has sittings for 550. The Bible
tinues in a straight line to the Island of Bimbeck, a distance Christian chapel in Burlington street, 400 sitting&~ The F.ree

of x,o4o feet; the promenade is further continued across the Methodist Church in the Boulevard will hold -450. .'
whole breadth of the island, the termination. of which is so The Cemetery, in the Bristol road, covers an area of 7i
laid out as to give facilities for gymnastics and other sports. acres, and Wa8 formed in 1856, at a cost of £3,000: it haS

A landing-stage, 300 feet in length, runs out at a right angle been laid out and planted with great taste: there are two

to the pier, and in a northerly direction, whereby it is well mortuary chapels, in the Gothic style, the bell-turrets form-

sheltered from the prevailing westerly gales and otherwise mg a connection between the two, terminating in a beautiful

well adapted for the large traffic which it receives from the spire : it is under the control of a Burial Board of 9 member!$.

Welsh coast; it was design!l<i by Mr. Birch~ the engineer of A site for a new cemetery in the Moorland Road has been

the Brighton Pier and,, Aquariwn, The frameworlc. of the: secured.

• S. G. & B• 26*

404 .WE5TON-SUPER-MARE. • SOl\1ERSETSHIRE. [KEI.J,y·s

The Town Hall, in the Walliscote road, is a structure in larged in I868 by the addition of a south wing, at an outlay

the VeneLian style, with a campanile tower, built in I856 at of £6oo, and in I87o wards for fever cases were built, which
a cost of £3,000, and presented to the town by the Venerable cost £3oo; convalescent and children's wards with waiting

Archdeacon Law, a fonner rector : in addition to the hall, 90 rooms have since been added at a. cost of £2jOOO; the diS~o

feet by 40, it contains a variety of apartments for the officers pensary was established in I 857, and was amalgamated with

of the Local Board, also a covered building for the fire the hospital in I865; the number of in and out-patients

engines and escape: the hall will hold 550 persons. treated in 1888 was I 1238; the hospital contains 34 beds,

The County Police Station, with cells for prisoners, and including four for fever cases.

Court room is in Oxford street. There are three charities-the Rev. Wadham Pigott gave

The Assembly Rooms,• in High street, are a handsome suite £200, the interest to be distributed in bread and meat at

of apartments, erected in I858 by a limited company, where Christmas, yearly; Thomas Harrill gave a similar bequest;

balls and concerts are given, and lectures frequently de- and the late General Gore Munbee gave the like in I882.

livered :the principal room will hold soo persons. The West of England Sanatorium, standing on the sea

The Summer and Winter Gardens in the Boulevard have in shore between Weston and Uphill, was established in 1868,

connection the Victoria Hall,affording room for I,ooo persons. chiefly by the exertions of a Somerset magistrate, R. .Arthur

The Market House, in High street, originally built in 1845, Kinglake esq. The present building, the foundation stone

and since enlarged, is a spacious building, open daily for the of which was laid in 187I by the Earl of Carnarvon, stands

flale of tneat, fruit, vegetables, poultry and eggs. in three acres of ground, at the front of which are the sands,

The Church Institute buildings, in the Boulevard, were forming excellent bathing grounds for the patients, and on

erected in I88I, and comprise a library of 400 volumes, that side of the building are two long glass conservatories;

mission and reading room ; the mission room in which they are warmed throughout by bot water pipes, being in-

Divine service is held on Sundays, is used chiefly for tended as a winter and summer home for convalescents.

classes, lectures and missionary meetings : the institute is The building was not fully completed till I882. The late

governed by a committee of 23 members, and is supported Mr. W. Gibbs, of Tyntesfield, and his family have been the

'by voluntary contributions. principal benefactors, and there are several free beds en-

The No. u Battery of the 1st Gloucestershire (Gloucester 1 dowed by Mrs. William Gibbs, chiefly for poor patients from
.& Somerset) Artillery Volunteers, H Company of the 1st Bristol, and others anonymously for Bath patients. The

Devonshire and Somersetshire Engineer Volunteers and the chapel, an architectural work of great beauty, is at the

.3rd Volunteer Battalion, Prince Albert's Somersetshire southern end, and is a building of stone in the Early English

Light Infantry have their bead quarters in the town. style, consisting of apsidal chancel, and nave, with west gal-

At Knightstone is an extensive bathing establi!hment, and lery: there are nine stained lancet windows : the pulpit is of

there are bathing machines on the sands. stone, and there are open seats for ISO persons. The total

· The ·weston-super-Mare and County Club, situated on the expenditure on land, building and furniture has been be-

Marine parade, is a building of bath stone, consisting of tween £Is,ooo and £I6,ooo, and there are now 100 beds.

reading, smoking, dining, billiard and card rooms, also bed- Convalescents, requiring sea air and sea bathing, are here

Tooms for the use of members: there are now (1889) up- received under medical certificate for a small weekly pay-

wards of I20 members. ment with a governor's note of recommendation, and are

The Waterloo Club is held in the rooms underneath the admitted from any part of England.

Masonic ball, Boulevard, and has so members. Hot sea water baths are now (1889) about to be added,

The W eston-super-Mare and District Conservative Club in consisting of two large plunge and eight private baths, at a

Waterloo street, includes lecture, reading and recreation cost of £2,000.

rooms. The neighbourhood abounds with objects of interest: on

The Liberal Club in the Boulevard comprises reading, Worlebury Hill are the most perfect remains extant of an

recreation, lecture and committee rooms, caretaker's apart- ancient British encampment, and the still beautiful remains

ments &c. . of Woodspring Priory, now converted into a farm-house.

The Young Men's Christian Association, Trafalgar villa, There is a beautiful drive through the woods from Weston

Bristol road, comprises a ball, reading room and library of to Kewstoke, from which lovely views of the bay are obtained.

x,ooo volumes and large gymnasium. The caves of Banwell are interesting objects, as are also the

The Volunteer Fire Brigade station is at the Town Hall; stupendous caverns and cliffs of Cheddar, to which there

the brigade consists of two engines and two fire escapes. are public conveyances daily during the summer. Brent

The Prince Consort Promenade Gardens on the Kewstoke Knoll is another interesting object in the neighbourhood. A

road are very tastefully laid out, and are the property of the walk on the sands of 2 miles leads to the pleasant village of

Town Commissioners. Uphill, with its ancient church, on the summit of the hill,

Clarence Park, of I6 acres, in Walliscote road, was pre- now only used as a mortuary chapel, not far from which are

sented to the town by the late Rebecca Davies, in memory of the village and church of Hutton. The rocky islet of the

her husband Henry Davies, October, I886. STEEP HOLME, at a distance of 7 miles from the shore, seems

The Recreation Grounds, adjoining the railway station, to rise perpendicularly from the sea, and forms a. prominent

were opened on the 12th Sept. I885, at a cost of £2,500, and object as seen from the beach, at some distance from which

are 13! acres in extent. There is a handsome grand stand, is the FLAT HoLME, about a mile and a half in circumference,

£apable of accommodating 500 persons, with refreshment bar, on the highest point of which is placed a lighthouse for the

.dining and dressing-rooms and lavatories; a cinder track benefit of seamen in the Channel; and a little to the south

{four laps to the mile), cricket pitch and football field, with is Brean Down, a spur of the Mendip range, jutting out into

.;to second grand stand, the whole forming one of the best the sea, the property of William Wyndham esq. of Dinton,

.recreation grounds in the West of England. Wilts. This down is about to be acquired by the Brean Down

The Grand Atlantic hotel stands in its own grounds facing Harbour Company, who have obtained parliamentary powers

·the sea, and was opened in July, I889 ; it is a handsome for a most important national undertaking. Here stands

.Btone building, and has magnificent views of the bay ; several the first battery in the line of the great Severn fortifications,

.acres of garden ground are well laid out and include six the second being on the Steep Holme, the third on the Flat

tennis courts; the other principal hotels are the Royal, Im- Holme, and the fourth, completing the chain, on Lavernock

perial and the Queen's. Point, on the Welsh coast :the various batteries are manned

Here are potteries, the property of Mr. Conway G. Warne, by bodies of marine artillery.

. at w_hich a great number of ~eautiful fictile articles, and The Lodge, the property and residence of J. J. Jackson-
. spe~mens of vases~ and fountams are manufactured; there Barstow esq. is a stone mansion, standing in its own well-
:..a~o _18 the large mmeral water manufactory of Ross & Co. wooded grounds of 20 acres, and commanding a fine view of

. Limited. the surrounding country
Here are branches of Stuckey's Somersetsbire Banking . : .
·Company, Wilts and Dorset Banking Company, and Fox Cecil Hugh Smyth Pigott esq. J.P. ~h? lord of the
18

Fowler Company. manor, and James Capell esq. are the prmCipalla.ndowners.

There are two local newspapers, the" Weston-super-Mare The area is I 1590 acres of land; rateable value, £82,793;
•,Gazette, Clevedon Journal and Somersetshire Advertiser," the population in I88I was 12,872 and in I889, 18,486.
published Wednesday!l and Saturdays, and the" Weston Mer-
.cury and Somersetshire Herald," published on Saturdays. Parish Clerk (St. John's), J esse Marche.
Sexton (Emmanuel), E. Pavey.
The Hospital and Dispensary, in Alfred street, is a build- Sexton (Christ Church), Joseph Fear•
Sexton (Holy Trinity), William Westcombe.
.ing of 'stone, er.ected in I866, at a cost of about £950, en-

• Official Establishments, Local Institutions &c.

• ••

:PoST, M. 0. & T. 0., S. B. & Insurance & Annuity Office, I a.m. to Io p.m. ; money order & savings bank, govern-
ment annuity & insurance business, issue of licenses &
High street.-Timotby Smith, postmaster.
Houus OF A'I"I'ENDANCE.-For sale of postage stamps, regis- sale of inland revenue stamps, week days, 9 a.m. to 6
p.m. ; saturday to 8 p.m. ; telegraph business, week days,
tration of letters &c. week days, 7 a.m. to 10 p.m. ; sun-
8 a. m. to IO p.m. ; sundays, 8 to IO a. m. & 5 to 6 p.m
days, 7 to Io a.m,; postal order business, week days, 7

DIRECTORY.] SOMERSETSHIRE. WESTON ·SUPER-MARE• 405.

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DELIVERY OB' LE-rrERS.-First delivery, 7 a.m.; second, Nicholetts John Toller esq. Manor house, Brent Knoll,
I0.45 a..m. ; third, 2.20 p.m. ; fourth, 7· IS p.m. ; sundays, Bridgwater
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8 a.m • · . • Pethick Henry esq. Trewartha, "'eston-super-Mare

DISPATCH OF LE'l"l'ERS.-MAILS.-London night mail, II.IS Sirnmons Charles John esq~ Langford R.S.O

p.m. ; London, Bath & Bristo~, ISt day mail, 10.40 a.m. ; Srnyth·PigottCecilHugh esq. Brockley court,WestTownR. S. 0

Axbridge, Cheddar &c. 12.20 p.m. ; London, Bristol & Thwaites John Bolton esq. The Grove, Burnham R.S.O

Bath, 2nd day mail, 1.-25 p.m. ; London, late day mail, Whitting Capt. Charles Edward, The Grange, Uphill,

5-30 p.m. ; Exeter day mail, *6.20 a.m. ; South Wales, Weston·super-Mare

6.xo p.m. (sunday, 5.15 p.m.); North mail, 5-IS p.m. Wills William Henry esq. F .R.G.s. Coombe lodge, Blagdon

(sunday, 5-'~S p.m.); Yeovil, Salisbury, Dorchester & Yatman Rev. John Augustus M.A. Winscombe hill, Weston-

Weymouth, 3.40 p.m. ; xst West day mail, *6.20 a.m. ; super·Mare

London (2nd day mail), Bristol, Bath, Clevedon; West Clerk to the Magistrates, William Smith, Sydenham ter-

night mail, u.xs p.m.; 2nd West day mail, 12.10 p.m.; race, Lower Church road

3rd Bristol day mail, 3-4S p.m Petty Sessions are held at the Petty Sessional Court house,
*No arrival or dispatch on sundays Oxford street, on the first & third friday in the month for

On sunday there is only one delivery by letter carriers, general purposes, & daily for business under the Criminal
commencing at & a.m. ; & letters are delivered at the Justice & Juvenile Offenders Acts

counter from 8 till 10 a.m Insurance Agent£.
PosT & M. 0. O.,S. B.& Annuity& Insurance Office, Church rd
British Empire Mutual Life, F. J. Hurst, I5 Waterloo street
Town Improvement Commissioners.
Commercial Union, T. W. Beedle, High street & A. E.
The Board meets at the Town Hall, the second wednesday of Masters, 7 South parade
every month at 3 p.m.
County Fire, Masters & Son, 7 South parade ; G. B. Carter,

MEMBERS, Fox Fowler Co.'s Bank; Rev. E. J. Rodway, 4 Lower

Being the Sanitary Authority for the Urban Sanitary District · Church road; H. T. George, Longton Grove house

of Weston-super-Mare, !or the year ending April I5, I890 : - Economic Life, Baker, Son, James & Reed, Waterloo street

Tyler Spencer, 52 High street, chairman General, W. Spencer, 12 St. James street
Beedle W. H. The Elms, Arundel road
Bryant Jonas, 82 Meadow street r Gresham, A. E. Flower, 56 High street
Dyer William, Manor farm, Ashcombe
Gale William, Olive villa, Ashcombe road • Hand-in-Hand, S. Lewis, 68 High street
Gill David, Fairlee, Knightstone road
Hargreaves Robert, Plas Newydd, Ellenboro' park Imperial Fire & Life, Baker, Son, James & Reed,Waterloo st
Harvey Samuel, 8 Albert buildings
Heap Benjamin, St. Hubert's, Ellenboro' park Liverpool & London & Globe, H. F. Davies, High street
Jefferies David, West street
Knight Edwin, Clifford house, Ellenboro' park Law Fire, W. Smith & Sons, 7 Sydenham terrace
Matthews John, Ivy cottage, Locking road
Palmer Theophilus, 42 High street Northern Assurance, J. J. Ranson, Wilts & Dorset Bank;
l>errett George H. 61 High street
Pethick. Henry, Trewartha, Montpelier & E. G. Wansbrough, 4 Wat:erloo street
Phillips James, Overvale, Montpelier
Rogers Richard, I Ellenboro' crescent Norwich & London Accidental, R. Perry, 3 Magdala bldgs
Shorney Jesse, 2 The Ferns, Locking road
Norwich Union Fire, Norton, Son & Lalonde, West street

Phrenix Fire, Davies Brothers, 14 High street ; A. E. Flower,

56 High street; N. C. Tarrant, 29 & 30 Birnbeck road; &

H. Lewis, Melbreak, Boulevard •

Provident Life, Masters & Son, 7 South parade & G. B.

Carter, Fox Fowler Co.'s Bank

Rock Life, Baker, Son, James & Reed, Waterloo street

Royal !<'ire & Life, W. B. Frampton, Mercury office

Royal Exchange, W. H. Wooler, Waterloo street

Clerk & Accountant, William Smith, 7 Sydenham terrace, Standard Life, W. Smith & Sons, 7 Sydenham terrace ; &

Lower Church road Baker, Son, James & Reed, Waterloo street

Treasurer, John Toiler Nicholetts, Manor house, Brent Knoll Sun Fire, Wansbrough & Sons, 64 High street

Medical Officer of Health, Charles V. Hitchins, Wyndham Temperance Provident Life, R. Perry, 3 Magdala buildings

villas, Connaught place West of England Fire & Life, E. Hall, I7 High street

Surveyor, :Arthur Elletson Collins, C. E. Town hall Public Establishments.

Collectors, Ernest W. Roberts, 3 South terrace; & Samuel Assembly Rooms, Higli street, Samuel Edward Baker, sec
Stock, 3 Queen's terrace
Cemetery, Bristol rd. H. Finden Da.vis, clerk to burial board
Inspector of Nuisances & Water Bailiff, Henry Hillman, County Court, His Honor W. J. Met.calfe Q.C. judge ; H.
Beach road
Finden Davies, registrar & high bailiff. The court is held
Honorary Librarian, Benj. Cox, :r Hope villas, Anstice ter
at the Town hall monthly : it is in the Bridgwater bank-

County Magistrates for East &Mid Axbridge Petty ruptcy district. The following places are included in the
district :--Ashcombe, Berrow, Hleadon, Brean, Brent
Sessional Division.
Turner Lt.-Col. Mansfield, Sidmouth house, Weston-super- (East), Brent (South), Burnham, Ebden, Edithmead,
Elborough, Highbridge, Hutton, Kewstoke, Locking,
Mare, chairman
Battiscombe Walter Ernest Sax esq. Hill side, Worle, Lympsham, Milton, Norton, Oldmixon, Purn, Pu:xton,
Rooksbridge, St. George's Sand, Shiplett, Uphill, Watch-
Weston·super·Mare
EdwardsChas.Lund Fryesq.M.A.The Grove,WringtonR.S.O field,Weston-super-Mare, Wick St. Lawrence, Woodspring
& Worle
Law Major James Adeane, 'fhe Caves, Banwell R.S.O
Certified Bailiffs under the Law of Distress Amendment Act,
Llewellyn Evan Henry esq. H.P. Langford courli

Long Lieut.-Col William, Clevedon 1888, John Vincent, County Court office, Weston-super-

Luttrell Col. _Henry Acland Fownes C.B. Badgworth court, Mare; .Albert Lee, Holly house, Worle; Samuel Norton,

Axbridge · West street, Weston·super-Mare; E. G. Lalonde, West

Mullins Thomas esq. Aberfeldy, Shrubbery walk, Weston- street, Weston·super·Mare; .Albert Henry Wansbrough,

super·Mare 64 High street, Weston super-Mare i H. C. Wansbrough,

406 WES"l'ON-SUl>ER-MARE. · SOMERSETSHIRE. [ KELLY'S

64 High street, Weston-super-Mare; Charles Masters & Christ Church, Rev. Colin Campbell M. A. vicar; Rev.

Charles E. Masters; Frederick James Hurst, 15 Waterloo Ambrose Millett Foster M. A. curate; u a.m. & 6.30 p.m.;

, street, Weston-super-Mare; John H. Palmer & William holy comm. Ist sun. in the month in the morning service;

, Stiling, Burnbam & Bridgwater; Frank. Body~ Brent on the 2nd sun. at 8.30 a.m. ; on the 3rd sun, after the
evem• ng serviC• e
Knoll; Jeremiah Wall, Burnham ·

County Police Station, Oxford street, William Dicks, sergt.; EmmanuelChurch,Rev.PrebendaryWilliamWheelerAldridge,

2 acting-sergeants & I2 constables vicar; Rev. Charles Oldfield Bartlett M.A. & Rev. Arthur

Inland Revenue Office, C. Kenrick, Hope villa, Wallis- Worsley Smyth M.A. cuTates ~ holy comm. every sun. at

cote road 8 a.m.; ISt & 3rd sun. in month; morning 'Prayer, ser-

Hospital & Dispensary, Alfred street ; Robert Roxburgh, mon & holy comm. n a.m. ; afternoon, litany & short
H.B. hon. physician ; C. V. Hitchins, G. E. Alford L.R.C.P. address, 3· 15 p.m. ; 2nd, .fbh & sth sun. morning prayer,
Edin. G. F. Rossiter M.B. & E. F. Martin M.B. hon. sur- litany & sermon at n a. m. ; afternoon services for chil·

geons; E. T. Dew L.D.s.rrel. hon. dentist; George Henry dren & young people at 3-I5; every sun. evensong,.ser-

Temple H.B., c.M. resident house surgeon; Frank Leslie mon, 6.30 '

Pownall Sawell, provident medical officer; J. T. Nicho- Holy Trinity Church, Rev. John Dawson B. A. vicar; u a.m.

letts esq. treasurer ; J. J. Ranson, hon. sec. ; M. H. Norris, & 3 & 6.30 p.m. ; holy comm, every sun. ; on xst sun. in

3 Meadow villas, assistant sec. & collector ; Miss Stock, each month, 8.go a.m. & after morning service; on 2nd

matron sun. at 8.30 a.m.; on 3rd sun. at 3 p.m, ; on 4th sun.

Market House, High street, George Read, collector after evening service ; if there be a sth sun. according to

Masonic Hall, Boulevard, Weston-super-Mare Masonic Hall notice on sun. before

Co. Limited, proprietors; Ernest Edward Baker, sec St. John's Mission Room, II a.m. & 6.30 p.m. ; holycomm,

Public Slaughter Houses, The Drove, William Coles, on last sun. in month after morning prayer

porter All Saints' Church, back of Bristol road, Rev. Frederick

Public Weighbridge, Anstice terrace, Mrs. Caroline Baker, Harvey, curate in charge; 8.30 a. m. holy comm. : u a.m.

lessee matins with sermon; 6.30 p.m. evensong with sermon,

Town Hall, Walliscote road, George Read, keeper except on the Ist sun. in each month, when the semces

Stamp Office, High street, Martin Davies are as follows :-n a.m. matins & litany (no sermon);

West of England Sanatorium or Convalescent Home ; the 12. I5 p.m. holy comm.; 6.30 p.m. evensong with sermon;

manager of Stuckey's Bank, treasurer; Thomas Mullins, wed. & fri. matins & litany at n 'a.m

hon. sec.; G. Bisdee Fraser, medical officer; Rev. David West of England Sanatorium Chapel, Uphill road; u a.m.
& 6.30 p.m. ; Rev. David Wheeler M.A. chaplain
Wheeler M.A. chaplain ; Miss Wilson, lady supt

Weston-super-Mare Pier Co.; office, Waterloo st.; Samuel Church Institute, Waterloo street, supplied by clergy of the

Edward Baker, sec parish church; n a.m. & 6.30 p.m

Weston-super-Mare Volunteer Fire Brigade station; Town

hall, Willia.m Ham, captain ; H. Horstmann, hon. sec St. Joseph Catholic Church, South road, Rev. John Peter

Bouvier,priest; holycomm. 8.30 a.m.; mass, II a..m.; on

Volunteers. festivals of obligation, mass, 9 a.m. ; week days, 8 a.m. ;

Devonshire & Somersetshire Engineers (xst) (H Co.), Drill sun. evening, 6 p.m
hall, Great George street; Capt. Edward Smith Nunn,
commanding; G .• B. Fraser, surgeon Society of Friends' Meeting House, Oxford street; n a.m.

Gloucestershire (Gloucester & Somerset) Artillery (Ist) (No. & 6.go p.m. ; wed. n a.m
xI Battery), Drill hall, High street, Capt. W. M. Webb
Baptist, Bristol road, Rev. Frederic Aldis Charles, minister;
Prince Albert Somersetshire Light Infantry, 3rd Volunteer
Battalion (comprising A, B, C, D, E, F, G & H companies); n a.m. & 6.30 p.m. ; wed. 7.30 p.m
head quarters, Great George street; Col. V. W. Lang-
worthy, lieut.-col. commanding; Lieut.-Col. W. E. Baptist, Wadham street, Rev. John Urquhart; n a.m. &
Perham & E. Armstrong, majors ; H. Powell, quarter
6.30 p.m. ; wed. 7.30 p.m ·
master; Surg.-Major W. G. H. Phelps M. D. surgeon ;
Rev. C. S. Ross M.A. hon. chaplain; (B Co.) Capt. C. E. Congregational, Boulevard, Rev. Henry Batchelor, minister;
Whitting; F. St. John Kemm, acting surgeon; Rev.
n a.m. & 6.go p.m. ; wed. 7 p.m
Prebendary George Buckle M.A. acting chaplain
Methodist, George st. u a.m. & 6.30 p.m. ; wed. 7.30 p.m

United Methodist Free Church, Boulevard, Rev. John

Nicholas Groves Faull, minister; II a.m. & 6.30 p.m

Wesleyan, Regent street, Rev. William James Heaton &.

Rev. Thomas Dixon, ministers; II a..m. & 6.30 p.m.;

tues. 6. 30 p. m I

Public Officers. Wesleyan, Upper Church road, same ministers as Regent
street; II a. m. & 6.30 p.m. ; tues. 7.30 p.m

Admiralty Surgeon & .Agent, Certifying Factory Surgeon & Bible Christian, Burlington street, Rev. John Finch, minis,

Medical Officer & Public Vaccinator, No. 3 District, Ax- ter; 10 a. m. & 6.30 p.m

bridge Union, Charles Vernon Hitchins, Wyndham villas, Gospel Hall, Waterloo street; II a. m. & 6.30 p.m

Connaught place Boulevard Meeting Room, II a.m. & 6.30 p.m

Clerk to the Burial Board, H. Finden Davie3, High street Schools.
Clerk to the School .Attendance Committee, W. Smith,

Sydenham terrace, Lower Church road Government School of Art, Church Institute, Boulevard; W.
Deputy Coroner for the Northem District of the County, H. Wooler esq. hon. sec. This school was originally
established in I865, & for several years was successful, but
Francis William Slow Wicksteed, The Villa Rosa fell into disuse, & was not resuscitated until I882, & under
Collector of Poor's Rates & Queen's Taxes, William E. the managemen~ of an energetic committee & competent
master bids fair to maintain an important position ; a new
Perrett, Queen's villa, Neva road building is now (I889) about to be erected near the parish
Registrar of Births & Deaths & Relieving & Vaccination church

Officer for Banwell Sub-District, Frank Emest Day, 2 Albert Memorial night school, held in a commodious building,
erected in I862, at a cost (exclusive of furniture) of £530,
East ville, Swiss road & intended not only for the school & museum but also to
Registrar of Marriages, Edwin Hall, I7 High street ; deputy,

Richard Wills Gibbs, High street
Town Crier, Edward Pavey, Albert Memorial cottage

• Newspapers. serve as a memorial of the late Prince Consort : it is sup·
ported by voluntary contributions & the small payments
Weston-super-Mare Gazette, Burnham, Hig11bridge, Cleve- of boys attending

don Journal & Somerse..,hire Advertiser, Market place, St. John's National, Knightstone road, built in I845, for 220
High street; J. R. Waiters & Co. publishers & proprietors; boys, 220 girls & So infants ; average attendance, 174 boys,

published wed. & sat. mornings. See advertisement I6o girls & 78 infants ; George William Henry Pearse,

Weston Mercury & Somersetshire Herald, Boulevard ; Dare master ; Miss Emily .Alice Hardwicke, mistress ; MisS
& Fra.mpton, proprietors ; published sat. See advert
Alice Emily Hardwicke, infants' mistress

Pl.a.ces of Worship, with times of Service. Emmanuel (infant),Carlton street, for 190 children; average
attendance, I45 ; Miss .Annie Mortimer, mistress
St. John the Baptist Church (parish), Rev. Prebendary
Edward Arthur Salmon M.A. rector; Rev. Charles Christ Church National, built in I863, for I86 boys & I65
Frederick Baines M.A. & Rev. Robert .Augustus May B.A. girls ; average attendance, 195 boys & 164 girls; John
Lovell, head master; Miss Laura Darch, mistress
curates; 8 a.m. holy comm.; 9.30 a.m. morning prayer,
Christ Church, National (infants), built in 1874, for 204
ISt & 4th sun. ; holy comm. 2nd sun.; morning prayer & children ; average attendance, 203 ; Miss Sarah Beament,
mistress
sermon, 3rd sun. during school term ; 1I a. m. (1st & 3rd

sun.) morning prayer, sermon & holy comm.; 3.15 p.m.

litany, baptisms & catechizing on theIst & 3rd sun. ; on British (mixed), Hopkins street, built in x85I & enlarged in

other sun. n a. m. ; morning prayer, litany & sermon; I885, fvr 360 children; average attendance, 287; Malcohn

:1:2.30, holy comm. ; 6.30 p.m. evening prayer & sermon Sinclair Lyon, master

DIRECTORY.] SOMERSETSHIBE.

·· · Ca.rri.e:fa. _ · Wall .Jo'bn C. agent & -railway carrier (William Thomast
Great Western Railway Station, Charles Edwards, station
ood' •
master; J. Humpbrey, goods manager agent), G s statJOn; "office, Regent street

PRIVATK RESIDENTS. • •

Blake Rice, Rockleaze, Paragon road Collins Jsph. Lansdown, Up. Church rd

Abbott Mrs. Bouveri, Victoria quadrant Blundell William, 6 South parade Oollyer William Daniel. Craig Nethan,
Graham road
Addison Mrs. I Madeira villas l. Board John Philip, Lynchmere, Park r4

Addison Mrs. Villa Rosa, Gerard road. Bolwell Henry, I4 Raglan circus, l,Jpper Colman Frank William,Gleniffer hou11e,
Adey Frederick, Lindholme, Neva road -Church road · Walliscote road

Aldrit William, Rocklands, Highbury hl Botterill Mrs. Kew lodge, Kew road Colmer Miss, Woodlands, Stafford pl

Aldridge Rev. Prebendary William Bowles John, Ockment house, Park rd Oombe Miss, Brunswick cot. Carlton st
Wheeler [vicar of Emmanuel], Lew~ Bowlings Miss, xst Oriel terrace.
ComerJsph.TheWigwam,Albert qudrnt

insdale, Beach road BowsherJames,Rossmere,Beaconsfld.rd Cook Miss, Ruscombe vil.Edinburgh pi

Alexander Samuel Joseph, 4 Victoria Boyce Mrs. Avoca, Beaco~field road Cook.son Lieut.-Gen. James Gathorne,
Boyd Mrs. Oakdale, Hill road ~
terrace, Boulevard I2 South road ·

Afford George Ernest, 5 Royal crescent Boyden William, Milton lodge, Neva rd Coombes Mrs. Fernside, Arundell cres

Alford Herbert, Bryn-y-Mor, Atlantic Bradbury Rev. Waiter B.A. I5 Clare- Corbett Samuel, Cromer villa, Longton

road south mont crescent Grove road

Alford Richard, 6 Oriel terrace Braddop. Mrs.. Bloomfield, Bristol road Coryn William John, Clare hoUI'Ie,

Allan Mrs. Mountfield, Hill road Bradley Mrs. 3 Atlantic villas Beaconsfield road

Allcock Misses,Oakley house,Gerard rd Bradshaw Mtll. 65 Bristol road Cox Donald, Seafield, South road

Allen James, Rupert villa, Moorland rd Brickhill Mrs. Sandhurst, Severn. road Cox John Campbell, Glentworth hou~~e,.

