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enlarged by the late Mr. Gore Langton, and the then rector 

 of the parish^ and at the same time a small door on the 

 south side of the chancel arch, and a hagioscope, which had 

 been blocked up, were reopened. The belfry contains six 

 bells, and, as the inscription on one of them proclaims, " In 

 1 741 Thomas Bilbee cast all wee.'' There is in the south 

 aisle a large mural monument to the memory of several 

 members of the Langton family, the first death recorded on 

 it being in 1701. In the churchyard will be seen the re- 

 mains of an old cross, consisting of a portion of the shaft, 

 and three steps. Near the church is a free school for poor 

 children, built and endowed by Mr. Richard Jones, of 

 Stowey, in 1698. A Roman pavement was discovered 

 during the formation of the G.W.R., and subsequently 

 removed to Keynsham. 



SwANSWicK. 3 miles N.E. — On the right of the main 

 road the visitor will observe the conspicuous hill, known as 

 Solsbury hill. The view from the top is very extensive, and 

 commands several camps, and other interesting objects. 

 The derivation of the name is uncertain. Some connecting 

 it with the myth of Bladud and his pigs, suggest that it is a 

 corruption of Swineswick, while others would derive it either 

 from Swain, a Saxon lord, who owned property in these parts, 

 and Wick a village, or from King Sweyn. The name is spelt 

 as Swayneswyke, Swainswick, and Swanswick ; but the last is 

 the most usual. Swanswick does not appear to be recorded 

 in Domesday ; and the first mention of it is in Edward III.'s 

 reign, when the manor was held by Sir Matthew Gournay, 

 Knt. In 1399 William Schawe, Parson of the church of 

 Swaynsewyke, and Thomas Norton, Chaplain of the same, 

 granted to Edmund Forde, and Johanna his wife, their 

 Manor of Swayneswyke,- with the advowson of the church. 



