Batheaston is a village and
civil parish
In England, a civil parish is a type of administrative parish used for local government. It is a territorial designation which is the lowest tier of local government below districts and counties, or their combined form, the unitary authority ...
east of the English city of
Bath, on the north bank of the
River Avon. The parish had a population of 2,735 in 2011.
The northern area of the parish, on the road to
St Catherine, is an area known as Northend.
Batheaston has been
twinned with
Oudon
Oudon () is a commune in the Loire-Atlantique department in western France.
Population
Gallery
ChateauDeOudon-20120401.jpg, Oudon Castle
OudonMenhir 4.jpg, Menhir of "Pierre blanche"
Town twinning
* Batheaston, Somerset, Great Britain
R ...
, France since 2005.
History
Batheaston is named ''Estone'' in the 1086 ''
Domesday Book
Domesday Book () – the Middle English spelling of "Doomsday Book" – is a manuscript record of the "Great Survey" of much of England and parts of Wales completed in 1086 by order of King William I, known as William the Conqueror. The manusc ...
'', which recorded a population of 48 households.
Batheaston was part of the
hundred
100 or one hundred (Roman numeral: C) is the natural number following 99 and preceding 101.
In medieval contexts, it may be described as the short hundred or five score in order to differentiate the English and Germanic use of "hundred" to de ...
of
Bath Forum
Bath Forum is one of the 40 historical hundreds in the ceremonial county of Somerset, England, dating from before the Norman Conquest during the Anglo-Saxon era although exact dates are unknown. The Bath Hundred had various names over the centur ...
.
In the 16th century the
Lord of the Manor
Lord of the Manor is a title that, in Anglo-Saxon England, referred to the landholder of a rural estate. The lord enjoyed manorial rights (the rights to establish and occupy a residence, known as the manor house and demesne) as well as seig ...
was
John Hussey, 1st Baron Hussey of Sleaford
John is a common English name and surname:
* John (given name)
* John (surname)
John may also refer to:
New Testament
Works
* Gospel of John, a title often shortened to John
* First Epistle of John, often shortened to 1 John
* Second E ...
.
In the 18th century,
Sir John Riggs Miller, 1st Baronet and
Anna, Lady Miller
Anna, Lady Miller (''née'' Riggs; 1741 – 24 June 1781) was an English poet, travel writer, heiress and salon (gathering), salon hostess.
Biography
Anna was the daughter of Edward Riggs, by his wife, Margaret Pigott, of the historic house of ...
held a much-mocked fortnightly
literary
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salon
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Common meanings
* Beauty salon, a venue for cosmetic treatments
* French term for a drawing room, an architectural space in a home
* Salon (gathering), a meeting for learning or enjoyment
Arts and entertainment
* Salon (P ...
along with competitions and prizes at their house in the village. Distinguished contributions were received from the likes of
David Garrick
David Garrick (19 February 1717 – 20 January 1779) was an English actor, playwright, theatre manager and producer who influenced nearly all aspects of European theatrical practice throughout the 18th century, and was a pupil and friend of Sa ...
,
Christopher Anstey
Christopher Anstey (31 October 1724 – 3 August 1805) was an English poet who also wrote in Latin. After a period managing his family's estates, he moved permanently to Bath and died after a long public life there. His poem, ''The New Bath Gui ...
and the poet
Anna Seward
Anna Seward (12 December 1742 ld style: 1 December 1742./ref>Often wrongly given as 1747.25 March 1809) was an English Romantic poet, often called the Swan of Lichfield. She benefited from her father's progressive views on female education.
Li ...
.
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
Neighbourhood Watch in the United Kingdom is the largest voluntary crime prevention movement covering England and Wales with upwards of 2.3 million household members. The charity brings neighbors together to create strong, friendly and active comm ...
