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7 242 EX FORD. .SOMERSETSHIRE. l KELLY S go to the parish of Hawkridge), and there are other minor EnGECOTT is a hamlet, half a mile west from the church. gifts. The kennels of the Devon and Somerset staghounds Sexton, Robert Parish. are in this parish. R. A. :::landers esq. is master and P. Evered esq. of Milton's Rocks, Exton, Dulverton, hon. sec. PosT & T. 0., T. M. 0., S. B., Express Delivery, Parcels Minehead, Dunster, Porlock, and Dulverton are convenient & Annuity & Insurance Office,-Mrs. Mary Ann Anstey, places for bunting visitors. A fair is held on the 14th · Letters arrive from Taunton at 10.20 August for cattle and sheep. The Right Hon. Sir Thomas a. m.; dispatched at 3 p.m Dyke Acland hart. P.c. and Viscount Ebrington, who are National School (mixed), built in 1873, for 90 children ; lords of the manor, and Mr. Isaac Clarke, of Luccombe, average attendance, 68; Frank George Burt, master; are the chief landowners. The soil is principally shale. Mrs. A, E. Bur1i, mistress The chief crops are oats, turnips and hay. The area is 5,948 acres, a large portion of which is moorland; rateable County Constabulary, George Judd, constable value, [2,847; the population in 1891 was 430. Oliver William, Yascombe Cann Richard, farmer, Greenland Rawle Robert, farmer, Ludslade Peirson Rev. Ernest Goodwyn B.A. Crick John, farmer, Devonscombe Reading Room (Rev. Ernest G. Peirson,. Rectory :French John, farmer, South Ley hon. sec) Sanders Robert Arthur, Court Gibbs John, shoe maker Reed Abraham, farmer & shopkeeper Vellacott William Hooper .J.P. Stone Gooding George, Temperance hotel, & Richards George, farmer, :Newland COMMERCIA I., farmer Smith Thomas, saddler ,A.d ams John, mason Hayes Geo. farmer, Lower Pitsworthy Steer Lewis, wheelwright Adams John, farrier & farmer, HiU Hayes William, farmer, Combe Steer Richard, blacksmith Adams Robert, mason Heal Arthur, farmer, North Ley 'farr Jn. Hill, White Horse & Crown P.H Adams Robert, mason, Edgcott Heal Frederick George, farmer & land Tudball Jn. Prudential insurance agent Adams William, mason owner, Riscombe VellacottWm.Hooper .J.P.farmer, Stone Baker John, farmer, Buckworthy Hooper William, farmer, Castle farm & Whittington Wm. Hy. grocer & draper Baker William, carpenter&wheelwright Muddicombe Westcot.t John, lime burner & farmer,. Barrow Henry, farmer, Chibbott Lock John Steer, blacksmith New land Barrow Thomas, farmer, Withycombe Mole William, farmer, Edgcott Williams Robert, farmer, Luckesses Bawden William, farmer, Ashott Nelder Charles William, Edgcott hotel; WiUiams Wm. shoe maker, Luckesses Blackwell Waiter, tailor, Edgcott & Carnarvon Arms,Dulverton station Williams Diana (Mrs.), grist m.ller Devon & Somerset Sta~ Hounds (R. A. Newton Aaron, blacksmith (water) Sanders esq. master ; Anthony Hux Newton Theophilus, whee~wright Winzer William, farm bailiff to Isaac table, huntsman ; George Elliot, Pearse Thomas, shoe maker, Edgcott Clarke esq. Wellshead stud groom) Perry Henry, shoe maker EXMOOR, with the village of SIMONSBATH, is a parish, Oxford. Exmoor Forest has long been celebrated for its red in the Western division of the county, Dulverton union and deer and ponies i an annual sale is held at Bampton, Devon ; petty sessional division, county court district of South Mol ton, large numbers of sheep are also reared here. Earl Fortescue rural deanery of Dunster, archdeaconry of Taunton and is owner of a considerable portion of the parish. The land diocese of Batll and Wells. Simonsbath is on the high road is mostly in grass. The area is 20,765 ac:-es; rateable value,. between South Mol ton and Lynton, 10 miles north-east from £4,296; the population in 1891 was 269. South Molton station on the Ureat Western railway, 16 east SANDY WAY, 6 miles south from the church, is a hamlet. from Barnstaple, 17 south-west from Dunster and 15 north west from Dulverton. The rivers Exe and Barle rise in this Parish Clerk, William Kingdon. parish. The church of St. Luke is an edifice of stone, in the PosT OFFICE, Simonsbath.-William Kingdon, sub-post • Gothic style, consisting of chancel, nave, south porch and a master. Letters arrive from :::louthMoltonat n.Io a.m.