Broadway, Somerset
| Broadway | |
| Somerset | |
|---|---|
 Porch House, Broadway | |
| Location | |
| Grid reference: | ST321154 |
| Location: | 50°56’4"N, 2°58’2"W |
| Data | |
| Population: | 740 (2011) |
| Post town: | Ilminster |
| Postcode: | TA19 |
| Dialling code: | 01460 |
| Local Government | |
| Council: | South Somerset |
| Parliamentary constituency: |
Yeovil |
Broadway is a village in Somerset, three miles west of Ilminster and five miles north of Chard in the south of the county. The wider parish had a recorded population of 740 in 2011, and includes the nearby hamlet of Hare.
The village is within the Abdick and Bulstone Hundred.[1]
History
The village was known as Bradewei in the Domesday Book of 1086.
Everys Almhouses date from the late 16th or early 17th century.[2] They were founded after litigation over the 1558 will of Alexander Every.[3]
The Tudor Cottage on Broadway Street was built as a farmhouse in the 16th century.[4]
Churches
The parish church, the Church of St Aldhelm and St Eadburgha, dates from the 13th century, and is a grade I listed building.[5] Its isolated position away from the village is thought to be because of an outbreak of the plague.[3] The churchyard cross is also from the 13th century.[6]
Outside links
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References
- ↑ Abdick and Bulstone Hundred Through Time – A Vision of Britain Through Time
- ↑ Images of England — details from listed building database (264057) Everys Almhouses
- ↑ 3.0 3.1 Bush, Robin (1994). Somerset: The complete guide. Wimborne, Dorset: Dovecote Press. p. 46. ISBN 1-874336-26-1.
- ↑ Images of England — details from listed building database (264062) Tudor Cottage, Broadway
- ↑ Images of England — details from listed building database (264065) Church of St Aldhelm and St Eadburgha, Broadway
- ↑ Images of England — details from listed building database (264066) Churchyard Cross