172 CHURCHILL. SOMERSETSHIRE. [KELLY•S tower, with a turret at the north-east angle and crocketed situated in woods on the side of Mendip, is an elegant pinnacles, and containing 5 bells : in the church, on the mansion in the Italian style, with balconies in front: the north side of the chancel, is a quaint monument, renovated ascent to it is by a zigZag road of a. mile in length, in 1884 by C. J. Simmonds esq. to John Latch esq. ob. 1644, cut in the side of the hill : from the balconies varied and and Sarah, his wife ; the effigy of the former is clad in a extensive views of the surrounding country are obtainable! coat of buff, and boots with spurs, and below is a female and the .Bristol channel and the Welsh mountains ma:v• be effigy in a shroud ; on the front of the tomb are figures of seen in the distance. Langford House, the seat of Sidney seven boys and four girls kneeling on cushions; the quaint Hill esq. J.P. is pleasantly situated on a rising ground, but beautiful inscription is said to have been written by the adjoining the Bristol and Bridgwater road, from which it is celebrated Dr. Donne : there is a brass in good preservation, approached by a. drive ; the grounds are extensive and with effigies of a man in full armour and a lady, and an picturesque, and very tastefully laid out. Churchill Court inscription to Ralph Jenyns, ob. 1572, and Jane his wife, is situated near the church, and (now in the occupation of ancestors of the famous Sarah Jenyns, Duchess of Marl­ William Dundas Cloete esq.) was purchased from the borough : there was formerly a mortuary chapel at the east Jenyns family in 1651 by Sir John Churchill, who died here end of the south aisle; two stone effigies of a knight and his in 1685, after which the estate was alienated. The Eccle­ lady, once in this chapel, are now in the porch: the church siastical Commissioners, Benjamin Edward Somers esq. J.P. was restored in t88o, at a cost of [1,goo, raised by volun­ Sir John Lintorn Arabin Simmons R.E., G.C.B., G.c.M.G. tary contributions, when it was re-leaded, partially re-seated Sidney Hill esq. J.P. and Mrs. Hesse are chief landowners. with open benches of oak and the bells re-hung ; it was The soil is light red ; on the hills it rests on the limestone again renovated in 1884, a stained east window being erected and in the valley on the freestone. The crops are wheat, as a memorial to members of the Simmons family ; a oats, barley and turnips, but most of the land is in pasture. stained window was also inserted in the south aisle to the The area is 2,497 acres ; rateable value, £5,486 ; the popu- · Rev. J. A.Giles D.C.L. late of Churchill Court, and rector of lation in 1881 was 733· Sutton, Surrey, well-known as a topographical writer and PosT OFFICE, Churchill.-Letters through a translator of Anglo-Saxon authors ; in the window are R.S.O. arrive at 8.40 a.m.; dispatched at 4.10 p.m. figures of King Alfred, St. ...Egidius (Giles) and the Vener­ \Voodborough is the nearest money order office & Sand­ able Bede: there are sittings for 230 persons. The register ford railway station the nearest telegraph office dates from 1653. 'Ihe living is a perpetual curacy, gross yearly value £287, in the gift of the Dean and Chapter of Upper Langford, half a mile south-east, and Stock, Bristol, and held since 1872 by the Rev. Stephen Prust Jose 2 miles north-east,are hamlets in this parish. At Upper Lang­ M.A. of Pembroke College, Oxford. There are Wesleyan and ford are the remains of an ancient mansion, now a farmhouse, Congregational chapels. A new Wesleyan chapel, in the but for several generations the seat of the Latch family. Gothic style, with Sunday school attached, was erected in LANGFORD (or Lower Langford) is partly in this parish, but;.. t88o, at a cost of £s,ooo, wholly defrayed by Sidney Hill principally in that of .Burrington. Six endowed homes are esq. of Langford House. The charities, amounting to about now ( 1889) in course of erection at the sole expense of Sidney ;[so, are derived from lands in this parish and at Button Hill esq. J.P. of Langford House~ Moor, and are distributed at the church in gifts of bread and PosT & T.O. Langford (Railway Sub-Office. Letters should money on Old Christmas Day and Good Friday. Calamine, have R.~.O. Somerset added).-John Parker, Lower formerly used in the composition of brass, is found here, Langford, sub-postmaster. Letters arrive at 8. 