Burtle

Burtle
Avon and Somerset
Fire	Devon and Somerset
Ambulance	South Western
UK Parliament	Wells and Mendip Hills
List of places UK England Somerset 51°10′N 2°52′W / 51.17°N 02.87°W / 51.17; -02.87

Burtle is a village and civil parish on the Somerset Levels in Somerset, England.

Burtle Priory (also known as Burtle Moor Priory) originated as a hermitage on a site called Sprauellissmede, endowed by William son of Godfrey of Eddington in 1199. It was later known as St Stephens chapel and by 1312 a house of the Augustinian Canons Regular.^[2]

It is close to the village of Edington and between them was Edington Burtle station on a branch of the Somerset and Dorset Joint Railway, which opened in 1890 and closed on 7 March 1966.

The

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.

For local government purposes, since 1 April 2023, the village comes under the unitary authority of Somerset Council. Prior to this, it was part of the non-metropolitan district of Sedgemoor, which was formed on 1 April 1974 under the Local Government Act 1972, having previously been part of Bridgwater Rural District.^[3]

It is also part of the

.

Educational and religious sites

The Anglican Church of St Philip and St James was built in 1838–1839 by Richard Carver, the County Architect and Surveyor.^[4]

Burtle was home to the lower school of

Shapwick School closed in 2020.

References

External links

Wikimedia Commons has media related to Burtle.

• Burtle village web site