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25 acres, and is the residence of Herbert Hutchings The whole population of the ecclesiastical parish in Shepherd esq. J.P. The soil is partly sandy loam a.nd rgu was 3,290 (which includes part of llminster With­ gravelly clay, very fruitful, and comprise! arable, out ); acreage, 3,929. meadow, pasture and orchard land. The hamlets are :-Sea, 1 mile south ; Crock Street, 3 The area of Ilminster civil parish and Urban District west; Peasmarsh, 2 south; Horton, I! west; Winterl>ay, is 531 acres; rateable value, £9,891; the population in half mile north-west; Higher Horton, 3 west ; .Ashwell, I 19n was 2,467. · north; and Dillington, ~~ north-east; divided into the The area of ILMINSTER WITHf'~T is 3·535 acres of following tit.bings :-Church, Town, Winterhay, Horton land and 13 of water; rateable value, £7,920; the popu­ and Hilcombe. lation in I9II was 823. OFFICI.A.L ESTABLISHMENTS. LOCAL INSTITUTIONS &c. Post, M. 0., T. & Telephonic Express Delivery Office petty sessional division :-Ashill, Barrington, Beercro­ (letters should have Somerset added).-George Barker, , Broadway, Buckland St. Mary, Chard, Chaff­ sub-postmaster. No sunday delivery or dispatch. combe, Chillington, Combe St. Nicholas, Cudworth, Office open for sale of stamps from 9 a.m. to 7 p.m. ; Cricket St. Thomas, Cricket Malherbie, Curry Mallett, , , Dinnington, Ilminster, Ilmin­ sun days, 8.30 to 10 a.m. Sale of postal orders, 9 a.m. to 7 p.m. Money order business, payment of ster (Without), , Isle Abbotts, , postal orders & issue of licenses, 9 a.m. till 7 p. m. Kingstone, Knowle St. Giles, , , Telegraph & telephone business, 9 a.m. to 7 p.m.; · , , Seavington SS. sundays, 8.30 to 10 a.m. & telephone continuous at Marv• & .Michael, West Dowlish, , White- Exchange, North street lackington, & Post Office, Horton.-Thonias Channell, sub-postmaster. . Ilminster, 2~ miles distant, is the neare!t money PUBLIC ESTABLISHMENTS . order & telegraph office Cemetery, Joseph Duke, North street, clerk to the burial committee of the Parish Council & Urban Dis­ URBAN DISTRICT COUNCIL. trict Council; F. C. Clark, acting clerk Offices, North street. County Station, Market place, Thomas Bartlett~ M:eet at thB Boys' Grammar School Rooms, monthly, superintendent, I sergeant & 2 constables on Wednesdays, at 7.30 p.m. Court House, Thomas Bartlett, keeper Masonic Hall, L. H. Mermagen M.A. sec. Court Barton The joint Burial Committee meets four times yearly. Ministry of Labour Unemployment Insurance; Local Members. Office of Unemployment Fund, East street, William Chairman, Alexander Poole. Percival Batten, agent Reading & Recreation Rooms, Ditton street, T. B.­ Vice-Chairman, Samuel Rowe. ' Edmonds, hon. sec.; P. E. Reynolds, hon. librarian Frederick Thomas Adams George Edward Parrett Volunteer Fire Brigade, Dit,ton street, A. V. Hutchings,. Richard Dawes Churchill James Ratley Paull captain; A. 'E. Coombes, Iieut. & 10 men; engine Thomas Bird Edmonds .T ohn Fletcher Sander !I house, Ditton street Webber Lewis Harding Herbt. Hutch:lngs Shepherd Leonard Hepworth John Taylor PUBLIC OFFICERS. • Officers. Assessor & Collector of Taxes for ·, Bicken- Clerk, Joseph Duke, North street hall, Capland, , Curry Rivell, Donyatt, Earnshill & Hatch Beauchamp, Tom King, Station rd Acting Clerk, F. C. Clark Assistant Overseer for Ilminster, Ilminster Without &. Treasurer, J ames Taylor, London County Westminster Broadway, William Percival Batten, East street & Parr's Bank Limited, Market place Certified Bailiff under the "Law of Distress Amendment Medical Officer, Harold Downes M.B.Edin., L.R.C.P. & • t , H l\I d H t n> t · t L.R.C.S. Edin. Ditton Lea, Ditton street n.C • 1 888• enry · anmo ex • "es' stree