Wellow, Somerset

Wellow, Somerset

infobox UK place
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static_image_caption=Wellow village including the church
country = England
official_name= Wellow
population =
os_grid_reference = ST740583
latitude= 51.3236

longitude= -2.3737

unitary_england= Bath and North East Somerset
lieutenancy_england= Somerset
region= South West England

post_town = Bath
postcode_district = BA2
postcode_area=BA
dial_code =
constituency_westminster = Wansdyke to be North East Somerset from next general election.

Wellow is a civil parish in Somerset, England, about five miles south of Bath. It falls within the Cotswolds Area of Outstanding Natural Beauty and is recognised as having special architectural and historic interest which led to it being designated as a Conservation Area on 14th September 1983. [cite web |url=http://www.bathnes.gov.uk/BathNES/environmentandplanning/Conservation/conservationareas/ConservationAreaCharacterAppraisals/wellowdraft.htm |title=Wellow Conservation Area Character Appraisal |accessdate=2008-01-14 |format= |work=Bath and North East Somerset Council ]

It used to have a station on the Somerset and Dorset Joint Railway, which closed in 1966, and a tunnel on the Radstock arm of the Somerset Coal Canal. This is now part of the route of NCR 24 the colliers way.

There is a low water crossing (Irish Bridge) and late mediaeval Packhorse bridge over Wellow Brook. [cite web | title=Packhorse Bridge over Wellow Brook | work=Images of England | url=http://www.imagesofengland.org.uk/search/details.aspx?id=32378 | accessdate=2006-10-08] A little further south is the Neolithic chambered tomb known as Stoney Littleton Long Barrow.

The parish church at Wellow is dedicated to St. Julian and has origins before the 12th Century although the present building dates from 1372. The west tower has three stages, set back buttresses with off-sets which turn into diagonal pinnacles in upper stages. There is an embattled parapet with pinnacles. The square stair turret on the south-east corner terminates as an octagon. There is a 3-light window to the bell chamber with cusped heads and a similar but larger window with transom to west. It is a grade I listed building. [cite web | title=Parish Church of St. Julian, Wellow | work=Images of England | url=http://www.imagesofengland.org.uk/details/default.aspx?id=32345 | accessdate=2006-10-08]

Nearby is the Hinton Hill site of Site of Special Scientific Interest.

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References

See also

*Hinton Hill, Wellow

External links

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* [http://www.bathnes.gov.uk/NR/rdonlyres/541DB3B4-7990-47A7-84E0-F2D81F9F89F3/0/WellowCAv7.pdf Wellow Conservation Area Character Appraisal]
* [http://www.somerset3d.co.uk/logos%20&%20pictures/town%20&%20village%20pages/wellow.html Photos of Wellow in 3d (Anaglyphs)]


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