Hunstrete

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Hunstrete
Hunstrete (Somerset)
Hunstrete

Hunstrete shown within Somerset
Population approx. 100
OS grid reference ST647624
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 BS40
Dialling code 01761
Police Avon and Somerset
Fire Avon
Ambulance Great Western
European Parliament South West England
UK Parliament Wansdyke
List of places: UK • England • Somerset

Coordinates: 51°21′34″N 2°30′23″W / 51.3595, -2.5063

Hunstrete (grid reference ST625643) is a small village on the River Chew in the Chew Valley, Bath and North East Somerset, England. It is 8 miles from Bristol, and Bath, and 5 from Keynsham.

Hunstrete is believed to mean 'The hundred road' from the Old English hund and street.[1]

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[edit] Government and politics

Hunstrete is part of the Farmborough Ward which is represented by one councillor on the Bath and North East Somerset Unitary Authority which has 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 Census the Farmborough Ward (which includes Compton Dando, Marksbury, Woollard and Chewton Keynsham), had 1,111 residents, living in 428 households, with an average age of 44.5 years. Of these 71% of residents describing their health as 'good', 21% of 16-74 year olds had no qualifications; and the area had an unemployment rate of 1.0% of all economically active people aged 16-74. In the Index of Multiple Deprivation 2004, it was ranked at 22,100 out of 32,482 wards in England, where 1 was the most deprived LSOA and 32,482 the least deprived.[2]

[edit] Hunstrete House

Hunstrete House is a grade II listed building dating from 1820.[3] In its grounds are Hunstrete Lake and an ice house which is also a listed building.[4]

In September 2007 a team from the television programme Time Team visited Hunstrete to explore stories about the "Grand Mansion" which preceded the current house. It is thought that Francis Popham, a decendant of Sir John Popham, started the construction of a 17-bay mansion, however this was abandoned after his death in 1780, and the construction which had taken place demolished in 1830, leaving just a line of arches. The excavations undertaken tried to identify whether there was a previous medieval or Tudor manor house on the site. The programme was aired on 17 Feb 2008,[5] and showed that the 1780 mansion was really the addition of a new exterior to a previous building.[6]

[edit] Grade II listed buildings

[edit] References

  1. ^ Robinson, Stephen (1992). Somerset Place Names. Wimbourne: The Dovecote Press Ltd. ISBN 1874336032. 
  2. ^ Neighbourhood Statistics LSOA Bath and North East Somerset 016B Farmborough. Office of National Statistics 2001 Census. Retrieved on 2006-05-01.
  3. ^ (Hunstrete House at Images of England)
  4. ^ (Icehouse about 120 metres north of Hunstrete House at Images of England)
  5. ^ Janes, Rowland. "The time team tackles Hunstrete riddle", Chew Valley Gazette, October 2007. Retrieved on 2007-09-30. 
  6. ^ Hunstrete, Somerset. Time Team. Retrieved on 2008-02-17.

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