Penselwood

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Contents 1 Etymology 2 See also 3 References 4 External links

Penselwood is a village and parish in Somerset in England, four miles north east of Wincanton, four miles south east of Bruton, four miles west of Mere, and 5 miles north west of Gillingham. The south east of the parish borders Zeals and Stourhead in Wiltshire, and Bourton in Dorset. In 1991 the parish occupied 523 hectares (1,292 acres)¹.

[edit] Etymology

The name came from early mediaeval "Penn in Selwood": "Penn" came from Celtic penn = "head", likely referring to a hill; and "Selwood" referring to the Selwood Forest which once surrounded the area.

It may be the location of the Battle of Peonnum in 658, mentioned in the Anglo-Saxon Chronicle.

[edit] See also

• King Alfred's Tower

[edit] References

• ¹ British History Online (1999). 'Penselwood', A History of the County of Somerset: Volume 7: Bruton, Horethorne and Norton Ferris Hundreds. 184-192. Retrieved on 2006-08-16.

[edit] External links

• http://www.genuki.org.uk:8080/big/eng/SOM/Penselwood/
• Images of buildings in Penselwood
• Cranborne Chase and West Wiltshire Downs Area of Oustanding Natural Beaty (AONB) Partnership (June 2003). Cranborne Chase and West Wiltshire Downs, Land Character Assessment, Type 7: Greensand Hills, 7B Penselwood – Longleat Hills. (PDF) 183-189. Retrieved on 2006-08-16.