DIRECTORY.] SOMERSET. SPARKFORD. 421

Hill Clement Tom, farmer, Park (postal address, Pitney, Rawlings Frederick Mortimer & Gertrnde Emma (Miss), Langport) drapers Hill Tom, woodman,Park (postal address,Pitney ,Langprt) Robinson Henry John, draper, Broad street Hooper Edward, road contractor, Sutton road Seaman Mary (Mrs.), shopkeeper, New street Hunt Charles, boot maker, Broad street Scriven Charles, haulier, Langport road Hunt Frederick L. auctioneer &c. see Taylor & Hunt Searle James William, grocer, Broad street Hunt Jesse, assistant overseer, clerk to the Parish Coun- Shave Arthur, gamekeeper to Capt. G. S. Phipps cil & to the burial board & deputy registrar of births, Hornby, Midney dPaths & marriages, Somerton sub-district, Beacon v w Sibley Mary Ann (Mrs.), bill poster, Langport road Hnnt Mary (MNI. ), apartments, New street Small George & •Sons, coal merchants, Sutton road Hurd Elizabeth (Miss), milliner & dress maker, North st Sma.U John Perren, farmer, St. CleeNI Hutchins John, baker, West street Smith William, market gardener, St. Cleers Ingle Charles Durban M.R.C.S.Eng., L.R.C.P.Lond. sur­ Somerton Football Club (T. E. Carey, hon. sec.), Behind geon, & certifying factory surgeon, medical officer & Berry ' public vaccinator No. 4 district, Langport union & Somerton Gas Co. Ltd. (Jn. Small Taylor, sec.), North st No. 6 district, Shepton Mallet union & public vaccina­ Somerton & Street (594th) Starr-Bowkett Building tor No. 4 district, Shepton Mallet union, Hopefield Society (Henry Atkinson, sec.), Vale house Isherwood Lilian H. (Miss), girls' school, North street Spencer Ernest Albert, draper, West street Jeanes John George, farmer, Etsome Stacey William, shopkeeper, West street Jeffs Jona.s, carrier, West street Surmon Thomas James, baker, New street Jones Ernest George, basket maker, Langport road Sweet George, White Hart hotel, Market place Kiddle William, farmer, Highbrooks (postal address, Taylor & Hunt, auctioneers & surveyors, land agents & Long Sutton, Langport) valuers & fire loss as~essors; & at Langport Lampert William, wheelwright, Catagore (postal address, Tavlor• Fred, farmer, Pester's lane Kingsdon, Taunton); & at Long Sutton Taylor George Robin, plumber, New street L~ort & Somerton Herald, Taunton, Yeovil, Bridg­ Taylor John .Small, accountant, assistant clerk to the water, Martoek & South Petherton News & Western magistrates & to the commissioners of taxes ; corre­ Counties Advertiser (G. H. Hemmel & Sons, proprie­ spondent to the Somerton Council school managera tors; published saturday), New street. See adver­ & secretarv to Somerton Gas Co. Ltd. & clerk to tisement Langport •Rural District Old Age Pensions Sub- Laver Joseph, farmer, Sutton road Committee, North street Laver Thomas, farmer, Ivy Leaf farm Templeman Robert, customs & excise officer, North st Lavis Henry, carpenter, North street Tompsett John, grocer, Market place Lewis William, butcher, West street Townsend William, chimney sweeper, West street Lidbury William James, hair dresser, Broad street Tuttiett William, refreshment rooms, New strePt Lock James, boot maker, West street Wagland Herbert George, stone mason, West End Locke Fred James, blacksmith, West street Waiter Gains Penny, draper, Broad st. & tailor, New st Locke Lilian (Mrs.), confectioner, West street Watts BPssie (Mrs.). outfitter, West street Long Fred, Red Lion hotel, Market place- Watts William, carpenter, NPw street Majs J ehu, pig dealer, Sutton road Wedd Henry George B.A. (firm, Carne-Hill & Wedd), Martyn James, dNlper & outfitter, Market place solicitor & commissioner to administPr oaths, clerk to Miles Charles, chemist & grocer, Market place 1 Langport Town Trust, to Governol'S of Langport Gram­ Morton Simeon, ironmonger & house furnisher, china mar school & Bnrrow Bridge commissioners, West dealer, cycle agent & stove & range dealer, West st street ; & at Langport Mundy Ellen (Mrs.), grocer, West street Weech Henry, farmer, Parsonage farm Mundy George, boot maker, cycle agent & school WPllstead Waiter John, Globe inn, Muket place attendance officer, West street Welsh & Clark Ltd. linen collar manufa.ctrs. Broad st Newbury William, cowkeeper, Sutton