22-1 FROME. SOMERSETSHIRE.J (KELLY'S.. Rock Life, W. Dunn 1 Relieving Officers, No. l or Frome district, James Willis, Royal Exchange, E. J. Jelly; 5 North parade Butt's hill, Frome; No. 2 or Kilmersdon district, H. C. Scottish Equitable, Harding & Sons, 26 King street Meehan, M ells ; No. 3 or N unney district, A. Bell, Ridgeway Sun Fire, Cruttwell, Daniel & Cruttwells, Bath street Vaccination Officer, George Waiter Bradbury, Bath st.Frome West of England Fire & Life, J . .Penny Medical Officers & Public Vaccinators, No. I district, Westminster Fire, R. J. Dennis, II Portway Frederick Edward Pearse M.D. Argyle house, Frome; No. Publio Establishments. 2 district, William Godfrey Evans L.R.C.P.Edin. Reeking­ ton ; No. 3 district, Thomas Hewlett Worger, Radstock; Almshouse (now supporting 21 aged women) & Charity No. 4 district, Thomas Galbraith M.D. Nunney; No. 5 School (now educating 29 boys), situate near the Bridge, district, William Cha-rles Glasier Collins L.R.C.P.Edin. Lower Market place; William Brown, superintendent & Mells; No. 6 district, James Howard Kenrick L.F.P.s.olas. master. The treasurer is appointed annually Coleford Assembly Rooms, George hotel, Market place ; Frederlck Superintendent Registrar, George Wa.lter Bradbury, Christ­ Kirbell, proprietor church street west, Frome ; deputy; William R. Kent, Asylum (for the maintenance, education & preparation for Christchurch street west, :Frome domestic service of 16 poor girls), matron, Miss Jones; & Registrars of Births & Deaths, Frome sub-district, Edwin Hospital (now supporting xo poor aged men of Frome), John Jelly, 5 North parade, Frome; deputy, John H. situated in Keyford; Mrs. Ashby, matron Vincent; 3 Sunnyside, Frome; Kilmersdon sub-district, Cottage Hospital, Long row (13 beds); Edmund Cockey, H. C. Meehan, Mells ; deputy, Albert Foxwell, Coleford; Joshua Parsons, J. Frederick Parsons, Frederick Edward Pearse M.D. John Moysey Rattray M.A., M.B., C.M. & nnney sub-district, Martin West., Nunney; deputy, S. William Godfrey Evans L.R.C.P.Edin. medical officers; Wilcox1 Nunney; Road sub-district, J. V. Pickford, Robert Payne, hon. sec. ; Miss Oliver, matron Beckington ; deputy, Henry Hillman, Beckington County Court, held monthly on tuesday, at Mechanics' hall; Registrars of Marriages, Henry Payne Coombs, Market His Honor C. F. D. Caillard, judge ; Percy Wilson Crutt­ place, Frome; deputy, Alfred Coombs, 6 Badcox parade, well, registrar & high bailiff; Robert Underhill, sub­ Frome ; H. C. Meehan, Mells ; deputy, A. Foxwell, bailiff ; office,' Bath street; Edward Gustavns Clarke esq. Coleford Bank chambers, Bristol, official receiver in bankruptcy. The Workhouse, situated at the back of the town, is a build­ The following is the district comprised in the jurisdiction ing of stone, erected in 1836-7, to hold 450 inmates; of the County Court :-Radstock, Forscote, Writhlington, Robert T. Cook, master; Rev. R. R. Bromage M.A. chap­ Hemington, Fanlkland, Hardington, Buckland, Kilmers­ lain; Edmund Cockey, medical officer; Mrs. Elizabeth don, Charlton, Murtry, Maiden Bradley, Norton Ferris, Cook, matron ; A. Crosland, schoolmaster ; Mrs. Georgina Yarnfield, Kingston Deverill, Monkton Deverill, Kilming­ Dewson, schoolmistress ; present number of inmates 210 & n officers ton, "Witham Friary, New Hitchins, Drury, Upton Noble, • Batcombe, ·westcombe, Wanstrow, Cloford, East Cran­ RURAL SANITARY AUTHORITY. more, Leighton, Marston, Gare Hill, Trudox Hill, Holwell, Meets in the Board room on first wed. in month at 2.30 p.m. Ridgeway, Nunney,Woodlands, Tytherington, Blatchbridge, Little Keyford, Feltham, Friggle Street, Whatley, Little Clerk, Geo. Waiter Bradbury, Christchurch st. west, Frome Elm, Downhead, Leigh-on-Mendip, Stoke Lane, Coleford, Treasurer, Edmund Henry Dickinson, Chapmanslade, Wilts Lypeat, Babington, Mells, Vobster, Great Elm, Lucking­ Medical Officer of Health, Joshua Parsons,North par.Frome ton, Eggford, Kilmersdon Common, Norton St. Philip, Inspectors of Nuisances, W. Adams, Lower Keyford,Frome; :Farleigh, Tellesford, Road, Rudge, Stonderwick, Rodden, & W. W. Purnell, Kilmersdon, Bath Berkley, Beckington, W ookerton, Laverton, Lulling ton, ScHoOL ATTENDANCE CoMMITTEE. Orchardleigh, Clink, Oldford, Spring Gardens Meets in the Board room on alternate tuesdays at2.30 p.m. Certified Bailiffs appointed under the Law of Distress Amendment