Weare, Somerset

Description
Weare, a village and a parish in Somerset. The village stands on the river Axe, 2 miles SSW of Axbridge station on the G.W.R. It has a post office under Axbridge; money order and telegraph office, Axbridge. It was once a market-town, sent members to parliament in the time of Edward I., and consists of two parts, Lower Weare and Upper Weare. The parish also contains the hamlets of Alston Sutton, Brinscombe, and Stone Allerton. Acreage, 1729; population of the civil parish, 438; of the ecclesiastical, 536. There is a. parish council consisting of five members. Badgworth Court is the seat of the Luttrell family. The living is a vicarage in the diocese of Bath and Wells; net value, £270 with residence. Patrons, the Dean and Chapter of Bristol. The church is a building of local stone in the Perpendicular style, and has been restored; in the churchyard is an ancient cross about 10 feet high. There are Wesleyan, Baptist, and Bible Christian chapels.