Meare
| Meare | |
| Somerset | |
|---|---|
 Meare Fish House | |
| Location | |
| Grid reference: | ST455415 |
| Location: | 51°10’12"N, 2°46’44"W |
| Data | |
| Population: | 1,304 (2011[1]) |
| Post town: | Glastonbury |
| Postcode: | BA6 |
| Dialling code: | 01458 |
| Local Government | |
| Council: | Mendip |
| Parliamentary constituency: |
Wells |
Meare is a village and parish in Somerset, three miles north-west of Glastonbury on the Somerset Levels. The parish includes the village of Westhay and forms part of the hundred of Glaston Twelve Hides.[2]
History
Meare is a marshland village in typical Somerset "rhyne" country, standing on the site of pre-historic lake dwellings. The site of the Meare Lake Village is marked by groups of mounds. It has been occupied for thousands of years and some of the archaeological finds are now being reported.[3]
A 14th-century fish house at Meare was once the abode of Glastonbury Abbey fishermen,[4] who fished the, now drained, Meare Pool. The Manor Farmhouse was built at the same time as the summer residence of the Abbots from Glastonbury Abbey and is now a farmhouse. Along with its outbuildings the farmhouse has been designated as a Grade I listed building.[5]
Religious sites
The parish church of St Mary was formerly in the keeping of Glastonbury Abbey, and dates from 1323. It was built for Abbot Adam of Sodbury, and is a Grade I listed building.[6]
References
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("Wikimedia Commons" has material about Meare) |
- ↑ "Meare Parish". Neighbourhood Statistics. Office for National Statistics. http://neighbourhood.statistics.gov.uk/dissemination/LeadTableView.do?a=7&b=11126434&c=Meare&d=16&e=61&g=6461318&i=1001x1003x1032x1004&m=0&r=1&s=1388576412513&enc=1&dsFamilyId=2491. Retrieved 1 January 2014.
- ↑ "Somerset Hundreds". GENUKI. http://www.genuki.org.uk/big/eng/SOM/Miscellaneous/. Retrieved 12 September 2011.
- ↑ "The Meare Lake Village". Gallica. http://www.gallica.co.uk/meare/. Retrieved 25 November 2006.
- ↑ "The Abbot's Fish House". Images of England. http://www.imagesofengland.org.uk/Details/Default.aspx?id=267765. Retrieved 25 November 2006.
- ↑ "Manor Farmhouse with attached range of outbuuildings". Images of England. English Heritage. http://www.imagesofengland.org.uk/details/default.aspx?id=267769. Retrieved 28 May 2009.
- ↑ "Church of St Mary". Images of England. http://www.imagesofengland.org.uk/details/default.aspx?id=267766. Retrieved 25 November 2006.