Tintinhull

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Tintinhull
Somerset

Church Street and the Church of St Margaret
Location
Grid reference: ST497195
Location: 50°58’25"N, 2°42’53"W
Data
Population: 1,124  (2011[1])
Post town: Yeovil
Postcode: BA22
Dialling code: 01935
Local Government
Council: South Somerset
Parliamentary
constituency:
Yeovil

Tintinhull is a moderately sized village and parish in Somerset close to the A303 road near Yeovil, 2½ miles south-west of Ilchester. The village is on the Fosse Way.

In addition to a school, Tintinhull has a church, park, swimming pool and other amenities.

History

The village was mentioned in the Domesday Book of 1086.[2] The surrounding landscape shows evidence of 2000 years of farming.

The parish was the meeting place for the Tintinhull Hundred which is named after it.[3]

Landmarks

Most of the buildings are of honey-coloured Ham stone. These include several 16th-, 17th- and 18th-century dwellings such as the 17th-century Tintinhull House[4] at Tintinhull Garden which is now National Trust property, and Tintinhull Court.

Religious sites

The Church of St Margaret has origins in the 13th century and has been designated by English Heritage a Grade-I listed building,[5] as has the old parsonage which is now called Tintinhull Court.[6]

References

Outside links

("Wikimedia Commons" has material
about Tintinhull)