Hutton, Somerset

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Hutton
Somerset

Hutton War Memorial
Location
Grid reference: ST355585
Location: 51°19’19"N, 2°55’37"W
Data
Population: 2,582  (2011[1])
Post town: Weston-super-Mare
Postcode: BS24
Dialling code: 01934
Local Government
Council: North Somerset
Parliamentary
constituency:
Weston-super-Mare

Hutton is a village and parish in the Winterstoke hudred of Somerset. The parish, which has a population of 2,582,[1] is located on the western edge of the Mendip Hills, close to Weston-super-Mare.

The hamlets of Elborough, Lower Canada and Upper Canada lie within the parish.

History

Elborough Hill is an Iron Age hill fort in the south east of the parish, with associated Iron Age or Romano-British field systems.

Hutton was listed in the Domesday Book of 1086 as Hotune, meaning 'The enclosure on the projection of land' from the Old English hoh and tun.[2]

Hutton Court was built in the 15th century as a manor house and has been classified as a Grade-II* listed building.[3][4]

Hutton is twinned with the Kenyan village of Dabaso.

Religious sites

The Church of St Mary the Virgin dates from the 15th century and is a Grade-II* listed building.[5]

Further reading

References

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