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Somerset.. Horsington DIRECTORY. ] SOMERSET.. HORSINGTON. 285 . - . HORRINGTON is an ecc:lesi.istical parish;formed from­ 1,321, including 825 inmates and 100 officers in the t~e civil pari<;h of St. Cuthbtlrt, Wells, September 14, county lunatic asylum. 1844, and comprises East and West Horrington, Chil­ Near lrhitnell is a tumulus. cote, Whitnell, Haydon and Hillgrove, and is in the Wells West Horrington is I mile north-north-west and 2i oivil!ion of the county, hundred of Wells Forum, petty north-east from "VeIls. Here is a Mission chapel. The sessional division, union and county court district of Wells, {;ounty of Somerset and Bath Lunatic Asylum for Paupers rural n.eanery of Shepton Mallet, archdeaconry of Wells is locally in this place, but fulI particulars are given and diocese of Bath and Wells.Horrington is 2 miles west under Wells. from Maf'sbury station on the South Western and Midland .At Hill Grove, on the Bristol road, is a Sanatorium. Railway Companies' Somerset and Dorset joint line and established for the open-air treatment of phthisis. 2 east from Wells. The church of St. John the Evan­ Sexton, Andrew .Arthurs. - gelist, ere~ted in 1838, is a small building of stone in the Early English style, consisting of chancel, nave, west porch Post Office, EaSit Hlorrington.-.Andrew .A.rthurs, sub­ and beU turret rontaining one bell: there are sittings for postmaster. Letters through Wells, arrive at 7.10 a.m.; 270 persons. The register dates from the year 1838. The dispatched at 5.50 p.m. week days only. Postal orders living is a vicarage, net yearly value £295, with resi­ are issued here, but not paid. Wells, 2 miles distant, is dence, in the gift of the vicar of St. Cuthbert's, Wells, the nearest money order & telegraph office and held since 1895 by the Rev. James Sme-thurst B.A. Wall Letter Box, Wes·t Horrington, cleared at 6.20 p.m. of Worcester College, Oxford. The Marquess of Bath, week days only the Ecclesiastical Oommissioners and J. F. Hall esq. of Board School (Priddy & Out St. Cuthbert's (Wells) Dmder, are the chief landowners. The soil is light; United School District) (mixed), erected in 1896, for 80' subsoil, day and limestone. The land is nearly all children; average attendance, 51; Miss A. L. Moxey. pasture. Cheese is made. Th~ population in 1891 was mistress EAST HORRIKGTON. WEST HORRINGTON. Bray Frederick William, lime burner Smethurst Rev. James B.A. Vicarage Dors Joseph, haulier Residents at the County Asylum. James William & Charles, farmers~ COMMERCIAL. Downes Rev. James Johnson B.A. The Rookery, Whitnell Adlam George, farmer (chaplain) J ames Waiter, farmer Arthurs Andrew, grocer, Post office Laing Chas. Fdk. M.R(medical supt) James William Richmond, beer retlr. Burlton John, lime burner Ligertwood Waiter Hood L.R.O.P. & farmer, Lower farm Carpenter John, carpenter Lond. & M.R.C.S.Eng. (junior asst. James William, farmer, Whitnell Gould George, threshing machine pro- medical officer) (postal address, Binegar, Bath) prietor & cowkeeper Sproat James Hugh M.B.Lond., Masters Richd. farmer,Hill Grove fm Hill George, beer retailer M.R.C.S.Eng., L.R.e.p. & L.S.A. Mendip Hills Sanatorium (Frederick Hobbs William, farmer Lond. (senior asst. medical officer) Hudson Evans M.R.C.S.Eng.• James Thos. Slab House inn & farmer L.R.e.P.Lond. resident physician). Mortimore Philip, farmer, Washing E'vans Frederick Hudson L.R.e.p. Hill Grove (letters direct from Pool farm, Chilcote Lond. Hill Grove (letters direct Wells) Pearce Henry, cowkeeper from Wells) Salvadge Albert, farmer, Haydon Ridewood William, blacksmith Lax Mrs Wareham Frank, farmer Russell Thomas, cowkeeper Allan James. plumber, Haydon Wareham Harry, farmer, Haydon HORSINGTON is a parish, I mile north from Temple Dodington esg. J.P. of Horsington House, are Ithe chief Combe Juncbion station on the Somerset and Dorset landowners. Some of the soil is a deep sandy loam: railway, 3~ south from Wincanton and 113 from London. the substratum of the parish may be divided generally in the Eastern division of the county, Horethorne hun- into four bands, running nearly north and south, the dred, Wineanton union, county court district and petty most westerly being forest marble, then corn -brash, marl sessional division, rural deanery of Milborne Port, arch- or marl stone and Oxford clay. The land is chiefly in deaconry of Wells and diocese of Bath and Wells. The pasturage for dairy purposes. The area is 3,130 acres; river Cale, a tributary of the Stour, flows through the assessable value, £4,088; the popula.tion in 1891 was 721' parish. The church of St.John the Baptist is a building in the civil and 75 I in the eccle'siastical parish. of local stone, in the Early English style, consisting of Horwood, a detached hamlet, was, by Local Government chancel, nave of five bays, south aisle, north porch and a Board Order 18.995. March 25. 