Surveyor & Sanitary Inspector, George William Warry, Certifying: Factory Surgeon, Charles Munden M.R.C.S. Ditton street Eng. S1lver street . . Collector, William Percival Batten East street . Clerk to Cha:d, & Ilmmster Old Age P~ns1.on ' . Sub-Comm1ttee, F. Gordon Ross, Rural D1stnct · · offices, Chard JUSTICES OF THE PEACE FOR THE ILMINSTER 1 Clerk to the Governors of the Ilminster Endowed PETTY SESSIONAL DIVISION. / Schools & to the Commissioners of Taxes, Joseph Alien Jefrerys Charles, Cricklea.ze, Chard, chairman Duke, North street; F. C. Clark, acting clerk Baker Rear-Adm. Casper Joseph, Oaklands, South Collector of Taxes for Ilminster, Ilton, Broadway, Chil- Petherton lington & Cudworth, William Percival Batten, East st Blake CoL Malachi Locke, Bridge house,South Petherton Deputy Registrar of Births & Deaths for Ilminster Sub- Blake Robert, Yea.bridge house, S{)uth Petherton District, Frank Chapple, Cornhill Blake Wm.Farewell,Bridge ho.South Petherton,Somerset MedicaJ Oflicer & Public Vaccinator, No. 3 C District, Boden Harry, The Beeches, Sherborne Union & No. 2 & 3 Ilminster District, Chard Clarke Thomas Piers, Crock Street house, Ilminster Union, Charles Mundei! M.R.C.S.Eng. Silver street Coleman John Hy. Whitehall, Combe St. Nicholas,Chard Medical Officer & Public Vaccinator, Chard Union, No. I Combe Richard Thomas, Earnshill, Hambridge, Ilminster District & Medical Officer of Health to Dening Samuel Henry, Crimchard house, Chard. Ilminster Urban District Council, Harold DowneJs M.B. Dyson John, , Crewkerne Edin., L.R.C.P. & S.Edin. Ditton Lea, Ditton street Eames Thomas Deane, Wambrook, Chard Relieving Officer, Ilminster District, Registrar of Births Fry_Fmncis James ·D.L. Cricket St. Thoma~ ho. Chard & Deaths & VaC'dnation OffiC'er for Ilminster Sub- Gifford Ja.mes William, Oaklands, Chard District, George "\V. Reginald Ruoff, New road Hepworth Leonard, Orcha.rds, Ilminster Veterinary In!Opector under the "Diseases of Animals Hosegood Obed, Dillington farm, Ilmim.ter Acts " for the Ilminster Petty Sessional Division, C. Hoskyns Reg-inald Garrow De Havilland, King Ina's l E. Turvill M.RC.V.S. Ditton street palace, South Petherton, Somenet King Capt. William, Burridge house, Chardstock, Chard PLACES OF WORSHIP, with times of seiVices. Langworthy Col. Vincent, Upton, Horton, Ilminster St. Mary's Church, Rev. Prebendary James Street M.A. Lean Jarnes, The House, Shepton Beauchamp, Ilminster vicar, rural dean & surrogate; Rev. Valentine Jes!'e Prentim~ John Samuel, New Woods, Ilminster Dodg-e, curate; 8 & II a.m. <& 2.15 & 6 p.m.; ·wed. Roper Freeman, Forde Abbey, Chard •& fri. 10.30 a.m. ; daily, 6 or 8.30 p.m Shepherd Herhert Hutchings, The Shrubbery, Ilmimter St. Peter's, Horton, served by the clergy of the Parish Speke Waiter Banning, Jordans, Ilminsoter Church; 11 a.m. (alternate sundays) & 6.30 p.m Vaughan-Lee Col. Arthur Vaughan Banning M.V.O., Congregational, Rev. Thomas Bowes; II a.m. & 6.30 D.L. Dillington park, Ilminster p.m. ; wed. 8 p.m The chairmen, for the time being, of the Ilminster ' Unitarian (Old Meetin~), East street, Rev. William Urban & Chard Urban & Rural District Councils are Holmshaw; II a.m. & 6.30 p.m e:x-offici0 justiees Wesleyan Methodist, West street (South 1 Clerk to the Justices, J oseph Duke, North street I Petherton Circuit;) II a. m. & 6.30 p.rn.; Rev. Dean Acting Clt>rk, John A. Forward · tues. 7.30 p.m F. Perk ins Petty S~ssions are held at the Court house the last -wed. Broadway Hill ; I r a. m. & 6.30 p.m. ; in each month except Aug. then fri. following if in thurs. 7.30 p.m Aug. but if in Sept. last wed. but one in Aug. at II Goepel Hall, High street; II a.m. & 6.30 p.m. ; wed o'clock a.m. The following places are included in the , 7· 30 p.m