DIRECTORY.] SOMERSET. WEST HARPTREE. 281

EAST HARPTREE is a. parish and village, on the ing them before the garrison could secure their retreat, ' northern side of the Mendip Hills, in a rich and fertile set fire to the gates and applying scaling ladders to the • valley, on the road from Bristol to Wells, 6 miles south­ walls made himself master of the place; the castle was west from Clutton station on the Bristol and RadstDck not entirely demolished till the time of Henry VIII. branch of the Great Western railway, 8 north from Wells, when Sir John Newton dug up its old foundations for 12 south from Bristol and 17 south-west from Bath, in the the purpose of erecting a new house, called " Eastwood " ; Prome parliamentary division, Winterstoke hundred, 1t was an irregular fortification, the principal approach Clutton union, Temple Cloud petty sessional division and being from the south-west, and vestiges of a circular county court district, rural deanery of Midsomer Norton, building are still visible ; on the north and east sides is arcbdeaconry of Wells and diocese of Bath and Wells. a steep descent into a deep, narrow, winding glen, the The church of St. Laurence is a building of stone of sides of which are thicklv• covered with wood. Eastwood various dates, but chiefly in the Perpendicular style, and is now (1919) unoccupied. consists of chancel, nave, south porch and a western ·Harp tree Court, the residence of Lieut.-Col. Henry t-ower, with pinnacles, containing 6 bells, of various dates; Wildman Kettlew-ell, a short distance to the east of the oldest, circ. 1400, bearing the following inscription:- the church, is an elegant and substantial mansion in InBsus-N.&.ZARENUS-REx: the Renaissance style, with wings and a central portico, the chancel walls are Norman, but the windows are later and stands in an inclosed park, ornamented with ponds, msertions: the south porch has a Norman arch, of waterfalls and beautiful gardens and plantations. probably unique design : in the south porch is an altar Earl Waldegrave P.C. is lord of the manor. The tomb, with the effigy, in armour, of Sir John Newton principal landowners are Lieut.-Col. H. W. Kettlewell, k.t. who died 10 April, 1568, and figures of his eight sons Mrs. W. W. Kettlewell and William Irvine esq. The and twelve daughters kneeling, the whole benell!th a soil is generally rich and light, with a subsoil of red cauopy with an inscription and shield of arms : the church sandstone, limestone and gravel. The chief crops are was restor·ed in r883-4 and affords sittings for 226 wheat, barley, oats and beans, and there are many persons. There are two stained glass windows in orchards. There is a majority of pasture land in this memory of the late W. W. Kettlewell esq. one presented parish, the greater proportion being of excellent quality. by Mrs. W. W. Kettlewell and one by the parishioners The area is 2,591 acres ; rateable value, £4,635 ; the and friends : there is also a stained glass window to population in rgu was 582 in the civil and 554 in th:e the memory of Mr. Charles Kimble. The register dates ecclesiastical parish. · from the year 1663. The living is a rectory, net yearly Coley, partly in this parish and partly in Hinton income £26o, including 76 acres of glebe, with resi­ Blewett, is a hamlet, through which runs the river Chew, dence, in the gift of H.R.H. the Prince of Wales, and distant 1 mile east; here is a grist mill, ~water and held since 1917 by the Rev. John Ellis Soott Harrison steam, occupied by Maurice Eldred Hassell. M.A. of Hatfield Hall, Durham. The Catholic church, Post, M. 0. & T. Office.-Mrs. Emma .Elizabeth Ourtis, dedicated to St. Micha·el and erected in 1883, is a sub-postmistr-ess. Letters through Bristol building of stone, and will seat 50 persons. There is a Wall Letter Box, Proud Cross United Methodist chapel, built in 1866 and rebuilt in Public Elementary School (mixed), originally founded z8gg. The charities amount to about £I50 yearly in 1653 by Sir John Newton & supported in part by value. A clock tower, the gift of W. W. Kettlewell esq. endowments of £3o from Plumley's charity & £12 ros. was erected in 1897 to commemorate the 6o years' reign of from Wollen's charity; a new .school room was built Her late Majesty Queen Victoria. The remains of Rich­ in r8g7, for 6o children, a class room in 1899 for ,._o mond Castle, the ancient fortress of the Harptrees and children, & an infants' room completed in 1901 for Gournays, lie about half a mile south-west of the church. 