'178 CHARD. SOMERSET. [KELLY'S • COUNTY MAGISTR'ATES FOR OHARD SUB-DIVISION Relieving Officers, Chard district, Ebenezer Hawker, High OF ILMINSTE,u PETTY SESSIONAL DIVISION. st. Ohard j Crewkerne district, William Warren Mafl!h~ Orewkerne j Ilminster district, Henley Col. Henry Cornish (chairman), Leigh ho. Chard Vaccination Officers, the Relieving Officers' Boden Henry ·Shuttleworth esq. The Red house, Sher- Medical Officers &; Public Vaccinators, Ohard district No. borne, Dorset I, Benjamin Lamb Powne M.R.C.S.Eng. Monmouth ha. Bridport Gen. Viscount G.C.B., D.L. White 10. Windsor Chard j Chard district No. 2, Edmund Napier Close Dening Samuel Henry esq. Crimchard house, Chard L.B.C.P.Edin. Fore street, Chard; Crewkerne districts King William esq. Burridge house, Chard Nos. I &; 2, William Woolmington Webber L.RC.P. Lnngdon John Churchill Stuckey esq. Parrocks lodge, Edin. Crewkerne; Ilminster district No. I, Samuel Tailworth, Chard Boake, Ilminster j Ilminster districts Nos. 2 &; 3, Chas. The Mayor of Chard & the -Chairman of Chard Rural Munden M.R.C.S.Eng'. Ilminster; Misterton district,. District Council are ex-officio magistrates Charles Edward Alford, Orchard ho. East st. Crewkel'll& Clerks to the Magistrates, WaIter James Tucker, Fore Superintendent Registrar, F. Gordon Ross, the Union street & John B(lnt Lukin, Holyrood street offices, Chard j deputy, John Huxtable, the Union ho. pe'Uy Sessions are held at Ithe Town hall the llecDnd mono Chard in every month negistrars of Births &; Deaths, Chard sub-district,Ebenezer .l'he following places are included in the sub-division:- Hawker, High street, Chard; deputy, James Hawker,. BuckIand SI;, Mary, Chaffcombe, Chard, Comlla Srt. High street, Chard; Combe St. Nicholas sU'b·distriClt~ Nicholas, Cricket St. Thomas, Knowle St. GHes, Wam- Samuel Summers, Combe St. Nicholas j deputy, Mrs. , brook, Whitestaunton &; Winsham Emily Summers, Combe St. Nicholas; Crewkerne !ub- ORARD RURAL DISTRICT COUNCIL. district, William Warren Marsh, Crewkerne; deputy, Herbert H. Stagg, Crewkerne; Ilmin8lter sub-district,. Meets at the Union house at I p.m. on mondays monthly. Richard Love, Ilminster j deputy, Frank Chapple, Il- Chairman, W. Salter J3eevis,Linnington, Wambrook,Chard minster ·Clerk, F. Gordon Ross, Union offices Registrars of Marriages, Chard district, E'benezer Hawker.. 'freaiurer, Arlthur Duncan Paul, Stuckey's Bank, Fore et Chard j deputy, James Hawker, Chard; Cre,wkerne dis- Medical Officer of Health, Samuel Boake, Ditton iLea, trict, Samuel H. Warren, Crewkerne j deputy, John C. llminater Harp, Crewkerne; Dminster district, Richard Love, 11- Sanitary Inspectors, Robert Smith, High st. Chard; Jas. minster; deputy, Frank Chapple, Ilminster - J. Mitcbell, HintoD St. George; John Barrington The Workhouse, at, the eastern extremity of the town, was. House, Ilminster built in 1837 at a cost of about £9,000, &, will hold 319 PUBLIC ESTABLISHMENTS. inmates; John Huxtable, master j Rev. Frederick Wm. Burial Board Office, High street, Arthur Venables Kyrlll', Hotham M.A. rector of Cricket Malherbie, chaplain; clerk. Cemetery, Saml. Harris, sexton & lodge keeper Benjamin Lamb Powne, medical officer: Mrs. Elizabeth County Court, office, Somerset house, Fore street j the Huxtable, matron court is held at the Town hall every month, His Honor School Attendance Committee. William Ceci! Hugh Wriothesley Beresofiord RA. judge; Meets at the Union house on the ISt monday in the month H. Alfred Thomas, registrar & high bailiff; '!'homas at 12 noon. H. Cottell, registrar's clerk & assistant bailiff; busi- Clerk, F. Gordon Ross, Union offices, Chard ness hours, 10 to 4 j saturday, 10 to 1. The following Attendance Officers, E. Hawker, High street, Chard j parishes and plac~s are comprised within its jUlisdic- Penny; W. W. Marsh, South street, Crewkerne tion :-Ammerham, .A.vishays, Ashill, Broadway, Broad- PUBLIC OFFlOERS. way CapIand, Broadway Hills, Buckland St. Mary, Chard borough, Chard parish, -South Chard, Crim- Assistant Overseer &; Collector of Poor Rates for Chard chard, Chaffcombe, Chilson, Combe St. Nicholas,Crlcket Parish, Edmund Jas. Symes, Somerset ho.Fore at. Chard Malherbie, ,Cricket St. Thomas, Crock Street, Dowlish. Certifying Factory Surgeon, Benj. Lamb