Horsington, Somerset
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Horsington is a village and civil parish in Somerset, England, situated 4 miles (6.4 km) south of Wincanton and 1 mile (1.6 km) north of Templecombe in the South Somerset district. The village lies on the edge of Horsington Marsh, part of the Blackmore Vale. In 2011 the population of the Parish, which includes the adjoining hamlets of Peckholdsash and Wilkin Throop and the village of South Cheriton was 571.[1]
History
The name of the village means the settlement of the horse keepers.[2]
The cross on the village green was erected in 1284 to mark the site of the market. It is built of hamstone with an octagonal shaft on a stepped circular base.[3]
The parish was part of the
Horsington Manor was owned by the Gowens family from the 16th century until 1653, and from 1748 by Matthew Spencer who built the manor house.[5] Spencer's son sold it to the Bailward family. Large quantities of documents relating to Horsington Manor have been donated to the Somerset Record Office for safe-keeping
In 1990s, Ardon Lyon, a philosophy lecturer from London, purchased Horsington House, in a state of substantial neglect, disrepair and deferred maintenance. Prior to Lyon's purchase, the owners had used Horsington House as a hotel. Lyon spent the better part of a decade repairing and restoring Horsington House and its out-buildings (such as the carriage house) to their original state. He subdivided Horsington House, and the carriage house, into several flats and sold them to individual purchasers.
Horsington Village Hall, also known as St Margaret's Hall, was built in 1907,[6] on land donated to the Community by Thomas Bailward. It lies midway between Horsington and South Cheriton villages, isolated from other buildings but adjacent to playing fields leased to South Cheriton Football Club and Horsington Cricket Club. There is a car-park for about 25 vehicles alongside
Governance
The parish council has responsibility for local issues, including setting an annual precept (local rate) to cover the council's operating costs and producing annual accounts for public scrutiny. The parish council evaluates local planning applications and works with the local police, district council officers, and
The village falls within the
It is also part of the
Religious sites
The parish Church of St John the Baptist was originally a 15th-century building, on the site of an earlier church, but was largely rebuilt in 1885–1887 by Willcox of Bath. The first recorded Rector was in 1305. It has been designated as a Grade II* listed building.[8]
References
- ^ a b "Statistics for Wards, LSOAs and Parishes — SUMMARY Profiles" (Excel). Somerset Intelligence. Retrieved 4 January 2014.
- ISBN 1-874336-26-1.
- ^ Historic England. "Village cross (1017016)". National Heritage List for England. Retrieved 22 November 2014.
- ^ "Somerset Hundreds". GENUKI. Retrieved 9 October 2011.
- ^ Historic England. "Horsington Manor (1238067)". National Heritage List for England. Retrieved 24 February 2009.
- ^ "Home". Horsington Village Hall. Retrieved 10 April 2014.
- ^ "Wincanton RD". A vision of Britain Through Time. University of Portsmouth. Retrieved 4 January 2014.
- ^ Historic England. "Church of St John the Baptist (1238063)". National Heritage List for England. Retrieved 24 February 2009.
External links
- British History Online 'Horsington', A History of the County of Somerset: Volume 7: Bruton, Horethorne and Norton Ferris Hundreds (1999), pp. 119–31. Date accessed: 27 Oct 2005.
- Picture of Horsington House, a Barnardo's home from 1946 to 1972.
- The Horsington Blog -news, comment and gossip from Horsington & the Cheritons
- Horsington Village Hall
- Horsington Parish Council
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