Henstridge
| Henstridge | |
| Somerset | |
|---|---|
 Church of St Nicholas | |
| Location | |
| Grid reference: | ST725195 |
| Location: | 50°58’27"N, 2°23’35"W |
| Data | |
| Population: | 1,814 (2011[1]) |
| Post town: | Templecombe |
| Postcode: | BA8 |
| Local Government | |
| Council: | South Somerset |
| Parliamentary constituency: |
Somerton and Frome |
Henstridge is a village and parish in Somerset, adjacent to the border with Dorset. The village is situated five miles east of Sherborne in that county. The parish forms part of the hundred of Horethorne,[2] and includes the hamlet of Yenston. The village has a population of 1,814.[1]
History
The village name means the ridge where stallions are kept.[3]
Yenston Priory was a 16th-century house of Benedictine monks.
Landmarks
Inwood house was built in 1881 by the Welsh industrialist Thomas Merthyr Guest on the site of an earlier house. The circular crenellated water tower was retained,[4] as was the small doric Temple of Laocoon[5] and an Oriental Summerhouse.[6][7]
Transport
The village is situated at the junction of the A30 and A357 roads. Henstridge railway station was on the former Somerset and Dorset Joint Railway, and is now the location of the Gartell Light Railway
Just east of the village is Henstridge Airfield (ICAO code – EGHS). It was built during World War II as a training base for the Fleet Air Arm, who commissioned it as HMS Dipper. Visitors can still see the concrete outline of an aircraft carrier deck embedded into its one surviving runway. The Ministry of Defence sold the airfield in 1957 and today it is mainly used as a base for general aviation and is an active training centre for autogyros (gyrocopters). The airfield is the base for the Dorset and Somerset Air Ambulance.
Religious sites
The parish Church of St Nicholas dates from the 12th century, but was largely rebuilt in 1872–3 by J.M Allen.[8]
The former chapel in the High Street is now a private residence.
References
- ↑ 1.0 1.1 "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.
- ↑ "Somerset Hundreds". GENUKI. http://www.genuki.org.uk/big/eng/SOM/Miscellaneous/. Retrieved 9 October 2011.
- ↑ Bush, Robin (1994). Somerset: The Complete Guide. Dovecote Press. pp. 114. ISBN 1-874336-26-1.
- ↑ "Folly tower, 20 metres South of Stables complex". Images of England. English Heritage. http://www.imagesofengland.org.uk/Details/Default.aspx?id=261825. Retrieved 11 January 2009.
- ↑ "Pavilion with sculpture, 10 metres South-East of stables complex". Images of England. English Heritage. http://www.imagesofengland.org.uk/Details/Default.aspx?id=261824. Retrieved 11 January 2009.
- ↑ "The Summer House, 50 metres North-West of Inwood House". Images of England. English Heritage. http://www.imagesofengland.org.uk/Details/Default.aspx?id=261826. Retrieved 11 January 2009.
- ↑ Holt, Jonathan (2007). Somerset Follies. Bath: Akeman Press. ISBN 978-0-9546138-7-7.
- ↑ "Church of St Nicholas". Images of England. English Heritage. http://www.imagesofengland.org.uk/Details/Default.aspx?id=261812. Retrieved 11 January 2009.
Outside links
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("Wikimedia Commons" has material about Henstridge) |
- Henstridge Parish Council
- Henstridge Airfield
- Henstridge Online, a non-profitmaking local community site for residents and visitors
