DIRECTORY.] SOMERSETSHIRE. STRltET.. 347- Bottome Rev, William Macdonald M.A. Bousie David, gardener to Edward Lansdown Aquila & George,· fanners & [vicar], Vicarage James Stanley esq, :M.P landowners, Hockpit farm Robertson Mrs. Park cottage Browning John, blacksmith Mogg Elizabeth (Miss), cowkeeper Stanley Edward James M.P., M.A., D.L., Cemetery (Rev. Wm. M. Bottome M.A. Morgan George, cowkeeper J.P. & the Hon. Mrs., Quantock clerk to the burial board) Rich Samuel, farmer, Cross lodge; & 14 Grosvenor sq. London w Comber Frederick, miller (water) Rowe Jas. Pear Tree P.H. Halsey cross Ward Misses Grandfield John, shoe maker Sellick George, carpenter COMMERCIAL. Grandfield Thomas, carpenter, wheel- Stone William Hy. farmer, Plainsfield Bousie Archibald, steward to Edward wright & smith Thorne George, machinist James Stanley esq. :M.P Hunt Jam• & George, farmers

STRATTON-ON-THE-FOSSEL~aparishand village, held by the Bishop of Coutances and next by Thomas de situated on the old Fosse or Roman road, and on the road Sancto Vigore, who died in 1294 ; this propel"ty subsequently from Bath to Shepton Mallet, 1 mile south-west from ChiJ­ passed t.o the Gurney and Beaufort families, and eventually compton station on the Somerset and Dorset joint railway, became a possession of the Crown as part of the Duchy of 6 miles north-north-east from Shepton Mallet and 9 west­ Cornwall, to which it still belongs. Stratton House, tqe re­ by-north from Frome, in theN orthern dh·ision of the county, sidence of Waiter Beauchamp esq. stands in veey fine Kilmersdon hundred and petty sessional division, Shepton grounds, about half a mile from Downside and the same Mallet union, Wells county court district, Midsomer N orton distance from Stratton-on-the-Fosse, and is a fine old JU~nor district of the rural deanery of Mer!'lton, archdeacomy of house, formerly belonging to the Long family of Wiltshire,. Wells and diocese of Bath and Wells. The church of St. whose arms are over the door, and afterwards to the Knatch­ Vigor is an ancient building, in the Norman style consisting bulls ; the apartments are panelled in oak throughout. The of chancel, nave, aisle, south porch, and a western toweP, soil is various ; subsoil, clay and limestone. The land is with pinuacles, containing 3 bells : the tower arch is a fine principally in pasture for dairy purposes. The acreage is example of Perpendicular work : there is an ancient stone x,147; rateable value, £x,666; the population in 188x was pulpit of the Early Perpendicular period, and a circular stone 277. The principal approach to the Catholic monastery font: the church was restored and reseated in x881-2, the win­ of St. Gregory at Downside, iR by a carriage drive from this dows re-glazed and the chancel new roofed at a cost of £1oo: place. J there are sittings for xso persons. The register dates from 17IO. The living is a rectory, tithe rent-charge £sS, net PosT & M. 0. 0., S. B. & Annuity & Insurance Office.-Joe yearly value £ 14s, including 35 acres of glebe, with house, Mark Fry, receiver. Letters through Bath, arrive at in the gift of H.R.H. Duke of Cornwall, and held since 1875 4 a.m. & 2·3° p.m. ; dispatched at 4 & 9 p.m. Mid- by the Rev. George Roach Hyatt B.A. Trinity College, Cam- somer Norton is the nearest telegraph office bridge. Coal and ironstone abound in the parish. The National Scl10ol (mixed), erected in 18s4, for 120 children; ma"!lor and parish at the time of the Domesday survey were average attendance, 7S; Samuel Ross Ivey, master , Beauchamp Waiter, Stratton house Bissex Charles, farmer, Church farm James 'fhomas,steward to St. Gregory'1 Ewer Dawson C.W.(professorof music), Bryant James, dairy farmer, Fosse frm college St. Gregory's college Burr Joseph, shopkeeper, South street James Thomas, jun. clerk of works to Hyatt Rev. George Roach B.A. Rectory Candy Ernest, dairy farmer, Barlake St. Gregory's college Keevill Robert, The Lynch farm, Pitcott Keevill William James, baker Molohan Jn. Patrick (classical master), Frappel Richd. James, King's Arms P.H Steeds Albt.Jas.farmer,RedHouse farm St. Gregory's college Fry Joe Mark, blacksmith, Post office Woolley Charles, Prince of Wales' inn, COMMERCIAL. James Edwin, farmer, Pitcott Pitcott Beauchamp Walt. yeoman, Stratton ho STREET is a parish and village, situated on the Great Parish Clerk, John Finner Petvin. Western road, a mile and a half south from Glastonbury PosT, M. 0. & T. 0., S. B. & Insurance & Annuity Office station on the Somerset and D:>rset railway, 8 miles south­ (Sub-Office. Letters should have S.O. Somerset added).