Trent, Somerset
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_(20044853709).jpg) The church of St Andrew, Trent | |
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| Grid reference: | ST592186 |
| Location: | 50°57’55"N, 2°34’56"W |
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| Population: | 317 (2011) |
| Post town: | Sherborne |
| Postcode: | DT9 |
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| Council: | Dorset |
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West Dorset |
Trent is a village in the very south of Somerset, close to the border with Dorset. The village sits in the Yeo valley four miles north-east of Yeovil and four miles north-west of Sherborne, the latter across the border in Dorset.
The parish is within the Horethorne Hundred of Somerset.[1]
The 2011 census recorded a population in the parish, which includes the small settlement of Adber to the north, at 317.
About the village
The manor house is Trent House. King Charles II stayed at Trent House for several days during his escape to France in 1651.
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The Trent Estate is owned by the Ernest Cook Trust, purchased by Ernest Cook in 1935 as the first of a number of estates he purchased for their protection.
The village has good architecture from the Mediæval, Tudor, and later periods, with many trees in the background.[2]
The church of St Andrew is architecturally interesting and the lateral tower is topped by one of the three ancient stone spires of Dorset. The church was built in the 13th century and enlarged in the 14th and 15th centuries. Restoration and refitting was done about 1840 in a pre-Victorian way. Features of interest include the rood screen, the pulpit of continental origin, the 16th century bench ends and the old painted glass in the east window.[2]
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References
- ↑ "Somerset Hundreds". GENUKI. http://www.genuki.org.uk/big/eng/SOM/Miscellaneous/. Retrieved 9 October 2011.
- ↑ 2.0 2.1 Betjeman, John, ed. 'Collins Pocket Guide to English Parish Churches; the South' (Collins, 1968); p. 177