'DIRECTORY.] . .BISHOPSWORTH. ,129 EsdaiIe Chas. Edwd. Jeffries esq.D.L. ho. Tntn mittee.& the asylum; William Smith, storekeeper; Marshall Wilfred George esq. Norton Manor, George Brown, head male attendant; Miss Emma Kidd, .Prior Richard Chandler Alexander M.D., F.L.S. Halse ha. chief female officer Taunton National School (mixed), built in 1870, for 200 children; Clerk to the Magistrates, A. R. Payne, Milverton average attendance, 150; Clifford Digby Simons, mastr :Petty Sessions are held at the Court House, Bishops Co~nty Station, Sergeant Charles Hawkins Lydeard, 2nd thursday in each month at II a.m. 'I'lle PUBLIC OFFICERS. places in the division are , , Assistant Overseer .& Collector of Assessed Taxes, James , , Cothelstone, Halse, Skinner, of Halse Heathfield, Lydeard St. Lawrence.& Tolland Medical Officer & Public Vaccinator to Bishops Lydeard (hunty of Somerset -& City of Bath Lunatic Asylum fOl' District of Taunt0n Union, Emilien Edward Frossard Paupers, Copford; established 1897, occupies 10 acres L.H..C.P.Lond. The Lodge & receives 450; Henry Talbot Sidney Aveline M.R.C.S. Registrar of Births .& Deaths for 'Bishaps Lydeard Dis- Eng., L.R.C.P.Lond. supt. &I medical Dfficer; Herbert trict, Taunton Union, Frederick J. Trickey Campbell Manning rM.R.C.S.Eng., L.B.C.P.Lond. as- Relieving Officer for No. 2 District, 'Bishops Lydeard Sub- ,sistant medical ofIicer; Rev. H. O. Powell-Jones M.A. District, Taunton Union, Frederick J. Trick,ey Bus.rBac. chaplain; Stuckey's Banking Co. Limited, Hailway Station, Wm. Chedzoy Bowden, station master . .treasurers; Isaac Lodge, clerk to the visiting com- Hank's 'bus to Taunton daily, twice saturdays PRIVATE RESIDENTS. Bishops Lydeard Horticultural & Cot- Hanks WaIter Scott, jobmaster tagers' Show Society (WaIter Darby Hartnell George, mason Amery Mrs & ClifIord Digby Simons. hon. secs) Hartnell Isaac, beer retailer Aveline Henry Talbot Sidney L.R.e.p. Bond John, farmer, Kenley farm Hartnell Robert, mason .. Lond. (supt. & medical officer), BDnd William, boot maker Hembrow Thomas, farmer, Wick frm Gotford house Brown George, head attendant Cot- Heydon Joseph Edwards, Lethbridge 'Badcock Thomas, Tatham ford asylum Arms P.H Baker Wm. Proctor J.P. Sandhill pk Bryant Edwin, farmer, Court farm Holcombe Elizabeth (Mrs.), jobmastr J3arrett Charles, Brookside Bull William, plumber &; glazier Howe Joseph, grocer Bunny John Brice, Warre house Bunny John Brice L.R.C.P.Edin., Hurley Frank, farmer Cozens Robert, Ivy cottage M.R.C.S.Eng. physician & surgeon, Lambson John, tailor 'Esdaile Charles Edward Jeffries J.P. . Warre house Lickfold WaIter, butcher & farmer Cothelstone house Candy Frederick Edwin, farm bailiff, Lock John, dairyman Eustace Rev. William Fitz-Eustace Ootford asylum Lodge Isaac,clerk to theAsylum,Cotfrd M.A. Vicarage ComerTh('-8.Ridge,saddlr.'&harness ma Martin Frederick, grocer &; draper . Frossard Emilien Edward, The Lodge Cornish John Lyddon, farmer, East- Morris John, farmer, Portman &; Con- .Hosegood Andrew Adarns, West view combe farm quest farms -Lodge Isaac, The Mount County of Somerset & City of Bath Northcombe Edwd. plumber &; glazier Manning Herbert Campbell L.R.C.P. Lunatic Asylum for Paupers (Hy. Pearce Archibald J. Bell P.H Lond. (assist. medical officer), The 'l'albot Sidney Aveline M.R.C.S. Pearce Edwin, blacksmith Asylum, Cotford Eng., L.R.C.P.Lond. supt. &; medi- Pook Charles, beer retailer l'ollard Miss caI officer), Cotford Saunders Edwin, mason Saunders George, Lydeard house County Police Station (Charles Haw- Saunders John, grocer .& draper Shaw J. C. Dene court kins, sergeant) Seward In. Geo. farmer, Hopkins fm ,sherreIl Rev. George James (Congre- Clllverwell Henry, baker Seward Wm. In. farmer, Bishpool gational), Alstone cottage Darby WaIter, miller (water) &; farmr Shattock Joseph, beer retailer Smith Mrs. John Devon & Cornwall Banking Co. Lim. Skinner Alfd. Chas.farmer,Pound fm 'Turner Miss (wed. 12 to 1.45) Skinner William Comer, farmer, East Wise Major Lewis Lovat Ayshford EIlett John, farmer Lydeard J.P. Watts house Essex Thomas, head gardener to C. Smith William, storekeeper, The 'Wood WaIter, Eastcombe E. J. Esdaile esq Asylum, Cotford Worrall William Houlton, Lynchfield Frossard Emilien Edward L.R. C. P. Sweeting William, baker Lond., M.R.C.S.Eng. medical offi- Trickey Frederick J. relieving officer COMMERCIAL. cer No. 4 district &; public vaccina- No. 3 district .