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EGGINTON, JOHN, Milverton Erleigh, Reading.

There are carved oak pulpits at Trull and Thurloxton; remarkable Jacobean pulpits at Croscombe and Long Sutton, and quaint bench ends at many places, especially at Bishop's Lydeard, S. Brent, Trull, Crowcombe, Spaxton, Milverton, Bishop's Hull, Stogumber, Broomfield.

Young, Thomas, b. 1773, at Milverton; scientist, and Egyptologist; described as the founder of physiological optics, and one of the first to interpret the hieroglyphics on the Rosetta Stone; d. 1829.

An ancient bridge across the Tone (perhaps dating from the 13th cent.) carries the road to Nynehead and Milverton: the parapet is modern.

Fitzhead, a village 2 m. N. of Milverton.

Halse, a pleasant village, 2 m. N.W. of Milverton.

Heathfield, a parish 2-1/2 m. E. of Milverton.

MILVERTON, a small town of 1427 people, 4 m. N. of Wellington, with a station on the G.W.R. Barnstaple branch.

The country round Milverton is pleasant, and some delightful views of the Quantocks are obtainable in the neighbourhood.

Oake, a parish 3 m. S.E. of Milverton.

A mile from the station, on the way to Milverton, is a British camp, and a Danish camp is said to have existed on the site of a neighbouring mansion.