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L~tters through Taunton. is the I The children of this parish attend the school at East nearest money order office &; East Lydford (Lydford- . Lydford on-Fosse) the nearest telegraph & post office 1 Foot William, dairy farmer, Wheathill farm Gibbs Leonard, dairy & corn farmer, Priory farm WHITCHURCH (or Felton) is a parish and village, in 1883. Here is a Congregational chapel. There are Qn the road from Bristol to Wells, 2 miles liouth from charities left by Sir J. Smyth and Messrs. Holbeach, Brislington station on the North Somerset branch of the Opie, Tippert and others, amounting to £ro 14s. yearly, Great West~rn railway ~n~. 3 south from Bristol, i~ the of which {.4 4s .. is paid to the vic~r for sermons and Frome parliamentary diVISiOn, hundred, petty sessiOnal the remamder m bread. The prmcipal landowners division and union of Keynsham, county court district of are the Hon. Mrs. G. N. Smyth, of Ashton Court, Earl Bristol, rural deanery of Chew, archdeaconry of Bath and Temple, Alfred Clayfield-Ireland esq. and Joseph Cooke­ diocese. of Bat~ a?-d Wells. Th_e church of St. Nicholas is Hurle esq. The soil is clayey; subsoil, stone. The an anc1ent bmldmg of stone m the Norman style, con- chief crops are wheat, roots· and turnips. The parish si sting ~f a chancel, nave of three bays, north transept and contains 2,25S acres; rateable value, £5, I ss ; popula­ so•Ith atsle, north and south porches and a low central tion in rgu, s6o. tower, containing one bell: at the end of the south aisle Sexton, Edward John Hallett. is t_he Smyth chapel, now used as a ve~try; there is also Post & Tele hone Call O.ffice.-Robert Clark sub-post- a fine old Norman font: the- east wmdow8 and three LP h ·B · d ' · d th h h t d · d master. etters throng nsto1 ; sun ays, open from o tb ers are s t ame : e c urc was res ore m 186 1, an . K 1 ·1 d. · h ·tt· · f Th · t d t f th 8 h 11 10 a.m. now e, 2 mi es 1stant, 1s t e nearest b as Sl. mgs or ISo. ~erso~s. . e regis er a es rom e mone order office year rs6o. The hvmg IS a VIcarage, net yearly value . y . . £140, including 3S acres of glebe, with residence, in Council School. (m1xed), opened m rgq, for I30 chil- the gift of Lady Smyth and Earl Temple, and held dren; FrederiCk McMurray, master since · I888 by the Rev. Edmund John Franklin, of Carriers to Bristol.-Gibbs & Goading, pass through, Queen's College, Birmingham. .A. vicarage was built tues. thurs. & sats ~ · PRIVATE RESIDENTS. Allen William, market gardener Knight Richd.Payne,farmr.Bridge fm Carpenter Mrs. Whitecross court Bath Alfred, wheelwright Lester Thomas, market gardener Ford Charles, Poplar house Batten Ernest, market gardener Mills Waiter, builder, Church road Franklin Rev. Edmund Jn. Vicarage Butt William, fa.rmer, Church farm Page Thomas, dairyman, Hengro"e {hles Freder.ick~ Rose cottage Clark Robert, stationer, Post office Perry Frederick, beer retailer Hall Charles, Curzon house Colston James Edward, cattle dealer Piggotl Elizabeth (Mrs.), grocer Jenkins Edgar John, Ennerdale & assistant overseer Salmon Wait. A.shton frmr. Manor fm Lester Thomas Constable Thomas, blacksmith S~ratton A.rtlll;tr, nurseryman, Hen- Lock Walter, The Mead Georg-e Wm. Hy. farmer, Lyon court grove nurser1es Nash George P. Manor house Hall Benjamin, farmer, Filwood farm Thompson George, coal dealer Vowles Joseph (postal address, Bishopsworth) Vowles Thomas, farmer, Green farm Hall Isabella (Mrs.), Black Lion P .B White A.rthnr, farmer, Tyning farm COMMERCIAL. Holbrook Edward, butcher Woolley Sidney & Henry, dairymen Adams Thomas, farmer, Court farm Holbrook John, butcher Young Bros. fanners, Hill farm Allaway William, market gardener Kingston .Henry, builder

