278 HEATHFIELD. . [ KELLY'S

REATHFIELD is a small village and parish on the The living is n rectory, net yearly value £224, including road from Taunton to Dulverton, 2! miles east from· 62 acres of glebe, with residence, in the gift of and held Milverton station on the Somerset and Devon branch of sinee 1B96 by the Rev. Edward Popham Spurway M.A. the , and 5 west-north-west from of Trinity College, Cambridge. Mary Cornish, WDll died l'aunton, in the Western division of the county, hundred in 1877, gave £zoo, the dividends' to be given to four­ of Taunton Dean, Bishops Lydeard petty sesisonal divi-old men and four old women, chosen by the rector and sion, Taunton union and county court district, rural churchwardens. F. G. Bernard esq. is lord of the manor deanery of Wellingt{)n, archdeaconry of Taunton and dio- and principal landowner. The chief crops are whea,t~ cese of Bath and Wells. The church of St. John the barley, beans and turnips. The acreage of the parish is Baptist is a building of stone, chiefly in the Early English &83; assessable value, £662; the population in 1891 style, consisting of chancel, nave, south chapel, south was II I. porch and a western tower containing 5 bells ~ in 1870 the Lebters are received through Taunton at 7 a.m. Milver- nave, chapel and porch were rest{)red and three new win- ton is the nearest money order office. The nearest dows added; most of the windows are of La,te Decorated 1 h ffi f' & F' character: the east window is stained: in a recess in the te egrap 0 ces are at 1\ llveDton Norton ltzwanen, both about 2! miles distant north wall of the chancel is a good illuminated mural monument with male arnd female kneeling effigies in Wall LeMel' Box cleared at 8 a.m. &; 6.50 p.m. on week Tudor costume, and a Latin inscription, now almost illegi- days only; & Rectory Wall Letter Box cleared at 7·4() ble: the ancient pulpit is of oak, quaintly carved: the a.m. &; 6.3 0 p.m font is modern Perpendicular: there are sittings for 120 The children of this village, which is included in the Hill- persons: in the churchyard stands a large pa:rt of an farrance United School Board district, attend the Board! ancient cross. The register da,tes from the year 1703. school at Oake . Sealy William Henry, Streatfield, Spurway Rev. Edward Popham M.A'IGlanfield John, farmer, Webb hill Heathfield house Rectory HEMINGTON is a large parish and village, 3 miles Charles A. Peacock and the trustees of the lute Frederick east-south-east from station on the Great Bird esg. of Midsomer Norton, are the principal land­ Western and Somerset and Dorset railways and 6 north- owners. The soil is heavy clay; subsoil, chiefly stone. west from , in the Frome division of the county, The land is chiefly in pasture for dairy purposes. Th9­ Kilmersdon hundred and petty sessional division, Frome area is 3,010 acres; rateable value in 1897, '£3,251; the­ mion and county tourt district, rural deanery of Midsomer popula'tion in 190r was 658. ~orton, archdeaconry of Wells and diocese of Bath and Sexton, Thomas Weaver. Wells. The church of St. Mary is an ancient building of stone, consisting of chancel, with ves>try on the north, Faulkland. is a hamlet, a mile and a quarter north-east nave, transept, south aisle with ,an arcade of four arches from the church, with a Wesleyan chapel, erected in on circular piers, south porch and an emba,ttled western 1842. In the centre of the village green the old stocks are­ tower, with pinnacles, in the Perpendicular style, containing still standing. Lower Row is allO'ther hamlet, 2! miles 5 bells; the east end of the south aisle, once a private east; here is a Baptist chapel. chapel, i~ now med as an organ chamber: the church Letters from Hemington arrive through Bath via Norton was restored in 1859, under the' superintendence of the St. Philip & are delivered at 8 a.m. & 6.30 p.m. Wall late Sir G. G. Scott R.A. at a cost of .