242 A Sketch of the History of Hill Deverill. 



1837. Robert Meek. 



1838 — 1858. William Barnes. He was also Eector of Brixton 



Deverill. 

 1858. John Powell. 



All these names occur in one or other of the parish documents. ' 

 The lists for Longbridge Deverill, which was held by the Abbey of 

 Glastonbury, and that of Brixton, in the gift of the Bishop, are i 

 much more complete. 



The Churchwardens' accounts show that, as was generally the ; 

 case in the eighteenth century, the Communion was administered 

 four times in the year, and this continued till 1858. 



The Church required continual repairs, especially at the hands of 

 the tilers and glaziers. In 1789 a sum of £144 was laid out upon r 

 it ; sixty-eight rates were levied, producing £151 ; and in ! 

 1841 a complete re-building took place. This cost £436, of which 

 £409 was raised by subscription. The Church was pulled down, j 

 with the exception of the east wall, and in the re-building most of F 

 the ancient features were lost. The plate in Hoare gives a plan of \ 

 the Church as it was in his time. The porch there figured was I 

 removed in 1841 : under the year 1775 in the churchwardens' 

 account is an entry " mending the tower " : but there is no reason i 

 for thinking this tower anything more than a bell-cote. The altar- 

 rails are good oak of the last century. The east wall of the Church 1 J 

 was not pulled down, and may be seen outside to be in material and ■ 

 construction quite different from the other parts. Into the east wall '\ i 

 outside is built a head carved in stone, but it is now hidden by the ivy. , j 

 Of the Church plate the oldest piece is the flagon, which bears the ' | 

 arms of Ludlow. It was, perhaps, in the repairs of 1789 that some 

 of the wooden monuments in the chancel were re-painted, and ! j 

 wrong dates put in. This will be noticed below, in dealing with } j 

 the family of Coker. In 1860 the organ was put in. Hitherto the i j 

 music had been supplied by wind and stringed instruments. 1 



3. — The Parish Registers and Documents, 

 (a) The Register begins in 1648, but the only name that appears I 



1 This band originally went from church to church, but at the last played here j 

 twice each Sunday. 



