East Huntspill Explained

Static Image:East Huntspill.jpg
Static Image Caption:The Crown Inn and road junction
Country:England
Coordinates:51.199°N -2.941°W
Official Name:East Huntspill
Population:1,146
Population Ref:(2011)[1]
Civil Parish:East Huntspill
Unitary England:Somerset Council
Lieutenancy England:Somerset
Region:South West England
Constituency Westminster:Wells and Mendip Hills
Post Town:HIGHBRIDGE
Postcode District:TA9
Postcode Area:TA
Dial Code:01278
Os Grid Reference:ST344454

East Huntspill is a village and civil parish on the Huntspill Level, near Highbridge, Somerset, England. The civil parish includes Cote, Hackness and Bason Bridge.

The parish of East Huntspill has a population of 1,146.[1]

History

Huntspill was listed in the Domesday Book of 1086 as Honspil, meaning 'Huna's creek' possibly from the Old English personal name Huna and from the Celtic pwll.[2]

The parish of Huntspill was part of the Huntspill and Puriton Hundred.[3]

Three 18th century farmhouses in East Huntspill, Hackney, New Road and Phippins, have all been designated as Grade II listed buildings.

In 1949 the civil parish of Huntspill was abolished and divided into Huntspill All Saints and West Huntspill along the line of the Bristol and Exeter Railway.[4] The parish of Huntspill All Saints was renamed East Hunstspill in 1972.[5]

Governance

For local government purposes, since 1 April 2023, the village comes under the unitary authority of Somerset Council. Prior to this, it was part of the non-metropolitan district of Sedgemoor, which was formed on 1 April 1974 under the Local Government Act 1972, having previously been part of Bridgwater Rural District.[6]

Religious sites

The Anglican parish Church of All Saints in East Huntspill was built in 1839 by G P Manners, as a chapel-of-ease to the then parish church at Huntspill. It became the parish church in 1845, when the chapelry was formed into a parochial district, and the bell-chamber was added in the late 19th century. It has been designated as a Grade II listed building. It is on the Heritage at Risk Register because of the condition of the roof.[7]

There was a United Methodist chapel in East Huntspill built in 1923, which replaced an earlier building in Chapel Lane. The chapel closed by 1997.

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Notes and References

  1. Web site: Statistics for Wards, LSOAs and Parishes — SUMMARY Profiles. Somerset Intelligence. 4 January 2014. Excel.
  2. Book: Robinson, Stephen . Somerset Place Names . 1992 . The Dovecote Press Ltd . Wimborne, Dorset . 1-874336-03-2.
  3. Web site: Somerset Hundreds. GENUKI. 15 October 2011.
  4. http://www.visionofbritain.org.uk/unit/10434944/relationships Vision of Britain website
  5. Book: Huntspill. A History of the County of Somerset: Volume 8, the Poldens and the Levels. Robert Dunning. Victoria County History. 2004. 91–112. British History Online. 25 January 2015.
  6. Web site: Bridgwater RD. A vision of Britain Through Time. University of Portsmouth. 4 January 2014.
  7. Web site: Church of All Saints, Church Road, East Huntspill — Sedgemoor. Heritage at Risk. English Heritage. 14 October 2013. https://web.archive.org/web/20140108134606/http://risk.english-heritage.org.uk/register.aspx?id=20132. 8 January 2014. dead.