Winford

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Winford
Somerset
Winfordchurch.jpg
Church of St Mary and St Peter, Winford
Location
Grid reference: ST540651
Location: 51°22’59"N, 2°39’37"W
Data
Population: 2,153
Post town: Bristol
Postcode: BS40
Dialling code: 01275
Local Government
Council: North Somerset
Parliamentary
constituency: 		North Somerset

Winford is a village and parish within the Chew Valley, Somerset. It lies about eight miles south of Bristol. and forms part of the hundred of Hartcliffe.[1] The parish has a population of 2,153.

The parish includes the village of Felton which is close to the A38 road, Bristol International Airport and Hartcliff Rocks Quarry and Lulsgate Quarry Sites of Special Scientific Interest. On Felton Common, between the village and the airport, is the church of St Katharine and the Noble Army of Martyrs, which was built around 1868, and the remains of a windmill which has been converted into a private house.

The small village of Regil also falls within the parish, although it has its own small church dedicated to St James, one pub, a village hall and several farms.

Winford village lies on the route of the Monarch's Way long-distance footpath and has one pub, a village post office and several farms in the surrounding area.

History

Winford was listed in the Domesday Book of 1086 as Wenfre, meaning 'The carriage journey' from the Old English woenfaru. The term journey can also mean route.[2]

Geography

Felton Common is a local nature reserve which consists of open calcareous grassland with scrub and bracken. There are birds including kestrel, sky lark, song thrush, willow warbler, spotted flycatcher and several species of invertebrates.[3][4]

Winford Hospital

Primarily an orthopaedic Hospital, Winford Hospital was built in 1930.

Winford hospital was a part-military and part-civilian hospital. Wards A to D were for civilian use, while wards E to K, added to the hospital in 1940, were for treatment of war casualties (both service and civilian).[5]

In 1964 a physiotherapy department was opened, including several treatment rooms and a hydrotherapy pool.[6]

Winford Hospital was closed in 1996. The land has since been redeveloped as a small housing estate, known locally as High Winford.

Church

The Church of The Blessed Virgin Mary and St Peter in Winford dates from the 15th century.[7] The four-stage west tower has set back buttresses, moulded string courses and the north-east corner has a polygonal stair turret. Trefoil-headed open panel parapet with corner crocketted pinnacles and fine gargoyles. Top three stages have two-light openings with hoodmoulds and lozenge stops, those below bell stage blind, those to bell stage louvred. First stage of west facade has deeply moulded pointed-arched doorway with two-leaf doors and applied Gothick mouldings; light with intersecting tracery above. Atop this is a three-light Gothic window.[7] An unidentified and Shire Monuments in churchyard are also listed (Historic England. "Unidentified and Shire Monuments at Images of England (33987)". Images of England. http://www.imagesofengland.org.uk/Details/Default.aspx?id=33987 )

Powdermill Farmhouse

Stone building with tiled roof. Sign saying Prince of Waterloo. In the foreground are tables, benches and planters.
The Prince of Waterloo

Littleton gunpowder works is a Grade II* listed building.[8]

Beech Court (formerly The Rectory)

A Grade II* listed building (Historic England. "Beech Court at Images of England (33992)". Images of England. http://www.imagesofengland.org.uk/Details/Default.aspx?id=33992 )

Grade II listed buildings

References

  1. ↑ "Somerset Hundreds". GENUKI. http://www.genuki.org.uk/big/eng/SOM/Miscellaneous/. Retrieved 9 October 2011. 
  2. ↑ Robinson, Stephen (1992). Somerset Place Names. Wimbourne: The Dovecote Press Ltd. ISBN 1-874336-03-2. 
  3. ↑ "Felton Common". Natural England. http://www.lnr.naturalengland.org.uk/Special/lnr/lnr_details.asp?C=35&N=&ID=1247. Retrieved 23 August 2015. 
  4. ↑ "Felton Common Local Nature Reserve, Felton". Avon Local Nature Reserves. http://www.avonlocalnaturereserves.org.uk/reserve.asp?id=31. Retrieved 23 August 2015. 
  5. ↑ "BBC — WW2 People's War". http://www.bbc.co.uk/ww2peopleswar/stories/08/a3816308.shtml. Retrieved 2008-08-18. 
  6. ↑ "Doomsday 1986 Project". http://www.domesday1986.com/. Retrieved 2008-08-18. 
  7. ↑ 7.0 7.1 "Church of St Mary and Peter, Winford". Images of England. http://www.imagesofengland.org.uk/details/default.aspx?id=33986. Retrieved 2007-10-13. 
  8. ↑ Historic England. "Powdermill Farmhouse at Images of England (33989)". Images of England. http://www.imagesofengland.org.uk/Details/Default.aspx?id=33989 

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