A vision of Britain through time
A vision of Britain from 1801 to now.
Including maps, statistical trends and historical descriptions.
A vision of Britain through time
A vision of Britain from 1801 to now.
Including maps, statistical trends and historical descriptions.
CASTLE-CARY, a small town, a parish, and a subdistrict in Wincanton district, Somerset. The town stands on valley and on slopes, amid charming environs, adjacent to the East Somerset railway, 12 miles NNE of Yeovil. A castle at it was built by the Lovells, and made a figure in the civil wars of the time of Stephen; but has disappeared. A manor house adjacent, gave shelter to Charles II. after the battle of Worcester; but has been almost demolished. A beautifully broken hillside, called Castle-Cary Park, was probably the chase of the lords of the manor; and commands a very splendid and extensive view. The principal street of the town runs up a hollow between two hills. The market house is an elegant edifice, built in 1855, at a cost of £2,300; and contains an assembly room upwards of 50 feet long. The parish church surmounts a hillock; has a tower and spire, erected in 1855; is itself partly decorated English of the time of Henry I., partly recent reconstruction; and contains an old font and a richly carved pulpit. There are Independent and Wesleyan chapels, a national school, a post office‡ under Bath, a railway station, a banking office, and three chief inns. Markets are held on Mondays; and fairs on the Tuesday before Palm-Sunday, 1 May, Whit-Tuesday, and the Tuesday after 19 Sept. Some trade is carried on in flax-spinning and hair-cloth-weaving.—The parish includes also the hamlets of Clanville, Dimmer, and Cockhill, and the manor of Foxcombe. Acres, 2,625. Real property, with Almsford, £11,977. Pop., 2,060. Houses, 433. The living is a vicarage in the diocese of Bath and Wells. Value, £312.* Patron, the Bishop of Bath and Wells.-The subdistrict contains fifteen parishes. Acres, 16,906. Pop., 6,129. Houses, 1,303.
(John Marius Wilson, Imperial Gazetteer of England and Wales (1870-72))
| Linked entities: | |
|---|---|
| Feature Description: | "a small town, a parish, and a subdistrict" (ADL Feature Type: "cities") |
| Administrative units: | Castle Cary CP/AP Castle Cary SubD Wincanton RegD/PLU Somerset AncC |
| Place: | Castle Cary |
Go to the linked place page for a location map, and for access to other historical writing about the place. Pages for linked administrative units may contain historical statistics and information on boundaries.