Wrington, a large and compact village 10 m.  S.W. of Bristol.  A light railway connects it with Yatton.  In size and arrangement it is practically a little town, and is surrounded by some very pretty country.  The glory of Wrington is its church, which possesses one of the finest towers in Somerset.  It is a stately and harmonious composition, with long and graceful belfry windows, and bears a strong family likeness to the towers of Evercreech and St Cuthbert’s, Wells.  The church as a whole is worthy of its tower, though the chancel is, as usual, low and undignified.  Both inside and out the design is rich without being florid, and the workmanship good.  The beauty of the interior is much enhanced by the insertion of “vaulting shafts” beneath the corbels of both nave and aisles.  It contains few curiosities.  Note (1) aumbry in N. wall of sanctuary, (2) richly carved font.  Externally should be observed (1) panelled W. door, (2) canopied niches in buttresses at E. end, (3) sanctus bell-cot.  John Locke, the philosopher, was born here, as his mother was at the moment staying in the village.  A tablet once fixed to his actual birthplace is built into the churchyard wall.  There is also a tablet in the church to Hannah More, who resided at Barley Wood, a large house on the Redhill road.

Writhlington, a small colliery village on a hill 1 m.  E. of Radstock.  The church, rebuilt in 1874, lies in a valley at the bottom of a steep lane, half a mile from the village.  Near the church is an old manor house, at which Cromwell is said to have stopped on his march into Somerset.

Wyke Champflower (or Wyke Chapel), a hamlet 1-1/2 m.  W. of Bruton.  The little chapel, said to have been built in 1482, was rebuilt in 1623.  It contains a stone pulpit, and the ceiling is ornamented with nine escutcheons, including those of the Tudor sovereigns.  There is an old black-letter Bible of 1623.

Yarlington, a village 3 m.  S.E. from Castle Cary.  The church, which has been much altered and enlarged, contains a finely carved font.  In the wall of the churchyard is an old stone coffin, found during the restoration of the building.

Yatton, a large village (with a station), 12 m.  S.W. of Bristol.  The first syllable is perhaps the same as the second part of Symond’s Yat.  The place has an interesting church, with a central tower which is rendered conspicuous by being surmounted by a truncated spire, and by having its stair-case attached to a diagonal buttress (instead of replacing it, as is usual).  The plan of the church is cruciform, the transepts and chancel being short, and the latter very low.  The oldest part is the base of the tower, which belongs to the E.E. or Dec. period; and there is a very good Dec. window in the S. transept; the remainder of the building is Perp.  Externally, the most impressive feature is the W. front, with turrets at the corners (as at