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PRIVATE RESIDENTS. Francis Eli, cowkeeper Parsons Joseph James, haulier Bowring Mrs. Polsham house Francis Ernest William, .cowkeeper, Plenty John, farmer, Polsham Frith Vincent, Polsham Upper Coxley Shore Charles, blacksmith James Mrs. Polsham villa Francis Gilbert, farmer Smith Sydney John, frmr. Polsham Normansell J.ohn William, Coxley ho Francis Waiter Gharles, farmer, Somers Mrs. farmer, Hartlake bridge 'fownsend Rev James Henry M.A. Harters hill (letters through ) (vicar), Vicarage Frost Bertram Ohas. farmer,Southway Stevens Harry, Coxley Pound P.H Witt· William Steven, Melsbury Gunningham Elizabet.b & Gertrude Stevens Tom, farmer, Wick COMMF.:RCIAL. (Misses), laundvesses Tibbs Maurice Rd. farmer, Polsham .Baker William, beer retailer Haggett Albert Edward,insurance agt Watts Hubert, farmer, Southway Bennett James, haulier Haine William, farmer, Garslade Watts John, farmer, Southway BUJ·ridge George Wm. wheelwright Harding Robt. Thos. farmr. Kean hall Weeks Albert George,farmer,Polsham Butt Egbert, c.owkeeper, Harters hill Hole John, coach builder Weeks Jas. Vowles, farmer, Polsham Callow John Frank, cowkeeper Hussey Tom, farmer, Manor farm Welch John, farmer, Melsbury Collins Henry John, farmer Keen Thomas Robert Webber,farmer, Wells Subscription Harriers (E. Dickinson Elizh.(Mrs.),Blue 13ovrl P.H Crannell Foster, bon. sec. & treasurer) Diment John Ohas. farmer, Polsham Moore Harry, farmer White Albert, farmer, Harters. hill Dowling Elizabeth (Mrs.), farmer Nurse Frederick George, farmer, York Frederick, grocer Francis Ohas. cowkeeper, & post off Wick farm

EAST CRANMORE is a parish, I mile east from amounting to £5 6s. 4d. is distributed in clothing at Cranmore station on the Witham and Wells branch of the Christmas. On a high hill on the Mendip range, and Great Western railway and 4! east from , in this parish, is a tower, erected in 1862 by J. M. in ·the Wells division of the county, hundred and Paget esq. grandfather of the pre·sent lord of the manor, county court district, Shepton Mallet union and petty and forming a conspicuous object for many miles .sessional division, rural deanery of She,pton Mal1et, arch­ around : the interior has a spiral staircase leading to deaconry of Wells and dio;}flse of Bath and Wells. 'l'he two balconies, one halfway up and the other at the .church of St. James, erected on the site ·of the old church top, from which extensive views can he obtained: thP in 1846, is a building of freestone in the Early tower is open to the publip on Mondays and Thursdays. English style, consisting of chancel, nave, transept, south Cranmore Hall .is the property and residence of Sir porch and a belfry, with spire, with one bell: the stained Richard Arthur Surtees Paget bart. who is lord of the east window was erected in 1846 in memory of Mrs. manor and sole landowner. The soil is sandy; the Gough, and there is another stained window on the subsoil is freestone and limestone. The land is prin­ 5outh side: there are sittings for rso persons. The re­ cipally in pasture. The acreage is I,059; rateable gister dates from the year 1655· 'l'he living is a clmpelry, value, £1,295 ; population in rgrr, 107. .annexed, together with those of West Cranmore and Down­ Letters received through Shepton Mallet, via West Gran­ head, to the vicarage of Doulting, joint net yearly value more. The nearest money order office is at Doulting, £soo, with ISS acres nf glebe and residence, in the gift & telegraph & telephone office at West Cranmore, I .of Thomas Meadows Clutterbuck esq. and held since mile distant r899 by the Rev. John Darbysbire 'M.A. of St. Peter's Wall Letter Box, near the Church College, Cambridge, who resides at Doulting. The in­ The children of this place attend the school at West terest on Jones' charity of £212, founded in 1787 and Cranmore . Pag-et Sir Richard Arthur Surtees IFutcher John, keeper of the tower Joyce Tom, estate blacksmith· · bart. Cranmore hall Hoddinott Frederick, farmer, Heale Salskov-Iversen John, land agent to :Salshov-Iversen John, Cranmore hall! Hoddinott Sidney, dairy farmer, Sir Rd. Arthur Sur tees Paget bart · I ·wf:>stern fa1·m Trotman Albert, estate carpenter 1 COMMERCIAL. I Huntley Mark,gardener to Sir R.A.S. ! Creighton Mrs. cowkpr .Cold Harbour I Paget bart i

