Burton Pynsent
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 Manor Farmhouse and Church of St Andrew |
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| Curry Rivel shown within Somerset | |
| Population | 2,148 (2011) |
| OS grid reference | ST395255 |
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| Country | England |
| Sovereign state | United Kingdom |
| Post town | LANGPORT |
| Postcode district | TA10 |
| Dialling code | 01458 |
| Police | Avon and Somerset |
| Fire | Devon and Somerset |
| Ambulance | South Western |
| EU Parliament | South West England |
| UK Parliament | |
Curry Rivel is a village and civil parish in Somerset, England, situated 6 miles (9.7 km) west of Somerton and 10 miles (16.1 km) east of Taunton in the South Somerset district. The parish has a population of 2,148. The parish includes the hamlet of Burton Pynsent.
The site of a Roman house has been discovered south of Fairview House. The site is on the Heritage at Risk register due to ploughing.
The unusual name Curry Rivel, comes from the Celtic word crwy, meaning boundary and Rivel from its 12th century landlord Sir Richard Revel.
In 1237 the king granted Henry de l'Orti a licence to empark his woods in Curry Rivel separating it from the control of the foresters of Castle Neroche.
Curry Rivel was part of the hundred of Abdick and Bulstone.
Earnshill House was built in 1725 by John Strachan for Henry Combe, a prominent Bristol merchant.
Burton Pynsent House was built around 1756 for William Pitt, after he inherited the estate from Sir William Pynsent. It formed part of a wing on a larger earlier house, that was demolished around 1805. It has been designated by English Heritage as a Grade II* listed building. The grounds were laid out in the mid 18th century by Lancelot Brown and William Pitt, Earl of Chatham, and include early 20th century formal gardens designed by Harold Peto. The Chatham Vase is a stone sculpture commissioned as a memorial to William Pitt the Elder by his wife, Hester, Countess of Chatham. It was originally erected at their house in Burton Pynsent, in 1781, and moved to the grounds of Chevening House in 1934, where it currently resides.
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