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List Of Places In Somerset
This is a list of cities, towns, villages and hamlets in the ceremonial county of Somerset, England. Places highlighted in bold type are towns and cities. A Abbas Combe, Abbey Hill, Abbots Leigh, Adsborough, Adscombe, Aisholt, Alcombe, Alder Row, Aley, Alford, Alhampton, Aller, Allerford, Allowenshay, Alston Sutton, Alstone, Alvington, Amesbury, Ammerham, Andersea, Andersfield, Angersleigh, Ansford, Appley, Ash, Taunton Deane, Ash, South Somerset, Ash Priors, Ashbeer, Ashbrittle, Ashcott, Ashcott Corner, Ashill, Ashington, Ashton, Ashwell, Ashwick, Asney, Athelney, Atherstone, Axbridge B Babcary, Babington, Backwell, Badger Street, Badgeworth, Bagborough, Bagley, Bagley Green, Baltonsborough, Bankland, Banwell, Bare Ash, Barlake, Barle, Barrington, Barrow, Barrow Gurney, Barton St David, Barwick, Batcombe, Bath, Bathampton, Bathealton, Batheaston, Bathford, Bathpool, Bathway, Battleton, Bawdrip, Beam Bridge, Beardly Batch, ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Somerset
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Aisholt
Spaxton is a small village and civil parish on the Quantocks in the Sedgemoor district of Somerset, South West England. History Spaxton was part of the hundred of Cannington. The modern parish includes the ancient parishes of Aisholt and Charlynch. Aisholt is one of the Thankful Villages - those villages that suffered no fatalities during the Great War of 1914–1918. The name of Spaxton originates from "Spakr", a Dane who settled in the area in about the 9th century. An alternative derivation relies on it being recorded as Spacheston in the Domesday Book, meaning 'The councillor's enclosure', from the Old English ''spæcas'' and tun. It was the property of Alfred of Spain. During the 19th century, Henry James Prince, former curate of Charlynch founded the notorious religious cult of the Agapemone at Four Forks. Governance The parish council has responsibility for local issues, including setting an annual precept (local rate) to cover the council's operating costs and pro ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Andersea
Westonzoyland is a village and civil parish in Somerset, England. It is situated on the Somerset Levels, south east of Bridgwater. History The name of the parish derives from its location on the "island" of Sowy, an area of slightly higher ground on the Somerset Levels between the River Cary and the River Parrett. The parish of Westernzoyland was created in 1515 when the parish of Sowy was divided. Westonzoyland refers to the westernmost settlement on Sowy. The parish of Westonzoyland was part of the Whitley Hundred. The area around Westonzoyland was farmed as common land when it was owned by the Abbey at Glastonbury, who during the 12th and 13th centuries encouraged tenants to undertake large scale reclamation of the marshland. were enclosed in 1234. With the dissolution of the Abbey in 1539, the land was divided among owners, with the soil belonging to the Crown. Cornelius Vermuyden was active in the region in the mid 17th century, building small-scale drainage schemes at ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Amesbury, Somerset
High Littleton is a village and civil parish in Somerset, England, about north of Paulton and south-west of Bath. The parish includes the small village of Hallatrow and the hamlets of White Cross, Greyfield and Mearns; the northeastern part of High Littleton village is known as Rotcombe. High Littleton and Hallatrow are on the A39 Wells-Bath road, which is crossed by the A37 Shepton Mallet to Bristol road at White Cross. There is a Church of England Voluntary Controlled primary school (4–11 years) in the village, together with several pubs and shops. History There is evidence of settlement at High Littleton since Saxon times in the late 7th or 8th century. They called it Lytel tun. Hallatrow may have been much older. In the Domesday Survey of 1086, each village covered an area of about . In early times the villages would have been almost entirely farmed, mostly arable farming but with a mixture of dairy farming and sheep raising. The parish was part of the hun ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Alvington, Somerset
