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High Sheriff Of Avon
The office of High Sheriff is over 1000 years old, with its establishment before the Norman Conquest. The Office of High Sheriff remained first in precedence in the counties until the reign of Edward VII when an Order in Council in 1908 gave the Lord-Lieutenant the prime office under the Crown as the Sovereign's personal representative. The High Sheriff remains the Sovereign's representative in the County for all matters relating to the Judiciary and the maintenance of law and order. The county of Avon was formed in 1974 and abolished in 1996. Before and after this time the area covered was in a variety of other shrievalties, including Somerset, Bristol and Gloucestershire. Officeholders *1974: Hugh Charles Innes Rogers, of Beach House, Bitton, near Bristol. *1975: John Foster Robinson, CBE, TD, of St. Georges Hill, Easton-in-Gordano, near Bristol. *1976: Simon Melville Wills, of The Manor House, Walton-in-Gordano, Clevedon. *1977: Malcolm Allinson Anson, of Hill Court, Congr ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Flax Bourton
Flax Bourton is a village and civil parishes in England, civil parish in Somerset, England. The parish, with a population of 715, is situated within the unitary authorities of England, unitary authority of North Somerset, on the edge of Tickenham, Nailsea and Kenn Moors SSSI, Nailsea Moor on the A370 road south west of Bristol city centre. The village has a primary school, one Public house, pub named ''The Jubilee Inn'', a church dating back to Norman dynasty, Norman times and is the home of Backwell Flax Bourton Cricket Club. History Backwell Hillfort between Flax Bourton and Backwell is an Iron Age hill fort. To the north of the village and close to the Bristol to Exeter line, Bristol to Exeter railway line a mill was built on the Land Yeo. It may have existed at the time of the Domesday Book and strong documentary evidence exists from 1769. Between 1839 and 1885 the river was diverted into the tailrace of the mill, eliminating a bend in the river. All that remains of the th ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Burrington, Somerset
Burrington is a small village and civil parish in Somerset, England. It is situated in the unitary authority of North Somerset, north east of Axbridge and about east of Weston-super-Mare. The parish includes the hamlets of Bourne and Rickford and has a population of 464. History Burrington is believed to mean 'The villa and an enclosure' from the Old English ''bur'', ''end'' and ''tun''. Burrington was part of the hundred of Brent-cum-Wrington. In the 15th century the village was called ''Beryngton'' and was involved in lead mining. It is very close to Burrington Combe where there is evidence of occupation since Neolithic times, the Bronze Age and Roman periods. There is also an Iron Age hillfort known as Burrington Camp. The 19th century Methodist chapel in Rickford is now a masonic lodge. The gauging house over the brook in the village was also built in the late 19th century, and restored in 2013. Governance The parish council has responsibility for local issues, inc ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Bristol
Bristol () is a city, ceremonial county and unitary authority in England. Situated on the River Avon, it is bordered by the ceremonial counties of Gloucestershire to the north and Somerset to the south. Bristol is the most populous city in South West England. The wider Bristol Built-up Area is the eleventh most populous urban area in the United Kingdom. Iron Age hillforts and Roman villas were built near the confluence of the rivers Frome and Avon. Around the beginning of the 11th century, the settlement was known as (Old English: 'the place at the bridge'). Bristol received a royal charter in 1155 and was historically divided between Gloucestershire and Somerset until 1373 when it became a county corporate. From the 13th to the 18th century, Bristol was among the top three English cities, after London, in tax receipts. A major port, Bristol was a starting place for early voyages of exploration to the New World. On a ship out of Bristol in 1497, John Cabot, a Venetia ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Pensford
Pensford is the largest village in the civil parish of Publow in Somerset, England. It lies in the Chew Valley, approximately south of Bristol, west of Bath and north of Wells. It is on the A37 road from Bristol to Shepton Mallet. Pensford was identified as being of special architectural and historic interest and was designated as a Conservation Area in May 1988. History The name Pensford is in all likelihood derived from Brythonic ''Penffordd'', meaning roughly 'top of the road' or 'the highest or furthest point of the road'. Alternatively, it may mean 'The animal pens by the ford' from the Old English ''pens'' and ''ford''. The parish of Pensford was part of the Keynsham Hundred, During the 14th to 16th centuries Pensford was a cloth centre based on local wool. On 24 June 1685 rebel forces camped at Pensford during the Monmouth Rebellion. During the 19th and 20th centuries the main industry was coal mining, with Pensford and the surrounding area forming a major ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Publow
Publow is a small village and civil parish in Bath and North East Somerset, England. It lies beside the River Chew in the Chew Valley. It is 7 miles from Bristol, 9 miles from Bath, and 4 miles from Keynsham. The principal settlement in the parish is Pensford. The parish also includes the village of Belluton and part of the village of Woollard. At the 2011 census it had a population of 1,119. History Publow anciently belonged to the St Loes of Newton, and later came into the hands of the Hungerfords along with Compton Dando. The manor having many owners Henry Hastings (Third Earl Becher (c1517-1570)), Sir John Popham, Sir Francis Popham. It is close to the route of the ancient Wansdyke. The name Publow is believed to mean 'The public meadow' or 'The people's meadow', from the Latin ''publicus'' and the Old English ''leah''. An alternative explanation is that the name is directly from West Country Brythonic corresponding to "pobel" (people), corresponding to Modern Corni ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Bath, Somerset
