Charlton Horethorne
| Charlton Horethorne | |
| Somerset | |
|---|---|
 Manor Farm House | |
| Location | |
| Grid reference: | ST665235 |
| Location: | 51°-0’35"N, 2°28’44"W |
| Data | |
| Population: | 591 (2011[1]) |
| Post town: | Sherborne |
| Postcode: | DT9 |
| Dialling code: | 01963 |
| Local Government | |
| Council: | South Somerset |
| Parliamentary constituency: |
Somerton and Frome |
Charlton Horethorne is a village and parish in Somerset, situated five miles north-east of Sherborne and five miles south-west of Wincanton. The ancient parish forms part of the hundred of Horethorne.[2] The village has a population of 591.[1]
The village lies on the Monarch's Way long-distance footpath that approximates the escape route taken by King Charles II in 1651 after being defeated in the Battle of Worcester.[3]
Charlton Horethorne in the 21st century is a village with successful businesses, a primary school and a village hall that was purchased in 1923 from the Army as a memorial to the fallen in the First World War. Despite its age and the fact that it was previously used as a wooden mess hall, it is used on a frequent and regular basis by a wide range of groups and activities.[4]
History
The village was originally known just as Charlton, meaning "the farmers settlement" and then known as Charlton Kanville by 1225. In 1084 Horethorn was added coming from "Hareturna" meaning "grey thornbush".[5]
Evidence of early human occupation of the parish is provided by three Bronze-Age barrows and a possible Iron-Age camp on the escarpment near Sigwells, an area to the west of the village where Mesolithic and Romano-British material has also been found. Around 950 the manor belonged to Wynflaed (d. c. 950), and may have passed to her daughter Aethelflaed. It was held by Vitel in 1066 and, by the time of the Domesday Book in 1086, by Robert son of Gerold (d. 1102),[6] who paid an annual rent of 100 cheeses.[5] In 1439 it was bought by Henry Beaufort, Bishop of Winchester, who gave the manor to the Hospital of St Cross, Winchester in 1445.[6]
The Manor Farm House in Horse Lane was built as the local manor house in 1608.[7]
RNAS Charlton Horethorne was a Royal Naval Air Service station. It opened in 1942 as a flying training base under the administrative care of HMS Heron. It closed in 1948 and has since been returned to agricultural use.
Religious sites
The 12th-century Church of St Peter and St Paul acquired its two-stage tower in the late 15th century. It has offset corner buttresses almost to the full height of the tower with small crowning pinnacles.[8] A Romano-British altar was discovered in the churchyard.[6]
Parish Church of St Peter and St Paul
Quarrey House
Charlton Gorse
Will of Wynflæd, circa AD 950, mentions land at Ceorlatune [9]
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References
- ↑ 1.0 1.1 "Statistics for Wards, LSOAs and Parishes — SUMMARY Profiles" (Excel). Somerset Intelligence. http://www.somersetintelligence.org.uk/files/Somerset%20Census%20Key%20Statistics%20-%20Summary%20Profiles.xls. Retrieved 4 January 2014.
- ↑ "Somerset Hundreds". GENUKI. http://www.genuki.org.uk/big/eng/SOM/Miscellaneous/. Retrieved 9 October 2011.
- ↑ "The Monarch's Way". The Quinton Oracle. 2005. http://www.qlhs.org.uk/oracle/monarchs-way/monarchs-way.htm. Retrieved 30 August 2008.
- ↑ "History". Charlton Horethorne Village Hall Trustees. http://charltonhorethorne.com/facilities/history. Retrieved 16 March 2011.
- ↑ 5.0 5.1 Bush, Robin (1994). Somerset: The complete guide. Wimborne, Dorset: Dovecote Press. pp. 60–61. ISBN 1-874336-26-1.
- ↑ 6.0 6.1 6.2 "Charlton Horethorne'". A History of the County of Somerset: Volume 7: Bruton, Horethorne and Norton Ferris Hundreds. 1999. pp. 84–93. http://www.british-history.ac.uk/report.aspx?compid=18740. Retrieved 8 December 2008.
- ↑ "Manor Farm House". Images of England. http://www.imagesofengland.org.uk/Details/Default.aspx?id=261763. Retrieved 5 October 2007.
- ↑ "Church of St Peter and St Paul, Charlton Horethorne". Images of England. http://www.imagesofengland.org.uk/Details/Default.aspx?id=261770. Retrieved 5 October 2007.
- ↑ Charter S 1539 at the Electronic Sawyer
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