AllenJosephSpiller,2Woodhill,Manor rd Bridges Henry Wilson, Mistley Dene, Knightstone road

Allen Miss, Bleadon lodge, Beach road Albert quadrant · Cox Mrs. Darnley, Shrubbery walks r

AllenMiss, Blenheim vl.Eilenborough pk Bright Mrs. 6 Victoria quadrant Cox Reginald, Swiss villa, Lockin ro.ad

Alien Miss, 3 Kewstoke road BrosterAlf.M,:t>.St.Alba.ns,Arundell cres Cox Wm. M. Berkeley ho.Walliscote rd

Allen Mrs.· Stratton, Gerard road Brown Charles, 3I High street Creaghe John Fitzstephen, Beaulal\

Allford Mrs. Southwood, Neva road Brown Edgar, Arno vil. Arundell cres villa, Edinburgh place f

Applegate Mrs. 7 Victoria. quadrant Brown George, I Glenthorne, East road CreeseJohnHy.Eastcott,Victoria qudrnt

Armstrong Launcelot, Walby, South rd Brown Misses,3 Clarence pl: Locking rd Crook Jsph.4 Birnbeck ter.Kewstoke rd
Arnndel Alfred, 17 Ellenborough cres Brown Misses, Warleigh lodge, Shrub• Cross James, Churchi11 cottage, Lower
JAsh William, Holland house, South rd bery walks
•' Church road
Aston William, The Bryn, Quarry rd Brown Mrs. Nelson villa, Walliscow rd Crundall Miss, Eton hurst,Kewstoke r

Atkins Miss, Lamorna, Edinburgh pl Buck Robert Joseph Cruse Mr.s. Villa Malland, Walliscow

Atkinson Rev. Mathew, 7 Boulevard Buckley Mrs.Hartfeld ho.Montpelier ea · Grove road Spelman, Ingle-Nook_,1
Ayres Miss, Stanley villa, Moorland rd Bucknell Mrs.Rockdene,Albert quadrnt Culley Richard

Baddley Mrs. Rose villa, Clevedon road BuckwellFrancis,Belmont.Wilton grdns South road
BaedekerRev.Frdk.Warteek,Queen's rd Bulkley Miss, Konigsheim, Edinburgh pl Currie Mr<~. Kingscliff, Queen's road:

Baily Alex. Effra house, Manor road Bull Mrs. Woodford lodge, Walliscote rd Cutton James Cajeaton, 8 Atlantic ter-
race west, South road
Baines Miss, Haydn villa, Walliscote Buller Misses, xo Park place
Bunbury Col. Willia.m Reece, Landour, Damerall Robert Symonds, Cave villas,
Grove road High road .

Baker Ernest Edward F.S.A. Caerleon, Shrubbery walks- ,
BurchamChs.Hy.Springdale,Stafford pl D'angiban Edwd. Lahard,Connaught pl
Queen's road

BakerJames Barnard,Harpendenlodge, Burdett Rev. William M.A. West holm, Daniels Mrs. 8 Arundell ter. Coombe rd
Darby William, Wilton ho. Walliscote rd
Albert quadrant Atlantic road south
Baker Samuel Edward, Sutton house, Burford Francis, 8 Westbonrne terrace Da1·ch Miss, Grecian villa, Gerard road
Burroughs Benjamin Power Beames, 3 Daunton lv.lrs. Milner lodge, Bristol road
South road

Barker Miss, The Firs, South road Raglan circus~ Upper Church road Davies Charles,Portman villa,Milton rd
Barlow John, Cotwold house, Arundel Burtoughs EphraimFredk.64 Bristol rd Davies Harry Finden, Culver house,
BurroughsMrs. Torwood,Shrnbbry.wlks Shrubbery walks
crescent
Barnard Mrs. Leamington villa, Ellen- Butter Mrs.Brambridge villa,Boulevard Da"'l"ies John, Orient villa, Arundell row,

borough park ByersRichd.Hoare,Hazeldean,Severn rd Davies Martin, 4 Victoria quadraqt 1
Barnett William, Ottery ho. Bristol rd Campbell Rev.Colin M.A.[vicaF of Christ DaviesWilliam,Berkeley vil.Moorland rd
Bartlett Rev. Charles Oldfeld M.A. Church], Highcroft, Eastfield park Davis Hy. Nathaniel, 5 Westbourne ter
[senior curate of Emmanuel], Scars- Campion Miss, 6 Ellenborough crescent Davis Thomas, 5 Ellenborough crescent

dale, Neva road Cape! John Partridge )I.A. Ebnhyrst, Dawson Rev. John lii.A. [vicar of Holy
Trinity], Woodlands, South road
Bartlett Rev. John Barnes M.A. Stolford Hill road
Capell James, Osborne ho.Ashcombe rd Debenham Henry, :I Oriel terrace
villa, Arundell road , Carlin Mrs. Sandbridge villa, Hill road Denham Mrs. Clooneaven, Kew road 1

Barugh Miss, Kew lodge, Kew road
Batcbelor Rev. Henry [Congregational], Carpenter Charles, Wood view,Baker st Dennis William Warner, Southcliffe,
Quarry road
Brathay, Boulevard Carrow Mi-ses1 6 Park place .
Bath Mrs. 20 Ellenborough crescent Carter George Baker, Mont-le-Grand, de St Croix John Philip, :Eastfield, ,
· Eastfield park
Battiscombe Albert Henry William, Albert quadrant 1
Cartwright Mrs. Beech croft, Shrub- Dew Edward Thrissel, Wolvesnewton,
Eastwood, Montpelier Beach road

BaylissWm.xCumberlnd.vls.Lockingrd · bery walks
Baynes Mrs. Dunston, Eastfield park Chaffey James, Winsham ho. Kew road Dive Henry Aston, De Bellefonds, Ash-
Bean Henry Lucas, 4 Royal crescent Chamberlain Mrs. Richmond villa, Al- combe Park road
Dixon Rev. Thomas [Wesleyan ], ~
BeardRichardBear,Thornlea,Locking rd bert quadrant
BeedleThs.Wm. Vine ville,Ashcombe rd Chandler Miss, Clifton vil.Ashcombe rd Southbourne terrace, Oxford street 1
BeedleWilliamHy.TheElms,Arundell rd ChandlerMiss,2La wn vls. Shrubbry.wlks Dominy Robert, Dorset ho. Graham rd 1
Chapman Mrs. Varzin, Walliscote road Drake Alfred, Saltram villa, Atlantic
Bees Mrs. Killiney, Montpelier . road south

Bell Mrs. I Southbourne terrace , Chapman Ralph, 23 Beach road '

Bell William, Gowanlea, Graham road Charles Rev. Frederic Aldis [Baptist], Drake John, Kirkella, South road

Bellas· Mrs. Chester house, Queen's road Glen tower, Quarry :road Dribble Mrs. Sunny side, Moorland rd

Bennett Miss, Saltaine, South :road Charrington Miss, Bum gro.Montpelier Drinkwater Mrs. Inwood, South road
Drummond Robert,Nihon vil. Clifton rd
Bennett William Stephenson, Over- Childs Miss, Lynwood, South :road

combe, Shrubbery walks ClarkRev.Tbomas Hy.M..A.Esplanade vl Duckett James, Blairholme, Neva road.

Besley Charles,Clydevilla, Milton road ClarkJohn,gPark villas,Knightstone rd Duckworth Robert. Fagan, St. Peter's

Bestwick Thos. Glen ville, Ashcombe rd Clarke Meils Oriel, 5 Claremont cres school, South road

Bettington Albermarle, Southernwood, ClarkeRbt.Mitchell,Southfield,Beachrd Durling Mrs. 4 Arundell ter.Cqombe rd

South road ClatworthyHy.Lea.mington vil.Miltn.rd Dwen Edward, Inglewood, Kew road

BenrleyMrs.2Birnbeck ter.Kewstoke rd Clothier Frederick,Newton lo.Bristol rd Dyke Miss, The Myrtles, South road

Bigsby Mrs. 63 Bristol road Clntterbuck Misses, St. Mary's, Atlan- Eddington Mrs. 2 Wilton gardens

Bindon Edwin,x Sandford villa,Swiss rd tic road south EdneyMrs.Moss grange,Shrubbery wlks

Birch George,Hampton vil.Moorland rd Coles Mrs. Alpha lodge, South road Edols Miss, Heathville, Gerard road

Bird Misses, Southfields villa, Bristol rd Collings Mr$. ~o Raglan circus, Upper EgelstaffMrs.T.R.Longdendale,Beach rd £

Birkett Rev. Thomas M.A. 9 Park place, Church road Ellis Wellington, Ashcombe lo.Milton rd

Knightstone road Collings Mrs. J ames, Hill cot•.Bristol rd Elworthy Wm. Dunorlon, Moorland rd

Bisdee Alfred James, Altona, :Boulevard Collings Robert,Alma villa,Moorland rd England Charles, Anglia, Arundell road

Blackmore Francis, Sherwood lodge, Collings William Edward, 59 Bristol rd English Edmund Wi1liam, St. Agnes,

Tichborne road · Collins Arthur Elliston c.•. lrlam Tilla, Neva road .•

Blair Mrs. ~ Stafford yllla, Clevedoo rd · Walli8COte road . , . .. Errington Henry, U.dale ho. Stafford pl 1.
•

408 WESTON-SUPER-MAR.R. . SOMERSETSHIRE. (KELLY's

Enstace Surg.-Majot' Edward ]I{.D. Hall Miss, Woodleigh, Arundell cres Jones Miss, Finden lo. Wilton gardens

Walliscote lodge, Walliscote road Hall Mrs. Dnnrowan, Shrubbery walks Jones Miss, IS Park pi. Knightstone rd

Evans George, Woodside, Bristol road HancockChas.Rt. Charleville,Montpelier Jones Miss, 2 South terrace

Evans Miss, Clarence house, Montpelier Hardingham Rev. Charles Hugh, Park- Jones Mrs. Elm villa,Victoria quadrant

Eyre Chas.Howard,Kildare,Clevedon rd field, Walliscote road JonesRobert Landemann,Southernhay,

Eyre :Toseph, Roseneath, Bristol road Hardwick Mrs. Ferndale, Walliscote rd Arundell crescent .

Fagan Major-Gen. William Turton, Hargreaves Robert, Plas Newydd, El- Johnson Miss, Broomfield,Ellenboro' pk

Highwood, Quarry road lenborough park Johnson Miss, I3 Oriel terrace

Fault Rev. John Nicholas Groves [Uni- Harries Miss, Priskilly lo. Beaconsfid.rd Johnson Miss, Villa Frankfort, Ellen-

ted Methodist Free Church], Hope Harris Rev. Thomas, Brunswick villa, borough park

villa, Gerard road Milton road Johnson Mrs. The Grange, Bristol road

Fawcett Mrs. Torfels, Queen's road Harris George Anstruther, Belmont, Joule Mrs-. Highfield ldg. Queen's road

Ferris Henry,· St.Patricks,Arundell cres Coombe road Keats Mrs. Blagrove, Bristol road

:ffarington Hy. Borrow,2Victoria qudrnt Harris Henry, 5 South parade KennedyMrs.Charleville,Shrubbry.wlk&

Finch Rev. John [Bible Christian], 2 Harris Miss, Fairfield, Shrubbery walks Kenrick Chas. Hope vil. Walliscote rd

Belmont villas, Locking road Harris Mrs. Rockland. Arundell road Kidd Alfred, East Grove ho.Montpelie1.

Finch Mrs. Fern villa, Albert quadrant Harvey Rev. Fredk. [curate in charge Kiddle Mrs. Southview villa, Gerard rd

Fisher Rev. George [Baptist], Oakley of All Saints),Hurst Knowl,Sta:ffrd.pl King Chas.Higham vl. WalliscoteGro.rd

cottage, Beaconsfield road Harvey Mrs. Edingworth, Paragon rd King Walton, Amberley ho. Bristol rd

FisherBenjamn. 2Sandown vils. Beach rd HarwoodMrs.Kingston vl. Up.Church rd Kirkbride Mrs. I Woodhill, Manor rd

Fisher Miss. Verandah house, High st Hathway Mrs. The Ferns, Longton Knight Edwin,Cli:fford ho.Ellenboro' pk

Fisher Mrs.Hazelmere,Shrubbery walks Grove road Knight Francis Arnold, Brynmelyn,

Fletcher Mrs. 6 Westbourne terrace Hathway Mrs. Utile Dulce, Baker st Bristol road

Flower Alf. Edwd. Northcote,Wallisct. rd Hawker Alfred Stewart, Torre house, Laishley Miss, Tresco lo. Highbury hill

Forster George l{ing, Locking road Edinburgh place Laishley Miss, Trevena, Highbury hill .

FortyWm.Michaei,Weston'ldg.Bristol rd Hawks Edward, Falcon lo. Walliscote rd Lalonde Emile Gustave, I Arundell ter.

Foster Miss', Harewood,Shrubbery walks HaydonHy. Wm. Twyford vl. Wallisct.rd Lane Edwin, Rehoboth, Moorland road.

Fowke Mrs. Thornden,Shrubbery walks Hayes Miss, Septon vil. Ashcombe rd Lanfear Rev. William Francis B.A-

Frampton Henry,Rest,Shrubbery walks Hayward Mrs. Villa Victoria, Bristol rd Badenweiler, Eastfield park

Frampton William Bryant, Parkstone, Hazlewood Mrs. 2 Madeira villas Larcombe Mrs. Lea Hurst, Beach road.

A8hcombe road Heap Benj. St. Hnbert's, Ellenboro' pk Larkin Hugh, Hope vil. Walliscote gro.

Fraser Graeme Bisdee, Belvedere Heaton Rev. Wm. James [Wesleyan], Latham Miss, The Myrtles, South road

house, Beach road Annesley house, Arundell crescent LawrenceEdwd.Alfd.Maple croft,Pk. rd

Frayne William, Petra villa, South road Hill James Peel,Tower vil. Walliscote rd Lawrence Richard Edward, Home lea~

Gale John1 Normanhurst, Moorland rd Hill William, Vigornia, Wilton gardens Shrubbery walks
Gale Mrs. Cheriton, Gerard road Hillman Henry, Fair haven, Beach rd LawrenceWilliam,Argyle vil. Boulevard

Gale William, Olive villa, Aschcombe rd Hillman William, 2 Sydenham terrace Lea Miss, I Church villas

Gam1in John, I Acacia viis. Clevedon rd Hind Charles, Clovelly, Locking road Leach Mrs. Dunedin, Highbury hill

Gammell Capt. Lichfield ho. Regent st Hirst Samuel, Duncan vil.Arundell cres Leatt Miss,BreanDown vil.Moorland rd

Gapper Mta.sBirnbeck ter.Kewstoke rd Hitchins Charles Vernon, Wyndham Leech Chas. Sl.Chargrove,Asbcombe rd

Gargett Fk.Thos.ShireElms,Locking rd villas, Connaught place Leech Mrs. Ulawa, East road

George Harry Thomas, Longton Grove Hodges Joseph, Catrell villa, Milton rd Legge John, Leacroft, Ashcombe road

house, Longton Grove road Hodges Martin Hurst,3 Westbourne ter LemanFk.Geo.Hrbt.Stanton,Queen's rd

Germain Mrs. 2 Grove ter. Bristol road Holland Mrs. South view, Severn road LemonMrs. Wentworth,Shrubbery wlk&

Gervis Frederick Shortland, Pendinnis, Holland William, I I Ellenborough cres Leonard Mrs. 3 Grove ter. Bristol road

Arundell crescent Holmes Misses, 4 Claremont crescent Lewis Rev.' Wm. Melbreak, Boulevard

Gibbons Edward Henry, Kapnnda villa, . Holway Geo. Hy. 2 Glenthorne, East rd Lewis Misses, Hope ho.Albert quadrant

Clevedon road Hooker Robt.Harnilton,Amalf,South rd Ley Edwin, Lozells, Arundell road

Gibbs Richard Wills, White Cross Hoppett Mrs. Rosendale, Boulevard Lidbetter Thomas, 5 Victoria quadrant.

house, Walliscote road Hornett John, I l''air view, Clevedon rd Light Miss, Ormonde vil.Arundell cres

Gibson Miss, Gordon villa, Hill road Hoskins Charles, !lex lo. Edinburgh pl Light Miss, Woodland vil. Arundell cres

Gibson Mrs. Beaconsfield, Stafford road House Henry Percival, Prestonfield, Litchford Mrs. Sunny bank, Bristol rd

Giles Mrs. IS Ellenborough crescent Locking road LithgowCapt.Wm.R.N. 14Claremontcrs

Giles Mrs. Glenroy, Arundell crescent Howarth Mrs. Elsham ho. Boulevard Llewellyn Mrs. West bank, Arnndell rd.

Gill Captain John Wallis, Montacnte, Hughes .l<'redk.Sherborne vil.Gerard rd Long Misses, Camden cot. Beach road

Montpelier east Hughes Joseph Edwd. Rockwood, Kew- LongMrs. Palmerston,LongtonGro'e rd

Gill David, Fairleigh, Park villas ..sOOke road ' Longmore Miss,Orrest bank,Montpelier

Gillard Mrs. 2 Hope villas,Ashcombe rd Hughes Rowlnd."rheBeacon,Kewstke.rd LordDr.Rt.Gilmn.Glenafon,Montpelier

• Gilmore Rev. Horatio [Baptist], 7 Ellen- HuntMrs.Montagueho. Victoria q uadrnt Lory Chas. Morris,Wanom;ie, Manor rd
Hunt Mrs. Severn villa, Beach road Lory Miss, Lyndon villa, Milton road
borough park

Gimingha,mMiss, Broomfld. Ellenboro'pk Hunt Mrs. 34 South road Lovell Wm. Eton vil. Shrubbery walks

Glass Wm. Hy. Lee ho. Beaconsfield rd HuntleyArthur,Rosscot vl.Ashcombe rd Lunell Samuel, Chiculdah, Montpelier

Goddard Cornelius, Springfield, .Ash- HuntleyWm.Carey,Fern Bank, East rd Luscombe Misses, I Montpelier terrace.

combe road Hurley Mrs. 4 Boulevard Lyon Malcolm Sinclair,4Westbourne ter

Good Rev. Hy. 2 Knapton viis.Severn rd Hurley Wm. Lindenhurst, Bristol road McAdam Miss, 5 Raglan circus, Upper

Goodchild Thomas, I Clarence place, HnrmanJames,Glencairn,Arundell cres · Church road

Locking road Hurst Fredk. James, 1 Highbury hill McBride Alex.2Arundell vls.Arundell rd.

Gordon Mrs. W eston Hill cot. Bristol rd Hurst Mrs. I4 Park pl. Knightstone rd McDonaldMrs. Delaware,Shrubbry.wlks.

Gough Miss, The Cottage, Walliscote rd Hutchings Rev.Rd.Glen Roy,Severn rd Macfarlane Thomas Ernest, I Beach rd

Gough Miss, The Laurels, Arundell cres Hyssett Harry, Chislehurst, Gerard rd Maee:r Edward Waiter Lewis,I Florence

Gonld John, Abingdon villa, Bristol rd Inglis Alexander, t8 Claremont cres villas, Quarry road

Gray John Henry, Herbert vil. East rd Ireland John Smith, Elim vi. Milton rd Maggs Thomas Hemborough,Richmond

Gray Mrs. Springfield, Ashcombe road Irvine Mrs. Udale house, Stafford place villa, Moorland road

Greeg Miss, I I Park place Irving Mrs. 6 Ellenborough crescent Magniac Hy.Durham, 6 Claremont cres

Green Miss, Ross house, Edinburgh pl Jackson Rev. Thomas Norfolk, Filey Maise Mrs. The Brow, Hill road

Green Mrs. Hazlewood, Bristol road villa, Coombe road Maister Maj. -Gen.George,Sidcup lodge,.

Gregory Edward, The Vale, Bristol road Jackson-Barstow Jn.Jeremh.The Lodge Montpelier east

Gregory Fredk.Oriel vil. Walliscombe rd James Geo. Alfd. Brompton ho. Neva rd Major William, Craig foot, South road

Greig John, Frampton vii.Moorland rd James John, Maybank, Manor road Manders Major Thomas, 8 South road

Greville Giles, Kinellan, Bristol road James Miss, 74 Bristol road Marshall Miss,Rockstowe,Edinburgb pl

Greville Miss, Chub cottage, Milton rd James Miss, Victoria cot.Knightstone rd Martin Edward P'uller M.B. Vtetori&

GrevileMisses,Catcombe vii.Eastfield pk James Mrs. Brookfield ho. Gerard road house, Knightstone road

Grinfield Charles M.D. Windsor villa, James Thomas, Aylmer ho. Bristol rd Martin Mrs. Dnnsham, Bristol road

Ellenborong-h park James William Herbert,Duuraven,Kew- Mason Alfred, Burnell house, Atlantic

Hadfield Sml. Fdk. Failsworth, Stafford pi stoke road road south

Hailes Major-General John Clements Jefferies John Samuel, Spring villa, Masters Albert Edward, 76 Bristol road

R.A. Towerside, Shrubbery walks Ashcombe Park road Masters Charles, The Maerdy,Bristol rd

Haines Mrs. I Sandown -villas, Beach rd Jelfs William, WoodTille, Milton road Masters Charles Edward, The Maerdy,

Hale P'redk. Torrwood,Ellenborough pk Jenkins John B.A. Hazelcroft, Albert Bristol road

Hall Rev. Charles Ranken M.A. 2 Kew- quadrant Masters Mrs, I }''air view, Clevedon rd

stoke road Jones James, Rose villa, Locking road Matheson Mrs. St. Duthus, Queen's rd

Han Miss, Glen Roy, Severn road Jone» James Rawlin, Anstice- terrclce Matthews John,Ivy cottage,Locking rd

DIRECTORY.] . SOl\:IERSETSHIRE. 'WESTON-SUPER-MARE. 409

Matthews Charles Edward, Coombe Perrott William, The Cot. Walliscote rd Sellick Thos. Hazelmere, Arundell eres

side, Shrubbery walk Perry Mrs. 4 Linton viis. Walliscote rd Sellwood Mrs. 8 Ellenborough crescent

May Rev. Robert Augustus [curate of Pethick Hy. J.P. Trewartha, Bristol rd Sercombe Misses, Elmsley, Gerard road

St••John's], Devonia,Shrubbery walks Phelps William Harford Glover K.D. Seymour Mrs. Myross, Coombe road

May Mrs. I Grove terrace, Bristol road Beachfield, Knightstone road ShaddickSamuel, Laughame,Montpelier

Mayo Misses, St. Brelades, Bristol road Phillips James, Overvale, Montpelier ShanksMaj. Geo. Eaglehurst,Clevedon rd

Mayo Mrs. Compton villa, Paragon rd Phillips William Frederick, Westcliffe, Sbapland Miss, 2 Hope viLAshcombe rd

Meredith Oliver, Lindridge, Stafford pl Kewstoke road Sharland Miss,2 Clifton vils.Moorland rd

Metford Miss, Leighgowan,Arundell rd PhillipsonRd. ILawn vls.Shrubbery wlks Shepherd Malin,South H3ven, Beach rd

Methuen Hon. St. John Paul, Shaftes- Phillott Robert, 7 South road Sheppard Miss, Gordon villa, Hill road

bury, Shrubbery walks Pike Alex. Jas. Roselawn, Walliscote rd Shorney Jesse, 2 The I<'ems, Locking rd

Middleton Horace, Maisonette, Shrub- Pike John, Weston vale, Severn road Sbrowl Miss, Hillworth, Bristol road

bery walks Pinch Jas.Emmanuel, 2I Ellenboro' cres Sisam John, Val Rotha, Severn road

Middleweek Edwin Heathman, I Danube Pitman Frank, The Willows,Locking rd Sisam Miss, I Knapton vils. Severn rd

villas, Boulevard Pitt Mrs. Harpur villa, Milton road Skinner Miss, Violet bank, Gerard road

Milford Mrs. Hygeian vil. Moorland rd Podger Henry,Somerville,.Arundell cres Slater Mrs. 5 Arundel ter. Coombe rd

Miller Henry, 9 Ellenborough crescent Podger John, Arbor vitae, Walliscote rd Sloane Miss, St. Edmunds, Wilton gdns

Millier Henry George, Croydon villa, Pole Mrs. Dumfries, Highbury hill Slocombe Mrs. 70 Bristol road

Longton Grove road Pole Thomas, 2 Ellenborough crescent Smith Bartbolomew, St. Cuthberts,

Mills Rev. William Lewis H.A. Hibemia Pollen Mrs. Basildon, Shrubbery walks Arundell crescent

house, Victoria quadrant Poole Cornelius Hancock, Merton villa, Smith Hy.B.Southside ho.Arundell cres

Minie Richd. .Hramley vil. Moorland rd Arundell crescent Smith John Wesley M.B. Stoneleigh,

Mitchem Henry Coate, Claremont villa, PooleEdwd. Young,Mount vw .Milton rd Boulevard

Moorland road PooleHrbt.Cornish,Iris vil.Ashcombe rd Smith Miss, Greystone lodge, South rd

MonklandCol.Geo.Oak bank,South road Poole Miss, I Southbourne ter. Oxford st Smith Miss, Oswald villa, Arundel cre~r

Moore Wm. Winterdyne, Clevedon road Poole Mrs. Burdwan, Longton Grove rd Smith Misses, 2 Arundel ter. Coom be rd

Mordaunt Lieut.-Col. James Sparrow, Poole Mrs. 3 Greenfield place Smith Thomas, Holmwood, South road

Coombe lodge, Upper Church road Pope .Arthr. Pembroke vil. Wilton grdns Smith Timothy, Wyndham villas, Con-

Morgan J oseph, Eagleton, Manor road Porch Mrs. 2 South road naught place

Morse Maj.-Gen. Io Ellenborough cres Porritt Mrs. Zetland cottage, Bristol rd Smith William, 23 Ellenborough park

Mortimer Mrs. Tregonwell, Clifton rd Potter Miss, I Knapton villas,Severn rd Smith William Thos. Arundell, North-

MortonMisses,Stanley ho.Albrt.quadrnt Poulton Hy. Thorncliffe, Arundell cres cote, Stafford place

MoynhamMiss,Leamington vl.Milton rd Powell E. H. 7 Arundell ter. Coombe rd Smyth Gen. Hy. c. B. Fortfield,South rd

Mullins Thomas J.P. Aberfeldy, Shrub- Powell Joseph, I4 Manilla crescent Smyth Henry Reeve, Berkeley house,

bery walks Powell Joseph Harry, 1:4 Manilla cres Claremont road

Murch Rev.Spencer [Baptist], Fairfield, Powell Septimus, The Hermitage, Smyth Mrs. 7 Ellenborough crescent

Graham road Bristol road Smyth Mrs. Llanbrynmair, Park road

Murley Jn. 3 Birnbeck ter. Kewstoke rd Pressley Robert James, 2 Highbury hill Soars Mrs. Stafford lodge, Stafford pl

Mm·ley Miss, Caprera, Shrubbery walks Price Frederick, Fairyfield, Bristol road Sorby Frnk.Heathfield,Ellenborough pk

Murley Mrs. Coombe leigh, Coombe rd Price Hans Fowler, Tyn-y-coed, Hill rd Spencer Mrs. Elmswood, Montpelier

Murray Mrs. 9 Eastfield park Price Misses, Moorland ho. Moorland rd Spooner Mrs. 2 Paragon road

Nash Mrs. Ravenswood, Bristol road Price Mrs. Fairyfield, Bristol road Sprackett George, Holwell house, Vic-

NaylorJsph.Walliscote ho.Walliscote rd Pyke Martin, Amptbill vil. Moorland rd toria quadrant

Needham Miss, Buena-Vista,Montpelier Raban Rd. Glenwood, Shrubbery walks Springford William, Sandfield villa,

Newall George, Jesmond, Bristol road Rainey Arthur, Hill Side villa, Upper Graham road

Newberry Mrs.Adare vil..Atlantic rd.sth Church road Stace Mrs. Cardigan villa, Connaught pl

Newberry Thomas, Alexandra villa, Ralph Mrs. Coombe lea, Shrubbery wlks Stallard Miss, 2 Kewstoke road

.Atlantic road south RankingMiss,IArundell vils..Arundell rd Stayner Misses, I6 Park place

Newman Francis W. Norwood villa, Ranson J. Rocelyn, I South parade Stephens Miss, Carrington villa,Atlantic

Arundell crescent Rawlins Maj.-Gen. James Sebastian, road south

Newman Josiah Hignell,Tynedale lodge, Lona, Ellenborough park Stevens Rev. Marlow Osmond H.A.

Kew road Read Charles Walter, 7 Sydenham ter Anlaby, Eastfield park

Newton John, x The Ferns, Locking rd Reed Emest Lancelot Henry, Glenda.- Stoate Richard, Cave villas, Hill road

Newton Mrs. I Westbourne terrace lough, Park road Stock 8amuel,Horton vil. WhiteCross rd

Nicholl Mrs. Hampton vil.Edinburghpl Rees-Mogg Miss, 7 Albert buildings, StricklandMiss, I Conwayvls.Gerard rd

Nolte Miss, 9 Boulevard Knightstone road Stubbs Mrs. Oakleigb, Shrubbery walks

Nolte William, IO South road RendallWalter, IBelmont vls.Locking rd Summerhayes Samuel, The Roystons,

Northcote Hy.Rt.Raisdalevl.Locking rd Reynolds Miss, 2 Victoria ter.Boulevard Walliscote road

Norton Edwin Charles, I South terrace Reynolds Mrs. 8 Victoria quadrant SummersJn. Summerlands,Clevedon rd

Norton Samuel, I South terrace Rice Maj.-Gen.Hy.Scotsboro'Queen's rd Sutton Mrs. Nihon villa, Clifton road

Nonill Mrs. x Hope vil. Ashcombe road Rice MMisasJ1.-VGeennt.noWr ivlillilaam, Arundell cres Sweeting Mrs. Stoke lodg. Walliscote rd
Nunn Edward Smith H.A.,LL.D. (prin- Rich Charles, The Talbot Misses, 2 South view, Milton rd

cipal & head master), The College, l<'ynings, Atlantic road south 'fate Mrs. Crofton villa, Bristol road

Walliscote road Richards Frederick, Waldeck villa, Taylor Henry Francis, Padstow villa,

Oaks James, Mendip villa, Moorland rd Walliscote road Walliscote road

Ogden Alex. The Cottage, Baker street Rimington Mrs. 4 Elleuborough cres Taylor John I<'aulkner, Trelynwdd,East-

Oldfield Mrs. Verulam ho. Gerard road Robinson Mrs. Elm villa, Asbcombe rd field park

Orme Mrs. St. Chads, Shrubbery walks Rockett Rev. Hugh Joseph, Normanton Taylor Thos.M.D.Bournedale,Stafford pl

Osborne William Arthur, St. Aubyns, villa, Milton road Taylor William H.Moulton ho.Bristol rd

Ellenborough park Rodd Rev. Frederick Arthur, x Wal- Temple George Hy. M.B., C.M. Alfred st

Owen Miss, Bimbeck ho.Kewstoke road sham villas, Severn road Temple Mrs. Milner lodge, Bristol road

Owen Miss, Whitcliffe, Stafford place Rodway Mrs. 6 Sydenham terrace Tennant Mrs. Hereford vil. Highbury bl

Owers Edward, Tower ho. Swiss road Rogers Jas. Thos. Colaba, Clevedon rd Theobalds J. R. Cliffansty house,

Page Mrs. Rockleigh, Wilton gardens Rogers Richard, I Ellenborough cres Queen's road

Palmer Jn. Brambridge ho. Boulevard Roper Miss, 8 Oriel terrace Thomas Chas. J. 3 Ellenborough park

Palmer Mrs. Langford vil. Ashcombe rd RosserEdwd.Landscore,Shrubbery wlks Thomas Miss,Cievedon lo.Edinburgh pi

Palmer W. H. IO Boulevard Rossiter Ernest,East Holm,Highbury hl Thomas Mrs. Belgrave, Moorland road

Palmer Thos. I Stafford vil.Clevedon rd Rossiter George Fredk.K.B. Cairo lodge Thomas Mrs. Warwick villa, Milton rd

Parker Edward, Chew ho. Paragon rd Rossiter Joseph, Meridian villa, Moor- Thorley Augustus Joseph, Glanmire,

Parkes Harry Chas.34 Upper Church rd land road White Cross road

Parsons John Burrows, Caledonia villa, Round Oliver Stephen, 2 Atlantic villas Thornhill Mrs. Bea<:onsfield, Stafford rd

Bristol road Roxburgh Robert M. B. x Victoria build- Thurston Mrs. 5 Park villas

PartridgeMrs.Lindore,WalliscoteGro.rd ings, Knightstone road Tilley Thomas, .Addington ho. South rd

Paterson Maj.-Gen. Adrian Bogh, 25 Rudd Mrs. 2 Church villas Todd Wm.Ansall, Warberry hl. Kew rd

South road Russell Miss, Stafford cot. Stafford road Tomkins Rev. Henry Geo. Park lodge,.

