Henstridge, Somerset

Description
Henstridge, a village and a parish in Somerset. The village stands near the boundary with Dorsetshire, 6 1/2 miles S of Wincanton, and has a station on the Somerset and Dorset railway, 115 from London., and a post, money order, and telegraph office. under Blandford. The parish contains also the hamlets of Yenston, Whitchurch, and Bowden. Acreage, 4255; population, 1263. An alien priory, a cell to St Sever in Normandy, was founded here in the 11th century, by Hugh Lupus, Earl of Chester. The living is a vicarage in the diocese of Bath and Wells; value, £310 with residence. Patron, the Bishop of Bath and Wells. The church contains an altar-tomb of Sir William Carent and his lady; the building was restored in 1873. There are Congregational and Wesleyan chapels. Inwood is the chief residence.