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Up Mudford
Mudford is a village and civil parish, parish in Somerset, England, situated from Yeovil in the South Somerset district on the River Yeo (South Somerset), River Yeo. The village has a population of 696. The parish includes the hamlets of Mudford Sock, West Mudford and Up Mudford. The village lies on the Monarch's Way, a long-distance trail, footpath that approximates the Escape of Charles II, escape route taken by Charles II of England, King Charles II in 1651 after being defeated in the Battle of Worcester. History At the time of the Domesday Book in 1086 there were five manors. The largest which was given with the church to Montacute Priory in 1192, became Mudford Monachorum (''of the monks'') and was centred on the present hamlet of Up Mudford. The parish of Mudford was part of the Stone (hundred), Stone Hundred (county subdivision), Hundred. At the eastern end of the parish on the border with Dorset, the village of Nether Adber was held by Siward the Fowler before and a ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Church Of St Mary, Mudford
The Church of St Mary in Mudford, Somerset, England, dates from the 14th century and has been designated as a Grade I listed building. The church was granted by Montacute Priory to the Bishop of Bath and Wells in 1339. The interior includes a Jacobean pulpit and a stone font from the 15th century. It has a high three-stage tower, which dates from around 1498, divided by string courses with clasping corner buttresses, a battlemented parapet with small corner and intermediate pinnacles, and corner gargoyles. There is a stair turret on the north-east corner with a weathervane finial, and a clock face on the east side. It contains five bells dated 1582, 1621, 1623, 1664 and 1666, all by the Purdue family of nearby Closworth. The tower was rebuilt in 1309 and again in the early 20th century following a lightning strike. The parish is part of the benefice of Chilton Cantelo, Ashington, Marston Magna, Mudford and Rimpton within the Yeovil deanery. Due to the condition of the high l ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |