Inglesbatch
Inglesbatch from Stitchings Lane
Inglesbatch is located in Somerset
Inglesbatch
Inglesbatch
Location within Somerset
OS grid referenceST7036561341
Civil parish
Unitary authority
Ceremonial county
Region
CountryEngland
Sovereign stateUnited Kingdom
Post townBATH
Postcode districtBA2
PoliceAvon and Somerset
FireAvon
AmbulanceSouth Western
UK Parliament

Inglesbatch is a small hamlet within the civil parish of Englishcombe in the Bath and North East Somerset district of Somerset, England. Its nearest town is Bath, which lies approximately 3.7 miles (6.0 km) north-east from the hamlet. Inglesbatch Farm has an acreage of over 1,000 acres (400 ha).[1]

History

Inglesbatch, like the neighbouring Englishcombe, probably derives its name from the Anglo-Saxon personal name "Ingwald", as in Ingwald's batch,[2] with batch possibly denoting a hillock[3] or stream or valley.[4]

The earliest record of a settlement at Inglesbatch was recorded in 1290.[5] In 1530 there is reference to the village having its own manor, but by 1611 it appears to have been subsumed into the lands of Englishcombe Manor.[6]

Buildings

The converted chapel

Allandale is a detached house built in the early 19th century.[7] Home Farmhouse is slightly later having been built in the mid 19th century.[8] Both are Grade II listed buildings.

A Baptist chapel was built in the village in 1813,[9] and has now been converted into a private dwelling.

Climate

Being 4 miles (6.4 km) south-west of Bath the climate of Inglesbatch does not differ greatly to the climate of Bath.

Notable residents

Katherine Evans,[10] a famous Quaker who was imprisoned in Malta in 1658 under the Spanish Inquisition was from Inglesbatch.[11]

Bill Bailey, a British surfer known as "the father of British surfing" grew up in the village.[12]

References

  1. ↑ Inglesbatch Farm Archived 2010-08-03 at the Wayback Machine
  2. ↑ Hill, James (1914), "Full text of 'The place-names of Somerset'", archive.org, retrieved 6 March 2011
  3. ↑ Mills, Anthony David (1977). The place-names of Dorset. p. 249. ISBN 9780904889024. Retrieved 6 March 2011.
  4. ↑ Reaney, Percy Hide (1967). The origin of English surnames. Routledge & K. Paul. Retrieved 6 March 2011 – via Internet Archive. origin of place names batch stream.
  5. ↑ Historic Survey of the Manor of Englishcombe (PDF), Avon County Planning Department, 1983, p. 9, ISBN 0-86063-190-7
  6. ↑ Historic Survey of the Manor of Englishcombe (PDF), Avon County Planning Department, 1983, p. 11, ISBN 0-86063-190-7
  7. ↑ "Allandale". historicengland.org.uk. English Heritage. Retrieved 6 March 2011.
  8. ↑ "Home Farmhouse". historicengland.org.uk. English Heritage. Retrieved 6 March 2011.
  9. ↑ Manco, Jean (1995), The Parish of Englishcombe: A History (PDF), Englishcombe Parish Council, p. 22, ISBN 0-9527275-0-1
  10. ↑ Booy, David (2004), "Autobiographical writings by early Quaker women", books.google.co.uk, ISBN 978-0-7546-0753-3, retrieved 6 March 2011
  11. ↑ Gill, Catie (2009). "Evans and Cheever's A short Relation in Context: Flesh, Spirit, and Authority in Quaker Prison Writings, 1650-1662". Huntington Library Quarterly. 72 (2): 257–272. doi:10.1525/hlq.2009.72.2.257. JSTOR 40270180.
  12. ↑ "Bill Bailey - Telegraph". The Daily Telegraph. London. 29 May 2009. ISSN 0307-1235. OCLC 49632006. Retrieved 7 March 2011.
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