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DIRECTORY.] . KL~GSBURY. 301 branch of the Great Western railway and left; this, which is now used as a mortuary chapel, con. 12 north-west from Bridgwlllter. The church of St. tains a fine Norman font. The register dates from the Andrew was pulled down when the parish was ecclesiasti- year 1654. The area and population is included with cally annexed to Kilton in 1881, the chancel only being I Kilton. KILTO~. COMMERCIAL. . J.oseph Mrs. Woodlands house, near Holford. Clark Christopher & WaIter, farmers Evered Reginald, farmer Shedden Rev. Samuel Hunter M.A. Creech Barnet, farmer, Moorhouse fm Morris Edwin, bailiff to Capt. Sir A. Vicarage lEvered George, farmer, Plud farm Fuller-Acland-Hood bart. M.P is a pleasant village and parish, bounded on the 150 volumes. KiLve Court is the residence of Daniel Bad­ north by the Bristol Channel and by the road from Bridg- cock esg. J.P. George Fownes Luttrell esg. of water to , 5 miles east-north-east from Castle, who is lord of the manor, Mrs. Pritchard, Daniel station on the West Somerset branch of tlte Great Western Badcock esg. J.P. and Capt. Sir A. Fuller-Acland-Hood Tailway and 12 north-west-by-west from Bridgwater, in bart. M.P. are the principal landowners. The soil is the Western division of the county, hundred of Williton stony rush, with some clay; subsoil, marl and gravel, and Freemanors, Williton petty sessional division, union and produces good crops of wheat, oats, barley, mangolds, and county court district, rural deanery of Quantoxhead, potatoes and turnips. The area is 1,690 acres; rateable archdeaconry of Taunton and diocese of Bath and Wells. value, £1,296; the population in 1901 was 149. The church of St. Mary, restored in 1,861, is a small but Sexton, George Shepherd. anoient building of stone, consisting of chancel, nave, Post, Telegraph & Express Delivery Office.-Samuel Coles. south porch and a low embattled western tower containing sub-postmaster. Letters arrive from Bridgwater at 6- 2 bells: there are sittings for 150 persons: near the . & . f . t h t . th a.m. & 6. IO p.m.; dIspatched at 8·35 a.m. 7.50 p.m. ; cureh h are some remams 0 an anCIen c an ry: m e sundays, arrive at 6 a.m.; dispatched 3 p.m. Postal churchyard is a very large and ancient yew tree. The orders are issued here, but not paid. Nethel' Stowey register dates from the year 1538. The living is a rectory, & , both about 5 miles distant, are the neares. with that of annexed, joint net yearly value money order offices £250, inc:uding 109 acres of glebe, with residence, in the gi;ft of the Rev. Herbert Price M.A. and he;d since 1877 County Police, John Rice, constable by the Rev. Ray Sweet-Escott M..!. of BaIliol College, Parochial School (mixed), erected in 1876 by G. F. LuttreIJ Oxford. There was formerly a small charity, the funds esg. on the road midway between Kilve and East of which were inve~ted in a turnpike trust and l()st. A Q'uantoxhead, for the use of the children of both ball was built in 1885, by the rector, capable of seating parishes; it will hold I08 children; average attendance,. from 80 to 100 persons, and used for the Sunday school, 45; Joseph Ayres Keith, master weekly Bible readings, lectures &c., &c. A reading room Conveyance.-John Aplin, 'bus to Bridgwater leaves daily was opened in October, 188'5, and has a library of about at 8.45 Badcock Daniel J.P. Kilve court Aplin John, farmer & carrier Lock George, head gamekeeper t~ Bridgett Miss, S1. George's cottage Barber William, grocer & draper David Finch Hatton esq Greswell Miss Coles Samuel, boot maker, Post office Owen Edwin, road contractor Hartwell Rev. J ames B.A. (curate), Crang Sidney, butcher Reading Room (Rev. James Hartwell. Glebe cottage Crocker William, blacksmith & deputy sec.), Putsham Rowe Louis, Padleston cottage registrar of births & deaths Sellick Robert, apartments Sweet-Escott Rev. Hay M.A. Rectory Floyd Robert, farmer, Padleston farm Summerhayes William, farmer &. C'OMMERCIAL. Frampton William, wheelwright miller (water), Putsham Adams Philip, farmer, Kilve &:; Park- Hurley John, apartments, The Priory Wine Amos, Hood's Arms house farms KIN,G'S BROM'PTON, see . KIN,GSBURY EPISCOPI is a village and parish on E~ST LAMBROOK is a tithing in the parish of Kings­ the river Parrett, 2i miles