Act, Chas. Thos. Harding, King st. :Frome ; Clerk, Geo. Waiter Brad bury, Christ Church st. west, Frome Charles Cooper, North parade, Frome; ·waiter Harrold, Attendance Officers, Samuel Hillier, Long ground, Frome; Vicarage st. Frome; Robt. Underhill, Vicarage st. Frome Henry C. Meehan, Mells; James V. Pickford, Backing­ County Police Station, Magistrates' Court hall, Christ­ ton; Alexander Bell, Ridgeway church street west, Joseph Williams, superintendent; 3 Public Officers. sergeants, 2 acting sergeants & 18 constables Assessor of Taxes, William Pulham, Gentle street Dissenters' Burial Ground, Vallis road (under the manage­ Assistant Overseer & Collector of Poor's Rates & Taxes, ment of Trustees), opened in 1851 ; Rev. William Burton, William Bird, 18 Vallis Way sec. ; George Brine, superintendent Certifying Factory Surgeon, Joshua Frederick Parsons, Jnland Revenue Office, James S. McConkey, officer. The Common hill sittings are held at the George hotel, :Market place, Clerk of the Peace for Somersetshire & to the Commissioners quarterly, to receive excise dues, & once a year for land & of Taxes for the Frome Division, William Dunn, King st ineome taxes Clerk to the Land Tax Commissioners, George Alfred Market House, Bridge street, G. A. Daniel, sec Daniel, Bath street Mechanics' Hall, Church slope, E. G. Ames, sec Inland Revenue Officer & Inspector of Corn Returns, William St. John's Dispensary, Christchurch street east; John Kelly, 1 Sunnyside, Keyford Moysey Rattray M. A., M.B., c.M. medical officer Inspector of Weights & Measures, Superintendent Joseph :Stamp Office & Office for issuing Establishment Licences, Williams, Police station Post office, Bath street; Francis Shaw, distributor; open Stamp Distributor, .l<'rancis Shaw, Post Office, Bath street daily from 9 a. m. till 6 p.m Steward of the Manor of Frome & Steward of the Manor & Surveyor of Taxes Office, 21 King st. ; J. Thomas, surveyor Vicarage of Fromt'-Selwood, William Dunn, King street Temperance Hall, Catherine hill, W. B. Harvey, sec Steward of the Manors of Buckland, Dinham & Nunney, V{)lunteer Fire Engine House, opposite the Pack Horse inn, George Alfred Daniel, Bath street Christchurch st. west ; S. T. Rawlings, captain,& 18 men Town Crier, Thomas Underhill, 14 Christchurch st. west Volunteers. North Somerset Yeomanry Cavalry (A troop); head quar­ Newspapers. ters, Barton's lane; Lieutenant C. ·w. Le Gros, Sergeant­ Somerset & Wilts Journal, published at the Selwood printing Major William James Davies, drill instructor works ; published saturday "Prince Albert's Somersetshire Light Infantry, 3rd Volunteer Somerset Standard & Wilts & Dorset Advertiser, TheFrome Battalion (D Co.) ; head quarters & armoury, Gentle Printing & Publishing Co. Limited, publishers ; published -street; Captain A. H. Tucker; A. Hiscock, drill instructr saturday FROME UNION. Places of Worship, with times of Services. Board day, alternate tuesdays, at n a.m. at the Board St. John the Baptist (parish church), The Rev. the Hon. Alfred room, Christcburch street west. Francis Algernon Hanbury-Tracy M.A. vicar; Rev. Frank The union comprises the following places :-Babingtrn, W. Vining B.A. & Rev. Herbert E. Polehampton M.A. Beckington, Berkley, Buckland Dinham, Cloford, Elm curates; holy communion 8 a.m. & alternately at 6.30 & (Great & Little), :Farleigh Hnngerford, Forscote, :Frome, 10 a.m. & daily at 7·45 a. m.; II a. m. 3 p.m. (children's llardington, Hemington, Kilmersdon, Laverton, Leigh-on­ service) & 6.30 p.m. ; wed. & fri. 12 noon ; on the four Mendip, Lullington, :Marston Biggott, Mells, Nunney, Nor­ Great Festivals & St. John the Baptist's Day, 8 p.m. ; ton St. Philip, Orchardleigh, Road, Rodden, 'fellisford, children's service, thurs. 9 a.m. ; daily, 8.30 a.m.& 6 p.m ·wanstrow, Whatley, Witham Friary, Woolverton & Christ Church, Christchurch street west, Rev. Richard Writhlington; the population of the union in 1881 was Raikes Bromage M.A., F.R.G.s. vicar; Rev. C. Gordon 23,163; present (1889) rateable value, £122,925. Grist B.A. curate; holy communion 8 a. m.; 11 a.m. 3 Clerk to the Guardians & Assessment Committee, George p.m. (children's service) & 6.30 p.m.; holy communion, Waiter Bradbury, Christchurch street west, Frome tues. thurs. & sat. 8 a. m. ; service :laily 7 & 10 a. m. & 1 Treasurer, Edmund Henry Dickinson, Chapmanslade, Wilts p.m .