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of William Gooding esq. and held since 1894 by the Rev. By Local Government Board Order 18,102, Marc.h r25. James MelIor Evans, o-f Durham University, who is also 1886, West Bower hamlet !Was transferred from Bridg. vicar of Wembdon, where he resides. WiUiam Gooding i water to Durle,igh, and a detached part of Durleigh added esq. J.p. of Durleigh Elms, and Charles Theodore Hals- I to Ch-iIt-on 'rrinity. well Kemeys-Tynte esq. of Halswell House, Goathurst·, Letters from Bridgwater arrive at 7.20 n.m. &; about 5 are the chief landowners. The soil is red marl, learn and p.m. Wall Letter Box, opposite the church, c1eltred at gravel; subsoil. various. The chief crops a,re wheat, 7.20 p.m. Bridgwater, I~ miles distant, is the nearest barley and 'beans.' The paDish contains- 755 acres; as- money order &; telegraph offiee sessable value, £995; the population .in 1891 was 96 in The chHdren of this place attend the school at Wembdon the civil and 158 in the ecclesiastical parish. & Bridgwater

Gooding William J.P. Elms Greenslade Arthur, carpenter Roe William, farmer, Rexworthv• S'perring Henry Mayled Charles, miller (water) Talbot Wm. farmer, West Bower farm Culverwell Edward, farmer ' DURSTON is a parish and village on the main road living is a vicarage, annexed 100 the rectory of Thurloxton. from Taunton to Wells, with a station on the Bristol and joint net yearly value £253, in the gift of Viscount PDrt Exeter section of the Great Western railway, at the junc- man, and held since 1896 by the Rev. Robert· Leach trion of the branch to Yeovi'l. and is about 5 miles north- Bartllett RA. of Wadham Oollege, Oxford, who resides at east from Taunton, 7 miles south from Bridgwater and Thurloxton. Viscount Pontman is lord of the manor and l1boUJt 157 from London, in the Bridgwater division of principal landowner. The soil ill clayey. The chief crops the county, hundred of North Petherton, Bridgwater petty are wheat, barley and beans. The area is 991 acres; sessional division, Taunton union and county 'Court dis- assessable value, £2,375; the population in 1891 was trict, rural deanery of Bridgwlliter, archdeaconry of Taun- 206, and now (1901) about 190. ton and diocese of Bath and Wells. The church of St. Parish' Clerk, Ernest Bishop. John, rebu~lt !llbout 1853,. is. an edifice of stone in the Post Office.-Henry George Blackmore, sub-postmaster. Early EnglIsh style, conSIstIng ?f chancel, nave, tran- I Letters arrive from Taunton by lertter carrier at 8.15 septs, s~uth ,Porch and a~ .anClent ~mbatrtled western, a.m. who 'leaves at 5. 10 p.m. '1'he nearest money order tower WIth plllnacles. contam:n~ 5 beUs, ren?vated and office is at North Curry. The telegraph office is at the one new bell added III 1893 .. In the to,;er IS a mural railwa station for coll~ction & North Curry for the ~onument to Thomas Gray esq. of Earl s Court, Ken- i delivery of telegrams, 3 miles diB'tant smgton, and Buckland House, Dursrton, d. ,sept. 26, 1820: . . . . in 1-893 the tow~r was restored, the western gallery re- ParoohIal School (mIxed), ere~ted III 1853, ior 70 chIldren; moved and the tower arch opened: there are sittings for average attendance, 39; mIstress (vacant) IBo persons. The register dUites from the year 1712. The R!lIilway Station, Henry DUlln, srtation master Groad Percy, Elmfield Bishop Ernest, wheelwright Edney Samuel, thatcher Tennent Rev. John M.A. (curate), Blackmore In. farmer, Buckland farm Hillman .AlbertEdwd.frmr.Cogload fro Mountlands _. .. Day Edwin, farmer, Frog lane .Tapp John, farmer. Lod'ge farm Blackmore Henry George, blacksmith, Day Henry, farmer, Warren's farm Wollen William Henry, thatcher Post office Dunn Henry, station master EARNSlII:LL is an ancient parish included in the ecclesiastical parish of Hambridge. EASTON is a picturesque Tillage and ecclesiastical sons. The register dates from the year 1844. 'IIIe living parish, formed September 14, 1844, from the civil JYcl.rish is a vicarage, net yearly value £200, with residence, in of St. Cuthbert, Wells, and surrounded hy lofty hills, I the gift of the vicar of St. euthbert's, Wells, and held mile south east from Lodge Hill station on the Oheddar since 1896 by the Rev. Henry Harlmess Streeten: M.A. Valley branch of the Great Western railway, 5 south-east of Exeter Oollege, Oxford. The Wesleyan chapel, erected from Oheddar, 2! north-west from Wells and 7 north from in 1831, will seat 70. Lord Brougham and Vaux is the Glastonbury, in the Wells division of the county, petty chief landowner. The soil is marly. resting on limestone. sessional division, union and county court district, rural The population in 1891 was 241. deanery of Shepton Mallet, archdeaconry of Wells and Post Office.