34.6 STOWEY. SOMERSETSHIRE. [KELLY'B parish of Chew Magna, is a noble pile, the tower and court manor and principal landowner. The soil is loamy clay; wall of which date from the reign of Edward II.; the manor subsoil, clayey and red sandstone. The chief crops are house was added to the tower previous to the time of Henry wheat, barley, peas and roots. The area is 779 acres; rate· VIII.; a chapel and great parlour were added in 1558 by able value, £2,370; the population in 1881 was 127. Elizabeth Hardwick, whose husband, Captam St. Loe, dymg Sexston Henry Weeks without heirs, left his estate to her : Sutton Court was sold · ' • to the ancestors of the present possessor by the Duke of Lettersfrom Bristol, via Pensford, arrive at 9.30 a.m. Pens· Newcastle's trustees : John Hooper, bishop of Gloucester, ford & Chew Magna are nearest money order & telegraph was once concealed here during the Marian persecution, and offices. WALL LETT)!JR Box cleared at 3·45 p.m. week John Locke, the philosopher, was a frequent visitor at the days only Court during the time it was held by his friend John School, established in 1837, & supported by Sir Edward Strachey: the mansion was restored under the direction of Strachey bart. for 6o children ; average attendance, 39; T. H. Wyatt esq. Sir Edward Strachey hart. is lord of the Mrs. L. H. Gunter, mistress Hill Rev. James Samuel B.A. Vicarage I Board Waiter, farmer, Stowey house 1 Loxton Richard,frmr.Knighton Button RoddyCol.Chas.Hamilton,Stowey mead Brodribb William, farmer, Moorledge 1 Lyde William farmer Strachey Sir Edward bart. D.L.,J.P. Collins Henry (Mrs.),farmer, Knighton WestSomersetYeomanryCavalry(Capt. Sutton court · Button S. Pleydell • Bouverie; Sergt.-MaJor Strachey Edward D.L.,.J.P. Button court Fear Ueorge, farmer George WilliamPaul, drill instructor) NETHER STOWEY, formerly a market town, is a that took place at Blackheath, June 24, 1497, between the parish and pretty village, situated on a small stream which king's forces and the insurgents, Lord Audley was taken flows into the river Parrett, 9 miles west from Bridgwater prisoner and shortly afterwards executed on Tower hill. A station on the Great Western railway, in the Western divi- part of the population, known in this locality as "broom sion of the county, western division of Williton and Free- squires," is employed in the manufacture of birch brooms, manors hundred, Williton petty sessional division, Bridgwater from the heather gathered on the neighbouring hills. The union and county court district, rural deanery of Bridgwater, Hon. Mrs. Stanley and Edward James Stanley esq. H.P., archdeaconry of Taunton and diocese of Bath and Wella. J.P., D.L. of Quantock Lodge, Over Stowey, and Sir Alexander The church of St. Mary is a building of stone in the Early Bateman Periam l''uller-Acland-Hood bart. D.L., J.P. of St. English style, consisting of chancel, nave of four bays, aisles, Audries, West Quantoxhead (lord of the manor) are chief south porch and an embattled western tower with pinnacles, landowners. The soil is loamy, and the subsoil stone. The containing 6 bells: five of the windows are stained and in- chief crops are wheat, barley and green crops. The area is 'elude a memorial window to the twin brothers Sealey, given x,o73 acres; rateable value, £2,985; the population in 1881 by E. U. Vidal esq. of Cornborough: the church was rebuilt, was 731. excepting the tower, in 185o, and has sittings for 250 persons. Parish Clerk, Waiter Shattock. The register dates from the year x64o. The living is a PosT, M. 0. & T. 0., S. B. & Insurance & Annuity Office.- vicarage, average tithe rent-charge £252, gross yearly value Samuel Wheddon, receiver. Letters arrive from Bridg· £390, including 48 acres of glebe, with residence, in the water by mail cart at 5.15 a. m. & 4·55 p.m.; delivered at gift of the Dean and Canons of Windsor, and held since 1872 7 a.m. & 5.15 p.m.; dispatched at 9·45 a. m. & 8.35 p.m by the Rev. Edward Tapsfield H.A. of Durham University. INSURANCE AuENTS :- Here is a Congregational chapel. The charities, which are Sun Fire, H. T. Long derived from land, amount to £20 yearly. Here are stone West of England, A. Wheddon quarries. Samuel Taylor Coleridge, the distinguished poet, National School fmixed), erected in 1813, for 140 children; resided here from 1795 till 1798. In this parish is Castle average attendance, 102; Charles Rowley, master; Mrs. bill, near which are the ruins of a fortress, once the residence Fanny Rowley, mistress of James (Touchet), 14th Baron Audley, who was one of the CARRIERS TO BRIDGWATER. -Royal Mail omnibus from leaders of the Cornish insurrection in 1497; in the encounter Kilve; Webber & Payne, daily PRIVATE RESIDENTS. Court Frank, boot & shoe maker Payne George, beer retailer Euller Mrs Evans Evan, surgeon, & medical officer Rich Clement, farmer Cort Rev. John [Congregational] & public vaccinator, No. 8 district, Routley Henry, shopkeeper , Evans Evan Bridgwater union Sellick Edward, tailor Fowler William, Ivy cottage GloverHyRawlings,beerret.