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, such as the
village hall
A village hall is a public building in a village used for various things such as:
United Kingdom
In the United Kingdom, a village hall is usually a building which contains at least one large room (plus kitchen and toilets), is owned by a local ...
or
community centre
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,
playing field
Play is a range of intrinsically motivated activities done for recreational pleasure and enjoyment. Play is commonly associated with children and juvenile-level activities, but may be engaged in at any life stage, and among other higher-functio ...
s and
playground
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s, 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 of interest to the council.
The parish falls within the
unitary authority
A unitary authority is a local authority responsible for all local government functions within its area or performing additional functions that elsewhere are usually performed by a higher level of sub-national government or the national governmen ...
of
Bath and North East Somerset
Bath and North East Somerset (B&NES) is a unitary authority district in England. Bath and North East Somerset Council was created on 1 April 1996 following the abolition of the county of Avon. It is part of the ceremonial county of Somerset.
Th ...
which was created in 1996, as established by the
Local Government Act 1992
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. It provides a single tier of
local government
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with responsibility for almost all local government functions within its area including
local planning and
building control
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, local roads,
council housing
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,
environmental health
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, markets and fairs,
refuse collection
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,
recycling
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,
cemeteries
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,
crematoria
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Cremation may serve as a funeral or post-funeral rite and as an alternative to burial. In some countries, including India and Nepal, cremation on an open-air pyre i ...
, leisure services, parks, and tourism. It is also responsible for
education
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,
social services
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,
libraries
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, main roads, public transport,
Trading Standards
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Sometimes, the Trading Standards enforcement functions of a local authority a ...
,
waste disposal
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and strategic planning, although fire, police and ambulance services are provided jointly with other authorities through the
Avon Fire and Rescue Service
Avon Fire & Rescue Service (AF&RS) is the fire and rescue service covering the unitary authorities of Bath and North East Somerset, Bristol, North Somerset, and South Gloucestershire in South West England.
The headquarters of the service is co ...
,
Avon and Somerset Police
Avon and Somerset Police is the territorial police force responsible for law enforcement in the county of Somerset and in four districts that used to be in the defunct county of Avon: Bristol, Bath and North East Somerset, North Somerset and So ...
and the
Great Western Ambulance Service
The Great Western Ambulance Service NHS Trust (GWAS) was a National Health Service (NHS) trust which provided emergency and non-emergency patient transport services to Bath and North East Somerset, Bristol, Gloucestershire, North Somerset, Swind ...
.
Bath and North East Somerset's area covers part of the
ceremonial county
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of
Somerset
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but it is administered independently of the
non-metropolitan county
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. Its administrative headquarters are in
Bath. Between 1 April 1974 and 1 April 1996, it was the
Wansdyke district
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and the
City of Bath of the
county of Avon
Avon () was a non-metropolitan and ceremonial county in the west of England that existed between 1974 and 1996. The county was named after the River Avon, which flows through the area. It was formed from the county boroughs of Bristol and Ba ...
. Until 1974 the parish was part of the Bathavon
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 Ad ...
.
The parish is represented in the
House of Commons
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of the
Parliament of the United Kingdom
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as part of
North East Somerset
North East Somerset is a constituency represented in the House of Commons of the UK Parliament, since its 2010 creation, by Conservative Jacob Rees-Mogg.
Boundaries
The constituency covers the part of Bath and North East Somerset District th ...
. It elects one
Member of Parliament (MP)
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by the
first past the post
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system of election.
Geography
![Three Shire Stone - geograph](https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/5/5b/Three_Shire_Stone_-_geograph.org.uk_-_457076.jpg)
The village is overlooked by
Solsbury Hill
Little Solsbury Hill (more commonly known as Solsbury Hill) is a small flat-topped hill and the site of an Iron Age hill fort, above the village of Batheaston in Somerset, England. The hill rises to above the River Avon, Bristol, River Avon ...
which is within the
Cotswolds
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The area is defined by the bedrock of Jur ...
