Henstridge, a large village 7 m.  S. of Wincanton, with a station on the S. & D.J.R.  The church has been rebuilt (except the tower and part of the N. and W. walls), but contains some ancient features.  There is a 15th-cent. altar-tomb in the chancel under a carved and coloured canopy, with two effigies.  These represent William Carent (who inherited the property of two wealthy families, the Carents and the Toomers), and his wife Margaret (nee Stourton).  The arms that adorn the tomb are those of Carent and Stourton.  The rhyming inscription round the arch of the canopy is, Sis testis Xte quod non tumulus iacet iste corpus ut ornetur, sed spiritus ut memoretur.  There is also an elaborately carved niche or tabernacle in the N.E. angle of the N. (or Toomer) aisle.  Note, too, (1) decorated piscina, (2) remains of figures over the entrance to the N. chapel.  The “Virginia Inn” at the cross-road is said to be the spot where Sir Walter Raleigh’s servant emptied a stoup of beer over his master, who was smoking, in the belief that he was on fire.  At Yeaston, a hamlet between Henstridge and Templecombe, there once existed a Benedictine priory, attached to an abbey of that Order at Coutances (Normandy).  A field is still said to bear the name of the Priory Plot.

HIGHBRIDGE, a growing little town on the Brue, 1-1/2 m.  S.E. from Burnham.  It has two stations, one on the G.W.R. main line to Taunton, the other on the S. & D. Burnham branch.  It possesses a town-hall, a cattle market, and other evidences of prosperity.  Brick and tile making are carried on in the locality, and a large bacon factory and a timber-yard are amongst its more important commercial undertakings.  As the river is navigable up to this point for small craft it also encourages a coasting trade.  Of antiquarian interest it has none.  The church is as modern as the town.

Hill Farrance, 3-1/2 m.  N.E. of Wellington, is a village on the Tone.  Its church (ded. to the Holy Cross) has a massive-looking tower, with an open-work parapet, bearing the initials I.P.  It contains sedilia and a piscina, and some carved bench ends.  On the S. of the building is a mortuary chapel (14th cent.) of one of the De Vernais (once lords of the manor), which at the restoration of the church in 1857 was given to the parish.

Hinton Blewitt, a small and secluded village, 4 m.  S.W. from Clutton.  The church is Perp., with a fair W. tower.  It possesses a stoup and a rather poor piscina.  The village, which is on the slope of a hill, commands a pleasant view of the Mendips.

Hinton Charterhouse, a small village 6 m.  S. of Bath, on the more easterly of the alternative roads from the city to Frome.  Its sole attraction consists in a few fragments of a once considerable Carthusian priory.  About 1/2 m.  N. of the village, in the corner of a field near the main road, is what looks like a low gabled church tower, with a small E.E. chancel and some other out-buildings.