Penselwood, Somerset

Description
Penselwood, a parish, with a village, in Somerset, adjacent to Dorsetshire and Wilts, 3 1/4 miles NE by E of Wincanton station on the L. & S.W.R. Post town, Bath; money order and telegraph office, Bourton. Acreage, 1112 ; population of the civil parish, 353; of the ecclesiastical, 362. There is a parish council consisting of five members and a. chairman. The manor belongs to the Earl of Ilchester and the Hoare family. A barrow and the site of a very ancient church are at Ballands. The living is a rectory in the diocese of Bath and Wells; net value, £200 with residence. The church is Later English; has been restored; consists of nave, aisle, and chancel, with porch and tower ; and contains. an old font, a piscina, and several monuments. There is a Primitive Methodist chapel.