Paterson Misses, Glenmore, Stafford pi Salisbury James,Stapleton house, Long- Upper Church road

Patton Mrs. Rockhill, Highbury hill ton Grove road Tomkins Rev. William Smith T.A.K.C.L.

Payne George Charles, Rockleijzh,Mont- Sal1sbury John, u Landemann terrace [vicar of Durston], Bedford villa,

pelier east Salmon Rev. Prebendary Edwd. Art.hur Shrubber•v walks
Pearce Col.St.Leonards,Shrobbery wlb Townsend 1\frs. 9 Atlantic terrace west,
::u:.A. [rector], The Rectory

PemelJJas.Coombe bnk.Shrubbery wlks Sawell Frank Leslie Pownall, The Hos- South road

Perkins Mrs. Glengowan, Stafford pl pital, Alfred street Tozer John Samue~, York. ho. Baker st

41(} WEB'I'ON-SUPER-MARE! SOMERSE'rSiliRE. {KELLY•S

Trener• ry• John Garden• , ~ :aedford villas, Walten John Richard, Langstonil villa, Wilde John, Park house,'Knightstone rd

Gerard road Gerard road · Wilde LeonardLatham,7Glentworth ter

Tripp Miss, Waveney villa, Milton rd Wansbrough Hubert Charles, 3 Linton Wilkinson John, Sunnyside, Boulevard

Tucker John,:Wood ville, Wilton gardns villas, Walliscote road Williams Rev. Arthur, Breane villa,

Tulloh Misses, 5 Park place Ward Fredk. Valde jo vil. Wilton grdns Moorland road
Turner Lient.-Col. Mansfield .T.P. Sid- Ware Charles Stancomb, Almora, Williams Edwd. Ely Rise, Walliscote rd

,• month house, Beach road & Glen Clevedon road Williams Edward, 8 Southbourne ter-
view, Do-wnside, Bath Wame Conway Gould, race, Oxford street
St. Duthus,

Turner Mr8. I Ashford villa, Locking rd Ashcombe road Williams Mrs. St. Brelades, Bristol rd

Turner Mrs. William, Melville lodge, Washboume Miss, 7 Oriel terrace Williamson Mrs. SouthEnd vil.Milton rd

Graham road Weare Geo. Edwd. Penrith vil. Park rd Wills Miss, 4 Cave villas, Hill road

Tutton Mrs. Stiverd house, Beach road Wedmore Sl. Stoneleigh, Arundel cres Wills Miss, Femwood, Bristol road

Tyler Spencer, High street . Welch Miss, Avalon villa, Beach road Wilmot Misses, Belvedere, Beach road

Tyndale Edward Langley, Motcombe Westmacott Mrs. Lyndale, Gerardroad Wilson Mrs. I Conway,vils.Gerard road

villa, Ashc(}mbe road Weston Mrs. Spring villa, Moorland rd Wilson Mrs. I Northfield, Montpelier
Urquhart Rev. John [Baptist], Coombe Whale Mrs. 14 Ellenborough crescent WingAlfd. Geo.2Linton vis. Walliscote ril

house, Coombe road . Wheeler Rev. David M.A. [chaplain to WintleGeorge,Admaston, Arundell cres

Vaughan-Fox Mrs. Newcastle villa, At- Sanatorium], Doonholme, Atlantic Wintle Mrs. Llanthony, Bristol road

lantic road south road south Wolston Miss, Glenfall, South road

Veals Sidney Arthur, Trynmore, Moor- Wheeler Mrs. Westleigh, Montpelier Wolston Rd. Wltr. Glenfall, South road
. land road
White Edmnd. Villa Victoria, Bristol rd Woodforde Rev. .Alexander John B.A.

Vemon Henry, Penallt, Bristol road White Mrs. Littleton lodge, Bristol road Chittagong villa, Shrubbery walks

Vincent Thomas, Lansdown, Upper Whitefield Edgar, The Poplars, Moor- Woodhouse Rev. Walter Webb M.A. x

Church road land road . Trinity ..-illas

Viner Mrs. Etonhurst, Kewstoke road Whitewood lsaac,Sea Lawn ho. Beach rd Wooler Waiter Hermann, The ChAlet,
Wadley Hy. Cremome villa, Clifton rd Whitfield Mrs. Mayfield, Ashcombe rd South road ·

Walker Misses, 7 Park place Whi•well Mark, Summerhill,Shrubbery Wright Chas.Knowsley,Shrubbery' wlks

Walker Mrs. 8 Oriel terrace walks Wright Charles Edward, 27 South road

Wallace John, Kinnaird villa, Cleve- Wickenden Mrs. Myrtle vil. Locking rd Wylie Mrs. Woodfield villa, Bristolroad_

donroad Wickham Mrs. I Victoria quadrant Wyndham Rev. Edmund B.A. Bella-

Wallis Capt. Lewen, Brinsey villa, Wicksteed Francis William Slow, Villa vista, Shrubbery walks

Hill road Rosa, Shrubbery walks Zinzan Mrs. St. Maur, Park road

• COMMERCIAL, Banwell Henry, beer retailer, Meadow street

.Ackland Hannah (Mrs.), lodging house, 30 South road Banwell Jane (Mrs.), shopkeeper, 35 Union street

Adams Hngh, chemist, 75 Meadow street Banwell John, Swan hotel, & wine & spirit mer. Regent at-

Adams Sarah Jane (Mrs.), shopkeeper, Milton road Barber Emma {Mrs.), dress maker, 44 Alma street

Addicott Abraham, builder, Clarendon road Barber Samuel James, china warehouse, I7 Regent street

Addicott Chas. builder &contractqr,2 Ashford vils.Lockingrd Barber William John, draper, 69 Meadow street

Addicott George, lodging house, IO Landemann terrace Barker & Cross, architects, 9 West street

Akerman Thomas, Claremont hotel, Birnbeck road Barnes George, plumber, I7 Anstice terrace

Albert Memorial Night School Industrial Institution & Barnstable Mary (Miss), dress maker, 7 Landemann terrace

Museum, Oxford street Barton Edwd. boarding & day school, Brean villa, Montpelier

AlfordGeo.Emest L.R.C.P.Edin. physician &surgn.sRoyal cres Bateman Albion, boot & shoe maker, 7 Baker street
Allchurch Phrebe (Mrs.), fancy repository, Regent street Bathe Edwin, architect & surveyor, Fern villa, Jubilee road

Alien Samuel, fancy repository, 8 High street Bawden William, watch maker, 37 St. James' street

Alien Thomas, lodging house, IO Beach road Bax Mary Alice (Miss), lodging ho. I Grosvenor, Bimbeck rd

Alsop George, monumental mason, Gerard road Beaumont Boarding House (Waiter Cousins, proprietor),

Amos George, boot & shoe maker, 7 Palmer street first-class position facing the sea, Park place

Amos Philip, grocer, 6 Magdala buildings, Walliscote road Beavan William Waiter, London hotel, High street
BEEDLE WILLIAM HENRY, house furnisher & furnitnr&.
.Andow Charles, plumber, Orchard street

Andrews Caroline (Miss), lodging house, 2 Raglan circus, van proprietor & storer, appraiser, upholsterer & under-

Upper Church road taker, house & estate agent, High street & Regent street;

Ann Thomas, beer retailer, I3 Meadow street -warehouse & storerooms, Great Alfred street
Appleton William Marton, cycle depot, Boulevard • Belcher Mary Jane (Mrs.), lodging house, 9 Landemann ter

Armstrong Miss, ladies' college, Kingsholme Bell Peter & Co. cycle depot (W. E. Boycott, manager),:

Arthur Samuel, milliner, 26 High street Regent street •

Ashby Ann (Mrs.), lodging ho. Esplanade ho. Knightstone rd Bell William, draper, I9 High street •

Assembly Rooms Company (Samuel Edward Baker, sec. ; Bellinge Henry, refreshment rooms, Bimbeck road

James Cross, manager; John Fortt, hall keeper), High st Benfield Charles, stone mason & coal merchant, contractor
Astles & Coombe, Louisa & Emily (Misses), ladies' school, for all kinds of masonry, Bath stone works, Baker street ~

Holywell house, South road Benfield Emma (Mrs.), lodging house, 3 Princes buildings,·

Badman Esau, paperhanger, see Edwards & Badman Kempstone road

Badman Henry, lodging ho. Hempstone vil. Cievedon road Bentall Edwin George, teacher of music, IO Oriel terrace
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Bailey Alfred Henry, decorator, I7 Hill road Bentall Henry, lodging house, 13 Manilla cresceBt

Bailey Edwin Thomas, dairyman, Baker street Best Samuel John Dado, draper, 41 Upper Church road '

Bailey Elizabeth (Mrs.), stay maker, 20 St. James' street Bindon Alfred, lodging ht?. 6 Albert bldngs. Knightstone rd

Bailey Newman, cabinet maker, 20 St. James' street Bishop Francis, grocer, 35 Upper Church road

Bailey William, coal merchant, Alfred street Bishop John, painter, 64 Orchard street •

Bailey William, coal dealer, Baker street ' Blackmore Francis, butcher, IS West street

Baker, Son, James & Reed, solicitors, Waterloo street Blundell William, surgeon, 6 South parade

Baker Albert, cab proprietor, 44 Alma street Board William Alfred, hair dresser, 34 St. James' street

Baker Alfred, draper, 90 High street Booker Wm. clerical, ladies' & gentlemen's tailor, livery&·

Baker Caroline(Mrs. ),lessee of public weighbridge,Ansticeter breeches ma. indian &colonial outfits, Walliscote Grove rd

Baker Edward, corn dealer, Anstice terrace ·- ·• •\ Boone Hannah (Miss), lodging house, Brynhelag, Boulevard

Baker Edward, jun. coal & corn dealer, 27 Orchard street Boston E. T. architect & surveyor, Elm view, Arundel road

Baker Emest E. F.S.A. (fim1, Baker, Son, James & Reed), Boswell Henry John, lodging ho. Portland house, Beach rd

solicitor, commissioner & notary public, Waterloo street Boulton Elizabeth (Mrs·.), lodging house, St. Heliers, Beach rd

Baker George, cab proprietor, I4 Wadham street Bowen William, fruiterer, Boulevard

Baker Levi, cab proprietor & shopkeeper, 2I Alfred street Boycott Elizabeth (Mrs.), lodging house, 5 South terrace

Baker Samuel Edward (firm, Baker, Son, James & Reed), Brewer John Wm: Coles, boarding ho. 9 Claremont crescent

solicitor, commissioner to administer oaths, secretary to Brice Ellen (Mrs.), lodging house, 9 Royal crescent

. Weston-super-Mare Pier Co. Assembly Rooms Co. Limited Brice William Henry, grocer, 66 Meadow street

& Masonic Hall Co. Limited, Waterloo street Brimble Frederick, shopkeeper, Drove road

Baker Thomas, lodging house, Pyrgo villa, Clevedon road Bristol Medical Mission Convalescent Home (Miss Moisson-

Baker Thomas Henry; cab proprietor, 34 Montpelier road nier, matron), Middleton, Beach road ·

Baker Tho~. Shiles, lodging ho. Glenlee, Walliscote Grove rd Britton Thomas,-lodging house, I3 Wadham street

Ball George Stepben, pharmaceutical chemist, I Albert ter Broad Eliza Mason (Miss), boarding house, Claremont house

Ball James, cab proprietor, Aster house, Baker street & Bimbeck road .

Ball Jane (Miss), lodging house, 13 Park place Brockhurst Annie (Mrs.), · registry office for servants,
Ball Richard, fly proprietor; Palmer street .
- Gerard house, Gerard road
Banwell Alfred, .Alexandra hotel, Alfred street
Brook Hugh, lodging house, 2 Regent street ' ''

DIREGrORY.) · SOMERSETSHIRE. WESTON-SUPER.:.MARE. 411

Brook William Henry, dairyman, 26 Locking road ' Collard David, plumber &e. 24 Meadow street · ,

Brooker Isabella (Mrs.), carver & gilder, IO Regent street Collard John, baker, I Newland terrace, Drove road

Brooks Thomas, fly proprietor & coal dealer, 4 Palmer st College (The) (Edward Smith Nunn M.A., LL.D. principal

Brooks Willia.m, nurseryman, seedsman & florist; cnt flowers, & head master), Walliscote road

bouquets, wreaths, plants &c. White Cross nurseries, Collings James & Son, boot & shoe makers, 41 High street

Walliscote road Collins Arth. Elletson c.E.surveyor to local board, 'fown hall

Broomfield Francis William, butcher, 38 Meadow street Collins Edward, greengrocer, 32 St. James' street

Broster Alfred M.D. physician, St. Albans, Arundell crescent Collins John, cab proprietor, Oxford street

Brounette Selina. (Mrs.), dress maker, 4 Wooller road , Corner George, stone mason, Lyn villa, Hill road

Brown Brothers, grocers, 31 High street Comfort Frederick George, young gentlemen's school,Lewis-

Brown Peter, lodging house, 6 Boulevard ham house, Coombe road

Browning John, cab propr. Florence vil. White Cross road Commerdal Cable Co. (Frederick Ward, supt. ), Richmond st

Bruton & Co. music warehouse, 7 High street Cook Henry Hine, fancy draper, 23 St. James' street

Bryan Henry, boot maker, 25 High street Cook William, shopkeeper, Moorland road

Bryant Edwin, builder, Ellerslie, Beach road Cooke John, house decorator, II Boulevard

Bryant Jonas, ironmonger, 82 Meadow street Cooksley George, cabinet maker, 5 Orchard place

Bryant Thomas William, ironmonger, 58 Regent street Coombes George, William, confectioner, Baker street

Buck Eliza. (Mrs.), lodging house, 37 Carlton street Coombs Mary(Mrs. ),ldgng ho.8 Raglan circus, Up. Church rd

Buckle Joseph, lodging house, I4 Oriel terrace Coome Wesley Hebden, grocer, 28 Birnbeck road

Bull Mary (Miss), school for young gentlemen, 2 Conway Cooper James, lodging hou!le, 2 & 3 Oriel terrace

villas, Gerard road Cornish Charles, coal merchant, 17 West street

Burcham Charles & Sons, hosiers & hatters, 33 High street Cornish Mary Ann (Mrs.), fruiterer, I7 West street

Burford Francis, boot & shoe dealer, 9 West street Corp Henry, lodging house, I9 Beach road

Burrough Elizh. (Mrs.), dining rms. see Turner & Burrough Couch Edwin, pawnbroker & outfitter, IO St. James' street

Burroughs Benjamin Power Beames, surgeon, 3 Raglan Coulsting Georgc Davey, fancy repository, 24 High street

circus, Upper Church street County Boarding Establishment (Henry George Earp, pro-

Burt James, tailor, Mirfield villa, Clevedon road prietor), within ten minutes' walk of the railway station,

Bnrt William, tailor, Pembroke villa, Jubilee road excellent sea view, private rooms, table d'hote, Knight-

Bush Stephen, lodging house, 5 Southbourne ter. Oxford st stone road

Buston Jn. Thos. lodging ho. Holme View house, Beach rd County Co-operative Drug Co. (Albert Tovey, manager),

Butt Hent>y, manager to Somerset Trading Co. 2 Magdala chemist & druggists, 62 High street

buildings, Walliscote road County Court (His Honor W. J. Metcalfe, judge; H. Fin-

Button Seward, agent to Prudential Assurance Co. I 3 East rd den Davies, registrar

Calver & Co. tailors, hatters, hosiers & general outfitters, 67 County Police Station (William Dicks, sergeant), Oxford st

High street & 79 Meadow street Court William, Victoria hotel, Regent street

Cann Herman, confectioner, & post office, 36 Upper Church Cousins Waiter, boarding house (first-class position facing

road & Locking road the sea), Beaumont Boarding house

Capell Jas. Partridge M.A.solictr.Boulevard chmbrs.Boulevrd Cox Bros. monumental sculptors, Boulevard & at Clevedon

Carey Robert, grocer, 49 Palmer street Cox .Alfred, marine store dealer, 43 Union street

Carpenter Wm. mineral water manufacturer, 27 Carlton st. Cox Benjamin, hon. librarian to the Free Library, I Hope

Carr James Bonwell, chemist & druggist, 37 High street villas, Anstice terrace ·

Cashell Eliza (Miss), dining rooms, nA, Meadow street Cox Charlotte (Miss), lodging house, 4 Greenfield place

Castle Coffee House (George Godby, manager), Castle st Cox Waiter Adolphus, lodging house, 3 Queens terrace

Cavill Sarah (Miss), dress maker, Chestnut vil. Locking rd Cox Thomas(firm,Cox.Bros. ),monumental sculptr.Boulevard

Challenger Jas. supt. Prudential Assurance Co. Locking rd Craig Matilda (Mrs.), lodging house, 9 Beach road

Chalmers Thos. Hy. lodging ho. 2 Aline vils. White Cross rd Crease Frank, boot & shoe maker, 17 Burlington street

Chamberlain Albert William, plasterer, 36 Palmer street Croker Elizh. (Miss), lodging ho. 4 Park pl. Knightstone rd

Chamberlain Edwin James, Prince of Wales P.H. Anstice ter Crook Annie (Mrs.), day school, I Seavington ter.Wooller rd

Chamberlain James, grocer, Palmer street Crook William, shoe maker, 12 Oxford street

Champeny George, grocer, 17 Locking road Cross Alfred William Stephens, architect (firm, Barker &

Chandler MaryMaria (Mrs.), lodging house, 3 Paragon road Cross), 9 West street

Channing Harry, baker, 34 Alfred street Cross Edwd. tobacconist & news agent, 20 & 21 Meadow st

Chapman .Arthur, confectioner, II Waterloo street Cross Henry, shoe maker, 61 Alfred street

Chapman Ralph, solicitor, perpetual commissioner, corn- Cross James, bookseller, stationer, printer, bookbinder &

missioner to administer oaths & affidavits, & agent for news agent, library supplied frorn Mudie's, High street

Atlas Fire & Life Assurance Co. 3 Grove road Crundall Rosa (Miss), preparatory schools, see Viner &

Chase Jane (Mrs.), lodging house, 2 Trinity villas Crnndall, Etonhurst, Kewstoke road

Chidgey Alexander, cabinet maker, Longton Grove road Cull Jane (Miss), lodging house, 5 Boulevard

Chivers James, pork butcher, 24 Regent street Cunningham John Edwd. tailor, hosier & hatter, 88 High st

Churchill Stuart Henry, lodging house, 4 Paragon road Curry Henry, shoe maker, 17 Meadow street

Clapp Thomas Charles, fishmonger, I9 St. James' street Curtis John Pittman, manufacturing ironmonger, iron mer-

Clarence Park (Waiter Adams, keeper), Walliscote road chant, electroplate agent & china. merchant, 32 High st

Clark Charles, greengrocer, 9 St. James' street Curtis Samuel Henry, carpenter, Orchard street ·

Clark Georgina (Miss), dress maker, Candahar villa, Wallis- Dale William, chemist, 76 Meadow street

cote Grove road Da.ley Frederick, cab propr. 6 Southbourne ter. Oxford st

Clark Isaiah, carriage builder, Oxford street Dance Jas. Hy. lodging ho. 7 Princes bldgs. Knightstone rd

Clark Maria (Mrs.), lodging house, 3 Manilla crescent Dance Sarah (Miss), lodg. ho.7 Raglan circus, Up. Church rd

Clark Samuel, painter & lodging house, 4 Albert buildings, Darby William, professor of music, Wilton ho. Wilton gardns

Knightstone road Dare & Frampton, proprietors of the "Weston Mercury &

Clark Thomas, plumber, Orchard street Somersetshire Herald," Boulevard. See advertisement

Clarke & Harding Emily & Charlotte (Misses), lodging Dart Esther (Mrs. ),lodging ho. 2 Albert bldgs,Knightstone rd

house, I Albert buildings, Knightstone road Dart Richard John, riding master, Grove Model mews; re-

Clarke Annie (Mrs.), midwife, Clifton villa, Ashcombe road sidence, 2 Albert buildings

Clarke Frederick, greengrocer, 36 St. James' street Dashwood Henry, lodging house, I5 Beach road

Clarke Henry, lodging house, 7 Manilla crescen1l Daunton Edward Arthur, pony carriage proprietor, Ranns-
Clarke John, ~eengrocer, Little Carleton street
hill, Ashcombe road ·

Clarke John, Jun. shopkeeper, 27 Little Carleton street Davey James, boot & shoe maker, 6 York street

Clay Thos. lodging ho. I2 Raglan circus, Upper Church rd Davies Brothers, bookseller, stationers, pianoforte dealers &

Clements Ephraim, hosier & boot dealer, I Baker street photographers, publishers of the" Monthly Guide," Train

Close Tbos. lodging ho. 5 Princes buildings, Knightstone rd & Tide book, agents for the Phrenix Fire, 14 High street

Clothier George, cabinet maker, Waterloo street Davies H. Finden, solicitot", commissioner for administering

Cochran Homreopathic Dispensary (John Wilde L.R.C.P.Edin. oaths, clerk to the burial board, see. to Gas Co. & regi-

medical officer), 22 Anstice terrace strar to county court, County Court·office, High street

Cocks Mary (Miss), lodging house, I9 Claremont crescent Davis Abraham, upholsterer, cabinet maker & undertaker,

Cogle Thomas, purveyor of meat & farmer, 23 West street 29 High street

Cole James Shipway, dairyman, Boulevard Davis Charles, lodging house, 8 Park pla.ce

Coles & Son, greengrocers & fishmongers, High street DaviesFanny (Mrs.), lodging ho. I Royal villas, Birnbeck rd

Coles Albert James, rope & twine dealer,. 17 St. James' st Davis Mary (Mrs.), lodging house, 6 Manilla crescent

Coles Lucy (Mrs.), lodging ho. Landemann ho. Boulevard Day Carolina (Miss), shopkeeper, 68 George street

Coles Samuel, cab proprietor, Clifton road Day Frank Ernest, registrar of births & deaths, relieving &

Coles Thomas, potato dealer, 84 Alfred street ·· vaccination officer No. 1 district, Axbridge union, 2 Ea$

Coles William, coal merchant, 43 Orchard street ville, Swiss road .. .. ,

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Day Charles, boot & shoe maker, 2 Atlantic cottage Gabriel Waiter Edward, manufacturer of venetian & every

Day James, coal dealer, Carlton street description of inside & outside blinds, cabinet maker,

Day Maria (Miss)1 lodging house, 8 Beach road upholsterer & general house furnisher, undertaking in all
Day Mary (Mrs.), lodging house, 4 Beach road its branches, a large stock of perambulators & invalid

Day (Mrs.), deputy registrar of birth &deaths, 2 East ville, wheel chairs for hire, felt weather strip, agent for exclud-

Swiss road ing draughts from doors &windows, testimonials supplied,

Debenham & Co. photographers (branch), Knightstone road \Vestern Cabinet works, Orchard street

Denning Edwin Robert, Bristol hotel, & butcher, Locking rd Gamlin Walter, lodging house, Dudley villa, Beach road

Devonshire & Somersetshire Engineers (1st) (H Co. ), (Capt. Gardner Edward, fly proprietor, Claremont mews

Edward Smith Nunn; G. B. Fraser, surgeon), Drill ball, Gargett Frederick Thomas, oil, color & glass merchant,

Great George street London house, Meadow street

Dew Edwd. Thrissell L.n.s.Irel. surgeon dentist, 6 South par Gater Ambrose Edward, glass & china warehouse, Meadow st

Dibble Edwin, lodging house, 8 Sydenham terrace George Charles, shoe maker, 27 Regent street

Dickeson Annie (Mrs.), lodging house, 3 Victoria terrace, George Fredk. David,confectionr.BelleVue restaurant, High st

Boulevard Gibb Sarah (Mrs.), Claremont vaults, Birnbeck road

Dicks Wm. sergeant of police,County Police station,Oxford st Gibbons E. H. & Co. cabinet makers, upholsterers, carpet

Dix Josephus Waiter, tobacconist, 59 Regent street & curtain factors, house furnishers &removal contractors,

Dixon Cat.herine (Miss), boys' schl. Sydney ho.Edinburgh pl Cavendish house, Waterloo street

Dobson Benjamin, watch &clock maker, jeweller & optician, Gibbs Hy. boot & shoe ma. 7 Magdala buildgs. Walliscote rd

76A, Meadow street Gibbs Levi, carpenter, 23 Palmer street

Dommett John, fly proprietor, Upper Church road Gibbs Richd. Wills, family draper, silk mercer &undertaker,

Dommett Thomas, lodging house, 17 Wadham street & deputy registrar of marriages, High street. & Regent st

Donning Harriet (Miss), lodging house, >17 Claremont cres Gibson Sarah (Mrs.), fancy repository, 11 Regent street

Dowden William, fly proprietor, Orchard street Giles Annie (Mrs.), lodging house, 4 Royal terrace

Dowding Mary Ann (Mrs.), lodging house, 6 Southbourne Gill & lngram, plumbers & decorators, High street

terrace, Oxford street Gill Clara (Mrs.), lodging house, 9 Walliscote road

Downey Caroline (Miss), lodging ho. Blenheim vil. Neva rd Gill Frank, bookbinder &secondhand bookseller,42 Oxford st

Drew Annie (Miss), lodging ho. Sutherland ho. Birnbeck rd Gill Jsph. Bristol & Exeter inn, & lodging ho. 20 Oxford st

Drew Elizabeth (Miss), lodging ho. High clere, Kewstoke rd Gill Syndonia (Mrs.), lodging house, Westbury house,

Duckett Frank, grocer &c. 12 Alfred street Longton Grove road

Duckworth Robert Fagan, school for young gentlemen, St. Gillard Wm. Eawin, naturalist,Lansdown vil. Up. Church rd

Peter's school, South road · Gillett Walter, lodging house, 9 Oriel terrace

Dunk John, stone sawyer, 83 Alfred street Gillham Louisa (Mrs.), lodging house, 2 & 3 Claremont cres

Durston Frederick Sidney Masters, lodging house, Capern Glass Martha (Mrs.), dining rooms, 6g Regent street

villa, Clevedon road Glossop Francis Burdett, coal merchant, Locking road

Durston William, baker, 58 Meadow street Gloucestershire (Gloucester & Somerset) Artillery Volunteers

Dyer Elizabeth (Mrs.), lodging house, 6<) Bristol road (1st) (No. 11 Battery) (Capt. W. M. Webb)

Dyet Henry, shopkeeper, 68 Meadow street Glover John, fancy draper, 36 Regent street

Dyer Jane (Mrs.), lodging house, Allandale, Gerard road Godby George, coffee tavern, Union street

Dyer William, farmer, Manor farm &land agent, Ashcombe Godby Sophia (Mrs.), shopkeeper, 21 Little Carlton street

Dykes Job, lodging house, 48 Upper Church road Goodall L<>t, fly proprietor, 18 Wadham street

Eacott Sarah (Mrs.), lodging house, 75 Bristol road Gore William, beer retailer, 25 St. James' street

Eadie Oliver, lodging house, 3 Alexander parade Gough Frederick, machinist, Palmer street

Early George Arthur, private school, Lansdowne villa, Gould James, pork butcher, 14 Waterloo street

White Cross road Gould Thomas, haulier, Swiss road

Earp Hy.Geo.CountyBoarding establishment,Knightstone rd Government School of Art (W. H. Wooler, hon. sec.),

Eastman's Limited, butchers (branch), 35 Regent street Boulevard

Edward Sylvester, coal merchant, 12 Orchard street Govier Waiter, fruiterer & fishmonger, 16 Waterloo street

Edwards & Badman, paperhanger &c. 54 Meadow street Graing Charles, jobbing gardener, 8 Baker street

Edwards Brothers, photographers, 3 Sydenham terrace Grand Atlantic Hotel (Miss Preece, manageress), Beach rd

Edwards Chas. station master, The Meadows, Ashcombe rd Green John, lodging house, 2 Carlton villas, Carlton street

Edwards Edward, lodging house, Corfield ho. Birnbeck road Green Mary (Mrs.), lodging house, 3 Victoria buildings,

Edwards Elizh. Talbot(Miss),lodging house, 10 Manilla cres Knightstone road

Ekins Sarah (Mrs.}, confectioner, 6 Bristol road Greenland James, butcher, 3 High street

Ellis Eliza (Mrs.), lodging ho. 7 Atlantic ter. west, South rd Greenslade Frederick, watch maker, jeweller & specialist

Elmer Richard Edward, perfumer, Io Waterloo street for complicated spectacles, inventor of bi-focal cylindrical

Emery Louisa (Mrs.), boys' school, 4 Montpelier terrace spectacles, 59 High street

Escott Ida (Miss), lodging ho. 5 Greentield pl.Knightstone rd Greenway Edwin William, bookseller & stationer, 3 West st

Eustace Ed ward M.D. surgeon, Walliscote lodge,Walliscote rd Gregory Elizh. (Mrs.), lodging ho. 1 Wycliffe, Birnbeck rd

Eustace James, boot & shoe maker, 67 Meadow street Gregory James, lodging house, 2 Wycliffe, Birnbeck road

Evans William Cox, lodging house, 71 Bristol road Gregory Mrs. preparatory1 school for young gentlemen,

Fanconi - , confectioner, 14 Regent street Fairleigh, Bristol road

Fear Charles, shopkeeper, 86 Meadow street Gregory Susan (Mrs.), lodging house, 1 Prince's buildings,

Fear Charles, gardener at the Sanatorium, Moorland road Knightstone road

Fear Harry, coach builder, Orchard st. & 3 Queen's terrace Griffith Samuel, pharmaceutical chemist, 35 High street

Fear Joseph, boot & shoe maker, Church villa, East road Griffiths Margaret (Mrs.), lodging house, 5 Royal terrace

Fear Richard, builder, Batley villa, Clevedon road Grintield Charles M.D. physician, Windsor vil. Ellenboro' pk
Fearncombe Joseph John, hair dresser, 30 Regent street
Grove William, tobacconist, so Regent street

Fender Mary Ellen (Miss), preparatory school, 6 Arundel Gullick Mary Ann (Mrs.), dress maker, 2r Anstice terrace

terrace, Coombe road Gullick Thomas, lodging house, 5 Highbury hill

Filer William, baker & confectioner, 28 Regent street GuUick Wm. Albert, greengrocer, 21 Upper Church road

Fisher Henry Edward, shopkeeper, 9 Baker street Gwillam George, lodging house, 2 Elm villas, Stafford road

Flew Bessie (Miss), dress maker, Devon cottage, Jubilee rd Haddon Samuel, hosier & shirt maker, 19 West street

Fluke Emma Frances (Miss), lodging ho. 8 Manilla crescent Hall Edwin, pharm. chemist &reg. of marriages, 17 High st

Folland Henry, nurseryman, Knightstone road Ham William, sanitary & water works plumber, gasfitter,

Ford Dorcas (Mrs.), temperance hotel, I Magdala buildings, glazier &c. J ames' street

