. The baronial halls, picturesque edifices, and ancient churches of England. MONTACUTE, i ontacute. The village of Montacute is one of the mostprimitive and picturesque of the villages of consists of a large Square, a Market-place, with itssimple and beautiful School-house, an erection which dates so farback as the time of Henry the Seventh,—a very rare and fineexample in a remarkably good state of preservation, which formerlystood against a quaint old Market-house, now destroyed. The principalstreet consists of stone hovels, built in a rude style, but still retainin
. The baronial halls, picturesque edifices, and ancient churches of England. MONTACUTE, i ontacute. The village of Montacute is one of the mostprimitive and picturesque of the villages of consists of a large Square, a Market-place, with itssimple and beautiful School-house, an erection which dates so farback as the time of Henry the Seventh,—a very rare and fineexample in a remarkably good state of preservation, which formerlystood against a quaint old Market-house, now destroyed. The principalstreet consists of stone hovels, built in a rude style, but still retainingproofs that the comforts of the inmates were duly weighed and village and its vicinity are flourishing, in consequence of the ample employ-ment which the women obtain at glove-making, at which they are nearly all occupiedin their own cottages. It is situated within four miles west of the town of Yeovil,and about the same distance south of Ilchester. Montacute derives its name from a conical hill (mons acutus) which overlooks thevillage, and on which is a round tower, com-manding a
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