Bath () is a city in the Bath and North East Somerset unitary area in the county of Somerset, England, known for and named after its Roman-built baths. At the 2021 Census, the population was 101,557. Bath is in the valley of the River Avon, west of London and southeast of Bristol. The city became a World Heritage Site in 1987, and was later added to the transnational World Heritage Site known as the "Great Spa Towns of Europe" in 2021. Bath is also the largest city and settlement in Somerset. The city became a spa with the Latin name ' ("the waters of Sulis") 60 AD when the Romans built baths and a temple in the valley of the River Avon, although hot springs were known even before then. Bath Abbey was founded in the 7th century and became a religious centre; the building was rebuilt in the 12th and 16th centuries. In the 17th century, claims were made for the curative properties of water from the springs, and Bath became popular as a spa town in the Georgian era. ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Hinton House, Hinton Charterhouse
Hinton House in Hinton Charterhouse, Somerset, England was built around 1700. It is a Grade II* listed building. History The house was built around 1700 on the site of an earlier monastic grange and barn. Various renovations and expansions of the house took place in the first half of the 19th century. In the 1940s and 1950s the house was enlarged by George Phillips Manners and John Elkington Gill, and the house was converted into three flats. In 2017 an application was made to alter the access roads to the house. Architecture The three-bay stone building has a slate roof with a balustraded parapet A parapet is a barrier that is an extension of the wall at the edge of a roof, terrace, balcony, walkway or other structure. The word comes ultimately from the Italian ''parapetto'' (''parare'' 'to cover/defend' and ''petto'' 'chest/breast'). Whe .... The attached conservatory has an arcade of six Tuscan columns. The grounds feature specimen trees and a walled kitchen garden. ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
White Baronets
There have been five baronetcies created for persons with the surname of White, one in the Baronetage of Great Britain and four in the Baronetage of the United Kingdom. The baronets include Blagdon in the County of Northumberland, Tuxford and Wallingwells in the County of Nottingham, Cotham House in Bristol, Salle Park in the County of Norfolk, and Boulge Hall in the County of Suffolk. White (later Ridley) baronets, of Blagdon (1756) The White baronetcy, of Blagdon in the County of Northumberland, was created in the Baronetage of Great Britain in 1756 for Matthew White, with remainder to the heirs male of his sister Elizabeth, wife of Matthew Ridley. Sir Matthew White Ridley, 5th Baronet, was created Viscount Ridley in 1900. White baronets, of Tuxford and Wallingwells (1802) The White baronetcy, of Tuxford and Wallingwells in the County of Nottingham, was created in the Baronetage of the United Kingdom on 20 December 1802 for Thomas Woollaston White, with remainder to the ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Tormarton
Tormarton is a village in South Gloucestershire, England. Its name may come from ''Thor Maer Tun'' meaning ''The settlement with the thorn (tree) on the boundary''. Another source suggests the name derives from the church tower (Tor) on the border between Wessex and Mercia (Anglo-Saxon Meark). It is one mile North-East of junction 18 of the M4 motorway, with the A46 road and close to the border between Wiltshire and South Gloucestershire. In 2001 and 2011 there were 144 households and the population was 348. A National Trail, the Cotswold Way passes through the village. There is a church, a hotel, a pub and also a number of bed and breakfasts in the village. A Highways Agency depot with a salt dome is situated near to the village. History It is thought that humans have been active in the area of Tormarton for more than 6000 years. In 1968 the bodies of three Bronze Age men were discovered near Tormarton, when a gas pipeline was being installed. Unusually, two of the bodies sho ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Hinton Blewett
Hinton Blewett is a village and civil parish in Somerset, England, north of Wells and south of Bristol on the northern slope of the Mendip Hills, within the designated Area of Outstanding Natural Beauty (AONB) and in the Chew Valley near the source of the River Chew. The parish has a population of 308. History An estate called ''Hantone'' is recorded in the Somerset section of Domesday Book (1086), and it was in existence as a recognised, bounded and named territorial entity before, and perhaps well before the Norman Conquest. Absolutely nothing is yet known about the nature, location or extent of any early medieval settlement at Hinton. However, with an assessment of 8 hides in the late 11th century, it was clearly a significant place, and is likely to have sustained a moderate population. Using a multiplier of five for each of the individuals recorded by Domesday, the total population at that time is likely to have been in the region of 90 people. The form of their settlem ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Royal Society
The Royal Society, formally The Royal Society of London for Improving Natural Knowledge, is a learned society and the United Kingdom's national academy of sciences. The society fulfils a number of roles: promoting science and its benefits, recognising excellence in science, supporting outstanding science, providing scientific advice for policy, education and public engagement and fostering international and global co-operation. Founded on 28 November 1660, it was granted a royal charter by King Charles II as The Royal Society and is the oldest continuously existing scientific academy in the world. The society is governed by its Council, which is chaired by the Society's President, according to a set of statutes and standing orders. The members of Council and the President are elected from and by its Fellows, the basic members of the society, who are themselves elected by existing Fellows. , there are about 1,700 fellows, allowed to use the postnominal title FRS (Fellow of the ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
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