Walliscote road Hamon M. E. (Mrs.), ladies' boarding & day school, 4

Foster Mary Selina (Miss), fancy repository, 11 Oxford st Landemann terrace

Fowle Alfred, florist, 5 Magdala buildings, Walliscote road Hancock Elizabeth Mary (Miss), lodging ho. 73 Bristol road

Jt'ox Fowler Co. (branch) (George Baker Carter, manager), Hands John, lodging house, Clare villa,Walliscote Grove rd

High street; draw on Barclay, Bevan & Co. London EC Hands John, lodging house, Westbury villa, Wilton gardens

Fox George, ironmonger, 30 High street Handy & Son, bill posters, Palmer street

Frampton William Bryant, newspaper proprietor, see Dare Handy George, coal dealer, 43 Palmer street

& Frampton Handy Stephen, lodging house, Rugby villa, Clevedon road

l''rancis Solomon, private hotel, Weston house, Birnbeck rd Hannaford & Co. confectioners, 63 Regent street

Franklin Albert, lodging house, Sunny side, Clevedon road Hans Price & Wooler, architects & surveyors, Waterloo st

Fraser Graeme Bisdee, surgeon, Belvedere house, Beach rd Harding Henry & Son, ironmongers & chimney sweepers~

Freke Sarah Ann (Mrs.), lodging house, 3 Victoria build- 57 Meadow street
ings, Knightstone road
Hardidge Mary (Mrs.), lodging house, 6 Raglan circus,

Fry Ellen (Mrs.), lodging house, IoA, Beach road Upper Churchyard

Fry William, monumental sculptor in marble, granite & Hardidge Matilda (Mrs.), lodging house, 2 Manilla crescent
other stone, Orchard st. ; office & show rooms, Locking :~;d Hardidge William Henry, cabinet maker, 43 Up. Church rd

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Harding Ghristopher Henry, shopkeeper, 25 Carlton street Hurman James, shopkeeper, 28 Alfred street

-Harding David, chimney sweeper, n Orchard place Hurst Frederic James,auctioneer & house agt.15 Waterloo st

Harding Edward, chimney sweep, 82 Alfred street Hutchings Grace (Mrs.), fancy repository, 45 High street

Harding Sarah (Miss), lodging house, 4 South parade Hutchings William, gasfitter, Baker street

Harraway Charles, broker, 14 St. James' street Hydon Mary Ann (Mrs.), lodging house, I Royal terrace

Harris Albert, •milk seller, 2 Hrockley place Hyssett Harry (firm, J. R. Waiters & Co.), newspaper pro-

Harris Charles Henry, grocer, Boulevard prietor, Market place

Harris Henry, painter & decorator, Orchard street Iles Elizabeth & Hannah (Misses), lodging ho. 2 Royal cres

Harris Henry James, grocer &c. 24 Alfred street Imperial Family hotel (John Rubie, propr. ), South parade

Harris Job, lodging house, 4 South terrace IngramHarriet(Miss),lodg.ho.2Victoria bdgs.Knightstonerd

Harris John, butcher, Io Meadow street Ingram Harry, decorator, see Gill & Ingram • ·

Harris John, lodging house, I3 Anstice terrace James Ann (Mrs.), fancy draper, 84 & 85 High street

Harris Martha (Miss), dining rooms, 29 Regent street James Charles, shell fish dealer, 2 Meadow street

Harris Mary (:Mrs. ),lodging ho. I Raglan cir. Up.Church rd James Mary (Miss), lodging house, 6 Greenfield place

HarrisMaryAnn(Mrs. ),lodging house, 12 Claremont crescent JamtlB William Herbert, solicitor & commissioner, see

Harris Thomas, house decorator, 35 Alma street Baker, Son, James & Reed

Harse Henry John, saddler, 2 Orchard place Jarvis Jane (Miss), lodging house, see Keen & Jarvis

Harse John, butcher, 40 St. James street Jefferies D. & Son, fishmongers & fruiterers, West street

Harse Joseph, butcher, 35 Meadow street Jefferies T. & Son, boot & ehoe maker, 3 Orchard street

Harvey I<'rank Luscombe, general builder, house decorator & Jenkins John B.A. army & civil service tutor, Hazelcroft,

coal & wood merchant, 8 Waterloo street Albert quadraut ·

Harvey Mary (Miss), lodging house, 70 South road Johnson Annie (Mrs.), laundress, Moorland road

Harvey Saml. lodging ho. 8 Albert buildings,Knightstone rd Johnson Thomas Edward, cab proprietor, 37 Alma street

Harvey Saml. Edwd. grocer & provision dlr. 8 Waterloo st Jones Thomas & Co. general drapers, High street

Hase John, cab proprietor, Gordon villa, White Cross road Jones Alfred, beer retailer, Orchard street

Hase William, greengrocer, 73 Meadow street Jones Charles H. G. bookseller, Oxford street

Haslehurst John, jeweller, 28 Regent street Jones Edward, fly proprietor, 7 Hopkins street

Hatt Annie & Eliza (Misses), art needlework depot,I8High st Jones Mary (Miss), lodging house, 2 South terrace

Hauser Francis Louis, Plough hotel, 53 High street Jones Sydney, tailor, 54 Regent street

Hawkins Fanny Olinthia (Mrs.), glass & earthenware ware- Jones William Henry, boot maker, 69 Orchard street

house, 70 & 7t Meadow street Jones William Waiter, carpenter, I Brockley place

Hawkins George, baker, I3 Orchard street Keep & Jarvis (Mrs.), lodging house, 3 Royal crescent

Hawkins William Alfred, lodging house, I6 Locking road Keeping & Kerslake, photographers, 62 Regent street

Hayden George, shopkeeper, 5 Union street Keller Annie (Mrs.), lodging house, 3 Royal terrace

Hayes Joseph, shopkeeper, 52 Meadow street Kelson Susan (Miss), milliner, Waterloo street

Hayes William, chimney sweeper, Little Carlton street Kenrick Charles, inland rev. officer, Hope vil. Walliscote rd

Hayman & Little, of Bristol, dentists (attend monday & Kerslake Thomas, photographer, see Keeping & Kerslake

wednesday), 3 South parade Kift George, dining rooms, & cab proprietor, 9 Regent st

Haynes William, builder, Locking road King Hubert John, confectioner, r6 West street

Haywood Louisa (Mrs.), lodging house, I6 Beach road King Mary (Mrs.), lodging house, I3 St. James street

Healey Elizh. (Mrs.), lodging ho. Arlington ho.Richmond st King R. S. grocer, 65 High street

Hepper Fras.I(Mrs. ), lodging ho. Aston villa, Walliscote rd Kirkbride James, Bath Arms P.H. Alfred street

Hewer Ann (Mrs.), lodging house, 5 Sydenham terrace Kirkbride William, furrier, ladies' & children's costumier &

Heywood John Henry, cabinet maker, Orchard street milliner, hosier, glover & fancy draper, 66 High street

Heywood Thomas, furniture dealer, 5 Alfred street Kitchen Albert, lodging house, 2 Danube villas, Boulevard

Higley James, builder, Hopkins street Kitchen Benjamin, lodging house, Kew villa, Ashcombe road

Hignell Agnes Maud & Mary Elizabeth (Misses), lodging Kitchen Rhoda (Mrs.), dress maker, 9 Alma street

house, 9 Raglan circus, Upper Church road Knight Francis Alfd. gentlemen's schl. Bryumelyn,Bristol rd

Hill & Waiters (Miss Eliza & Miss Margaret), lodging house, Knight John, carpenter, 3 South parade

7 Victoria buildings, Knightstone road Knight Sophia (Mrs.), lodging house, 3 South parade

Hill Charlotte (Mrs.), shopkeeper, I5 Hopkins street Knightstone Baths (Charles Gritliths, manager),Knightstone

Hill Emma(Miss),lodging ho.4Atlantic ter.west, South road Knott John, provision dealer, 86 Meadow street

Hill Mary (Miss), lodging ho. 6 Princes bldgs.Knightstone rd Lalonde Bros. furniture van propr. & ho.furnishers,2 High st

Hill Richard, upholsterer, 44 Oxford street Lalonde Alfred, tobacconist, 32 Regent street

Hill Rowland, lodging house, 7 Greenfield place Lalonde Emile Gustave (firm, Norton, Son & Lalonde),

Hillman William & Sons, ironfounders, engineers, general auctioneer, West street; res. I Arundell terrace

smiths, gasfitters, bellhangers & locksmiths, Richmond st Lane Edwin, provision dealer, 4I Oxford street

Jiillman Henry, inspector of nuisances to improvement com- Lang George, lodging house, Apsley villa, Locking road

missioners, Beach road Lausley William, lodging house, 15 Wadham street

Hillman William, draper, 21 West street Lassman John, hair dresser, 26 St. James' street

Hiscock John, greengrocer, I5 Orchard street LaurenceEdward(Mrs.),lodg.ho.3Southbourne ter.Oxford st

llitchins Charles Vernon, surgeon & medical officer & public Lawrence Brothers, booksellers, stationers, publishers,

vaccinator, No. 3 dist. Axbridge union & medical officer printers, bookbinders, engravers, news agents, circulating

of health for Weston-super-Mare, !admiralty surgeon & library, supplied from Mudie's, publishers of the popular

agent & certifying factory surgeon, Wyndham villas, Con- penny & sixpenny guide, 28 High street

naught place LawrenceGeo.house decorator,s Magdala bldgs.Walliscote rd

Robbs Jane (Mrs.), lodging house, 29 Upper Church road Lawrence Geo.(Mrs.),milliner,sMagdala bldg!!. Walliscote rd

Hodges & Co. boot & shoe makers, 47 Regent street Laver Samuel, dairyman, 6 Meadow street

!lodges Albt. lodging ho. Montrose villa,LongtonGrove road Lawrence Edward, butcher, 55 High street

Hodges Job, Cavendish inn, & cab proprietor, Regent street Leach Emma (Mrs.), lodging house, 72 Bristol road

Hodges Samuel, boot maker, see Hodges & Co Leaver James John, ironmonger, 87 Meadow street

lloldgate Eliza Maria (Miss), berlin repository, 94 High st Lee Alfred, lodging house, The Nidus, Walliscote Grove rd

1Iolloway Eliza Jane (Mrs.), dressmaker,n Wadham street Lee Annie (Mrs.), lodging house, 6 Landemann terrace

HollowayMaryJane(Mrs.) ,lodg. ho. Ebenezer ho.Walliscote rd Lee Susan (Mrs.), boarding & day school, Benhall, Milton rd

Holway Geo. Hy. commercial travlr. 2 Glenthorne, East rd Leech Charles Samuel, architect, Boulevard

Home for Ladies of Small Means (Rev. Thomas Allen, LeggeJoshua,lodging house, I Albert bldgs. Knightstone rd

proprietor), Charmouth villa, Quarry road Leigh & Phillips, Christina & Elizabeth (Misses), lodging

Hopton William, lodging ho. Dorset villa, Walliscote Grove rd house, 5 South road

Hopwood Robert, photographer, Grove road Lemon George, lodging house, Burton villa, Swiss road

Bornett & Masters; fancy repository, 64 Regent street Letherbe William, tobacconist, 54 High street

Hornett Frank, lodging house, 3 Regent street Lever James, stationer & bookseller, 47 High street

Horstmann Henry, watch maker, 14 West street Lever William, bookseller & stationer, 21 Regent street

Howell Henry, jobbing gardener, Prymont villa,Walliscote rd Lewis George, hair dresser, 54 High street

Hucker William, farmer, Moorland Road farm Lewis Sydney, wine mer. agent for W. & A. Gilbey, wine &

.Humphries Elizabeth (Miss), lodging house, 67 Bristol road spirit mers. & J. A. Devenish & Co. brewers, 68 High st

.Hunt Charles,gentlemen's school,Dunfermline,Arundell cres Lilley Geo. Trice, solicitor, Beachfield villas,Knightstone rd

liunt George, lodging house, 26 Anstice terrace Lilley Thomas,lodging house, Beachfield viis. Knightstone rd

Huntley Arthur, ironmonger, 31 Regent street • Lines Robert, coffee house, Alexander parade

1Iuntley Ernest George, confectioner, 72 High street Linton Thomas, lodging house, 68 South road ·.

Huntley William Carey, general dealer, Locking road Littley Lily & Lacy (Misses), dress makers, Baymead, Long-

Hurle Eliza (Mrs.), day school, Alfred street · ston Grove road •·

Hurle Sarah (Miss), fancy repository, 5 Waterloo street Lloyd Samuel, lodging house, Atlantic ter. west, South rd

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Louch Samuel, saddler, 25 Regent street Palmer William Rufus, decorator, 25 Meadow street

Lovell Mary (Mrs.), confectioner, 2 Longton Grove road Panes John, accountant, & accountant to the Gas Light Co.

Loverdo Edith (Mrs.), lodging house, 67 South road Southbourne terrace, 3I Oxford street

Lutley Thomas, Forresters inn, Anstice terrace Parker Charles, beer retailer, Orchard street

Lye Edward Jas. builder & contrctr.Esperenza, Clevedon rd Parker Henry, shopkeeper, Orchard street

Lyne Sarah (Mrs.), fancy repository, 45 O:dordstreet Parker Samuel, lodging house, 25 Anstice terrace

Lyne William, lodging house, Walsley villa, Baker street Parsons Ann (Mrs.), shopkeeper, 58 Alfred street

Macfarlane & Co. wine, spirit, ale & stout merchants & im- Parsons Elizabeth (Mrs.), lodging house, 5 Manilla crescent

porters of foreign cigars, I Beach road Parsons Mary (Miss), lodging house, 52 Upper Church road

Macfarlane Thomas Ernest,wine merchant (firm, Macfarlane Parsons Susan T. (Mrs.), lodging house, I Claremont cres

& Co. ), I Beach road Partridge Thomas, lodging house, Stratton house, South rd

Manners Jt'rederick, lodging ho. Westwood vil. Clevedon rd Pavey Edward, town crier, Albert Memorial cottage

Manning Joseph, grocer, 6 St. James' street Payne Stephen James, leather cutter, 28 St. James' street

Manor Estate Offices, I Sydenham terrace Payne William, family grocer, ale & porter & wine & spirit

Mapstone George William, Britannia inn, 6 High street merchant, bottler of the celebrated Amber ales, & agent

Marhe Jessie, printer & bookbinder, I4 Oxford street for Anglo-Bavarian Brewery Co. 20 West street & 10

Marine Lake Co. ; offices, Boulevard Wadham street. See advertisement

Market House (George Read, collector), High street Payne William, tailor, Orchard street

Marriott & James, Mary & Eliza (Misses), lodging house, I Pearce Elizabeth (Mrs.), coffee house, Anstice terrace

Park place, Knightstone road Pemberton James, grocer, Locking road

Marshall James, lodging ho. Leamington vil. Ashcombe rd Perham John, lodging house, 3 Brockley place

Marshall Timothy, fly proprietor, 68 Bristol road Perkins Eliza (Mrs.), lodging ho. I Beaufort vils Birnbeck rd

Marshall William, decorator, Granville villa, Jubilee road Perkins Mary (Mrs.) ,lodging ho. x .Alpine viis. White Cross rd

Martin Edwd. Fuller M.B. surg. Victoria ho. Knightstone rd Perrett Ellen Emma (Miss), dress maker, Burdwan, Long-

Martin Ruth (Mrs.), lodging house, 12 Manilla crescent ton Grove road

Masonic Hall ( Weston-super-Mare Masonic Hall Co. Limited, Perrett George Henry, baker, 6I High street

proprietors ; Samuel Edward Baker, sec.), Hall, Boule- Perrett Thomas John, boot maker, West street

vard ; office, Waterloo street Perrett Wm. Edwd. watch ma. 73 High st. & So Meadowst

MASTERS &. SON, auctioneers, valuers, estate agents, Perrett William Ellen, collector of poor rat~ & Queen's

life & fire insurance agents, agents for Royal Mail taxes, Queen villa, Neva road

steamships lines to Australia, Canada, New Zealand, The Perry Henry, timber merchnt. 9 Southbourne ter. Oxford st

Cape & United States &c Perry Rowland, contractor, house & estate agent, appraiser,

Masters Albert Edward, solicitor, 7 South parade paperhanger & decorator, 3 Magdala bldgs, Walliscote rd

Masters Charles, auctioneer, see Masters & Son PERRY WALTER HAROLD R.P.C.A.S.I. sanitary & venti-

Masters Charles Edwin, auctioneer, see Masters & Son lating engineer, plumber, gasfitter & general contractor,

Masters Charles Fr-a.ncis, confectioner, 7 Regent street Boulevard

Masters Mary (Mrs.), fancy repos. see Hornett & Masters Phelps William Harford Glover M.D. surgeon, Beachfield,

Matthews William Henry, Ashcombe hotel, Ashcombe road Knightstone road

May Fanny (Miss), ladies' school, Rodney house, Hill road Phillips James & Sons, silk mercers, carpet warehousemen,

May Mark, dairyman, 5 St. James' street undertakers, house furnishers, millinery, mantle & dress

Mayne Emily (Miss), dress maker, 66 George street makers, furniture van proprietors & furniture warehouses,

Mayne Joseph, shopkeeper, 66 George street Waterloo house, High street & Waterloo street

Merchant Alfred, confectioner, 45 Upper Church road Phillips Emily (Miss), school for young gentlemen, 7

Merrick Frederick, White Lion P.H. 4 St. James' street Atlantic terrace east, South road

Millard Elizh. Kew (Miss), ladies' school, Spero vil.Baker st Phillips George, lodging ho. I & 2 Elizabethan, Birnbeck rd

Millard William, Three Queens P.H. Oxford street Phillips Richard, lodging house, 4 Sydenham terrace

Miller Anna Maria (Mrs.), lodging house, 66 Bristol road Phillips Robert, plasterer, Moorland road

Millier Henry George, music warehouse, 2 Waterloo street Phipps John George, hair dresser, 2'!3 Regent street

Minifie Mark, dairyman, 92 High street Physick Russell, tobacconist & hair dresser, 5 West street

Mitchell Annie (Mrs.), dress ma. Craven vil.Longton Gro.rd Pickford & Co. carriers (Harry Legg, agent), 77 Meadow st

Mogg Henry, greengrocer, I6 St. J ames' street Pike Henry, butcher, 41 St. James' street

Molle Henri, hair dresser & perfumer, 53 Regent street Pike Mary (Mrs.), lodging house, 2 Alexander parade

Morgan Elim (Mrs.), boarding house, I Kewstoke road Pike Richard, lodging house, 7I South road

Morgan Frank, draper, 49 Regent street & 3 Meadow street Pinch & Co. chemists, 9 Waterloo street

Morgan William, lodging house, 6 Royal terrace Pine Nathaniel, beer retailer, 22 Upper Church road

Nethway Charles, firewood dealer, Swiss road Pitman Frank, butcher, So Meadow street

Newey John, baker & confectioner, 45 & 46 Regent street Pitman Sidney James, butcher, 6 Baker street

Newey John Silver, confectioner, 9 High street Pitt Henry, draper, 88 Meadow street

Niblett Frederick, watch maker, 26 Meadow street PocockG. H. &Sons,builders,contractors&undertakrs. Swiss rd

Nicholls Alice (Mrs.), lodging ho. 2 Park pl. Knightstone rd Podger Henry, grocer & seed merchant, 18 & 19 Regent st

Nicholls Thomas L. carriage builder, 32 Alfred street Podger Josiah, pork butcher, 8 St. James street

Nickalls Caroline Amelia (Mrs.), lodging ho. I Manilla cres Pollard Alfred James, carpenter, 4 Bristol road

NORTON, SON&. LALONDE, auctioneers &valuers, house, Pollard Asneth (Miss), lodging house, 3 Park place

land & estate agents, agents for the Norwich Union Fire, Pollard Charles, carpenter, 33 Oxford street

Norwich Union Life & Norwich & London Accident Insu- Pollard Charles (Mrs.), lodging house, 4 South road

rance Cos. (established I848), West street Pollard Grace Elizh. (Mrs.), servants' reg. office, 4 Bristol rd

Norton Edwin Charles, auctioneer, see Norton,Son &Lalonde Pollard Sarah (lvlrs. ), lodging ho. Montague house, South rd

Norton Samuel, auctioneer (firm, Norton, Son & Lalonde), Pollard Thomas, carpenter, 65 George street •

West street & I South terrace Poole J. Ruscombe & Son, solicitors & commissioners for

Norvill James, gasfitter, Canton villa, Longton Grove road oaths, I Sydenham terrace ; & at Bridgwater

N orville Eliza (Mrs.), dress maker, 6x George street Poole Waiter Joseph Ruscombe B.A. solicitor, see Poole J.

Norville William, tailor, Hamilton villa, Walliscote road · . Ruscombe & Son

Nott Sarah (Mrs.), fancy repository, Birnbeck road Poole Edwd. John, butcher, 38 High st. & 44 Up. Church rd

Nurses' Institute (Mrs. Findlay, lady superintendent),Grove Poole Henry, paperhanger, see Whyatt & Poole

Hill villa, Connaught place Poole Louisa (Miss), lodging house, 5 Oriel terrace

Ockford John William, corn dealer, 22 Regent street Popham Harriet (Mrs.), lodging house, 8 Claremont cres

.Ogden Edwin, berlin wool warehouse, I3 ·waterloo street Pople Edward, lodging house, Walwin villa, Clevedon road

Old Dorcas (Mrs.), dress maker, 40 Upper Church street Pople Mary Ann (Mrs.), lodging house, I Boulevard

Oliver George, boot &shoe maker, 44 High street Pople William, hair dresser, 5 Meadow street

Oliver Samuel Goss, saddler, 3I St. James' street Porter Mary (Mrs.), lodging house, 2 St. Margaret's terrace

Olsen Thoreald, outfitter & shoe dealer, 14 & IS Meadow st Portsmouth John, grocer, High street

Orphanage for Destitute Girls (Miss Mary Eve, matron), Pottinger Charles, accountant, 21 Oxford street

Herrnhuth, Albert quadrant . Pottinger William, lodging house, 2I Oxford street

Over Frances (Mrs.), confectioner, 36 High street Poulton Henry, solicitor, Thorncliffe, Arundell crescent

Page Wm. Jas. lodging house, Hebron house, Clevedon road Powell Charles, lodging house, 2 Albert terrace

Pain Mary (Mrs.),boarding h.o,Eastington ho.Longton Gro.rd Powell Joseph Harry, surgeon, I4 Manilla crescent

Pain William, nurseryman, seedsman, florist & fruiterer, Preece Edwd. agt. to Prudential Assur. Co. 2 Ashcombe. rd

wedding bouquets or cut flowers, West street Price Hans, architect & surveyor, see Price & Wooler

Palmer Elizabeth (Mrs.), lodging house, 20 Anstice terrace Prince Albert's Somersetshire Light Infantry (3rd Volunteer

Palmer Hy. _coal &firewood dlr. & shopkeep_er.. 83 George st Battalion) (Col. V. W. Langworthy. lieut.-col. command-

Palmer Marta (Mrs.), Cooper's Arms P.H. Carl~ton street ing ; H. Powell, quartermaster ; B. Co. Capt. C. E.

.Palmer Theophilus, house decorator, 42 High ~Jtreet Whitting), head-q.u.a.rters & drill hall, Great GlfOrge stred
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soPallen Ann (Mrs.), lodging house, Upper Church road Shellabear Waiter Henry, grocer, 38 St. James street •

l>umphrey Arthur, pharmaceutical chemist, 5 Bristol road Shenton Temperance (Mrs.), lodging house, 4 Regent street

Quaintance Mary Ann (Mrs.), honiton lace ma. Anstice ter Shepherd Ann (Mrs.), confectioner, 39 St. James street

Queen's family &commercial hotel (C. H. J ehan, proprietor), Shepherd James, greengrocer, Carleton street

Regent street Shepherd Joseph, fishmonger, 15 Oxford street

Radford Ann (Mrs.), shopkeeper, :z8 Union street Shepherd Waiter George, tailor, 6o Regent street

Radford William, lodging house, 12 Wadham street Sheppard Mary (Mrs.), lodging ho. :z Northfield, Montpelier

Raines Annie (Miss), lodging house, Io Claremont crescent Shepstone Edmund, confectioner, 27 Birnbeck road

Ramsden Mary Gardiner (Mrs.), lodging ho.7Claremont cres Sherborne Annie Maria (Miss), lodging house, Atlantic

Randall Francis (Miss), lodging house, :z6 South road terrace west, South road

Ranson J. J. manager of Wilts & Dorset Bank, High street Shomey John Neath, builder, 5 Raglan circus

Raymond Mary Ann & Esther (Misses), lodging house, Shomey Robert, builder, Ashford house, Boulevard

Cambridge house, Beach road Shorney William Henry, builder, Gerard road

Raynor Ellen (Mrs.), lodging house, 4 Greenfield place, Sibley J<'rederick, coffee tavern, Star coffee house

Knightstone road Singer Manufacturing Co. (branch of), 84 Meadow street·

Redman John, shopkeeper, Milton road .. Singer George, dining rooms, 8 Regent street

Redmond Annie (Mrs.), lodging house, 1 Oxford place Sisley Annie (Miss), lodging house, 7 Royal terrace

Redwood Bessie (Miss), milliner, 58 High street Slow Charles, lodging house, Glenfern, Longton Grove road

Reed Ernest Lancelot Henry, solicitor & commissioner for Smallwood A. & Co. tailors, 5 High street

oaths, see firm, Baker, Son, J ames & Reed Smart Oliver, lodging house, 6 Regent street

Reed Thomas, dairyman ; families supplied in all parts of Smele James, sawing mills (steam), Alfred street

the town with milk, cream, butter, eggs &c. White Cross Smith William & Sons, solicitors, 7 Sydenham terrace

dairy, Knightstone road Smith Frederick Robert (firm, Smith William & Sons),

Reeve Joseph, auctioneer, Brighton house, Beach road solicitor, 7 Sydenham terrace

Reeves William Thomas, proprietor of Royal Pier family Smith Hannah (Mrs.), draper, II Meadow street

hotel, Birnbeck road Smith John Wesley M. B., c. M. surgeon, Stoneleigh,Boulevard

Reynolds Esther (Miss), lodging house, 47 Upper Church rd Smith Sidney Coles (firm, Smith William & Sons), solicitor,

Rice Mary Ann (Miss), ladies' outfitter, 20 High street 7 Sydeuham terrace

Richards Jane (Miss), milliner, 2 South parade Smith Stratten James, lodging ho. IS Ellenborough crescent

Bobbins Alice, Florence & Edith (Misses), dress mas.Boulevd Smith Thomas, lodging house, 19 Ellenborough crescent

Roberts Ellen Maria (Mrs.), lodging house, 3 South terrace Smith William (firm, Smith William & Sons), solicitor,

Roberts Ernest·W. collector to local board, 3 South terrace clerk to the improvement commis&ioners & school atten-

Robertson James R. tailor, 71 High street dance committee & to the magistrates, perpetual com-

Robinson John, Globe inn, St. James' street missioner & commissioner to administer oaths, agent for

RodhamAda&Katie(Misses), young ladies' schl.69 South rd Standard Life & Law (Fire) Insurance Co. ; office, 7

;Roe John, jobbing gardener, Sidney villa, Locking road Sydenham terrace, Lower Church road

Rogers Brothers, Royal family hotel Smith William Thomas Arundel, solicitor (firm, Smith

:Rogers Richard & Co. wine & spirit merchants, 89 High st William & Sons), 7 Sydenham terrace

ROSS & CO. LIMITED, manufacturers of high class Smyth Henry Reeve, photographer, Boulevard

mineral waters, fruit liqueurs, british wines, cordials &c. ; Solway James (Mrs.), lodging house, u Beach road

branch factories at Barnstaple, Newton Abbot & New- Solway John, shopkeeper, 8 Meadow street

port, S. Wales Somerset Trading Co. (Henry Butt, manager), general

Rossiter Albert, plumber & glazier, & lodg. ho. 9 Oxford st merchants, 2 Magdala buildings, Walliscote road

'Rossiter Charles, lodging house, Surrey villa, Walliscote Spearing William, draper, 21 &; 22 High street

Grove road Spencer Henry, grocer, 3 Meadow street '
Rossiter George, watch maker, n High street Spencer William, printer, I2 St. James street

Rossiter Geo. lodging house, Wadham house, Wadham st Sperrin Samuel, umbrella maker, 35 St. James street

Rossiter George Frederick M.B.Lond. surgeon, Cairo lodge Sprowles Louisa (JI.fiss), lodging house, 2 Queen's terrace ,

Rossiter John, watch mak~:~r, 63 High street Stamp Office (Martin Davies, distributor), High street

Rowe Benjamin,cab proprietor, 2 Hope villa,Anstice terrace Stange & Co. confectioners, 5IA, Regent street

Rowe Henry, lodging house, Landore house, Boulevard Stebbings Kate (Mrs.), lodging house, 9 Albert buildings,

Rowsell Charles, lodging house, 46 Upper Church road Knightstone road

Roxburgh Robert M.B. surgeon, x Victoria buildings, Steere George, plasterer, x Ring villas, Clevedon road

Knightstone road Stephens William Baker, coffee tavern, 85 Meadow street

ROYAL FAMILY HOTEL (Rogers Brothers, proprietors) Stevens James, watch maker, 6o Alfred street .

Royal Parade Restaurant (formerly the Old Library) Stile Martha (Mrs.), lodging ho. 2 Rozel vils. Birnbeck road

(George H untley, proprietor), Regent street ; first-class Stitch George, purveyor of dairy produce, Mendip View

' accommodation for cyclists, fine sea view house,_ Ashcombe road

Royal Pier family hotel (William Thomas Reeves, proprie- Stock George, coffee tavern, Castle street

tor), Birnbeck road Stock John, grocer, 22 Locking road

Ruck Henry, medical & surgical electrician, I Royal crescent Stock Samuel, coal & glass depot, 46 & 47 Oxford street

Rumbold Annie (Mrs.), lodg. ho. 2 Fair view,Clevedon road Stock Samuel, collector to local board, 3 Queen's terrace

Rumbold J oseph, jobbing gardener, 2 Fair view, Clevedon rd Stock William, cab proprietor, Alma street

Russell Edward, photographer, 22 High street Stokes Albert Johnson, tobacconist, xo Orchard street

Saddler John, draper, Britford house, Beaufort road Stone Rosa (Miss), seedsman, 26 Regent street

Salisbury Thomas, tailor, High street Stone Stephen, lodging house. West ville, Swiss road

Salisbury William Henry, fancy repository, 62 Regent st Stowers Ellen (Mrs.), lodging ho. 4 Park vils.Knightstone rd

Salmon John Cardell, draper, 74 & 75 High street Stradling Brothers, coal merchants, Palmer street

Salway Maria (Miss), dress maker, 24 Upper Church road Stuart Ellen (Mrs.), shopkeeper, White Cross street

Sargent May (Miss), lodging house, 9 Manilla crescent Stuckey's Banking Co. (J. T. Nicholetts, manager), South

Say Edward (Mrs.), lodging house, I Loughton Grove road parade; draw on Robarts, Lubbock & Co. London Eo

Schofield Ann (Mrs.), lodging house, 4 Victoria buildings, Stuckey Lewis, baker, Ashcombe Park road

Knightstone road Sully Ernest William, carpenter & joiner, 13 Palmer street

Scott Rose (Mrs.), lodging house, Walnut cot. Beach road Summers & Co. boot & shoe makers, 83 Meadow street

Scott Sarah (Miss), fancy repository, 20 Upper Church road Summers Mabel (Miss), dress maker, 44 Oxford street

Scott Sarah Ann (Mrs.), lodging house, Marazion villa, Surman Mary Louise (Mrs.), ladies' school, Tavistock house,

Boulevard South road

Scott Thomas, cab proprietor, Walnut cottage, Beach road Sydenham Albert, gasfitter, 37 Palmer street

Sealey Frederick, boot & shoe maker, 36 Hopkins street Symes Charles, grocer, Baker street

Sellick Sebastian, tailor, 23 High street Tainsh Ernest, jeweller, 13 High street

Serle John, shoe maker, Alexander parade Tancock John, coal merchant, 34 Oxford street

Shaddick Frederick Cornish, stationer, bookseller, printer, Tarrrant Ann (Mrs.), lodging ho. :z Grosvenor, Birnbeck rd

bookbinder, news agent, mount cutter & picture frame Tarrant Nathaniel Cotterill, fishmonger & fruiterer, 29 & 30

. maker & circulating library, 3 Waterloo street Birnbeck road

Shaftesbury Hotel (high-class temperance) (Misses J. & M. Taylor & Son, riding masters, 37 Regent street

- Harrison, proprietresses), the best furnished & most Taylor Elizabeth (Miss), lodging house, 3 Atlantic terrace,

comfortable commercial hotel in Weston, near the Rail- . west, South road

way station . Taylor George, lodging house, Glo'ster cottage, Richmond st

Sharwood Elizabeth (Miss), lodging ho. 4 Manilla crescent Taylor John, lodging ho. 4 Prince's bldngs. Knightstone rd

Sha'! Henry,secondhand furniture dealer, 6 Waterloo street Taylor Maria (Mrs.), preparatory schl. 42 Upper Church rd

Sh~"lf Thos. Howel, lodging house, South view, Clevedon rd Taylor Morris, shopk&eper, 37 Meadow street

Shellabear Al(red_, shopkeeper, ~~ Qrch~rq ~t~eet . . Taylor _Will,iam, lodgii,Ig house, 28 Upper Chur~Q. road .

