Clandown
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| Clandown | |
  Clandown shown within Somerset |
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| OS grid reference | |
|---|---|
| Parish | Norton Radstock |
| Unitary authority | Bath and North East Somerset |
| Ceremonial county | Somerset |
| Region | South West |
| Constituent country | England |
| Sovereign state | United Kingdom |
| Post town | RADSTOCK |
| Postcode district | BA3 |
| Dialling code | 01761 |
| Police | Avon and Somerset |
| Fire | Avon |
| Ambulance | Great Western |
| European Parliament | South West England |
| UK Parliament | Wansdyke |
| List of places: UK • England • Somerset | |
Clandown is a village that has become subsumed in the Norton Radstock urban area about eight miles south of Bath, Somerset.
It was formerly a mining village, on the Somerset coalfield but the last pits in the area closed in the late 1960s. Welsh miners originally established the village and there are 3 mineshafts whose locations are known, although they were not all worked at the same time.
Clandown's Church of the Holy Trinity is a small church in quasi-perpendicular style, dating from 1847-49. It was built for the Rev. Charles Otway Mayne of Midsomer-Norton by the architect G. P. Manners (Bath City Architect). It is a grade II listed building. [1] The church was converted to apartments some years ago.
As well as the church, there were 2 chapels and 3 public houses. One of the chapels has been demolished and the other has been converted to apartments. 2 pubs have been demolished. A school was opened in 1861, there having been a dame school before this.
[edit] References
- ^ Church of the Holy Trinity. Images of England. Retrieved on 2006-12-09.
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