1886. amalgamated with fine embattled western tower containing a clock and 6 Stoke Tris,ter for civil purposes. bells: the church (with the exception of the tower) was entirely rebuilt in 1884-5 at a cost of £2,600; the . Wilkinthroop is a hamlet. I mile wes~ of the church. - chancel screen of iron and brass and the lectern were given Parish ,Clerk, William Henry Godfrey. by various members of the Marriott-Dodington family: Post Office.-Miss Elizabeth Hallett, sub.postmistresS'. there are memorial windows to John Banward, William Letters arrive from Bath, via Temple Combe, by foot- Gifford and James William Parsons, erected at the time of post &; are delivered at 7 a.m. & 2.45 p.m.; sundays, t'he restoration: there are sittings for 350 persons, of 7 a.m.; dispatched at 3.30 &, 7.40 p.m. week days; which 120 are free. Near the church stands an ancient sundays, 10.20 a.m. Postal orders ,are issued here, but- cross bearing a sculptured figure, supposed to represent not paid. Temple Combe is the nearest money order t.he patron saint of the church. The regi~ter dates from & telegraph office, 11 miles distant the year 1558. The living is a rectory, net yearly value Pos,t Office, South Cheriton.-James Hillier, 'sub-past- £700. including 75 acres of glebe, with residence, in the maste'r. Letters arrive from Bath, via Temple Combe. gift of the Hev. J. D. C. Wickham, of Mayfield, Sus,sex, & are delivered at ra.m. & '2·55 p.m. ; sunday, 7 a.m. ; and held since 1897 by the Rev. Wilson Eustace Daniel dispatched 3.5 & 7.20 p.tu.; sunday. 10 a.m. ·Postal M.A. of Worcester College, Oxford, prebendary of Wells, orders are issued here, ,but not paid. Temple Combe is and surroga.te. The mission room at South Cheriton is the nearest money order & North Ohe,riton the nearest a structure of brick, seating 110 persons. Here is a telegraph office, I mile distant Baptist chapel, and at South Oheriton, a hamlet I mile Wall ,Box at HOl'sdngton Hill cleared at 2.40 & 6.55 p.m. north, there are Oongrega,tional and Wesleyan chapels and week days only . a large temperance hall, seating 250 persons.· The cbari- National School (mixed), erected, with house for master ties amount to about £20 yearly value. .A cemetery of & mistress, in 1857, for IS0 children; -average attend- three-quarters of an acre, with a mortuary chapel, was ance, 112; Henry Reuben Hillyer, master; Mrs. Hill. opened in 1885 and is controlled by the parish council. yer, mistress Thomas Henry Methuen Bailward esq. J.P. of the Manor Carrier.-Mogg, from Stalbridge to Wincanton, passes: House, who is lord of the manor, and Roger Marriott- through on Wednesday HORSINGTON. rBarter Wm. Dibben, farmer, Burnt ho 1 King George, dairy manager to T. H. Burden William, gardener to R. Mar- M. Bailward esq. J.P. PeccIes ash . Bailward Thomas Henry Methuen J.P. riott-Dodington esq. Rooke house Parsons Hy. Sml. farmer, Marsh brn Manor house Burt Amelia (Mrs.), farmer, Serts Raymond Arthur, farmer, Butt's ha Daniel Rev. Prebendary Wilson Eus- Carp Henry, blacksmith Rowden Harry, coal dealer tace M.A. (rector & surrogt.),Rctry Davls Thomas ·D. plumber Smith William, Half Moon inn & clerk Davis Thomas Dowding, Hazels Eastment .Arthur, farmer, Doves to the Parish Council Hillyer Henry Reuben, Peccles Ash I Francis Charles William, farmer Shepherd Wm. farmer, Peccles Ash Marriott-Dodington Roger J.P. Hors- Godfrey William Henry, parish clerk Thring George M. grocer &, baker ington house Hallett Elizh. (Miss), shopkpr.Post off Wadman Francis Robert, farmer Hannam _Thos. farmer, Ring Marsh COMMERCIAL. _ Herridge- Ebenezer farmer, Gould's SOUTH CHERITON. .Auston John Hayter, farm'er,Malt kiln lImber George, plumber Mead Chas. Hippisley, CheritoD house.
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