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Castle-Cary in Somerset County England History and GeographyCASTLE-CARY, a market town and parish in the hundred of CATSASH, county of SOMERSET, 11 miles (E.N.E.) from Somerton, and 113 (W.S.W.) from London, containing 1627 inhabitants. This place probably derived its name from an ancient castle originally belonging to a lord of the name of Carey, which was defended against King Stephen by its owner, Lord Lovell, one of whose descendants having embraced the cause of the deposed monarch, Richard II., was dispossessed of it by Henry VII.: the site is still called the Camp, and weapons of iron have been found in it occasionally; the only remains are some slight traces of the intrenchments. Charles II., after the battle of Worcester, took refuge in the ancient manor-house. The town is pleasantly situated, and consists of two parts, extending together nearly a mile, partially paved, but not lighted: the houses are neatly built and amply supplied with water: the air is salubrious, the environs abound with pleasing scenery, and in many other respects this place affords an agreeable and retired residence. The market is on Tuesday, but it is very small; a great cattle market is held on each Tuesday in the seven weeks preceding Christmas: the fairs are on the Tuesday before Palm-Sunday, May 1st, and Whit-Tuesday, for cattle, broad cloth, and other merchandise. Courts leet and baron for the manor are held annually. The living is a vicarage, in the archdeaconry of Wells, and diocese of Bath and Wells, rated in the king's books at £11. 16. 3., and in the patronage of the Bishop of Bath and Wells. The church, dedicated to All Saints, is a handsome structure, occupying an elevated situation; in it the archdeacon holds his visitations. There are places of worship for Independents and Wesleyan Methodists. In 1779, two sums of £10 each, given respectively by John Francis, and David Llewellin, to the poor, were applied to the erection of a place of confinement for malefactors, previously to their committal to the county-gaol; these sums, on the recommendation of the commissioners for inquiring concerning charities, are to be refunded from the parish rates, and made available to the benefit of the poor. From Lewis's Topographical Dictionary of England 1831, courtesy of Databases 4 Sale |
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