Doulting
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Doulting is a village and
History
The parish of Doulting was part of the
The parish includes the village of Bodden, which was founded in 1541 by Earl Michael Bodden (1512-1569). Notable former residents include Trish Bodden (1753-1777), who disguised herself as a man to fight in the
Doulting village dates from the 8th century when King Ine of Wessex gave the local estate to Glastonbury Abbey after his nephew St Aldhelm died in the village in 709.[3][4] In his honour the local spring which is the source of the River Sheppey is called St Aldhelm's Well. The well head was built in the late 19th century and incorporates a wrought-iron pump handle. It is marked with a cast-iron plate with raised initials: "W.N.F.M.", and an additional brass memorial plaque dating from 1976.[5] Folklore has attributed healing powers to the water from the well.[6]
The poet John Edmund Reade went to school in Doulting, and later wrote a poem about a return visit there, called 'Lines upon Doulting Sheep-slate',[7][8] a "sheep-slate" being a piece of pasture used for grazing sheep.[9] In it he says that:
Grey Doulting's spire above the waste a sheeted spectre rose;
And Mendip's bleak and barren heights again enclosed me round,
Like faces of forgotten friends met on forgotten ground.
The tithe barn at the southern end of the village dates from the 15th century and was used to store tithes, from the local farmers to the ecclesiastical landlord at Glastonbury Abbey.[10]
Around the village there are some extensive quarries of
The heritage East Somerset Railway runs just to the south of the village, and terminates at the Mendip Vale railway station.
Governance
The
The village falls within the
It is also part of the
Religious sites
The
References
- ^ "Doulting Parish". Neighbourhood Statistics. Office for National Statistics. Retrieved 1 January 2014.
- ^ "Somerset Hundreds". GENUKI. Retrieved 22 October 2011.
- ^ Powicke, Sir F. Maurice (editor) [1939] (1961). Handbook of British Chronology, p. 254. London: The Royal Historical Society.
- ^ ISBN 1-902007-01-8.
- ^ Historic England. "Well head with pump at NGR ST 6468 4318 (1221315)". National Heritage List for England. Retrieved 17 March 2008.
- ^ "St Aldhelm's well, Doulting, Somerset". Living Spring Journal. Retrieved 17 March 2008.
- ^ . Dictionary of National Biography. London: Smith, Elder & Co. 1885–1900.
- ^ Reade, John Edmund (1857). Poetical Works, Volume IV. London: Longman. p. 241.
- ^ "Sheep-lease". The complete Farmer: or a gen. Dictionary of Husbandry. London. 1767.
- ^ Historic England. "Tithe Barn in farmyard at Manor Farm (1221353)". National Heritage List for England. Retrieved 17 March 2008.
- ^ "Quarry History". Doulting Stone Quarry. Archived from the original on 14 August 2013. Retrieved 17 March 2008.
- ^ "Geology". Doulting Stone Quarry. Retrieved 17 March 2008.
- ^ "Shepton Mallet RD". A vision of Britain Through Time. University of Portsmouth. Retrieved 4 January 2014.
- ^ Historic England. "Church of St Aldhelm (1217750)". National Heritage List for England. Retrieved 25 November 2006.
- ^ "St Aldhelm's Primary School". St Aldhelm's Primary School. Retrieved 17 March 2008.
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