-Mrs. Emma Puddy, sub-postmistress. Let- diocese of Bath and Wells. The church of St. Paul, built ters through Wells arrive at 6.40 a.m. &; 3.15 p.m.; in 1843, is an edifice of stone in the Norman style, con- dispatched 11 a.m. &; 6.15 p.m. week days only. Postal s'isting of chancel, nave, transepts and a turret containing orders are issued here, but not paid. Westbury is the one bell: the stained east window was presented by the nearest money order office &; Lodge Hill Railway station late Mrs. Henry Green, and there is another in the south the nearest telegraph office, I mile distant. for dispatch- transept, placed by the Misses WyreIl-Mayow to members ing & Wells. 3 miles distant, for receiving of their family: the whole interior of the church has Board School, under Out-St.-Cuthbert's, Wells &; Prid"dy heen restored since 1897, and also wa.rmed with hot water, United Board (mixed), built i11189'6, for 100 children; at a total cost of £4°0: there are sittings for 220 per- average attendance, 51; Miss Eveline M. Tregear, mist Green Mrs COMMERCIAL. lsaac William, farmer Priscott John Ball Charles, Easton inn lsaac William Phelps, farmer Streeten Rev. Henry Harkness M.A. Frands Edward, farmer Lee Herbert John House. frmr.Ivy ho (vicar). Vicarage Gould Edward, farmer, Ebbor farm Morgan George, thatcher &; farmer Tyley Fred, Rose villa Green William &; Thomas, farmers Puddy Emma (Mrs.), grocer, Post off Wynell-Mayow Misses. Shortwood Hodges Ernest, farmer Start William. farmer EASTON-IN-GORDANO (commonly called St. The charities amount to £16 yearly. There is a brewery' George) is a village. and parish, I mile west from Pill at Lodway. St. George's Hill is the residence of Henry station on the Bristol and Portishead branch of the Great John Mirehouse esq. Maj. Antony Gibbs of Tyntesfield, Western railway and 7 west-north-west from Bristol, in Wraxall, who is lord of the manor; H. J. Mirehouse esq.; the Northern division of the county of Somerllet, Portbury Capt. Robert Henry de Winton, of Graftonbury, Hereford, hundred, Long Ashton union and petty sessional division, and Mrs. Hall. of Keswick House, are the principal land Bristol county court district, rural deanery of Portishead, owners. The crops are Toots, barley and wheat, but the .archdeaconry of Bath and diocese of Bath and Wells. The land is chiefly in pasture. The soil is rather rich loam; river Avon falls into the Bristol Channel on the north the subsoil is clay. The area of the civil parish ill 1,868 side of the parish. The, church of St. George, rebuilt, acres of land, 2 of water, 22 oftidal watel' and 207 of fore with the exception of the tower, in IB72, from designs shore; l'ateable value, £7,383; the population in 1891 was by Mr. Ewan Christian, architect, of London. is a build- 651, exclusive of 1,7z5 in Pill, which is given separately in ing of stone, consisting of chancel, clerestoried nave of this work. an~ ~n six bays,. aisles, so.uth porch embattled western By Local Government Board Order 16,500, Mar. 24, tower, WIth fo~r pmnacles~ conta~lllng a clocl~ and 6 fine 1884, Ham Green, Happerton, and another detached pa4't hells:. the stamed east w~ndow IS a memorIal to Cann of Portbury, were transferred to Easton-in-Gordano. de Wmton esg..late ?f OliftoD., and there are a number Parish Clerk, Henry J. Mirehouse. of other memoTlal wmdow~ ~nd monumen.ts of tbe. ~7th ActinO' Parish Clerk Thomas George Preseott. century, to the Morgan, WIlklllS and de Wmton famIhes: !::> , in 1890 a fine alabaster nredos was erected by Henry Post Office.---:Charles Ro?er't Mattock, sub-postmaster. John Mirehouse esq. as a memorial to his wife and two Letters a1'l'IVe from BrIstol n.t 7. 15 a.m. & 4 &; 7.3 0 sons: the church affords 300 sittings. The register dates p.m.; sundays, 9·30 a.m.; dIspatched at 9.30 a.m. &; from the yoor 1559. The living is a rectory, net yearly ~·30 &; 7.30 p.m.; sunday:s, 7.40 p.m. Postal orders are value £173, including- 35 acres of glebe, with residence, Issued here, but ~ot pa~cl. Th~ m'~rest money order in the gift of the Bishop of London, and held since 1867 &; telE'graph office IS at PIll, I mIle dIstant by the Rev. Arthur Walker M.A. of Trinity Collegl', Cam- National School, bnilt in 1860. for 100 children; average bridge, lllld surrogate: the rectory was built in 1868. attendance, 75; Mrs. Angelina Oooper, mistress