10 a.m. ; and its acquisition at one time afforded employment to a dispatched at 4_50 p.m. , Woudborough &. great portion of the inhabitants of this and neighbouring are the nearest money order offices. Postal parishes : its use has, however, been superseded by another orders are issued here, but not paid and cheaper material, and consequently it is not now sought. BLACKMOOR is a hamlet, 2 miles east. after. On the summit of a high hill, called "Dolberrow," Parish Clerk, Henry Demack. 2! miles west-south-west, is an ancient encampment, still remaining in a very perfect state, covering an area of National School ~mixed), erected in 1826 & enlarged in 1874. upwards of thirty acres : its form is that of an irregular for 140 children; average attendance, 120; Mrs. Harriet. parallelogram, open at each end and fortified with a double Derrick, mistress; Miss Annie Demack, assistant mis- vallum; the south-east side is rendered difficult of access by tress ; Mrs. Elizabeth Freeman, infants' mistress the steepness of the hill : Roman and Saxon coins and CARRIERS TO BRISTOL :- warlike weapons have frequently been found here. Mendip From Langford-George Thatcher, wed. & sat Lodge, the seat of Benjamin Edward Somers e!'oq. J.P. From Churchill-Thomas Warren, wed. & sat Churchill. Demack Henry, farmer & assistant BrookmanThomas,farmer,Up.Langford PRIVATE RESIDENTS. overseer & assessor of taxes Burdge James, farmer Baber Mrs Demack Louisa (Miss), farmer Chaplain Mark, shoe maker Bowering James Flower Charlei, farmer, Churchill green Derrick George, farmer Box William Henry, Beech house Hall Thomas, corn factor Derrick John, plasterer Cloete William Dundas, The Court Lewis Joseph, dairy farmer Gadd John (Mrs.),farmer,Up.Langford Cox George Edwin, The Street Petheram William, farmer, Lady mead Gallop William, sen. farmer Hall Mrs Reynolds Thomas, beer retailr.Dolberro' Harris Albert, farmer, Upper Langford JoseRev.StephenPrustM.A.[incumbent] Rose Henry, carpenter London John,beer retlr. & pork buteher Lowle John James, Ivy lodge Roynon Thomas Shorland, farmer Parker John, carpenter, Post office Parris Miss Say John, jun. farmer, Langford road Rayner Charles, farmer Phumphy Samuel Baker Sheppard ~aml. farmer, Churchill park Say John, wine&spirit merchant&farmer Roynon Mrs Stuckey Robert, farmer, Churchill grn Stevens Edmund John, Hotel farm Salisbury James Venn Philip, pork butcher, Dolberro' Thatcher Benj.thrashingmachine ownr Sharland Mrs. South street Young James, shoe maker Thatcher George, farmer coMMERCIAL. stock. Atwell Henry, farmer, Dalberrow Langford. Coles Thomas AveryEdwd.farmr.Churchill Low.court [For other names see BuRRINGTON.] Browning Wm. farmer & wheelwright Baker Joseph, blacksmith & farmer Atkinson The Misses, Langford brook Carter Henry, pig butcher Beacham Wm. farmer, Churchill green Barnes Thomas Pearse Exon Henry, farmer Bishop Charles, farmer, Churchillgreen Hill Sidney J.P. Langford house Lidbury Frederick, farmer Bowering Alfred, farmer Simmons Charles John J. P Parker J oseph, farmer Box William Henry, surgeon, & medical Somers Benj. Edward M.A.,J.P. Mendip Pearce George, farmer officer & public vaccinator, No. 5 lodge, Upper Langford Watts Frank, farmer district, union, Beech house StewartMrs.Mendip lodge, Up.Langford Brookman John, farmer Stone Mrs. Richmond villa lUackmoor. BruisterRchd.draper,grocer&ironmngr Tapscott Mrs. Mendip villa Gallop William Charles, J.angford cot Carter Arthur, shopkeeper COMMERCIAL. Berry Ellen (Mrs.), farmer Counsell Charles, farmer, Churchill grn Broackes William, grocer & draper Masters Thomas, farmer Cl. A NDOWN was formed into an ecclesiastical parish vestry on the north side, nave, transepts, south porch and a. July 6, 1849, out of that of Midsomer Norton, from which it small central embattled tower containing I bell: the chancel is 2 miles south, adjoining Radstock on the east-north-east, was restored in 1873 at the cost of the vicar and is divided and including a small portion of the hamlet of Welton in the from the nave by a screen of .Bath stone with gates : the Frome division of the county, Kilmersdon hundred and communion table is of oak, and there is a marble reredos.­ petty sessional division, Clutton union, Frome <:ounty court around which is a screen, surmounted at each angle b)r district, Midsomer Norton district of the rural deanery of figures of angels, bearing musical instruments: there are< :\1erston,archdeaconryofWellsanddioceseofBathand Wells. stained windows in the transepts: in 1882 the roof was The chureh of the Holy Trinity is a •cruciform building of ornamented in colour : the church is seated with open stone, in the Decorated style, consisting of chancel with benches affording sittings for 300 persons. 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