Compton Dundon
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| Compton Dundon | |
  Compton Dundon shown within Somerset |
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| Population | 710[1] |
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| OS grid reference | |
| District | South Somerset |
| Shire county | Somerset |
| Region | South West |
| Constituent country | England |
| Sovereign state | United Kingdom |
| Postcode district | TA11 |
| Dialling code | 01458 |
| Police | Avon and Somerset |
| Fire | Devon and Somerset |
| Ambulance | South Western |
| European Parliament | South West England |
| UK Parliament | Somerton and Frome |
| List of places: UK • England • Somerset | |
Compton Dundon is a village and civil parish in Somerset, England, situated beside King's Sedge Moor and the Polden Hills, 5 miles (8 km) south of Glastonbury and 4 miles (6 km) north of Somerton in the South Somerset district. The village has a population of 710.[1]
The parish Church of Saint Andrew dates from the 14th century and has been designated by English Heritage as a grade II* listed building.[2]
Within the parish is the Admiral Hood Monument celebrating Admiral Sir Samuel Hood.
Just outside the village is Dundon Hill (or Dundon Camp), an Iron Age hill fort, with 2 m metre (6.5 ft) ramparts. An excavation in 1916 found pottery and flints here, but the fort has been damaged by quarrying.[3]
Paul Kemp-King writes in an unpublished manuscript [4] that it is almost certain that there was once a bell foundry in the village, although its exact location is uncertain. Bells cast in Compton Dundon can be found in nearby villages -- Somerton (a 1661 bell) and Aller (bells cast in 1638, 1640, and 1663 by Robert Austen), for example. Kemp-King writes that the difficulty of transporting the heavy bells by horse and cart made local casting by itinerant bell founders desirable.
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[edit] References
- ^ a b Somerset County Council, 2002. Population estimates.
- ^ Church of Saint Andrew. Images of England. Retrieved on 2008-03-23.
- ^ South Somerset Museums and Heritage Services, n.d. Dundon Hill Fort.
- ^ Paul R. Kemp-King, Compton Dundon: The Portrait of a Rural Community, Unpublished Manuscript
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