Rudge is a
hamlet
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in the civil parish of
Beckington in the
Mendip district of
Somerset
( en, All The People of Somerset)
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, England. Its nearest town is
Frome
Frome ( ) is a town and civil parish in eastern Somerset, England. The town is built on uneven high ground at the eastern end of the Mendip Hills, and centres on the River Frome. The town, about south of Bath, is the largest in the Mendip d ...
.
Location
The hamlet is located 2.5 miles (4 km) west of
Westbury, Wiltshire, and 1.5 miles (2.4 km) east of
A36 road going from
Bath to
Warminster
Warminster () is an ancient market town with a nearby garrison, and Civil parishes in England, civil parish in south west Wiltshire, England, on the western edge of Salisbury Plain. The parish had a population of about 17,000 in 2011. The 11th-c ...
.
The neighbouring villages are
Rode,
Southwick,
Dilton Marsh
Dilton Marsh is a village and civil parish in the far west of the county of Wiltshire, in the southwest of England. The village is about southwest of the centre of the town of Westbury; Dilton Marsh remains a distinct settlement with its own c ...
and
Beckington.
Amenities
The Full Moon pub has developed from a small pub, now having letting rooms and a restaurant.
Since 1946, a public telephone and kiosk were placed outside the pub. It is now an Information Point
IPand mini book exchange.
History
The Old Manor House, sometimes known as Rudgehill Farm, was built in the early 17th century and refronted in 1692.
The Baptist Chapel at Rudge was founded at the beginning of the 19th century.
The Methodist Chapel in the centre of Rudge, which was built in 1839. It is now a private house.
The electricity supply to Rudge was completed by 1950, and the piped water supply was laid on in 1954.
Notable people
The English poet
Samuel Daniel
Samuel Daniel (1562–1619) was an English poet, playwright and historian in the late- Elizabethan and early- Jacobean eras. He was an innovator in a wide range of literary genres. His best-known works are the sonnet cycle ''Delia'', the epi ...
settled at Rudge and died here in 1619; he is buried in the nearby
St George's Church, Beckington.
['Daniel, Samuel', in ]Encyclopædia Britannica
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, 1911
References
External links
Beckington village history
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Villages in Mendip District