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Wincanton Rural District
Wincanton was a rural district in Somerset, England, from 1894 to 1974. It was created in 1894 under the Local Government Act 1894. In 1974 it was abolished under the Local Government Act 1972 when it became part of South Somerset. The parishes which were part of the district included Abbas Combe, Alford, Ansford, Blackford, Bratton Seymour, Brewham, Bruton, Castle Cary, Charlton Horethorne, Charlton Musgrove, Compton Pauncefoot, Corton Denham, Cucklington, Henstridge, Holton, Horsington, Lovington, Maperton, Milborne Port, North Barrow, North Brewham, North Cadbury, North Cheriton, Penselwood, Pitcombe, Queen Camel, Shepton Montague, South Barrow, South Brewham, South Cadbury, Sparkford, Stoke Trister, Stowell, Sutton Montis, Weston Bampfylde, Wheathill, Wincanton and Yarlington. References Wincanton Rural District at Britain Through Time*Local Government Act 1972 The Local Government Act 1972 (c. 70) is an Act of the Parliament of the United Kingdom that ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Rural District
Rural districts were a type of local government area – now superseded – established at the end of the 19th century in England, Wales, and Ireland for the administration of predominantly rural areas at a level lower than that of the Administrative county, administrative counties.__TOC__ England and Wales In England and Wales they were created in 1894 (by the Local Government Act 1894) along with Urban district (Great Britain and Ireland), urban districts. They replaced the earlier system of sanitary districts (themselves based on poor law unions, but not replacing them). Rural districts had elected rural district councils (RDCs), which inherited the functions of the earlier sanitary districts, but also had wider authority over matters such as local planning, council house, council housing, and playgrounds and cemeteries. Matters such as education and major roads were the responsibility of county councils. Until 1930 the rural district councillors were also poor law gu ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Compton Pauncefoot
Compton Pauncefoot is a village and civil parish in Somerset, England, situated beside the A303 road, south west of Wincanton in the South Somerset district. The parish had a population of 139 in 2011. The civil parish also includes the village with Blackford (located one mile to the east) and therefore population is based on the two villages together. Blackford parish was merged with Compton Pauncefoot on 1 April 1933. The civil parish holds a Parish Meeting twice a year and has no Parish Council. There are approximately 35 houses in the village of Compton Pauncefoot and a similar number in Blackford. Compton Pauncefoot is a designated Conservation Area. The civil parish is in the Blackmore Vale ward of South Somerset District Council and Somerset County Council. History The name of the village is believed to come from 'compton', or narrow valley, belonging to a Norman knight called Pauncefote ('Fat-bellied'). The parish was part of the hundred of Catsash. Baron Blackford, ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Penselwood
Penselwood is a village and civil parish in the English county of Somerset. It is located north east of Wincanton, south east of Bruton, west of Mere, and north west of Gillingham. The south-east of the parish borders Zeals and Stourhead in Wiltshire, and Bourton in Dorset. In 1991 the parish occupied 523 hectares (1,292 acres). Name The medieval form of the name was "Penn in Selwood", where ''pen'' (Brittonic for "head") probably referred to a hill and ''Selwood'' was the Selwood Forest which once surrounded the area. David Nash Ford associated nearby Ilchester with the Nennius (). Theodor Mommsen (). ''Historia Brittonum'', VI. Composed after AD 830. Hosted at Latin Wikisource. listed among the 28 cities of Britain by the ''History of the Britons'' on the basis that it should be read as an Old Welsh form of 'Penselwood'Ford, David Nash.The 28 Cities of Britain" at Britannia. 2000. (''coit'' being Welsh for "forest"), although others view it as three separate word ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
North Cheriton
North Cheriton is a small village and civil parish in South Somerset with a population of 208. It is located on the A357 south-west of Wincanton. History North Cheriton is mentioned as a manor belonging to William de Moyon in the Domesday Book in 1086.''Domesday Book: A Complete Translation''. London: Penguin, 2003. p. 266 The parish was part of the hundred of Horethorne. Church The Grade II* Listed Parish Church is dedicated to St John the Baptist, and is one of the "Camelot Parishes" in the Diocese of Bath and Wells. Interred in the Churchyard are the ashes of Betty Clay (16 April 1917 – 24 April 2004) and her husband Gervas (16 April 1907 – 18 April 2009). Governance The parish council has responsibility for local issues, including setting an annual precept (local rate) to cover the council's operating costs and producing annual accounts for public scrutiny. The parish council evaluates local planning applications and works with the local police, district coun ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
North Cadbury
North Cadbury is a village and civil parish west of Wincanton, by the River Cam, in the South Somerset district of Somerset, England. It shares its parish council with nearby Yarlington and its civil parish includes the village of Galhampton, which got its name from ''the settlement of the rent-paying peasants'', and the hamlet of Woolston. History The name Cadbury means ''Cada's fort'' and refers to Cadbury Castle. The parish was part of the hundred of Catsash. Feudal barony of North Cadbury In the Domesday Book of 1086 the manor is recorded as held as part of the extensive fiefdom of Turstin FitzRolf, the supposed standard-bearer to William the Conqueror at the Battle of Hastings in 1066. The lands held by Turstin were subsequently proved to have been held under the feudal tenure ''per baroniam'', making the holder a feudal baron. The ''caput'' of this barony is stated by Professor Ivor Sanders (1960) to have been North Cadbury, although Turstin's central area of operat ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
North Brewham
