Alford, Somerset

Description
Alford, a village and a parish in Somerset. The village stands on the river Brue, near Castle Cary station on the G.W.R., and 8 miles SE of Glastonbury. It has a post office under Castle Cary (S.O.), the money order and telegraph office. Acreage of the parish, 720; population of the civil parish, 95; of the ecclesiastical, with Hornblotton, 208. A chalybeate spring in the neighbourhood of the village, known as Alford Well, formerly much resorted to, is now neglected. The living is a rectory in the diocese of Bath and Wells, united with Hornblotton; net value, £330. The church is Early Perpendicular of the time of Henry VI., with very fine features of structure and carving, and containing mural monuments to the families of Harvey and Thring. A beautiful preaching cross stands in the churchyard.