DIRECTORY.] SOMERSETSHIRE. NORTH NEWTON, 329 NEMPNETT THRUBWELL is a parish and in length, 20 in breadth and IS in height, covered on its top village, 7 miles south-west from Pensford station on the with ash trees, briars and thick shrubs; it is composed North Somerset branch of the Great Western railway and throughout of a mass of stones, supported on each side 9 south-south-west from Bristol, in the Northern division of lengthwise by a wall; the distance between the two walls is the county, Keynsham hundred, Clutton union, Temple about 8 feet, and the intermediate space is filled up with Cloud petty sessional division and county court district, two rows of cells or cavities, formed by very large stones set rural deanery of Chew, archdeaconry of Bath and diocese of edgeways: these cells run from north to south and are di· Bath and Wells. The church of St. Mary the Virgin is an vided by vast stones placed on their edges and covered with ancient edifice of stone, dating from the 13th century, all others still larger by way of architrave : in one of these cells the present windows,however,being 15th century insertions; were found seven skulls, one quite perfect ; in another a it consists of chancel, nave, south porch and a massive em- large heap of small human bones and horses' teeth; no battled western tower, with pinnacles, containing 5 bells: coins or other such relics have been discovered so as to the south doorway is Norman : the east window is stained : mark the period at which this sepulchre was constructed, the church was thoroughly restored in r864 at a cost of but it is undoubtedly one of the most important in Great £700 and in 1897 a new chancel and vestry were added as a Britain and probably contains the remains of warriors slain memorial to a former rector and his wife : the new work is in some prehistoric conflict ; the stones have been used from divided from the nave by a carved oak screen, with rood time to time, during the last thirty years, in the burnin~ of loft, adorned with statuettes of archangels, from designs by lime. Lady Cooper, of Pulteney street, Bath, who is lady the late eminent architect Mr. Pugin, and was erected in of the manor, and the Bristol Charity Trustees are the prin­ memory of the Rev. Edward Wilton M.A. sometime incum- cipallandowners. The soil is clayey, stone brash and lime; bent r ·.N. Bradley, Wilts, and his wife; the total cost was the subsoil is clay. The land is chiefly in pasture, but about £r,8so: there are sittings for r6o persons. The some corn is grown. The area is r,Boo acres; rateable register dates from the year 1568. The living is a rectory, value, £2,462; the population in I89I was 233 civil, 235 net yearly value £r87, with two acres of glebe and resi- ecclesiastical. deuce, in the gift of trustees, and held since 1886 by the By Local Government Board Order 14,992, March 24, Rev. Henry Griffin Hellier, of Balliol College, Oxford; the 1884, Henmarsh was transferred from Winford to Nemp­ benefice formerly formed part of the rectory of Compton nett Thrubwell, and under the provisions of the " Divided Martin, but in 1859 was constituted a rectory under separate Parishes Act" (45 & 46 Vict. c. sB) Strode has been added patronage by order of Her Majesty in Council. Here is a to Winford from Nempnett Thrubwell .Baptist chapel. A sum of £so, left b.y the will of Madame Florence Baker, bearing date 3rd of April, 1714, has been REGILBURY, 2 miles north-north-west, is a tithing. lost. Elton's charity of £35, derived from about £1,173 Sexton, James Wyatt. Consols, is distributed in money. Knap Hill, in this parish, Letters through Wrington R. S.O. arrive at 9 a. m. & are commands ex~ensive and varied views of a wide range of collected by the messenger at the same time. Blagdon is country, the Mendip Hills, studded with villages, on the the nearest money order & telegraph office, about 3 miles south ; La.nsdown and the upper part of the city of Bath, on distant the east; and the Channel, with Weston-super-Mare, on the The National School at the adjoining parish of Butcombe west. In this parish is a large tumulus, or barrow, 6o yards is endowed for the two parishes of Butcombe & N empnett [Marked thus • the postal address is Chew Ford Wm. farmer, Nempnett farm Sherborne Henry (Mrs.), dairy farmer, Stoke.] Franks James, farmer, Rose cottage West Town farm Franks Mrs. James Franks Thomas Morris, farmer, Merry Sherborne Thos.farmer,How Grove frm *Hellier Rev. Henry Griffin, Rectory, Hill farm Weaver Benjamin, dairy farmer, How Knapp hill Uunter George, West Town inn Grove farm Keedwelll<'rank, farmer, Henmarsh fm