Other things worthy of attention in Taunton are (1) the old Grammar School in Corporation Street, now incorporated with the Municipal Buildings, (2) the two fine old houses opposite the Market Hall, (3) Gray’s and Pope’s alms-houses in East Street, (4) the old thatched alms-houses (originally a lepers’ hospital) at the E. extremity of the town, in East Reach, bearing on the wall Abbot Bere’s monogram and arms.  A visit should be paid to Vivary Park at the end of High Street, a tastefully laid-out public recreation ground on the site of the old monastic fishponds.  The Shire Hall, in Shuttern, a somewhat pretentious modern building, contains a number of busts of Somerset worthies.  A rough lane striking off to the R. from the Trull road leads to an old Roman causeway crossing a narrow, one-arched bridge locally known as Ramshorn Bridge.

Tellisford, a small village 1 m.  S. of Farleigh Hungerford.  Its church has a passing likeness to that at Farleigh; it preserves within the porch a stoup and a fair Trans. doorway.

Templecombe (or Abbas Combe), an inconsiderable village at the S.E. extremity of the county, with an important station on the S. & D. and L. & S.W. lines.  The church is ancient but uninteresting, and seems to have been considerably altered.  It contains a curious E.E. font.  The tower is somewhat peculiar, and forms the S. porch.  On the rising ground at the S. of the village are the remains of a preceptory of the Knights Templars, founded in the 12th cent. by Serlo Fitz-Odo.  From this foundation the place takes its name.  A long building, which was perhaps once the refectory, but which is now used as a barn, will be noticed abutting on a farm-house along the road to Milborne Port.  In an orchard at the back of the farm are the ruins of a small chapel.

Thorne (or Thorne Coffin), a parish 2-1/2 m.  N.W. of Yeovil.  Its small church (without a tower) contains nothing of interest except a pulpit of the date 1624 (cp.  Chilthorne Domer).

Thorne St Margaret, a village 3 m.  W. of Wellington.  Its church has been rebuilt, and the only object of interest that it retains is a small brass (affixed to the W. wall) with an inscription in Latin and English, of a punning character, to a person called Worth.

Thornfalcon, a parish 3-1/2 m.  E. of Taunton, with a station on the Taunton and Chard line.  Its Perp. church preserves some good bench-ends dated 1542.  There is a holy-water stoup inside the S. door, and an ancient font.  Not far from the church, at a spot where four ways meet, is a roadside cross.

Thurlbear, a parish 3-1/2 m.  S.E. of Taunton.  It has a small church which is remarkable for having fine Norm. arcades N. and S., it being one of a very small number of churches in the immediate neighbourhood of Taunton that retain much Norm. work.  The squint is peculiar, and there is an early font under the belfry.