Hunstrete

infobox UK place
country = England
latitude= 51.3595
longitude= -2.5063
official_name= Hunstrete
population= approx. 100
unitary_england= Bath and North East Somerset
lieutenancy_england= Somerset
region= South West England
constituency_westminster= Wansdyke
post_town= BRISTOL
postcode_district = BS40
postcode_area= BS
dial_code= 01761
os_grid_reference= ST647624

Hunstrete (gbmapping|ST625643) is a small village on the River Chew in the Chew Valley, Bath and North East Somerset, England. It is 8 miles from Bristol, and Bath, and 5 from Keynsham.

Hunstrete is believed to mean 'The hundred road' from the Old English "hund" and "street". [cite book |last=Robinson |first=Stephen |authorlink= |coauthors= |title=Somerset Place Names |year=1992 |publisher=The Dovecote Press Ltd |location=Wimbourne |isbn=1874336032]

Government and politics

Hunstrete is part of the Farmborough Ward which is represented by one councillor on the Bath and North East Somerset Unitary Authority which has 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 Farmborough Ward (which includes Compton Dando, Marksbury, Woollard and Chewton Keynsham), had 1,111 residents, living in 428 households, with an average age of 44.5 years. Of these 71% of residents describing their health as 'good', 21% of 16-74 year olds had no qualifications; and the area had an unemployment rate of 1.0% of all economically active people aged 16-74. In the Index of Multiple Deprivation 2004, it was ranked at 22,100 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 016B Farmborough | work=Office of National Statistics 2001 Census | url=http://neighbourhood.statistics.gov.uk/dissemination/LeadProfileSearch.do?profileSearchText=BS39+4LW&searchProfiles= | accessdate=2006-05-01]

Hunstrete House

Hunstrete House is a grade II listed building dating from 1820. [(IoEentry|32698|Hunstrete House at Images of England)] In its grounds are Hunstrete Lake and an ice house which is also a listed building. [(IoEentry|32699|Icehouse about 120 metres north of Hunstrete House at Images of England)]

In September 2007 a team from the television programme Time Team visited Hunstrete to explore stories about the "Grand Mansion" which preceded the current house. It is thought that Francis Popham, a descendant of Sir John Popham, started the construction of a 17-bay mansion, however this was abandoned after his death in 1780, and the construction which had taken place demolished in 1830, leaving just a line of arches. The excavations undertaken tried to identify whether there was a previous medieval or Tudor manor house on the site. The programme was aired on 17 Feb 2008, [cite news |first=Rowland |last=Janes |authorlink= |coauthors= |title=The time team tackles Hunstrete riddle |url= |work=Chew Valley Gazette |publisher= |date=October 2007 |accessdate=2007-09-30 ] and showed that the 1780 mansion was really the addition of a new exterior to a previous building. [cite web |url=http://www.channel4.com/history/microsites/T/timeteam/2008/hunstrete/index.html |title=Hunstrete, Somerset |accessdate=2008-02-17 |format= |work=Time Team ]

Grade II listed buildings

* (IoEentry|32701|Nos. 10 & 11 at Images of England)
* (IoEentry|32700|Arcade about 200 metres north west of Hunstrete House at Images of England)

References

External links

* [http://www.somerset3d.co.uk/logos%20&%20pictures/town%20&%20village%20pages/hunstrete.htm Photos of Hunstrete in 3d (Anaglyphs)]
* [http://www.somerset.gov.uk/archives/Maps/OS62htm/1309.htm Map of Hunstrete circa 1990]