Mosterton
Encyclopedia
Mosterton is a village in west Dorset
, England
, three miles south of Crewkerne
. The village has a population
of 626 .
Home of the Admiral Hood pub, Eeles Pottery, Parrett and Axe Primary School and St. Mary's Church.
The village is bisected by the river Axe, from which the local primary school takes its name, along with the river Parrett that flows through the nearby village of South Perrott
. The village is a linear settlement, grown along the A3066.
The church of St. Mary was rebuilt on a new site in 1833. The interior of the church is quite understated, but does however retain its original fittings. The focus of the church is the stained glass window behind the altar. It was installed in 1975 and includes a combine harvester
and a tractor
, depicting the rural background of the local community.
The Admiral Hood pub, named after Admiral Samuel Hood, 1st Viscount Hood
(1724-1816), was rebuilt in its original style after a gutting fire in 1955. Before the reconstruction it was called the New Inn, but on completion it was decided to honour the Hood family who had occupied a Georgian house that was originally on the site of the New Inn, who had a long naval history and whose name has been used on many battleships.
Dorset
Dorset , is a county in South West England on the English Channel coast. The county town is Dorchester which is situated in the south. The Hampshire towns of Bournemouth and Christchurch joined the county with the reorganisation of local government in 1974...
, England
England
England is a country that is part of the United Kingdom. It shares land borders with Scotland to the north and Wales to the west; the Irish Sea is to the north west, the Celtic Sea to the south west, with the North Sea to the east and the English Channel to the south separating it from continental...
, three miles south of Crewkerne
Crewkerne
Crewkerne is a town in Somerset, England, situated south west of Yeovil and east of Chard in the South Somerset district close to the border with Dorset. The civil parish of West Crewkerne includes the hamlets of Woolminstone and Henley...
. The village has a population
Population
A population is all the organisms that both belong to the same group or species and live in the same geographical area. The area that is used to define a sexual population is such that inter-breeding is possible between any pair within the area and more probable than cross-breeding with individuals...
of 626 .
Home of the Admiral Hood pub, Eeles Pottery, Parrett and Axe Primary School and St. Mary's Church.
The village is bisected by the river Axe, from which the local primary school takes its name, along with the river Parrett that flows through the nearby village of South Perrott
South Perrott
South Perrott is a village in northwest Dorset, England, two miles south east of Crewkerne. The village has a population of 247 .The name Perrott comes from the River Parrett.The manor was held with North Perrott just over the border in Somerset....
. The village is a linear settlement, grown along the A3066.
The church of St. Mary was rebuilt on a new site in 1833. The interior of the church is quite understated, but does however retain its original fittings. The focus of the church is the stained glass window behind the altar. It was installed in 1975 and includes a combine harvester
Combine harvester
The combine harvester, or simply combine, is a machine that harvests grain crops. The name derives from the fact that it combines three separate operations, reaping, threshing, and winnowing, into a single process. Among the crops harvested with a combine are wheat, oats, rye, barley, corn ,...
and a tractor
Tractor
A tractor is a vehicle specifically designed to deliver a high tractive effort at slow speeds, for the purposes of hauling a trailer or machinery used in agriculture or construction...
, depicting the rural background of the local community.
The Admiral Hood pub, named after Admiral Samuel Hood, 1st Viscount Hood
Samuel Hood, 1st Viscount Hood
Samuel Hood, 1st Viscount Hood was a British Admiral known particularly for his service in the American War of Independence and French Revolutionary Wars...
(1724-1816), was rebuilt in its original style after a gutting fire in 1955. Before the reconstruction it was called the New Inn, but on completion it was decided to honour the Hood family who had occupied a Georgian house that was originally on the site of the New Inn, who had a long naval history and whose name has been used on many battleships.