West Chinnock
| West Chinnock | |
| Somerset | |
|---|---|
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| Location | |
| Grid reference: | ST467136 |
| Location: | 50°55’12"N, 2°45’30"W |
| Data | |
| Population: | 592 |
| Post town: | Crewkerne |
| Postcode: | TA18 |
| Dialling code: | 01935 |
| Local Government | |
| Council: | Somerset |
| Parliamentary constituency: |
Yeovil |
West Chinnock is a village in Somerset, four miles north east of Crewkerne. It occupies a central position east of the road that links Crewkerne to the A303 road and is mainly south of a brook that feeds nearby into the Parrett.
The wider parish of 'West and Middle Chinnock' had a recorded population of 592 at the 2011 census.
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. An alternative derivation may be an old hill-name of Celtic origin.[1]
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.
About the village
The Manor Farmhouse in West Chinnock retains large parts from the late 16th or early 17th century thus is in the middle category of listed buildings.[2]
Church
Ecclesiastically the parish of West Chinnock is now part of the united benefice of Norton-sub-Hamdon, West Chinnock, Chiselborough and Middle Chinnock.[3]
The parish Church of Saint Mary has 13th-century origins but was totally rebuilt in the 19th century.[4]
Pictures
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The Old Chapel -
View of village -
Well -
A disused filling station -
New pavilion -
The Muddled Man pub
Outside links
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("Wikimedia Commons" has material about West Chinnock) |
References
- ↑ Mills, Anthony David: 'A Dictionary of British Place-Names' (Oxford University Press, 2003) ISBN 978-0-19-852758-9
- ↑ National Heritage List 1057127: Manor Farmhouse (Grade II* listing)
- ↑ Diocese of Bath and Wells
- ↑ National Heritage List 1057129: Church of St Mary, West Chinnock (Grade II* listing)