Tag: Taunton Courier and Western Advertiser

Taunton Courier and Western Advertiser: Wednesday 24th September 1902

Queries: … 1074: Somerset Monuments: How many monuments are there of the Wellington, Burton Pynsent and Cranmore kind? Perhaps some contributor can give a complete list? W. Hornblotton…

[see also Taunton Courier and Western Advertiser: Wednesday 8th October 1902 and Taunton Courier and Western Advertiser: Wednesday 6th May 1903]

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Taunton Courier and Western Advertiser: Wednesday 2nd October 1901

Visit to Athelney: The excursion organised by the Somersetshire Archaeological and Natural History Society to the district of the count known as “King Alfred’s country” was of a highly successful and enjoyable character and was joined in by over a hundred members and their friends …. (discussion) …Within sight from the spot [“the Mump”] were Glastonbury, the home of King Arthur, the home of the great Earl of Chatham at Burton Pynsent and the monument to the Duke of Wellington on the Blackdown Hills ….

[see also Taunton Courier and Western Advertiser: Wednesday 2nd October 1901]

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Taunton Courier and Western Advertiser: Wednesday 5th December 1900

Hunting Appointments: Taunton Vale Foxhounds: Friday, Burton Pynsent – at 11.

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Taunton Courier and Western Advertiser: Wednesday 5th September 1900

Taunton Field Club: The members of this Club had a very pleasant “outing” on Thursday, the arrangements for which were well carried out by the President and the Hon. Secretary, the Rev. D. P. Alford and Mr. R. Barnicott … (description of outing includes) … Then there was a pleasant drive to Burton Pynsent where the fine monument charming grounds and extensive view were duly appreciated. The Rev. D. P. Alford gave a most lucid outline of the history of the Burton property, referring to the connection therewith of the Jennings family, Sir William Pynsent, William Pitt (Earl of Chatham), etc. …

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Taunton Courier and Western Advertiser: Wednesday 2nd May 1900

Correspondents’ Replies to Queries: 677: Burton Pynsent Monument is situated on a  hill three miles west of Langport, and 11 east of Taunton, on the turnpike road between these places and in the  in the parish of Curry Rivel. In Morris’s Directory and Gazetteer of Somerset, 1872, appears the “Burton Pynsent is a hamlet and tything of Curry Rivel, which was given to the first Earl of Chatham when Prime Minister, by Sir William Pynsent to whose memory the Earl erected a column here.” Only a portion of the original house remains, but its situation commands extensive and magnificent views of the surrounding country.

The column is well worth a visit; it is about 120 feet high, and from the top it is said three different counties may be seen. — AGRICOLA. 677. — Burton Pynsent Monument is between two and three miles from Langport, on the Taunton Road, in the parish of Curry Rivel. It is a stone column 140 feet high, and was erected by William Pitt, Earl of Chatham, to the memory of Sir William Pynsent. For many years the property belonged to the Jennings family, and passed to Sir W. Pynsent on his marriage with Mary, daughter and co-heiress of Thomas Jennings, Esq. She died without children, and on the death of her husband in 1754, he left the estate to Pitt, to whom he was an entire stranger, “in veneration of a great character of exemplary virtue and unrivalled ability,” and also, it is said, on account of Pitt’s opposition to the cider tax.

When Earl of Chatham, Pitt occasionally resided at the large mansion on the property, of which but little now remains. Countess of Chatham made it her permanent home after the death of her husband, and died there in 1803. Subsequently, the estate passed into the Pinney family, who are still the owners. Permission to visit the monument can be obtained on application. It occupies a grand position overlooking Sedgmoor, and the views are exceedingly fine.

