Pitcombe, a parish 1-1/4 m.  S. of Bruton.  The church, with the exception of the tower, has been rebuilt, and contains nothing of interest, except an ancient font.

Pitminster, a large village, 4-1/2 m.  S. of Taunton.  The church is noticeable for its octagonal tower, which is surmounted by a spire.  There are two large monuments of the Coles family on either side of the chancel, and a third at the W. end, dating from the 16th and 17th cents.  The font is elaborately carved.  Note (1) the bench ends; (2) the old glass in the tracery of the E. window of the N. aisle; (3) the two piscinas.

Pitney, a village 2-1/2 m.  N.E. of Langport.  The church (Perp.) has an interesting stoup in the porch, and a ribbed squint, with a curious little recess beneath.  A Roman pavement has been unearthed in the parish; some specimens of the tiles are preserved in the Taunton Museum.

Podimore, a village 2 m.  N.E. of Ilchester.  Its church has an octagonal tower on a square base (cp.  Weston Bampfylde), the upper part of which is lighted with small lancets.  The way in which the octagon has been superimposed on the square may be observed from the interior.  The windows of the church are partly Dec., partly Perp.  The E. window has some fragments of ancient glass.  The chancel arch is unusually narrow.  Note (1) the piscina and aumbry; (2) the old font; (3) the stoup in the S. porch.  There is the base of an old cross in the churchyard.

[Illustration:  OLD BANK, PORLOCK]

PORLOCK, a small town near the Devonshire border, 7 m.  W. from Minehead, from which it is reached by coach.  Its name—­“the enclosed harbour”—­indicates its former maritime character, but more than a mile of meadow land now separates it from the sea.  Its attenuated shipping trade finds what accommodation it can at the Weir, 1-1/2 m. to the W. The village enjoys a reputation second only to Cleveleys’ for west-country quaintness.  It has certainly much to recommend it to the lovers of the picturesque.  It lies snugly ensconced at the bottom of a wooded valley, enclosed on three sides by the heathery slopes of Exmoor, but open in front to the sea.  Southey has penned a testimonial to its scenery; and its creeper-clad cottages, with roses and clematis reaching to their round Devonshire chimneys, still furnish many a study for the pencil or camera.  In Anglo-Saxon times it was much raided by the Danes, and Harold’s sons also paid it a visit, which procured for them a rough welcome from the shoresmen.  The church (ded. to St Dubricius), which stands in a rather cramped position in the centre of the village, is externally much in keeping with the old-fashioned aspect of the surrounding cottages.  It consists of a Perp. nave and S. aisle, with a truncated shingled spire at the W. end.  Internally it is comely and of interest.  Its chief curiosities are a small sacristy at the E. end (cp.  Langport and N. Petherton), and a richly canopied tomb, uncomfortably