Tellisford

Coordinates: 51°18′00″N 2°16′59″W / 51.300°N 2.283°W / 51.300; -2.283
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Tellisford
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Tellisford is a village and civil parish 6 miles (10 km) north-east of Frome in the Mendip district of Somerset, England. The parish includes the village of Woolverton.

History

The village was known as Tefleford in 1001 and Tablesford in 1086 meaning Theabul's ford or ford at a flat place.

Wellow Hundred.[3]

The manor was acquired by the Hungerfords of Farleigh Hungerford in the early 15th century who used the fulling mill to endow their chantry chapel. The cloth making industry continuing until 1912.[2]

The village was partially destroyed by a serious fire in 1785.[2]

Tellisford is one of the Thankful Villages which lost no men in World War I.[4] It also lost no men in World War II.

Governance

Tellisford has a Parish Meeting, where all village electors are automatically members. It is required to meet at least twice a year and does not levy a precept.

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.

River Frome

Stone arched bridge with wooden handrail over river.
Bridge over the River Frome

The packhorse bridge over the Frome was extensively overhauled in 1692 by John Ducey of Tellisford and is a Grade II listed building.[6] The cobbled roadway is 6 feet 10 inches (2.08 m) wide and the bridge has a total span of 66 feet (20 m) in three segmental arches.[7]

There is a weir, and an

water mill
recently converted to hydroelectric generation.

Religious sites

Tellisford's Church of All Saints dates from the 12th century and is Grade II listed.

William Parry, an antiquarian, was the rector from 1712 until his resignation in 1715.[9] Today the church is part of the Hardington Vale benefice, centred on Norton St Philip.[10]

The former Church of St. Lawrence at Woolverton dates from the 14th century and is also Grade II listed.[11] The church was declared redundant in 1995 and is now in private ownership.[12][13]

References

  1. ^ "Tellisford Parish". Neighbourhood Statistics. Office for National Statistics. Retrieved 1 January 2014.
  2. ^
    ISBN 1-874336-26-1
    .
  3. ^ "Somerset Hundreds". GENUKI. Retrieved 22 October 2011.
  4. ^ "The Thankful Villages - Where no men from the village died in the First World War". Historic UK. Retrieved 8 December 2021.
  5. ^ "Frome RD". A vision of Britain Through Time. University of Portsmouth. Retrieved 4 January 2014.
  6. ^ Historic England. "Bridge over River Frome at Tellisford (1180360)". National Heritage List for England. Retrieved 25 November 2006.
  7. ISBN 978-1852841430
    .
  8. ^ Historic England. "Church of All Saints (1344982)". National Heritage List for England. Retrieved 25 November 2006.
  9. Oxford Dictionary of National Biography (online edition, subscription access). Oxford University Press
    .
  10. ^ "Parish of Hardington Vale - Our History". Retrieved 15 March 2016.
  11. ^ Historic England. "Church of St. Lawrence (1176241)". National Heritage List for England. Retrieved 8 February 2009.
  12. ^ "Parish of Hardington Vale - Woolverton". Retrieved 15 March 2016.
  13. ^ "Closed churches - Diocese of Bath and Wells" (PDF). Church of England. 1 October 2012. p. 6. Retrieved 15 March 2016.

External links

Media related to Tellisford at Wikimedia Commons

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