Inglesbatch

Inglesbatch
Inglesbatch from Stitchings Lane
Inglesbatch  Inglesbatch shown within Somerset
OS grid reference	ST7036561341
Civil parish	Englishcombe
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
Police	Avon and Somerset
Fire	Avon
Ambulance	South Western
EU Parliament	South West England
UK Parliament	North East Somerset
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Coordinates: 51°21′01″N 2°25′37″W / 51.350371°N 2.426922°W

Inglesbatch is a small village within the civil parish of Englishcombe in the Bath and North East Somerset district of Somerset, England. Its nearest town is Bath, which lies approximately 3.7 miles (6.0 km) north-west from the village. Inglesbatch Farm has an acreage of over 1,000 acres (400 ha).^[1]

History

Inglesbatch, like the neighbouring Englishcombe probably derives its name from the Anglo-Saxon personal name "Ingwald", as in Ingwald's batch,^[2] with batch possibly denoting a hillock^[3] or stream or valley.^[4]

The earliest record of a settlement at Inglesbatch was recorded in 1290.^[5] In 1530 there is reference to the village having its own manor, but by 1611 it appears to have been subsumed into the lands of Englishcombe Manor.^[6]

Buildings

The converted chapel

Allandale is a detached house built in the early 19th century.^[7] Home Farmhouse is slightly later having been built in the mid 19th century.^[8] Both are Grade II listed buildings.

A Baptist chapel was built in the village in 1813,^[9] and has now been converted into a private dwelling.

Climate

Being 4 miles (6.4 km) south of Bath the climate of Inglesbatch does not differ greatly to the climate of Bath.

Notable residents

Katharine Evans,^[10] a famous Quaker who was imprisoned in Malta in 1658 under the Roman Inquisition was from Inglesbatch.^[11]

Bill Bailey, a British surfer known as "the father of British surfing" grew up in the village.^[12]

References

1. Inglesbatch Farm
2. Hill, James (1914), "Full text of 'The place-names of Somerset'", archive.org, retrieved 6 March 2011
3. Mills, Anthony David (1977). "The place-names of Dorset". books.google.co.uk. p. 249. Retrieved 6 March 2011.
4. Reaney, Percy Hide (1967). "The origin of English surnames". books.google.co.uk. Retrieved 6 March 2011.
5. Historic Survey of the Manor of Englishcombe (PDF), Avon County Planning Department, 1983, p. 9, ISBN 0-86063-190-7
6. Historic Survey of the Manor of Englishcombe (PDF), Avon County Planning Department, 1983, p. 11, ISBN 0-86063-190-7
7. "Allandale". Images of England. English Heritage. Retrieved 6 March 2011.
8. "Home Farmhouse". Images of England. English Heritage. Retrieved 6 March 2011.
9. Manco, Jean (1995), The Parish of Englishcombe: A History (PDF), Englishcombe Parish Council, p. 22, ISBN 0-9527275-0-1
10. Booy, David (2004), "Autobiographical writings by early Quaker women", books.google.co.uk, ISBN 978-0-7546-0753-3, retrieved 6 March 2011
11. Gill, Catie. "Evans and Cheever's A short Relation in Context: Flesh, Spirit, and Authority in Quaker Prison Writings, 1650-1662". Huntington Library Quarterly 72 (2): 257–272. doi:10.1525/hlq.2009.72.2.257. JSTOR 40270180.
12. "Bill Bailey - Telegraph". The Daily Telegraph (London: TMG). 29 May 2009. ISSN 0307-1235. OCLC 49632006. Retrieved 7 March 2011.