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MichaeI and diocesan inspector of schools. The hamlet of and beans. The acreage is 1,061; rateable value, £1,922 ; Hurcot, about I mi:e north-west, and formerly in the the population in 1891 was 269. parish of Ilton, was formed into an ecclesiastical district Seavington Abbot is a tithing in this parish half a mile and added to the parish of Seavington St. Mary, May 14, north-east. 1875; the Ecclesiastical Commissioners have augmented By Local Government Board Order 16,420, March 25, the benefice by a grant of the rectorial tithes formerly 1885, a detached part of Ilton known as Boxstone Hill was belonging to the prebend of Ilton in Wells cathedral and added to Seavington St. M~ry. amounting to '£33 a year. Here is a Bible Christian Parish Clerk, Wi1liam Vaux. chapel, bui;t in 1859, and a Wesleyan chapel, in 1885. Letters through Ilminster, arrive at 4.30 a.m. & 5.30 ~Ia.jor Arthur Vaughan Hanning Vaughan-Lee, of Dil- p.m. South Petherton is the nearest money order & tele- lington Park, Ilminster, who is lord of the manor, the graph office, 3 miles distant representatives of the late Thomas Naish esq. and the Wall Letter Box, cleared at 7.30 p.m rector are chief landowners. The soil is chiefly lig-ht The children of this place attend Seavington St Michael sandy loam and arable land. The crops are wheat, barley school Billing Rev. Joseph Phelps (redor& Hutchings Jonah, thatcher Leman Thom3s, farmer, West street Diocesan inspeetor of schools),Rctry Hutchings Philip, farmer Poolt> John, farmer, Mead farm Harding MNl. Heathstone cottage Jacobs Samuel R)bt. frmr. Home ftn Vaux Wm. wheelwright & carpenter Dening Charity (Miss), shopkeeper Jacobs William Wheadon, farmer, WarTy Francis, farmer Gale Geo. farmer, Seavington Abbott Hur'3ott farm SEAVIN'GiTON ST. MICHAEL is a small parish he resides. The kennels of the Seavington Harriers are in and village on the road from Langport to Crewkerne, 4 this parish. The Warden and Fellows of St. Mary's Col miles east from Ilminster station on the Chard branch of lege, Winchester, who are lords of the manor, Mrs. J. the Great Western railway, and 5 north-west from Crew- England, the trustees of the late Earl Poulett (d. 18c)Q), kerne, in the Southern division of the county, Ilminster Mrs. Board and the rector are the chief landowners. The petty sessional division, hundred of South Petherton, soil is light sandy loam and chiefly arable land. The chief county court district of Crewkerne, union of Chard, rural crops are wheat, barley and beans. The acreage is 274; deanery of Crewk'erne, archdeaconry of Taunton and dio- rateable value, £7°8; the population in 1891 was 176. cese of Bath and Wells. The church of St. Michael is a Parish Clerk, William Vaux. small but ancient building of stone in the Early English "'- style, consisting of chancel, nave, north porch and a turret Post Office (Sub-Office. Letters should have S.O. Somer- containing 3 bells: there are sittings for 138 persons. The set added).-Mrs. Ann Burrows, sub-postmistress. Let- register dates from the year 168 9. The living is a rec-' ters arrive at 4.30 a.m. & 5·30 p.m.; dispatched at tory, with the chapelry of Dinnington annexed, joint net 1.30 & 8·50 p.m. Postal orders are issued here, but yearly value, £220, including 39 aCres of glebe, with resi- not paid. The nearest money order & telegraph office dence, in the gift of the trustees of the late Earl Poulett, is at South Petherton, 2 miles distant and held since 1861 by the Rev. Joseph Phelps Billing, National School (mixed), erected in 1842,for 120 children; of Sidney Sussex College, Cambridge, diocesan inspector average attendance, 59; George Thompson, master; of schools, and also vicar of Seavington St. Mary, where Mrs. Mary Thompson, mistress Board Charles Cook A. K. & Co. shirt &; collar mnfrs Poole James, farmer, Buckrell's farm Ash Fred, carpenter Hukhings Charlas, thatcher Rowswell John, blacksmith Eanfield George, farmer Lane J ames, shopkeeper Seavington Harriers (James PooIe, Burruws John, emigration agent & N(1pper Willia~, shopkeeper huntsman) tissistant overseer Parkhouse Mrs. Emma, Volunteer inn Warry Richard, butcher & farmer SELWORTHY is a parish and village, half a mile rampart of stones and earth. HoInicote, the seat of from the high road from Minehead to Porlock, 4~ miles Sir Charles Thomas Dyke Acland bart. M.A., D.L., J.P. west from Minehead terminal station on the West Somer has been twice destroyed by fire, once in 1799 and again set branch of the Great Western railway, :2! east from in 1851 : it is a plain building, enlarged in 1874 and 1899, Porlock