Merriott, Somerset

Description
Merriott, a village and a parish in Somerset. The village stands 3 miles N of Crewkerne station on the L. & S.W.R. It has a post, money order, and telegraph office under Crewkerne. Acreage of parish, 1750; population, 1349. The parish council, under the Local Government Act, 1894, consists of seven members, and the village sends two representatives to the district council. Canvas works adjoin the parish and employ about 200 workpeople. The living is a vicarage in the diocese of Bath and Wells; value, £240 with residence. Patrons, the Dean and Chapter of Bristol. The church is in the Perpendicular style of architecture, was restored and enlarged in 1851, and consists of nave, aisles, porch, and tower, and a triple chancel in the Early English style. An oak lych-gate was erected in 1888. There are Congregational, Wesleyan, and Plymouth Brethren chapels; also a working-men's institute with library and reading-rooms, and a church mission room.