& registrar of births Ashman Richard George, shopkeeper tor Bishops Lydeard district, Taun· &:. deaths for Bishops Lydeard sub- Benniston William, clerk of works, ton union, The Lodge district, Taunton union . Cotford asylum Goodland Charles & Sons, coal &c. TriC'key Wm. saddler &; harness makr Bevan Henry Dixon, blacksmith merchants, Railway station Virgin Henry, farmer, Gore farm . 13ISHOPS SUT'TON is an ecclesiastical parish value £289, in the gift of the Bishop of Bath and Wells, formed March 2'8, 1876, out of the parish of Chew Magna, and held since 1885 by the Rev. James Samuel Hill, of 'and is 4i miles south-west from Pensford station and the University of London, who resides at Stowey. Here 2t west from CluttDn station, on the North Somerset is a Wesleyan chapel. The population in 1891 was 727; branch of the Great Western railway, and 10 south from rateable value included with Chew 'Magna, [10,432. Bristol, in the Northern division of the county, hundred Sexton, William Boult. of Chew, Temple Cloud petty sessional division, Clutton Post, M. O. & T. 0., T. M. 0., S. B., Express DeliveTy, union, county court district of Temple Cloud, Tural dean- Parcel 0& Annuity 0& Insurance Office.-James Andrews, ery of Chew, archdeaconry of Bath and diocese of Bath sub-postmaster. Letters arrive from Bristol at 8.25 and Wells. The church of the Holy Trinity, erected in a.m. &; 6.5 p.m.; dispatched at 9·40 a.m. .& 6.4J5 p.m. 184'8, is a building of stone in the Early English style, week days only; open sundays, 8 till 10 a.m. for tele- consisting of chancel, nave of four bays, south aisle, north graph business only porch and a western belfry containing one bell: there are Board School (mixed), under the jurisdiction of the Chew sittings for 300 persons. The register dates only from the Magna School Board, for 120 children; average attend- year 1876; all previous registrations were made in the ance, IIO; James Wightman, master registers of 'Chew Magna. The living is a vicarage, an- Carrier to Bristol-Noah Gibbs, tues. thurs. &; sat. from nexed to that of ,stowey, Feb. 13, 1867, joint gross yearly his house Appleby George E. Moorledge Bryant James, farmer Hill John, beer retailer Stallard William Dean Clement, farmer Lovell J esse & Sons, grocers &; millers Andrews James, grocer, Post office Dury William, Red Lion P.R (steam) & drapers -Baber Edward, farmer Elmes George, baker Manning Samuel, farmer Bishops Sutton CDal CD. (F. Spencer Fear WaIter, farmer Melhuish George. beer retailer esq. D.L., J.P. Oakfield, proprie- Ferris Victor, blacksmith Morgan Samuel Thos. colliery managr tor; Dan Morgan, general mana- Gibbs Noah, carrier Sheldon George, blacksmith gel' ; Samuel Thomas Morgan, Harris James, shopkeeper Sheppard George, cattle dealer under manager) Hassel Edward, farmer Treasure Tom, carpntr. & whlwrght BISHOPSWORTH is a small village and parish, deaconry and diocese of Bristol. The church of St. Peter, formed out of the parish of Bedminster, on the Wells and built in 1842, is an edifice of stone in the Norman style, the road, 2! miles south from Bristol, and consisting of chancel, nave of five bays, aisles, north porch was formed into an ecclesiastical parish in 11852; it is in and an unfinished tower containing one bell: there are the Northern division of the county, bundred of Hart- eight stained windows, and a massive stone pulpit: the diffe, union and petty sessional division of Long Ashton, church was restored in 1'883-4 at a cost of £1,280, and Bristol county court district and rural deanery, arch- has 370 sittings. The register dates from the year r844. SOMER:SKf 9