HUNT & CO.’S 1850 DIRECTORY & TOPOGRAPHY OF THE TOWN OF LANGPORT & CURRY RIVEL.
“ In all places, where there are objects worthy of detail or observation, there should be a short printed Directory, for the use of the stranger.” Dr.Johnson.
About two and a half miles from Langport is the extremely pleasant village of Curry Rivel, near which place are some excellent quarries of lime stone, and many of the houses are built of that material. The celebrated Earl of Chatham, who had a residence in the locality, caused a monument to be erected in memory of his friend who left him the estate; not far from here, rumour asserts, is the spot where Alfred the Great took refuge in the Goatherd’s hut; the surrounding country of Langport and Curry Rivel is varied, and at places command extensive and charming prospects, the great respectability of the inhabitants of both places, and the immediate neighbourhood greatly enhance their importance in every respect.
Post Office, Curry Rivel, at George Coate’s. Letters are delivered from London and all parts at 7 a.m., and despatched at 7 p.m.; box closes at 6 30 p.m.