Area of Outstanding Natural Beauty
An Area of Outstanding Natural Beauty (AONB; , AHNE) is an area of countryside in England, Wales, and Northern Ireland, that has been designated for conservation due to its significant landscape value. Areas are designated in recognition of thei ...
and was an
Iron Age
The Iron Age is the final epoch of the three-age division of the prehistory and protohistory of humanity. It was preceded by the Stone Age (Paleolithic, Mesolithic, Neolithic) and the Bronze Age (Chalcolithic). The concept has been mostly appl ...
hill fort
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, occupied between 300
BC and 100 BC. Batheaston is linked to
Bathampton
Bathampton () is a village and civil parish east of Bath, England on the south bank of the River Avon. The parish has a population of 1,603.
The Kennet and Avon Canal passes through the village and a toll bridge links Bathampton to Bathea ...
on the south bank of the river via a
toll bridge
A toll bridge is a bridge where a monetary charge (or ''toll'') is required to pass over. Generally the private or public owner, builder and maintainer of the bridge uses the toll to recoup their investment, in much the same way as a toll road. ...
, and also borders
Bathford
Bathford (pronounced with the emphasis on the second syllable) is a village and civil parish east of Bath, England. The parish, which includes Warleigh, has a population of 1,759 and extends over .
History
The ancient charter ''Codex Diploma ...
.
The
Bybrook River, which springs up near
Marshfield in Gloucestershire, flows through villages such as
Castle Combe
Castle Combe is a village and Civil parishes in England, civil parish within the Cotswolds Area of Outstanding Natural Beauty in Wiltshire, England. The village is around north-west of Chippenham. A castle once stood in the area, but was demolis ...
and
Box
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in Wiltshire before joining the
River Avon in Batheaston.
The
Fosse Way
The Fosse Way was a Roman road built in Britain during the first and second centuries AD that linked Isca Dumnoniorum (Exeter) in the southwest and Lindum Colonia (Lincoln) to the northeast, via Lindinis (Ilchester), Aquae Sulis ( Bath), Corini ...
Roman road
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descends into Batheaston via Bannerdown hill, before joining the London Road (
A4), also a former Roman road. The hill rises to above sea level, and by the roadside on the top of the hill () rest the Three Shire Stones – three vertical blocks of limestone with a large cap – which mark where the historical counties of
Gloucestershire
Gloucestershire ( abbreviated Glos) is a county in South West England. The county comprises part of the Cotswold Hills, part of the flat fertile valley of the River Severn and the entire Forest of Dean.
The county town is the city of Gl ...
,
Wiltshire
Wiltshire (; abbreviated Wilts) is a historic and ceremonial county in South West England with an area of . It is landlocked and borders the counties of Dorset to the southwest, Somerset to the west, Hampshire to the southeast, Gloucestershire ...
and Somerset meet. The stones are formed in the style of a burial chamber, and inside are three small dressed stones (the original stones), each dated 1736 and bearing the initial of one of the three counties. The previous Shire stones are shown on a
John Speed
John Speed (1551 or 1552 – 28 July 1629) was an English cartographer, chronologer and historian of Cheshire origins.S. Bendall, 'Speed, John (1551/2–1629), historian and cartographer', ''Oxford Dictionary of National Biography'' (OUP 2004/ ...
map dated 1610. In 1859 a
cromlech
A cromlech (sometimes also spelled "cromleh" or "cromlêh"; cf Welsh ''crom'', "bent"; ''llech'', "slate") is a megalithic construction made of large stone blocks. The word applies to two different megalithic forms in English, the first being an ...
was erected over the top of the original stones, which possibly were part of a burial chamber. Local newspapers and national journals of the time report that three skeletons were found in the hole, along with a
James II coin, during the work. Each stone is approximately 9–12 feet in height and weighs four to five tons, with the cap being of a similar size and weight. The work in 1859 was costed as £34 5s 8d; dinner to the workmen was included.
The northern end of the Bannerdown ridge is home to
Colerne Airfield
Colerne Airfield , now known as Azimghur Barracks, is a British Army facility just north-west of the village of Colerne, Wiltshire, England.
History
RAF Colerne was opened on this site in 1940, and was in operation until 1976. From 1940 to 1955 ...
