Hutton, Somerset

Description
Hutton, a village and a parish in Somerset. The village stands 1 1/4 mile from Bleadon and Uphill station on the G.W.R., and 7 miles NW of Axbridge; is a neat place, with several good houses; and has a post office under Weston-snper-Mare; money order and telegraph office, Weston-super-Mare. Acreage, 1877; population, 304. Hutton Court was formerly an ecclesiastical establishment, supposed to have belonged to Glastonbnry Abbey; and it contains a fine old hall, with open oak roof; and has an embattled tower, which commands a fine view of the surrounding country. Ochre pits, old mines, and several caverns are in the parish; and quantities of bones of elephants, tigers, hyaenas, boars, wolves, and other animals have been found in the caverns. The living is a rectory in the diocese of Bath and Wells; gross value, £370 with residence. The church is Decorated English; consists of nave, aisle, and chancel, with embattled tower; and contains a painted W window, a memorial window to a former rector, and several monuments and brasses; a turret containing a clock and five bells was erected in 1887.