North Cadbury, Somerset

Description
Cadbury, North, a village and a parish in Somersetshire. The village stands on an eminence, 2 miles NE of Sparkford railway station, and 5 WSW of Wincanton. It has a post and money order office under Bath; telegraph office, Sparkford. The parish includes also the hamlets of Galhampton and Woolston. Acreage, 2686; population, 850. The manor belonged to the Botreauxes and the Hungerfords, and passed to the Bennetts. The manor-house was built in 1581 by the third Earl of Huntingdon. The living is a rectory in the diocese of Bath and Wells; net value, £603 with residence. Patron, Emmanuel College, Cambridge. The church was built in the time of Henry VI. by the Botreauxes, and contains several ancient monuments. There is a Wesleyan chapel and a theatre capable of holding 400 persons.