. : ··soMERSETSHIRE. l [KELLY'8

416 WESTON-SUPER-MARE.

Taylor William, shopkeeper, I Union street 1 West of England (The) Supply Stores (Wyndhatn Bnrston,

Temblett Frederick Charles, lodging house, 3 South road proprietor), 76 & 77 High street

Thomas Alfred, decorator, 9 Boulevard Weston-super-Mare & County Club (B. Heap, hon. sec.;

Thomas Annie (Miss), dress maker, 2 Landemann terrace Stuckey's Banking Oo. treasurers), Marine parade

Thomas Edith (Mrs.), fancy repository, u & 12 West street WESTON MERCURY &. SOMERSETSHIRE HERALD

Thomas Levy, boot & shoe maker, 42 Meadow street (Dare & Frampton, proprietors; published saturday),

Thorn Charles, dairyman, 29 St. James' street Boulevard. ·See advertisement

Thould Eliza(Mrs. ),ldgng.ho.6 Victoria bldgs.Knightstone rd Weston-super-Mare &; Nailsea Brick & Tile Pottery Co. Lim.

Thould Mrs. lodging house, 2 Royal terrace (Waiter Hermann Wooler, sec.); offices, IS Waterloo st

Thould Thos. Hy. ldgng ho. 2 Princess bldngs.Knightstone rd Weston-super-Mare Brick & Tile Manufactory (Conway G.

Timms Susan Ann (Mrs.), lodging ho. 59 Upper Church rd Warne, proprietor); chief office, Locking road; & at

Tottle Wm. & Son, fly proprietors, Alma mews, Greenfield pi Strode road, Clevedon. See advertisement

Town Hall (George Read, keeper), Walliscote road Weston-super-Mare Cemetery (H. Finden Davies, clerk to

Tozer Ellen (Mrs.), shopkeeper, 75 Alfred street the burial board; Moses Reading, custodian), Bristol road

Trapnell Arthur, hair dresser, Anstice terrace Weston-super-Mare Church Institute, Library & Mission

Tremlett & Son, veterinary shoeing forge, Jubilee Toad Room & School of Art, Boulevard

Tripp Ann (Mrs.), ldgng. ho. 13 Raglancircus,Up.Church rd Weston-super-Mare Conservative Association (Cecil Hugh

Tripp William, dairyman, 12 Carlton street Smyth-Pigott esq. l.P. president; James Sydney Walker,

Trowbridge Miriam Emma (Miss), dress maker, Varner sec.), I Sydenham terrace

villa, White Cross road Weston-super-Mare & District Conservative Club (Cecil

Tucker James, sewing machine depot, 12 Meadow street Hngh Smyth-Pigott esq. J.P. president; James Sydney

Tucker Walter, decorator, Glen Froom, Jubilee road Walker, sec.), Waterloo street

Turner & Burrough, dining rooms, 61 Regent street Weston-super-Mare & District (748) Starr-Bowkett Building

Turner Fanny (Miss), ldg. ho. 4Raglancircus,Up.Church rd Society, Boulevard

Turner Thomas (Mrs.), omnibus proprietor, Graham road Weston-super-Mare Gas Light Co. (H. Finden Davies, sec.;

Twitt James, butcher, II Orchard road John Panes, accountant ; John Henry Gray, manager)

Twitt James Christopher, pork butcher, I Meadow street WESTON•SUPER·MARE GAZETTE, BURNHAM, HIGH•

Twitt William, boot & shoe maker, 40 Meadow street BRIDGE, CLEVEDON .JOURNAL &. SOMERSETSHIRE

Tyler Spencer, grocer & agent for W. & A. Gilbey, wine & ADVERTISER (J. R. Waiters & Co. proprietors ; pub-

spirit merchants, 52 High street & 78 Meadow street lished wednesdays & saturdays), Market place, High

Tytherleigh John & Son, tailors, 38 Upper Church road street. See advertisement

Underhay William, beer retailer, Carlton street Weston-super-Mare Hospital & Dispensary (George Henry

Vale Robert & Edward, shop fitters, 69 Alfred street Temple M.B., c.M.Edin. house surgeon; Frank Leslie

Vanes William Henry, grocer, High street Pownall Sawell, provident medical officer ; Matthew H.

Veal Catherine Mary (Miss), dress maker, Burdwan, Long- Norris, assistant sec. & collector), Alfred street

ton Grove road Weston-super-Mare Liberal Club (John Dillon M.P. presi-

Veale Bessie (Mrs.), lodging house, u Manilla crescent dent; C. H. Poole, vice-president; S. F. Hadfield & G.

Venn Eliza (Mrs.), beer retailer, Hopkins street Parsons, hon. secs.), Boulevard

Venner Waiter, builder, Clevedon road Weston-super-Mare Masonic Hall Co. (Ernest E. Baker,

Vickary Thomas, builder, to George road sec.), Waterloo street

Vincent John, county court bailiff, Castle villa, Clevedon rd Weston-super-Mare Mutual Permanent Benefit Building

Vincent Thomas, fly proprietor, High street Society (William HerbertJames, sec.); office, Waterloo st

Viner & Crundall (Misses),prep.schl.Etonhurst,Kewstoke rd Weston-super-Mare Original Potteries (Conway G. Warne,

Viner Charles Edward, confectioner, 22 Meadow street proprietor); chief office, Locking road. See advert

Vowles John, builder, contractor, plumber & general house Weston-super-Mare Pier Co. (Samuel Edward Baker, sec.);

decorator, Herbert villa, Locking road office, Waterloo street

Voysey Samuel, coffee tavern, Locking road Weston-super-Mare Royal Potteries (Conway G. Wame,

Waite Elizh. (Mrs.), ldg.ho. uRaglan circus, UpperChurch rd proprietor) ; chief office, Locking road. See advert

Walker George, Weston Park stores, 37 Upper Church road Weston-super-Mare Sanitary Steam Laundry Co. Limited

Walker James Sydney, hon. sec. Conservative Association, (Ernest E. Baker, sec.; Miss M. Coles, manageress);

1 Sydenham terrace office, Waterloo street; works, Worle

Walker Lydia(Miss), preparatory schl.Penrhos, Connaught pl Weston-super-Mare Summer & Winter Gardens Co. Lim

Wall John, cab proprietor, Swiss road Weston-super-Mare Swimming Club (Sir R. H. Paget hart.

WallaceAnne(Mrs.),ldgng. ho. 5 Albert bldgs.Knightstone rd M.P. president; John Edward Cunningham, hon. sec)

Wallace John Edward, bookseller, stationer, printer, book- Weston-super-Mare Volunteer Fire Brigade (William Ham,

binder, music seller, newspaper & advertising agent, capt.), Town hall

circulating library supplied from Mndie's, 69 High street Westlake Benjamin James, lodging house, Iddesleigh villa,

Waiters John Richard, newspaper proprietor (firm, Waiters Swiss road

J. R. & Co), Market place Westlake Richard, beer retailer, I9 Meadow street

WANSBROUGH &. SONS, auctioneers,accountants,valuers, Westlake Thomas Richard, Elm Tree inn, Meadow street

house, land & estate agents, 64 High street Weymouth Jane (Mrs.), dress maker, 33 Alma street

Wansbrongh Albert Henry, auctioneer (firm, Wansbrough Whalley Anne (Miss), lodging house, 3 Victoria quadrant

& Sons), 64 High street Whitchurch Jas. railway inspector, r Carlton vils. Carltonst

Wansbrough Ernest George, decorator, 4 Waterloo street White Frances & Florence (Misses), young ladies' school, 6

Wansbrough Sackville Leopold (firm, Wansbrough & Sons), & 7 Royal crescent

auctioneers, High street White Edwin, shoeing forge, Orchard place

WARNE CONWAY G. manufacturer of pottery & terra White Henry, tailor, Mendip villa, Ashcombe road

cotta vases, pedestals, arborettes, statuary &c. ; chief White James, lodging house, 12 Beach road

office, Royal potteries, Locking road ; branch works, White John, lodging house, 13 Beach road

Strode road, Clevedon. See advertisement Whitting Alfred James, plasterer, 15 Palmer street

Warrilow William Robert, cycle depot, 55 Regent street Whitting Ben, harness maker & greengrocer, SI Regent st

Waterloo Club, Boulevard Whitting Ben, greengrocer, 51 Regent street

Waterman Percy, sign writer, 6x Alfred street Whyatt & Poole, paperhanger & house decorators, 16 Wad-

Waterman Priscilla (Miss), lodging ho. Egremont, Beach rd ham street & 23 Orchard street

Wathen Eliza (Miss) ,ldgng. ho. 2Greenfield pl.Knightstone rd Whyatt Jn. lodging house, Advill villa, Walliscote Grove rd

Watson John Winder, homooopathic chemist, 93 High street Wicksteed Francis William Slow, surgeon & deputy coroner

Weare George Edward, solicitor, West street for the Northern district of the county, Villa Rosa,

Webb James, boot & shoe maker, 52 Alma street Shrubbery walks

Webb Thomas, carpenter, 4 Grove road Wight Joseph, nurseryman, Compton villa, George street

Webb William Henry, chemist & druggist, 24 West street Wigmore Charles, greengrocer, 23 Meadow stree~

Webber Ellen (Mrs.), lodging house, 14 Beach road Wilcox James, builder & contractor, Ash cottage, Milton rd

Webber John, confectioner, 13 Regent street Wilcox William, lodging house, 2 Beaufort vls. Birnbeck rd

Weber Philip, manufacturer of american & english antique Wilde John L.R.C.P.Edin. physician, Park ho. Knightstonerd

baskets, perambulators & invalid chairs, Meadow street. Wilde Leonard Latham L.D.s., R.c.s.Edin. dentist, I Syden-

See advertisement ham terrace

Weir Fanny (Mrs.), ladies' school, 6 Wilton gardens Wilde Sidney John, architect, Boulevard chambers,Boulevrd

Wescombe William, boot & shoe maker, 19 Up. Church road Willcocks Isaac, lodging house & printer, 2 Beach road

West Mary Ann (Miss), lodging house, Boulevard Williams Charles, lodging house, Melrose ho. Richmond st

West William, plumber & fancy repository, 33 Regent street Williams Edward, builder, Walliscote road · ·

West of England Sanatorium or Convalescent;. 1Home (Rev. Williams Edward, masseur, 8 Southbourne ter. Oxford st
Dav:id Wheeler M. A. chaplain; G. Bisdee Fraser, medical Williams Elizabeth (Miss), lodging house, ~4 Beach road

o!lieer; Thos. Mnllins, hon. sec.; Miss Wilson, lady supt) Williams ueorge, carpenter, 61 Palmer street

DIRECTORY.] SO~fERSETSHIRE. WHATLEY. 417

Williams Henry, greengrocer, 49 Meadow street Wood George, boot maker, 13 West street

Williams Henry, lodging house, I Anstice terrace Wood Jsph. Arth. wool, seed & implement agt. Moorland rd

Williams James, blacksmith, Moorland road Wookey Mary (Miss), lodging house, Clare vi!. Arundel cres

Williams James, boot & shoe maker, Camden terrace rd 1 Wooler Wait. Hernaman, architect, see Hans Price & Wooler
Williams Wm. lodging house, Fern villa, WalliscoteGrove Woolls Lanisa (Mrs.), lodging house, Jessamine house,

Willison Thomas Henry, fancy draper, 22 West street Longton Grove road

Willmott Mary (Miss), lodging house, 12 Landemann terrace Woor George, lodging house, Clifford house, Gerard road

Willmott Rhoda (Mrs.), greengrocer, 18 Meadow street Wreford Rt. Aug. gro. & baker, 19 Oxford st. & 43 Meadow st

Willway & Co dyers, 18 West street Wride Emma (Mrs.), marine store dealer, 51 Meadow street

Wilson Georgina (Miss), private school, 18 Beach road Wride Jane (Mrs.), dress maker, 32 George street

Wilts & Dorset Banking Co. Limited (branch) (J. J. Ran- Wright Charles Edward, artist, 9 West street

son, manager), High street; draw on London & West- Wright Paul Thomas, confectioner, 74 Meadow st

minster Bank Limited, London E c Yeates John, dining rooms, 11 Orchard street

Windeatt Charles Allen, teacher of music, 5 Landemann ter Young Kate & Louisa (Misses), boarding house, Ailanthus

Witchell John, tea dealer, 16 Oxford street villa, Bristol road

Withers John, fly proprietor, 4 Orchard street Young Men's Christian Association (Henry Barron Smith,

Withers Mary Jane (Mrs.), dairy, 42 St. James' street pres. ; Edward Owers, sec.), Trafalgar villa, Bristol road

Withey Ann (Mrs.), boarding establishment, Lauriston Young Women's Christian Association (Miss Hearn, lady

villa, Knightstone road superintendent), Cannanore house, Boulevard

Wood Charles, confectioner, 4 Magdala bldgs. Walliscote rd Young F. S. butcher, 4 West street; & at Worle

Wood Chas. Waring, commercial traveller, 51 Up. Church rd , Young James, lodging house, 1 East ville, Swiss road

WESTONZOYLAND is a village and parish, situated between the forces of James H. and a body of insurgents

on the river Parrett, 4 miles east-south-east from Bridgwater who had joined the insurrection of the Duke of Monmouth,
station on the Bristol and Exeter section of the Great Wes- took place on the confines of this and the adjoining parish of
tern railway, in the Bridgwater division of the county, bun- Chedzoy, 6th July, 1685, when the insurgents were defeated
dred of Whitley, petty sessional division, union and county and Monmouth himself, captured in a ditch at Holtbridge,
court district of Bridgwater, rural deanery of Glastonbury, Dorset, was executed on Tower Hill on the 15th July follow-
archdeaconry of Taunton and diocese of Bath and Wells. ing. The principallandowners are John Turner esq. Thomas
The church of St. Mary is an ancient building of stone in the Eades esq. Francis Reed esq. and Mrs. Uttermare. The soil
Gothic style, consisting of chancel, clerestoried nave of six is of a mixed nature. The chief crops are wheat, barley,.
bays, aisles, transept, north and south porches and an em- potatoes and mangold wurtzel. The area is 3,172 acres;.
battled western tower, with pinnacles, containing a clock rateable value, £6,834; the population in 1881 was 663.
and 5 bells: the east window is stained: there are sittings Parish Clerk, Samuel Martin.
for 400 persons. The register dates from the year 1558. PosT OFFICE.-Robert Dorse, receiver. Letters arrive from.
The living is a vicarage, average tithe rent-charge £185, net Bridgwater at 7·45 a.m. ; dispatched at 7· 15 p.m. Bridg--
yearly value £202, including 78 acres of glebe, with resi- water is the nearest money order & telegraph office
dence, in the gift of the Bishop of Bath and Wells, and held A School Board of 5 members was formed September 27th,
since 1883 by the Rev. Charles Mott Rogers M.A. of Cains 1878; G. W. Bonlting, Bridgwater, clerk to the board
College, Cambridge. There is a Wesleyan chapel. The Board School (mixed), built in 184o, for 150 children ; aver-
charities are about £to yearly. Fairs for cattle and horses age attendance, So; master (vacant); mistress (vacant)
are held on the 9th of September. The battle of Sedgemoor, CARRIER TO BRIDGWATER.-MarkSturges, every wed. & sat

Baker James Eades Thomas, farmer & landowner Pepperd John, farmer

Carse Mrs Elworthy Charles, farmer Pepperd Richd. Shoulder of Mutton P.H

Chinn Miss Elworthy Frederick, farmer Pepperd Robert, farmer

Ling Marmaduke Elworthy James, farmer Pitman Edward, butcher

Mortimer James Field Henry, baker Pitman Edwin, butcher

Pavey Henry Field James, tailor Pitman Ellen (Miss), shopkeeper

Ravenhill Ripley, Andersea house Gare John, farmer, Raymonds Pitman Frederick, butcher

Rogers Rev. Chas. Mott M.A. Vicarage Harbour John Seward, shopkeeper Pollard Albert, carpenter

Rygate John Richard Heard Mary (Mrs.), implement agent Reed Elizabeth (Mrs.), farmer

COMMERCIAL. Heard Robert, farmer Reed Emannel, farmer

Heard Walt. Jn. Three Greyhounds P.H Reed Francis, yeoman, Manor house-

Bawden Alfred, farmer, Andersea Horsey John, farmer Reed George, market gardener

Bawden Arthur, baker Howe John, potato dealer Richards Samuel & Emannel, farmers

Bawden Richard, farmer Hucker John, market gardener Richards Alfred, farmer

Bawden Robert, farmer, Moorland Hunt James, potato dealer Richards George, farmer

Bond Henry, farrier Hnrd Henry, farmer, Moorland Richards Henry, plumber

Bourne Robert, carpenter Jenkins William, farmer, Burdenham Richards John, farmer

Branfield Daniel, farmer Ling Alfred, farmer Richards Waiter, farmer

Chinn Charles, farmer, Moorland Ling Charles, farmer Rygate Jn. Richd. L.K.Q.C.P.Irel.surgn.

Chinn Waiter, butcher, Borrough bridge Ling Clement, farmer & medical officer & public vaccinator

Cox William, potato dealer Ling Guy, farmer No. 7 district, Bridgwater union

Denning Charles, farmer, Moorland Ling Sidney George, farmer Spnrdel William, farmer

Dorse Charles, dairyman Lloyd Richard, farmer Stacey Charles, stone mason

Dorse George, farmer Lock William, farn1er, Andersea Tazewell Wait.& Edwin.frmrs.Court ho ·

Dorse John Barrett, farmer Martin James, blacksmith Tazewell William, farmer, Moorland

Dorse Robert, shopkeeper, Post office Martin William, blacksmith Turner John, yeoman, Moorland

Doughty Edward, farmer Palmer John, farmer

WHATLEY is a parish and village, situated on the Bath 1870: the interior is seated with open benches, affording

and Wells road, on high ground, in a pleasant dry situation, sittings for 115 persons. The register dates from 1672.

diversified with hill and dale, 3 miles west from Frome sta- The living is a rectory, tithe rent-charge £197, net yearly
tion on the Wilts, Somerset and Weymouth branch of the value £200, including 18 acres of glebe, with residence, in
Great Western railway, in the Fromedivision of the county, the gift of John Francis Fortescue Horner esq. M.A., D.L.,
hundred, petty sessional division, union, county court dis- J.P. and held since t88I by the Rev. William Wynn-Lloyd..
trict and rural deanery of Frome, archdeaconry of Taunton The charities are of £2 14s. yearly value and are distributed
and diocese of Bath and Wells. The chnrch, dedicated to in clothes and money. In this parish there exist extensive
St. George, is au ancient building of stone in the Early remains of a Roman villa ; permission to inspect the remains.
English style, consisting of chancel, nave, north and south can be obtained from Mr. Shore. "\\rhatley House, the seat

chapels, with vestry on the north side, south porch and a of John Henry Shore esq. B.A., J.P. is a fine old mansion,.

western tower, with pinnacles and a lofty octagonal spire, standing in about 25 acres of park and garden land, and was

and containing 5 bells, four of which are of pre-Reformation restored by the father of the present proprietor in 1861 : in

date, the remaining bell dating from 1717 : in the south the grounds stands the ancient stone cross brought from
chapel, a building of the 14th century and dedil.-ated to St. Nunney, which has been carefully restored. In the year 940
Edmund, is an altar tomb, with a. recumbent figure repre- Edmund, king of the West Saxons, gave this manor to the

senting Sir Oliver de Servington, and dating from 1350, and church of Glastonbury, and the monks thereof held it at the
a remarkable hagioscope: the east and west windows and Conquest, and were lords paramount until the dissolution of
three others are stained: the south porch is Norman: the their houses. John Francis Fortescue Horner esq. M. A.,
chancel was restored in 1857 and the rest of the structure in D.L., J.P. of Malls Park, is lord of the manor; John Henry

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418 WHATLEY. SOMERSETSHIRE. [KELLY'S

Shore esq. B.A., J.P. and the representatives of the late Rev. Sexton, James Mees.

James George Curry Fnssell, of Chantry, Frome, are the PosT OFFICE.-Mrs. Charlotte Hill, receiver. Letters

principal landowners. The soil is inferior oolite and the sub- through Frome, which is the nearest telegraph office,

soil is various, resting on limestone, which predominates arrive aNtun7n.2e0y a. m.: dispatched at 5.50 p.m. week days
here. The land is chiefly in pasturage for dairy purposes. only. is the nearest money order office
The acreage is r, ro6; rateable value, £2,940; the popula-

tion in r881 was 429. National School (mixed), erected in 1837, for 70 children;

EGFORD is a hamlet, r mile north-west. average attendance, 32; Edmund Moon, master
ICox Isaac, sen. Bellevue
I Shore John Henry B.A.,J.P. Whatley ho Creed Alfred, farmer, Manor farm

de-Cosson Mrs. Southfield house Wynn-Lloyd Rev William, Rectory Singer William, farmer, Egford

Marsh Augustus, Egford Biggs Samuel, cabinet maker, Egford Toop Samuel, farmer & assist. overseer

Simmons Capt.Edward (late 5th Fusi- Cox Geo. 1::3idney, farm:r, Whatley frm Willmott Elizabeth (Mrs.), beer retailer

liers), Whatley coombe · Cox Isaac, jun. dairy farm, Egford

WHEATHILL is a parish, bounded on the south by the of glebe, with house, in the gift of Mrs. Milles, and held since

ri¥er Carey, 5 miles south-west from Castle Cary station on 1865 by the Rev. Alexander Greet B.A. of Clare College,
the Wilts, Somerset and Weymouth branch of the Great Cambridge, who is also vicar of Lovington, where he resides.
Western railway, in the Eastern division of the county, The manor formerly belonged to Glastonbury Abbey; the
eastern division of the hundred of Catsash, petty sessional site of ancient buildings here, connected with the abbey, is
division of Somerton, county court district and union of now occupied by a farm house. Robert Phelps esq. is lord
Wincanton, rural deanery of Cary, archdeaconry of Taun- of the manor and sole landowner. The soil is clayey; the
ton and diocese of Bath and Wells. The church of St. John subsoil various, but chiefly blue lias. The chief crops are
is an ancient building of stone, in the Gothic style, consisting wheat, beans, grass and orchard produce. The acreage is

of chancel, nave, south porch and an open western turret 312; rateable value, £494; the population in 1881 was 37·

eontaining one bell: the church plate includes a chalice, dated Letters arrive from Somerton S.O. at xo.3oa.m.;dispatched
1573: the church was restored and enlarged in r8s8, and
again restored in 1887 at a cost of £120, defrayed by R. at 5· 10 p.m. Castle Cary is the nearest money order &
Phelps esq. of Yeovil: there are sittings for 30 persons. The
telegraph office

register dates from 1813; the earlier registers are lost. The There is a National School at Lovington for the district of

living is a rectory, gross yearly value £9o, including 26 acres Alford, Hornblotton & Wheathill

Loveridge George, farmer 1Saunders Joseph, farmer I

WHIT CHURCH (or FILTON) is a parish and village, in Here is a Congregational chapel. There are charities left by

the Northern division of the county, on the road from Bristol Sir J. Smyth and Messrs. Holbeach, Opie, Tippert and others,

to Wells, 3 miles south from Bristol and 2 south from Bris- amounting to £1o 14s. yearly, of which £4 48· is paid to the
lington station on the North Somerset branch of the Great vicar for sermons and the remainder on bread. The principal
Western railway, hundred, petty sessional division and union landowners are Sir John Henry Greville Smyth bart. M.A.,

of Keynsham, county court district of Bristol, rural deanery J. P. of Ashton Court; Earl Temple,James Clayfield Clayfield-
of Chew, archdeaconry of Bath and diocese of Bath and Ireland esq. M.A., J.P. of .Brislington Hall, and Joseph Cooke-
Wells. The church of St. Nicholas is an ancient building of Hurle esq. J. P. of Southfield House, Brislington. The soil is
stone in the Norman style, consisting of a chancel, nave of clayey; subsoil, stone. The chief crops are wheat, roots,
three bays, north transept and south aisle, north and south turnips and swedes. 'fhe parish contains 1,9u acres: rate-

porches and a low central tower containing one bell: at the able value, £4,563, and the population in 1881 was 505.
end of the south aisle is the Smyth chapel, now used as a Parish Clerk, John Spear.
vestry; there is also a fine old Norman font; the east win- PosT OFFICE. -Mrs. Martha Spear, sub-postmistress.
dows and two others are stained: the church was restored Letters arrive from Bristol at 8 a.m.; box closes at 4.25
in 1861, and has sittings for 250 persons. The register dates p.m. ; sundays, open from 8 till 10 a. m. ; dispatched at
from the year 1560. The living is a vicarage, average tithe 9.40 a.m. The nearest money order & telegraph office is
rent-charge £122, net yearly value £150, including 35 acres at Totterdown
of glebe, with residence, in the gift of Sir J. P. Greville Postal orders are issued here, but not paid
Smyth hart. and Earl Temple, and held since 1888 by the National Schools (mixed), built in 1837, for 160 children;
Rev. Edmund John .Franklin. A vicarage was built in 1883. average attendance, 103; Miss Lilley Judd, mistress

Carter Mrs Brimble Joseph, farmer, Manor farm Page Thomas, dairyman

Franklin Rev. Edmund John, Vicarage Brimble Leah (Mrs.), ladies' school Petheram Robt.farmer, White Cross et

Halls Miss, Rose cottage Carpenter Eliza (Mrs.), farmer Shaw George, dairyman

Lindra George, Manor house Carter John, market gardener Spear Thomas & John, boot makers

Maggs Jacob Cobb Esther (Mrs.), shopkeeper Spear:Martha(Mrs.),shopkpr.Postoffice

Simpson Mrs Cole Thomas, farmer Vowles Charlotte & Mary Ann(Misses),

Colston James Edward, jun. cattle dlr farmers, Staunton farm

COMMERCIAL. Constable Thomas, blacksmith VowlesSarahJane(Mrs.. ),farmer,Lyon et

Adams Geo. farmer, Whitchurch court Foxwell Francis, farmer Vowles Thomas, jun.farmer,Green frm

Anderson Isabella (Miss),BlackLion P.H Holbrook George, butcher Wise James, farmer, Church farm

Bath Alfred, wheelwright & beer retlr Kingston William, builder & farmer Woolley William, dairyman

Brimble James, farmer, Bridge farm I Mathews Wm. farmer, Pigeon Ho. farm Young Thomas, farmer, Hill farm

WHITELACKINGTON is a village and parish, 7 the year 1678. The living is a vicarage, average tithe rent-

miles west-south-west from Martock, 2 east from Ilminster charge £176, gross yearly value £250, including 29 acres

station on the Chard branch of the Great Western rail- of glebe, with house, in the gift of the Bishop of Bath and

way, and 8 north-west from Crewkerne, in the Southern Wells, and held since 1875 by the Rev. George James Gow-

division of the county, hundred of .A.bdick an,P Bulstone, ring M.A. of Hertford College, Oxford, rural dean of Crew-

petty sessional division of Ilminster, Chard union and county kerne, and prebendary of Wells Cathedral. Arthur Vaughan

court district, Ilminster district of the rural deanery of Hanning Vaughan-Lee esq. J.P. of Dillington Park, Ilminster,

Crewkerne, archdeaconry of Taunton and diocese of Bath is lord of the manor and principal landowner. The soil is

and Wells. The church of St. Mary is a building of stone clay and loam, and the subsoil isliaa stone. The chief crops
in the Early English style, consisting of chancel, nave, are barley, wheat and oats. The area is 1,440 acres ; ra~

transepts, north porch and a western tower containing 4 able value, £2,435; the population in 1881 was 283.

bells : the church cantains some fine windows of the 13th Parish Clerk, Giles Hodge.

and 14th century; in the south transept is a monument to Letters through Ilminster, the nearest money order & tela-

Sir George Speke, ob. 1637, and in the nave are two brasses graph office, arrive at 7.30 a.m. WALL LETTER Box

to Anthony Poole, ob. 1587, and Margaret his wife, ob. 1606: cleared 2.45 & 6.30 p.m. week days only

in 1884 the church was thoroughly restored at a cost of National School (mixed), built in 1885, for 6o children;

about £1,000, and has 200 sittings. The register dates from average attendance, 40; Miss Alice llemery, mistress

Gowring Rev. George J ames M.A. [rural I Churchill Richard, farmer I Hodges Gi!es, wheelwright

dean of Crewkerne & prebendary of Connett James, dairyman 'fempleman John, blacksmith

Wells], Vicarage Culverwell Gem-ge, farmer Wakley Samuel, shoe maker

Bond Fredericl\ William, farmer Denman William, farmer & butcher Yard EH (Mrs.), farmer

Bond William, farmer, Atherstone frm

WHITE STAUNTON is a small parish, picturesquely county court district, rural deanery of Crewkerne, arch-

situated about 3! miles north-west from Chard, in the deaconry of Taunton and diocese of Bath a.nd Wells. The
Bridgwater division of the county, hundred of South Pether- church of St. .A.ndrew is a building of stone, in the Perpen-

t,on, petty sessional division of Ilminster, Chard union and dicular style, consisting of chancel, nave, two chapels, south

DffiECTORY.J S.OMERSETSHIRE. WILLITON. 419

porch and a low embattled western tower containing 5 bells : to be for ever appropriated for the use of this parish; xc)

the two chapels, formerly the property of the Brett family, guineas being assigned for the education of 21 children, and
now belong to C. I. Elton esq. ; one is used as the family pew 10 guineas for bread, seven loaves at 6d. to be given away

of the Eltons, the other, containing several tombs with shields every Sunday to the poor not receiving relief. White Sta.nn•
of arms, serves as a vestry: there is also a brass tablet to the ton Manor House, formerly the seat of the Brett family, is

co-heiresses of John Brett, dated 1582, and in the nave are the residence of Charles Isaac Elton esq. M.P., Q.c., P.S.A.,
some benches with carved ends, bearing curious devices, and J.P. lord of the manor and owner of the whole parish, e:x~

the arms of Brett, Paris, and the Borough of Chard : the cepting the glebe : part of the building was erected in 1493

chancel retains a piscina, and some very early heraldic tiles, and additions were made in the 16th century : it has large
bearing the arms of "de Staunton" and "Montacute : " the and commodious rooms and contains some good ancient
font of white Staunton stone is supposed to date from the carved work. The ruins of a Roman Yilla ha.ve been dis-

I2th century: the stained east window is a memorial to the covered in the grounds of the Manor House, and may now
late Rev. W. T. Elton, 46 years rector, and his wife, and was be viewed by permission. Many objects of interest have
erected by their children: a brass with the Victoria Cross been found in ancitmt barrows and in a British camp in this
upon it has also been erected to the memory of Lieut.-Col. parish. The soil and subsoil are flint and chalk in parts,

F. C. Elton v.c. eldest son of the late rector: the church was and green sand, clay, and blue lias in parts, and vary

restored in 1882-3, and has sittings for 160 persons: nearly greatly. The chief crops are barley, oats, wheat, roots and
opposite the porch, and raised on steps of local stone, is the some land in pasture. The acreage is 1,937; rateable valne,
shaft of an ancient cross of Ham stone. The register dates £r,769; and the population in r88r was 208.
from the year r692. The living is a rectory, tithe rent- The parish is divided into the hamlets of HoLY, :r: mile

charge £2o6, net yearly value £2oo, including 50 acres of south-west, NoRTHAY, t mile north, and SouTHAY; 1 wile

glebe, with house, in the gift of Charles Isaac Elton esq. south.
Q.C., M.P. and held since 1874 by the Rev. Henry Antrobus Parish Sexton, John Prince.