WHITELACKINGTON is a village and ~arish, :l Vansittart Buckland B.A. of Trinity College, Melbourne. miles ea.st from station on the Chard branch Near the old Manor House, south of the church, stood a of the Great Western railway, 6 north-east from Chard sweet chestnut tree of very great size called the "Mon~ and 8 north-west from , in the divi- mouth Tree," near which, it is said, the gentlemen of sion of the county, hundred of .Abdick and Bulstone, petty the neighbourhood assembled to meet the Duke of Mon­ se.s,sional division of Ilminster, Chard union and county mouth some three years before the rebellion, but it court district, rural deanery of Ilminster, archdeaconry was blown down in a gale on Ash Wednesday, March of Taunton and dioce•e of Bath and "Veils. The church 3rd, 1897. Col. Arthnr Vaughan Hanning Vaughan­ of St. Mary is a building of stone in the Early English Lee is lord of the manor and sole landowner. The soil style, consisting of chancel, nave, transepts, north porch is clay and loam, and the subsoil is lias stone. The and a western tower containing 4 bells: the church con- chief crops are barley, wheat and oats. The area is tains some fine windows of the 13th and 14th centnries: r,r83 acres; rateable value, £r,772; .the population in in the north transept is a monument to Sir George Speke, rgrr was r82 civil ·and 225 ecclesiastical (which cam­ ob. 1637; in the south transept are several tablet's to the prises parts of "Vhitelackington and Broadway civil IIanning and Lee families; in the chancel are tablets to parishes). ~ previous vic'l.rs and to J. B. J. Brooke, Rajah Mnda of Sexton, George Hutchings. Sarawak; and in the nave are two brasses to Anthony By Local Government Board Order :(9,583, March 25, · Poole, ob. I_S~7· ~nd Margaret his wife, ob. 1~06: there r886, the hamlet of White Bridge was transferred from are memona" wmdows to Prebendary Gown~g, Mrs. Whitelackington to Broadway for civil purposes. Gowring and their son, the Rev. J. W. Gowrmg; also . windows to members of the J ohnson familv' rgo7 : the Letters throu_gh Ilmms~er. Wall Letter Box, ne~r the church was restored in 1884, and has 172 sittings. The I churc?; P!llar L~tter Box, Atherstone. Ilmmster, r-egister dates from the year r67a. The living is a r~ miles dr;:tant, IS. the nearest money order & tela- vicarage, net yearly value £r86, including 28 acres of graph office · glebe, with residence, in the gift of the Bishop of Bath Public Elementary School (mixed), built in r885, for and Wells, and held since ~or by the Rev. John 6r children; Mrs. P. Marshalsea, mistre!ls Buckland Rev. John Vansittart B.A. Denman Ernest James, butcher Spinks Frederick, blacksmith Vicarage Hoare Thomas, dairyman Woodland Samuel, dairyman COMMERCIAL. :'Jorton Grace Ellen (Miss), farmer :W:ratt Sml.Bertie,frmr.Atherstone fm Creed Samuel, farmer, Whitelacking- Scott. Simeon, farmer, Abrahams frm ton house • • is a small parish, picturesquely de Staunton and the borough of Chard: the chancel seated about 3~ miles north-west from Chard station on retains a piscina in the sill of the south window, and the London and South Western railway, in the Yeovil some very early heraldic tiles, bearing the arms of parliamentary division, hundred of , de Staunton and : the font of Whitestaunton petty sessional division of Ilminster, Chard union and stol}e is supposed to date from the 12th century: the countv court district, rural deanery of Crewkerne, arch- stained east window is a memorial to the Rev. William • • deaconrv• of Taunton and diOcese of Bath and Wells . Tierney Elton B.A. 46 years rector (1827-73), and his The church of St. .Andrew is a building of stone, in wife, and was erected by their children : a brass with the Perpendicular style, consisting of chancel, nave, the Victoria Cross upon it has also been erected to the two chapels, south porch and a low embattled western memory of Lieut.-Col. F. C. Elton V.C.#son of a tower containing 5 bells: the two chapels, formerly the former rector: the church '\\"Us restored in r882-3, at a property of the Brett family, belong to Commander cost of £62o : the west window was restored and the Frederick Elton R.N. ; one is used as a family pew tower door reopened and restored in I9I3 : there are of the Eltons; the other, containing several tombs sittings for 16o persons : nearly opposite the porch, -with shields of arms, serves as a vestry: there is also and raised on steps of local stone, is the 11haft of an a brass tablet to the co-heiresses of John Brett, dated ancient cross of Ham stone. The register dates from 1582," and in the nave are some benches with carved the year 1692. The living is a rectory, net yearly value ends, bt>aring curions device!!, taken from the arms of £152, including so acres of glebe, with residence, in