Powne M.B. C. S. wake, Forbon, Ham, H,rlJon, Ilmin8lter Witlilin & With- Eng. Fore street out, Knowle St. Gilell, Perry Street, Scrapton, Street Clerks to County Magist·raltes, Ilminster Division (Oharll & Leigh, Sea Ilton, Sticklepath, Taltworth, Wadeford, District), WaIter James Tucker, Fore street; John B. Wambrook, Whit,elackingtori, Windwhistle, White- Luldn, Holyrood street . stauntoJ:}, Winsham, Wintellhay &; Yarcombe Clerks to Harvey's Oharity, Tucker & Forward, Fore st For Bankruptcy purposes thiB COUl1t is included in that of Lessee of Market, Tolls, George Fooks, Fore street Taunton; George Philpott, Hammett. street, Taunton, Town Crier, William Taylor, Bath street official receiver PLACES OF WORSHIP, wilth times of services. Oertified Bailiffs under the" Law of Disrtiress Amendment . Church of St. Mary the Virgin, Rev. Prebendary Robin- Act,· 1888" :-Henry M. Hext, Ilminster; Thomas H. .,... A. & 6 · bIt Ch d Oh IT son J.U•• VIcar; 8.30 a.m. 11 a.m. 3 . ·30 p.m. ~ Cott e,11 KIm er ey errace, ar j ar es urner, d'l & 6 .ch d al y 10 a.m. ·30 p.m ar 'fhe Church of the Good Shepherd for the Parish of Furn- l~ire Engine Station, Town hall, Sidney J. Gillingham, capt ham, Rev. Charles Richard Elringrton M.A. incumbent;, Harvey:s Hospital & Charity, High street, Thomas Ste- Rev. ~rnnci8 Leon3ll'd Ewens, curate; 8.15 & 11 a.m. venson BalfoU'1', med. officer; Mis's Eliza Peadon, nurse '1 · h t ffi 2·30 to 6·30 p.m.; dal y, 8.30 a.m. & S p.m InIand Revenue Office, HIg S. ,0 cer Baptist, Holyrood street, Rev. Alexander MacDonald;: Masonic Lodge (No. 1953), High st.Louis Geo.Derrick,sec & 6 d 111" k t PI & C Mkt d th T h 11 10.30 a.m. p.m.; man ay 8 p.m .;.uar e aCe orn ;. ar e , un er e own a Baptist (Broadlalie), Holyrood street, Rev. Wm. Elliott;: Town Hall, :Market place, William Pilton, Fore st. keeper 10.30 a.m. &; 2·30 p.m. ; thurs. 7 p.m VOLUNTEERS. Congregational, Fore street, Rev. Frederick Thos. Hyde;. 2nd Volunteer Battalion Prince Albert's (Somersetshire 10.30 a.m. & 6 p.m. j tues. 7.30 p.m Light Infantry) (L Co.) j head quarters, tJie Drill hall j Wesleyan Methodist, Fore street, Rev. Frederick Balch;: Capt. & Hon. Major Arthur Venables Kyrke V.D. com- 10.30 a.m. & 6 p.m.; thurs. &; sat. at 8 p.m manding; Sergeant William Pilton, drill instructor Gospel Hall, Combe street j 10.45 a.lD. &; 6.30 p.m.; tues. CHARD UNION. & fri. 7·30 p.m Hoard days, alternate mondays at II a.m. at the Union SCHOOI.<S.. house. Chard Endowed School, in Fore 8Itreet, was founded in Chard Union comprises the following places :-Ashill, 1671 by W. Symes, of Poundsford. The school-house. Broadway, Buckland St. Mary, Chaffcombe, Ohard a building of squared flint with Ham stone drelsings~ borough, Chard parish, Ohillington, Combe St. Nicho­ bears the date 1583; the old school-room, probably 1al, Crewkerne, West Crewkerne, Cricket Ma1herbie, built in 1670, has annexed a modern dining-hall &:. , Cricket St. Thomas, Cud'Worth, DinningtDn, Donyatt, class-rooms, & attached is a gravelled playground, play­ Dowlishwake,· Hinton St. George, Ilminster Within & ing field & bwn-tennisl court &c. j a chemical laboratory Without, Dton, Kingstone, Knowle St. Giles, Lopeu, was provided in 1901, &, a deltached building is available Merriott, Misterton, Seavington St. Mary, Seavington as a sanatorium for infectious cases. There is also a St. Michael, Shepton Beauchamp, Stocklinch, Wayford, spacious gymnasium. Thomas Wakley M.D., M.P. fol" West Dawlish, White Lackington, Whitestaunton, Finsbury, founder of the" Lancet," was educated here. Winsham, Wambrook. The population of the union in Boys who have been two years in the school are eligible 19Q1I was 24,250 j area, 5:5,062 acres; rateable value to compete for the Dyke exhibitions of £60 per annum, in 1901, £134,655 . for four years at Oxford, & house exhibiJtions of £25 Chairman, W.Salter Beevis, Linnington, Wambrook,Chard per annum are offered from time to time. Rev. Charles Clerk to the Guardians & Assessment ComJlll!ttee, F. Gor­ Edward Lucette RA. of London University, head mastel" don Ross, Union' offices, Chard Under the Borough Extension Scheme the former School 'fl'easlU"er, Arthur Duncan Paul, Stuckey's Bank, Cha:d Boards TIere abolished, & in November, 1892, a new.