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ELECTED TRUSTEES. Clerk to the Guardians & Aisessment Committee, John Ainslie Rev. A. C. M.A., LL.D Louch, Langport Bennett Waiter E Treasurer, William Bond Paul Gough William Relieving Officers, 1st district, A. W. Willy, Kingsbury Kelway James Episcopi; 2nd district, H. Davies, Somerton Knight James Towell Vaccination Officers, Edwin Willy, Kingsbury Episcopi; Louch Edward Qnekett Hitchins Davies, Somerton Clerk, William John Carne Hill Medical Officers & Public Vaccinators, No. I A district, Meetings are held quarterly at the Town hall. Thomas George Brooke, Langport ; No. I B district, INSURANCE AGENTS :- Joseph Dixon Adams M.D. Martock; No. 2 A & B districts, Atlas !<'ire & Life, W. J. C. Hill, The Hill Edmund William Valentine, Somerton; Nos. 3 A & B County }<'ire, W. H. Smith, The Hill districts, John Hughes L.R.C.P.Edin. Curry Rivel; No. 3 Economic Life, J. Seward, The Hill C district, Charles M unden, Ilminster Imperial Fire & Life, J. Seward, The Hill Superintendent Registrar, Edward Quekett Louch, Lang­ Liverpool & London & Globe, J. T. Knight, Bow street port; deputy, William Hy. Smith, The Hill, Langport Norwich Union Fire, W. J. C. Hill, The Hill Registrars of Births, Deaths & Marriages, Curry Rivel sub­ Phcenix Fire, W. Rowe, North street district, John Hughes, Curry Rivel; deputy, Benjamin Provident Life, W. H. Smith, The Hill James Titford,Curry Rivel; Langport sub-district, Thomas Royal Exchange, W. J. Burston George Brooke, Cheapside, Langport; deputy. James P. Royal Farmers', F. Meade & Co Johnstone, Cheapside, Langport; Somerton sub-district, Standard Life, J. D. Blake, Bow street H. Davies, Somerton; deputy, Jesse Williams, Somerton Sun }<'ire, W. E. lJennett, North street Workhouse, High Ham, a building of stone, built in 1842, to West of England }<'ire & Life, W. Gough, Stuckey's Bank; hold 300 inmates; Charles Flack, master; Rev. J. Stubbs, & J. Louch chaplain; John Morgan L.R.C.P.LOnd. medical officer; Mrs. Elizabeth Flack, matron PuBLIC EsTABLISHMENTS:- Cemetery, W. H. Smith, clerk to the burial board RuRAL SANITARY AuTHORITY. County Court, Guildhall, His Honor William Paterson, Meetings are held at the Board room of the Workhouse last judge ; John Louch, registrar & high bailiff ; official re­ tuesday in each month after the meeting of the guardians. ceiver in bankruptcy, F. Aston Dawes, Salisbury; John Clerk, John Louch, North street, Langport Knowles, bailiff. A court is held once a month ; the follow­ Treasurer, William Bond Paul ing places are within its jurisdiction :-Barrington, Beer Medical Officer of Health, Jn.Morgan L.R.C.P.Lond.Langport Crocombe, Curry Mallett, Curry Rivel, Drayton, Earns­ Inspector of Nuisances, 'f. Hurford, Curry Rivel hill, Fivehead, Huish Episcopi, Isle Abbotts, Isle Brewers, SCHOOL ATTENDANCE COMMITTEE. Kingsbury Episcopi, Langport, Muchelney, Puckington, Clerk, John Louch, Langport Swell, Aller, Babcary, Barton St. David, Charlton Attendance Officers, H. Davies, Somerton & A.. W. Willy, Mackrell, Compton Dundon, High Ham, Keinton Mande­ Kingsbury Episcopi ville, Kingsdon, Kingweston, Long Sutton, Pitney, Somer­ PUBLIC OFFICERS :- ton, Stoke St. Gregory, Long Load Assistant Overseer & Collector of Poor Rates, Edwin M. Certified Bailiffs appointed under the Law of Distress Gillett, North street Amendment Act, James T. Knight, Bow street & John Certifying Factory Surgeon, Thos. Geo. Brooke, Cheapside Knowles, Bow street Clerk to the Burial Board, William Henry Smith, The Hill Fire Brigade Engine Station, Bow st. John Knowles, supt Clerk to the Langport Highway District Board & to the Guildhall, Cheapside, John Knowles, keeper Langport & Aller Moor District Drainage Boards,Jn.Louch Temperance House, Bow street, Albert Gaylard, manager Sub-Distributor of Stamps, Waiter Edward Bennett Town Hall, Cheapside, John Knowles, keeper Town Crier, John Knowles, Bow street VOLUNTEERS:- SCHOOLS:- West Somerset Yeomanry Cavalry (G troop), R. T. Free Grammar, founded by Thomas Gillett, in 1675, Combe, capt. ; Sergt.