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The tower, the base of which is perhaps Norm., is incongruously finished with a balustrade and urn-like pinnacles. One of the prettiest features of the landscape from Pensford Station is the graceful tower of Publow Church. It is a stately structure of four stages, with the customary projecting stone turret and spirelet.
In a farmhouse near are the remains of Chelvey Court, once the residence of the Tynte family, who have memorials in the church. Chelwood, a small parish 2 m. S.E. of Pensford. Cheriton, North, a pleasant village 3 m. S.W. of Wincanton. It has a restored church, which preserves a pulpit of Charles I.'s time , and a tub font. The screen is, in the main, modern, though part dates from the 15th cent.
He was able, with the help of some regular cavalry which had joined him from Chippenham a few hours before, to prevent an insurrection. It might perhaps have been beyond his power at once to overawe the malecontents within the walls and to repel an attack from without: but no such attack was made. The fire, which caused so much commotion at Bristol, was distinctly seen at Pensford.
In their march from Shipton- Mallet, the troops were again harassed in their rear by a party of horse and dragoons, but lodged quietly at night at a village called Pensford. A detachment was sent early the next morning to possess itself of Keynsham, and to repair the bridge, which might probably be broken down to prevent a passage.
Compton Dando, a small village on the Chew, 2-1/2 m. E. of Pensford. Within is a piscina and Norm. font. The churchyard contains a good sundial. Compton Dundon, a village 5 m. In the centre of the village of Compton is the remnant of an old cross. The church, in the hamlet of Dundon, is half a mile away on higher ground at the foot of Dundon Beacon.
At Pensford the rabble made a bull savage, and then tried to make it attack his congregation; at Whitechapel they drove cows among the listeners and threw stones, one of which hit Wesley between the eyes; but after he had wiped away the blood he went on with his address, telling the people that "God hath not given us the spirit of fear". At St.
Hard by are the British earthwork known as Cenwealh's Castle, and the Norm, moated mound called Orchard Castle. The parish church, mainly Perp., retains a Norm. There are some bits of early glass in one of the windows. One of the bells is said to date from the 13th cent. Pensford, a village with a station on the G.W.R. Frome and Bristol line.
Some way from the village is Nailsea Court, a manor house of partly Tudor, partly Elizabethan construction. Nempnett Thrubwell, a small village 7 m. S.W. from Pensford Station, and 10 S.S.W. of Bristol. It stands on high ground overlooking a deep valley. In the neighbourhood some very fine views may be obtained of the Mendip Hills, the Blagdon Reservoir, and the Wrington valley.
Chesterblade, 2 m. Its church has a Norm. S. door. On the adjoining height of Small Down there is a camp, defended on the E. side by two ditches. In it remains of flint implements and pottery have recently been found, and are now preserved in the Taunton Museum. W. from Pensford Station. As its appearance suggests, it was once a small town.
At the entrance to the churchyard is a fine old mediaeval building with a good roof, where the manorial courts were once held. Hard by is Chew Court, an old manor house, possessing a Tudor gateway with a solar above. Down a lane leading off from the Chew Stoke road is the Manor House, rebuilt in 1656 on the site of an earlier residence. Chew Stoke, a village 4-1/2 m. S.W. from Pensford Station.
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