North Curry, Somerset

Description
Curry, North, a village, a tithing, and a parish in Somerset. The village stands near the river Tone and the Bridgwater and Taunton Canal, 2 miles ESE of Durston station on the G.W.R., and 6 ENE of Taunton. It has a post, money order, and telegraph office under Taunton, and a fair on the first Tuesday of September, and was formerly a market-town. The tithing includes also the hamlet of Broadlane. The parish contains likewise the tithings of Knapp, Lil-lesdon, and Wrantage Acreage, 5823; population, 1604. The manor belonged anciently to the Saxon kings, and belongs now to the Ecclesiastical Commissioners. The living is a vicarage in the diocese of Bath and Wells; value, £300 with residence. Patrons, the Dean .and Chapter of Wells. The church is Later English, and was thoroughly restored in 1881. The vicarages of West Hatch and Stoke St Gregory are separate benefices. There are Baptist and Wesleyan chapels, and a good assembly-room.