West Chinnock

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West Chinnock
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Population592 [1]
OS grid reference[[[:Template:Ordnance Survey url]] ST467136]
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  • West and Middle Chinnock
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Sovereign stateUnited Kingdom
Post townCREWKERNE
Postcode districtTA18 7
Dialling code01935
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West Chinnock is a village in the civil parish of West and Middle Chinnock, in the Somerset district, in the ceremonial county of Somerset, England. It is 4 miles (6.4 km) north east of Crewkerne. It occupies a central position east of the road that links Crewkerne to the A303 road and is mainly south of a brook that feeds nearby into the Parrett. The village forms the civil parish of West and Middle Chinnock with the neighbouring village of Middle Chinnock. The parish has a population of 592 (2011 census).[1]

History

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Will of Wynflæd, circa AD 950, mentions land at Cinnuc (11th-century copy, British Library Cotton Charters viii. 38)[2]

The origin of the name Chinnock is uncertain. It may be derived from the Old English cinu meaning ravine or cinn meaning a chin shaped hill, with the addition of ock meaning little.[3] An alternative derivation may be an old hill-name of Celtic origin.[4]

The Chinnocks were held as one estate in Saxon times by Wynflaed under Shaftesbury Abbey but by the time of the Norman Conquest in 1066 East Chinnock, West Chinnock and Middle Chinnock had been separated.

Governance

The parish council has co-responsibility for some local issues so sets an annual precept (local rate) to cover its costs and makes annual accounts for public scrutiny. It can submit its evaluation report into all planning applications and works with police, other councils' officers, and neighbourhood watch groups on matters of crime/security, traffic and highways. Conservation matters (including trees and listed buildings) and the environment can be in its reports and initiatives. It maintains and repairs some of, and consults with both higher-tier councils, as to more of, sports/leisure facilities, verges, parks, surface water drainage, paths, public transit and street cleaning.

For local government purposes, since 1 April 2023, the village comes under the unitary authority of Somerset Council. Prior to this, it was part of the non-metropolitan district of South Somerset (established under the Local Government Act 1972). It was part of Yeovil Rural District before 1974.[5]

The village is part of the 'Parrett' electoral ward. This stretches from Chiselborough in the north, via East Chinnock to North Perrott in the south. The ward population at the 2011 census was 2,336.[6]

It is served by the Yeovil seat in the House of Commons of the Parliament of the United Kingdom.

West Chinnock was a separate civil parish until 1884.[7] It then absorbed the parish of Middle Chinnock. In 2003 the parish was renamed West and Middle Chinnock.[8] In 1881 the parish (prior to the merge) had a population of 418.[9]

Landmarks

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Manor Farm House

The Manor Farmhouse in West Chinnock retains large parts from the late 16th or early 17th century thus is in the middle category of listed buildings.[10]

Church

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St Marys Church

Ecclesiastically the parish of West Chinnock is now part of the united benefice of Norton-sub-Hamdon, West Chinnock, Chiselborough and Middle Chinnock.[11]

The parish Church of Saint Mary has 13th-century origins but was totally rebuilt in the 19th century.[12]

Notable residents

References

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  1. ^ a b Page Module:Citation/CS1/styles.css has no content."Statistics for Wards, LSOAs and Parishes — SUMMARY Profiles" (Excel). Somerset Intelligence. Retrieved 4 January 2014.
  2. ^ Charter S 1539 at the Electronic Sawyer
  3. ^ Page Module:Citation/CS1/styles.css has no content.Bush, Robin (1994). Somerset: The Complete Guide. Dovecote Press. pp. 91. ISBN 1-874336-26-1.
  4. ^ Page Module:Citation/CS1/styles.css has no content.Mills, A.D.; Room, A. (2003). A Dictionary of British Place-Names. Oxford: Oxford University Press. Chinnock. ISBN 0-19-852758-6.
  5. ^ Page Module:Citation/CS1/styles.css has no content."Yeovil RD". A vision of Britain Through Time. University of Portsmouth. Retrieved 4 January 2014.
  6. ^ Page Module:Citation/CS1/styles.css has no content."Parrett ward 2011". Retrieved 5 March 2015.
  7. ^ Vision of Britain website: Middle Chinnock
  8. ^ Page Module:Citation/CS1/styles.css has no content."District Council notices of the change of name of a parish 2003" (PDF). Office of the Deputy Prime Minister. Archived from the original (PDF) on 19 May 2011. Retrieved 7 May 2011.
  9. ^ Page Module:Citation/CS1/styles.css has no content."Population statistics West Chinnock CP/Ch through time". A Vision of Britain through Time. Retrieved 3 August 2023.
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  11. ^ Diocese of Bath and Wells website
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  13. ^ Page Module:Citation/CS1/styles.css has no content."Austin, Sir William Michael Byron, (27 Nov. 1871–13 Nov. 1940), JP". WHO'S WHO & WHO WAS WHO. 2007. doi:10.1093/ww/9780199540884.013.U205481. Retrieved 15 March 2024.
  14. ^ Page Module:Citation/CS1/styles.css has no content."Greenslade, Brigadier Cyrus, (13 May 1892–30 Oct. 1985), psc". WHO'S WHO & WHO WAS WHO. 2007. doi:10.1093/ww/9780199540884.013.U164777. Retrieved 15 March 2024.
  15. ^ Page Module:Citation/CS1/styles.css has no content."Williams, Major Ronald Samuel Ainslie, (1890–10 Dec. 1971)". WHO'S WHO & WHO WAS WHO. 2007. doi:10.1093/ww/9780199540884.013.U161048. Retrieved 15 March 2024.

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