Cartwright M.A. of St. Mary Hall, Oxford. In 1786 Robert Letters through Chard, the nearest money order office, arrive
Somerhayes esq. left £r,soo to the governors of the Devon at 7 a.m. WALL Box cleared 5.50 p.m. week days only
and Exeter Hospital, which sum is invested in South Sea Parochial School (mixed), erected in r864, for So children;

Annuities ; 20 guineas from the interest of this money were average attendance, 34 ; Miss Kate Marks, mistress

Cartwright Rev. Henry Antrobus M.A. Bishop Jn. Rising-Sun P.H.&mason,Holy Knight Henry, hurdle maker

Rectory Coleman John Henry, farmer, Holy Loosemore Edwin, farmer, WoodM.ys

EltonCharlesisaacs M.P.,Q.C.,P.S...\..,J.P. Coleman Rd.frmr. Elms farm, Northay farm

White Staunton Manor house; & ro Duck Samuel, gamekeeper Pike James, farmer

Cranley place & Carlton & Unil>n Harris John, farmer, Knapp farm Searle Charles, thatcher
clubs, London s w
Hawkins James, farmer, Holy Wale Jane (Mrs.), farmer, Cinder hill

COMMERCIAL. Jeffrey Samuel, carpenter Wyatt Robert, farmer, Manor farm

Berry Peter, blacksmith, Holy

WICK ST. LAWRENCE is a village and parish, value £473, including 12 acres of glebe, with house, inihe

situated on the east bank of the Severn, on a low alluvial gift of the trustees of Rev. R. Mannsell-Eyre, and hel.d

and fertile plain, 2 miles north-west from Puxton station on since 1882 by the Rev. .Robert Hedges Maunsell-Eyre II.A.
the Great Western railway, 6 north from Weston-super- of Trinity College, Dublin, who resides at Congresbury.
Mare, in the Wells division of the county, Axbridge petty Here is a Wesleyan Methodist chapel, built in r862. The

sessional division and union, Winterstoke hundred, Weston- Bristol Charity Trustees are lords of the manol' and princi-

iuper-Mare county court district, Locking district of the pal landowners. There is an ancient cross in the centre of

rural deanery of Axbridge, archdeaconry of Wells and the village. The soil is loam; subsoil, brick clay. The area
diocese of Bath and Wells. The church of St. Lawrence is is r,440 acres of land, chiefly pasture; rateable value,£4,135;
a building of stone, in the Perpendicular style of the latter the population in 1881 was 224.
part of the 15th century, consisting of chancel, nave, south BouRTON, r~ miles south-east, EBDEN, half a mile south,
porch and a western tower containing 5 bells: the ancient and EAST-TOWN, half a mile south-~t, are hamlets in this
pulpit, of carved freestone, of about the same date as the parish.
church and a work of great beauty, was formerly in Wood- Parish Clerk, James Venn.

spring priory: the church was restored in 1865, at a cost pf Letters received from Weston-super-Mare, via Worle, at8.3o
£r,250, half of which was borne by the Rev. Aubrey Town- a.m

send B. D. then curate here and now vicar of Puxton: there WALL LETTER Box cleared 6.20 p.m. on week days

are sittings for 243 persons. The register dates from the & 8.25 a.m. on sundays. Worle is the nearest money
year r6r5, but is imperfect. The living is a. chapelry, an- order & telegraph office
· nexed, together with St. Anne's vicarage, to the vicarage of National School (mixedh for so children; average attend-
Congresbury, average tithe rent-charge £754• net yearly ;~.nee, 20; Miss Smith, mistress

Evans Mrs. Myrtle villa Hayward Miss, private school Parsons Ja.mes, farmer, Bourton

COMMERCIAL. Hellier John, farmer, Banksia farm Payne Frederick, shoe maker
Burgess Benjamin, farmer Hellier William Griffin, farmer
Pimm George, jun. farmer
Court James, farmer Hewlett Sydenham (Mrs.), farmer
Davis Samuel, farmer, Ebden Osmond Albert, farmer Raines William, farmer 1

Feltham William, farmer Parsons George, farmer, East town Walker William, farmer, Bonrton
Gould Joseph, farmer, Ebden Parsons Henry, farmer
Winstone Edmund, farmer, Bourton

Winstone George, farmer, Bourtott

• WILLITON is a small town and ecclesiastical parish in Urse, one of the four knights who took part in the murder

athe civil parish of St. Decuman's, pleasantly situated on the of Al'chbishop Thomas Becket. A fair for cattle. i's held.
road from Taunton to Minehead, with a station on the West the second Monday in December. Markets are held during

Somerset branch of the Great Western railway, 179 miles the summer months on the second and fourth Mondays in

from London, 16 north.west from Taunton, 18 west from the month, and during the remainder of the year on the

Bridgwater and 8 south·by·east from Minehead; it gives se<'ond Monday ~nly. Orchard Wyndham, formerly the
name to a hundred and is the head of a petty sessional divi- seat of the Earls of Egremont, is beautifully situated in a.

sion, union and county court district, in the Western divi- pleasant vale, about three-quarters of a mile west from the

sion of the county, hundred of Williton and Freemanors, town ; the mansion is surrounded by fine lawns and a

Wiveliscombe district of the rural deanery of Taunton, picturesque and thickly wooded park, but is at preserrt un-

archdeaconry of Taunton and diocese of Bath and Wells. .occupied. Here is a manual fire engine. The area, rateable

The towa has been lighted with gas since JS66 by th~ value and population are given with St. Decuman'e.

Watchet Gas Company. 'rhe church of St. Peter is a build· Parish Clerk, Henry Pippin.

ing of stone, in the Early English style, consisting of chan- PosT, M. 0. &; T. 0., S. B. & Annuity & Insurance Office

eel, nave, aisles, north and west porches and a western (Railway Sub-Office, receiving correspondence direct from

turret containing one bell: the font is of stone and dates a travelling post office. Letters shonld have R.S.O.

from :r666: the church was completely restared in 1858, Somerset, added).-Thomas Hake, postmaster'. Letters

and has sittings for soo persons. The living is a vicarage, delivered at 7 a.m. & 2.40 p.m.; dispatched at J<i.45 a.mt

gross yearly value £300, including 3 acres of glebe, in the for North & London & 7 p.m. London & all par-ts i sun•

gift of the vicar of St. Decuman's, and held since r854 by days, delivery at 7 a.m.; dispatch, 7 p.m. Letters fol'

the Rev. Samuel John Heathcote M.A. of MagdaleneCollege, Bardon through Washford

Cambridge. Here are Wesleyan and Baptist chapels. The CouNTY MAGISTRATES FOR THE PETTY SESSION.U. DIVISION

D Co. 2nd Volunteer Battalion, Prince Albert's Somerset- OF WILLITON.

shire Light Infantry, is quartered here. In the reign of Fuller-Acland-Hood Sir Alexander Batema.n Periam bait

Henry II. this place was the residence of Sir Reginald Fit.z- D.L. ~t. Audries, Bridgwater, chairman

S. G. & B. 27*

420 WILLITON, SOMERSETSHIRE. [KELLY'S

Trefusis Major the Hon. John Schomberg, Thomcombe, Vaccination Officer, Frederick Waiter Huggins, Williton

Taunton Medical Officers & Public Vaccinators, Brompton Ralph &;

Trollope The Hon. Robt.Cranmer,Crowcombe coprt,Tauntn Clatworthy districts, George Robert Norris,Wiveliscombe;

Badcock Daniel esq. Kilve court, Bridgwater Dunster district, Francis George Hayes L.R.C.P.LOnd. 'fhe·

Blommart John esq. Willett house, Taunton Cottage, Dunster; Minehead district, Thomas James.

Warrington-Carew Coventry esq. Crowcombe, Taunton Ollerhead L.R.C.P.Edin. Minehead; Porlock district, Fitz-

Halliday John esq. D.L. Chapel Cleeve, Taunton james Molony L.K.Q.C.1i".Irel. Porlock; Stogutnber dis~

Fuller-Acland-Hood Capt. Alexander,St.Audries, Bridgwater trict, Charles Edward Seppings Brettingham L.F.P.s.Glas.

Luttrell Capt. Alex. Fownes, East Quantoxhead, Bridgwater Manor house, Stogumber ; Stogursey district, Robert

Sweet-Escott Rev. William B.A. Hartrow manor, Taunton Pairman M.D., c.M. Stogursey; Williton disirict, Waiter

Clerk to the Magistrates, Thomas Joyce, Bardon Frost L.R.C.P.Lond. Williton

Petty Sessions are held at the Police station every first Superintendent Registrar, William Henry White, WiHiton;

thursday in the month, except October & last thursday deputy, William Sidney Cox, Williton

in September Registrars of Births & Deaths: Dunster sub-district, James.

The following places are included in the Petty Sessional Young, Dunster; deputy, Mrs. Eleanor Young, Dunster;

Division:- Bicknoller, Crowcombe, Dodington, East Minehead sub-district, Ernest Cox, Minehead; deputy,

Quantoxhead, Elworthy, Fiddington, Holford, Kilton George Tarr, Minehead; Stogumber sub-district, Waiter

with Lilstock, Kilve, Monksilver, Nettlecombe, Nether Hyett, Stogumber; deputy, Henry Mouncher,Stogumber;

Stowey, Old Cleeve, Over Stowey, Sampford Brett, St. Stogursey sub-district, Joseph Keith, Quantoxhead ;

Decuman's, Stogursey, Stogumber, Stringston, West deputy, William Crocker, Kilve ; Williton sub-district,.

Quantoxhead Frederick Waiter Huggins, Williton; deputy, Benjamiit

INSURANCE AGENTS:- F. Casson, Williton

Norwich Union Fire, J. W. Williams Registrars of Marriages: Dunster sub-district, James White,

Sun Fire, T. Hawkes Dunster; deputy, Henley White, Dunster; Minehead sub-

PuBLIC ESTABLISHMENTS:- district, Ernest Cox, Minehead; deputy, George Tarr,

County Court, His Honor William Paterson, judge; John Minehead; Stogumber sub-district, Waiter Hyett, Stog-

Richards Davis, registrar & high bailiff; Thomas Hake, umber; deputy, Henry Mouncher, Stogumber; Stogursey

assistant bailiff. The Court is held monthly ; the district sub-district, Joseph Keith, Quantoxhead; deputy, Wm.

comprises the following places:- Bicknoller, Brompton Crocker, Kilve; Williton sub-district, :Frederick Waiter

Ralph, Carhampton, Clatworthy, Crowcombe, Culbone, Huggins, Williton; deputy, Benjamin F. Casson, Williton

Cutcombe, Dodington, Dunster, East Quantoxhead, El- 'fhe Workhouse is a large building of stone, with hospital a~

worthy, Holford, Kilton with Lilstock, Kilve, Luccombe, the rear, erected about 1837 ; it will hold 300 inmates;

Luxborough, Minehead, Monksilver, Nettlecombe, Oare, John Thorne, master; Rev. John Tripp, chaplain; Waiter

Old Cleeve, Porlock, St. Decuman's, Sampford Brett, Set- Frost L.R.C.P.LOnd. medical officer; Mrs. Mary L. Thorne,

worthy, Stogumber, Stogursey, Stoke Pero, Stringston, matron; Miss M. E. Burgess, schoolmistress

Timberscombe, Treborough, West Quantoxhead,Williton, RURAL SANITARY AUTHORITY.
Withiel Florey, Withycombe & Wootton Courtney
Certified Bailiffs under the Law of Distress Amendment Meets every monday at the Board room, Williton Union
Workhouse, at 12 noon.
Act, Thomas Hake, Williton; 'f. H. Andrew, Williton;
John Risdon, jun. Williton ; W. T. Organ, Watchet ; Clerk, William Henry White, Williton
Treasurer, Daniel Badcock, Stuckey's Bank, Williton
James Phillips, Minehead; J. H. Davies, Dunster
County Police Station, William Sticklan, superintendent ; Medical Officers of Health, R. Pairman & T. Clark L.R.C.P.
Edin. Dunster
x sergeant & xo constables
Prince Albert's Somersetshire Light Infantry, 2nd Volun- Inspectors of Nuisances, George Cook, Alcombe & Thomas
teer Battalion (D Co.), Captain Cecil Smith; Sergeant T. :Fisher, Williton

Moon, drill instructor SCHOOL ATTKNDANCE COMMITTEE.

WILLITON .UNION. Meeting held at the Board room, Williton Union Work-
Board day, monday, at the Board room, Workhouse. house, at n.3o a.m. ten days previous to the Williton.
The union comprises the following places:- Bicknoller,
Brompton Ralph, Carhampton, Clatworthy, Crowcombe, Justices' meetings.
Culbone, Cutcombe, Dodington, Dunster, East Quantox- Clerk, William Henry White, Williton
head, Elworthy, Holford, Kilton with Lilstock, Kilve, Attendance & InquirY' Officers, James Young, Dunster j'
Luccombe, Luxborough, Minehead, Monksilver, Nettle-
oombe, Oare, Old Cleeve, Porlock, St.. Decuman's, Samp- John Thomas, Watchet
ford Brett, Selworthy, Stogumber, Stogursey, Stoke Pero, National School (mixed), erected, with master's house, in

Stringston, Timberscombe, Treborough, West Quantox- 1872, at a cost of £1,400, for 200 children; average attend-
head, Withiel Florey, Withycombe, .Wootton Courtney ; ance, x65; Mrs. Esther Ingram, mistress; T. Jose Gard,
assistant master

the population of the union in x88x was x8,683; rateable NEWSPAPER.- West Somerset Free Press,published weekly,
on fri. for sat. by Cox Brothers
value, £!08,290
Clerk to the Guardians & Assessment Committee, William Railway Station, John Bulley, station master

Henry White, Williton CARRIERS:-

'freasurer, Daniel Badcock, Stuckey's Bank, Williton Great Western Railway Co. J, C. Wall, agent

Relieving Officers, No. x district, James Young, Dunster; Seward George, to Bridgwater, mon, & wed. ; to Taunton

No. 2 district, John Thomas, Watchet on sat

PRIVATE RESIDENTS, Babb Thomas, shopkeeper Date Alfred, farmer, Stream

Date Mrs. William Bacon Robert, coal merchant Dore Abraham, farm bailiff to the

Davis John Richards, Bardon Bak.er Robert, grocer trustees of the late Earl of Egremont

Frost Walter Besley George, carpenter Dore John, New inn

Gimblett Robert James Bindon Henry, shopkeeper Dyer W. & Son, bill posters

Gliddon Miss Bond William Orchard, vet. surgeon Eames George & Son, boot & shoe mas

GliddonMrs Bray Harriet (Miss), shopkeeper Facey 'I homas, baker

Hawkes Thomas Casson Benjamin F. saddler & harness Fisher James Whiting, Railway Com-

Heathcote Rev. Samuel John M.A. maker & deputy registrar of births, mercial hotel

[vicar], Eastfield deaths & marriages Frost Walter L. R.C. P. surgeon

Borne Thomas Chibbett & Sons, cabinet makers, uphol- Gliddon J. & Sons, ironmongers, range

Howell William Brewer sterers, builders, painters & paper- manufacturers, plumbers, tinplate,

J oyce Thomas, Bardon hangers, High street & Long street zinc & iron workers; & at Watchet

Langdon Mrs ChurchillWalt. Wm.saddlr.&harness ma. Gould Agnes (Mrs.), shopkeeper

Mangles Rev. John Martin [Wesleyan] Copp W. L. & Co. grocers & drapers Green Alfred, tailor

Middleton William Henry Cox Brothers, printers, booksellers, sta- Green Misses, ladies' school

Page John tioners, bookbinders, fancy repository Haddon John Harris, farmer, Stream

Pippen Nicholas & publishers of the " West Somerset Hake Thomas, draper, Post office

Ridler Miss Free Press" newspaper. See advert Hawkes & Risdon, auctioneers

Sparks Thomas Cox Wm. Sidney, deputy supt.registrar Hawkes Thomas, land surveyor

Tamlyn Mrs ' Cruse John, butcher Holcombe Lucretia (Mrs.), shopkeeper

Tapp Philip Davis John Richards (firm, Ponsford, Hole George, wheelwright

White William Henry Joyce & Davis), solicitor, & registrar Hole Herbt.Hy. photographer&stationer

Wilson Goodbarne of Williton county court, joint clerk Huggins Frederick Waiter, vaccination

COMMERCIAL. to the Dunster highway board & officer & registrar of births, deaths

Ashton John, Egremont hotel & posting Liberal agent for theWestern division & marriages, Williton sub-district

house, & farmer of the county Hutchings I<'rederick, butcher

JDIRECTORY. SOliERSETSHIRE. WINCANTOY. 421

Hurley Abraham, miller (water), Palfrey James, Masons' Arms P.H Stevens William, dairyman
Orchard mill
Pole Francis Wm. farmer, Egrove farm Thristle Francis, watch & clock maker

Jones John, market gardener Ponsford, Joyce & Davis, solicitors, & Trebble John, tailor

Jones Robert, shopkeeper clerks to the governors of Ellsworth Ward Jane (Mrs.), shopkeeper

Jones William, general dealer foundation & clerks to the Dunster Westcott Sarah (Mrs.), dress maker

Joyce Thomas (firm, Ponsford, Joyce & highway board, Bardou WestSomersetFreePress(Cox Brothers,

Davis), solicitor & commissioner for Prince Albert's Somersetshire Light In-, publishers ;published friday for satur-

.oaths, & clerk to the magistrates for fantry, 2nd Volunteer Battalion (D day). See advertisement

the divisions of Williton & Dunster, Co.) (Capt. Cecil Smith; Sergeant White & Son, solicitors

&; joint clerk to the Dunster highway T. Moon, drill instructor) White William Henry (firm, White &

board, Bardon Reading Room (W. B. Howell, sec) Son), solicitor, clerk to the highway

Kingsbury John, farmer, Wibble farm Rice Thomas, baker board, the commissioners of taxes,

Landsey Tom, Wyndham Arms P.H RossiterJoshuaJas.gardener &seedsman guardians, rural sanitary authority

Langdon L. & Son, grocers Seaward George, carrier & assessment & school attendance

Langdon Albert H. builder &contractor Sparks Henry, organ builder committees&superintendnt. registrar

Langdon Robert, butcher Sparks Sarah (Mrs.), shopkeeper Williams A. & W. carriage builders

Linton John Henry, tailor & outfitter Stuckey's Banking Co. (Goodbarne Williams Jane (Mrs.), dress maker

MiddletonWm.Hy.L.K.Q.C.P.Irel. surgn Wilson, sub-manager); draw on Williams John Walter, grocer & draper

Moorman Robert, farmer Robarts, Lubbock & Co. London E c Williams Philip,wagon bldr.&blacksmth

WILTON parish is now wholly given with the municipal borough of Taunton, the portion formerly outside being

added to the new parishes of St. Mary Magdalene Without (Taunton) and Bishops Hull Without,formed Mar. 25, 1885.

WINCANTON, si~uated on the river Cale, from which Club was formed for the purpose of examining the interest-

circumstance it derived its ancient name of " Wyndcaleton," ing features in which the locality abounds. Stuckey's Bank-

subsequently modernised into its present appellation, is a ing Company and the Wilts and Dorset Bank have each a

town of very great antiquity, and the head of a petty sessional branch here. The market day is on Wednesday, for the sale

division and union, with a station on the Somerset and of corn, cattle and cheese. Fairs are held on Tuesday in

Dorset railway, 115~ miles, via Temple Combe, from London Easter week, and on the 29th of September. Various
by rail and 108 by road, 5 south from Bruton and x8 south- charitable bequests, amounting to about £1o annually,

-east from Wells, in the Eastern division of the county, have been made at different times; about £4o being allotted

Norton Ferris hundred, Bruton district of the rural deanery to church purposes and the remainder distributed amongst

and archdeaconry of Taunton and diocese of Bath and the poor. The Greyhound Hotel is a well conducted and

Wells. The great road through Salisbury to London from comfortable house. In this parish are the remains of the

the West of England passes through it : it is called a priory of Stavordale, founded in the reign of Hen. Ill. for

borough, but it is without a chartered corporation. The canons of the Augustinian order, and dedicated to St. James:

town is paved, lighted with gas from works situated in the circumstances of the actual foundation, owing to contra-

Station road and well supplied with water from springs dictory statements, have not been definitely settled,this being

rising at Penselwood, 3 miles north-east, whence it is con- attributed on the one hand to Henry, Baron Lovel of Cary,
veyed through pipes, laid down at a cost of £s,ooo by the in 1263, and on the other to Sir William Zouche. But little

Rural Sanitary Authority, by whom the town has also been of the conventual buildings now exists: the shell of the church

efficiently drained, the sewage flowing into tanks half a mile remains, the choir having been converted into a dwelling-

south, where it is deodorized and utilised on the principle of house and the nave into a barn : on the north side of the

Mr. Edward Ellis, of Exeter. Stavordale, in this parish, choir is an exquisite chapel, with a fan-traceried roof and a

gives the title of viscount to the Fox-Strangways family, panelled arch by which it opened to the choir : it is now

Earls of Ilchester. The church of SS. Peter and Paul, divided into several floors, the lowermost being used as a

.almost rebuilt, with the exception of the tower, from plans dairy ; in these are some elegant brackets and shields of

by Mr. J. D. Sedding, architect, of London: the building, arms of the Lovel, St. Maur and Zouch families : the exist-

consecrated August 15, 1889, is of stone in the Perpendicular ing work is Perpendicular, and some of the woodwork in the

style, with pierced parapets and pinnacles, and consists house is of the same period. In the centre of a wood near

of chancel, nave, north and two south aisles, chapel, vestries this town is the site of a British fort, called by the woodmen

and an embattled western tower, with pinnacles, dating "Kennewilkins " or " Kenwalch" Castle. At Horwood,

from the reign of Edward II. and containing 6 bells: the about a mile south-east of the town, are mineral springs,

church is seated with oak, and has about 699 sittings, of resembling in their properties those of Cheltenham. The

which two-thirds are free. The register dates from 1632. manor of Wincanton was given by William I. to Waiter de

The living is a rectory, average tithe rent-charge £403, net Dowai ; it was afterwards in the possession of the Lovels,

yearly value £234, including 42 acres of glebe, in the joint Earls of Yvery in Normandy and Barons Love! of Cary, and

gift of Miss Chafyn Grove and the Rev. H. W. Yeatman descended by the marriage of Muriel, grand-daughter and

M.A. and held since 1885 by the Rev. Colin Grant-Dalton heiress of Richard, Baron Lovel, to Nicholas, third Baron St.

M.A. of Trinity College, Oxford. Miss Chafyn Grove aug- Maur, to the Saint Maur family. The first blood in the

mented the living by presenting the great tithes, amounting Revolution of 1688 was shed her~, the Prince of Orange, who
in the gross to £Io,ooo and from £4oo to £5oo yearly. The had landed at Torbay, 5th November on that year, being

Carmelite Priory in South street has an attached chapel,dedi- attacked on his way towards London by a party of the

cated to St. Luke, and affording 140 sittings; the monastery, king's dragoons. The place suffered by a calamitous fire in
erected in 1888-9, at a cost of £2,ooo, from plans by the Rev. 1707, when about 44 houses were consumed. During the
Father Scoles, is a building of stone. The meeting house latter part of the war with France, in the beginning of the

of the Society of Friends is in High street and has a burial- century, it was made a depot for French officers, prisoners

ground attached, about 30 feet square; there is also a Con- of war, more than 400 of whom were at one time resident

gregational chapel in Mill street, built in 1799, and seating here. Henry Sac::heverell D.D. impeached by the House of

400 persons ; and a Baptist chapel in Mill street, built in Commons in I7IO, for his sermon entttled " The perils of

1:833,with 250 sittings. In North street is a Wesleyan chapel, false brethren both in Church and State," a tirade against

seating 200 persons ; the Calvinistic Christian chapel, in High Dissent and the principles of the Revolution, was the grand-

street, affords 40 sittings ; the members of theNew Jerusalem son of John Sacheverell, a Presbyterian minister of this town.

church (Swedenborgians) meet on Sundays at the Good The principal landowners are Dalton Foster Grant-Dalton esq.

Templars' Hall, and the Brethren at a private house in High F"R.o.s., J.P. Sir Edward Bradford Medlycott J.P. of Ven

street. A Cemetery, situated at Glens, was formed in 1888, House, Milborne Port, Sir Henry Ainslie Hoare hart. n.L.,

at a cost of £.I,ooo, and is under the control of a Burial J.P. of Stourhead House, E. P. Trenchard, Dr. Deane and

.Board of 9 members. James J. Baker esq. The area is 2,478 acres; rateable

The Town Hall, situated on the west side of the Market value, £10,844; the population in 1881 was 21410, including
place and destroyed by fire, August g, 1877, was rebuilt 235 officers and inmates in the Workhonse.

jn the following year, and consists of a spacious hall, used

for the sittings of the magistrates in petty sessions, the Sexton, Frederick Tucker.

county court, and for public meetings, with a room adjoin-

ing, and an arcade beneath used as a market: the hall will PosT, M. 0. & T. 0., S. B. & Annuity & Insurance

.hold 350 persons. Here are the head quarters of the H Office.-Miss Eliza lugs, postmistress, High street.

Troop of the North Somersetshire Yeomanry Cavalry. Letters arrive at 7 a.m. & from Bath & the North, 2.15

The Constitutional Club, established 1884, is in High p.m. ; sunday, 7 a.m.; dispatched at 12.50 p.m. for town

:street, the Freemasons' Hall in Church street and the Good delivery & Mere; at 3.50 p.m. for North mail; & 8 p.m.

Templars' Hall, built in 1881, in High street; the latter will for all parts; sundays, 8 p.m. for all parts

hold 120 persons. There is a fire brigade, several clubs and

local institutions, including two cricket clubs, coal and WALL LETTER Box in Silver street cleared at 3 &6.so p.m.

clothing clubs and two temperance societies. The Field sundays excepted

422 WI~CANTON. SOlVIERSETSHIRE. (KELLY's

CoUNTY MAGISTRATES FOR THE PETTY SESSIONAL DIVISION North Somerset Yeomanry Cavalry (H troop), Capt. F. J.

OP WINCANTON. Wentworth Bennett; Sergt.-Maj. James Andrews, drill

Rogers Thomas Englesby esq. J4.A., D.L. Yarlington house, instructor
Wincanton, chairman Town Hall, Market place, Charles Shawe, keeper

Hoare Sir Hy. Ainslie hart. M.A., D.L. Stourhead ho. Bath WINCANTON UNION.
.Bailward Thomas Henry Methuen esq. Manor house, Hor-
, Board day, wednesday, at II a..m. at the Board room,
sington, Wmcanton Workhouse.

Barton Charles esq. Holbrook house, Charlton Musgrove, 'fhe Union consists of the following parishes :-Abbas &
Wincanton Templecombe, Alford, Ansford, Barrow North, Barrow
South1 Blackford, Bratton, Brewham North, Brewham
Bennett Frederick James Wentworth esq. F.R.A.s. Cadbury South, Bruton, Buckhorn Weston (Dorset), Cadbury
house, Castle Cary S.O North, Cadbury South, Castle Cary, Charlton Hore-

Bennett Henry Edward esq. B.A. Sparkford hall, Sparkford thorne, Cbarlton Musgrove, Cheriton North, Compton
Bradney John esq. Bayford lodge, Wincanton Pauncefoot, Corton Denham, Cucklington, Henstridge,
Holton, Horsington, Kington Magna (Dorset), Lovington,
Grant-Dalton Dalton Foster esq. F.R.G.S. Shanks house, Maperton, Milborne Port, Penselwood, Pitcombe, Queen
Cucklington, Wincanton Camel, Shepton Montague, Sparkford, Stoke Trister,
Stowell, Sutton Mantis, Weston Bampfylde, Wheathill,
Guest Thomas :Merthyr esq. B.A. Inwood, Henstridge, Wincanton & Yarlington; the population of the union
Blandford in x88r was rg,no & according to the poor law return
in 1888 was 20,770; rateable value, at Michaelmas r888,
Hobhouse Hy. esq. M.P., M.A. Hadspen ho. Castle Cary S.O
Langhorne William Bailey esq. South bank, Wincanton was £146,302 ·
Marriott-Dodington Thomas esq. M.A. Horsington house,

Temple Combe, Bath

Thring Theodore esq. D. L. Alford, Castle Cary S. 0

Clerk to the Magistrates, William Ben~ett, Bruton Clerk to the Guardians & Assessment Committee,James Lan-

Petty Sessions are held at the Town hall every wednesday at caster, West hill, Wincanton
I2.30 p.m. &last monday in the month at u a.m
Treasurer, Vincent Stuckey, Stuckey's Bank, Wincanton

The following places are included in the Petty Sessional Relieving Officers, Castle Cary district, George Pitman,

division ;-Alford, Ansford, Barrow North, Barrow South, North Cadbury; Milborne Port district, Samuel Worthy,

Blackford, Bratton, Brook or Gasper, Brewham North, Temple Combe ; Wincanton district, Clement Charles

Brewham South, Bruton, Cadbury Northy Cadbury South, Read, Horse Guard villa, Wincanton
Castle Cary, Charlton Horethorne, Charlton Musgrove, Vaccination Officer, James Lancaster, West hill, Wincanton

Cheriton North, Compton Pauncefoot, Carton Denham, Medical Officers & Public Vaccinators, Bruton district,

Cucklington, Goathill, Henstridge, Holton, H orsington, Frederick Stockwell M.D. Bruton; Castle Cary district,

Kilmington, Lovington, Maperton, Milborne Port, Pensel- Carey Pearce Coombs M.D. Castle Cary ; Milborne Port

wood, Pitcombe, Pointington, Sandford Orcas, Shepton district, John Empson L.K.Q.C.P.rrel. Milborne Port;
Montague, Stoke Trister, Stowell, Sutton Montis, Temple- Queen Camel district, James Hurley M.D. Queen Camel;

combe, Weston Bampfylde, Wheathill,Wincanton,Yarling- Templecombe district, Ernest Oliver Scallon, The Dogs,

ton & Yarnfield Wincanton; Wincanton district, Montagu Waiter Roe,

INSURANCE AGENTS::- High street, Wincanton
Superintendent Registrar, James Lancaster, West hill, Win-

Accident, J. W. Sandell, Wilts & Dorset Bank canton; deputy, John Barnes, The Workhouse, Wincanton

Alliance Fire & Life, F. T. Fowler, Stuckey's Bank Registrar of Births & Death, Bruton sub-district, Albert

Commercial Union, A. W. Green, Market place Huntley, Bruton; deputy, Edward R. Hayter, Bruton;

County Fire, J. Lancaster, West hill; C. Plenty, 63 High st Castle Cary sub-district, George Pitman, North Cad-
Economic Life, W. Bennett, Market place
bury; deputy, Thomas Pitman, NorthCadbury; Milborn&

Edinburgh Life, F. T. Fowler, Stuckey's Bank Port sub-district,Sl.Worthy,Temple Combe; deputy,Jsph.

