Norton-sub-Hamdon

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Norton-sub-Hamdon
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St Mary's Church
Grade I listed [1]
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Aerial view of main village centre
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Norton-sub-Hamdon
Location within Somerset
Population743 (2011) [2]
OS grid reference ST470159
District
Shire county
Region
Country England
Sovereign state United Kingdom
Post town STOKE-SUB-HAMDON
Postcode district TA14
Dialling code 01935
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50°56′26″N2°45′20″W / 50.9406°N 2.7555°W / 50.9406; -2.7555

Norton-sub-Hamdon is a village and civil parish in the South Somerset district of the English county of Somerset, situated ten miles west of Yeovil. The village has a population of 743. [2]

Contents

The village of Chiselborough is 0.5 miles (0.8 km) to the south, and the village of Stoke-sub-Hamdon 1 mile (1.6 km) to the north.

History

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The Manor House

The majority of the houses and cottages in the village are made from the local stone, hamstone, which is taken from the nearby Ham Hill, from which the village gets its name: Norton sub Hamdon means "north farm below the hill farm". [3]

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One of the Church's Stained Glass windows

After the Norman Conquest the manor was granted to Robert, Count of Mortain, who gave it to Grestein Abbey in Normandy, which administered it through Wilmington Priory in Sussex until it was confiscated by the crown in the 14th century. It was then given to the De la Pole family and inherited with the dukedom of Suffolk by the Seymours and in 1671 by the Earl of Aylesbury, before being broken up and sold off. [3]

The parish was part of the hundred of Houndsborough. [4]

Governance

There is a parish 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. It has previously been part of Yeovil Rural District, [5] and the county of Somerset.

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

Localities

Little Norton

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Little Norton
The mill is in the background

Little Norton is a more or less contiguous hamlet to the east that includes the western fringe of Ham Hill an ancient hillfort (and scheduled Ancient Monument [6] and extends also to its southeast to High Wood and Bagnel Farm which is listed building. [7]

The only other listed building in the neighbourhood is the central Little Norton Mill, which is also Grade II listed; [8] its overshot waterwheel is 13 feet 9 inches (4.19 m) in diameter and was cast by G. Parsons of the Parrett engineers.

Landmarks

Homefield in Rectory Lane was previously known as Folly's. It dates from the 17th century and has been designated as a Grade II* listed building. [9]

The manor house was built in the 17th century and is now in multiple occupation. [10]

The village pub, the Lord Nelson Inn, also has 17th-century origins. [11]

Education

The original primary school dates from the mid 18th century. It is situated next to the churchyard and its dovecote. [12] A new school beside the Recreation Field was opened in 1997. [13]

Religious sites

Church of St Mary the Virgin in Norton sub Hamdon has 13th century origins, but was largely rebuilt between 1500 and 1510. Further restoration was undertaken by Henry Wilson in 1894 and 1904. The five-stage tower, which rises 98.5 feet (30 m) was damaged by lightning and fire on 29 July 1894, but restored within a year, preserving the original design. [14] It has a double plinth, offset corner buttresses, dividing strings, battlemented parapet with pairs of corner pinnacles extended from buttresses, and central paired pinnacles corbelled off gargoyles. [15] The dovecote in the churchyard dates from the 17th century, [16] and was associated with a manor house which was demolished around 1850. [3]

Notable residents

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Paddy Ashdown

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References

  1. ↑ St Mary's Church full listed (monuments are listed in own entries on the national list) Historic England. "Details from listed building database (1253811)". National Heritage List for England . Retrieved 27 October 2012.
  2. 1 2 "Statistics for Wards, LSOAs and Parishes — SUMMARY Profiles" (Excel). Somerset Intelligence. Retrieved 4 January 2014.
  3. 1 2 3 Bush, Robin (1994). Somerset: The complete guide. Wimborne: The Dovecote Press Ltd. pp.  159. ISBN   1-874336-26-1.
  4. ↑ "Somerset Hundreds". GENUKI. Retrieved 9 October 2011.
  5. ↑ "Yeovil RD". A vision of Britain Through Time. University of Portsmouth. Retrieved 4 January 2014.
  6. ↑ Hamdon Hill Camp Historic England. "Details from listed building database (1003678)". National Heritage List for England . Retrieved 27 October 2012.
  7. ↑ Bagnel Farm and farm buildings Historic England. "Details from listed building database (1260595)". National Heritage List for England . Retrieved 27 October 2012.
  8. ↑ Little Norton Mill Historic England. "Details from listed building database (1241094)". National Heritage List for England . Retrieved 27 October 2012.
  9. ↑ Historic England. "Homefield (1241341)". National Heritage List for England . Retrieved 1 February 2009.
  10. ↑ Historic England. "The Manor House (1241207)". National Heritage List for England . Retrieved 1 February 2009.
  11. ↑ Historic England. "Lord Nelson Inn (1241336)". National Heritage List for England . Retrieved 1 February 2009.
  12. ↑ Historic England. "Norton sub Hamdon Primary School (1260688)". National Heritage List for England . Retrieved 1 February 2009.
  13. ↑ "About Us". Norton-sub-Hamdon Primary School. Retrieved 5 August 2018.
  14. ↑ "Church Guide". Church of St Mary the Virgin, Norton Sub Hamdon. Archived from the original on 3 October 2011. Retrieved 6 March 2008.
  15. ↑ Historic England. "Church of St Mary the Virgin, Norton Sub Hamdon (1253811)". National Heritage List for England . Retrieved 6 March 2008.
  16. ↑ Historic England. "Dovecote in churchyard, about 15 metres south-west of church, Church of St. Mary the Virgin (1241076)". National Heritage List for England . Retrieved 1 February 2009.

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