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The Project Gutenberg EBook of The Somerset Coast, by Charles G. Harper This eBook is for the use of anyone anywhere in the United States and most other parts of the world at no cost and with almost no restrictions whatsoever. You may copy it, give it away or re-use it under the terms of the Project Gutenberg License included with this eBook or online at www.gutenberg.org. If you are not located in the United States, you'll have to check the laws of the country where you are located before using this ebook. Title: The Somerset Coast Author: Charles G. Harper Release Date: February 22, 2019 [EBook #58934] Language: English Character set encoding: UTF-8 *** START OF THIS PROJECT GUTENBERG EBOOK THE SOMERSET COAST *** Produced by Chris Curnow, Barry Abrahamsen, and the Online Distributed Proofreading Team at http://www.pgdp.net (This file was produced from images generously made available by The Internet Archive) The cover image was created by the transcriber and is placed in the public domain. I THE SOMERSET COAST WORKS BY CHARLES G. HARPER The Portsmouth Road, and its Tributaries: To-day and in Days of Old. The Dover Road: Annals of an Ancient Turnpike. The Bath Road: History, Fashion, and Frivolity on an Old Highway. The Exeter Road: The Story of the West of England Highway. The Great North Road: The Old Mail Road to Scotland. Two Vols. The Norwich Road: An East Anglian Highway. The Holyhead Road: The Mail-Coach Road to Dublin. Two Vols. The Cambridge, Ely, and King’s Lynn Road: The Great Fenland Highway. The Newmarket, Bury, Thetford, and Cromer Road: Sport and History on an East Anglian Turnpike. The Oxford, Gloucester, and Milford Haven Road: The Ready Way to South Wales. Two Vols. The Brighton Road: Speed, Sport, and History on the Classic Highway. The Hastings Road and the “Happy Springs of Tunbridge.” Cycle Rides Round London. A Practical Handbook of Drawing for Modern Methods of Reproduction. Stage Coach and Mail in Days of Yore. Two Vols. The Ingoldsby Country: Literary Landmarks of “The Ingoldsby Legends.” The Hardy Country: Literary Landmarks of the Wessex Novels. The Dorset Coast. The South Devon Coast. The Old Inns of Old England. Two Vols. Love in the Harbour: a Longshore Comedy. Rural Nooks Round London (Middlesex and Surrey). Haunted Houses: Tales of the Supernatural. The Manchester and Glasgow Road: This way to Gretna Green. Two Vols. The North Devon Coast. Half Hours with the Highwaymen. Two Vols. The Autocar Road Book. The Tower Of London: Fortress, Palace, and Prison. The Cornish Coast. North. [In the Press. The Cornish Coast. South. [In the Press. II CLIFTON BRIDGE IV THE SOMERSET COAST BY CHARLES G. HARPER “Somerset, that pleasant londe which rennith to the Severn Se.”—Fuller. London: CHAPMAN & HALL, Ltd. 1909 V PRINTED AND BOUND BY HAZELL, WATSON AND VINEY, LD., LONDON AND AYLESBURY. VI CONTENTS Chapter Page I INTRODUCTORY 1 II THE RIVER AVON—CLIFTON SUSPENSION BRIDGE 6 III ABBOT’S LEIGH TO CLEVEDON 17 IV CLEVEDON—LITERARY ASSOCIATIONS: COLERIDGE 25 V CLEVEDON (continued)—LITERARY ASSOCIATIONS: TENNYSON 32 VI YATTON—CONGRESBURY—WICK ST. LAWRENCE 45 VII WORSPRING PRIORY—KEWSTOKE 56 VIII WESTON-SUPER-MARE 67 IX WORLEBURY—WORLE 78 X STEEP HOLM—FLAT HOLM—UPHILL—BREAN DOWN 87 XI BLEADON—BREAN—BRENT KNOLL 98 XII BURNHAM—HIGHBRIDGE—BAWDRIP—“BATH BRICKS”—THE RIVER PARRET 111 XIII BRIDGWATER—ADMIRAL BLAKE—THE MONMOUTH REBELLION 126 XIV CANNINGTON—THE QUANTOCKS—NETHER STOWEY, AND THE COLERIDGE CIRCLE 139 XV STEART—STOGURSEY—THE FOLK-SPEECH OF ZUMMERZET— GLATT-HUNTING AT KILVE—ST. AUDRIES 158 XVI WILLITON—ST. DECUMAN’S AND THE WYNDHAMS— WATCHET 179 XVII CLEEVE ABBEY—OLD CLEEVE—BLUE ANCHOR 189 XVIII DUNSTER 206 XIX MINEHEAD, NEW AND OLD—SELWORTHY—THE HORNER 227 XX PORLOCK—BOSSINGTON—PORLOCK WEIR 247 XXI CULBONE AND ITS REVELS—WHORTLEBERRIES 260 XXII THE “LORNA DOONE COUNTRY” 270 XXIII OARE—MALMSMEAD—THE BADGWORTHY VALLEY—THE “DOONE VALLEY”—GLENTHORNE 286 VII VIII IX Index 299 LIST OF ILLUSTRATIONS Page Clifton Bridge Frontispiece Map of The Somerset Coast 1 Avonmouth, from Pill 18 In Portishead Church 21 Coleridge’s Cottage, Clevedon 28 Clevedon 35 Clevedon Court 43 Kingston Seymour 46 Yatton Church 48 The Rectory, Congresbury 51 Woodspring Priory 58 Reliquary in Kewstoke Church (Front) 63 Reliquary in Kewstoke Church (Back) 65 Uphill 92 Bleadon Church 99 Berrow 102 Brent Knoll 107 Brent Knoll 109 Huntspill 117 Birthplace of Admiral Blake 128 Bridgwater: St. Mary’s Church, and Corn Exchange 132 Westonzoyland 134 Cannington 140 Nether Stowey; Gazebo at Stowey Court 143 The Coleridge Cottage, Nether Stowey 153 Nether Stowey 155 The “Mud Horse” 161 Stolford 163 Stogursey Castle 165 Kilve Church 171 Kilve: The Chantry 173 St. Audries 176 Bench-end, Sampford Brett; supposed to allude to the Legend of Lady Florence Wyndham 184 Watchet; Old Town Hall and Lock-up 186 Watchet 187 Entrance to Cleeve Abbey 192 The Refectory, Cleeve Abbey 197 Mysterious Effigy at Old Cleeve 201 Blue Anchor 203 Coneygore Tower, and Road into Minehead 207 Dunster Castle 210 Dunster; Castle and Yarn Market 218 Dunster Church, from the South, showing old Alcove in Churchyard Wall for the Stocks 221 Curious Archway, Dunster Church 223 The “Nunnery,” or “High House,” Dunster 225 Minehead 228 Seventeenth-Century Mantel, “Luttrell Arms” Inn 230 Quirke’s Almshouses 236 Doorway of the Manor Office 238 XI XII Minehead Church 238 The Manor Office, Minehead 239 Rood-Loft Turret, Minehead 241 The Clock Jack, Minehead Church 243 Lynch Chapel 244 Packhorse Bridge, Allerford 245 Bossington 250 Porlock Church 252 Inglenook, “Ship” Inn, Porlock 254 “The Ship” Inn, Porlock 254 Porlock Weir 258 The Lodge, Ashley Combe 261 Culbone Church 263 Oare Church 287 Near Robber’s Bridge 288 Interior of Oare Church 290 Malmsmead 293 Badgworthy Valley 295 XV 1
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