WEST CRANMORE is a parish and village, with a works; from these an output of Ioo,ooo tons of stone ,atation on the East Somerset branch of the Great Western and asphalte is annually sold and delivered throughout railway, and is 3! miles east from Shepton Mallet and the kingdom ; the stone is. purely a local deposit of HI from London, in the Wells division of the county, an extremely hard nature, in appearance much like Wells Forum hundred, Shepton Mallet petty se-ssiom\1 granite; the gravel has • special properties, and is .division and union, Wells county court district. rural largely used for carriage drives, side walks &c. ; the deanery of Shepton Mallet, archdeaconry of Wells and asphalte is made by machine process ; the various works diiJCf'se of Bath and Wells. The church of St. Bartholomew afford employment to a considerable number of men. is an ancient edifice of local freestone in the Early Eng­ A great quantity of cheese and butter is made here. lish style, consisting of chancel, nave of three. bays, north Frederick Spencer esq. D.L., J.P. is lnrd of the manor, aisle, south porch and an embattled western tower, with and with his son,JiunUy Gordon Spencer esq. J.P. the pinnacles, containing 5 bells: there are memorial win­ only landowner. 'l'he soil is sandy; the subsoil is dows to Admiral Sir E. Chetham Strode K.C.B., K.C.H. freestone and limestone. The land is chiefly in pasture. d. I862, Capt. Julius Strode, 14th Regiment, to Lad.v The acreage is I,3s8; rateable value, £2,912; popula­ Chetham Strode, and one placed in 1895 in the south tion in 19II, 299. porch to Alfred Chetham Strode esq.: in the church is preserved an antique· open bier, now used only in the DEAN is a hamlet, half a mile north-north-east. ehurch ; it has the inscription~ Here is a Wesleyan chapel, erected in 1899· 'l'he ohl chapel has been converted into a residence. ''RICHARD DOLE • CHURCIIWARDEN," Waterlip hamlet is 1 mile north-north-west. but no date: there are sittings for zoo persons. In the Parish Clerk, J ames Gane. churchyard is an ancient cross, rs feet in height, in gDod Post, '1'. & Telephonic Express Delivery Offi.ce.-Row­ preservation. The register dates from the year 1659· land Cocks, sub-postmaster. Letters through Shepton The living is a chapelry, annexed, with those of East M·allet. The nearest money order office is at Doulting Cranmore and , to the vicarage of Doulting, Wall Lette.r Boxes.-Dean & Oranmore ~oint net yearly value £soo, in the gift of Thomas Meadows Clutterbuck esq. and held since r8gg by the Public Elementary School, erected in 184o, for 70 Rev. John Darbyshire M.A. of St. Peter's College, Cam­ children; Mrs. Marian "\Vitcombe, mistress bridge, who resides at Doulting. In this parish are Railway Station, Ernest Frederick Harry Lee, station the " .Black Rock " stone quarries, gravel and asphalte · master

PRIVA.TE RESIDENTS. Black Rock Stone, Lime, Road Stone, Ford William, gardener to Major B. Hamblin John J.P. Belle Vue Gravel & Aspbalte Works (proprie­ \V. S. van Straubenzee van Straubenzee Major BowenWilliam tors, The Mendip Granite & As­ Gibbs Aaron,foreman toF.Spencer esq S. Southill house phalte Co. Ltd.) ; & at Winsor Hoddinott Charles, dai1·y farmer, hill, Shepton Mallet. See adver­ Dean farm COMMERCIAL. tisement Hurle Thos. dairy farmer, Waterlip Aspbalte Works Patent Machine Made Bown Wm. dairy farmer, Waterlip James 'l'heophilus 'l'om, farmer, (proprietors, The Mendip Granite & Carpenter Florence (Mrs.), shopkpr Dean Street farm Asphalte Oo. Ltd.); & at Winsor Christopher Ernest, dairy farmer, Lane Walt. boot & shoe maker, Dean hill, Shepton !.\'Iallet. See adver­ Burnt house ·ttisement Cornish Elizh. (Mrs.), shopkpr. Dean •