Hinton St George
| Hinton St George | |
| Somerset | |
|---|---|
 Church of St George | |
| Location | |
| Grid reference: | ST425125 |
| Location: | 50°54’32"N, 2°49’9"W |
| Data | |
| Population: | 442 (2011[1]) |
| Post town: | Hinton St George |
| Postcode: | TA17 |
| Dialling code: | 01460 |
| Local Government | |
| Council: | South Somerset |
| Parliamentary constituency: |
Yeovil |
| Website: | http://hintonstgeorge.org.uk/ |
Hinton St George is a village and parish in the Crewkerne Hundred of Somerset, situated three miles outside Crewkerne, and 10 miles south-west of Yeovil. The village has a population of 442.[1]
It has a wide main street lined with hamstone cottages, some thatched. The village has a thriving shop. The village does not lie on a major road, and has a few holiday cottages and second homes.
History
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Much of the development of the village occurred under the lords Poulett extending their large house and estate (Hinton House). By the 1560s the three open arable fields had been enclosed and two large estates of 74 and 68 acres created, based on the now disappeared hamlet of Craft. The park contained deer and orchards, with cherry trees[2]
The village cross is an 8ft-2in-high cross with a tapering octagonal shaft on stepped octagonal base. It is a scheduled monument and Grade-II* listed building.[3][4]
Church
In Hinton St George is the Church of St George. It includes 13th-century work by masons of Wells Cathedral. The vestry and north chapel of 1814 are said to be by James Wyatt, however it is more likely to be by Jeffry Wyatt, (later Sir Jeffry Wyattville). The four-stage tower is dated to 1485–95. It is supported by full-height offset corner buttresses, and has battlemented parapets with quatrefoil panels below merlons on the corner and intermediate pinnacles. The weathervane was added in 1756 by Thomas Bagley of Bridgwater. There is a hexagonal south-east corner stair turret. Stage two has small light on the north side and a statue niche on the south. All the faces on the two upper stages two-light mullioned, transomed and traceried window under pointed arched labels, with pierced stone baffles. The clockface is under the east window.[5] During restoration work the parapet of the tower was examined and a stone was discovered with a carved date of 1731 which suggests that the decorative parapet may have been added then. The tracery on the north side has been marked out but never cut. In general there is little sign of more than one phase of construction although repairs are evident.[6]
Culture
- Punkie Night is celebrated in the village each October.
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.
- ↑ Havinden, Michael (1982). The Somerset Landscape. The making of the English landscape. London: Hodder and Stoughton. p. 126. ISBN 0-340-20116-9.
- ↑ "Village cross". English Heritage. http://list.english-heritage.org.uk/resultsingle.aspx?uid=1018634. Retrieved 22 November 2014.
- ↑ "The Village Cross". English Heritage. http://list.english-heritage.org.uk/resultsingle.aspx?uid=1056096. Retrieved 23 December 2014.
- ↑ "Church of St George, Hinton St George". Images of England. Archived from the original on 3 October 2012. https://web.archive.org/web/20121003182644/http://www.imagesofengland.org.uk/Details/Default.aspx?id=262298. Retrieved 6 March 2008.
- ↑ "Church of St George and churchyard, Hinton St George". Somerset Historic Environment Record. http://www.somersetheritage.org.uk/record/54002. Retrieved 6 March 2008.
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