Closworth
| Closworth | |
| Somerset | |
|---|---|
 Church of All Saints, Closworth | |
| Location | |
| Grid reference: | ST565105 |
| Location: | 50°53’32"N, 2°37’11"W |
| Data | |
| Population: | 220 (2011) |
| Post town: | Yeovil |
| Postcode: | BA22 |
| Dialling code: | 01935 |
| Local Government | |
| Council: | Somerset |
| Parliamentary constituency: |
Yeovil |
Closworth is a village in Somerset, five miles south of Yeovil, by the border with Dorset (in Somerset's Houndsborough Hundred). The village had a population of 220 at the 2011 census.
The wider civil parish includes the villages of Pendomer and Sutton Bingham.
History
In the Domesday Book of 1086, the village is named Clovesuurda, from Old English words meaning 'homestead above the valley', and it is recorded as the property of Robert, Count of Mortain. His son gave it to the newly formed priory at Montacute in 1102. After the Dissolution of the Monasteries the estate was bought by the Portmans of Orchard Portman who retained it into the 20th century.
Churches
The parish church, All Saints, in Closworth has 13th-century origins and is a Grade II* listed building.[1]
Sutton Bingham also has a church, also named All Saints. It is in the Norman style, dating from the 12th and 13th centuries. It is a Grade I listed building[2]
The Church of St Roch in Pendomer is of the 14th-century.[3]
Bellfounders
For nearly 200 years Closworth had a bell-foundry. Master bell-founders at Closworth included William Purdue I (active 1572–84), Thomas Purdue (active 1647–1691), Thomas Knight (active 1692–1714), William Knight (active 1709–47), William Elery (active 1732–57), Thomas Roskelly (active 1750–68), Richard Rock (active 1753–67) and James Smith (active 1762–67).[4]
Outside links
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References
- ↑ National Heritage List 1057233: Church of All Saints (Grade II* listing)
- ↑ National Heritage List 1057236: Church of All Saints (Grade I listing)
- ↑ National Heritage List 1307971: Church of St Roch (Grade II* listing)
- ↑ "Bell Founders". Dove's Guide for Church Bell Ringers. http://dove.cccbr.org.uk/founders.php.