Spaxton
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| Population | 1,051 (in 2021) |
| OS grid reference | [[[:Template:Ordnance Survey url]] ST225375] |
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| Sovereign state | United Kingdom |
| Post town | BRIDGWATER |
| Postcode district | TA5 |
| Dialling code | 01278 |
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| Police | Avon and Somerset |
| Fire | Devon and Somerset |
| Ambulance | South Western |
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| Website | Parish Council |
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Spaxton is a small village and civil parish on the Quantocks in Somerset, South West England. The village is about 5 miles (8 km) west of Bridgwater. Other settlements in the parish include Charlynch, Courtway, Four Forks, Gothelney Green, Merridge, and Splatt.[1] The population of the parish at the 2021 census was 1,051.[2]
History
The name of Spaxton may originate from Spakr, a Dane who settled in the area in about the 9th century.[3] An alternative derivation is that it means "councillor's enclosure", from the Old English spæcas and tun. It is recorded as Spachestone in the 1086 Domesday Book, when the land was held by Alfred of Spain.[4][5]
Spaxton was part of the hundred of Cannington.[6]
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The modern parish includes the ancient parishes of Aisholt and Charlynch. Aisholt is one of the Thankful Villages – those villages that suffered no fatalities during the Great War of 1914–1918.[7]
During the 19th century, Henry James Prince, former curate of Charlynch founded the notorious religious cult of the Agapemone at Four Forks.[8]
Governance
The parish council has responsibility for local issues, including setting an annual precept (local rate) to cover the council's operating costs and producing annual accounts for public scrutiny. The parish council evaluates local planning applications and works with the local police, district council officers, and neighbourhood watch groups on matters of crime, security, and traffic. The parish council's role also includes initiating projects for the maintenance and repair of parish facilities, as well as consulting with the district council on the maintenance, repair, and improvement of highways, drainage, footpaths, public transport, and street cleaning. Conservation matters (including trees and listed buildings) and environmental issues are also the responsibility of the council.
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 Sedgemoor, which was formed on 1 April 1974 under the Local Government Act 1972, having previously been part of Bridgwater Rural District.[9]
It is also part of the Bridgwater county constituency, represented in the House of Commons of the Parliament of the United Kingdom. It elects one Member of Parliament (MP) by the first past the post system of election.
Geography
Near the village is Hawkridge Reservoir which supplies water for Bridgwater, constructed between 1960 and 1962,[10] and the Ashford Reservoir which was constructed in 1932.
Landmarks and notable buildings
Gothelney Hall at Gothelney Green was built in the 15th century and has been designated as a Grade I listed building.[11]
Barford Park is in the south of the parish.
Parts of Court Farm near St Margaret's Church date from c.1500.[12]
Religious sites
- The Church of St Margaret has some parts from the 12th and 13th centuries but is predominantly from the 15th century, and was restored in 1895. It has been designated by English Heritage as a Grade I listed building.[13]
- The Church of All Saints, Aisholt dates from the 14th and 15th centuries.[14][15]
- In Charlynch (or Charlinch) the Church of St Mary has been deconsecrated.
- The former Methodist Chapel is on the main road through the village.
Gallery
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Spaxton school
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The Lamb Inn
References
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- ^ Page Module:Citation/CS1/styles.css has no content."Election Maps: Great Britain". Ordnance Survey. Retrieved 11 July 2025.
- ^ Page Module:Citation/CS1/styles.css has no content."Spaxton (parish): population statistics, 2021 Census". CityPopulation.de. Retrieved 11 July 2025.
- ^ Page Module:Citation/CS1/styles.css has no content."Spaxton". Quantock Online. Retrieved 31 October 2007.
- ^ Spaxton in the Domesday Book
- ^ Page Module:Citation/CS1/styles.css has no content.Robinson, Stephen (1992). Somerset Place Names. Wimborne, Dorset: Dovecote Press. ISBN 1-874336-03-2.
- ^ Page Module:Citation/CS1/styles.css has no content."Cannington Hundred". British History Online. Retrieved 23 September 2011.
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- ^ Page Module:Citation/CS1/styles.css has no content."Spaxton". Quantock Online. Retrieved 4 December 2007.
- ^ Page Module:Citation/CS1/styles.css has no content."Bridgwater RD". A vision of Britain Through Time. University of Portsmouth. Retrieved 4 January 2014.
- ^ Page Module:Citation/CS1/styles.css has no content.Waite, Vincent (1964). Portrait of the Quantocks. London: Robert Hale. ISBN 0-7091-1158-4.
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- ^ Page Module:Citation/CS1/styles.css has no content.Baggs, A. P.; Siraut, M. C. (1992). "Aisholt: Church". In Dunning, R. W.; Elrington, C. R. (eds.). A History of the County of Somerset, Volume 6. Victoria County History. University of London. pp. 71–72. Retrieved 11 July 2025 – via British History Online.
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External links
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- Bygone Spaxton, archived in 2007
- Spaxton Parish Council
- Page Module:Citation/CS1/styles.css has no content.Baggs, A. P.; Siraut, M. C. (1992). "Spaxton". In Dunning, R. W.; Elrington, C. R. (eds.). A History of the County of Somerset, Volume 6. Victoria County History. University of London. pp. 110–113. Retrieved 11 July 2025 – via British History Online.
- Page Module:Citation/CS1/styles.css has no content.Baggs, A. P.; Siraut, M. C. (1992). "Charlinch". In Dunning, R. W.; Elrington, C. R. (eds.). A History of the County of Somerset, Volume 6. Victoria County History. University of London. pp. 91–92. Retrieved 11 July 2025 – via British History Online.
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