Hutton, Somerset

Hutton
Hutton War Memorial
Hutton Location within Somerset
Population	2,582 (2011) [1]
OS grid reference	ST355585
Unitary authority	North Somerset
Ceremonial county	Somerset
Region	South West
Country	England
Sovereign state	United Kingdom
Post town	WESTON-SUPER-MARE
Postcode district	BS24
Dialling code	01934
Police	Avon and Somerset
Fire	Avon
Ambulance	South Western
UK Parliament	Weston-super-Mare
List of places UK England Somerset 51°19′19″N2°55′37″W / 51.32193°N 2.92699°W / 51.32193; -2.92699

Hutton is a village and civil parish in Somerset, England. The parish, which has a population of 2,582, ^[1] is within the unitary authority of North Somerset and located on the western edge of the Mendip Hills, close to Weston-super-Mare.

The hamlets of Elborough, Lower Canada and Upper Canada lie within the parish.

Etymology

Hutton was listed in the Domesday Book of 1086 as Hotune, meaning 'the enclosure on the projection of land' from the Old English hōh ("hill-spur") and tūn ("estate, enclosure"). ^[2]

The parish once also contained a place called Cedern, now lost, whose name was an example of an English place-name deriving from Common Brittonic, where ced is the word found in modern Welsh as coed ("woodland") and -ern is a suffix used to form place-names. ^{[3] : 331}

History

Elborough Hill is an Iron Age hill fort in the south east of the parish, with associated Iron Age or Romano-British field systems.

The parish was part of the Winterstoke Hundred. ^[4]

Hutton Court was built in the 15th century as a manor house and has been classified as a Grade II* listed building. ^{[5] [6]}

Hutton has been twinned with the Kenyan village of Dabaso since 1999.

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, such as the village hall or community centre, playing fields and playgrounds, 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 of North Somerset which was created in 1996, as established by the Local Government Act 1992. It provides a single tier of local government with responsibility for almost all local government functions within its area including local planning and building control, local roads, council housing, environmental health, markets and fairs, refuse collection, recycling, cemeteries, crematoria, leisure services, parks, and tourism. It is also responsible for education, social services, libraries, main roads, public transport, trading standards, waste disposal and strategic planning, although fire, police and ambulance services are provided jointly with other authorities through the Avon Fire and Rescue Service, Avon and Somerset Constabulary and the South Western Ambulance Service.

North Somerset's area covers part of the ceremonial county of Somerset but it is administered independently of the non-metropolitan county. Its administrative headquarters is in the town hall in Weston-super-Mare. Between 1 April 1974 and 1 April 1996, it was the Woodspring district of the county of Avon. ^[7] Before 1974 the parish was part of the Axbridge Rural District. ^[8]

The village falls in 'Hutton and Locking' electoral ward. The ward starts in the north at Locking visits Hutton and continues south to Bleadon. The total population taken from the 2011 census was 6,417. ^[9]

The parish is represented in the House of Commons of the Parliament of the United Kingdom as part of the Weston-super-Mare county constituency. It elects one Member of Parliament (MP) by the first past the post system of election.

Religious sites

The Church of St Mary the Virgin dates from the 15th century and is a Grade II* listed building. ^[10]

Further reading

• "Hutton: A Somerset Village" (A History of Hutton), published by Hutton Parish Council, 2011

References

1. "2011 Census Profile". North Somerset Council. Archived from the original (Excel) on 4 January 2014. Retrieved 4 January 2014.
2. Robinson, Stephen (1992). Somerset Place Names. Wimborne, Dorset: The Dovecote Press Ltd. ISBN   1-874336-03-2.
3. Coates, Richard; Breeze, Andrew (2000). Celtic Voices, English Places: Studies of the Celtic Impact on Place-Names in Britain. Stamford: Tyas. ISBN   1900289415..
4. "Somerset Hundreds". GENUKI. Retrieved 9 September 2011.
5. "Hutton a Somerset Village". Hutton Parish. Archived from the original on 4 March 2016. Retrieved 17 September 2011.
6. "Hutton Court". British Listed Buildings. Retrieved 17 September 2011.
7. "The Avon (Structural Change) Order 1995". HMSO. Archived from the original on 30 January 2008. Retrieved 9 December 2007.
8. "Axbridge RD". A vision of Britain Through Time. University of Portsmouth. Retrieved 4 January 2014.
9. "Hutton and Locking ward 2011" . Retrieved 9 March 2015.
10. "Church of St Mary the Virgin". historicengland.org.uk. Retrieved 27 November 2006.

External links

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