and 13 west from Williton, in the Western divi pleasantly situated in beautiful grounds, and commanding sion of the county, hundred of Carhampton, Dunster petty a fine view of the surrounding country, and the woods sessional division, union and county court district of Willi· and plantation are traversed by many pleasant walks ex ton, rural deanery of Dunster, archdeaconry of Taunton tending for nearly 50 miles, and which, by permission of and diocese of Bath and Wells. The Hornerstream, the owner, are open to the public: on the walls of the passing on the south-west side of the parish, forms the stables are arranged 30 stags' heads, with the dates when boundary between Selworthy and Luccombe, and after they were respectively killed: the 15th century gateway receiving a rivulet at the hamlet of Bossington, falls into belonging to the old house, built by the Staynings family, the sea. The church of All Saints is an ancient building still remains. Sir C. T. Dyke Acland bart. is lord of the of stone in the Perpendicular style, consisting of chancel, manor and chief landowner. The soil is loamy on granl. nave of four bays, aisles, south porch and an embattled The chief crops are wheat, barley and turnips. The area western tower containing a clock and 6 bells: there are is 2,835 acres (including common) of land and 45 of several monuments and brasses, principally to the Stayn foreshore; rateable value, £3,599; the population in 1901 ings and Ac1and families, former lords of the manor, by was 467' whom the south aisle, in the roof of which there is some The following hamlets are in this parish, viz. : delicate oak carving, was rebuilt in 1490: in the church, Lynch is 1~ miles north-west, and has a small chapel, secured by a chain, is a copy of Bishop Jewel's" Defence restored in 1883-4, and seating 85 persons, in which ser of his Apology for the Church of England," ordered to be vices are occasionally performed by the rector; Bossing provided by every parish in the reign of Edward the VI. ; ton is It miles north-west, and Brandish Street three there are memorial windows to Joshua Stephenson M.A. quarters of a mile west; at Allerford, I mile west, tlie rector 180~ to 1863', and to the Rev. Andrew Anderson; parish schoolroom is licensed and used for divine ser the church was entirely restored and the roof of the nave vice; Budleigh Hill is half a mile ·south; and Tivington, painted in 1874 by the late Right Hon. Sir T. D. Acland I~ miles south-east from the parish church, has a small bart. P.C. at a cost of £1,500, and in 1891 the north chapel of early date, restored about 1897, and seating ai~le was new roofed and reseated at a cost of £545: there 80 persons; services are held here both on Sundays and are sittings for 400 persons. In the churchyard is an week days. On March 25, 1883, by Local Government ancient stone cross about 12 feet in height. The church Board Order 14,615, a detached part of Timberscombe, yard was enlarged in 1898. The registers date from the known as East Lynch, was amalgamated with this parish, year 1673, and paTt of an earlier register of Elizabethan and March 24, 1884, by Order 14,608, a detached part of date has been recently found. The Jiving is a rectory, Porlock', known as Bossington, was also added, for civil net yearly value £174, including 57 acres of glebe, with purposes. residence, in the gift of Sir Charles Thomas Dyke Acland Post, M. O. 0., S. B. & Insurance ,& Annuity Office, bart. and held since 1899 by the Rev. Alfred Edward Allerford.-Mrs. Matilda Chapple, sub-postmistress. Buchanan B.A. of St. John's College, Cambridge. Part Letters arrive from Taunton at 7.30 a.m. & 4.15 p.m. of the rectory house dates from the 14th century, and at & dispatched at 9.35 a.m. & 5.30 p.m.; during the tached is a 15th century tithe barn. At Selworthy Green summer months, the last dispatch is 7.30 p.m.; on are several cottages, pleasantly situated and appropriated sundays arrive 7.30 a.m.; dispatched 5.15 p.m. The to the use of the people on the estate of Sir C. T. D. nearest telegraph office is at Porlock, :2 miles distant Acland bart. Selworthy Beacon, in this pari;;h, is 1,014 Wall Letter Box, near the church, cleared 4.40 p.m.; feet, and Bossington Beacon, 798 feet above the sea level; in summer, 6,3° ; sundays, 8.30 a.m the latter is a land mark' to vessels in the Bristol channel. School (mixed & infants), for 150 children; average at Situated on a high hill overlooking the church is an tendance, 86; William Labrum, master; Mrs. Mary -ancient encampment of an elliptical form, consisting of a Labrum, mistress; Miss Nora Naysmith, assistant tchr