rebus above gateway of court); (4) Market Cross, a modern structure of good design standing on the site of an ancient hexagonal cross; (5) museum in Magdalene Street, containing several “finds” from the neighbouring lake village (see Godney); (6) the churches of St John and St Benignus.  The latter, in St Benedict Street, has a well-designed tower, but is not otherwise noteworthy (observe stoups in porch and Abbot Bere’s rebus on parapet above porch).  A flood which in 1606 inundated the neighbourhood is said to have reached to the foot of the tower.  St John’s Church in High Street, built by Abbot Selwood in 1465, has, on the contrary, some pretensions to magnificence.  The tower especially is worthy of observation, as it is considered by some to be amongst the finest in the county.  This, however, is an extravagant opinion.  The arrangement of the windows superficially resembles that at Chewton Mendip, those of the belfry being reproduced in the stage below; but the lower pair are not an exact repetition of the pair above.  It will be noted that the string courses are carried round the buttresses.  The elaborate cresting is rich but meretricious.  The interior, Perp. throughout, is lofty and spacious, but the general effect is spoilt by the timber supports which are found necessary to shore up the chancel arch.  Note externally (1) bell-cot above chancel (cp.  Wrington), (2) groined S. porch with parvise above:  internally (1) plain altar-tombs on either side of sanctuary, (2) groined vault to tower, (3) at S.W. end the tomb, with effigy, of one Camel, an abbey official (observe camels on panels below), (4) finely carved stone pulpit, (5) wooden roof of nave, (6) good E. window.

[Illustration:  GLASTONBURY TOR]

A climb should be taken to the top of the Tor—­500 ft. above sea-level.  The original chapel of St Michael was destroyed by a landslide in 1271.  The Perp. tower subsequently erected still remains, though deprived of its upper storey.  Note bas-reliefs over doorway, and tablet with figured eagle below parapet.  A spring, called the “Blood Spring,” near the Tor is said to mark the spot where St Joseph buried the Holy Grail. Wirrall, or Weary All Hill, near the station, may also be scaled with advantage, if only for its traditional associations.  It was here that St Joseph landed, and his staff, taking root, developed into the miraculous thorn tree.  The tree, however, no longer exists, for it was hewn in pieces by a Puritan soldier, who is said to have cut off his leg in the process as a penalty for his profanity.  An offshoot of the parent thorn grows in the Abbey grounds.

Goathurst is a village lying at the foot of the S.E. spur of the Quantocks, 4-1/2 m.  S.W. from Bridgwater.  It has an old church, with a heavy battlemented tower.  The N. chapel contains a large monument with the effigies of Sir Nicholas Halswell (d. 1633) and his wife, surrounded by the kneeling figures of their nine children.  The S. chapel belongs to the Kemeys-Tyntes, and is decorated with numerous coats-of-arms round the cornice.  Note the piscina in the chancel.  Near the church is Halswell House (C.T.H.  Kemeys-Tynte), originally built in the Tudor period, containing some fine carving by Grinling Gibbons, and pictures by Salvator Rosa, Van Dyck, Ostade, Ruysdael, Reynolds, and others.