~ western turret containing one bell: there are sittings for 180 dispatched at 2.30 p.m. Postal orders are issued here, persons. The register dates from the year 1854· The living but not paid. The nearest money order & telegraph office is a vicarage, net yearly value £,220, with residence and 12 is at Exford acres of glebe, in the gift of Viscount Ebrington,and held since National School (mixed), built in 1856, to hold 40 children; 1893 by the Rev. Hugh Lindsay Pigot M. A. of Keble College, average attendance, 20; Mrs. W. J. Nicholls, mistress Exmoor. 1Kingdon Wm. jun. farmer, Warren frm Pigot Rev. Hugh Lindsay M.A. [vicar] COMMERCIAL. ) Milton John, farmer, Barkham Elworthy Thomas, farmer,Lower house Brooks George, farmer, Sberdon l Reed Isaac, farmer, Red deer Fry James, William Rufus hotel, & Buckingham Eli, farmer, Sherdon I Richards Albert, farmer, Horson farmer Buckingham John, Sportsmen's Arms Smyth Cbas.(Mrs.),farmer,Honeymead J ennings Waiter, mason P.H. & farmer Thorne Wm. farmer, Emmett's grange Kingdoii Wm. blacksmith, Post office Buckingham Wm. farmer, Woolcombe Thorne William, farmer, Ferny ball Molland Geo. bailiff to Earl Fortescue, · Carter Henry, farmer, Crooked Post West cot Fry Charles, farmer, Pickett stone Simonsbath. • Red William, farmer, Barton Gillard George, farmer, Sandy way Knight Lady Steer Richard, farmer Kingdon Alexander, farmer, Drivers Knight EricAyshford l.P.Simonsbath lo EXTON is a parish and village, on the high road between worked. At Quarme are the kennels of the Quarme harriers~ Dulverton and Dunster and on the river Ex.e, 7 miles north W. L. Chorley esq. master, who has hunted this country for from Dulverton station on the Devon and Somerset branch over 30 years at his own cost. Captain Andrew Robert of the Great Western railway, and n south-west from Dun Guy Evered .T.P. of Stone lodge, who is lord of the manor • ster, in the Western division of the county, petty sessional the trustees of the late Mrs. Smith ; William LQveband division and union of Dulverton, county court district of Cborley esq. J.P. of Quarme; Philip Evered esq. of Milton's Tiverton, hundred of Williton, rural deanery of Dunster, Rocks, Exton, and Courtenay Evered esq. are the chief land archdeaconry of Taunton and diocese of Bath and Wells. owners. The soil is light, and the subsoil shillet rock. The Quarmewater stream flows into the Exe a short distance The crops are wheat, turnips and oats. The area is 4,126 north of the village. The church of St. Peter is a plain old acres; rateable value, £,2,623 ; the population in 1891 was stone building, in the Decorated style, consisting of chancel, 334· nave of four bay!!, north aisle, south porch and an embattled BRIDGTOWN is a hamlet, a quarter of a mile south from western tower containing 5 bells : the east window is a the parish church. memorial to the Rev. George Bodley Warren, father of the present rector : the window on the south side of the chancel Parish Clerk, Charles Quartly. was given by W. L. Chorley esq. of Quarme, in memory of PosT & T. 0. & Express Delivery Office, Eridgtown. his father and grandfather : the church was completely Cbarles Phillips, sub-postmaster. Letters arrive frotn restored in 1878 at a cost of [754, and has 200 sittings. Dnlverton R.S.O. at &.35 !'.m. ; dispatched at 8.35 a. m. &. The register dates from the year 1558. The living is a 4.20 p.m. sundays excepted. Postal Orders are issued rectory, gross tithe rent-charge [243, net yearly value of here, but not paid. The nearest money order office is at living £190, including 73 acres of glebe, with residence, in Winsford. Letters for Quarme through Dunster arrive the joint gift of the Rev. F. Meade-King M.A. vicar of Stoke at ro a.JD. & for Stone through lJridgtown arrive at xo. ro Courcy and T. M, Comins, esq. and held since 1864 by the a. m Rev. Frederick King Warreu lri.A. of Oriel College, Oxford. Parochial School (mixed), built in 187o, enlarged in I8gi,. 'fhere is a small Wesleyan chapel at Bridgtown. There is for 6o children ; average attendance, 57 ; Mrs. Ellen ironstone in the north part of this parish, but it is not Baker, mistress .