West Harptree
| West Harptree | |
| Somerset | |
|---|---|
 West Harptree | |
| Location | |
| Grid reference: | ST561568 |
| Location: | 51°18’31"N, 2°37’45"W |
| Data | |
| Population: | 439 (2011) |
| Post town: | Bristol |
| Postcode: | BS40 |
| Dialling code: | 01761 |
| Local Government | |
| Council: | Bath & NE Somerset |
| Parliamentary constituency: |
North East Somerset |
West Harptree is a small village in the Chew Valley of Somerset beneath the Mendip Hills, and in the county's Chewton Hundred.[1] It is a little place with a parish population of just 439 recorded in 2011.
The village is found in the very north-east of the county, eight miles south of Bristol and ten miles from Bath. It sits just south of Chew Valley Lake, along the A368 road.
The village has a pub and several shops including a post office. With its close neighbour East Harptree the villages are collectively known as ‘the Harptrees’.
History
The Domesday Book of 1086 lists Herpetreu as a manor, and the name, it has been suggested, is form the Old English herepaþtreow, indicating a 'military road by the wood'.[2]
Between 1154 and 1172 an estate at West Harptree was granted by William FitzJohn to the Knights Templar.[3]
The shape of some of the existing fields with cross-slope and down-slope field banks and cultivated ridges forming an interleaving irregular mosaic suggest they are of mediæval origin.[4]
Parish church
The Church of St Mary dates from the 12th century, although the tower is a much later addition,[5] and is a Grade II* listed building[6]
Sights abou the village
Gournay Court
Gournay Court is a Grade II* Country house built around 1600.[7] The entrance Gates and railings are Grade II listed,[8] as are the gatepiers to the west.[9]
Grade II listed buildings
- Barn to north west of Gournay Court[10]
- Tilley Manor Farmhouse[11] and
- Gate piers[12]
- Parsonage Farmhouse[13]
- The Old Vicarage[14]
- Turnpike Parish Boundary Marker[15]
Outside links
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References
- ↑ "Somerset Hundreds". GENUKI. http://www.genuki.org.uk/big/eng/SOM/Miscellaneous/. Retrieved 8 October 2011.
- ↑ Robinson, Stephen (1992). Somerset Place Names. Wimbourne: The Dovecote Press Ltd. ISBN 1-874336-03-2.
- ↑ Faith, Juliet. The Knights Templar in Somerset. The History Press. pp. 90–91. ISBN 9780752452562.
- ↑ "Mendip Hills An Archaeological Survey of the Area of Outstanding Natural Beauty". Somerset County Council Archeological Projects. http://www1.somerset.gov.uk/archives/hes/downloads/HES_MendipAONB.pdf. Retrieved 16 January 2011.
- ↑ Reid, Robert Douglas (1979). Some buildings of Mendip. The Mendip Society. ISBN 0-905459-16-4.
- ↑ {{NHLE|1017180|Church of St Mary, West Harptree
- ↑ National Heritage List 1020367: Gournay Court
- ↑ National Heritage List 1019447: Entrance Gates and Railings
- ↑ National Heritage List 1018934: Gatepiers to west of Gournay Court
- ↑ National Heritage List 1018935: Barn to north west of Gournay Court
- ↑ National Heritage List 1017181: Tilley Manor Farmhouse
- ↑ National Heritage List 1017182: Gatepiers to boundary wall, south of Tilley Manor Farmhouse
- ↑ National Heritage List 1018936: Parsonage Farmhouse
- ↑ National Heritage List 1019016: The Old Vicarage
- ↑ National Heritage List 1019017: Turnpike Parish Boundary Marker