Brewham is a civil parish in Somerset, England, consisting of the villages of North Brewham and South Brewham, on either side of the river in the Brue Valley east of Bruton and south-west of Frome in the South Somerset district. The parish has a population of 441. History The name of the villages comes from the settlement on the River Brue. In 1066 it was held by Robert son of Wimarc the Staller but after the Norman Conquest was given to William de Moyon is mentioned as a manor belonging to William de Moyon''Domesday Book: A Complete Translation''. London: Penguin, 2003. p. 266 who gave it to his son, William de Mohun of Dunster. Later the manor was given to Bruton Abbey until the Dissolution of the Monasteries when it was granted to Sir Maurice Berkeley. In 1251 Robert de Musgrove was granted a licence by the king to enlarge Brewham Park, which had previously been held by William de Montacute. Brewham was part of the hundred of Bruton. Governance The parish council ha ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
North Barrow
North Barrow is a village and civil parish to the north-east of Ilchester in the South Somerset district of Somerset, England. History The parish was part of the hundred of Catsash. Governance The parish council has responsibility for local issues, including setting an annual precept (local rate) to cover the council's operating costs and producing annual accounts for public scrutiny. The parish council evaluates local planning applications and works with the local police, district council officers, and neighbourhood watch groups on matters of crime, security, and traffic. The parish council's role also includes initiating projects for the maintenance and repair of parish facilities, as well as consulting with the district council on the maintenance, repair, and improvement of highways, drainage, footpaths, public transport, and street cleaning. Conservation matters (including trees and listed buildings) and environmental issues are also the responsibility of the council. Th ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Milborne Port
Milborne Port is a village, electoral ward and civil parish in Somerset, England, east of Sherborne, and in the South Somerset district. It has a population of 2,802. The parish includes the hamlets of Milborne Wick and Kingsbury Regis. The village is surrounded by green fields and countryside on the banks of the River Gascoigne, a tributary of the River Ivel or River Yeo. The village has a primary school, which occupies the site of the former infant school. The junior school was closed and all pupils and staff moved to the infant site. In 2006 a new three-classroom extension was opened. History The nearby Laycock Railway Cutting is the best single exposure of the Bathonian ’Fuller's Earth Rock' in South Somerset. Ammonites indicating the Morrisi and Subcontractus zones of the Middle Bathonian are frequent. [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Maperton
Maperton is a village and civil parish in Somerset, England, situated south west of Wincanton in the South Somerset district. The village has a population of 140. However, this small number includes Elliscombe House care home which alone has an average of 40 residents. History The name of the village means ''maple settlement'' and is pronounced ''Mayperton''. This pronunciation is particularly used by newer residents but many older residents use the alternative pronunciation "map-er-ton". In the Domesday Book of 1086 the manor is recorded as held by Turstin FitzRolf. The manor was held by Francis Hastings of North Cadbury around 1600. The parish was part of the hundred of Catsash. Earthworks show the site of a village, with a village pond, and ridge and furrow agriculture from the Middle Ages south of Wyke Champflower. Maperton House was built in the 19th century, but incorporates some 18th-century fragments from a previous manor house which stood on the same site. (Not to ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Lovington, Somerset
Lovington is a village and civil parish in Somerset, England, situated south west of Castle Cary, between the River Brue and River Cary, in the South Somerset district. The parish, which includes the hamlet of Wheathill, has a population of 141. History The name of the village comes from Old English meaning ''Lufa's settlement''. There was a mill on the River Brue in the village at the time of the Domesday Book, when it was held by Serlo de Burci, however it is not certain whether this is the same site as the current Lovington Mill which was built around 1800. The parish of Lovington was part of the hundred of Catsash, while Wheathill was part of the Whitley Hundred. The village school was built in the early 19th century, and was helped later in the century, with donations and equipment, by the local priest and hymn writer Godfrey Thring. Governance The parish council has responsibility for local issues, including setting an annual precept (local rate) to cover the council ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Horsington, Somerset
Horsington is a village and Civil parish in Somerset, England, situated south of Wincanton and north of Templecombe in the South Somerset district. The village lies on the edge of Horsington Marsh, part of the Blackmore Vale. In 2011 the population of the Parish, which includes the adjoining hamlets of Peckholdsash and Wilkin Throop and the village of South Cheriton was 571. History The name of the village means ''the settlement of the horse keepers''. The cross on the village green was erected in 1284 to mark the site of the market. It is built of hamstone with an octagonal shaft on a stepped circular base. The parish was part of the hundred of Horethorne. Horsington Manor was owned by the Gowens family from the 16th century until 1653, and from 1748 by Matthew Spencer who built the manor house. Spencer's son sold it to the Bailward family. Large quantities of documents relating to Horsington Manor have been donated to thSomerset Record Officefor safe-keeping In 1990s, A ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Holton, Somerset
Holton is a village (or hamlet) and parish in Somerset, England, situated on the A303 road south west of Wincanton in the South Somerset district. The village has a population of 238. History The parish of Holton was part of the Whitley Hundred. The route of the A303 has been changed a couple of times. The oldest route passes through the centre of the village past the ''Old Inn'', and is a narrow lane. The village was bypassed by a new route a hundred yards to the north, and has since been bypassed again by the creation of a dual carriageway a few yards further north. To reach Holton it is necessary to leave the modern A303 at Wincanton (2 miles to the east) or, if arriving from the west, leave at Blackford (1 mile to the west), then join the older route. Governance The parish council has responsibility for local issues, including setting an annual precept (local rate) to cover the council’s operating costs and producing annual accounts for public scrutiny. The parish c ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