north-west from IMartock bury, on a branch of the river Parrett, 2~ miles south-by­ station on the YeoviI branch of the Great Western railway west from Martock station on the Yeovil branch of the and 4 south-south-east from Langport, in the Southern Great Western railway and 6k north-east from Ilminster. division of the county, hundred of Kingsbury East, Lang­ The church of St. James is a small but ancient edifice of port petty sessional division, union and county court dis­ stone, consisting of chancel, nave, west porch and a new trict of Langport, rural deanery of Crewkerne, arch­ western bell turret containing 2 bells: in 1894 a reredos deaconry of Taunton and diocese of Bath and Wells. and new choir seats were provided: there are sittings for Under the provisions of the" Divided Parishes A.ct," 1,882 200 persons. The register dates from the year I77!­ (45 and 46 Vie. c. 58), portions of the former parish of The living is a rectory, and consists of a portion only' North and South Bradon were incorporated in this parish, of the tithing of East Lambrook, net yearly value £100, ~:larch 25th, 1885. The church of St. Martin is a noble including 34 acres of glebe, with residence. in the gift edifice of stone, principally in the Early English style, of the Dean and Chapter of Wells, and held since 1890­ .but portions appear to date from the reign of Henry VII. : by the Rev. Edward Chorley Lutley (M.A. of Exeter Col­ the building was restored during the period 1845 to 1,849, lege, Oxford. The Dean and Chapter of Wells are lords and consists of chancel, nave, aisles, transepts, south porch of the manor. The population is included in that of and a very fine embattled western tower 120 feet high, Kingsbury Episcopi, and have rights of marriage and with pinnacles, and containing a clock and <:; bells: there burial in the parish church and churchyard. are sittings for '600 persons. The register dates from the Post Office, East Lambrook.-Tom Long, sub-postmaster. year 1557. The living is a vicarage, net yearly value Letters through South Petherton S.O. arrive week days' £300, including 14 acres of glebe, with residence, in the at 7.10 a.m. & 6.50 p.m.; dispatched at 7.30 a.m. & gift of the Bishop of Bath and Wells, and held since 1'879 6.50 p.m. Postal orders are issued here, but not paid. by the Rev. Henry John Phillips, of Worcester College, ,South Petherton is the nearest telegraph office, 2 mile!> Oxford. Here is a Wesleyan, chapel, erected in 1900, and distant seating 400 persons. There is a charity for apprenticing boys, and another of £12 yearly value which is distri­ WEST LAMBROOK is a tithing in the parish of Kings­ buted in blankets and sheets. William Wyndham esq. of bury Episcopi, 3~ miles west from 'Martock station. Dinton House, Salisbury, is lord of the manor; and Vis­ MID LAMBROOK is a hamlet, lying midway between count Portman, Roger Marriott-Dodington, of I Queens­ East and West Lambrook and half a mile from each, and. berry place, London S.W. Robert Rood Pittard esq. Brad­ there is a Congregational chapel. ford and Sons, Mrs. Gale, Mrs. and Bradford SOUTHAY is a hamlet, adjoining East Lambrook 011 Brothers are the chief landowners. The soil is clay and the north. deep loam of close textur~; the subsoil clay and heavy BURROW, I! miles south-west; LAKE, 2 south-west; sand. The chief crops are wheat, barley, beans, and and STEMBRIDGE, I mile south-west, are also tithings applps of first quality are cultivated, and a large quantity in the parish of Kingsbury Episcopi. of cider is made here. The area is 3,7II acres of land THORNEY, I~ miles north, is a hamlet, partly in thiS" and II of water; rateable value, £8,872; the population . . parish and partly in Muchelney. III 1901 was 1,274. Pos~ & M. O. 0., S. B. & Annuity & Insurance Office.­ Sexton of Kingsbury, George Harvey. Edmund Satherley, sub-postmaster. Letters arrive Church Clerk of East Lambrook, James Bisgrove. from South Petherton S.'O. at 7·45 a.m. & 4.45 p.m.; Wall Letter Boxes. Stembridge, cleared 7.25 a.m. &. 6,5 dispatched at 4.45 & 6.20 p.m. week days ouly. Martock p.m. week days only; West Lambrook. cleared 7 a.m. is the nearest telegraph office, 3 miles distant & 7.25 p.m. week days only; & Thorney, cleared at 7.25 Police Station, Walter Beale, constable a.m. & 5·45 p.m. week days only