East Huntspill

East Huntspill
East Huntspill
	The Crown Inn and road junction
	East Huntspill Location within Somerset
Population	1,146 (2011)
OS grid reference	ST344454
Civil parish	East Huntspill;
Unitary authority	Somerset Council ;
Ceremonial county	Somerset ;
Region	South West ;
Country	England
Sovereign state	United Kingdom
Post town	HIGHBRIDGE
Postcode district	TA9
Dialling code	01278
Police	Avon and Somerset
Fire	Devon and Somerset
Ambulance	South Western
UK Parliament	Bridgwater and West Somerset ;
	List of places UK England Somerset 51°11′56″N2°56′28″W / 51.199°N 2.941°W Coordinates: 51°11′56″N2°56′28″W / 51.199°N 2.941°W

Last updated May 06, 2023

East Huntspill is a village and civil parish on the Huntspill Level, near Highbridge, Somerset, England. The civil parish includes Cote, Hackness and Bason Bridge.

History

Huntspill was listed in the Domesday Book of 1086 as Honspil, meaning 'Huna's creek' possibly from the Old English personal name Huna and from the Celtic pwll.^[2]

The parish of Huntspill was part of the Huntspill and Puriton Hundred.^[3]

Three 18th century farmhouses in East Huntspill, Hackney, New Road and Phippins, have all been designated as Grade II listed buildings.^[4]^[5]^[6]

In 1949 the civil parish of Huntspill was abolished and divided into Huntspill All Saints and West Huntspill along the line of the Bristol and Exeter Railway.^[7] The parish of Huntspill All Saints was renamed East Hunstspill in 1972.^[8]

Governance

For local government purposes, since 1 April 2023, the village comes under the unitary authority of Somerset Council. Prior to this, it was part of the non-metropolitan district of Sedgemoor, which was formed on 1 April 1974 under the Local Government Act 1972, having previously been part of Bridgwater Rural District.^[9]

Religious sites

The Anglican parish Church of All Saints in East Huntspill was built in 1839 by G P Manners, as a chapel-of-ease to the then parish church at Huntspill. It became the parish church in 1845, when the chapelry was formed into a parochial district,^[8] and the bell-chamber was added in the late 19th century.^[10] It has been designated as a Grade II listed building.^[11] It is on the Heritage at Risk Register because of the condition of the roof.^[12]

There was a United Methodist chapel in East Huntspill built in 1923, which replaced an earlier building in Chapel Lane. The chapel closed by 1997.^[8]

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References

1 2 "Statistics for Wards, LSOAs and Parishes — SUMMARY Profiles" (Excel). Somerset Intelligence. Retrieved 4 January 2014.
↑ Robinson, Stephen (1992). Somerset Place Names. Wimborne, Dorset: The Dovecote Press Ltd. ISBN 1-874336-03-2.
↑ "Somerset Hundreds". GENUKI. Retrieved 15 October 2011.
↑ Historic England. "Phippins Farmhouses, Barn and Forecourt Wall, New Road (1173314)". National Heritage List for England . Retrieved 25 January 2015.
↑ Historic England. "New Road Farmhouse (1296263)". National Heritage List for England . Retrieved 25 January 2015.
↑ Historic England. "Hackney Farmhouse with attached outbuilding and wall (1344660)". National Heritage List for England . Retrieved 25 January 2015.
↑ Vision of Britain website
1 2 3 Robert Dunning, ed. (2004). "Huntspill". A History of the County of Somerset: Volume 8, the Poldens and the Levels. Victoria County History. British History Online. pp. 91–112. Retrieved 25 January 2015.
↑ "Bridgwater RD". A vision of Britain Through Time. University of Portsmouth. Retrieved 4 January 2014.
↑ Historic England. "Church of All Saints (1060130)". National Heritage List for England . Retrieved 20 February 2009.
↑ Historic England. "Church of all Saints (1060130)". National Heritage List for England . Retrieved 25 January 2015.
↑ "Church of All Saints, Church Road, East Huntspill — Sedgemoor". Heritage at Risk. English Heritage. Archived from the original on 8 January 2014. Retrieved 14 October 2013.

Moore, R. (2005) A Parish Survey of East Huntspill and Bason Bridge (available via Somerset Studies Library, Taunton)

External links

Media related to East Huntspill at Wikimedia Commons

A History of the County of Somerset: Volume 8: The Poldens and the Levels: Huntspill (2004)
The Somerset Urban Archaeological Survey: Burnham and Highbridge by Clare Gathercole

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[popn-1] 1 2 "Statistics for Wards, LSOAs and Parishes — SUMMARY Profiles" (Excel). Somerset Intelligence. Retrieved 4 January 2014.

[2] Robinson, Stephen (1992). Somerset Place Names. Wimborne, Dorset: The Dovecote Press Ltd. ISBN 1-874336-03-2.

[3] "Somerset Hundreds". GENUKI. Retrieved 15 October 2011.

[4] Historic England. "Phippins Farmhouses, Barn and Forecourt Wall, New Road (1173314)". National Heritage List for England . Retrieved 25 January 2015.

[5] Historic England. "New Road Farmhouse (1296263)". National Heritage List for England . Retrieved 25 January 2015.

[6] Historic England. "Hackney Farmhouse with attached outbuilding and wall (1344660)". National Heritage List for England . Retrieved 25 January 2015.

[7] Vision of Britain website

[vch-8] 1 2 3 Robert Dunning, ed. (2004). "Huntspill". A History of the County of Somerset: Volume 8, the Poldens and the Levels. Victoria County History. British History Online. pp. 91–112. Retrieved 25 January 2015.

[bridgwaterrd-9] "Bridgwater RD". A vision of Britain Through Time. University of Portsmouth. Retrieved 4 January 2014.

[10] Historic England. "Church of All Saints (1060130)". National Heritage List for England . Retrieved 20 February 2009.

[11] Historic England. "Church of all Saints (1060130)". National Heritage List for England . Retrieved 25 January 2015.

[12] "Church of All Saints, Church Road, East Huntspill — Sedgemoor". Heritage at Risk. English Heritage. Archived from the original on 8 January 2014. Retrieved 14 October 2013.

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