road Welsh Edward Batchelor, french polisher, North street Nutt James, farmer, New street Wheeler Elizabeth (Mrs.), farmer, Behind Berry Ord, Battiscombe & Elwes, brewers, wine & spirit mer­ White Alec Humphrey, butcher, West street chants, & aerated water manufacturers, The Brewery White George, head gamekeeper to the Earl of Tichester. Palmer George Hawker, manager to the Wilts & Dorset Sutton road Banking Co. Limited, Market place WilliRms FrPrlPrirk .Tesse, sRrldler, MRrkPt place Parker Sidney, farmer, Lower Somerton Willia.ms J<>sse Gillett, printer, stationer & sub-post­ Parr's Bank Limited (branch) (Bertram Campfield, muster, New street manager), Broad street; draw on head office, 4 Bar­ Wilts & DorsPt Banking Co. Limited (branch) (George tholomew lane, London E C Hawker Palmer, manag-er). MarkPt place; dr'lw on Peddle Frank, plastere;r, West street London County & WestminstPr Bank Ltd. London E C Peddle George, painter & plasterer, Sutton road Woolf Harry, re!!i!'!trar of bi-rth~. dPatb!ll & marriag-es, Perren John, farmer, Mowries farm .Somerton sub-district & relievin~ officer, 2nd di11trict Pittard Reuben, insurance agent, West street & vaccin'ltion offirer, Langport union & school attend­ Puddy Edmund Hill' (Mrs.), baker, West street anee offirer, Broad strPet Rails George, writer & graine;r, Langport road W orner William Indoe, dairyman, Hu-rcot Rails Louisa (Miss), upholstress, Acre lane Wyatt Jahn, jun. assistant surveyor to Langport Rural District Council, North street SPARXFORD is a parish and village, with a @tation the Somersetshire Archreological Society's mnse'llm, on the Weymouth branch of the Great Western railway, Taunton. A cattle sale is held in a yard adjoining- the and is 5 miles south-west from Castle Cary. 7 west from Sparkford inn, by Messrs. Wainwri~ht, Laver and Crees Wincanton, 8 north from Yeovil and 120 from London, Limited, of Shepton Mallet, every alternate Monday. in the Eastern division of the county, Catash hundred, Sparkford Hall, which stands in park-like grouTJrl!l with Wincanton petty sessional division, union and county an entrance drive, on the high road from Sparkford to court district, rural deanery of Cary, archdeaconry of Ilchester, is the property of the C'hildren and C'o-heirs Wells and diocese of Bath and Wells. The church of of the late Henry Edward BPnnett esq. J.P. who are St. Mary Magdalene is a building of stone in the Gothie lords of the manor and chief landowners ; it is now style, consisting of chancel, nave, south trangept and a occupied by William D'Oyly Harman esq. The soil is fine embattled western tower, with pinnacles, containing sandy clay, and the subsoil is blue clay and marl. The 3 bells, one of which is very ancient and bears the land is principally in pasture; this is also a fine dairy following inscription:-" Sancta Catarina ora pro country. The acreage is 1,026; rateable value, £2,107; nobis ~•: the church was rebuilt, with the exception of the population in 19II was 220. the tower, in 1824: a new organ was provided in I9II Po.st, T. & M. 0. Office. Miss Annie Elle-n Allistou, at a cost of £2oo, and in the same year a stained glas8 sub-postmistress. Letters arrive from Bath at 6.40 east window was erPctc.d by the Rev. and Mrs. F. S. M. a.m. & 1.40 p.m. ; di11patched at 10.30 a.m. & 2 &. Bennett, in memory of their three children, who died 7 p.m. ; sundays, dispatched at 6 p.m in infancy: there are sittings for 130 persons. The Wall Letter Boxes. West Spar~ford, clPared 12.50 & 6.45 register dates from the year 1729. The living is a p.m. week days only; East Sparkford, cleared 8.40 rectory, net yearly value {,220, with 40 acres of glebe a.m. & 6.40 p.m. ; sundays, 8.40 a.m and residence, in the gift of the children and co-heirs of the late H. E. Bennett esq. and held since 1899 by Public Elementary School (mixed), erected in 1849 & the Rev. Trevor Griffiths M.A. of Worcester College, enlarg-ed in 1892, for So children; average attendance, Oxford. Roman remains have been found here, as well 36; Miss Bessie Ang-usta Hann, mistress as bronze celts, some of which have been presented to Railway Station, James Hancock, station master