£700; during the Lettel~ Box cleared at 6.25 p.m. week days only. Let­ restora,tion a very fine Norman arch was discovered at ters for Faulkland and Lower Row arrive via Frame &i, the entrance to the chancel, and in 1,862 the chancel was are delivered at 9.20 a.m. Wall Letter Box cleared at: restored at the cost of the rector: there are sittings for 7 p.m. Radstock is the nearest money order & Kil­ 200 persons. The register dates from the year 1539. The mersdon, 3 miles distant, is the nearest t.elegraph offic~ living is a rectory, with that of Hardington annexed, for Hemington; :NOTton St. Philip, 2~ miles distant, is joint net yearly value £510, including 84 acres of glebe, the neares,t money order &; telegraph office for Faulk­ with residence, in the gift of Lord Poltimore, and held land; &; Road for the Lower Row since 1882 by the Rev. John Storey Raymond M.A. of A School Board of 5 members was formed September 5, Exeter Cbllege, Oxford. There is, a Primitive Methodist 188r; Joseph Mattiok, clerk to the board &; attendanc~ chapel, built in 1868, and a United Methodist chapel, officer erected "in 1875. There are charities of '£20 yearly value, left in 1694 by the Bampfylde family, to be distributed Board School (mixed & infants), erected by subscription iIll amongst the poor at Christmas. Mr. Vigor gave, about 1875 & transferred to the School Board in 188r & en­ 1780, a sum of 25s. yearly to be distributed in bread at larged in 1897, for 180 children; average attendance,. Christmas. Lewis WaIter Vallis esq. of the Manor 130; James J. Sheppard, master; Miss S. J. Peel, House, who is lord of the manor, Lord Hylton, the Rev. infants' mistress

HEMINGTON. Rich Albert Charles Pickford Hy. farmer, Chickwell farml Raymond Rev. In.StoreyM.~\.Rectory COMMERCIAL. Rich Joseph, farmer, Chapel farm Hill Arthurj .farmer, Upper Row Abraham Francis James, New inn Richards Alfd.Hy. wheelwrt.& carpntI' Maloney Arthur, farmer,Haywood fm Bazley Fredk. Wm. veterinary surgn Selwood William, Tucker's Grave in!) Pad:field Jas.farmr.High Church frm Clark Tom, blacksmith Shearn Wm. farmer & dairy farmer Padgett .Alfred, farmer Davis Samuel. farmer Sheppard J ames J. assistant overseer Rossiter George, baker Grist Elizh. (Mrs.), grocer &; draper Tilley Richard, grocer Vallis Lewis WaIt. farmer,Manor ho Mattick Joseph, farmer, &, clerk to \Vilson John, farmer, Horse Pond frm the school board, Upper Row Wilson Robert, farmer, Lower Row FAULKLA~n. Mitchell William, farmer, Upper Row Wilson Robert Charles, farmer Oradock Mrs Padfield John, butcher Windell In. dairy farmer, Lower Row HENSTRIDGE is a village and parish on the river clicular chancel aisle retains a fine canopied altar tomb,. Stour and intersected by the high road from London to with two mutilated recumbent effigies representing Wil­ Exeter, on the Dorset border of the county, with a station Ham Carent Toome-r and Margaret (Stourton), his wife;' on the Somerset and Dorset Junction railway, and is 7 it is dated 1463, and is richly carved, illuminated and' miles south from Wincanton and II4 from London, in the adorned with shields bearing the arms o.f Carent and Eastern division of the county. Horethorne hundred, Win- Stourton; in the north-west corner is a raised tabernacle­ canton petty sessional division, union and county court of blue lias stone with sculptured canopy; the moulded' district, rural deanery of Milborne Port, archdeaconry of chancel arch is of lofty proportions and springs from Wells and diocese of Bath and Wells. The church of St. corbels of Devonshire marble and Bath stone, ric'hly Nicholas was rebuilt, with the exception of the ivy- carved: the ancient Perpendicular font has been restored; . covered tower and a portion of the north and west walls two windows in the chancel are stained: there are sittings of the north aisle, ,in 1873 at a cost of £3,235, the for 440 persons. The register dates from the year 1653. material used being local forest marb:e, with The living is a vicarage, net yearly value £288, with 3 stone dressings, a Decorated south aisle and porch being acres of glebe and residence, in the gift of the Bishop of added: the church now consists of chancel with north Bath and Wells, and held since 1883 by the Rev. Arthur­ aisle, organ chamber on the south side, serving also as a Giro Dowell M.A. of Exeter Oollege, Oxford, and rural vestry, nave of five bays, aisles, south porch and an em- dean of Merston and Milborne Port. There are Wes­ battled western tower, with pinnacles, containing a clock leyan and Cong-regational chapels here, and a Wesleyan and 6 bells, dating from 16r5 to 1900: the old tower, chapel at Yenston. There are charit,ies of £7 lOS. yearly which stood at one angle of the nave, was pulled down in ,ralue. Leather gloves are made here. Inwoorl is th& 1900 and rebuilt of local forest marble, with Ram stone sea.t of Thomas MerthYT Guest esq. RA.., D.L., J.P. dressings; thrae .of -the liell8 l\-ere "Peeast and a sixth and Lady Theodora Guest. Thomas Merthyr Guest added, at a total cost of nearly [,2,000; the Perpen- esq. who is lord of the manor, John Kenelm Digby