Croscombe
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Croscombe is a village and
Croscombe has a village hall, a shop, a public house, a Church, a chapel and a school.
History
North-east of the village and within the parish boundary is
It was first recorded in 706 when King
During the
The Old Manor was built around 1460–89 as a rectorial manor house for Hugh Sugar, the Treasurer of Wells Cathedral. It was altered in the 16th and 18th centuries, and in the 20th century by the Landmark Trust.[5] It has been designated as a Grade I listed building.[6]
The village cross was put in place in the 19th century, replacing an older one which had been there since the 14th century. It is heavily weathered (the rock type is oolite - a soft limestone), especially on the front right where it served as a seat for patrons of the adjacent former public house now known as The Cross [7] bed and breakfast.
In August 1861 the local waywardens decided that the village cross was a hindrance to the public way and endeavoured to remove it. The villagers were much against this and when masons from a neighbouring city began the act of despoiling it, the villagers gathered around the cross in its defence and a melee ensued involving both men and women inhabitants. The demolishing party were eventually driven off but not before the shaft had been broken and its finial broken in two. A flag was hoisted by the villagers bearing upon it the legend "Be Faithful" . During that night around 30 villagers volunteered to bivouac around the cross to guard it during the night. No other attempt has been made to remove the cross since.[8][9]
The village's remaining public house is The George Inn.
Governance
The
The village falls within the
The village falls in the 'Croscombe and Pilton'
It is also part of the
Religious sites
The large Church of St Mary the Virgin is of particular interest, having an unusual spire for Somerset, and Jacobean interior woodwork of national renown.[5] It is primarily from the 15th and 16th centuries with 19th-century restoration. It includes a peal of six bells, the earliest dated 1613, and an organ from 1837. It has been designated by English Heritage as a Grade I listed building.[12]
References
- ^ "Croscombe Parish". Neighbourhood Statistics. Office for National Statistics. Archived from the original on 2 January 2014. Retrieved 1 January 2014.
- ^ "Croscombe village website". Archived from the original on 25 December 2006. Retrieved 17 March 2008.
- ^ "Somerset Hundreds". GENUKI. Retrieved 22 October 2011.
- ^ "Croscombe (St Mary)". British History Online. Retrieved 14 September 2007.
- ^ ISBN 1-902007-01-8.
- ^ Historic England. "The Old Manor (1174843)". National Heritage List for England. Retrieved 19 May 2009.
- ^ Historic England. "Village Cross adjacent to The Cross (1058863)". National Heritage List for England. Retrieved 17 March 2008.
- ^ "Battle of Croscombe Cross". The Frome Times. 14 August 1861.
- ^ Pooley, C (1877). Old Crosses of Somerset.
- ^ "Shepton Mallet RD". A vision of Britain Through Time. University of Portsmouth. Retrieved 4 January 2014.
- ^ "Croscombe and Pilton ward 2011". Retrieved 7 March 2015.
- ^ Historic England. "Church of St Mary the Virgin (1174682)". National Heritage List for England. Retrieved 17 March 2008.
- ^ Historic England. "Parsonage House (1058829)". National Heritage List for England. Retrieved 31 January 2014.
- ^ "Bishop of Bath and Wells to swap Wells palace for Georgian rectory in Croscombe". Western Daily Press. 24 January 2014. Archived from the original on 2 February 2014. Retrieved 31 January 2014.
External links
Media related to Croscombe at Wikimedia Commons