­ west from Wells and 5 north from Somerton, in the Eastern William Boyce, postmaster. Letters arrive at 5·3S· 9.10 division of the county, Whitley hundred, Somerton petty a. m. & 1· 15 p.m. ; dispatched at 10.30 a. m. & 2.30 & 7.40 sessional division, Wells union and county court district, p.m. Parcel mail 7.40 p.m Telegraph open, from 8 till rural deanery of Glastonbury, archdeaconry of Wells and 8 p. m. Money orders from 9 a.m. to 6 p.m diocese of Bath and Wells. A local board of 9 members LocAL BoARD. was formed Aug. g, 18S3· The church of the Holy Trinity Meeting held at Vestry hall 2nd tuesday in IllOnth, 7 p. m. is a building of stone, in the Perpendicular style, consisting Clerk, John Aubrey Clark, Vestry road of chancel, nave of three bays, north aisle, south porch and Treasurer, W. H. Leaker a western tower containing a clock and 6 bells : there are Medical Officer ol Health, Arthur Clarke B.A., L.R.C.P.Lond, sittings for 3SO persons. The register dates from the year High street 1639. The living is a rectory, average tithe rent-charge Surveyor, Samuel Thompson Clothier, Leigh £442, net yearly value at present £3oo, including 8 acres Collector, William Boyce, Post office, High street of glebe, in the gift of the Marquess of Bath, and held since Inspector of Nuisances, Jsph. Bowerman Gifford, Vestry hall 1886 by the Rev. George Beilby M.A.. of Corpus Christi Col­ lege, Cambridge. There are Congregational, .Ha ptist (founded Volunteer Fire Brigade, J. T. H. Butt, captain; F. Clark, 1814), Wesleyan and Primitive Methodist chapels, and a lieut. ; W. S. Clark, treasurer; Joseph Ward, hon. sec. ; meeting-house for the Society of Friends. The " Crispin John Hooper, foreman, & 20 men Hall," Club and Institute is a building of stone, erected in 188s INSURANCE AGENTS :- from designs by Mr. G. J. Skipper, architect, of Norwich, at Commercial Union, T. F. Huish, High street & A. Chalker, a cost of £6,ooo,and was opened by the late John Brightu.P. High street on October 12th of that year: it contains a museum presented Economic Life, J. Cook,.High street by Alfred Gillett esq. and a library of over 1,300 volumes. General, J. Pursey, High street Cox's charity, being the interest of money amounting to Hand-in-Hand, W. I. L. Matthews, Vestry lane £275, is annually distributed to the deserving poor. Fine Imperial Fire, E. G. Day, High street specimens of fossil fish and reptiles are found in the blue Norwich Union Fire, J. A. Seymour, Overleigh lias of this parish. There are two factories for shoes and Refuge Assurance, W. Smith Avalon leather board and a tanyard. Abbey Grange is the Royal Farmers, A. W. Voisey, High street residence of Colonel Charles Prevost and Elmhurst of A School Board of 5 members was formed August 21, 1874 ; Captain John Thomas Henry Butt J.P. Sir Alexander Bate­ Joseph Bowerman Gifford, clerk to the board & atten­ man Periam Fuller-Acland-Hood hart. D.L., J.P. of St. dance officer Audries, West Quantoxhead, is lord of the manor and chief landowner. The soil is clayey, and the subsoil blae lias. Board School, High street (mixed & infants), erected in Tha chief crops are wheat, beans, oats and barley. The area 18sg & enlarged in 1886, for 67ochildren; average atten­ dance, 290 boys & girls & 18s infants; James Harding, is 21913 acres ; rateable value, £10,874; the population in 1881 was 2,514. master; Miss F. Kirby, mistress OvERLEIGH is a hamlet, three-quarters of a mile east. CARRIER TO BRIDGWATER.-Alfred Beaven, mon. wed. &sat PRIVATE RESIDENTS. Clark Joseph F.R.M.s. Hind Hayes Fo!!l! Charles Herbert, Ivy Thorne- f Ansell Miss, Holmcroft 1 Clark William Stephens J.P. Millfield ho Gifford Joseph Bowerman, Vestry han • Bartlett Rev.Jas. [BaptistJ,Somerton rd Clarke Arthur B. A. High street Gillett Alfred, Overleigh house Beilby Rev. Geo. :M.A. [rector], High st Clement Rev. Ueo. [Wesleyan], High st Hitchings Thomas, High street Butt Capt. Jn. Thos. Hy. J.P. Elmhurst .Clothier Jn. Wm.Columbus,Leigholt ho Huish Thomas Frank, High street Clark Francis Joseph, High street Cox Joseph, Cranhill road Miller John Harry, Glaston road Clark James, Greenbank Edwards Albert, Lower Leigh Palmer Mrs. Stone hill Clark John Aubrey, Vestry road Eglinton George Waiter, The Laurels Porter Alfred Deverill, High street.