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ON RIGHT FROM BATH.

Bath.

ON LEFT FROM BATH.

Stratton House.

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XXXIII. BATH TO EXETER through BRIDGEWATER, AND TAUNTON,

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Camerton Park.

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Prior Park. Fielding 4 laid the scene of the early years of Tom Jones at this place; and its former occupier, Mr Allan, is the Allworthy of his novel.

To Frome, 7 miles. Woodbarrow House. Amerdown, T. Jolliffe, Esq. and near it Hardington Park, Lord Poltimore. Norton Hall.

Stratton House.

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To Bristol, 21 miles. 63

1 m. distant is Wokey

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Hole, a romantic cavern, 571 GLASTONBURY, (p. 73.) 23
the approach to which is
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Street.

To Shepton Mallet, 84 m.

25 3 m. dist. Butleigh Park. To Somerton, 7 miles.

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The church is a handsome spacious structure, and the spire the loftiest in the county. Pop. 10,449.

cross river Parrot.

Approach the river Tone, and then ascend its valley to Taunton.

Taunton,

a town of great antiquity, and one of the principal in the county. There are some remains of a castle, supposed to have been erected about 700 A. D. One of its churches is an edifice of great elegance and splendour. Its interior contains a very curious roof, and beautifully carved desk and pulpit. Pop. 12,066.

Wellington

is a neat town, and contains many good houses. Through the interjacent country runs the Prætorian highway, called Watling Street. The inhabitants are chiefly employed in working coal and lime.

About 4 miles from the station we enter Devonshire, and pass through the principal tunnel on the line, fiveeighths of a mile in length. We then descend through a deep cutting into the valley of the river Culme.

Tiverton Station. Tiverton is a town of considerable antiquity, pleasantly situated on the slope of a hill. The principal buildings are, the castle, church, and free grammar school. The church is an interesting structure, containing several costly monuments. The view from the church-yard is strikingly picturesque.

Tiverton re

turns two members to Parliament. Pop. 9766. Collumpton.

The principal trade is the woollen manufacture.

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Bristol.

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ON LEFT FROM BRISTOL.

1000 were killed, and 1500 taken prisoners.

Dunwear.

The scenery of the river Tone, which runs on the left of the railway for above 8 m., is very interesting, and in some places romantic. North Curry. Rushton.

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Taunton sends two members to Parliament, and has a weekly market on Wednesday and Saturday. was the scene of many iniquitous executions in the time of James II. under the direction of Kirk and Jeffereys.

Bishop's Hull.

Bradford.

Heatherton Park, W. Adair, Esq.

Burlescombe. Offculme.

We now descend the Culme, famous for its trout and eels.

Worridge.

Welland.

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Exeter, the capital of Devonshire, on the banks of the Exe, is a large city, extending about three miles in circumference. It is intersected by four principal streets, which meet in the centre. A handsome bridge has been thrown over the river at an expense of L.20,000. The cathedral of St Peter, chiefly of the fourteenth and fifteenth centuries, is a magnificent structure. Its western window is much admired. The cathedral contains numerous ancient monuments of its bishops and of the Bohun and Courtenay families. The north tower contains a clock curiously ornamented, and an immense bell weighing 12,500 lbs., both the gifts of Bishop Courtenay. Near the Cathedral (and south-east) is the Bishop's Palace, a venerable building. On the north-east of the city are the ruins of Rougemont Castle, formerly the residence of the West Saxon kings. The guildhall, in High Street, contains several valuable portraits. A commodious custom-house has been erected on the quay. Formerly, Exeter was the emporium of the thinner kind of woollen goods, such as serges, druggets, and long ells, which were spun and woven in the neighbouring towns, and finished in the city. They were then exported to various countries. The invention of machinery and the cheapness of fuel have nearly destroyed these branches of trade, with the exception of that to India, which is still considerable. As Exeter is a kind of metropolis for Devon and Cornwall, it receives the produce of these counties in exchange for foreign commodities. The country around Exeter is very fertile, affording good pasture, corn, dairy, and fattening land, and abounding in fruit, especially apples, which yield plenty of the best cider. The river Exe is so far navigable, that by means of locks, vessels of 150 tons burden /can come up to the city; those that are larger remain at Topsham, and the largest at Exmouth, at the mouth of the river three miles lower. The diocese includes nearly the whole of Devon and Cornwall. In Exeter, there is a considerable number of churches belonging to the Establishment; several chapels of ease, and a few dissenting meeting-houses; numerous charitable institutions, and a neat theatre. The city is divided, for municipal purposes, into six wards, and is governed by a mayor, twelve aldermen, and thirty-five councillors. It returns two members to Parliament. The markets are held on Wednesday and Friday, and there is a good fish-market daily. The population in 1831 was 28,201, and in 1841 it amounted to 31,312.

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