Yarlington

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Yarlington
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Church of St Mary, Yarlington
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Yarlington
Location within Somerset
Population123 (2011) [1]
OS grid reference ST655295
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Country England
Sovereign state United Kingdom
Post town Wincanton
Postcode district BA9
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51°03′49″N2°29′37″W / 51.0637°N 2.4937°W / 51.0637; -2.4937 Coordinates: 51°03′49″N2°29′37″W / 51.0637°N 2.4937°W / 51.0637; -2.4937

Yarlington is a village and civil parish, near the source of the River Cam, in the English county of Somerset.

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Administratively, Yarlington shares a parish council with nearby North Cadbury and forms part of the district of South Somerset.

The village gives its name to the Yarlington Mill cider apple. [2]

The village hosts the Yarlington Wassail which has been recently revived.

History

It was known as Gerlincgetuna, meaning the settlement of Gerla's people, in the Domesday Book of 1086. The manor passed in the 12th century to the Montagues, who later became the earls of Salisbury.

Henry VIII gave the manor to his last wife Katherine Parr in 1544 and, in 1547, her brother William Parr, Marquis of Northampton, sold the reversion by licence to Thomas Smyth (Smythe/Smith). [3] Thomas Smith was knighted in 1548. Sir Thomas Smith was described as 'of Ankerwicke, in the county of Berks, Knight' when by deed of 6 July 1556, he sold the manor and advowson to William Rosewell, of Loxton, in the county of Somerset, gentleman, and William Rosewell, his son and heir apparent. [4] This William Rosewell became the Solicitor-General to Queen Elizabeth and lived at the manor until about 1562. [3]

In 1573, a William Rosewell is presented to the Rectory of Yarlington by William Rosewell, of Loxton. As William Rosewell of Loxton died in 1570 the presentation must have been made by the executors of his estate. The presentee was probably the youngest son of William Rosewell (1499-1568), of Dunkerton, and brother of Thomas Rosewell (1533-c.1602) of Dunkerton who is listed as patron in the presentation. The living was held by William Rosewell until his death in 1627. [5]

The Rosewells held the manor for thirty-six years, and William Rosewell, the son of the Solicitor-General, and who is described in the deed of conveyance as 'William Rosewell, of Forde, in the county of Devon, esquire,’ sold the Manor and advowson of Yarlington to Sir Henry Berkeley, of Bruton. The conveyance was dated 8 February 1592. [4]

The manor and advowson was held by a branch of the Berkeleys of Bruton from 1592 until their descendant, Lord Carmarthen, sold it to John Rogers in 1782. [6] Rogers built Yarlington House as his manor house. [7] Woolston Manor lay in the south of the parish. It was sold in 1835 to Joseph Goodenough, who rebuilt the manor house further back from the road between 1835 and 1838. [8] The manor house has been a Grade II listed building since 18 March 1986. [9]

Yarlington was part of the hundred of Bruton. [10]

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, 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 the responsibility of the council.

The village falls within the Non-metropolitan district of South Somerset, which was formed on 1 April 1974 under the Local Government Act 1972, having previously been part of Wincanton Rural District. [11] The district council is responsible for local planning and building control, local roads, council housing, environmental health, markets and fairs, refuse collection and recycling, cemeteries and crematoria, leisure services, parks, and tourism.

Somerset County Council is responsible for running the largest and most expensive local services such as education, social services, libraries, main roads, public transport, policing and fire services, trading standards, waste disposal and strategic planning.

It is also part of a county constituency represented in the House of Commons of the Parliament of the United Kingdom. It elects one Member of Parliament (MP) by the first past the post system of election.

Religious sites

The Anglican parish Church of St Mary has an 11th-century tower, however the rest of the building was rebuilt by J.A. Reeve in 1878. It has been designated as a Grade II* listed building. [12]

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References

  1. ↑ "Statistics for Wards, LSOAs and Parishes — SUMMARY Profiles" (Excel). Somerset Intelligence. Retrieved 4 January 2014.
  2. ↑ Fruit trees website
  3. 1 2 Rogers, T.E. (1890) Records of Yarlington. Elliott Stock, London. pp. 94.
  4. 1 2 "Yarlington". A History of the County of Somerset: Volume 7: Bruton, Horethorne and Norton Ferris Hundreds. British History Online. Retrieved 7 October 2011.
  5. ↑ Persons: Boswell, William (1573–1620) in "CCEd, the Clergy of the Church of England database " (Accessed online , 2 February 2014)
  6. ↑ Bush, Robin (1994). Somerset: The Complete Guide. Dovecote Press. pp.  243. ISBN   1-874336-26-1.
  7. ↑ Historic England. "Yarlington House (1056215)". National Heritage List for England . Retrieved 7 February 2009.
  8. ↑ Baggs, A. P.; Sirau, M. C. (1999), "Yarlington", in C R J Currie and R W Dunning (ed.), A History of the County of Somerset, 7, Bruton, Horethorne and Norton Ferris Hundreds, London, retrieved 21 August 2016– via British History Online
  9. ↑ Historic England. "Woolston Manor farmhouse, and front boundary wall with railings (1178317)". National Heritage List for England . Retrieved 21 August 2016.
  10. ↑ "Bruton Hundred". A History of Britain. Retrieved 23 September 2011.
  11. ↑ "Wincanton RD". A vision of Britain Through Time. University of Portsmouth. Retrieved 4 January 2014.
  12. ↑ Historic England. "Church of St. Mary (1056212)". National Heritage List for England . Retrieved 7 February 2009.
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