KILMERSDON, a village, a parish, a sub-district, and a hundred, in Somerset. The village stands, amid picturesque scenery, 6 miles NW by W of Frome r. station; is a seat of petty sessions; contains some good streets, well built and paved; has a post office under Bath, a good inn a temperance hall, with lecture room, a church, national schools, and gas works; and publishes a weekly newspaper. The church is later English; and consists of nave, aisle, and chancel, with lofty tower.—The parish contains also the hamlets of Coleford, Charlton, Kilmersdon Common, Luckington, Newberry, and Lypiate. Acres, 3, 460. Real property, £5, 611. Pop., 2, 194. Houses, 486. The manor, Ammerdown House, ans much of the land, belong to the Rev. T. R. Joliffe. Ammerdown House is an edifice in the Grecian style, after designs by Wyatt; stands in a park of 4 miles in circuit; and commands extensive views. A beautiful column, 150 feet high, to the memory of Col. T. S. Joliffe, is in the park. The rocks are varions, and include much coal at a great depth. The living is a vicarage in the diocese of Bath. Value, £244.* Patron, the Rev. T. R. Joliffe. The p. curacy of Coleford is a separate benefice. Charities, to the value of £35, inclusive of £23 to a school, are in Kilmersdon; and chapels for Wesleyans and Primitive Methodists are in Coleford.-The subdistrict contains also six other parishes and part of another; and is in Frome district. Acres, 11, 588. Pop., 3, 999. Houses, 877.-The hundred contains ten parishes. Acres, 14, 573. Pop., 7, 358. Houses, 1, 572.

(John Marius Wilson, Imperial Gazetteer of England and Wales (1870-72))