&blacksmth Stacey George, builder Pollard William Cox Govett Thomas, farmer Stuckey's Banking Co. (agency) atten· Rich Clement Ham John, chemist & druggist dance on fri. from II to 3 ; draw on Scott Mrs Hill Wm. Clutson, plumber & painter Robarts & Co. London Tapsfield Rev. Edward H.A. Vicarage Hughes Charles, carpenter Sully Thomas, farmer, Marlpits Trevor Mrs Jones Frederick, farmer, Roberts farm Talbot James & Sons, plumbers Waltham John, Springfield Jones Sarah Harriet (Miss), Rose & Tarr Henry, butcher White William Crown P.H Trevor Edward, solicitor, & clerk to the Winsborrow William Juniper Jane (Mrs.), shopkeeper justices of the peace for the sub· COMMERCIAL. Lee Richard, farmer division of Nether Stowey, Williton Browning Barnett, blacksmith LongHenryTurner,saddle & harness ma petty sessional division, & steward to Bryant Alfred, tallow chandlr. & shopkp Long Williarn, maltster & farmer the Stogursey charities Bryant Ephraim, grocr.& drapr.& agent Martin & Son, whetllwrights Upham Edwin, George P.H for W.& A. Gilbey, wine &spirit mers Moore Elizabeth (Mrs.),beer retailer Venn Ellen & Maria (Misses), grocers Bryant James, baker Moore John Marriott, carpenter & as- Wheddon Samuel, tailor, Post office Clarke George, tailor sistant oven;eer Woodward William, shoe maker Coffee & Reading Rooms (Charlesj O'Sullivan Daniel K. inland revenue off Wyatt John, farmer Herniman, manager) Palmer James, beer retailer Wyatt William, baker OVER STOWEY is a parish and village, situated near t under the control of a burial board of 5 members. There the Quantox hills, 9 miles west from Bridgwater station on are charities of £22 yearly value. Sandstone and limestone the main line of the Great Western railway, in the Western are found here. QuantockLodge, the seat of Edward James division of the county, western division of Cannington Stanley esq. M.P., M.A., D.L., J.P. and the Hon. Mrs. Stanley, hundred, Williton petty sessional division, Bridgwater union daughter of the late Lord Taunton, is a handsome stone and county court district, rural deanery of Bridgwater, building, in the Elizabethan style, erected by the late Lord archdeaconry of Taunton and diocese of Bath and Wells. Taunton from stone raised on the estate, and is situated on The church of St. Mary Magdalene is an ancient building of an eminence in a well-wooded undulating park of 71 acres, .stone in the Perpendicular style, consisting of chancel, nave affording delightful views over the Quantock and Mendip of three bays, north aisle, south porch and an embattled hills and the surrounding country. Edward James Stanley ·western tower containing 5 bells : there are several stained esq. M.P., J.P. and the Hon. Mrs. Stanley, who is lady of the windows and in the north aisle is a memorial window to Henry manor, are the chief landowners. 'l'he soil is red clay, and (Labouchere), xst and only Baron Taunton, who died in the subsoil stone. The chief crops are wheat and barley. 1.869; the chancel window is a memorial to the Rev. W. B. The acreage is 3,647 ; rateable value, £2,570; the popula- . Buller, late vicar of this parish : there is an ancient stone tion in x88x was 512. ·font. The register dates from the year 1558. 'fhe living is Sexton Thomas Grandfield a vicarage, tithe rent-charge £138, yearly value£ 153, with ' . · .• residence and 2 acres of glebe, in the gift of Lady Taunton, Letters from ~n~gwater by foot mes.senger, VIa Nether and held since J.887 by the Rev. William Macdonald Bottome. St?wey, 'Yhwh IS the nearest mone)' order & telegraph A cemetery, a quarter of an acre in extent, the gift of Mr. office, arnve at 7 a. m. & 6.30 p.m and the Hon. Mrs. Stanley, was opened in June, x882, and WALL Box at School cleared at 6.30 p.m. week days only has a lych gate presented by the late rector; there is also a Natisnal School (mixed), for 1co children; average attend- memorial cross to the late Lord Taunton: the cemetery is ance, 62; Henry Whadd·m, master .