General, W. Hannam, Market place Hyde, Milborne Port; Wincanton sub-district, Clement

Hand-in-Hand, J. Freeman, Terra Nova works Charles Read, Horse Guard villa, Wincanton; deputy,

Imperial :Fire & Life, J. W. ~andell, Wilts & Dorset Bank Frederick Shepherd, Wincanton
Liverpool & London & Globe, F. 'f. Fowler, Stuckey's Bank Registrars of Marriages, John Hannam, Wincanton; de-
Norwich Accident, J. B. Amor, Market place
puty, William Hannam, South street, Wincanton ; Wm.
Provident Life, J. LanC'.tster, West hill
Macmillan, Castle Cary; deputy, Cornelius Martin, Castle.
Railway Passengers, F. 'f. Fowler, Stuckey's Bank
Cary; Reuben J. Raymond, Milborne Port; deputy,
Royal Exchange, C. Filtness, High street
Samuel Cook, Milborne Port
Standard Life, J. Richards, High street & J. W. Sandell, The Workhouse is a commodious structure of red brick,
Wilts & Dorset Bank
standing at the west end of the town, was enlarged in
Sun Fire, George Richards, High street
x87r, at a cost of £2,ooo, & will hold 250 inmates; John
West of England, Messiters & llennett, 5 High street
Barnes, master; ReV'. Colin Grant-Dalton M.A. chaplain;

.PuBLIC EsTABLISHMENTS :~ Montagu Waiter Roe, medical officer; Mrs. Margaret.
Barnes, matron ; Miss Louisa Barwell, schoolmistress
Cemetery, G. Richards, c1erk to the burial board

Church Institute, Parish room, Rev. C. Grant-Dalton M.A. ScHOOL ATTENDANCE CoMMITTEE.

· president Meets 2nd wednesday in the month after Board business.

County Court, Town hall; His Honor James Mackonochie, Clerk, James Lancaster, West hill, Wincanton
judge; John Messiter & William Bennett, registrars. A Attendance Officers, Samuel Worthy, Templecombe; George
court is held monthly: the district comprises the following
places, viz. 1-Abbas Combe, Alford, Ansford, Barrow Pitman, North Cadbury; & Clement Charles Read,

North, Barrow South, Blackford, Bratton, Brewham 1\'incanton

North, Brewham South, Bruton, Buckhorn, Weston, RURAL SANITARY AUTHORITY.

Cadbury North, Cadbury South, Castle 'Cary, Charlton Meets 4th wednesday in the month after Board business_
Horethorne, Charlton Musgrove, Cheriton North,Compton
Pauncefeot, Carton Denham, Cucklington, 'Henstridge, Clerk, James Lancaster, West hill, Wincanton
Holton, Horsington, Kington Magna, Lovington, Maper-
ton, Milborne Port, Penselwood, Pitcombe, Queen Camel, Treasurer, Vincent Stuckey, Stuckey's Bank, Wincanton
Bhepton Montague, Sparkford, Stoke Trister, Stowell, Medical Officer of Health, F. Stockwell M.D. Bruton
Inspectors of Nuisances, Waiter Dyke, 55 High street, Win-
Sutton Montis, Weston Bampfylde, Wheathill, Wincanton
canton; & J. C. Unwin, Castle Cary

& Yarlington PUBLIC OFFICERS : -

Certified Bailiffs under the Law of Distress Amendment Assessors of Taxes, John Feltham Bayford & A. G. Knight,

Act, 1888, Frank William Harrold, Castle Cary; & John Wincanton

Feltham, Springfield, Wincanton Clerk to Commissioners of Taxes, John Messiter, Market pl

County Police Station, North street; William C. Stoker, Clerk to the Feoffees Of Town Charities, Arnold James

superintendent. Here is a chief station of the county Bennett, 5 High street

police, under the orders of a superintendent, with a ser- Clerk to the Highway Board, James Lancaster, West hill

geant & a constable ; a police constable belonging to the Collector of Rates, Edwin Crouch, North street

division stationed at each of the following places :- Market Toll Collector & Town Crier, James Warren,
Brnton, Castle Cary (two·), Charlton Horethorne, Hen- Chur('h street

stridge, Horsington, Penselwood, Kilmington, Lovington, Solicitor to Inspectors for Lighting the Town, Edward

. Milborne Port, North Cadbury & South Brewham Yalden Cooper, South street

Fire Brigade, Engine~tation, Mill street, W. T. Goodfellow, Stamp Distributor, Miss Eliza Ings, High street

Greyhound hotel, capt. & 12 men Superintendent of Police & Inspector of Weights &Measures,

Freemasons' Hall, Church street, R. R. Hutchings, sec William Stoker

Inland Revenue Office, at the Greyhound hotel Surveyor of Roads, W. Dyke, 55 High street

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DIRECTORY.] SOMERSETSHIRE. WlNCANTON. 423

PLACES OF WORSHIP, with times of Services:- Brethren's Meeting Room, High street; services, sunday,

SS. Peter & Paul Church, Rev. Colin Grant-Dalton M.A. 6.30 p.m.; thur. 7.30 p.m

rector; 8 & II EL. m. & 6.30 p.m. & IO a.m. & 6 p.m. daily New Jerusalem, sun. II & 6.30
sSt. Luke's Catholic Priory & Church, Very Rev. Joseph A School Board of members was formed March r6, r87I ;
Dominic Ostendi (prior) ; Rev. Aloysius Coghlan (sub- James Lancaster, clerk to the board; George Read, Bay-
prior); Revs. Sebastian Colin, Bernard Brun, Appollinaris ford hill, attendance officer
Bach de Sciorae; mass, 7, S.3o & I0.30 a.m. & rosary; Board Schools, for 150 boys, Ss girls & Ss infants; average
sermon & benediction 6 p.m.; daily mass, 6.30, 7, 7.30 attendance, I03 boys, 74 girls & 6o infants; Richard
& 8.30 a m.; thurs. & days of devotion, benediction 6 p.m Henry Hoyle, master; Elizabeth James, mistress ; Miss
Friends' Meeting House, I0.30 a.m. & 6.30 p.m. in summer C. Pearson, infants' mistress
& 3.30 p.m. in winter; thurs. IO a. m
Baptist, Rev. John Brown, pastor; II a.m. & 5 p.m. ; RAILWAY STATION, C. J. Thomas, station master
An omnibus from the Greyhound hotel, meets trdins at
mon. 8 p.m
Congregational, Rev. John Edwin Drover, minister; II Wincanton station

a..m. & 6.30 p.m. ; mon. 8 p.m CARRIERS:-

Calvinistic Christians' Chapel, II a.m. & 6 p.m.; tues. MERE-Hooper, from Bear hotel, wed

7p.m STALBRIDGE-Mogg, from New inn, wed

Wesleyan, u a.m. & 6 p.m. ; tues. 7.30 p.m WEsT STOUR-Hillier, wed

PRIVATE RESIDENTS. Sandell J oseph William, High street Dowding Edwin Henry, grocer &farmer,

Adney Mrs. Ireson villas Scallon Ernest Oliver, The Dogs High street

Bach de Sciorae Rev. Appollinaris Sbaw Mrs. West Hill house Dowding Herbert Samuel, baker & flour

[Catholic], The Priory Sims William, High street & corn merchant, Church street ; &

Bailey J ames, North street Sly Samuelt High street farmer, Ireson farm

Baily Mrs. John, North street Washbourne George, Coylton terrace DuckWilliamGeorge,saddler,High street

Baker James J. U.odbar house Wybrants Robert Bath M. A. Hillside DykeHy.Edwd.coal mer.Railway station

Bamford Samson, West hill Yells Arthur, Wassail house DykeWalter,road surveyor& inspector of

Benjafield Mrs. George, Mill street COMMERCIAL. nuisances to the rural sanitary au-

Bennett Arnold James, 7 High street Acutt George, commission agt. Silver st thority, 55 High street

Bracher Mrs. James, South hill AMOR .JOHN B. general & artistic Eden William John, grocer, Market place

Bracher Mrs. John, Mill street printer, bookseller, stationer & book- Edwards Alfred, house decorator, 4S

Bracher Mrs. William, South street binder, depot for the Society for Pro- High street

Bracher Philip Henry, Pencader moting Christian Knowledge, agent Evans James, shoe maker, High street

Brown Rev. John [Baptist], High street for Sutton & Co. & for the General Feltham Eda (Miss), dress maker, Rose

Brun Rev. Bernard[Catholic],ThePriory Fire & Life & Norwich Accident As- cottage, Bayford bill

Burgess Samuel, Carmel villas surance Cos. Market place Feltham Ellen(Mrs.),frmr. Higher:\Iarsh

Chamberlain Miss, North street AndrewsAnnie(Mrs. ),Bear hotel, High st Foote Maria & Emma (Misses),milliners,

Coghlan Rev.Aloysius [sub-prior, Catho- At.kinson Blanche Ethel (Miss), ladies' Tything

lic], The Priory school, High street Fowler F. Thirlwall, manager Stuckey's

Colin Rev. Sebastian [Catholic], The Barnes J obn, deputy superintendent Bank,insurance agent & agent Somer-

Priory registrar, The Workhouse set Permanent Benefit Building Society

Cooper Edward Yalden, South street Benjafield Geo. Fredk. draper, High st & sec. & treasurer Wincanton Coal Gas

Cooper George Henry, South street Bennett Arnold James (firm,Messi~ers & Co. Limited, Stuckey's Bank

Crew Mrs. 40 High street Bennett), solicitor &commissioner for Francis Eli, farmer, Bryants farm

Deane Mrs. Charles, Park cottage administering oaths & for taking ac- Francis Frederick, 1!ailor, Station road

Drover Rev. John Edwin [Congrega- knowledgments of deeds by married Francis Thomas, tailor, High street

tional], The Manse, Mill street women & clerk to the feoffees of town Freemasons' Hall (R. R. Hutchings,

Dyke Henry, Silver street charities, 5 High street sec.), Church street

Eden John William, Life Guards villas BennettWilliam,solicitor& commissioner Gant Waiter James, district supt. Pru·

Edwards Mrs. John, High street for oaths, joint registrar for county dential Assurance Co. South street

English Daniel, High street court & clerk to the magistrates of George & McKey, curriers, Mill street

Farrer Rev. Waiter B.A. [curate] Wincanton petty sessional division, Gibbs John, baker, South street

Filtness Charles, High street Market place ; & at Bruton Goodfellow Edwd. pbotograpber,High st

Fowler F. Thirlwal1, South street Blackmore George, farm bailiff to Rev. Goodfellow William Theodore,proprietor

Freeman Joseph, West view S. Dandy, Newbarn farm Greyhound family, tourist &commer-

Garland Mrs. 61 High street BlakeJn. Fdk.Harvey,confectnr.High st cial hotel & posting house, &; wine &

Gates Waiter Valder, 3 South street Bottle Henry, tailor, Mill street spirit merchant,Market place; &coach

Gilbert George, Priory villas Bracher & Co. inventors, patentees & & carriage builder, South st. See advt

Gilbert Mrs. John, Church street mechanical engineers, West bill GreenAmbroseWm.ironmngr.Market pl

Grant-Dalton Rev. Colin AI.A. [rector], British & Foreign Bible Society's Depot Green Geo. beer rat. & seedsman, High st

Ireson house (George Sweetman, agent), Marketpl Green Thomas, carpenter, High street

Green Ambrose William, North street Budgen Thomas, shopkeeper, High st Hannam John, grocer & registrar of

Green Mrs. Elias, Church street Burrows Jas.pianoforte tuner,Church st marriages, South street

Green Robert, I Balsam villas Burt John, Red Lion P.H. Market place Hannam William, deputy registrar of

Hamilton George, Mill street Cannon James, cabinet maker, High st marriages, South street

Hannam John, Bellfield CarringtonEbnzr.Thos. chmist. 23High st Harris Edwin, boot maker,Market place

Hannam Mrs. Coylton terrace , Carter Mary (Miss), ladies' school, Coyl· Harris Waiter William, photographer,

Herridge Charles, 7S High street ton terrace North street

Rinks Miss, Southgate road Cave Joseph, shopkeeper & beer retailer, Heale Miss, catholic school, 23 Nortb st

Holly Mrs. 37 High street North street Herridge John, farmer, Marsh

Hoyle Richard Henry, Carmel villa Cemetery (G. Richards, clerk to the Hill James Atkins, beer retailer, Tytbing

Hutchings Richard, I Church street burial board), Glens Hm>kinsCath.L. (Miss),millinr. r6High st

Johnston Thomas, Mill street Church Institute (Rev. Colin Grant- Howes Charles, Dolphin P.H. High street

King Richard, Mill street Dalton M.A. president), Parish room Hutcbings Ricbd.&Son,tailors,Market pl

Lancaster James, West bill Church of England •remperance Society Ings Eliza (Miss), stamp distributor,

LanghorneWilliamBaileyJ.P. South bank & Band of Hope (Rev. Oolin Grant- Post office, High street

Loader Caleb, Coylton terrace Dalton M.A.pres.; F.Francis, hon. sec) Jacobs Alfred (late Bracbers), grocer &

Longman Mrs. The Mount Clementina Thos.general dealer,North st provision merchant ; established 1787 ;

McBride John Best, The Dogs Cooper William Edward, solicitor,South cash price list free on application,

McKay Mrs. x Balsam villas, High st street ; & at Langport General supply stores, High street

Messiter John, Church street County Police Station (William Stoker, Jordan Alfred,chimney sweeper,~·thing

Newman William, sen. High street superintendent), North street Knight Alfred George, chemist & sta-

Ostendi Very Rev. Joseph Dominic Cox Geo. common lodging bo. Tything tioner, Market place

[prior, Catholic], The Priory Cox Henry, basket maker, North street Knighton Martha (Mrs.), dress maker,

Penny Mrs. Natbanielt High street CronchEdwin,coll.of poor rates,Northst Church street

'Pitman Elijah, Church street Curtis John, grocer, Silver street Knighton Walter, haulier, Church street

Richards George, Ireson villas Dauncy Lavinia (Mrs.), farmer, Marsh LancasterJames, clerk to the guardians,

Richa:tds James, 18 High street Deanesly Samuel, wine & spirit mer- to the rural sanitary authority, to

Richards Mrs. Charles, High street chant, 4 High street school attendance committee & to the

Richards Mrs. Samuel, Batch Dike Thomas, coffee tavern, Church st highway &school boards & supt. regis·

Roberts Stephen, Shatterwell house Doughty John, fishmonger, High street trar & vaccination officer, West hill

Roe Montagu Waiter, High street Dowding Charles, saddler, 17 High st Latcham Jane(Mrs.),boot dlr.Church st

424 WI~CANTON. SO~IERSETSHIRE. [KELLY'S

Lippiatt Jas.Hy.H.farmer, Lawrence ho Ri,·hards James, auctioneer &c. (firm, t Sweetman Richard, builder, Church st

Lock George, butcher, High street Richards & Son), & agent for the SymesJn.M.R.c.v.s.vet.surgn.Marketpl

Long John,agent Prudential Assurance Standard Life Assurnce.Co.x8Highst Taunton & Co. milk factors, Station

Co. Bedford place Roberts Waiter, farmer, Rodgrove Walburton James, boot ma. South st

Longman Esther Laman (Mrs.), linen Roe Montagu Waiter M.R.c.s. surgeon, Walford Eli111abeth (Mrs.), boot maker,

draper, Market place & medical officer & public vaccinator, 27 High st

Lydford Charles, carpenter & wheel- High street Warren James, shopkeeper & town

wright, High street Roper Wm. chimney sweeper, Tything crier, Church street

McBride John Best L.K.Q.C.P.Irel. asst. Rutter & Rutter, solicitors, Silver st Watling Mary Augusta Down (Mrs.),

surgeon to Dr. Scallon, 'fhe Dogs Rutter Clarence Edwin, solicitor, see fancy repository, Market place

Maddocks Jas. Hy. trunk ma. High st Rutter & Rutter Way George, saddler, South street

March Isaac & Son, coach, shoeing & Rutter John Kingsley, solicitor, see Weal'e Josiah, watch & clock ma.High st

general smiths & agricultural imple- Rutter &Rutter WeareWm.watch & clock ma.4xHigh st

ment dealers & repairers &engineers ; Salt Frederick, hair dresser, 35 High Webb Louisa (Miss), ladies' boarding

estimates given & orders promptly street & 4 North street & day school, High street

attended to, South street Sandell Joseph William, manager Wilts Westmore Thomas,farmer,Suddon frm

Mead Isaac, grocer,& agent for W. & A. & Dorset Banking Co. Limited, & West Surrey Central Dairy Co. cream

Gilbey, wine & spirit mers. High st insurance agent, Wilts & Dorset Bank, factors, High street

Messiters & Bennett, solicitors,sHigh st High street Wheatley Eliza (Mrs.), lodging house,

Messiter Jn. solicitor,& joint registrar of Scallon Ernest Oliver M.R.c.s.Eng. sur- Coylton terrace

the county court & clerk to the com- geon, & medical officer & public vac- WhittakerAnn(Mrs.),beer ret.Bayfrd.hl

missioners of taxes, Market place cinator Templecombe district, Win- Wilts & Dorset Banking Co. Limited

Meyer Beatrice (Miss), artist, North st canton union & medical officer to the (branch of) (Joseph William Sandell,

Newman William, jun. tinman & South Western Railway Servants' manager), High street; draw on

brazier, Church street Benevolent Society, The Dogs Glyn, Mills, Currie & Co. Lombard

North Somerset Yeomanry Cavalry (H Scammell Tom Bracher, china & furni- street, London E c

Troop) (Capt. F. J. Wentworth Ben- ture dealer, 8 Market place Wincanton Clothing Club (Mrs. R. B.

nett,commanding; Sergt.-Maj.James Shawe Charles, cabinet maker, High st Wybrants, hon. sec)

Andrews, drill instructor) Shepherd Fredk.printer,29 & 31High st Wincanton Coal Club (C. C. Read, hon.

Osmond ,Joseph, boot maker,39 High st Smith Ann(Miss),lodging ho.62 High st sec)

Parsons John, New inn, South street Snook Henry, linen draper, South st Wincanton Coal Gas Co. Limited (F.

Parsons Joseph, coal dealer, Whitehall Snow John & Co. coal dealers (Joseph ThirlwallFowler,sec.&treas.),Tything

Perman Albert G. day & boarding Brook, agent), Railway station Wincanton Constitutional Club (John

school, Pine house, High street Society for Promoting Christian Know- Feltham, hon. sec.), High street

Perrett Edward, blacksmith, South st ledge Depot (John B. Amor, agent), Wincanton Cricket Club (W. T. Good-

Perry Charles, beer retailer, Silver st Market place fellow, Greyhound hotel, capt. ; F.

Perry William, farmer, Verrington Somerset Permanent Benefit Building Thirlwall. Fowler, treasurer ; W.

Pickford Mattw.Wm. draper,Station rd Society (F. Thirlwall Fowler, agent), Dyke, hon. sec)

PitmanElizh. (Mrs.), lodging ho. High st South street Wincanton Cricket Club (Rovers) (F.

Pitman Walter Card,boot & shoe makr. Stacy & Freeman, boot & shoe makers, W. Shawe, captain)

1 High street Terra Nova works Wincanton Field Club (Rev. James

PlentyCharles,commissn. agt.63High st Stagg Geo. painter & glazier, 29 Mill st Bennett, president ; George Sweet-

PocockChas.seedsman &florist, South st Stoker William, .supt. of county police & man, Market place, hon. sec)

Portnell James, plumber, 14 High st insp. of weights & measures, North st Wincanton Fire Brigade (W. T. Good-

Read Clement Charles, registrar of Stuckey's Banking Co. (branch) (F. fellow, Greyhound hotel, captain)

births & deaths & relieving officer for Thirlwall J<'owler, manager), South Wincanton Liberal Association (F.

Wincanton district, Wincanton union street; draw on Robarts, Lubbock & Shepherd & J. Walburton, secs)

& school att.officer,Horse Guards vils Co. Lombard street, London E c Wincanton Temperance Society (J. W.

Read William, butcher, High street Summers Daniel, farmer, West Leazes Eden, sec)

Relf Jane (Mrs.),lodgingho.2Marketpl SundaySchoolUnion(Thos.Parsons, sec) Wincanton Water Works (J. Lancaster,

Rendall Simon, shopkeeper, 19 High st Sutton & Co. carriers (J. B. Amor, West hill, clerk)

Rex: William, Ueorge inn, Mill street agent), Market place Woodcock Chas. coach builder, High st

Richards &Son, auctioneers, land agnts. Sweetman George, bookseller,stationer, Wright Charles, butcher, North street

& surveyors, 18 High street & fancy repository,circulating library, Wybrants Robert Bath M. A., L.K.Q.C.P.

Richards Jane (Mrs.), ironmonger, & agent for P. & P. Campbell, dyers, Irel. surgeon & physician, Hillside

Market place Perth, Market place

WINFORD is a parish and village, 4 miles south-south- FELTON, 2 miles north-west and RIDGE HILL, 2 miles

east from Flax Bourton station on the main line of the Great south, are hamlets.

Western railway, about 7 miles south-south-west from Sexton, Felix Ball.

Bristol, in the Northem division of the county, hundred of PosT & M. 0. 0., S. B. & Annuity & Insurance Office.-
Hartcliffe, petty sessional division of Long Ashton, union William Broad, postmaster. Letters through Bristol, via
and Bedminster, county court district of Bristol, rural Flax Bourton R.S.O. arrive at 9 a.m.; box closes at s.xs
deanery of Chew, archdeaconry of Bath and diocese of p.m. The nearest telegraph office is at Chew Magna
Bath and Wells. The church of St. Mary and St. Peter is
a building of stone in the Gothic style, consisting of chancel, National School, Winford (mixed), built in 18471 for xoo
nave, aisles and a western tower · of ancient date, with children; average attendance, 96; Ernest William
pierced parapet and pinnacles, containing 6 bells : the Elworthy, master; Miss Ellen Kitchen, mistress
church was rebuilt, with the exception of the tower, in 1796,
and in x868 was repaired and reseated: a new organ was National School, Ridge Hill (mixed), built in 18791 for so
erected in x888: there are sittings for 232 persons. 'fhe children; average attendance 25; Miss Sarah Rowley,
mistress

register dates from the year 1655. The living is a rectory, Felton Hill, sometimes called LuLSGATE, is an ecclesi-
gross yearly value from tithe rent-charge £480, with resi- astical parish, formed May 6, !1873, out of the parishes
dence and xo8 acres of glebe, in the gift of Worcester College, ofWrington, Winford and Backwell. The church of St.
Oxford, and held since 1858 by the Rev. Henry Tripp M.A. Katharine and the Noble Army of Martyrs was originally
late fellow of that college. St. James' chapel of ease, in the built by the Rev. .Joseph William Hardman M.A., LL.D.
hamlet of RIDGE HILL,was erected by the rector in x866. Here vicar 1878-85, and is a building of stone, consisting of chancel
are Congregational aud .Baptist chapels. Elton's charity of
and nave, north porch and a western turret <"Ontaining 3
£7o yearly is for bread and clothing; .B. Godwin's, £3 bells : there are sittings for uo persons. The living is a
perpetual curacy, tithe rent-charge £24, net yearly value
yearly, for bread; A Godwin's, of £9 yearly, for school
£so, in the gift of the Rev. Dr. Hardman, of Cadbury House,
prizes and bread; Daw's, £7 yearly, for aged poor and
~>chool ; the poors' Paddock of about one acre, produces Congresbury, and held since 1888 by the Rev. Henry Gray
£2 10s. yearly, of which 7s. 6d. is for one sermon, and the Phillips M.A. of Jesus College, Cambridge. The population
remainder is distributed in money. Here are lead and iron
mines. Winford Manor, the seat of Percy Rowland Cripps in x88x was 340.

esq. is an ancient building, standing in splendidly laid out National School (mixed), built in 1847, for xoo children;
average attendance, 70 ; George Tanner, master
grounds, with a fine entrance drive. Percy Rowland Cripps

esq. is lord of the manor, and principal landowner. The PoST 0FFICE.-JohnReed, sub-postmaster. Letters through

!>Oil is sandy: subsoil, iron stone. 'fhe crops are wheat, Bristol, via Flax Bourton R.S.O. arrive at 10.25 a.m.;
Iharley and roots, but the land is chiefly pasture. The area dispatched at 4.40 p.m. The nearest money order office

JS 3,003 acres; rateable value, £7,437; and the population is at Winford & telegraph office at Flax .Bourton. Posta1
ill 1871 was 9II, and in 1881 was 947· orders are issued here, but not paid

JDIRECTORY. SOMERSETSHIRE. WINSCOMBE. 425

Winford. Marshall John Weaver, farmer, Upton Williams George, baker

Coombs Thomas Henry farm, Ridge hill Withey Thomas, farmer

Cripps Percy Rowland, Winford manor Morgan Thomas, farmer, Gravel hill Woodward Isaac, blacksmith, Ridge hi

Tripp Rev. Henry M.A. [rector] Moss John, farmer, Ridge hill Young George, shopkeeper

COMMERCIAL. Patch William, beer retailer Yonng Tom, farmer

Baber Benjamin, farmer Pearce Albert, farmer Felton Hill.
Ball Felix, blacksmith Pearce Benjamin, farmer, Ridge hill

:Bennett William, farmer, Ridge hill Pearce Charles, farmer, Ridge hill Phillips Rev. Hy. Gray M.A. [curate]

:Broad William, builder, Post office Pearce Thomas, farmer COMMERCIAL.

