The Post Office Directory of Somerset and Bristol 1875

Edited by E.R. Kelly MA FSS

(Pages 532/533, Trull)

is the parish and village, in the Western division of the county, hundred of Taunton Dean, Taunton union and county court district, rural deanery and archdeaconry of Taunton, and diocese of Bath and Wells, situated on the high road from Taunton to Honiton, being two miles south-west from the former town. The Church of All Saints is of the Perpendicular period, and built of the stone of the district: it consists of chancel, nave, and aisles, and a west tower of two stages containing 5 bells: the church has been restored and reseated at the expense of F W Newton, esq, and of Revs. W J Allen and H C Seller: the interior contains the original very richly carved bench ends, old oak pulpit and screen, and the 3 stained windows. The register is a very ancient. The living is a vicarage, yearly value £130 (gross) with residence, in the gift of Francis Wheat Newton, esq, of Barton Grange, who owns the great and small tithes, yearly value £530, and held by the Rev Henry Charles's Seller, B.A. of St John's College Cambridge. There is a handsome new school, designed by J H Spencer, esq, and opened in April 1875 for this parish and the adjacent portion of Pitminster parish. For description of the Wesleyan College, situated in this parish, see Taunton. The parish lands produce £107 yearly, which is divided into three equal parts, one for maintenance of the Church, and the other two parts for distribution in clothing and money. The soil is marl; the chief crops of wheat, barley, roots, and grazing land. Mr Serjeant Cox is Lord of the manor; and Captain Thomas Patton, RN, Thomas Blake, esq, William Stevens, esq, Mrs Vibart, Rev - Pearce, Mr Dening, and Mr William Thomas are the chief landowners. The area is 2233 acres: rateable value, £5,308 and the population in 1871 was 861.

Parish clerk, Charles Dawe

Sexton, Joseph Villet.

POST OFFICE - George Ward, sub-postmaster letters through Taunton at 7am; dispatched at 6:20pm on weekdays, and at 12 noon on Sundays; box closes five minutes before each dispatch. The nearest money order office is at Taunton. For Curtsey and Budleigh the post town is Wellington.

INSURANCE AGENT - (railway passengers) R.N. Greenslade

Parochial school, Mr Whale

PRIVATE RESIDENTS

Allen Rev. Wm Jefferys, J P Gatchell house

Blake Mrs, Dipford

Blake Rice, Claremont

Blake Thomas, Cutsey

Corner James Purston, Fair Lawn

Hamson -, Southwick house

Handcock George

Harness Thomas, M.D.

Hine, Mrs

McLean Adam Clarke, B.A. Wild Oak ho

Passmore Miss, Batts house

Seller Rev. Henry Charles, B.A. [vicar] The Vicarage

Slater Rev. Wm Paul, Wesleyan College

Welsh Mrs Lower Comeytrowe

White James, Boxhill Hedge

COMMERCIAL

Blake Thomas, farmer & landowner, Cutsey

Braddick William, farmer, Budleigh

Bull Albert, plumber, painter & glazier

Clark William, farmer, Budleigh

Coram Stephen Hewitt, farmer, Hearsewell farm

Dening Edwin, farmer & landowner, Lower Comeytrowe

Greenslade R.N. wine & spirit merchant & importer, auctioneer, appraiser & surveyor; & at "George hotel" High street, Taunton

Hewitt Robert (Mrs), farmer, Chilleswd

John Charles, blacksmith

Johns Edward, shopkeeper

Langford John, blacksmith, Daw’s green

Markes James, wheelwright

Mogridge John, mason

Norish John, farmer, Hamwood

Passmore Mary Ann (Miss), ladies’ school, Batt’s house

Ridler Mathew, farmer

Wesleyian Collegiate Institution (Rev. W.P. Slater, governor; Thomas Sibley, B.A. head master)

Wood George, boot & shoe maker

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