WilliamsJn.farmr.RegilburyPark farm COMMERCIAL. Keedwell Mark,farmer,Easthouse farm Williams Michael John, dairy farmer, Baker John, dairy farmer, Grove farm *King Alfred, dairy farmer,Church frm Regilbury Court farm Brock Thomas, haulier, Rock cottage *Marshall John, farmer Withey Alfred, farmer, Bicknell farm Cox Mark, farmer PophamHy. farmer, Thrubwell farm Wootton Jesse, farmer, Rugmoor farm Field Henry, farmer, Stokes farm Satchell William, farmer,Pixeyhole frm Wyat.t Sylvester, farmer,Belle Vue frm NETTLECOMBE is a parish and scattered village, 2 Court, the property and residence of Sir Waiter John miles east from Higher Roadwater station on the West Trevelyan bart. is a noble mansion near the church, in the Somerset Mineral railway, 3! south-west from Williton midst of fine lawns and beautiful pleasure grounds, sur­ station on the West Somerset branch of the Great Western rounded by a park of 97 acres, containing a small herd of railway, 8 north from Wiveliscombe and IS north-west deer.· Sir W. J. Trevelyan hart. who is lord of the manor, from Taunton, in the Western division of the county, and William Wyndham esq. of Dinton House, Wilts, are the • hundred of Williton and Freemanors, Williton petty sessional principal landowners. The soil is a rich loam, with some division, union and count.y court district, rural deanery of clay; the subsoil is marl; and produces excellent crops of Wiveli~combe, archdeaconry of Taunton and diocese of wheat, beans, barley, mangolds, potatoes and turnips. The Bath and Wells. The church of St. Mary is a small but area is 3,073 acres; rateable value, £3,794; the popula­ beautiful and ancient edifice of stone in mixed styles, the tion in 1891 was 269 civil, 259 ecclesiastical. arcades and western entrance being Early Norman ; it con- BEGGEARN HUISH is a hamlet, a mile and a half north- sists of chancel, nave of three bays, aisles, north porch, west. vestry and an embattled western tower, containing a clock On March 25, 1883, by Local Government Board Order and 3 bells : there is a memorial window, dated I623, to the 14,6og, certain detached parts of St. Decumans parish, Trevelyan family : under two canopied recesses in the south known as Hayne and Kingsdown, were amalgamated with aisle a1·e the recumbent effigies of a knight in armour and a this parish for civil purposes. lady by his side, and also another of a presumed crusader: Parish Ulerk, James Chidgey. the ancient rood stairs also remain : the church was restored Letters through Taunton arrive at 9 a. m. The nearest in x86g, and has sittings for 350 persons: in the church- money order & telegraph offices are at Williton, Stog- yard is a large cross now entirely covered with ivy. The umber & Washford. Huish Barton letters delivered fro:.n regi~'~ter dates from the year 1535. 'fhe living is a rectory, Washford gross yearly value £630, with residence and 59 acres of WALL LETTER Box, Beggeam Huish, cleared at IO. 15 a. m. glebe, in the gift of Sir Waiter John Trevelyan bart. and & s.so p.m. week days only held since 1870 by the Rev. Henry Fortescue Seymour llf.A. National School (mixed), erected in r8rg,.for 300 children; and late Fellow of All Souls College, Oxford. Nettlecombe average attendance, 28 ; Mrs. Anne Hosking, mistress Leman Henry COMMERCIAL. Hosegood Geo. farmer, HuishBarton North John William A.R.A., R. w.s. Branfield Edward & Thomas, farmers, James Albert & Charles, farmers, B::lg- Beggearnhuish house Holcombe water gearn huish Seymour Rev. Henry Fortescue M.A. Brewer William, farmer, Wood Advent Pearce Joseph, gamekeeper to Sir "\V. Rectory Date Thomas, farmer, Beggearnhuish J. Trevelyan bart Stone Thomas J.P. Clitsome Davis Edwin & Son, plumbers, Yard Quartly Henry, farmer, Colton farm Trevelyan Sir Waiter John hart. Net- Elworth James, head gardener to Sir Stoate James, farmer, Torre farm tlecombe court W. J. Trevelyan hart Stone ThomRll, farmer, Clitsome Hosegood Fredk. farmer, Yard farm NORTH NEWTON, formerlyachapelry, but originally sion, union and county court district of Biidgwater, rural a chantry, was formed into an ecclesiastical parish, March deanery of Bridgwater, archdeaconry of Taunton and 23, x88o; it is 2 miles north from Durston station on the diocese of Bath and Wells. The church of St Peter is an Bristol and Exeter section of the Great Western railway and edifice in the Early English style, consisting of chancel, nave 4i south from Bridgwater, in the Bridgwater division of the of three bays, south aisle, south porch and a western tower, county, hundred of North Petherton, petty sessional divi- containing a clock and a peal of tubular bells: in 1884 the