Trudoxhill

Coordinates: 51°11′25″N 2°21′59″W / 51.1902°N 2.3663°W / 51.1902; -2.3663
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Trudoxhill is a village and civil parish near Nunney in Somerset, England.

History

The name Trudoxhill comes from the Old English treow meaning tree, dox for dark and hyll for hill.[2]

The parish includes the village of Marston Bigot which includes Marston Bigot Park which encompasses approximately 222 hectares (2,220,000 m2) and includes Marston House, Marston Pond and the remains of the medieval shrunken village of Lower Marston.[3]

Nearby is Marston Moat the site of a fortified manor house.

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.

For local government purposes, since 1 April 2023, the village comes under the unitary authority of Somerset Council. Prior to this, it was part of the non-metropolitan district of Mendip, which was formed on 1 April 1974 under the Local Government Act 1972, having previously been part of Frome Rural District.[4]

The village is in the 'Postlebury'

2011 census was 2,061.[5]

It is also part of the

first past the post
system of election.

Geography

South of the village, Postlebury Wood is a large and relatively undisturbed woodland with the first records of the woodland being from documents dated 1182, shortly after which it was incorporated in the Royal Forest of Selwood, and has been coppiced and has been used for charcoal production in the past.[6]

Religious sites

The parish Church of St Leonard was built in 1789, and altered in 1844 by Edward Davis of Bath for the Earl of Cork and Orrery. It is Grade I listed.[7]

The former Church of St Michael at Gare Hill, on the border with Wiltshire, is now disused. It was built circa 1857 by William Butterfield for the Duke of Somerset. It is a Grade II* listed building.[8]

There is also a small Grade I listed

Church of St Leonard, at Marston Bigot.[9]

Chapel House was built in 1699, but purchased and converted into a

congregational chapel in 1717, when pews, pulpit and gallery were installed.[10][11]

References

  1. ^ "Trudoxhill Parish". Neighbourhood Statistics. Office for National Statistics. Retrieved 1 January 2014.
  2. ISBN 1-874336-03-2
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  3. ISBN 978-0-86183-390-0
    .
  4. ^ "Frome RD". A vision of Britain Through Time. University of Portsmouth. Retrieved 4 January 2014.
  5. ^ "Postlebury ward 2011". Retrieved 7 March 2015.
  6. ^ English Nature citation sheet for the site (accessed 7 August 2006)
  7. ^ Historic England. "Church of St Leonard (1058276)". National Heritage List for England. Retrieved 25 November 2006.
  8. ^ Historic England. "Former Church of St Michael (1058275)". National Heritage List for England. Retrieved 25 November 2006.
  9. ^ Historic England. "Church of St Leonard (1058276)". National Heritage List for England. Retrieved 2 September 2007.
  10. ISBN 978-0861833092
    .
  11. ^ Historic England. "Chapel House (1058273)". National Heritage List for England. Retrieved 16 February 2016.

External links

Media related to Trudoxhill at Wikimedia Commons

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