The fourth volume of the history of Somerset contains the histories
of the parishes in the three ancient hundreds of Crewkerne,
Martock, and South Petherton. Lying near the middle of the southern
edge of the county, there are, in all, 21 parishes (including
Wambrook, transferred to Somerset from Dorset in 1896), and they
range in size from Martock, containing nine separate settlements
and over 7,000 acres, to Seavington St. Michael, with less than 300
acres. While agriculture predominates, there is considerable
variation between the fertile arable of the Yeovil Sands to the
north and the woodlands and pastures around Windwhistle ridge to
the south; manufacturing industry, moreover, was represented not
only by the works in Mar-tock but also by the making of coarse
cloth and rope at Lopen. The three market towns of Crewkerne,
Martock, and South Petherton, which give their names to the
hundreds, probably all had Saxon minster churches: the name of
Misterton parish records its dependence on the minster at
Crewkerne. The smaller places also have much historical interest.
New interpretations are offered, for example, of the building of
Hinton house in Hinton St. George, the seat of the earls Poulett,
with a park stretching into neighbouring Dinnington, and of
Barrington Court. Other manor-houses featured are Avishays (in
Chaffcombe), Cricket St. Thomas, Wayford, and Whitestaunton. Among
the many re-markable parish churches not only the larger ones but
also the smaller are discussed and illustrated, including those of
Chilling-ton, Cudworth, Knowle St. Giles, and Shepton Beauchamp.
The people who figure in the parish histories include, besides
members of noble families and the landed gentry, humbler people
like John Scott the 'orchardist' of Merriott, the followers of
Joanna Southcott at Dowlish Wake, and the village carpenter and
wheelwright of Seavington St. Mary.
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