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Kingweston - Wikipedia

Coordinates: 51°04′38″N 2°40′38″W / 51.0773°N 2.6773°W

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Kingweston
The Approach to Kingweston Church
Kingweston
Kingweston Location within Somerset
Population	128 (2011)^[1]
OS grid reference	ST526311
Unitary authority	Somerset Council
Ceremonial county	Somerset
Region	South West
Country	England
Sovereign state	United Kingdom
Post town	Somerton
Postcode district	TA11
Dialling code	01458

Police	Avon and Somerset
Fire	Devon and Somerset
Ambulance	South Western

UK Parliament	Glastonbury and Somerton
List of places UK England Somerset 51°04′38″N 2°40′38″W / 51.0773°N 2.6773°W / 51.0773; -2.6773

Kingweston is a village and civil parish in Somerset, England, situated on Combe Hill, 3 miles (4.8 km) north east of Somerton. The village has a population of 128.^[1]

History

The village's name was Chinwardestune in the Domesday Book of 1086. There is evidence of Romano-British occupation in Copley Wood.^[2]

After the Norman Conquest the manor was given to Eustance, Count of Bologne and held by his family until a descendant gave it to Bermondsey Abbey in 1114, who held the manor until the Dissolution of the monasteries. It then passed to the Smyth family of Long Ashton until it was bought in 1740 by Caleb Dickinson.^[2]

The parish was part of the hundred of Catsash.^[3]

Governance

The parish council has responsibility for local issues, including setting an annual precept (local rate) to cover the council's operating costs and producing annual accounts for public scrutiny. The parish council evaluates local planning applications and works with the local police, district council officers, and neighbourhood watch groups on matters of crime, security, and traffic. The parish council's role also includes initiating projects for the maintenance and repair of parish facilities, as well as consulting with the district council on the maintenance, repair, and improvement of highways, drainage, footpaths, public transport, and street cleaning. Conservation matters (including trees and listed buildings) and environmental issues are also the responsibility of the council.

For local government purposes, since 1 April 2023, the parish comes under the unitary authority of Somerset Council. Prior to this, it was part of the non-metropolitan district of South Somerset (established under the Local Government Act 1972). It was part of Langport Rural District before 1974.^[4]

It is also part of the Glastonbury and Somerton county constituency represented in the House of Commons of the Parliament of the United Kingdom. It elects one Member of Parliament (MP) by the first past the post system of election.

Geography

Kingweston Meadows is a biological Site of Special Scientific Interest providing an example of an unimproved herb-rich neutral grassland of a type which is now rare in Britain.^[5]

Landmarks

Kingweston House was built on the site of a previous Tudor House, but the current building was erected by the Dickinson family in the 19th century. Since 1946 it has been part of Millfield School.^[6]

Conference room
Cottage
Kingweston House and church

Religious sites

The parish Church of All Saints retains some medieval fragments, but was largely rebuilt by Charles Edmund Giles between 1852 and 1855.^[7]

References

^ ^a ^b "South Somerset population estimates for 2002" (PDF). Somerset County Council. Archived from the original (PDF) on 10 July 2007. Retrieved 27 December 2009.
^ ^a ^b Bush, Robin (1994). Somerset: The complete guide. Wimborne: The Dovecote Press Ltd. pp. 128. ISBN 1-874336-26-1.
^ "Somerset Hundreds". GENUKI. Retrieved 8 October 2011.
^ A Vision of Britain Through Time : Langport Rural District Archived 27 June 2009 at the Wayback Machine
^ "Kingweston Meadows" (PDF). English Nature. Archived from the original (PDF) on 13 October 2006. Retrieved 14 August 2006.
^ Historic England. "Kingweston House (1307686)". National Heritage List for England. Retrieved 22 January 2009.
^ Historic England. "Church of All Saints (1307683)". National Heritage List for England. Retrieved 22 January 2009.

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