Clutton, Somerset

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Clutton
Clutton, Somerset (Somerset)
Clutton, Somerset

Clutton shown within Somerset
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
Dialling code 01761
Police Avon and Somerset
Fire Avon
Ambulance Great Western
European Parliament South West England
UK Parliament Wansdyke
North East Somerset
(from next general election)
List of places: UK • England • Somerset

Coordinates: 51°19′50″N 2°32′25″W / 51.3305, -2.5404

Clutton is a village and civil parish 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]. The parish includes the hamlet of Breach.

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.

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[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
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 tower contains two bells dating from 1734 and made by Thomas Bilbie of the Bilbie family.[3] 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:

[edit] Other Grade II listed buildings

Railway Arms
Railway Arms

[edit] References

  1. ^ Robinson, Stephen (1992). Somerset Place Names. Wimbourne: The Dovecote Press Ltd. ISBN 1874336032. 
  2. ^ Down, C.G.; A. J. Warrington (2005). The history of the Somerset coalfield. Radstock: Radstock Museum. ISBN 0-9551684-0-6. 
  3. ^ Moore, James; Roy Rice & Ernest Hucker (1995). Bilbie and the Chew Valley clock makers. The authors. ISBN 0952670208. 

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