of dullness.  The only object of more than passing interest is the Parish Church, inconveniently situated at the E. extremity of the town.  It is chiefly remarkable for a good Perp.  W. tower, distinguished by the local peculiarity of a stair turret carried up the centre of its S. face.  The interior—­Perp. throughout, with the exception of an E.E. east window—­is lofty, but not particularly impressive, and has an unusually high chancel.  The fragments of an elaborately carved reredos which the building once possessed are now in Taunton Museum.  There are two monuments of note:  (1) fine Jacobean tomb with canopy and effigies of Lord Chief-Justice Popham and wife (1607); (2) defaced effigy of ecclesiastic in recess at E. end of N. chapel.  The other features to be observed are (1) old carved reading-desk and pulpit; (2) very fine piscina in chancel; (3) crucifix on mullion of E. window of S. chapel, now obscured by the organ.

The Wellington Monument, a conspicuous landmark on the summit of one of the Blackdowns, is nearly 3 m.  S. of the town.  It is a triangular column, erected by public subscription to commemorate the Iron Duke, and was originally intended to be surmounted by his statue.  The site commands an extensive prospect in the direction of the Quantocks, Brendons, and Exmoor.

Wellow, a largish but somewhat declining village, lying in a valley 6 m.  S. from Bath, with a station on the S. & D. line.  St Julian’s Church is a fine specimen of early Perp. architecture (1372).  It is interesting within and imposing without.  The tower is severe but dignified, and a good effect is obtained by a small octagonal turret over the rood-loft staircase.  The chancel is new (1890).  Within note (1) the good bossed and panelled roof, (2) dark oak screen, (3) old benches, (4) the E.E. font attached to one of the pillars and furnished with a book rest, (5) effigy of a priest with an incised chalice on breast (cp.  Minehead), (6) piscina on splay of S. sanctuary window.  The Hungerford chapel—­now filled by an organ—­is an interesting little chamber, with a gaily coloured roof and an effigy of some Lady Hungerford under an Elizabethan canopy.  At the bottom of a ditch in a cottage garden to the E. of the church is the site of St Julian’s well, said to have been the trysting-place of the Hungerford family ghost.  A flat stone is now the only indication of this once uncanny fountain.  Opposite the school is a grim-looking gabled farmhouse, once a manorial residence of the Hungerfords.  It is said to contain an oak room and some fine carving, but the occupants do not encourage visitors.  Half a mile to the W. of the village, in a field nearly opposite the cemetery, the foundations of a Roman villa were unearthed in 1685.  Four upright stones at the top of the field mark the site, and portions of the tessellated pavement are still said to lie beneath the sod.  Another antiquity of great interest will be found in the centre