-Maj. Wm.MacNamara,drill instrctr for all boys living in the town : the income is about Prince Albert's Somersetshire Light Infantry (2nd Volun­ £6o yearly & house ; attached to the school are three teer Battalion) (H Co.); armoury, Bow street, Capt. scholarships of 5 guineas each, tenable at the school for Charles Bagehot Foley ; W. Banyard, drill instructor one year; Edward Western, master LANGPORT UNION. A School Board of 5 members was formed 12th December, Board day, alternate tues. at the Board room at 10.30 a.m. 1874, for the United District of Langport & Huish Episcopi, The Union comprises the following places :-Aller, Babcary, with Curry Rivel as a contributory parish with 2 members; Barrington, Barton St. David, Beer Crocombe, Charlton John Louch, clerk to the board; H. Davies, attend. officer Mackrell, Compton Dundon, Curry Mallett, Curry Rivel, Board, erected in 1877, for 100 boys, 100 girls & 130 infants' Drayton, Earnshill, Fivehead, High Ham, Huish Episcopi, average attendance, 89 boys, 70 girls & 82 infants; Isle Abbotts, Isle Brewers, Keinton Mandeville, Kingsbury Alfred Reynolds, master ; Mrs. Marian Reynolds, mistress Episcopi, Kingsdon, Kingweston, Langport, Long Sutton, NEWSPAPER.-Langport & Somerton Herald, North street, Muchelney, Pitney, Puckington, Somerton, Swell; the Waiter Edward Bennett, proprietor; published sat population of the union in 1881 was 15,574; rateable Railway Station, Thomas H. Pomeroy, superintendent value, £94,087 CARRIERS.-Great Western Railway Co. to Somerton, daily PRIVATE RESIDENTS. 1Atyeo Vincent W. general ironmonger Bragg John, shopkeeper, Bow street Ainslie Rev. Alexander Colvin M.A., & agent for agricultural implements Brister Edmund, Black Swan P.H. LL.n. [vicar, & prebendary of Wells], & sewtng machines, Market place North street Vicarage Baker Wm. baker & confectnr. Bow st Brooke &Johnstone,surgeons,Cheapside Bagehot Mrs. ·waiter, Herds hill Banyard William, sergeant-instructor Burston & Son, boot & shoe makers, Blake James Dyer, Bow street H Co. 1st Volunteer Battalion Somer- Cheapside & North street Bonning Harry Hugh, The Hill setshire Light Infantry Regiment, Calder William, butcher, Bow street Bradshaw John, Meadowview house The Hill Cattle James, butcher, Bow street Broadmead James, North street Barling George, Langport Arms family Cemetery (W. H. Smith, clerk to the Brooke Thomas George, Cheapside & commercial hotel & posting house; burial board) Ellis John, North street billiards B.T.C.; an omnibus meets Challis Alfred, draper, & post office Fullaway Joseph, North street every train, Cheapside. See advert Chant Herbert Albert, chemist & drug- Gough William, Stuckey's Bank Bennett Waiter Edward, stationer, gist, Bow street Hill William John Carne, Eastdon ho printer & sub-distributor of stamps Chard Thos. Norman, boot ma. Bow st Johnstone James Pierce, Cheapside ho Blake James Dyer, wine & spirit mer- Churchill Samson, butcher, Bow street Louch John chant, & agent for Anglo-Bavarian Cooper William Edward, solicitor, com. Meade Francis, The Hill Brewery Co. Bow street for oaths, Cheapside Morgan John, North street Blake Robert, boot maker, North street Cornick David, beer retailer & boot Morris William Charles. Bow street Bowditch Alfred, tailor, Bow street maker, Cheapside Moulson Rev.Hy. [Conginl.], The Manse Bradford & Sons, timber, slate, corn, Cox Frederick J. jeweller & optician, Stuckey Capt. Vincent n.L., l.P. Hill ho coal & salt merchants, The Bridge The Hill Thomas Richard, The Hill Brooke Thomas George, surgeon, & cer- FireBrigade( J ohnKnowles,supt. ),Bow st 'frump The Misses, The Hill tifying factory surgeon, medical Gibbs Elizabeth Ann (Mrs.), Dolphin Warren Miss, The Hill officer & public vaccinator, No. x A hotel, Bow s+.reet Western Edward [master of Grammar district, Langport union, & registrar Gillett Edward John, builder, Bow st School], The Hill of births, deaths & marriages for the Gillett Edwin Maurice, builder & asst. COMMERCIAL. Langport sub-district (firm, Brooke overseer & coll.of poorrates,North st Atyeo Samuel, shopkeeper, North st & Johnstone) Gough William, sec. Stuckey's Bank