Binegar

Coordinates: 51°14′36″N 2°33′03″W / 51.2433°N 2.5508°W / 51.2433; -2.5508
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Binegar
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51°14′36″N 2°33′03″W / 51.2433°N 2.5508°W / 51.2433; -2.5508
Gurney Slade (Binegar) Former Chapel.

Binegar is a small village and

civil parish in Somerset, England. It is located on the A37, 4 miles (6.4 km) east of Wells, between Shepton Mallet and Chilcompton. Its population in 2011 was 313.[1] Binegar and Gurney Slade on the opposite side of the A37 are effectively a single village and share a sign on the main road. In Gurney Slade, the quarry and houses on the north side of Tape Lane are in Binegar parish whilst the south side is in Ashwick parish. In Binegar, some houses on the south side of Station Road are in Ashwick parish and some on the north side of the village are in Emborough
parish.

History

The village had one Church of England Voluntary Controlled primary school, which was shut at the end of 2011,

pubs
, the Horse & Jockey and The George.

It used to have a station on the Somerset and Dorset Joint Railway, which closed in 1966, and was the site of accidents on the line in 1885 and 1886.[3]

The name of the village was Begenhangra, in a charter of 1065, which probably meant the slope where beans are grown. It formed part of the endowment of Wells Cathedral.[4]

Calamine ore was mined at Merchants Hill in the late 18th century, but the area's principal focus was on limestone quarrying, at Gurney Slade quarry, and agriculture.[4] Adjacent to the quarry there is now a plant which processes powdered material (known as filler) from various Mendip quarries.

The parish was part of the

Wells Forum.[5]

Governance

The

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

crematoria, leisure services, parks, and tourism
.

waste disposal
and strategic planning.

It is also part of the

MEPs using the d'Hondt method of party-list proportional representation
.

Religious sites

The Norman Church of the Holy Trinity was rebuilt in the 15th century, and again rebuilt (except for the tower) in 1858 for Rev William Heade. The tower contains two bells dating from 1776 and made by William Bilbie of the Bilbie family.[7] It has been designated by English Heritage as a Grade II* listed building.[8]

References

  1. ^ a b "Binegar Parish". Neighbourhood Statistics. Office for National Statistics. Retrieved 1 January 2014.
  2. ^ "Two Somerset primary schools to close". BBC. Retrieved 8 August 2017.
  3. ^ "Somerset and Dorset Railway — accidents". Kevin Clapcott. Archived from the original on 7 February 2012. Retrieved 29 November 2008.
  4. ^
    ISBN 1-874336-26-1
    .
  5. ^ "Somerset Hundreds". GENUKI. Retrieved 12 September 2011.
  6. ^ "Shepton Mallet RD". A vision of Britain Through Time. University of Portsmouth. Retrieved 4 January 2014.
  7. ISBN 0-9526702-0-8
    .
  8. ^ Historic England. "Church of the Holy Trinity (1058641)". National Heritage List for England. Retrieved 5 October 2007.

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