Ubley

infobox UK place
country = England
latitude= 51.3209
longitude= -2.6752
official_name= Ubley
population= approx. 300
unitary_england= Bath and North East Somerset
lieutenancy_england=Somerset
region= South West England
constituency_westminster= Wansdyke to be North East Somerset from next general election.
post_town= BRISTOL
postcode_district = BS40
postcode_area= BS
dial_code= 01761
os_grid_reference= ST529582

Ubley (gbmapping|ST529582) is a small village within the Chew Valley in Bath and North East Somerset about 8 miles south of Bristol and 10 miles from Bath. It is just south east of Blagdon Lake on the A368 between Compton Martin and Blagdon.

There is some evidence of a burial Tumulus from neolithic times above Ubley, [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] and mining for ochre and manganese during the 19th century. [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 ]

Ubley was listed in the Domesday Book of 1086 as "Tumbeli", meaning 'The rolling meadow' from the Old English "tumb" and "leah". [cite book |last=Robinson |first=Stephen |authorlink= |coauthors= |title=Somerset Place Names |year=1992 |publisher=The Dovecote Press Ltd |location=Wimbourne |isbn=1874336032] An alternative explanation is that it comes from Ubba’s leah or clearing in the woodland. [cite web |url=http://www.mendiphillsaonb.org.uk/publications/up_081015_autumn07_lo.pdf |title=Autumn newsletter 2007 |accessdate=2007-09-25 |format=PDF |work=Mendip Hills AONB ]

Also in the village are a [http://www.ubley.bathnes.sch.uk/ primary school] and village hall, which is the venue for the monthly Ubley Publey and annual [http://chewvalleybeerfestival.co.uk/index.htm Chew Valley Beer Festival] .

Government and politics

Ubley is part of the Chew Valley South Ward which is represented by one councillor on the Bath and North East Somerset Unitary Authority which has wider responsibilities for services such as education, refuse, tourism etc. The village is a part of the Wansdyke constituency, which will become North East Somerset at the next general election and part of the South West England constituency of the European Parliament.

Demographics

According to the 2001 Census The Chew Valley South Ward (which includes Nempnett Thrubwell), had 1,032 residents, living in 411 households, with an average age of 42.1 years. Of these 74% of residents describing their health as 'good', 20% of 16-74 year olds had no qualifications; and the area had an unemployment rate of 1.7% of all economically active people aged 16-74. In the Index of Multiple Deprivation 2004, it was ranked at 22,950 out of 32,482 wards in England, where 1 was the most deprived LSOA and 32,482 the least deprived. [cite web | title=Neighbourhood Statistics LSOA Bath and North East Somerset 021B Chew Valley South | work=Office of National Statistics 2001 Census | url=http://neighbourhood.statistics.gov.uk/dissemination/LeadProfileSearch.do?profileSearchText=BS40+8YQ&searchProfiles= | accessdate=2006-04-25]

Church

The village has a small medieval Church originating from the 13th Century with later additions, dedicated to St. Bartholomew. The Church has no fixed pews. Features include a Jacobean pulpit and a chained copy of the ‘Paraphrases of Erasmus’ dated 1552. [cite book | author = Pevsner, Nikolaus | year = 1958 | title = The Buildings of England : North Somerset and Bristol | publisher = Penguin Books | id=ISBN 0-14-071013-2 ] The church is a grade I listed building (IoEentry|33018|Church of St. Bartholomew at Images of England)

War memorial

The village war memorial is 2.5 metres high and has a three stepped base. It commemorates the five people from the village who died in World War I. [cite web | title=Ubley Cross WWI Ref: 7500 | work=United Kingdom National Inventory of Ward Memorials | url=http://www.ukniwm.org.uk/server/show/conMemorial.7500/fromUkniwmSearch/1 | accessdate=2006-05-19]

Grade II listed buildings

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References

External links

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* [http://www.somerset3d.co.uk/gallery.htm#u Photos of Ubley in 3d (Anaglyphs)]
* [http://www.somerset.gov.uk/archives/Maps/OS62htm/1808.htm Map of Ubley circa 1900]