, a Second World War
RAF Fighter Command
RAF Fighter Command was one of the commands of the Royal Air Force. It was formed in 1936 to allow more specialised control of fighter aircraft. It served throughout the Second World War. It earned near-immortal fame during the Battle of Britai ...
and
Bomber Command
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airfield. The hill is littered with former quarries where
Bath stone
Bath Stone is an oolitic limestone comprising granular fragments of calcium carbonate. Originally obtained from the Combe Down and Bathampton Down Mines under Combe Down, Somerset, England. Its honey colouring gives the World Heritage City of ...
was extracted.
Transport
The £45 million
A46 dual-carriageway Batheaston/
Swainswick
Swainswick is a small village and civil parish, north east of Bath, on the A46 in the Bath and North East Somerset unitary authority, Somerset, England. The parish has a population of 265. The village name was also spelled as Sweyneswik and Sw ...
bypass opened in summer 1996. It joins the main
A4 road This is a list of roads designated A4.
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which used to follow the
Fosse Way
The Fosse Way was a Roman road built in Britain during the first and second centuries AD that linked Isca Dumnoniorum (Exeter) in the southwest and Lindum Colonia (Lincoln) to the northeast, via Lindinis (Ilchester), Aquae Sulis ( Bath), Corini ...
which runs through the village. Despite the expense, the road failed to achieve its original objectives to link to the A36 either side of Bathampton and so alleviate traffic through London Road and Cleveland Bridge.
The village is on the route of the
Limestone Link
The Limestone Link is a long-distance footpath in England, from the Mendip Hills in Somerset to Cold Ashton in Gloucestershire. It is marked by an ammonite waymarker.
The Mendip section starts between Churchill and Rowberrow, near Dolebury ...
, a
long-distance footpath
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from the
Mendip Hills
The Mendip Hills (commonly called the Mendips) is a range of limestone hills to the south of Bristol and Bath in Somerset, England. Running from Weston-super-Mare and the Bristol Channel in the west to the Frome valley in the east, the hills ...
in Somerset to
Cold Aston
Cold Aston (also known as Aston Blank) is a village and civil parish in Gloucestershire, England, approximately to the east of Gloucester. It lies in the Cotswolds, an Area of Outstanding Natural Beauty. In the 2011 census, the population was ...
in the
Cotswolds
The Cotswolds (, ) is a region in central-southwest England, along a range of rolling hills that rise from the meadows of the upper Thames to an escarpment above the Severn Valley and Evesham Vale.
The area is defined by the bedrock of Jur ...
in Gloucestershire.
Religious sites
![Geograph 2795738 St](https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/0/00/Geograph_2795738_St._John_the_Baptist%2C_Batheaston.jpg)
The parish church of Batheaston is the
Church of St John The Baptist, and the parish is joined with St Catherine. It was built in the 12th century, and remodelled in the late 15th century. The west tower which has four stages with a pierced embattled
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 ...
, setback
buttress
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es, projecting octagonal stairs, and a
turret
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* Turret (architecture), a small tower that projects above the wall of a building
* Gun turret, a mechanism of a projectile-firing weapon
* Objective turret, an indexable holder of multiple lenses in an optical microscope
* Mi ...
at the south-east corner which terminates in a spirelet, was rebuilt in 1834 by
John Pinch the Younger of
Bath. It has pointed perpendicular two-light windows with cusped heads and the east side has a canopied niche containing a figure, probably St John. The church is a Grade II* listed building.
Landmarks
The Riverside studios in Batheaston have been used by several musicians to record their albums, including ''
Mighty ReArranger
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I ...
'' by
Robert Plant
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.
Batheaston House was built in 1712 for Henry Walters (1667–1753), a wealthy clothier who succeeded to the property through his grandfather, Henry Blanchard.
Pine House dates from 1672, having been built for Richard and Mary Panton. It was extended to the north in the early 18th century.
