Place:Hardington, Somerset, England

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NameHardington
TypeAncient parish, Civil parish
Coordinates51.273°N 2.372°W
Located inSomerset, England     ( - 1933)
See alsoKilmersdon Hundred, Somerset, Englandhundred in which it was located
Frome Rural, Somerset, Englandrural district 1894-1933
Hemington, Somerset, Englandparish which absorbed Hardington in 1933


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Until 1933 Hardington (#10 on map) was a civil parish with a very small village of the same name in Somerset, England. In 1933 it was abolished as a parish and absorbed into the neighbouring parish of Hemington (#11). The village is 3 miles (5 Km) south of Wellow, about 8 miles (13 km) miles southwest from Bath, and 5 miles (8 Km) northwest of Frome.

From 1894 until 1933 Hardington was in the Frome Rural District and in ancient times part of the Kilmersdon Hundred.

John VI Bampfield (fl. 14th century), of Poltimore, Devon, married Agnes Pederton, daughter and heiress of John Pederton of Hardington, Somerset, by his wife Cecilia Turney, daughter and heiress of John Turney. By his wife he had two sons, the eldest Sir William Bampfield of Poltimore, the youngest Peter Bampfield of Hardington, Somerset, whose ultimate male descendant was Warwick Bampfield (1623–1695), of Hardington, whose heir was Sir Coplestone Warwick Bampfylde, 3rd Baronet (c. 1689–1727) of Poltimore.

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1822 - Somersetshire Delineated by Christopher and John Greenwood

HARDINGTON — a small parish in the hundred of Kilmersdon, 4 miles N. N. W. from Frome, containing only 4 inhabited houses, and as many families, 2 of whom are employed in agriculture. Hardington-Park, a short distance to the north-west of the church, near: which the manor-house stood, was formerly well stocked with deer. It is the property of Sir C. W. Bampfylde, Bart. The (church is a small structure, with a tower at the west end. The living is a rectory, in the deanery of Frome; Rev. C. F. Bampfylde, incumbent; instituted 1814. Population, 1801: no return; 1811: 26; 1821: 31.

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1875 - Somersetshire edited by Edward Robert Kelly

HARDINGTON is a parish, 120 miles from London, and 4J north-west from Frome railway station, in the Eastern division of the county, Kilmersdon hundred, Frome union and county court district, Frome rural deanery, Wells archdeaconry, and diocese of Bath and Wells. The church of St. Mary is a small stone building, in good repair, supposed to have been originally a private chapel belonging to Sir Charles Bamfylde, in whose family this estate remained for above 450 years: it has a chancel, nave, and a small square tower containing 1 bell. The register dates from the 16th century. The living is a rectory, united to Hemington, joint yearly value £641, in the gift of Lord Poltimore, and held by the Rev. Charles John Down, B.A., of Exeter College, Oxford. Hardington Park is in extent 120 acres, and is the property of W. B. Naish, esq., of Stone Easton ; he and Albin Shore Baily, esq., of Manor farm, own the whole of the parish. The soil is clayey; the subsoil is heavy clay and stone. The land is chiefly in pasture for dairy purposes. The area is 831 acres; rateable value, £974 ; and the population in 1871 was 28.

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1929 - Somerset by George Woosung Wade & Joseph Henry Wade

Hardington, a hamlet 5 m. N.W. of Frome. The church is a small building with a W. tower. In the neighbourhood is Hardington Park.

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