Wick St. Lawrence

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Wick St. Lawrence
Stone steps up to a stone shaft which would once have had a cross at the top. To the left are yellow painted houses. To the right is an old stone church with a square tower partially obscured by trees.
Ancient cross and Church of St Lawrence
Wick St. Lawrence is located in Somerset
Wick St. Lawrence
Wick St. Lawrence
Location within Somerset
Population1,331 [1]
OS grid referenceST365655
Unitary authority
Ceremonial county
Region
CountryEngland
Sovereign stateUnited Kingdom
Post townWeston-super-Mare
Postcode districtBS22
Dialling code01934
PoliceAvon and Somerset
FireAvon
AmbulanceSouth Western
UK Parliament
List of places
UK
England
Somerset
51°23′02″N 2°54′43″W / 51.384°N 2.912°W / 51.384; -2.912Coordinates: 51°23′02″N 2°54′43″W / 51.384°N 2.912°W / 51.384; -2.912

Wick St. Lawrence is a civil parish and village in Somerset, England. It falls within the unitary authority of North Somerset. The population of the parish, which includes Bourton, in the 2011 census was 1,331.[1]

History[]

The parish of Wick St Lawrence was part of the Winterstoke Hundred, while Bourton was in Portbury Hundred.[2]

The 15th century village cross stands on an area of grass opposite the parish church, raised up on five ascending octagonal stone platforms.[3] The crosshead was destroyed during the time of the English Civil Wars.[4] It is a Grade II* listed building and Scheduled Ancient Monument.[5]

The which carries the road from the village to nearby Worle over the River Banwell was built in the late 18th or early 19th century.[6]

Governance[]

North Somerset's area covers part of the ceremonial county of Somerset but it is administered independently of the non-metropolitan county. Its administrative headquarters are in the town hall in Weston-super-Mare. Between 1 April 1974 and 1 April 1996, it was the Woodspring district of the county of Avon.[7] Before 1974 that the parish was part of the Axbridge Rural District.[8]

Religious sites[]

The windows of the church are in the Perpendicular style, while the modest tower has a peal of six bells; the oldest of which were cast in 1655. The intricately carved stone pulpit came from Woodspring Priory in 1536 following the Dissolution of the Monasteries.[4]

It has been designated as a Grade II* listed building.[9]

References[]

  1. ^ a b "2011 Census Profile". North Somerset Council. Archived from the original (Excel) on 4 January 2014. Retrieved 4 January 2014.
  2. ^ "Somerset Hundreds". GENUKI. Retrieved 19 October 2011.
  3. ^ "Village cross". historicengland.org.uk. English Heritage. Retrieved 18 January 2010.
  4. ^ a b Smith, Rosie & Howard. North Somerset Coast in Watercolours. The Garret Press, Weston-super-Mare. ISBN 0-9541546-5-7
  5. ^ "Village Cross 5 Yards East of Banksea Cottages". Listed Buildings Online. English Heritage. Retrieved 2 January 2011.
  6. ^ "Ebdon Bow Bridge". historicengland.org.uk. English Heritage. Retrieved 13 February 2009.
  7. ^ "The Avon (Structural Change) Order 1995". HMSO. Archived from the original on 30 January 2008. Retrieved 9 December 2007.
  8. ^ "Axbridge RD". A vision of Britain Through Time. University of Portsmouth. Retrieved 4 January 2014.
  9. ^ "Parish Church of St. Lawrence". historicengland.org.uk. English Heritage. Retrieved 13 February 2009.

External links[]

Media related to Wick St Lawrence at Wikimedia Commons

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