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The Post Office Directory of Somerset and Bristol 1875Edited by E.R. Kelly MA FSS(Pages 481/482, Pitminster) Pitminster is a large parish and village, 4 1/2 miles south from Taunton railway station, in the Western division of the county, Taunton hundred and union, rural deanery and archdeaconry of Taunton, and diocese of Bath and Wells. The Church of St Andrew and St Mary is an ancient building, in the Perpendicular style, and has undergone a complete restoration: in re-seating, the richly carved ancient bench ends have been preserved; there are also a finely carved stone pulpit and reredos and some very interesting altar tombs to the Cole family, dating from the 16th and 17th centuries. The register dates from the year 1541. The living is a vicarage, yearly value £550, with residence, in the gift of, and held by, the Rev George Robert Lawson, M.A. of Trinity College Cambridge. The rectorial tithes belong to F. W. Newton, esq., value £300 yearly. There is a good parochial school. The Independents have a small chapel, and a day and Sunday school. A charity of £9.10s yearly value is for clothing. Barton Grange, the property and residence of F.W. Newton, esq., J. P., occupies a commanding site at the foot of the Blackdown Hills and was anciently the summer residence of the Priors of Taunton: the park contains some magnificent elm and oak timber. The other principal residences are Eastbrook House, of Ambrose G. Lethbridge, esq., J.P.; Piercefield, Thomas Meyler, esq.; Canons Grove, V.J. Reynolds, esq., J. P.; Lowton House, Robert Mattock, esq.; Poundisford Park, Edmund D.Bourdillon, esq.; Culmhead House, John Mellor, esq.; Poundisford Lodge, Mrs Helyar, and Amberd House, Dr Woodforde. Mr Sergeant Cox is Lord of the manor. The principal landowners are F.W. Newton, esq., J.P., Mr Justice Mellor, R. Mattock, esq., Rev. – Pearce, and Mrs Helyar. The soil is clay; subsoil, various clay, and in the upper parts rock. The chief crops are wheat, oats, barley, roots and pasture land. The acreage is 5,120; rateable value, £10, 867; the population in 1871 was 1,592. BLAGDON, HOWLEIGH, and FELTHAM, each distant a mile and a half, are hamlets. Parish Clerk, Jacob Hewitt. POST OFFICE – Francis Stock, receiver. Letters for Blagdon & Pitminster village arrive from Taunton, those for Howleigh & district arrive from Wellington, & for Stawbridges, from Honiton. The nearest money order office is at Taunton. PRIVATE RESIDENTS Benfield, William Bourdillon, Edmund D., Poundisford Park Gibbs, Mrs, Staplehay Goodland, William Helyar, Mrs, Poundisford Lodge Henderson, Mrs, Bell house Hurman, Rev. Benjamin [independent], Staplehay Lawson, Rev. George Robert, M.A. [vicar], The Vicarage Lethbridge, Ambrose Goddard, J.P., Eastbrook house Malet, Octavius W., Haygrass Mattock, Robert, Lowton house Mellor, John, Culmhead house Meyler, Thomas, Piercefield Newton, Francis Wheat, J.P., Barton Grange Peard, Capt. George S., Pitminster lodge Pitt, Mrs, Southwell lodge Reynolds, Vincent John, J.P., Canos Grove house Warre, Rev. John Eagles, West Combe house Woodforde, F.H., M.D., Amberd house COMMERCIAL Baker, Charles, cabinet maker, Fulwood Baker, John, farmer, Fulwood Bicknell, Isaac, farmer, Canons Grove farm Bicknell, Isaac, farmer, Poundisford farm Bicknell, Isaac, jun., shopkeeper Bicknell, Richard Stocker, carpenter Bicknell, William, timber dealer & shopkeeper, Shoreditch Brown, Thomas, land steward to F.W. Newton, esq., Quarry house Buckland, James, family wine, spirit & ale stores & miller Cavill, Thomas, farmer, Fulwood Clark, William, jun., farmer, Duddleston Cousins, William Henry, farmer, Duddleston Day, Samuel, dairyman & farmer, Poundisford Day, Samuel, farmer, Kibbear Denning, John, farmer, Fulwood Dennis, Samuel, farmer Durston, William, farmer Fremlin, Elizabeth (Mrs), farmer, Kibbear Gill, Thomas, farmer Goldsworth, Lot, carpenter Gould, William, shopkeeper Hutchings, William, farmer, Stawbridges Jennings, Thomas, tailor Johns, Robert, blacksmith Loosemore, Ann (Mrs), Winchester Arms, Eastbrook Marke, John, miller, Batts Marke, John, jun., farmer, Batts farm Marke, Mark, farmer Morr, John, provision dealer Perrin, John, provision dealer Perrin, John, farmer, Cornish farm Philips George, The Crown, Staplehay Rendell, Edward W. farmer, Shoreditch Richards, Thomas, The Lamb & Flag Shepherd, Richard, relieving officer & registrar of births & deaths for the Pitminster district Shire, Samuel, blacksmith Slade, Edward, butcher Spiller, Charles, dairyman, Kibbear Stook, Francis, shopkeeper & post office Tavinder, William, farmer, Woodram farm Trood, Richard, farmer & cider grower, Spearcehay Trott, Henry, farmer, Sweethay Trott, Robert, farmer, Sweethay Valentine, Richard, farmer Wescombe, John, beer retailer & wheelwright White, Samuel, farmer, Fossgrove Williams, James Downton, farmer Woodbury, Robert, farmer, Kibbear Woodforde, F.H., M.D. private lunatic asylum for ladies, Amberd house HowleighThompson, -, Howleigh houseCOMMERCIAL Bale, Samuel, farmer Bright, Edward, farmer, White farm Chaplin, Charles, farmer, Woodbrook Clark, Charlotte (Mrs), farmer Clark, William, farmer, Budleigh Hernimon, John, farmer, Chunsey Irish, John, farmer, Combe Jennings, John, beer retailer Johnson, Jeremiah, farmer Marshall, John, blacksmith Perrott, Thomas, farmer Sansom, John, shopkeeper, Lowton Skinner, William Comer, farmer, Howleigh farm BlagdonMalden, Martin, Brookfield houseThomas, James COMMERCIAL Billings, William, mason Bright, Thomas, farmer & assistant overseer Buttle, Thomas, wheelwright Dyer, Walker, baker Hart, Mary Ann (Mrs), haberdasher Pring, Henry, shoe maker Return to top |
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