Middle Chinnock
| Middle Chinnock | |
| Somerset | |
|---|---|
.jpg) Middle Chinnock from Brympton Hill | |
| Location | |
| Grid reference: | ST473133 |
| Location: | 50°54’58"N, 2°45’6"W |
| Data | |
| Post town: | Crewkerne |
| Postcode: | TA18 |
| Dialling code: | 01935 |
| Local Government | |
| Council: | Somerset |
| Parliamentary constituency: |
Yeovil |
Middle Chinnock is a village in Somerset, three miles north-east of Crewkernea quarter pf a mile east of the larger village of West Chinnock.
In 1881 the parish had a population of 150.
Middle Chinnock was an ancient parish, which became a civil parish in 1866, later merged with its neighbour, West Chinnock.[1]
History
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The origin of the name Chinnock is uncertain. It may be derived from the Old English cinu meaning ravine or cinn meaning a chin shaped hill, with the addition of ock meaning little.[2] An alternative derivation may be an old hill-name of Celtic origin.[3]
A Roman burial was found at Higher Farm, Middle Chinnock.
The Chinnocks were held as one estate in Saxon times by Wynflaed under Shaftesbury Abbey but by the time of the Norman Conquest in 1066 East Chinnock, West Chinnock and Middle Chinnock had been separated.
Church
Ecclesiastically, the parish of Middle Chinnock is now part of the united benefice of Norton-sub-Hamdon, West Chinnock, Chiselborough and Middle Chinnock.[4]
The parish Church of Saint Margaret has 12th-century origins. The tower and south porch were built in the 14th or 15th centuries with most of the remainder of the building being rebuilt in phases during the 19th century. It is a Grade II* listed building.[5]
Outside links
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References
- ↑ "Yeovil Registration District". UKBMD. https://www.ukbmd.org.uk/reg/districts/yeovil.html. Retrieved 3 October 2023.
- ↑ Bush, Robin (1994). Somerset: The Complete Guide. Dovecote Press. pp. 91. ISBN 1-874336-26-1. https://archive.org/details/somersetcomplete0000bush/page/91.
- ↑ Mills, A.D.; Room, A. (2003). A Dictionary of British Place-Names. Oxford: Oxford University Press. Chinnock. ISBN 0-19-852758-6.
- ↑ Diocese of Bath and Wells website
- ↑ National Heritage List 1057169: Church of St Margaret (Grade II* listing)