Clutton, Somerset

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Clutton

Coordinates: 51.3305° N 2.5404° W
Population	approx. 1500
OS grid reference	ST623592
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
Dial code	01761
Police	Avon and Somerset
Fire	Avon
Ambulance	Great Western
UK Parliament	Wansdyke
	North East Somerset (from next general election)
European Parliament	South West England
List of places: UK • England • Somerset

Clutton (grid reference ST623592) is a village within the Chew Valley in Somerset in the Bath and North East Somerset Council area on the A37 road. It is located 10 miles from Bristol and Bath, very near Temple Cloud. The nearest town is Midsomer Norton [5 miles].

According to Robinson it was called Clutone in the 1086 Domesday Book meaning 'A rocky hill enclosure' from the Old English cludig and tun, but he also points out there is an obscure Celtic word cluttya meaning a 'hen's roost'.^[1]

There is a long history of coal mining in the village and the surrounding Somerset coalfield, but the mines are no longer working. The mines around Clutton were owned by the Earl of Warwick, who also owned sawmills, quarries, brickworks and agricultural interests.^[2] The village formerly had a station on the Bristol and North Somerset Railway.

1 Government and politics
2 Demographics
3 Church
4 Other Grade II listed buildings
5 References
6 External links

[edit] Government and politics

Clutton, has a Parish council which has some responsibility for local issues, and, along with Stanton Drew and Chelwood, 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. 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.

[edit] Demographics

According to the 2001 Cenusus The Clutton Ward (which includes Stanton Drew and Chelwood), 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.^[1]

[edit] Church

Church of St Augustine of Hippo

The church is dedicated to St Augustine of Hippo. It dates from around 1190, but has had several major restorations. The tower is made of red sandstone with diagonal buttresses ending in pinacles and probably dates from 1726.^[2] The church is a Grade II* listed building (Church of St. Augustine at Images of England) Two railed Tomb Enclosures within the Broadribb family plot are also listed as Grade II (tomb enclosures at Images of England), as are a group of 3 Broadribb and Purnell monuments (Group of 3 Broadribb and Purnell monuments at Images of England) The church is currently under a small amount of renovation

Further information and pictures of this church are available from:

GENUKI:St Augustine of Hippo's Church, Clutton

[edit] Other Grade II listed buildings

Railway Arms

[edit] References

↑ Pevsner, Nikolaus (1958). The Buildings of England : North Somerset and Bristol. Penguin Books. ISBN 0140710132.
↑ Neighbourhood Statistics LSOA Bath and North East Somerset 020A Clutton. Office of National Statistics 2001 Cenusus. Retrieved on 2006-04-25.