Radstock, Somerset

Description
Radstock, a village and a parish in Somerset. The village stands on the Fosse Way, on a small affluent of the river Avon, with stations on the G.W.R. and Somerset and Dorset railway, 115 miles from London and 8 from Frome. It has a post, money order, and telegraph office under Bath. Acreage of parish, 1014; population, 3438. Radstock takes its name from red sandstone lying below and around it, and is the centre of an extensive coal-field. The manor belongs to Lord Carlingford. Round Hill Barrow is near the village. The living is a rectory in the diocese of Bath and Wells; net value, £250 with residence. Patron, Lord Carlingford. The church was rebuilt in 1879, and is a building in the Perpendicular style, with a tower. A market for general produce is held on Saturday, and there is a partly covered-in market-place. There is a working-men's institute. The parish has an urban district council of fifteen members.