Huish Champflower
| Huish Champflower | |
| Somerset | |
|---|---|
 St Peters Church, Huish Champflower | |
| Location | |
| Grid reference: | ST045295 |
| Location: | 51°3’24"N, 3°21’50"W |
| Data | |
| Population: | 301 (2011) |
| Post town: | Taunton |
| Postcode: | TA4 |
| Dialling code: | 01984 |
| Local Government | |
| Council: | Somerset West and Taunton |
| Parliamentary constituency: |
Bridgwater & W. Somerset |
Huish Champflower is a village in Somerset, three miles north-west of Wiveliscombe and ten miles north of Wellington. It had a recorded population of 301 in 2011.
History
The name of the village comes from the word hiwisc, the Old Englsh for 'household' or 'hide' (an area of ploughland), and it was recorded in the Domesday Book as Hiwis,[1] with the suffix marking its ownership by the family of Thomas de Champflower, who was Lord of the Manor by 1166.[2]
Just outside the village, on the road to the Brendon Hills and Clatworthy Reservoir, is Huish Champflower round barrow.[3]
A house called Washbottle, which stands on the River Tone as it flows through the village, represents the watermill which ground the corn for the village from 1086 until the First World War.[2]
Church
St Peter's Church dates from the 15th century, with the north aisle being built in 1534. The tower arch dates from 1703, and the building was restored in 1875–80, at which time the chancel arch was rebuilt.
The church has a tower with five bells, one of which was made in 1790 by Thomas Bilbie of the Bilbie family of Cullompton.[4] It also has stained glass claimed to be from the remains of a Jesse window from Barlynch Priory near Dulverton, and a 15th-century lectern.[2].
St Peter's has been designated a Grade I listed building.[5]
Outside links
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References
- ↑ Robinson, Stephen (1992). Somerset Place Names. Wimborne, Dorset: Dovecote Press. ISBN 1-874336-03-2.
- ↑ 2.0 2.1 2.2 Bush, Robin (1994). Somerset: The complete guide. Wimborne, Dorset: Dovecote Press. ISBN 1-874336-27-X.
- ↑ Megalithic Portal: Huish Champflower Barrow
- ↑ Moore, James; Rice, Roy; Hucker, Ernest (1995). Bilbie and the Chew Valley clock makers. The authors. ISBN 0-9526702-0-8.
- ↑ National Heritage List 11183402: St Peter's Church