40 children, with a large doak room: rthe school will ln II38 it was garrisoned by Sir William de Rarptree in now hold 140 children : 'Mrs. A.gnes Glover, mistress favour of Maud the Empress ag-ainst King Stephen, who, &fter the siege of Bristol, approached and pretended to Carrier to & from Bristol.-Valentine Currell, every lay siege to it; the garrison, however, made a sally to tues. ihurs. & .sat. at 8 a.m. leaving Bristol at 4.30 attack the rear of his army, which the king observing, p.m hastened with his cavalry towards the walls, and reach- Police Sergeant, J osiah Emery, High street PRIVATE RESIDENTS. Currell Valentine, carrier Hunt John S. assistant overseer for Carroll Rev. Cornelius (Catholic), St. Curtis Henry, assistant overseer, & Hinton Blewett Michael's house estate agent to Lieut.-Col. Henry Irvine William, yeoman, Hill grange Cole Mrs. Summerleaze Wildman Kettlewell Jarvis Maurice, shoeing smith & Grant Mrs. Zion place Dredge Robert. blacksmith cycle agent & repairer; motor Harrison Rev. John Ellis Scott M.A. Drew Rendal, farmer, Home farm tyres & accessories (re.ctor), Rectory Eas~ ~arptree Co-operative Society King- Ernest, insur. agt. Chapel ho Irvine William, Hill grange L1m1ted (The) (Harry _Adams,m~) Lyons Alfred, farmer, Coley farm Kettlewell Lieut. -Col. Henry Wild-. East Harp tree Memonal Read1ng Lyons Thos. farmer, Harptree farn1 man, Harptree court Room (Rev. J. E. S. Harrison, Mills James, apartmts.Carlint;"{ord ho Kettlewell Mrs. W. W. Harptree ho hon. se~) . Payne Elijah Geo. farmer, Highfield Olphert Commander Wybrants R.N., Gadd BenJam~u, farmer, Eastwood Pickering Farnham, stone mason D.S.C., D.S.O. Orchard cottage Hassell Maur1ee Eldred,miller(water), Pool Jeremiah, stone mason; Shrowl Coley mill Purnell Victor, carpenter COMMERCIAL. Hassell Wilfred, farmer Storey John James, farmr. Pitt farm Banwell Joseph, farmer, Sherborne Hillard Frank, farmer Tucker Sydney, farmer, Nettwood farm (postal address, Litton, Bath); Hodges Ernest Edward, dairyman, Voke Albert, farmer, Hill farm Bishop Arthur John, Castle of Corn- milk contractor & cheese maker, Voke Georg.~. farmer, Castle farm fort inn, Mendip hill Shrowl W~·att Arthur Cuff, farmer, Proud Cole Bertram, farmer Hooper Emily (Mrs.), W aldegrave c,·oss farm Currell Jas.Anthony,frmr.Church fm Arms P.H WEST HARPTREE is a parish and village, on the / glebe, with house, in the gift of the Duchy of Cornwall, road from Bristol to Wells, 6 miles south-west from and held since 1903 by the Rev. Frederick Edmonds Clutton station on the Bristol and Radstock extension of Powning M.A. of Merton College, Oxford. .At LAMB the Great Western railway, 8 north-east from Wells, II HILL, 1 mile south-west from the village. is a very south from Bristol and 16 south-west from Bath, in the remarkable cavern, the property of Thomas Caple e!;q. Frame parliamentary division, Chewton hundred, Glut- with a. perpendicular shaft nearly 70 fathoms deep and ton union, Temple Cloud petty sessional division and 240 feet in lateral extent at the extremity: the bottom county court district, rural deanery of Chew, archdeaconry consists of loose rock, and the roof is very firmly of Bath and diocese of Bath and Wells. The church of vaulted with limestone, and the pendent stalactites, St. Mary is a building of stone in the Norman and Gothic together with the continual dropping of the water, styles, consisting of chancel, nave, with an arcade of three 1 make it an object of much local intere!!t; it was fully arches on the south side, south aisle, north transept, explored some years ago by Mr. Joseph Nichols, mining south porch and a western tower of Early Norman date, agent. A sum of £zs is yearly distributed by the with lofty spire, containing 4 bells: there is a fine circular 1 Parish Council from Plnmmer's charity, and £14 by the font: the church was almost rebuilt in x864 at a cost of j vicar and churchwardens from George Wookey's charity. £1,400, when the transept was added: around the church There are two manors--Gurney Court, held by the there are eight large yew trees of great age, about 50 feet Duchy of Cornwall, and Tilley Manor, of which A.rthur high, each cnt in a copical shape: there are sittings for E. :Newton esq. is lord; these are the chief landowners. 200 persons. The register ()f baptisms dates from the year I Gurney Court and Tilley Manor House, situated in the 1653 ; marriages, 1655 ; burials, 1661. The living is a village, are both old and interesting buildings, now vicarage, net yearly value £zoo, including 20 acres of 1 converted into farm houses, but contain some go~d • •