viscount were responsible for building
scores of good labourer's cottages, many
of which remain today as a conspicuous and
honorable legacy. Locally, Lord Portman's
youngest brother, the Hon. and Rev.
Fitzhardinge Berkely Portman (1811-1893)
was rector of the Portman livings of
Staple Fitzpaine, Bickenhall, Orchard
Portman, Thurlbear and Stoke St. Mary
and he built for himself the enormous
Victorian House now called Staple Manor.
Source: Orchard and the Portmans
by T. W. Mayberry, 1986
