Wayford
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| Wayford | |
| Somerset | |
|---|---|
 Wayford Manor House | |
| Location | |
| Grid reference: | ST405065 |
| Location: | 50°51’18"N, 2°50’48"W |
| Data | |
| Population: | 114 (2011[1]) |
| Post town: | Crewkerne |
| Postcode: | TA18 |
| Dialling code: | 01460 |
| Local Government | |
| Council: | South Somerset |
| Parliamentary constituency: |
Yeovil |
Wayford is a village and parish on the River Axe in the Crewkerne Hundred of Somerset, three miles south-west of Crewkerne itself. The parish contains the hamlets of Oathill and Clapton.
History
Wayford Manor House was rebuilt around 1600 by Charles Daubeney, probably with William Arnold as master mason. The north wing was completed by Sir Ernest George in 1900.[2] Wayford Woods, close to the house, has an ornamental lake and is known for the large number of fairy doors it used to have.[3][4][5]
Religious sites
The Church of St Michael dates from the 13th century and has been designated as a Grade-II* listed building.[6] It was remodelled in the 18th, 19th and early 20th centuries.
References
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("Wikimedia Commons" has material about Wayford) |
- ↑ "South Somerset population estimates for 2002". Somerset Council. Archived from the original on 21 November 2009. https://www.webcitation.org/5lRyCVNCk?url=http://www.somerset.gov.uk/media/030D1/S_Som02%20mye.pdf. Retrieved 27 December 2009.
- ↑ "Wayford Manor House". Images of England. http://www.imagesofengland.org.uk/details/default.aspx?id=262205. Retrieved 2008-02-02.
- ↑ "'Fairy control' to halt tiny doors in Somerset woods" (retrieved 4 March 2015)
- ↑ Morris, Steven (4 March 2015). "Fairies' woodland homes face planning control". Guardian. https://www.theguardian.com/environment/2015/mar/04/fairies-woodland-homes-face-planning-control. Retrieved 6 March 2015.
- ↑ Morris, Steven, 2015 "Disenchanted Woodland Trustees Banish Fairy Doors," The Guardian, 23 August 2015, p. 22.
- ↑ "Church of St Michael". Images of England. http://www.imagesofengland.org.uk/details/default.aspx?id=262415. Retrieved 2008-02-02.