Bridgwater

He retired from the Bar in 1856, and entered Parliament next year as member for Bridgwater.

Gone early to Bridgwater; there is a cattle sale to-day, and he and Mr. Watson went off at six o'clock.

Blake was the eldest son of a well-to-do merchant, and received his early education at the grammar school of Bridgwater.

Thence we hired to Bridgwater; and from Bridgwater on to Bristowe, breaking the journey between the two.

For some years he remained at Bridgwater, chiefly occupied with the care of his mother and brothers and sisters.