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364 SUBURBAN VILLAGES. (HUNT AND CO.'S commodious pile, truly English in appearance, and contains many ancient and curious monuments. The other places of worship are a Wesleyan and Baptist chapel. An endowed school for twenty boys, and almshouses for six widows, both owe their existence to the benevolence of Sir Thomas Bridges. Not far from the village the river Chew, after working the machinery employ-ed in a metal tube and wire manufactory, mmgles its waters with the Avon. There i~ also a spring of mineral water highly beneficial in some diseases of the eye. Population, in 1841, 2,307. LONG AsHTON is a pleasant village, in the county of Somersetshire, three miles south west of Bristol, and, as the first part of its name implies, is of an elongated character, stretching nearly east and west .for about a mile, with the houses scattered at intervals on each side the turnpike road, or placed in other agreeable positions. The village, which produces good supplies of strawberries and cream, is protected from the northern winds by a high ridge of land upon the lower part of which it is built-and exposed to a fine southern aspect, having in front a delightful dingle, traversed by the Bristol and Exeter railway, and terminated by gently-rising hills, with the lofty tower of Dundry church one of England's most conspicuous land marks seen in the dtstance, and forming a pleasing object in a pretty- landscape. The church is an ancient and handsome edifice, containing several fine monuments, and the parish, with its hamlets of Kingcot, Providence Yarleigh, Bower Ashton, and Rownham contained, in 1841, 1,926 inhabitants. Ashton Court is an ancient building belonging to Mrs. Upton Smyth. It is located on a 1·ising spot of ground in a fine park, and surrounded by majestic woods. This domain was granted to the Ashton family by Richard the Second. The arms and devices of Ashton appear in the original portion of the building; a part of the more modern building was executed by lnigo Jones. Here also is Longwood House, a well-arranged asylum for those afflicted with mental maladies, conducted by Dr. George Rogers, of Bristol. PILL, properly ST. GEORGE's PILL, is an ancient-looking and poverty-stricken village, in the county ofSomerset, seven miles north west of Bristol, inhabited partly by pilots belonging to the port of Bristol. From its proximity to the Avon, it forms an excellent pilot station for that port, and has a snug little creek, wlJere its vessels are moored. It contains an Episcopal place of worship, and chapels for various bodies of Dissenters. Population about 3,000. PoRTBURY is a pleasant village and parish containing, in 1841, a population of 637 in the hundred of its name, union of Bedminster and county of Somerset, distant six miles NW. from Bristol and laying N.E. of the river Avon. The village contains many respectable residents, but the major part of its inhabitants are engaged in agricultural avocations. The church is a venerable structure, situated in a fertile plain, which abounds in scenery of picturesque and rural beauty. A fair takes place on Whit-Monday for cattle and sheep. PoRTisHJo:AD is a small watering place, at the .north-eastern extremity of Somersetshire, on the south-side of a rocky, but well
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Title | Hunt & Co.'s Directory of Dorset, Hants, Wilts, Som, 1851 |
Full title | Hunt & Co.'s Directory of Dorsetshire, with part of Hants and Wilts... also of the city of Bristol and the towns of Axbridge, Bruton... 1851 |
Subject | Historical directories |
Period covered | 1850-1859 |
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United Kingdom -- England -- Dorset United Kingdom -- England -- Hampshire United Kingdom -- England -- Wiltshire United Kingdom -- England -- Somerset |
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Dorset Hampshire Wiltshire Somerset |
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South East England South West England |
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Date of publication | 1851 |
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Title | Hunt & Co.'s Directory of Dorset, Hants, Wilts, Som, 1851 - Page 647 |
Full title | Hunt & Co.'s Directory of Dorsetshire, with part of Hants and Wilts... also of the city of Bristol and the towns of Axbridge, Bruton... 1851 |
Subject | Historical directories |
Period covered | 1850-1859 |
Location |
United Kingdom -- England -- Dorset United Kingdom -- England -- Hampshire United Kingdom -- England -- Wiltshire United Kingdom -- England -- Somerset |
Place (county) |
Dorset Hampshire Wiltshire Somerset |
Region |
South East England South West England |
Publisher | E. Hunt & Co. |
Date of publication | 1851 |
Type | Directory |
Collection | Historical directories |
Themes | Directory |
Full Text | 364 SUBURBAN VILLAGES. (HUNT AND CO.'S commodious pile, truly English in appearance, and contains many ancient and curious monuments. The other places of worship are a Wesleyan and Baptist chapel. An endowed school for twenty boys, and almshouses for six widows, both owe their existence to the benevolence of Sir Thomas Bridges. Not far from the village the river Chew, after working the machinery employ-ed in a metal tube and wire manufactory, mmgles its waters with the Avon. There i~ also a spring of mineral water highly beneficial in some diseases of the eye. Population, in 1841, 2,307. LONG AsHTON is a pleasant village, in the county of Somersetshire, three miles south west of Bristol, and, as the first part of its name implies, is of an elongated character, stretching nearly east and west .for about a mile, with the houses scattered at intervals on each side the turnpike road, or placed in other agreeable positions. The village, which produces good supplies of strawberries and cream, is protected from the northern winds by a high ridge of land upon the lower part of which it is built-and exposed to a fine southern aspect, having in front a delightful dingle, traversed by the Bristol and Exeter railway, and terminated by gently-rising hills, with the lofty tower of Dundry church one of England's most conspicuous land marks seen in the dtstance, and forming a pleasing object in a pretty- landscape. The church is an ancient and handsome edifice, containing several fine monuments, and the parish, with its hamlets of Kingcot, Providence Yarleigh, Bower Ashton, and Rownham contained, in 1841, 1,926 inhabitants. Ashton Court is an ancient building belonging to Mrs. Upton Smyth. It is located on a 1·ising spot of ground in a fine park, and surrounded by majestic woods. This domain was granted to the Ashton family by Richard the Second. The arms and devices of Ashton appear in the original portion of the building; a part of the more modern building was executed by lnigo Jones. Here also is Longwood House, a well-arranged asylum for those afflicted with mental maladies, conducted by Dr. George Rogers, of Bristol. PILL, properly ST. GEORGE's PILL, is an ancient-looking and poverty-stricken village, in the county ofSomerset, seven miles north west of Bristol, inhabited partly by pilots belonging to the port of Bristol. From its proximity to the Avon, it forms an excellent pilot station for that port, and has a snug little creek, wlJere its vessels are moored. It contains an Episcopal place of worship, and chapels for various bodies of Dissenters. Population about 3,000. PoRTBURY is a pleasant village and parish containing, in 1841, a population of 637 in the hundred of its name, union of Bedminster and county of Somerset, distant six miles NW. from Bristol and laying N.E. of the river Avon. The village contains many respectable residents, but the major part of its inhabitants are engaged in agricultural avocations. The church is a venerable structure, situated in a fertile plain, which abounds in scenery of picturesque and rural beauty. A fair takes place on Whit-Monday for cattle and sheep. PoRTisHJo:AD is a small watering place, at the .north-eastern extremity of Somersetshire, on the south-side of a rocky, but well |
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