Burtle
| Burtle | |
| Somerset | |
|---|---|
 Farmhouse, North of Burtle | |
| Location | |
| Grid reference: | ST395433 |
| Location: | 51°11’9"N, 2°51’57"W |
| Data | |
| Population: | 462 (2001) |
| Post town: | Bridgwater |
| Postcode: | TA7 |
| Dialling code: | 01278 |
| Local Government | |
| Council: | Sedgemoor |
| Parliamentary constituency: |
Bridgwater & W. Somerset |
Burtle is a village in Somerset. It lies within the Somerset Levels, north of the Polden Hills.
It is close to the village of Edington and between them was Edington Burtle station on a branch of the Somerset and Dorset Joint Railway, which opened in 1890 and closed on 7 March 1966.
Out on the Levels between Catcott and Burtle, just a step east of Burtle, lies the hamlet of Catcott Burtle, which has become the bigger village within the parish.
Burtle is home to the lower school of Shapwick School, known as Shapwick Prep. The special school for children with dyslexia was established in 1974 by Colin Atkinson, a former cricketer for Somerset County Cricket Club and head of Millfield. Originally called the Chalice School, it was expanded and renamed to Edington Senior School in 1981, before merging with Shapwick Senior School.[1]
Parish church
The Church of St Philip and St James was built in 1838-9 by Richard Carver, the County Architect and Surveyor.[2]
History
Burtle Priory (also known as Burtle Moor Priory) originated as a hermitage on a site called Sprauellissmede, endowed by William son of Godfrey of Eddington in 1199. It was later known as St Stephen's chapel and by 1312 a house of the Augustinian Canons Regular.[3]
References
- ↑ "The Development of Shapwick School". Shapwick School. http://www.shapwickschool.com/landing/our-history/the-history-of-shapwick. Retrieved 22 November 2010.
- ↑ "Church of St Philip and St James". Images of England. English Heritage. http://www.imagesofengland.org.uk/Details/Default.aspx?id=269449. Retrieved 23 November 2008.
- ↑ Bush, Robin (1994). Somerset: The complete guide. Wimborne, Dorset: Dovecote Press. pp. pp 54. ISBN 1874336261.
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