Charlton Mackrell

Coordinates: 51°03′14″N 2°40′44″W / 51.0538°N 2.6790°W / 51.0538; -2.6790
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51°03′14″N 2°40′44″W / 51.0538°N 2.6790°W / 51.0538; -2.6790

Charlton Mackrell is a village and former

Somerset district, in the ceremonial county of Somerset, England, situated 3 miles (5 km) east of Somerton. The village has a population of 1,020.[1]

The parish consists of two villages, Charlton Mackrell and Charlton Adam. Both villages have approximately similar populations. There are also small settlements at Lytes Cary, Cary Fitzpaine (east of the A37 Fosse Way), and West Charlton. West Charlton is the shrunken remains of the original village of Charlton Mackrell.

History

The

Somerton.[3]

In the 16th century, two medieval fields were divided, which delayed inclosure until the 18th century, leading to the current patchwork of fields.[4]

The Charltons have been home to several of the ancestors of politicians in the

United States of America. Henry Adams and Edith Squire were married in the parish church in 1609, and she is thought to be the ancestor of Presidents John Adams, John Quincy Adams, and Calvin Coolidge, as well as of Samuel Adams, who also signed the Declaration of Independence, while Presidents Millard Fillmore and William Howard Taft were descendants of her two sisters Ann and Margaret.[5]

Around 1800, Kingweston resident William Dickinson purchased the manor, and his family owned it intil 1930.[2]

A railway station served the village as part of the Great Western Railway from 1905 to 1962.

The village was immortalised in song by Adge Cutler in 1968 with the composition The Charlton Mackrell Jug Band.[6]

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 civil parish was renamed from Charlton Mackrell to The Charltons on 13 March 2014[7]

The village fell 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
.

Civil parish

On 24 March 1887 part of the parish of

Charlton Adam was merged with Charlton Mackrell,[9] on 1 January 2015 the merged parish was renamed "The Charltons".[10] In 1881 the parish of Charlton Mackrell (prior to the merge) had a population of 290.[11]

Geography

Just outside the village to the south-west, near the main

Nature Reserve run by the Somerset Wildlife Trust. It is on the side of Windmill Hill and provides a habitat for a range of species, including the largest number of large blue butterflies anywhere in the world.[12] At the eastern end of the reserve is a Powder House, which was used by the Great Western Railway to store dynamite used in the construction of the Somerton Tunnel from 1903 to 1905.[13]

Landmarks

Charlton House, 2017

Elizabethan panelling and reuse earlier bits and pieces. It has been designated by English Heritage as a Grade I listed building.[14]

National Trust and is also Grade I listed.[15]

Charlton House is dated as being built in 1726 by Thomas Lyte on the site of an earlier building.[16] The Court was built in 1792.[17] Both are grade II* listed.

Religious sites

The Church of St Mary in West Charlton dates from the 13th century.[18]

The Church of St Peter and St Paul, on Church Hill, is slightly more recent.[19]

References

  1. ^ a b "Statistics for Wards, LSOAs and Parishes — SUMMARY Profiles" (Excel). Somerset Intelligence. Retrieved 4 January 2014.
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  3. ^ "Somerset Hundreds". GENUKI. Retrieved 19 October 2011.
  4. ISBN 0-340-20116-9
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  5. ^ "Connections with Presidents and other notable Americans". The Charltons. Retrieved 16 January 2008.
  6. ^ "The Charlton Mackrell Jug Band". WurzelWorld. Retrieved 27 February 2024.
  7. ^ "Bulletin of change 2014 Final" (PDF). Lgbce. Archived from the original (PDF) on 16 March 2018. Retrieved 15 March 2018.
  8. ^ "Langport RD". A vision of Britain Through Time. University of Portsmouth. Retrieved 4 January 2014.
  9. ^ "Langport Registration District". UKBMD. Retrieved 27 July 2023.
  10. ^ "Somerset Registration District". UKBMD. Retrieved 27 July 2023.
  11. A Vision of Britain through Time
    . Retrieved 27 July 2023.
  12. ^ "Green Down". Somerset Wildlife Trust. Retrieved 20 March 2011.
  13. ISBN 978-0-7509-4057-3
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  14. ^ Historic England. "The Abbey (1056727)". National Heritage List for England. Retrieved 16 January 2008.
  15. ^ The Buildings of England, South and West Somerset, by Nikolaus Pevsner. Penguin Books 1958; Reprinted by Yale University Press, 2003, pp 228-229.
  16. ^ Historic England. "Charlton House (1056766)". National Heritage List for England. Retrieved 16 January 2008.
  17. ^ Historic England. "Details from listed building database (1056732)". National Heritage List for England. Retrieved 28 May 2019.
  18. ^ Historic England. "Church of St Mary (1056728)". National Heritage List for England. Retrieved 16 January 2008.
  19. ^ Historic England. "Church of St Peter and St Paul (1056762)". National Heritage List for England. Retrieved 16 January 2008.

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