Limington, Somerset

Description
Limington, a village and a parish in Somerset. The village stands 1 mile SE of Ilchester, and 5 1/2 miles NE of Martock station on the G.W.R. It has a post office under Taunton; money order and telegraph office, Ilchester. The parish includes the tithing of Draycott. Acreage, 1686; population, 266. The living is a rectory in the diocese of Bath and Wells; net value, £264 with residence. Patron, Wadham College, Oxford. The church is Early Decorated and Later English; consists of nave, chantry chapel (founded by Sir R. de Gyverny in 1329, and contains his tomb), and chancel, with porch and lofty tower containing a peal of six bells; and there is a recumbent effigies of Sir Gilbert Gyverny of the 14th century, two maral monuments of the Beatons, and the arms of Lord Harrington of the 15th century. The nave and chantry chapel were restored in 1882-the chancel about twenty years earlier. There are some very fine specimens of carved woodwork of about 1530 date. The roof of the chantry chapel is remarkable, consisting of solid stone slabs. with stone ribs. A new organ was placed in the church in 1887. Cardinal Wolsey was rector in 1500. There is a Primitive Methodist chapel.