Cattle Richard, haulier & shopkeeper Pearce William, farmer, Ridge hill Bennett Stephen, farmer

Croker Hannah (Mrs.), grocer,Ridge hl Redman John, fat·mer Bennett William, farmer

Elworthy James, assistant overseer Sloman & Burge, ore & redding mines Davy William, farmer

Evans George, farmer (William Tamblyn, manager) Hardwick Isaac, farmer,Harvey's farm

:Fear John, shoe maker Smith John, wheelwright Macey William, beer retailer

Halliday Alfred, wheelwright Sweet John, farmer, Ridge hill Marshall William, farmer, Prospect frm

Hobbs Michael, beer retailer Taylor Sarah Ann (Mrs.), farmer Patch John, George & Dragon P.H

Horler Charles, farmer, Ridge hill Tovey Henry, butcher Pearce Bertie, farmer & hay dealer

Keedwell Frederick, farmer, Henmarsh Weaver Isaac, farmer, Upper Hounsley Pearce William, farmer & hay dealer

Keedwell MarkRichd.farmer,Leighdwn Weaver Micbael, farmer, Ridge hill Phillips George, baker

King Alfred, farmer, Ridge hill Weaver Obed, farmer, Ridge hill Poole Thomas, farmer, &New inn

King William Churches Rimell, Prince Weaver Thomas, farmer, Ridge hill Reed John, shopkeeper, Post office

of Waterloo P.H. cider me~. & farmer West of England& South Wales Varnish Tripp William, lime burner

Lovell Charles, farmer & Japan Co. (Pettit & Bodman; H. Wedleck George, shopkeeper

Marshall George, farmer, Ridge hill C. Amor, manager) Winstone Edward, farmer

Marsball IsaacWeaver,farmer,Ridge hl Wilcox Elizabeth (Mrs.), farmer Winstone James, farmer

WINSCOMBE is a parish and village, situated on the Henry Acland Fownes-Luttrell C. B., D.L., J.P. of Badgworth

north-eastern side of the Mendip Hills and on the Bristol and Court, are the chief landowners. The soil is various, reeting
Bridgwater road, with a station on the Cheddar Valley on the limestone; in the valley, light loam, with a clayey

branch of the Great Western railway, 13omiles from London, subsoil. The land is chiefly used for dairy and market

2 north-west from Axbridge, in the Wells division of the gardening purposes. The acreage is 4,140 ; rateable value,
county, hundred of Winterstoke, Axbridge petty sessional £9,305; the population in 1881 was 1,259·

division, union and county court district, and Locking WooDBOROUGH, I mile north; BARTON, If we;t; SAND-

district of the rural deanery of Axbridge, arcbdeaconry of FORD, 2 north, with a station on the Cheddar Valley branch

Wells and diocese of Bath and Wells. The church of St. railway; SmcoT, I north-east; and DINGHURST, 3 north-
James, standing on the slope of the hill, is a large and east, are hamlets.
elegant building of stone, in the Perpendicular style, consist- Parish Clerk, Robert Hancock.
ing of chancel, nave of five bays, aisles, north porch and an PosT & M. 0. 0., S. B. & Annuity & Insurance Office,

embattled tower with pierced parapet and pinnacles, and Woodborough (Railway Sub-Office. Letters should have

- containing 6 bells; the belfry has a groined roof, and the R.S.O. Somerset added).-Mrs. Sarah Brooks, sub-post-
porch once bad a parvise : there are mural tablets to the mistress. Delivery commences at 7 a. m. ; a second mail

Knollis family, one of whom was killed at the head of his arrives at 1.40 p.m. ; dispatched at 8.35 p.m.; on sundays

regiment at Gnadaloupe, fighting the French in 1794; in at 5.25 p.m. The nearest telegraph office is at Winscombe

1863 the church was thoroughly restored and the chancel railway station
rebuilt : there are sittings for 400 persons: the churchyard, INSURANCE AGENT.-Connty Fire & Provident Life, &
in which there is a remarkably large and beautiful yew tree, Norwich Union Fire, G. Seymour, Woodborough

commands extensive views of the surrounding country. SCHOOLS:-
The register dates from the year 1662. The living is a A School Board of 5 members was formed March 4, 1881.

vicarage, average tithe rent-charge £213; net yearly value, W. Reece, Axbridge, clerk to the board; Joseph Freeman

£253, with residence, in the gift of the Dean and Chapter of Churchill, attendance officer

Wells, and held since 1863 by the Rev. Richard Francis Board, Sandford, for so children; average attendance, 40;

Follett M.A. of St. John's College, Cambridge. A chapel of Malcolm Keith, master

ease was erected at Sandford in 1885; it consists of chancel Board, Woodborough, for 148 children; average attend-
and nave, and a belfry containing 3 bells: there are 100 ance, 82; George Llo~d, master
sittings. Here is a Baptist chapel, with 300 sittings ; a Society of Friends', Sidcot, founded in 18o8 & partly

Wesleyan chapel, seating 200 persons, and a meeting house endowed; the school is available for 70 boys & 54 girls;

for the Society of Friends, with sittings for 400. The Edmund Ashby, head master; B. P. Megahy, H. R.

charities amount to £8 yearly. A fair is held on the first Clark,W.Thistlewaite, J. T. Harris & Jos. Lane, assistant

Monday in May, for cattle. Calamine is found in Sandford masters, & five mistresses

Hill, but is not now worked. Here are lime kilns and lime- Mrs. Yatman's (mixed), Winscombe Hill; average atten-
stone quarries. Winscombe Hill, the seat of the Rev. John dance, 74; Mrs. Cathoys, mistress

.Augustus Yatman M.A. oxon, J.P. erected in 1858, and RAILWAY STATIONS:-
situated on a shoulder of the Mendips called "Wavering Winscombe, Charles Scoulding, station master

Down," commands some extensive views of the Vale of Sandford, John C. Brayley, station master ·

Cheddar. The Ecclesiastical Commissioners, who are lords CARRIERS:-
of the manor, Charles Lund Fry Edwards esq. M.A., J.P. of Charles Hemmens,to Bristol,tues.& sat. returning same day
the Grove, Wrington; Charles Smith esq. Mrs. A. G. Thomas Baker & James Cornish, to Weston-super-Mare,
• Lethbridge, Rev. John Augustns Yatman M.A., J.P. and Col. fridays

Winscombe Counsell Charles, farmer, Max farm Counsell Gabriel, farmer
Connsell William, farmer & landowner Day Charles, farmer
· Dudden Cbas. builder, & lodging house, Hancock Jesse, farmer
PRIVATE RESIDENTS. Pimm George, farmer
.Arney John East, Whyvenhoe Mendip view Pimm Oliver, farmer
Ash Henry, Kildare house Durman Charles, farmer Pimm Silvester, farmer
Bradford William Fear John, farmer, Rookery farm, Nigh Wilkins George, yeoman
Compton Theodore,The Brook Hancock Alfred, farmer
Follett Rev. Richard Fras.M.A. Vicarage Hancock Herbert, farmer Dinghurst.
Lethbridge Mrs. Winscombe court Hancock Robert, sexton
MaudeRev. Thos.[curate of Winscombe] Hawkins William, farmer, Oakridge [Letters should be addressed near Churchill•
Smith Charles Edward, Max house Hemmens Hyde, carpenter, Lynch Bristol.]
Statter William Henry, Mount house House J<'rederick, farmer, N1gh
Tanner Mrs. Oakridge house Nigh Henry, mason Bobbett Winter John, Sidney villa
Yatman Rev. John Augustus M.A., J.P. Nipper T'bilis (Miss), lodg. ho. Lynch Cornish Jas. carrier & market gardener
Winscombe hill Quick Thomas, miller (water), corn Cottrell Dennis, carpenter
Davy Thomas, tailor
COMMERCIAL. dealer & farmer, Max mill Day Henry, beer retailer
Sawtell Sarah (Mrs.), lodging house Day Wm. carpenter & coach painter
Avery Charl~s, farmer, Nigh Smith Charles, yeoman, Max farm Demack Louisa (Miss), farmer, & lodg-
.Hntt Michael, farmer, Sandford Stephens Joseph, blacksmith
Capel Albert, farmer & beer retailer, Whiting William, shoe maker ing house, The Firs
Young Sarah (Mrs.), farmer,Hale farm Demack William, farmer
Paddingham Hall Thomas, corn dealer
Card Henry, farmer, Slough pit Barton. Parsons Edward, beer retailer
t:larke John, farmer, ~Slough pit Roynon Thomas, farmer
Compton Theodore, actuary Castle Arthur, farmer Thatcher John, Nelson inn

426 WINSCOMBB. SOl\iERSETSHIRE. [KELLY's

Sandford. Sidcot. Hohnes Frederick, shoe maker

[Letters should be addressed mar Churchill, .Ashby Edmund (head master of the Kerslake John, carpenter
Bristol.] public school of the Society of Friends) Lewis John, fanner & shopkeeper

Barber Rev. Robert Chantry [curate] Clarke Mrs Mabbett Henry, blacksmith
Haynes George John, The Briars
Jacques Francis Clarke William Robert Nigh William, mason
Greaves Mrs. Fairlie bank Paine Geo. market gardener, Vine cot
Higgins Mrs Penn Henry, carpenter
Phillips Jesse~ shoe maker
COMMERICAL. Hancock Jesse, farmer Pimm Henry, carpenter
Hemmens James, farmer
Avery Francis, farmer Lewis William, farmer Railway agricultural, family & com-

Badman Silvester, farmer Smith Thomas, road surveyor mercial hotel & posting house (Clar-

Baker Thos. carrier & market gardener Tripp Edward, baker & corn dealer ence Field Bowgin, propr.); picnic
Bisgrove William, fanner & other parties well catered for at
Woodborough.
Butt Michae1, farmer moderate charges

Cole George, farmer .Ash Henry, Kildare Read VaughanH.cattledealer &graziev,

Dyer John, shopkeeper & farmer Johns10m Joseph, The !<'erns Longfield

Harris Samuel, farmer Phillips Miss Reece William, clerk to the Axbridge

Ho~ler Leah (Miss), farmer Reece William, The Myrtles guardians, assessment committee &

Kersley Charles, baker COMMERCIAL. rural sanitary authority; superin-

Lawrence Robert, farmer Arney John, yeoman tendent registrar of births, marriages

Lewis William, jun. corn dealer & beer Bird Abraham, baker & deaths & clerk to the Winscombe

retailer Bradford William, farmer, Laurel farm &Blagdon schl. boards ; &at Axbridge

Nicholls Edmund, farmer & baker Brooks Sarah (Mrs.), shopkeeper, & Rickett.s Fredk.Geo.maker of wax goods

Nigh Thomas, stone mason post office Seymour George, coal & manure mer.

Park Thomas, coal merchant & farmer Brown George, carpenter & agent for the Norwich Union &

Pedge1y Robert, shoe maker Card William Robert, farmer County Fire &Life Offices & assistant

Pool James, yeoman, Well farm Eades Edwin,timber mer. & carpenter overseer

Rawles Eli, carpenter Edwards Charles, builder Thatcher Julian, com.trav.& cider mnfr

Rich Francis William Best, apple tree George Alfred, hurdle maker Webster John, mining engineer

grower & farmer, The Nurseries Glover .Alfred, shoe maker Weeks .Alfred, coal & lime merchant &

Shepstone Sidney, road contractor Hallett James, farmer,Winterhead frm quarry owner

Smith Edwin, commercial traveller Hancock Francis,farmer,Appletree frm Weeks William, farmer

Thayer George, farmer, Yew Tree farm Hancock William, fat'lner Westlake James, farmer & butcher
I Haneock Wm.jun.farmer,Nut Treefrm Wookey John, butcher
Tutt James, market gardener

VowlesCaroline&Susan(Misses),farmers, Hemmens Charles, farmer & carrier Young William, farmer

WINSFORD is a parish and village, situated on the that college. Here is a Wesleyan chapel, erected in r88g.

river Exe and on the road to Exmoor and Lynton from The charities amount to [30 yearly. The Right Hon. Sir

'fiverton, 12 miles south-west from Dunster and 6 north- Thomas Dyke Acland bart. P.c., F.R.G.s., D.L., J.P. who is

north-west from Dulverton station on the Devon and Somer- lord of the manor and the Earl of Carnarvon P.c., D.C.L. are

set branch of the Great Western railway, in the Western the chief landowners. The soil is clay and loamy and the

division of the county, hundred of Williton, Dulverton petty subsoil rock shillett. The crops are chiefly hay. The

sessional division and union, county court district of South acreage is 8,656; rateable value, £4,187; the population in

Molton, rural deanery of Dunster, archdeaconry of Taunton r88r was 485.

and diocese of Bath and Wells. The church of St. Mary Sexton, John Bevin.

s.Magdalen is an ancient edifice of stone in the Perpendicular PosT & M. 0. 0., B. & Annuity & Insurance Office.-
style, consisting of chancel, nave of six bays, aisles, south JDouh1nverVtoincaRry.,s. sub-postmaster. Letters arrive from
porch an d an embattled weste r n to.whe rm.con18ta5i8nibnYg hbeel1last : 0 . at g.so a. m. ; d1' spat cbed at 3.40 p.m.
an organ w as presented to t h6 p ans 5 e
The nearest telegraph office is at Dulverton
t
Rev. D. Twopenny, of Stockbury, Kent: there are sittings
for 250 persons. The registers date from r66o, but are im- INSURANCE AGENT.-West of England, D. Evans

perfect. The living is a vicarage, yearly value £360, in- National School (mixed), built in r884 for 75 children;

eluding residence and go acres of glebe, in the gift of average attendance, 54; William Dicker, master; Mrs.

)j;mmanuel College, Cambridge, and held since 1857 by the Carolina Dicker, mistress

Rev. William Paley Anderson B. D. late fellow and tutor of CARRIER.-Wm. Sedgebeer, to Minehead every thurs. & sat

Anderson Rev. Wm.PaleyB.n.Vicarage EvansDanl.RoyalOak P.H.&auctioneer Rawle James, fat·mer, Hole

Burrows Rev. E. H. [Wesleyan] Fisher George, farmer, East Nurcott Rawle John, farmer, Nethercott

Gold Richard, farmer, Tarr Sedgebeer William, baker, grocer &

COMMERCIAL. Hayes George, farmer, Worth & Well poulterer, corn &coal stores; carrier

Baker Thomas, mason Heywood John, farmer, Great Nurcott to Minehead &c

Baker William, grocer &c Lovelace Amos Skinner, farmer & agri- Steer Joseph, wheelwright

Bevin John, tailor cultural valuer, Ley Tapp James, fanner, Knaplock

Burnell John, fanner, Higher Kemps Lyddon William, farmer & landowner, Tapp James, farmer, Upcott

Clatworthy Charles, blacksmith Edbrooke farm Tarr William, mason

Court John, shopkeeper Milton Wm.miller (water),Winsford ml Thorne John, farmer, Great Bradley &

Crick Brothers, fanners, Great Ash Norman Thos.& Daniel,farmers,Hollam Lower Bradley

Crick Thomas, assessor of taxes,Gt.Ash Norman George, farmer, Staddon Vicary John, wheelwright

Dadds James, shoemaker Norman John, farmer, Halse White James, shoe maker

Dallyn Richard, farmer, Nethercott Norman Robt.farmer,Bridge Town frm Williams Geo. farmer, Higher Wick

Darby Waiter, shoe maker Pring Sarah(Mrs.),frmr.Gt.Withycmbe

WINSHAM is a parish and village, situated on the right 15th century screen at the west end, filling the lower part of

bank of the river Axe, which forms part of the boundary of the tower arch; there are monuments to the Henly and

the county, and is 4 miles east-by-south from Chard, 6 west· Royse families of ancient date: the reredos of coloured mar-

by-south from Crewkerne and about 2! north-east from ble and mosaic was erected as a memorial to the Rev. George

Chard Junction on the London and SouthWestern railway, in Ware, for so years vicar here: the octagonal stone font is of
the Southern division of the county, hundred of Kingsbury early date: the interior of the church has been renovated
East, petty sessional division of Ilminster, union and county and the galleries removed: the distribution of seats dates
court district of Chard, Chard district of the rural deanery from 1577: there are now sittings for 200 persons. The
of Crewkerne, archdeaconry of Taunton and diocese of Bath registers date from 1559 and contain an entry of an oath
and Wells ; the village slopes to the south and is well shel- taken by one John Lombard that a marble stone now in the

tered by the very high hills between it and Chard on the church was bought by his father at "ye .Abbey of Foorde's
north and Crewkerne on the east ; the soil being composed dissolution : " there is alsd a curious old parchment docu-
of much chalk and flint there is a natural drainage into the ment in the 'register of r641, containing a declaration to
river Axe, which is a trout stream. The church of St. defend the Reformation from Popery "with my life and
Stephen is a building of stone, in the Early English and power &c." signed by the vicar, curate, squire, churchwar-
Perpendicular styles, consisting of chancel, nave, south porch dens, overseers and by more than 203 of the principal
and a central embattled tower, with turret at the south-west people in the parish : in the church is preserved an ancient
angle containing a clock and 5 bells, one bell is dated 1583 : copy of Foxe's "Book of Martyrs," with the remains of the
on the interior south wall of the tower is a remarkable chain by which it was fastened. The living is a vicarage,
painting on panel of The Crucifixion, probably of the 14th with the rectory of Cricket St.Thomas annexed, by Order in
century; it was originally placed over the rood screen, and Council Aug. 26, 1879, tithes commuted at [340, joint net
has been carefully restored: there is a very handsome carved yearly value £365, including 6o acres of glebe, with :residence,

• SOMERSETSHIRE. WITH.!M FRIARY. 427

DIRECTORY.]

in the girt of the Bishop of Worcester, who has two turns, (Duke of Bronte) and Henry Cornish Hen]ey esq. J.P. The
and Viscount Bridport one turn, and held since 1870 by the soil is remarkably productive, although consisting chiefly of
Rev. Daniel Hall Spencer M.A. of St. John's College, Cam- chalk, flint and loam ; subsoil, chalk and flint. Large crops of

bridge. There is a Congregational chapel, erected in x8u corn, good flax, a considerable quantity of cider, with very
and endowed with an orchard, garden and a comfortable ~ood dairy produce, are annually yielded. The acreage is
house as a minister's residence: the whole of these premises 3,178; rateable value, £7,011; the population of the parish
belonged (subject to a lease) to the Ecclesiastical Commis- in 1881 was 859.
sioners, but the fee simple of the property has been granted STREET, a hamlet here, 1! miles west, is on a continuation

to the trustees of the chapel. The Brethren have also a of the Roman road from SheptonMallet and Ilchester to the

place of worship here. Winsham was formerly a market west of England.
town, with shambles in Church Street: the other streets, WHATLEY, I mile north-west; :iRIDGE, I south-west;

Fore Street, Back Street and Western Way still remain: it AMERHAM, ! south-west; PURTINGTON, 2! north-east; and

was at one time celebrated for its narrow and broad cloths ; WHITE·GATE, 2 west, are hamlets, partly in this parish and

and has still a reputation for its butter, which is said was partly in that of Chard.
formerly supplied to a Royal Palace. A large room, for Parish Clerk and Sexton, William Cook.
public meetings has been erected in Church Street, by PosT & M. 0. 0., S. B. & Annuity & Insurance Office.-

Viscount Bridport: opposite the George Hotel is a large Robert Fowler Sylvester, sub-postmaster. Letters from
stone cross; it has no date or inscription upon it and is Chard at 7.50 a.m.; dispatched at 5.10 p.m. Chard is the

supposed to be an ancient market cross. Leigh House, a nearest telegraph office
seat of Henry Cornish Henley esq. J.P. is at present INSURANCE AGENT.-West of England, R. F. Sylvester

occupied by Lieut.-Gen. William Coussmaker Anderson ScHOOLS:-

c.s.I. The manorial rights, which formerly belonged to the National, erected in 1850, for 120 children; average atten-

deanery of Wells, became vested in the Ecclesiastical Corn- dance, 98; Waiter Northcombe, master

missioners and so remained until purchased by Viscount Infants', erected in 1887, for 55 children ; average atten-

Bridport. The principal landowners are Viscount Bridport dance, 40 ; Miss Eva Sennick, mistress

PRIVATE RESIDENTS. Boait Ann (Mrs.), baker & shopkeeper Hoskins John, boot maker, Purtington

AndersonLieut.-Gen.Wm. Coussmaker Bond John, farmer Hussey Albert, shoe maker

c.s.r. Leigh house Bond John, jun. butcher & genl. dealer James Matthew, dairyman, Purtington

Beunett Samuel Bowditch Joseph, butcher Kibby James, dairyman, Midnell

Bagg Thomas, Amerham Bradford John, farmer Lang Jane (Mrs.), dress maker

Griffin Rev. Alfred [Congregational] Brown William, farm bailiff to Viscount Loaring Alfred, thatcher & butcher

Hodder Miss Bridport, Midnell Loaring Thomas, thatcher

Hodder William Cox John,gardener to H. C. Henley esq. Page Joseph, farmer, Bridge

Hyam Miss White gate Peadon Ann (Mrs.), George inn

May Rev. Arthur William [curate] Dommett Robert Lane, farmer, Hay Perham Rohert, farmer, Paull's Ash

Perham Mrs farm Persey Robert, farmer, Broadenham

Perham Henry Dowell Charles, blacksmith Persey Robert, farmer

Raisen Miss Ebdon Thomas, mason Pidgeon Eli, farmer & game deal"r

Spencer Rev. Daniel Hall M.A. [v.icar Forsey Charles, carpenter, & Bell P.H Pidgeon Levi, Knapp inn, & farmer

& rector of Cricket St. Thomas], Forsey Thomas, boot maker Singleton Alfred, gardener

Vicarage .Fowler Frederick B. farmer, Whatley Spurdle Caroline (Mrs.), black'!mith

Springhall John Goldsworthy William, haulier Spurdle William, shoe maker

Stower Mrs Hallett Thomas, mason Strawbridge James, dairyman, Whatley

Harvey Ellen (Mrs.) & Sidney, millers Swaffield Charles, tailor

COliiMERCIAL. (water) & farmers, Whatley mill Sylvester Robert Fowler, grocer & dra-

Ackland Mary (Mrs.), King's .Arms P.H Harvey Frank, baker per, Post office

Andress David,grocer & draper &assist- Harvey Joseph, farmer, Amerbam Welch George, baker & grocer

ant overseer Harvey Richd.miller (water) & farmer, Welch Henry, baker & grocer

Bagg Albert, gamekeeper to H. C. Hen• Amerham Whensley George, butcher

ley esq. J.P. White gate Hodder Joseph Henry, farmer & thrash- Woodman Triphena (Mrs.),dress maker

Bishop John B. farmer, Winsham farm ing machine proprietor, Leigh farm Wyatt John, farmer, Purtington

WITHAM FRIARY is a village and parish, with a tower, erected in 1828, being removed and a new bell gable

station on the Wilts, Somerset and Weymouth branch of the erected; the timber work of the roof was also renewed and

Great Western railway, 125f miles from London, and is the the walls repointed and strengthened with flying buttresses~

point of junction of the line for Shepton Mallet and Wells, there are sittings for 200 persons. The register dates from

being 9 miles east from Shepton Mallet, 14 south-east from the year 1605, but many pages are missing. The living is

Wells and 6 south from Frome, in the Frome division of the a vicarage, average tithe rent-charge £33, net yearly valuo
county, Eastern division of the hundred of Frome, Frome £90, with residence, in the gift of the Duke of Somerset, and

petty sessional division, union and county court district, held since 1881 by the Rev. John Thomas Westropp B.A. of

rural deanery of Frome, archdeaconry of Taunton and dio- Trinity College, Dublin. Here was once a priory of the

ceseof Bath and Wells: the inhabitants are well supplied with Carthusion order, founded in n81 by King Henry 11. and

spring water, which flows from the neighbouring hills. The dedicated to the Blessed Virgin, St. John Baptist and All

church of Mary the Virgin was ancieRtly that of the Carthu- Saints; the revenues, on its dissolution, were estimated at

sian Priory, and did not become a parish church till 1458, £215; some portions of the domestic buildings remain. The

and is an edifice of rubble and stone in the Transition, Duke of Somerset, who is lord of the manor, and A. F. E.

Norman and Early English styles, consisting of nave of Powell esq. are the chief landowners. The soil and subsoil

three bays, with an eastern apse, and a lofty and massive are clay and stone brash. The land is used solely for dairy

bell gable containing 3 bells: all the windows are stained, farms. The acreage is 5,497; rateable value, £5,865; the

and on the south side of the apse is a double piscina with population in 1881 was 482.

square trefoiled head, and on the north side, in the thickness GAER HILL is a hamlet, a small portion of which only is
of the wall, the rood loft staircase remains ; near it is a in this parish. BELLERICA is about 2! miles west. RouGH
doorway (now built up) with a very low segmental arch, and STUBBs, HIGHER and LOWER HOLT, and DREWLEY are
probably leading originally to the domestic buildings of the hamlets.
monastery: the original font, placed in the church in 1458 by

Prior John Porter, and found buried in the foundations of PosT 0FFICE.-Joseph Henry Miller, receiver. Letters

the old tower, has been reinstated: this church, erected by through Bath (except Bellerica & Allifield, through Bath

the Carthusians on their first coming here, was much altered by Evercreech & Witham Hall, Iron Mills farm & Bunns

and improved by St. Hugh, the 3rd prior, who vaulted the Lane cottages, by Frome), arrive at 7.40 a. m. & 4-15 p.m.;

roof, and thickened the walls in order to support the vault- dispatched at 5.30 p.m. The nearest money order offices

ing, which is quadripartite, the ribs intersecting at the apex are at :Frome & Bruton, about equal distance. Telegraph

and springing from semi-octagonal corbels carried on shafts; office, Railway station, which should be addressed, Witham,

the windows, round-headed, and splayed deeply on both Cranmore

sides, are original, though altered both in proportions and National School (mixed), built in 1840 & enlarged in 1885,

detail; the church was restored in 1877 under the direction for II5 children; average attendance, 67 ; Miss E. Taylor,

of Mr. William White F.s.A. architect, when the building mistress
, was lengthened by an additional bay at the west end, the Railway Station, William Marwood, station master

Westropp Rev.John Thos. B.A.Vicarage Ball Thomas, farmer, Allifield I Croom George, farmel', Gt. West barn

COMMERCIAL. Bown James & John, farmers, Gibbons Croom James (Mrs.), farmer,Qnarr hill

Ashford Charles, shoe maker farm, Ppper Holt Daniels Frank, carpenter

Ashford Emanuel, shoe maker Crees Seward, frmr. Manor & Park frms Denning Robert,frmr. Little Weg~; barn

Asbford Henry, shoe maker 1Crees Sidney, farmer, Walk farm Doman Bros.timber hauliers &c.Uaer hl

428 WITHAM FRIARY. SO:LVIERSETSHIRE. [KELLY'S

Dyke William, farmer, :Morlaise Hoddinott Edward John, farmer, Wit- Tanner Henry, blacksmith
Everitt & Holloway, drapers & grocers ham Hall farm Walwin Wm. farmer, Moor Park farm
Hallett Charles M. shopkeeper Westover Arthur,farmer, TyneMead fm
Hallett Frederick, carpenter Holloway Jas. Albt. Seymour Arms P.K White Richard, farmer, Bcllerica farm
Hallett Henry, jun. farmer, Holt farm , Powell George, brick, tile & drain pipe White Waiter, farmer, Downs farm &
Hallett Rezia, farmer, Sweetnap farm
Hoddinott Simon, farmer, New house maker, Holt Lower West Barn

J Smith John, farmer, Iron mills 1

WITHIEL FLOREY is a parish and village, situated coal, lime and produce : it was originally constructed for the

on the road between Williton and Dnlverton, 7 miles north- transport of minerals from the district but the mines are

east from Dulverton, 8 north-west from Wiveliscombe and not now worked. James Hal"Vey Insole esq. of Chargot

6 north of Morebath station on the Devon and Somerset Lodge, Luxborough, who is lord of the manor, Mrs. Lyddon

branch of the Great Western railway, in the Western division Cornish and George Lyddon Cormsh esq. of Hill farm,

of the county, petty sessional division of Dulverton, union, Stogumber, are the principal landowners. The soil is shaly

hundred and county court district of Williton, Wiveliscombe and rocky; chief crops, grass. The acreage is 2,485; rate-

division of the rural deanery of Dunster, archdeaconry of able value, £I,629 ; the population in 188I was 262.

Taunton and diocese of Hath and Wells. The church of St. Parish Clerk, John Stone.
Mary is an ancient building of stone in the Perpendicular
style, consisting of chancel, nave, south porch and an em- Letters arrive from Washford, via Luxborongh, on tuesdays,

battled western tower containing 3 bells : in the chancel are thnrsdays & satnrdays at n. 30 a. m. Washford is the

two stained windows, one of which was erected in I882 by nearest money order office & telegraph statio~

J. H. Insoll esq. as a memorial to his mother: in the same A School Board of 5 members was formed Nov. 26, 1878;

year the church was re-seated and the chancel repaired, the John H. Coles, clerk to the board; Thos. Joyce, Withiel
expense being defrayed by Mr. Insoll: there are sittings for Florey, attendance officer
xoo persons. The register dates from I697, but the earlier

years are very imperfect. The living is a vicarage, yearly Board School (mixed), originally built in I865, to hold 6o

value £57, in the gift of J. H. Insoll esq. The West Somerset children; average attendance, 35; Miss Clara Matthews,

Mineral railway runs from Watchet to.Gupworthy, conveying mistress

Coles John How, farmer, Higher Escott Greenslade Jn.farmr. LowerGoosemoor Tarr William, farmer, Castle Hill farm

Evans Henry, farm bailiff to Mrs. Lyd- Joyce Thos. farmer, Withiel Florey frm Thorne Richard, Gupworthy

don Cornish, Swansea Phillips James, auctioneer & farmer, Vellacott Richard, farmer, Ford farm

Greenslade James, farmer, Borough fm 1 Lower Goosemoor

WITHYCOMBE is a parish and village, situated on the Luttrell esq. D.L., J.P. of Dunster Castle, is lord of the manor
road from Williton to Dunster and Minehead, 5 miles west and chief landowner. The soil is stone-rush on red sand;

from Williton, 2~ south-east from Dunster station on the the subsoil various, including marl, gravel and clay. The

West Somerset branch of t.he Great Western railway and crops are wheat, barley, beans and pasture. The area is

5 south-east from Minehead, in the Western division of the I,787 acres; rateable value, £3,385; the population in I88I

county, hundred of Carhampton, petty sessional division of was 279.

Dunster, union and county court district of Williton, Wive- RoDHUISH is a hamlet and was formerly a detached part
liscombe district of the rural deanery and archdeaconry of
'I'aunton and diocese of Bath and Wells. The church of St. of Carhampton parish, but on March 25, 1884, it was amal-
Nicholas is an ancient building of stone in the Perpendicular gamated with this parish. Here is a chapel of ease, where
style, consisting of chancel, nave and an embattled tower
on the south side containing 4 bells : there are sittings for divine service is conducted at 3 p.m. every Sunday except
:rso persons. The registers date from 1669, but are imper- the last in the month, when the service is at :n a.m.

Parish Clerk, Robert Hobbs.

fect from I7I3 to 1720. The living is a rectory, average Letters from Dunster R.S.O. the nearest money order &

tithe rent-charge £2IS, net yearly value £x8s, including 7 telegraph office, by foot post, about 8 a. m. There is a

~cres of glebe, with house, in the gift of the representatives WALL Box in the village, near the church, cleared at

of the late James Pulleine esq. and held since I873 by the 6 p.m. week days only

Rev. Robert Birtwhistle M.A. of Lincoln College, Oxford. Parochial School (mixed), erected in 1866, for 6o children;

Here is a chapel for Bible Christians. George Fownes average attendance, 6o; Miss Mary Jane Hole, mistress

Birtwhistle Rev. Robert M.A. Rectory I GriffithFanny(Mrs.),OldKing'sArmsP.H I Leversha Thomas H. farmer, Rodhuish

COMMERCIAL. Griffith Jonathan, carpenter Lntley William, farmer, Escott farm

Brooks William, farmer, Styles Griffith William, tailor Nethercott William,farmer, Drucombe

Case Caleb Clifford, farmer,Jenkyns fm Hagley Thomas, farmer, Combe Oatway John, farmer, Sandhill

Case HerbertR.farmer,HigherRodhuish Harrison Charles, carpenter Pearse John, carpenter

Case Robert, farmer, Withycombe farm Herford Mark, shopkeeper, Rodhuish Pearse William, tailor

Case William, blacksmith Hobbs Ephraim, mason Parkins James, mason

Dav:f Thomas, miller (water), Withy- Leversha J. & T. H. farmers, Court pl Sully John, shoe maker

combe mills Leversha William J. auctioneer, house Sully William, shoe maker

Greed George, miller (water), Lang- & land agent & surveyor, Court place Tyler Wm.R. H. farmer,Low. Rodhuish

ridge mills

WITHYPOOLE is a parish and village, situated on the register dates from the year I653· The living is a chapelry,

north bank of the river Barle, 8 miles north-west from Dul- annexed to the rectory of Hawkridge, average tithe rent-

verton, 10 north-east from South Molton, IO south-west charge /.,'237, joint net yearly value £66s, including 630

from Dunster and 6! north of East Anstey station on the acres of glebe, with house, in the gift of E. Newman esq.

Devon and Somerset branch of the Great Western railway, and held since I88I by the Rev. Rowland Newman lii.A.
in the Western division of the county, hundred of Williton, Trinity College, Cambridge, who resides at Hawkridge. A

nnion and petty sessional division of Dulverton, county court small Wesleyan chapel was erected here in 188I. The soil
district of South Molton, Wiveliscombe district of the rural is shillet and peat, and the subsoil rock. The parish is
deanery of Dunster, archdeaconry of Taunton and diocese purely agricultural, adjoining Exmoor forest, and is famous
of Bath and Wells. The river Barle, a fine trout stream, for its little horned sheep and North Der-on cattle. There
rises in Exmoor and, after flowing in a parallel line with are four harvests here in a year-viz. the t.urf, whorLleberry,

the Exe for 14 or IS miles, unites with it at Exe bridge, hay and corn harvests. The area is 3,630 acres ; rateable
about 3 miles south-east from Dulverton. This place gave value, £1,716; the population in I88I was 253.
rise to the knight.ly family of Withipoll or Withipole, said to Sexton, John Quartly.

have originally come out of Italy and to have settled here : PosT 0FI<'ICK.-Abraham Tudball, sub-postmaster. Letters
from about the middle of the 16th century they were resident arrive from Taunton II.25 a.m. ; dispatched 1.25 p.m.

at Christ Church priory, Ipswich: Sir Edmnnd Withipole Winsford is the nearest money order & Dulverton the
"lvas knighted at the Isle of Wight in I597; and Sir William telegraph office

Wythipole at Hatton House, Nov. 8, I6I7. The church of A School Hoard of 5 members was formed April22, I875;

Bt. Andrew is an ancient edifice in the Early English style, J. Land, clerk to the lboard ; Samuel Milton, Withepool,
eonsisting of chancel, nave of three bays, north aisle, south attendance office

]lorch and a western tower containing one bell: in I887 the Board School (mixed), built in 1867, at a cost of £970, to
interior of the church was restored, at a cost of £Iso, one- hold 70 children ; average attendance, 30 ; Miss Katherine

1bird being defrayed by Giles Yarde esq. the remainder by Barron, mistress
the parishioners: the tower was partly taken down and still CARRIERS TO DuLVERTON.-Thomas Webber, thurs.; John
needs restoration : there are sittings for 200 persons. The Court, tues. thurs. & sat