A visit to the spot on a fine day is not likely soon to be forgotten, especially by one who knows something of the history of the district over which the eye can roam from the vicinity of the monument: — Sedgmoor, the scene of the last battle fought on English soil; Athelney, and its famous neighbourhood, so closely associated with the name and fame of glorious King Alfred; Glastonbury, the site of the first English church, and one of the most renowned of British Abbeys etc. … LANGPORTIAN

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Taunton Courier and Western Advertiser: Wednesday 21st February 1900

Taunton M.P.’s: In Savage’s “History of (missing)” the first mention made of members of Parliament elected for the borough Taunton is after the Restoration, when Thomas Goyes and William Wyndham were returned, and owed their seats to the management and cause of the Crown. In the General Election of 1714, the dissolution of Parliament after the death of Queen Anne, resulted in the election of Sir Francis Warre, Bart., and Henry Portman Esq. These gentlemen were afterwards unseated, and William Pynsent, Esq., and James Smith, Esq., were elected in their place. The General Election 1722 resulted in the return of Mr. Trenchard and Mr. Smith. In 1774, the next date mentioned, Nathaniel Webb and Edward Stratford were returned as members for the borough. The Somerset County Herald Almanac for this year gives a complete list of Taunton Election Polls and their results from 1784 to the present time.

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Taunton Courier and Western Advertiser: Wednesday 3rd January 1894

Clifton v. Newton: … (description of match) … Newton: W. J. Jackson, back; C. Elwell, W. Pinsent, J. Dore, and R. Dunn, three-quarters; W. White and J. Scagull, halfs; w. Elliott, C. Kay, H. Scargull, W. Francis, J. Baker, G. Cowley, A. Challacombe and B. Jackson, forwards.

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GRO0897 Devonport: William Henry Pinsent: 1874 – 1949

Taunton Courier and Western Advertiser: Wednesday 28th April 1880

Residential Estate in Devonshire: The Greenhill Estate, a freehold residential property, situated on the rising land forming the Northern bank of the river Teign, in the parish of Kingsteignton, was sold by auction, at the Royal Clarence Hotel, Exeter, by Statham Hobson, of the firm of Statham Hobson, Richards, and Co., Coleman Street, London. The property comprises rather more than 40 acres of rich pastureland, pleasure grounds and orchards; with residence surrounded by terrace walks and pleasure gardens laid out at considerable cost; and planted with many valuable trees, shrubs, &c., an Italian garden with fountain; a moat, lake, with islands of local stone; an extensive range of conservatories, large kitchen garden and well-stocked orchards. The stabling and outbuildings are well arranged, substantially built, and sufficiently roomy for a small hunting establishment and stock farm. Many of the buildings having been erected by Pinsent, a former owner, for the accommodation of a small herd of shorthorns. The property is well situated for hunting and fishing and makes a pleasure of many charms well suited for a gentleman fond of rural pursuits. The auctioneer announced that the purchaser might take the timber at £50, or by valuation. The property was put up in one lot and started at £4,000. The bidding lay between Mr Symons (Rendell and Symons, land agents and auctioneers, Totnes) and Mr W. S. Borton, of Totnes, and after a spirited competition the latter became the purchaser at the very satisfactory price of £5,550. There was not a very large attendance.

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GRO1036 Devonport: Thomas Pinsent: 1782 – 1872

Taunton Courier and Western Advertiser: Wednesday, 16th September 1868 

Teignmouth: There has been another serious fire in Devonshire. Fifteen ricks of corn, valued at £400 were on Thursday morning destroyed, at Wear Barton, midway between Newton and Teignmouth. Mr. Pinsent, the owner, is protected by insurance. 

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GRO0369 Hennock: Gilbert Pinsent: 1840 – 1918

Taunton Courier and Western Advertiser: Wednesday 1st May 1861

Marriage: April 25th, at Feniton, Devon, by the Rev. Edwin Coleridge, assisted by the Rev. George Baron Northcote, Vicar of Feniton, Jonas Pinsent Matthews, Esq. of Rydon, to Charlotte, youngest daughter of Henry Bath, Esq., of Colestocks, Devon. 

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