Priston, a village in a secluded dale 5-1/4 m.  S.W. from Bath (nearest stat.  Camerton, 3 m.).  The church is something of a deception, for a good Norm. doorway and an exterior corbel table prepares the visitor for the Norm. arches and arcading within; but these are entirely modern.  There is, however, some good Dec. work in the chancel; and notice should especially be taken of the priest’s doorway, the foliated rear arches of the windows (cp.  Frome), and the fine pillar piscina.  Observe also (1) old wooden door, (2) the lion serving as a finial to W. gable.  The tower, the base of which is perhaps Norm., is incongruously finished with a balustrade and urn-like pinnacles.

Publow, a village on the Chew (nearest stat.  Pensford).  One of the prettiest features of the landscape from Pensford Station is the graceful tower of Publow Church.  It is a stately structure of four stages, with the customary projecting stone turret and spirelet.  The interior is not particularly interesting, but note (1) panelled arch on N. of sanctuary, (2) aumbry in N. aisle, (3) square font.  The pulpit has been constructed out of two old pews.  Near the church is an old cylindrical “lock-up.”

Puckington, a small village 3 m.  N.E. of Ilminster.  The oldest part of the church (Perp.) is the chancel, which has Dec. windows, a piscina, and triple sedilia (E.E.) (cp.  Shepton Beauchamp).  There is also a Norm, font with cable moulding.

Puriton, a parish 3-3/4 m.  N.N.E. from Bridgwater, 3/4 m. from Dunball.  The church, though old, has lost whatever features of interest it once had.  The S. porch seems formerly to have had a gallery or parvise (note the staircase), and there is a small plain oak screen.  The neighbouring large house is Puriton Manor.

Puxton, a small village 7 m.  E. of Weston-super-Mare, with a station 3 m. away.  The church is a small building with a leaning tower.  Originally it was E.E. (note one of the windows), but many parts of the fabric are much later.  The porch is dated 1557.  There is a good oak pulpit, with hourglass holder, and some heavy 15th-cent. benches.

Pylle, a village with station (S. & D.), situated a little off the Fosse Way, 4 m.  S. of Shepton Mallet.  The church (St Thomas a Becket) has, with the exception of the tower (Perp.), been rebuilt (1868).  Opposite is a farmhouse, which was once a manorial residence of the Berkeleys:  part of the original Elizabethan building still remains.

Quantocks, The, a range of hills forming the W. boundary of the spacious plain which occupies the centre of the county.  Geologically, they belong to the Devonian series of rocks.  They are not of great extent, being a comparatively narrow ridge, stretching from the neighbourhood of Taunton in a north-westerly direction some 10 or 12 m. to the sea, whilst their tallest summit (Will’s Neck) is only 1270 ft.  But their natural attraction of