Stogumber

Coordinates: 51°07′47″N 3°17′41″W / 51.1296°N 3.2947°W / 51.1296; -3.2947
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51°07′47″N 3°17′41″W / 51.1296°N 3.2947°W / 51.1296; -3.2947

Stogumber (/stəˈɡʌmbər/) is a village and civil parish in Somerset, England, on the eastern flank of the Brendon Hills. Besides Stogumber village itself, the parish includes the hamlets of Ashbeer, Capton, Escott, Higher Vexford, Kingswood, Lower Vellow, Lower Vexford, Preston, and Vellow. The village is on the route of the Samaritans Way South West.

History

The name comes from the Old English Stoke, meaning 'place' or 'dairy farm', with the addition in 1225 of the personal name Gunner.[2]

Approximately 0.8 miles (1.3 km) north-west of the village is

bulldozing
.

The parish of Stogumber was part of the

Hundred.[4]

The manor of Stogumber was held from 1286 by the Andleys family, and later by the Sydenhams (1396–1626) and Notleys (from 1896).[2]

Five fulling mills were established in the village between the 13th and 18th century to support the clothmaking industry.[2]

A 19th-century limekiln in Lower Vellow was originally attached to a quarry.[5]

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.

The village falls within the

crematoria, leisure services, parks, and tourism
.

waste disposal and strategic planning
.

It is also part of the

first past the post
system of election.

Landmarks

Combe Sydenham is a Grade I listed 15th-century manor house.[7]

Hartrow Manor was a late-16th-century manor house.[8]

Transport

Stogumber railway station is an intermediate station on the West Somerset Railway, now a steam-operated heritage railway operating between Bishops Lydeard, near Taunton, and Minehead.

Religious sites

The parish

Church of St Mary dates from the late 13th century. It has been designated as a Grade I listed building.[9] It was founded as a Saxon minster with a chapelry at Bicknoller and other dues payable from property in Monksilver, Clatworthy and Elworthy.[2] The Old Vicarage which is a now private dwelling, was built in the 15th century.[10] The old brewhouse behind the vicarage is medieval in origin.[11]

The Chantry chapel in Vellow was licensed as the Chapel of Our Lady Sweetwell in 1542.[12]

The Baptist Church in Brook Street dates from the 19th century.[13]

Notable residents

  • University of British Columbia Faculty of Law
    was born in the village.
  • Zilpha Margetts nee Major was born on November 1, 1825, in Stogumber where her family worked in tailoring and shoe-making. C. 1854 she sailed for Salt Lake City where she married a fellow English expat Thomas Margetts. They decided to return to England but were caught in a skirmish on September 10, 1856, on the Oregon Trail near Fort Kearny in Nebraska. Thomas was killed and Zilpha was held captive by Cheyenne and never ransomed.
  • Elizabeth Sydenham of Combe Sydenham married Sir Francis Drake in the village in 1583.[2]
  • Richard Tucker Founder of (now) Portland, Maine, in 1633 was born in Stogumber in 1594.[14]

In literature

John de Stogumber is the name of a chaplain in George Bernard Shaw's play Saint Joan. The name was selected after Shaw contacted the local rector to check that there was no-one living with the surname.[15]

Gabriel Stogumber is the name of a

Bow Street Runner investigating the robbery of a consignment of newly minted gold sovereigns in Georgette Heyer's novel The Toll-Gate
.

References

  1. ^ "Statistics for Wards, LSOAs and Parishes — SUMMARY Profiles" (Excel). Somerset Intelligence. Retrieved 4 January 2014.
  2. ^
    ISBN 1-874336-26-1
    .
  3. ^ "Curdon Wood Camp". Somerset Historic Environment Record. Digital Digging. Archived from the original on 11 August 2010. Retrieved 28 December 2010.
  4. ^ "Somerset Hundreds". GENUKI. Retrieved 23 October 2011.
  5. ^ Historic England. "Lime Kiln at NGR ST 0969 3873 (1295692)". National Heritage List for England. Retrieved 6 February 2009.
  6. ^ "Williton RD". A vision of Britain Through Time. University of Portsmouth. Retrieved 5 January 2014.
  7. ^ Historic England. "Combe Sydenham (1057497)". National Heritage List for England. Retrieved 6 February 2009.
  8. ^ Historic England. "Hartrow Manor (1057532)". National Heritage List for England. Retrieved 6 February 2009.
  9. ^ Historic England. "Church of St Mary (1057500)". National Heritage List for England. Retrieved 6 February 2009.
  10. ^ Historic England. "The Old Vicarage (1057501)". National Heritage List for England. Retrieved 6 February 2009.
  11. ^ Historic England. "The Brewhouse, about 10 metres South of The Old Vicarage (1057502)". National Heritage List for England. Retrieved 6 February 2009.
  12. ^ Historic England. "Vellow Chantry (1295636)". National Heritage List for England. Retrieved 6 February 2009.
  13. ^ Historic England. "Baptist Church (1174394)". National Heritage List for England. Retrieved 6 February 2009.
  14. ^ New England Historical Genealogical Register,: Volume 53 1899
  15. ISBN 0946159483
    .

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