Uphill, Somerset

Description
Uphill, a parish, with a village, in Somerset, on the coast, at the mouth of the river Axe, with a station on the G.W.R., 139 miles from London, and 2 1/4 S of Weston-super-Mare. It has a post office under Weston-super-Mare; money order and telegraph office, Weston-super-Mare. Acreage, 1128; population, 835. There is a parish council consisting of five members. The manor, with Uphill Castle, belongs to the Knyfton family. Uphill is supposed to have been a Roman settlement under the name of Axium, and was the shipping place of mining produce from the Mendip Hills. It was for some time the residence of the historian Gildas. Uphill Cavern is a bone cave, was discovered in 1826, and was then replete with remains of sheep, oxen, pigs, horses, elephants, rhinoceroses, bears, and hyaenas. The living is a rectory in the diocese of Bath and Wells; net value, £220 with residence. The old church crowns a hill commanding an extensive view, serves as a notable landmark, is in the Norman and Late Perpendicular styles, was for some time in a crumbling state of decay, but has now been partially restored. There is a ring of five bells. A new church was built in 1843, and is in the Later English style. A new chancel was built in 1893, and the nave renovated with oak seats, &c. There is a Wesleyan chapel.