Burrington, Somerset

infobox UK place
country = England
official_name= Burrington
latitude= 51.3303
longitude= -2.7471
civil_parish=
population = 477 [cite web | title=2001 Census data | work=North Somerset Council | url=http://www.n-somerset.gov.uk/NR/rdonlyres/132184C2-88E7-45F6-B6A9-43C538319695/0/Census_2001_Burrington.pdf | accessdate=2006-11-27]
unitary_england=North Somerset
lieutenancy_england= Somerset
region= South West England
constituency_westminster= Weston-super-Mare
post_town=
postcode_district=
postcode_area=
dial_code=
os_grid_reference= ST479593

Burrington is a small village and civil parish in the Chew Valley, 5 miles to the N.E. of Axbridge and about 10 miles east of Weston-super-Mare Somerset, UK. The parish includes the hamlet of Bourne.

Burrington is believed to mean 'The villa and an enclosure' from the Old English "bur", "end" and "tun". [cite book |last=Robinson |first=Stephen |authorlink= |coauthors= |title=Somerset Place Names |year=1992 |publisher=The Dovecote Press Ltd |location=Wimbourne |isbn=1874336032]

In the 15th century the village was called "Beryngton" and was involved in lead mining. [cite book |last=Gough |first=J.W. |authorlink= |coauthors= |title=The mines of Mendip |year=1967 |publisher=David & Charles |location=Newton Abbot | id=http://www.amazon.co.uk/o/ASIN/B0000CNKWB ]

It is very close to Burrington Combe.

There is evidence of occupation of the site during the Bronze Age and Roman periods. [cite web | title=Mendip Hills An Archaeological Survey of the Area of Outstanding Natural Beauty | work=Somerset County Council Archeological Projects | url=http://www.somerset.gov.uk/media/896B4/MendipAONB.pdf | accessdate=2006-10-28]

Church

The Church of the Holy Trinity is from the 15th century and was restored in 1884. It is a grade I listed building. [cite web | title=Church of Holy Trinity | work=Images of England | url=http://www.imagesofengland.org.uk/search/details.aspx?id=33913 | accessdate=2006-05-09] It contains a stained-glass window, with the arms of the Capels of Langford Court. The tower contains a bell dating from 1713 and made by Edward Bilbie of the Bilbie family. [cite book |last=Moore |first=James |authorlink= |coauthors=Roy Rice & Ernest Hucker |title=Bilbie and the Chew Valley clock makers |year=1995 |publisher=The authors |location= |isbn=0952670208 ]

References

External links

* [http://www.somerset3d.co.uk/logos%20&%20pictures/town%20&%20village%20pages/burrington.htm Photos of Burrington in 3d (Anaglyphs)]