DIRECTORY.] SOMERSET. WEST CRANMORE. 219 Letters through Taunton, arrive at 8.~0 a.m. Bishops Parish School (mixed), erected, with master's dwelling­ Lydeard is the nearest money order & telegraph office, house attached, llI87'4. for 50 children; average at­ 2 miles distant tendance, 318; Mrs. Baker, mistress Daynham Rev. Albert Edward M.A. Dening- Thomas Cornish, farmer,Tou!- Kidner Wm. farmer, Fennington farm (vicar) ton farm Norman William & Son, farmers &i E,sdaile Charles Edward J effries Gurnett James, head gamekeeper to threshing machines owners, Higher D.L., J.P. Cothelstone house C. E. J. Esdaile esq & Lower Cushuish farm Baker Edward, farm bailiff to C. E. Hancock Chas. farmer, Manor farm Sealey Mary (Miss), shopkeeper J. Esdaile esq COXL;:EY is an ecclesiastical parish, formed Sep. q, The kennels of the Wells Subscription Harriers are situated 1,844, from the civil parish of St. Cuthbert, Wells, 2 miles here. At Polsham there was formerly a palace of the south from that city, with a &tation called Polsham (In bishops of Sherborne, which see, on the death of Elfwold, the South Western and Midland Railway Companie,s' 25th 'bishop, in 1041, was united to that of Wilton; Her­ Somerset and Dorset joint line, 128 miles from London, man, Hth bishop of Wilton, succeeding, but in 1056 he and comprises the joint tithing of Ooxley and Polsham, removed the united see to- Salisbury. The Ecclesiastical with Hartlake Bridge, Coxley Wick, Harters Hill, Cran- Oommissioners, Henry Bradshaw esq. and the trustees of nell and Southway; it is in the Wells divi,sion of the the late J. D. Sherston esq. of Evercreech (d. 1897), are county and petty sessional division and county court dis- the chief landowners. The soil is red l()am; subsoil, red trict, rural deanery of Shepton Mallet. archdeaconry Df clay and gravel. The population in 1891 wa,s 595. Wells and diocese of Bath and Wells. Christ Church, Parish Olerk, Alfred Shore. ?uilt by subscripti~n in 1839. is a .small edifice of stone I Post Office.-Charles Francis, sub-postmaster. Letters III t~e. Early EnglIsh style, oStandmg north and south, from Wells arrive at 7 a.m.; dispatched at 6.20 p.m. co~s.lstmg of a chancel; nave, ,Porch and a bell-cote. con- week days only. Postal orders are issued here, but tammg one b.ell: the wmdows 111 the chan~el are stamed : not p:lid. Wells, 2 miles distant, is the nearest money the church WIll seat 21~0 'per~ons. .The regIster dates from order 0& telegraph office the year. 1845. The hvmg IS a vIcar~ge, net. yearly ~alue Letter Box, Polsham, cleared at 5.50 p.m. week' davs only j,ZI)3,. WIth 2t acres of gle~e and reSIdence, 1ll t?e gift of Board School, under the Out St. Outhbert, Wells &; 'Priddy the VIcar of St. Cuthbert s, Wells, and held smce :9,00 United School Board (mixed) for 140 children' aver- by the Rev. Marcus Young- McClean M.A. of Tfllllty d J h C 11'· .' 'd H . W I h I b il't age atten ance, 110; 0 n 0 mgs, mastel Co11ege, 'Cam b1'1 ge. ere IS a es eyan cape, u .. in 1892 at a cost of £700, and seating 150 persons. 'The Rmlway StatIOn, PoIsham, John Henry PItman, stn. mstr old chapel rebuilt in 1878, is now used as a Sunday school. Police Station, Sidney Catley, constable Bowring Robert, Polsham house Diment Samuel, farmer, Garslade James Henry, farmer, Southway Churchouse Albert, Coxley house Dowlingo Wm. In. Coxley,Pound inn James Thomas, farmer, Southway Doble Joseph Edwards George, farmer, Polsham Keen Samuel. farmer. Crannell Frith Mrs. Polsham Ford Henry, boot maker Nurse Frederick Georg(l, farmer,Wick Kilmister Walter, Wick cottage Francis Charles, hay & straw dealer & Pitman John Henry, station master McClean Rev. Marcus Young M.A. cowkeeper, Post office Plenty John, farmer, Polsham Vicarage Francis Eli, haulier 0& cowkeeper Salisbury Thomas, hay & straw dealt Vowles Samuel, Elm vma, Polsham Francis Jane (Mrs.), grocer Shore Alfred, blacksmith Welch John, Melsbury Frith Richard, farmer, Polsham Spencer Wesley CollaI'd, farmer, CQ1{MERCIAL. Frith Robert, farmer, Polsham Manor farm Baker Wm. beer retailer 0& boot ma Frith Vincent, asst. overseer,Polsham Spragg Wm.Blue Bowl inn,Soutlmay Bennett James, haulier Gane William, farmer, Polsham Tucker Charles, farmer, Wick Brinson Thos. cowkeeper, Harters hill Gould MaI'y(~rs.),frmr.KeenHal1 fm Vincent William, farmer Brooks J oseph F. butcher & cattle dlr Gunning-ham J ane & Mary (Misses), Watts John, farmer, Polsham Burridge Jsph. carpenter & whlwrght laundresses Weeks Jas. Vowles, farmer, Polsham Callow Robert, shoe maker, Wick Gunningham John Serel, carpenter & Welch John, farmer, Melsbury Cattle Thomas, thatcher wheelwrigllt WellsSubscription Harriers (R. G. Coles In. corn mllr.