Winterstoke Hundred
The Hundred of Winterstoke is one of the 40 hundreds in Somerset, dating from before the Norman conquest.
It consists of the ancient parishes of:
It also included the extra parochial area of Charterhouse-on-Mendip.[1]
The hundred court met at Banwell. An 18th-century antiquarian, Collinson, claimed that the name of the hundred came from a lost village called Winterstoke at a place in Banwell parish called Winthill.[2] The name is proposed to be revived for a new housing development, Winterstoke Village, to be sited on the former Weston Airfield.[3]
In the Domesday Book the hundred also included Kingston Seymour (later in Chewton Hundred).[4]
Lord Winterstoke (1830-1911) took his title from the hundred when he was raised to the peerage in 1906. His name is borne by Winterstoke Roads in south Bristol and Weston-super-Mare (probably named after the person rather directly after the hundred).
References
- ↑ "Relationships/unit history of Winterstoke". Vision of Britain website. University of Portsmouth. http://www.visionofbritain.org.uk/relationships.jsp?u_id=10087272&c_id=10001043. Retrieved 25 September 2011.
- ↑ "The Winterstoke Hundred". Banwell history website. http://www.banwellhistory.org.uk/winterstoke100.html. Retrieved 25 September 2011.
- ↑ "Weston Villages Supplementary Planning Document" (PDF). North Somerset Council website. http://www.n-somerset.gov.uk/NR/rdonlyres/72A16605-E383-4419-8303-330FBFFC30E2/0/20939WestonVillagesPlanningdocumentLR2.pdf. Retrieved 1 November 2011.
- ↑ "Hundred:Winterstoke". Domesday Map website. http://www.domesdaymap.co.uk/hundred/winterstoke/. Retrieved 25 September 2011.
| Hundreds of Somerset |
|---|
|
Abdick and Bulstone • Andersfield • Bath Forum (inc. Hampton & Claverton liberty) • Bempstone • Brent-cum-Wrington • Bruton • Cannington • Carhampton • Catsash • Chew • Chewton • Crewkerne • Frome • Glaston Twelve Hides • Hartcliffe • Horethorne • Houndsborough • Huntspill and Puriton • Keynsham • Kilmersdon (inc. Mells & Leigh liberty) • Kingsbury • Martock • Milverton • North Curry • North Petherton • Norton Ferris • Pitney • Portbury • Somerton • South Petherton • Stone • Taunton Deane • Tintinhull • Wellow • Wells Forum • Whitley • Whitstone • Williton and Freemanners • Winterstoke |