East Pennard
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East Pennard is a village and
It is very close to the site of the Glastonbury Festival. Residents receive free tickets to the Festival.
History
The village takes its name from the Brythonic family of Celtic languages: penn-ardd meaning high hill.[2]
The estate was granted by King Edred to Aelfgyth, a nun of Wilton and she transferred it to Glastonbury Abbey which retained it until the Dissolution of the monasteries in 1539. It then given to William Paulet and eventually to his descendants the Napiers of Tintinhull.[2]
Stone was part of the
Governance
The
The village falls within the
It is also part of the
Religious sites
The
Huxham
The hamlet of Huxham is just off the
Huxham includes four farms which date back to the
Other amenities in Huxham include a small airfield and a
Notable residents
The village was the birthplace, in 1869, of Tom Higdon who led the Burston Strike School.
- Thomas Crump (1845 — 1907) was an English cricketer who died in the village.
- Charles Napier (1817–1908), cricketer and clergyman
- Tristram Hillier RA, (1905-1983), English surrealist painter.
- Christy Brown (1932–1981), Irish writer and painter, lived in Parbrook.
References
- ^ a b "East Pennard Parish". Neighbourhood Statistics. Office for National Statistics. Retrieved 1 January 2014.
- ^ ISBN 1-874336-26-1.
- ^ "Carhampton Hundred". Domesday Map. Archived from the original on 8 October 2012. Retrieved 23 September 2011.
- ^ "Somerset Hundreds". GENUKI. Retrieved 22 October 2011.
- ^ "Shepton Mallet RD". A vision of Britain Through Time. University of Portsmouth. Retrieved 4 January 2014.
- ISBN 978-0091912512.
- ^ Historic England. "Church of All Saints (1058488)". National Heritage List for England. Retrieved 25 November 2006.
- ^ "Common Land Registration No. CL31" (PDF). Retrieved 31 March 2019.
- ^ "Common Land Registration No. CL71" (PDF). Retrieved 31 March 2019.
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