Eagle House was built in the late 17th/early 18th century and then remodelled in 1724 and again in 1729 by architect
John Wood, the Elder
John Wood, the Elder (1704 – 23 May 1754) was an English architect, working mainly in Bath.
In 1740 he surveyed Stonehenge and the Stanton Drew stone circles. He later wrote extensively about Bladud and Neo-Druidism. Because of some ...
as his own house.
The house was home to
Mary Blathwayt
Mary Blathwayt (1 February 1879 – 25 June 1961) was a British feminist, suffragette and social reformer. She lived at Eagle House in Somerset. This house became known as the "Suffragette's Rest" and contained a memorial to the protests o ...
and her family and became an important refuge for
suffragettes
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who had been released from prison after hunger strikes, with trees being planted to commemorate each woman. At least 47 trees were planted between April 1909 and July 1911,
including for
Emmeline Pankhurst
Emmeline Pankhurst ('' née'' Goulden; 15 July 1858 – 14 June 1928) was an English political activist who organised the UK suffragette movement and helped women win the right to vote. In 1999, ''Time'' named her as one of the 100 Most Impo ...
,
Christabel Pankhurst
Dame Christabel Harriette Pankhurst, (; 22 September 1880 – 13 February 1958) was a British suffragette born in Manchester
Manchester () is a city in Greater Manchester, England. It had a population of 552,000 in 2021. It is bord ...
,
Charlotte Despard
Charlotte Despard (née French; 15 June 1844 – 10 November 1939) was an Anglo-Irish suffragist, socialist, pacifist, Sinn Féin activist, and novelist. She was a founding member of the Women's Freedom League, Women's Peace Crusade, and the I ...
,
Millicent Fawcett
Dame Millicent Garrett Fawcett (née Garrett; 11 June 1847 – 5 August 1929) was an English politician, writer and feminist. She campaigned for women's suffrage by legal change and in 1897–1919 led Britain's largest women's rights associati ...
and Lady Lytton. The trees planted at Eagle House were removed to make way for a housing estate. Other trees have been planted to mirror the lost memorials.
Notable people
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Mary Blathwayt
Mary Blathwayt (1 February 1879 – 25 June 1961) was a British feminist, suffragette and social reformer. She lived at Eagle House in Somerset. This house became known as the "Suffragette's Rest" and contained a memorial to the protests o ...
(1879–1961), local suffragette
*
John Josias Conybeare (1779–1824), became vicar of Batheaston, and was
Professor of Anglo-Saxon (1808–1812), and afterwards
Professor of Poetry
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(1812–1821), at
Oxford
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. He published a translation of
Beowulf
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in English and Latin verse (1814)
*
Edmund Fallowfield Longrigg (usually known as "Bunty") (1906–1974), played
cricket
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for
Somerset
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Cambridge University
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*
William Lonsdale
William Lonsdale (9 September 1794 in Bath, Somerset, Bath11 November 1871 in Bristol), English geologist and palaeontologist, won the Wollaston Medal, Wollaston medal in 1846 for his research on the various kinds of fossil corals.
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(1794–1871), geologist and
palaeontologist
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*
Colin G. Maggs (1932–), railway author, deputy headmaster Batheaston Church of England school
*
Oswald Nock (1904–1994), railway author and signal engineer
*
John Wood, the Younger
John Wood, the Younger (25 February 1728 – 18 June 1782) was an English architect, working principally in the city of Bath, Somerset. He was the son of the architect John Wood, the Elder. His designs were highly influential during the 1 ...
(1728–1782), architect
*
Patrick Young Alexander
Patrick Young Alexander (28 March 1867 – 7 July 1943) was a British aeronautical pioneer fascinated by the possibility of heavier-than-air flight. He was an enthusiastic balloonist and he was also particularly active in meteorology. He perfor ...
(1867–1943), aeronautical pioneer
References
Further reading
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External links
* GENUKI â€
BatheastonBatheaston Historic Buildings SurveyBatheaston Scout Group
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Villages in Bath and North East Somerset
Civil parishes in Somerset