Place:East Pennard, Somerset, England

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NameEast Pennard
Alt namesHuxham Greensource: hamlet in parish
Parbrooksource: hamlet in parish
Stonesource: hamlet in parish
TypeAncient parish, Civil parish
Coordinates51.14°N 2.62°W
Located inSomerset, England
See alsoCarhampton Hundred, Somerset, Englandhundred in which the parish was part located
Whitstone Hundred, Somerset, Englandhundred in which the parish was part located
Shepton Mallet Rural, Somerset, Englandrural district1894-1974
Mendip District, Somerset, Englandnon-metropolitan district covering the area since 1974
the text in this section is based on an article in Wikipedia.

East Pennard (#11 on map) is a civil parish and a village in Somerset, England 4 miles (6.4 km) northwest of Castle Cary, and 5 miles (8.0 km) south of Shepton Mallet. The parish of West Pennard is to the northwest in what was Wells Rural District. East Pennard had a population of 348 in the UK census of 2011. The parish includes the hamlets of Stone, Parbrook and Huxham Green.

The estate was granted by King Edred to Aelfgyth, a nun of Wilton and she transferred it to Glastonbury Abbey which retained it until the dissolution of the monasteries in 1539. It then given to William Paulet, 1st Marquess of Winchester (c. 1483/1485 – 1572) and eventually to his descendants, the Napiers of Tintinhull.

Governance

The parish of East Pennard was included in the hundreds of both Carhampton and Whitstone, two of the hundreds or early subdivisions of the county of Somerset. From 1894 until 1974 it was part of the Shepton Mallet Rural District.

In 1974, under the Local Government Act 1972, all urban and rural districts across England were abolished and counties were reorganized into metropolitan and non-metropolitan districts. East Pennard has been in the non-metropolitan Mendip District since 1974.

Image:Shepton Mallet Rural small.png

Research Tips

  • GENUKI page on East Pennard.
  • The Somerset Heritage Centre (incorporating what was formerly the Somerset Record Office and the Somerset Local Studies Library) can be found at its new location at Langford Mead in Taunton. It has an online search facility leading to pages of interest, including maps from the First and Second Ordnance Survey (select "Maps and Postcards" from the list at the left, then enter the parish in the search box).
    The Heritage Centre has an email address: archives@somerset.gov.uk.
  • Three maps on the A Vision of Britain through Time website illustrate the changes in political boundaries over the period 1830-1945. All have expanding scales and on the second and third this facility is sufficient that individual parishes can be inspected.
  • Somerset Hundreds as drawn in 1832. This map was prepared before The Great Reform Act of that year. Note the polling places and representation of the various parts of the county.
  • Somerset in 1900, an Ordnance Survey map showing rural districts, the boundaries of the larger towns, the smaller civil parishes of the time, and some hamlets and villages in each parish
  • Somerset in 1943, an Ordnance Survey map showing the rural districts after the changes to their structure in the 1930s


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