Badgworth
| Badgworth | |
| Somerset | |
|---|---|
 Church of St Congar, Badgworth | |
| Location | |
| Grid reference: | ST395525 |
| Location: | 51°16’5"N, 2°52’8"W |
| Data | |
| Population: | 425 (2011) |
| Post town: | Axbridge |
| Postcode: | BS26 |
| Dialling code: | 01934 |
| Local Government | |
| Council: | Sedgemoor |
| Parliamentary constituency: |
Wells |
Badgworth is a village in Somerset, two miles south-west of Axbridge. According to the 2011 census it had a population of 425.
The village is home to an equestrian centre known as the Badgworth Arena.
History
The parish includes the villages of Biddisham where the Church of St John The Baptist dates from the 13th century but was rebuilt in the 15th century,[1] and Tarnock, the name of which is believed to be derived from the ancient British language.
Late Iron Age and Romano-British pottery was found at a kiln site in the village in the 1830s. It consisted primarily of jars with bead rims and bowls with flanged or rolled rims.[2]
About the village
Badgworth Court is a Grade II-listed Georgian manor house in the village.[3]
Church
In Badgworth the Church of St Congar, which takes its name from Congar of Congresbury, dates from the 14th century with further work in the 16th century including the west tower, which contains a bell dating from 1791 and made by Thomas and James Bilbie of the Bilbie family.[4]
The church has been designated a Grade II listed building.[5] The church is on the Heritage at Risk register due to damage to the walls and tower.
Outside links
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("Wikimedia Commons" has material about Badgworth) |
- Badgworth in the Domesday Book
References
- ↑ National Heritage List 1059138: Church of St John The Baptist
- ↑ Leech, R.H. (1977). "Late Iron Age and Romano-British Briquetage sites at Quarrylands Lane, Badgworth". Somerset Archaeol Nat Hist 121: (89–96), 91–93.
- ↑ "Badgworth Court". Daily Telegraph. http://www.telegraph.co.uk/property/periodproperty/9819049/Properties-perfect-for-a-Jane-Austen-heroine.html?frame=2459665.
- ↑ Moore, James; Rice, Roy; Hucker, Ernest (1995). Bilbie and the Chew Valley clock makers. The authors. ISBN 0-9526702-0-8.
- ↑ National Heritage List 1059100: Church of St Congar
