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Chelwood
Chelwood (Somerset)
Chelwood

Chelwood shown within Somerset
Population approx. Somerset ( or) is a county in south west England The County town is Taunton, which is in the south of the county In Biology a population is the collection of inter-breeding organisms of a particular Species; in Sociology 300
OS grid reference ST634619
Unitary authority Bath and North East Somerset
Ceremonial county Somerset
Region South West
Constituent country England
Sovereign state United Kingdom
Post town BRISTOL
Postcode district BS39
Dialling code 01275
Police Avon and Somerset
Fire Avon
Ambulance Great Western
European Parliament South West England
UK Parliament Wansdyke
North East Somerset
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List of places: UK • England • Somerset

Coordinates: 51°21′18″N 2°31′30″W / 51.3549, -2.5249

Chelwood (grid reference ST634619) is a small village within the Chew Valley in North Somerset about 8 miles from Bristol and Bath. A Gazetteer of place names in the United Kingdom showing each place's County, Unitary authority or council area and its geographical coordinates List of places --> List of cities in the United Kingdom List of towns in England Lists of places This is a list of cities, Towns Villages and hamlets in the ceremonial county of Somerset, England. A geographic coordinate system enables every location on the Earth to be specified in three coordinates using mainly a spherical coordinate system. The British national grid reference system is a system of geographic grid references commonly used in Great Britain, different from using Latitude and Longitude The Chew Valley is an area in North Somerset, England named after the River Chew, which rises at Chewton Mendip, and joins the River Avon North Somerset is a Unitary authority in England. Its area covers part of the ceremonial county of Somerset but it is administered Bristol ( ˈbrɪstəl is a city, Unitary authority and ceremonial county in South West England, west of London Bath is a city in Somerset in the south west of England It is situated west of London and south-east of Bristol.

Chelwood is one of the seven Thankful Villages in Somerset where all the men returned from the First World War, 4 went and 4 returned. Thankful Villages is a term for the small number of villages in England and Wales which lost no men in World War I.

According to Robinson there are two entries in the 1086 Domesday Book Cellwert and Celeworde both indicating the same meaning 'the hill farm' from the Old English ceol and wor. The Domesday Book (ˈduːmzdeɪ bʊk also known as Domesday, or Book of Winchester) was the record of the great survey [1]

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Government and politics

Chelwood, has a Parish council which has some responsibility for local issues, and, along with Stanton Drew and Clutton, is part of the Clutton Ward which is represented by one councillor on the Bath and North East Somerset Unitary Authority which has wider responsibilities for services such as education, refuse, tourism etc. A Parish council is a unit of Local government in Great Britain. This article is about the village For information on the prehistoric stone circles see Stanton Drew stone circles Stanton Drew ( is a small Bath and North East Somerset (commonly referred to as BANES or B&NES) is a Unitary authority that was created on 1 April 1996 See also Independent city A unitary authority is a type of Local authority that has a single tier and is responsible for all Local government functions The village is a part of the Wansdyke constituency, which will become North East Somerset at the next general election and part of the South West England constituency of the European Parliament. Wansdyke is a Constituency represented in the House of Commons of the Parliament of the United Kingdom. Boundaries The constituency covers the part of Bath and North East Somerset that is not in the Bath constituency. South West England is a Constituency of the European Parliament.

Demographics

According to the 2001 Cenusus The Clutton Ward (which includes Stanton Drew and Clutton), had 1,290 residents, living in 483 households, with an average age of 40. 3 years. Of these 72% of residents describing their health as 'good', 22% of 16-74 year olds had no qualifications; and the area had an unemployment rate of 2. 2% of all economically active people aged 16-74. In the Index of Multiple Deprivation 2004, it was ranked at 24,527 out of 32,482 wards in England, where 1 was the most deprived LSOA and 32,482 the least deprived. [2]

Buildings

Chelwood House was built in the valley of the river Chew in 1681 as a Dower House, and sits in 1. 3 acre gardens. The property is a grade 2 listed building . A listed building in the United Kingdom is a building or other structure officially designated as being of special architectural historical or cultural significance (Chelwood House at Images of England)

Chelwood includes several other Grade II listed buildings:

St Leonards church was nearly all built around 1850, but two corbel-heads of the nave arcade said to be C13. A listed building in the United Kingdom is a building or other structure officially designated as being of special architectural historical or cultural significance The font is Norman with tiny volutes at the edges and a top frieze of something like lambrequins. The stained glass has various C16 Flemish bits in south aisle window. The tower contains a bell dating from 1773 and made by Abraham Bilbie of the Bilbie family. The Bilbie family were bell founders and Clockmakers based initially in Chew Stoke, Somerset and later at Cullompton, Devon [3] It has been designated by English Heritage as a grade II* listed building. English Heritage is a Non-departmental public body of the United Kingdom government ( Department for Culture Media and Sport) with a broad remit of A listed building in the United Kingdom is a building or other structure officially designated as being of special architectural historical or cultural significance [4]

References

  1. ^ Robinson, Stephen (1992). Somerset Place Names. Wimbourne: The Dovecote Press Ltd. ISBN 1874336032.  
  2. ^ Neighbourhood Statistics LSOA Bath and North East Somerset 020A Clutton. Office of National Statistics 2001 Cenusus. Retrieved on 2006-04-25. Year 2006 ( MMVI) was a Common year starting on Sunday of the Gregorian calendar. Events 1607 - Eighty Years' War: The Dutch fleet destroys the anchored Spanish fleet at Gibraltar.
  3. ^ Moore, James; Roy Rice & Ernest Hucker (1995). Bilbie and the Chew Valley clock makers. The authors. ISBN 0952670208.  
  4. ^ Church of St. Leonard. Images of England. Retrieved on 2007-10-05. Year 2007 ( MMVII) was a Common year starting on Monday of the Gregorian calendar in the 21st century. Events 869 - The Fourth Council of Constantinople is convened to decide about what to do about Patriarch Photius of Constantinople

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