Enmore
| Enmore | |
| Somerset | |
|---|---|
 Church of St Michael, Enmore | |
| Location | |
| Grid reference: | ST240351 |
| Location: | 51°6’40"N, 3°5’13"W |
| Data | |
| Population: | 247 (2011[1]) |
| Post town: | Bridgwater |
| Postcode: | TA5 |
| Dialling code: | 01278 |
| Local Government | |
| Council: | Sedgemoor |
| Parliamentary constituency: |
Bridgwater & W. Somerset |
Enmore is a village and parish two miles west of Bridgwater on the Quantock Hills in the Andersfield hundred of Somerset. The parish includes the hamlet of Bare Ash.
History
The parish name means Duck marsh.[2]
In the Domesday book of 1086, Enmore contained 8 families.[3] From around 1100 the manor was held by the Malet family, with Sir Baldwin Malet obtaining a grant of a Monday market and three-day fair in 1401.[2]
Barford House sits in a landscaped park. It was built around 1710 for the Jeanes family.[4]
Enmore Castle, built between 1751 and 1756 for John Perceval, 2nd Earl of Egmont, received 'the dismissive mockery of Horace Walpole'.[5] Much of the building, including the offices and stables, were underground and accessed via the dry moat. The Percevals were forced to sell the castle in 1833 to pay off debts. It was bought by Nicholas Broadmead who subsequently demolished a large proportion of the building the following year. The castle once again underwent major change in 1930 when H. H. Broadmead demolished even more of the old building.[6] The remaining portion is now divided into two dwellings.[7]
Education
Enmore County Primary School is believed to have opened in 1810 probably in a cottage very close to the church. It was the first Free National School in England. The present fabric dates from 1848 and was built by a local family, the Loxtons.[8]
Leisure and Recreation
Locating in the village in 1932, Enmore Park Golf Club is one of the largest attractions in the village, and is located towards the centre of the village
Religious sites
The Church of St Michael has 13th-century origins but the present building is largely from the 15th century. It has been designated as a Grade-II* listed building.[9]
References
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("Wikimedia Commons" has material about Enmore) |
- ↑ "Statistics for Wards, LSOAs and Parishes — SUMMARY Profiles" (Excel). Somerset Intelligence. http://www.somersetintelligence.org.uk/files/Somerset%20Census%20Key%20Statistics%20-%20Summary%20Profiles.xls. Retrieved 4 January 2014.
- ↑ 2.0 2.1 Bush, Robin (1994). Somerset: The Complete Guide. Dovecote Press. pp. 95–96. ISBN 1-874336-26-1.
- ↑ Havinden, Michael. The Somerset Landscape. The making of the English landscape. London: Hodder and Stoughton. pp. 97. ISBN 0-340-20116-9.
- ↑ "Barford House and outbuilding wing at rear". Images of England. http://www.imagesofengland.org.uk/details/default.aspx?id=269274. Retrieved 2 February 2008.
- ↑ Against the Time in Which the Fabric and Use of Gunpowder Shall Be Forgotten: Enmore Castle, Its Origins and Its Architect Tim Mowl 1990
- ↑ Mansfield, Paul (2005). Enmore the History of a Somerset Parish. Cardiff: Privately published. pp. 11–26.
- ↑ "Enmore Castle with service court outbuildings and undercroft". Images of England. http://www.imagesofengland.org.uk/details/default.aspx?id=269282. Retrieved 2 February 2008.
- ↑ "Enmore County Primary School and forecourt wall". Images of England. http://www.imagesofengland.org.uk/details/default.aspx?id=269290. Retrieved 2 February 2008.
- ↑ "Church of St. Michael". Images of England. http://www.imagesofengland.org.uk/details/default.aspx?id=269275. Retrieved 2 February 2008.