The old village and church lie on the S. side of the railway embankment, and may be found by passing under the station archway.  The church has more than once been entirely rebuilt, but still retains a commonplace Perp. tower.  A photograph in the vestry shows a curious inscription on one of the battlements.  A good Norm. doorway, now built into the N. porch, and a Norm. font, are relics of the original church.  Henry Fielding lodged in one of the houses in the village and penned a portion of “Tom Jones” here.

Ubley, a village 2 m.  S.E. of Blagdon.  The church tower has rather an odd appearance, as in addition to a low spire, it has a prominent stair turret with pyramidal cap.  Within, the N. arcade has been pushed out of the perpendicular by the weight of the roof.  At the entrance of the S. chapel is a chained copy of Erasmus’ Paraphrase of the Gospels, 1522 (cp.  Bruton).  The pulpit is Jacobean, and the altar bears date 1637.  The churchyard is beautifully kept, and a very handsome restored cross stands on a little “green” fronting at the churchyard gate.

Uphill, a village at the mouth of the Axe, 2 m.  S. of Weston-super-Mare.  It is an unattractive collection of cottages without any present-day interest.  Somewhere, however, in the neighbourhood once existed the old Roman seaport of Axium, where the lead dug from the Mendips was shipped for export.  The church is early Victorian Gothic, with a new chancel.  The old ruined church on the hill is a conspicuous landmark from Weston.  It is a Norm. building, altered in Perp. times, with a low central tower.  Note (1) the restored Norm.  N. doorway; (2) three-faced gargoyle on S. side of tower.  Near the church is the shell of a watch-tower.  The old Roman road which ran across the Mendips from Old Sarum had its terminus here.  Uphill was once notable for a bone cavern, but this has now been destroyed by the encroachments of a quarry.  The contents, which included many valuable remains of extinct animals, have been scattered amongst neighbouring museums.

Upton, a village on the Haddeo, 6 m.  E.N.E. of Dulverton.  The neighbourhood is very picturesque.  The church has been removed to a more convenient position at Rainsbury, but the tower of the old fabric, which has been allowed to remain, marks the original site.

Upton Noble, a parish 2-1/2 m.  S.W. of Witham Friary.  The church has a small gable-roofed tower, and preserves in the E. wall of a S. chapel a defaced crucifix within a nimbus.  The font is early.

Vallis, 1 m.  N.W. from Frome—­a prettily-wooded bottom, through which flows a stream pleasantly margined by a strip of pasture.  The vale is sufficiently romantic to make it a favourite trysting-place with the neighbouring townsfolk, but it is being rapidly ruined by extensive quarrying operations.  The rocks, however, are geologically of much interest, as upon the edge of the upturned strata of mountain limestone will be noticed horizontal