Hutton, Somerset
| Hutton | |
| Somerset | |
|---|---|
 Hutton War Memorial | |
| Location | |
| Grid reference: | ST355585 |
| Location: | 51°19’19"N, 2°55’37"W |
| Data | |
| Population: | 2,582 (2011[1]) |
| Post town: | Weston-super-Mare |
| Postcode: | BS24 |
| Dialling code: | 01934 |
| Local Government | |
| Council: | North Somerset |
| Parliamentary constituency: |
Weston-super-Mare |
Hutton is a village and parish in the Winterstoke hudred of Somerset. The parish, which has a population of 2,582,[1] is located on the western edge of the Mendip Hills, close to Weston-super-Mare.
The hamlets of Elborough, Lower Canada and Upper Canada lie within the parish.
History
Elborough Hill is an Iron Age hill fort in the south east of the parish, with associated Iron Age or Romano-British field systems.
Hutton was listed in the Domesday Book of 1086 as Hotune, meaning 'The enclosure on the projection of land' from the Old English hoh and tun.[2]
Hutton Court was built in the 15th century as a manor house and has been classified as a Grade-II* listed building.[3][4]
Hutton is twinned with the Kenyan village of Dabaso.
Religious sites
The Church of St Mary the Virgin dates from the 15th century and is a Grade-II* listed building.[5]
Further reading
- "Hutton: A Somerset Village" (A History of Hutton), published by Hutton Parish Council, 2011
References
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("Wikimedia Commons" has material about Hutton, Somerset) |
- ↑ 1.0 1.1 "2011 Census Profile" (Excel). North Somerset Council. Archived from the original on 4 January 2014. https://web.archive.org/web/20140104204530/http://www.n-somerset.gov.uk/Environment/Planning_policy_and-research/researchandmonitoring/Documents/North%20Somerset%20Small%20area%20geography%20profiles%20tool.xls. Retrieved 4 January 2014.
- ↑ Robinson, Stephen (1992). Somerset Place Names. Wimborne, Dorset: The Dovecote Press Ltd. ISBN 1-874336-03-2.
- ↑ "Hutton a Somerset Village". Hutton Parish. http://www.huttonsomerset.org.uk/controls/DownloadDocument.ashx?docID=on2825BUAIUVJNDJRW1479eBqo&aID=567. Retrieved 17 September 2011.
- ↑ "Hutton Court". British Listed Buildings. http://www.britishlistedbuildings.co.uk/en-33618-hutton-court-hutton. Retrieved 17 September 2011.
- ↑ "Church of St Mary the Virgin". Images of England. http://www.imagesofengland.org.uk/details/default.aspx?id=33616. Retrieved 27 November 2006.
