- Claverton, Somerset
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Coordinates: 51°22′36″N 2°18′40″W / 51.3768°N 2.3110°W
Claverton 
Claverton Pumping Station
Claverton
Claverton shown within SomersetPopulation 149 [1] OS grid reference ST784642 Unitary authority Bath and North East Somerset Ceremonial county Somerset Region South West Country England Sovereign state United Kingdom Post town BATH Postcode district BA2 Dialling code 01225 Police Avon and Somerset Fire Avon Ambulance Great Western EU Parliament South West England UK Parliament North East Somerset List of places: UK • England • Somerset Claverton is a small village and civil parish about 2 miles (3 km) east of Bath at the southern end of the Cotswolds Area of Outstanding Natural Beauty, in Somerset, England. The parish has a population of 149.[1]
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History
The parish was part of the hundred of Hampton.[2]
Claverton Pumping Station is a pumping station, which pumps water from the River Avon to the Kennet and Avon Canal using power from the flow of the River Avon.[3] It is designated by English Heritage as a Grade II listed building.[4]
The American Museum in Britain is based at Claverton Manor, in a house designed by Jeffry Wyattville and built in the 1820s.[5] (Grid reference ST 785640). It is a Grade I listed building.[6]
Claverton was recognised as being of special architectural and historic interest and was designated a Conservation Area in November 1981.[7]
Governance
The parish council has responsibility for local issues, including setting an annual precept (local rate) to cover the council’s operating costs and producing annual accounts for public scrutiny. The parish council evaluates local planning applications and works with the local police, district council officers, and neighbourhood watch groups on matters of crime, security, and traffic. The parish council's role also includes initiating projects for the maintenance and repair of parish facilities, such as the village hall or community centre, playing fields and playgrounds, as well as consulting with the district council on the maintenance, repair, and improvement of highways, drainage, footpaths, public transport, and street cleaning. Conservation matters (including trees and listed buildings) and environmental issues are also of interest to the council.
The parish falls within the unitary authority of Bath and North East Somerset which was created in 1996, as established by the Local Government Act 1992. It provides a single tier of local government with responsibility for almost all local government functions within its area including local planning and building control, local roads, council housing, environmental health, markets and fairs, refuse collection, recycling, cemeteries, crematoria, leisure services, parks, and tourism. It is also responsible for education, social services, libraries, main roads, public transport, trading standards, waste disposal and strategic planning, although fire, police and ambulance services are provided jointly with other authorities through the Avon Fire and Rescue Service, Avon and Somerset Constabulary and the Great Western Ambulance Service.
Bath and North East Somerset's area covers part of the ceremonial county of Somerset but it is administered independently of the non-metropolitan county. Its administrative headquarters is in Bath. Between 1 April 1974 and 1 April 1996, it was the Wansdyke district and the City of Bath of the county of Avon.[8] Before 1974 that the parish was part of the Bathavon Rural District.[9]
The parish is represented in the House of Commons of the Parliament of the United Kingdom as part of North East Somerset. It elects one Member of Parliament (MP) by the first past the post system of election. It is also part of the South West England constituency of the European Parliament which elects seven MEPs using the d'Hondt method of party-list proportional representation.
Religious sites
The church of St Mary the Virgin has a Norman tower and contains a peal of six bells including three dated 1637. Other parts of the church date from the 13th century, but underwent extensive renovation in 1858.[10][11] Ralph Allen is buried in a pyramid-topped tomb in Claverton churchyard.[12]
Notable people
- The Rev. John Skinner (1772 – 1839) was born in Claverton.[13]
References
- ^ a b "Population Statistics for Bath & North East Somerset". Statistics and Census Information. Bath and North East Somerset. http://www.bathnes.gov.uk/councilanddemocracy/statisticsandcensusinformation/Pages/default.aspx. Retrieved 4 October 2010.
- ^ "Somerset Hundreds". GENUKI. http://www.genuki.org.uk/big/eng/SOM/Miscellaneous/. Retrieved 8 October 2011.
- ^ "Claverton Pumping Station". Claverton Pumping Station. http://www.claverton.org/. Retrieved 14 January 2008.
- ^ "Claverton Pumping Station". Images of England. http://www.imagesofengland.org.uk/details/default.aspx?id=399483. Retrieved 9 May 2007.
- ^ Garden Visit website
- ^ "Claverton Manor (The American Museum)". Images of England. http://www.imagesofengland.org.uk/details/default.aspx?pid=2&id=399485. Retrieved 16 December 2006.
- ^ "Claverton Conservation Character Appraisal". Bath and North East Somerset Council. Archived from the original on 5 November 2007. http://web.archive.org/web/20071105113328/http://www.bathnes.gov.uk/BathNES/environmentandplanning/Conservation/conservationareas/ConservationAreaCharacterAppraisals/clavertonconservationareacharacterappraisal.htm. Retrieved 14 January 2008.
- ^ "The Avon (Structural Change) Order 1995". HMSO. http://www.opsi.gov.uk/si/si1995/Uksi_19950493_en_1.htm. Retrieved 9 December 2007.
- ^ A Vision of Britain Through Time : Bathavon Rural District
- ^ "St Mary the Virgin Church, Claverton". The benefice of St Nicholas, Bathampton & St Mary the Virgin, Claverton. http://www.stnicholasandstmarys.org.uk/St_Marys_History.html. Retrieved 14 January 2008.
- ^ "St. Mary's Church". Images of England. http://www.imagesofengland.org.uk/details/default.aspx?id=399384. Retrieved 14 January 2008.
- ^ "Mausoleum to Ralph Allen, in churchyard to south of St Mary's Church". Images of England. http://www.imagesofengland.org.uk/details/default.aspx?id=399385. Retrieved 14 January 2008.
- ^ Thomas, Rod (2008). A Sacred landscape: The prehistory of Bathampton Down. Bath: Millstream Books. pp. 58–59. ISBN 9780948975868.
External links
Categories:- Civil parishes in Somerset
- Villages in Bath and North East Somerset
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