| Rudge | |
|---|---|
 Full Moon Inn at the central crossroads | |
  Rudge Location within Somerset | |
| Population | 100 |
| OS grid reference | ST828517 |
| District | |
| Shire county | |
| Region | |
| Country | England |
| Sovereign state | United Kingdom |
| Post town | FROME |
| Postcode district | BA11 |
| Dialling code | 01373 |
| Police | Avon and Somerset |
| Fire | Devon and Somerset |
| Ambulance | South Western |
| UK Parliament | |
Rudge is a hamlet in the civil parish of Beckington in the Mendip district of Somerset, England. Its nearest town is Frome.
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.
The neighbouring villages are Rode, Southwick, Dilton Marsh and Beckington.
The Full Moon pub has developed from a small pub, now having letting rooms and a restaurant. [1]
Since 1946, a public telephone and kiosk were placed outside the pub. It is now an Information Point [RIP] and mini book exchange.
The Old Manor House, sometimes known as Rudgehill Farm, was built in the early 17th century and refronted in 1692. [2]
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. [3] 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.
The English poet Samuel Daniel settled at Rudge and died here in 1619; he is buried in the nearby St George's Church, Beckington. [4]
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Archdeacon Newton is a hamlet and rural parish of several farms in the borough of Darlington and the ceremonial county of County Durham, in England. The population taken at the 2011 Census was less than 100. Details are maintained in the parish of Walworth. It is associated with an abandoned village site under pasture and farm buildings, and situated a short distance to the north-west of Darlington. The lost settlement was in existence by the early 15th century, and remained inhabited at least until the 1890s. There was a moated manor house at the southern end, part of which remains as the Old Hall, now a barn. At the north end of the site was the chapel, and in the middle were tofts and enclosures, with a ridge and furrow field and a trackway leading to the south-east. The site of the abandoned village is now a scheduled monument and the Old Hall is a listed building.
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