Sampford Arundel

Coordinates: 50°57′32″N 3°16′33″W / 50.9589°N 3.2757°W / 50.9589; -3.2757
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Sampford Arundel is a village and civil parish in Somerset, England. It is situated near Wellington and 10 miles (16.1 km) south west of Taunton. The village has a population of 268.[1]

The parish, which lies at the western end of the Blackdown Hills, includes the hamlets of Bagley Green, Sampford Moor, White Ball and Beam Bridge where a temporary terminus of the Bristol and Exeter Railway was established in 1843 until the line was completed to Exeter in 1844.[2]

There is a Junior School, an interesting church and an old

countryside
.

History

The first part of the name 'Sampford' means sandy ford and the second part 'Arundel' commemorates Roger Arundel who was granted the manor by the time of the Domesday Book of 1086, and to differentiate the village from Sampford Brett.[3]

The parish of Sampford Arundel was part of the

Hundred,[4]

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.a

For

Wellington Rural District.[5]

It is also part of the

first past the post
system of election.

Religious sites

The

Canonsleigh Priory which retained it until the dissolution of the monasteries.[3]

References

  1. ^ a b "Statistics for Wards, LSOAs and Parishes — SUMMARY Profiles" (Excel). Somerset Intelligence. Retrieved 4 January 2014.
  2. ^ "Bristol and Exeter Railway". Somerset Historic Environment Record. Retrieved 3 November 2007.
  3. ^
    ISBN 1-874336-26-1
    .
  4. ^ "Somerset Hundreds". GENUKI. Retrieved 17 October 2011.
  5. ^ "Wellington RD". A vision of Britain Through Time. University of Portsmouth. Retrieved 5 January 2014.
  6. ^ Historic England. "Church of the Holy Cross (1178017)". National Heritage List for England. Retrieved 6 February 2009.

External links

Media related to Sampford Arundel at Wikimedia Commons

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