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Kelly's Directory 1875
KINGSBURY EPISCOPI is a parish and hundred, 2½ miles north-west from Martock station on the Yeovil branch of the Bristol and Exeter railway, and 4 south from Langport in the Western division of the county, hundred of Kingsbury East, union and county court district of Langport, rural deanery of Crewkerne, archdeaconry of Taunton, and diocese of Bath and Wells, situated on the river Parrett. The church of St. Martin is a noble Gothic stone structure, built probably in the reign of Henry VII., and restored in the years 1845-1849: it has a chancel, nave, aisles, transepts, tower with 5 bells, clock, porch, and contains an organ and rood-screen. The register dates from the year 1728. The living is a vicarage, the tithes commuted at £360, with residence and 11 acres of glebe land, in the gift of the Chancellor of Wells cathedral, and held by the Rev. Charles Cuthbert Southey, M.A., of Queen's College, Oxford. There is a handsome school-house, where day and Sunday schools are held in connection with the church. There is a chapel and school for Wesleyans. There is a charity for apprenticing poor boys. William Wyndham, esq., is lord of the manor, and Viscount Portman, Rev. H. P. Marriott-Dodington, Mrs. Beadon, and William Stuckey, Thomas Shepherd and Robert Sanson Rood Pittard, esqrs., are chief landowners. The soil is clay and loam; the subsoil clay and partly gravel. The chief crops are wheat, barley, beans, flax, and apples and a large quantity of cider is made here. The area is 3,646 acres; rateable value, £8,708; and the population in 1871 was 1,707.
East Lambrook is a tithing in the parish of Kingsbury, 2½ miles west from Martock station on the Yeovil branch of the Bristol and Exeter railway, and 5½ north-east from Ilminster, situated on the river Parrett. The chapel of St. James is a small ancient structure: it has chancel, nave, bell-gable and 2 bells. The register dates from the year 1771. The living is a rectory, and consists of a portion only of the tithing of East Lambrook, the tithes commuted at £85, with residence and 35 acres of glebe land, in the gift of the Dean and Chapter of Wells, and held by the Rev. John Kenning Fowler, B.A., of Queens' College, Cambridge. A School Board has been formed, and new schools will be erected shortly. Here is a Sunday school. the Dean and Chapter of Wells are lords of the manor. The population is included in that of Kingsbury Episcopi, and have rights of marriage and burial in the parish church and churchyard.
West Lambrook is a tithing in the parish of Kingsbury Episcopi, 3½ miles west from Martock station.
Mid Lambrook. half a mile south-west, is a hamlet, with an independent chapel.
Southay is a hamlet, adjoining East Lambrook.
Burrow, Lake, and Stembridge are also tithings in the parish of Kingsbury Episcopi.
THORNEY, a mile north, is a hamlet in the parish of Kingsbury Episcopi.
Parish Clerk of Kingsbury, Henry Eves.
Chapel Clerk of East Lambrook, Thomas Russ.
POST OFFICE.- Mrs. Susan Brown, receiver. Letters arrive from Ilminster at 8.30 a.m.; dispatched at 4.50 p.m. South Petherton & Martock are the nearest money order & telegraph offices
INSURANCE AGENT.- Royal Farmers' & General, E. Willy, Kingsbury
School (infants), Mrs. M. A. Eves, mistress
KINGSBURY EPISCOPI.
Bradford Mrs. Thorney
Southey Rev. Charles Cuthbert, M.A. [vicar]
COMMERCIAL.
Bishop Charles, saddler
Bradford Rhoda (Mrs.), farmer & landowner, Bladon farm
Bristar James, wheelwright
Brown Susan (Mrs.), Wyndham Arms
Bulgin John, blacksmith
Coate Walter, farmer
Coare William, beer retailer
Dare Mary (Mrs.), shopkeeper
Dimmick Sarah (Mrs.), beer rtlr. Thorney
Edwards Marmaduke, shoe maker
Edwards Robert, farmer
England Henry White, farmer, agricultural implement & commission agt
Gummer Robert, farmer
Jennings Edwin Francis, farmer
Legg John, dairyman
Lovell James, wheelwright
Male Simon, farmer
Penny William, farmer
Pittard Baldwin, farmer & shopkeeper
Pittard Thomas, farmer & landowner
Pottenger John, farmer
Quantock Samuel, farmer
Richards Ann (Miss), shopkeeper
Richards Samuel, farmer
Rood William, baker
Satherley Edmund, shopkeeper, baker & farmer
Savidge John, butcher
Tilley Charlotte (Mrs.), beer retailer
Vile Simeon, shoe maker
Willy Arthur White, shopkeeper
Willy Edwin, farmer & overseer
Willy Ernest Augustus, corn dealer
Willy Susan (Mrs.), farmer
East Lambrook
Fowler Rev. John Kenning, B.A. [rector]
Lye Miss
Lye Mrs
COMMERCIAL.
Baker Mary (Mrs.), beer retailer
Batstone William Stark, baker & shopkpr
Clark John, dairyman
Gummer John, beer retailer
Inder Luke, blacksmith
Loveridge Elias, farrier & farmer
Lye George, farmer
Millard Vincent, shopkpr. & stone mason
Priddle James, farmer
Scott Edmund, farmer
Stuckey Abraham, wheelwright
Stuckey Samuel, shopkeeper
Vaux Gilbert, butcher
Mid-Lambrook.
Taylor Rev. George [Independent]
Derriman John, shopkeeper
Southay.
Durrant Silas, farm bailiff & dairyman
Shepherd Thomas, farmer & landowner
West Lambrook.
Garland Mary (Mrs.), farmer
Gray Giles, dairyman
Hole William, farmer & brick maker
Newiss George, farmer
Richards Sidney, farmer
Stevens Francis Paul, blacksmith
Stuckey Isaac, wheelwright
Burrow.
Cable Mary Ann (Mrs.), farmer
Collins Robert, beer rtlr. & stone mason
Patten Jasper, farmer
Pottenger James, farmer & landowner, Burrow farm
Pottenger Samuel, farmer
Sibley Sarah (Mrs.), farmer
Stark Benj. farmer, Burrow Hill farm
Lake.
Pittard Robert Sanson Rood, farmer & landowner, Rodwell house
Stembridge.
England Mrs
COMMERCIAL.
Lovell John, carpenter & beer retailer, Stembridge ash
Porter Job, nurseryman
Pottenger John, farmer
Sibley James, farmer, landowner & nurseryman
Taverner Thomas, farmer