Whitelackington

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Whitelackington
Whitelackington shown within Somerset
OS grid reference	ST385155
District	South Somerset
Shire county	Somerset
Region	South West
Constituent country	England
Sovereign state	United Kingdom
Post town	ILMINSTER
Postcode district	TA19
Dialling code	01460
Police	Avon and Somerset
Fire	Devon and Somerset
Ambulance	South Western
European Parliament	South West England
UK Parliament	Yeovil
List of places: UK • England • Somerset

Coordinates: 50°56′08″N 2°52′35″W / 50.9356, -2.8765

Whitelackington is a village and civil parish on the A303 one mile north east of Ilminster, in Somerset, United Kingdom. The parish includes the hamlets of Atherstone and Ashwell.

Contents 1 Etymology 2 History 3 Church 4 References

[edit] Etymology

The town's name is from Old English - it is comprised of two elements: the Old English personal name Hwitlāc and tun meaning "farm" but here in the sense "estate, village". The name was recorded as Witelecintone in 1127.^[1]

[edit] History

The village was the main home in the 17th century of the Speke family,^[2] including Hugh Speke.

[edit] Church

The Church of St Mary the Virgin dates from the 14th century, and was built from Hamstone. The interior Fittings include a 14th century piscina in north transept, and in the east wall there is a richly decorated statue niche. Monuments include two defaced effigies on floor of south transept, a civilian of around 1350 and a knight in armor of 1375. The tomb of Sir George Speke, (died 1583) is in Perpendicular rather than Renaissance style. There is also a monument to John Hanning (died 1807) by J.Richards of Exeter. It has been designated by English Heritage as a Grade II* listed building.^[3]

[edit] References