Mosterton
| Mosterton | |
| Dorset | |
|---|---|
 Admiral Hood pub being rethatched | |
| Location | |
| Grid reference: | ST458055 |
| Location: | 50°50’49"N, 2°46’16"W |
| Data | |
| Population: | 604 (2011) |
| Post town: | Beaminster |
| Postcode: | DT8 |
| Local Government | |
| Council: | Dorset |
| Parliamentary constituency: |
West Dorset |
Mosterton is a village in Dorset, situated approximately three miles north of Beaminster. In the 2011 census the parish had a population of 604.
The village's name derives from Old English, apparently from Moretes þorn (Mort's thorntree). It is recorded in the Domesday Book of 1086 as Mortestorne.[1]
Parish church
The parish church is St Mary's. It was rebuilt on a new site in 1833. The interior of the church is quite understated, but does however retain its original fittings.
The focus of the church is the stained glass window behind the communion table. It was installed in 1975 and includes a combine harvester and a tractor, depicting the farming background of many of the local community.
About the village
Mosterton is a linear settlement, grown along the A3066 road. It stands two miles from Crewkerne railway station across the nearby county boundary in Somerset.
The village pub is the Admiral Hood, named after Admiral Samuel Hood, 1st Viscount Hood (1724-1816). The pub was rebuilt in its original style after a gutting fire in 1955. Before the reconstruction it was called the New Inn, but on completion it was decided to honour the Hood family who had occupied a Georgian house that was originally on the site of the New Inn, who had a long naval history (and whose name has been used to name several battleships).
The village is divided by the River Axe: the village's primary school is named The Parrett and Axe Church of England Primary School after the river (and with the River Parrett that flows through the nearby village of South Perrott).
Outside links
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("Wikimedia Commons" has material about Mosterton) |
References
- ↑ Mills, Anthony David: 'A Dictionary of British Place-Names' (Oxford University Press, 2003) ISBN 978-0-19-852758-9
