Hinton Blewett
| Hinton Blewett | |
| Somerset | |
|---|---|
 Pub and church tower at Hinton Blewett | |
| Location | |
| Grid reference: | ST593568 |
| Location: | 51°18’32"N, 2°34’60"W |
| Data | |
| Population: | 308 (2011) |
| Post town: | Bristol |
| Postcode: | BS39 |
| Dialling code: | 01761 |
| Local Government | |
| Council: | Bath & NE Somerset |
| Parliamentary constituency: |
North East Somerset |
Hinton Blewett is a village in Somerset, five miles north of Wells and 15 miles south of Bristol on the northern slope of the Mendip Hills, within the designated 'Mendip Hills Area of Outstanding Natural Beauty'. The village is within the Chew Valley near the source of the River Chew, and in the Chewton Hundred. The parish had a population of 308 at the 2011 census.
The name of the village is sometimes spelled as Hinton Blewitt. There is a village green outside the pub and church, sometimes known as the "Barbary".[1]
History
The village was known in the Domesday Book as Hantone, the 'Blewett' part of the name coming from the Bluet family in the fourteenth century.[1] The name Hantone is believed to mean 'A poor enclosure' from the Old English hean and tun.[2]
William Rees-Mogg took the title of Baron Rees-Mogg, of Hinton Blewett, when he was made a life peer in 1988, although in 1998 he and his family moved to nearby Mells. Lord Rees-Mogg's children Jacob and Annunziata spent much of their childhood in the village.
About the village
The parish church is the Church of St Margaret. It is largely built of blue lias with a Doulting stone arcade,[3] and probably dates from the 13th century although parts are as late as the 16th or 17th century. The five bells were cast in 1708 by the Bilbies of Chew Stoke.[1] It includes the coat of arms of Simon Seward (Rector 1514–59) over the doorway. The church is a Grade I listed building.[4]
The Grade II listed buildings in the village are:
- National Heritage List 1129574: Middle Road Farmhouse
- National Heritage List 1129584: K6 Telephone Kiosk
- National Heritage List 1136560: Coley House
- National Heritage List 1129572: The Manor House Farmhouse
- National Heritage List 1136551: The Old Rectory
- National Heritage List 1129573: West House Farmhouse
Outside links
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("Wikimedia Commons" has material about Hinton Blewett) |
- Information on Hinton Blewett from GENUKI
- "Area 6 - Hinton Blewett and Newton St Loe Plateau Lands". BANES Environmental Services. http://www.bathnes.gov.uk/sites/default/files/rural_landscapes_-_chapters_1-6.pdf. Retrieved 5 November 2017.
- Map of Hinton Blewitt circa 1900
References
- ↑ 1.0 1.1 1.2 Mason, Edmund J.; Mason, Doreen (1982). Avon Villages. Robert Hale Ltd. ISBN 978-0-7091-9585-6.
- ↑ Robinson, Stephen (1992). Somerset Place Names. Wimborne, Dorset: The Dovecote Press Ltd. ISBN 1-874336-03-2.
- ↑ Nikolaus Pevsner: Pevsner Architectural Guides
- ↑ National Heritage List 1136547: Church of St Margaret