(water),Coxley ml Haggett Bros. carpenters & whlwrghts Evered esq. master) Collins James, farmer Harding In. '1'hos. farmr. Harters hill White Albert, farmer, Harters hill Cullen Wm. farmer, Hartlake bridge Hole John, coach builder White James William, farmer EAST CRAN'MORE isa parish, I mile east from interest on Jones' charity of £212, founded in 1787 and West Cranmore station on the Witham and Wells branch amounting to £6 7s. 9d. is distributed in clothing at of the Great Western railway and 41 east from Shepton Christmas. On a high hill on the Mendip range, and in Mallet, in the Frome division of the county, Frame hun- this parish, is a tower, erected in 1862 by J. :Yr. Paget dred and county court district, Shepton Mallet union and esq. father of the present lord of the manor, and forming petty sessional division, rural deanery of Shepton Mallet, a conspicuous object for many miles around: the interior archdeaconry of Wells and diocese of Bath and Wells. The ha.s a spiral staircase leading to two balconies, one half­ church of St. James, erected on the site of the old church way up and the other at the top, from which extensive in 1846, is a building of Doulting freestone in the Early views can be obtained: the tower is open to the public on English style, consisting of chancel, nave, transept, south Mondays and Thursdays. Cranmore Hall is the seat of porch and a belfry, with spire, with (lne bell: the stained the Right Hon. Sir Richard Horner Paget bart. P.C., east window was erected in 1846 in memory of Mrs. D.L., J.P. who is lord of the manor and sole landowner. Hough, and there is another stained window ,on the The soil is .sandy; the subsoil is freestone and limestone. south .side: there are sittings for 150 persons. The re- The land is principally in pasture. The acreage is 98o; gister dates from the year 1655. The living is a chapelry, rateable value, £1,373; the population in 1891 was II2. annexed, together with those of West Cranmore and Down- 1901, 126. head, to the vicarage of Doulting, joint net yearly value Parish Clerk, Arthur Moore. £400, with 155 acres of glebe and residence, in the gift Letters received through Shepton Mallet, via West Cran- uf J. F. Fortescue Horner esq. of Mells Purk, and held more, at 11 a.m. & 4 p.m. The nearest money order since 1-899 by the Rev. John Darbyshire M.A. of St. peter's office is at Doulting, & telegraph office at West Cran- College, Oambridge, who resides at Doulting. The Rev. more Tailway station, one mile distant William Trevor Quinn, of St. Aidan's, has been curate The children of this place attend the school at Wesit in charge of East and West Cranmore since 1899. The Cranmore Paget The Right Hon. Sir Richard Alexander Tom, gamekpr. to the Rt. Moore Arthur, gardnr. Cranmore hall Horner bart. P.C., D.L., J.P. Cran- Hon. Sir Richd. Horner Paget bart Ponting William, dairy farmer, Cold more hall; & Carlton club S W, Candy Clifford, farmr. Wellington fm Harbour farm London Hoddinott Frederic, farmer, Heale Trotman Albert, estate carpenter Quinn Rev. William Trevor (curate of Hoddinott Sidney, farmer,Western fm Whish Edward Barclay. bailiff to the East & West Cranmore), Cranmore Huntley Arthur, keeper of the Tower Right Hon. Sir Richard Borner cottage Joyce Tom, estate blacksmith Paget bart WEST CRANMORE is a parish and village, with a diocese of Bath and Wells. The church of St. Bartholomew station on the East Somerset branch of the Great West- is an ancient edifice of local freest-one in the Early Eng­ ern railways, and is 3~ miles east from Shepton Mallet lish style, consisting of chancel, nave of three bays, north and III from London, in the Frome division of the county, aisles. south porch and an embattled western tower, with Wells Forum hundred, Shepton Mallet petty sessional pinnacles, containing 5 bells: there are memorial win­ division and union, Wells county court district. rural dows to Admiral Sir E. Chetham Strode K.C.B., K.C.H. deanery of Shepton Mallet, archdeaconry of Wells and d. 18021 Oapt. Julius Strode, 14th Regiment, to Lady.