Brympton is a civil parish and electoral ward in Somerset, England. The parish is situated on the north-west edge of Yeovil in the South Somerset district. The parish/ward has a population of 7,308. The civil parish covers the western part of the Yeovil built up area, including the stadium of Yeovil Town F.C. at Huish Park, and also includes the hamlets of Brympton D'Evercy, Lufton, Thorne Coffin and Alvington as well as part of Chilthorne Domer. History An important late Roman villa was excavated at Lufton by Leonard Hayward of Yeovil Grammar School during the 1950s and 1960s. Further work on this villa and its landscape was undertaken by archaeologists from Newcastle University between 2012 and 2017. The villa is a corridor building with an unusual octagonal plunge bath. A number of mosaics were found, including one around the octagonal pool depicting fish. Brympton, historically spelt Brimpton, was an ancient parish, part of the Stone Hundred. The parish included th ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Alston Sutton
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Allowenshay
Kingstone is a village and civil parish in Somerset, England, situated near Ilminster, north east of Chard in the South Somerset district. The village has a population of 83. The parish includes the village of Allowenshay which was the name of the parish from 1280. History Kingstone The village name means ''Kings settlement'', which it was until King Edmund gave the manor to St Dunstan, as abbot of Glastonbury Abbey in 940. The estate was valued at this time at eight hides. After the Norman Conquest it was lost to the Count of Mortain, William the Conqueror's brother Robert.'Parishes: Kingstone', A History of the County of Somerset: Volume 3 (1974), pp. 203-209 11 October 2012. It was later held by the Arundell family (1461-1663) and then by the Earl Poulett, Pouletts of Hinton St George until the 20th century. In the medieval period it was the site of a deer park. Allowenshay The settlement at Allowenshay, is mentioned in 1280 as ''Alwynesheye'' derive ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Allerford
Allerford is a village in the county of Somerset, England, located within Exmoor National Park, and is part of the parish of Selworthy in the district of Somerset West and Taunton. It appears in Domesday Book as "Alresford – forda Ralph de Limesy Mill". The parish was part of the hundred of Carhampton. One of the village's main attractions is the much-photographed packhorse bridge. Built as a crossing over the River Aller (from which the village gets its name), it is thought to be medieval in origin. Nearby is the New Bridge where the A39 road crosses Horner Water. The wide pointed arch rises with a span half arch on the side for flood relief. Originally the bridge was wide but another was added in 1866. The packhorse bridge is an Ancient monument and has been added to the Heritage at Risk Register. Allerford New Bridge which carries the A39 road past the village is also a Scheduled Ancient Monument and Grade II* listed building. It is also on the Heritage at Risk re ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Aller, Somerset
Aller is a village and parish in Somerset, England, situated west of Somerton on the A372 road towards Bridgwater in the South Somerset district. The village has a population of 410. The parish includes the hamlet of Beer (sometimes ''Bere'' or Bere Aller) and the deserted medieval village of Oath on the opposite bank of the River Parrett. History Aller was listed in the Domesday Book of 1086 as ''Alre'', meaning 'The alder tree' from the Old English ''alor''. The parish of Aller was part of the hundred of Somerton. Most of the valuable meadows had been enclosed by 1577, but the surrounding fields were not enclosed until 1797. Between 1614 and 1616 there was a struggle between the lord, Sir John Davis, who had recently purchased the manor, and the tenants over the building of hedges and gates to increase the value of the remaining of common ground. The meadows remained open and Davis sold the manor to John Stawell of Cothelstone in 1623. Oath Lock marks the tidal limit of ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Alhampton
Ditcheat is a village and civil parish south of Shepton Mallet, and north-west of Castle Cary, in the Mendip district of Somerset, England. Besides the village, the parish has four hamlets: Wraxall, Lower Wraxall, Alhampton and Sutton. History In the Domesday Book of 1086, Ditcheat belonged to Glastonbury Abbey and contained 36 families. The parish of Ditcheat was part of the Whitstone Hundred. Nearby main roads are the A37, west of the village, connecting Bristol and Yeovil, and the A371, east, connecting Shepton Mallet and Wincanton. It lies near the River Brue which is crossed by Ansford bridge which dates from 1823. Boulter's Bridge which spans the River Alham is of medieval origin and has been designated as a Scheduled Ancient Monument. The parish is close to the Roman Fosse Way. The Manor House is a 17th-century manor house built by Sir Ralph Hopton. Governance The parish council has responsibility for local issues, including setting an annual precept (local rate ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
