Chantry, Somerset
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 St Georges Church |
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| Whatley shown within Somerset | |
| Population | 245 (2011) |
| OS grid reference | ST731479 |
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| Country | England |
| Sovereign state | United Kingdom |
| Post town | FROME |
| Postcode district | BA11 0 |
| Dialling code | 01373 |
| Police | Avon and Somerset |
| Fire | Devon and Somerset |
| Ambulance | South Western |
| EU Parliament | South West England |
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Whatley is a small rural village and civil parish near Frome in the English county of Somerset. Whatley is located near rural villages such as Chantry, Mells and Nunney.
According to Robinson, it was called Watelei in the Domesday Book of 1086, when the tenants of the Abbot of Glastonbury Abbey were Walter Hussey and John the Usher. He suggests the village name means 'The wet meadow' from the Old English woet and leah.
The parish was part of the hundred of Frome.
The village gives its name to Whatley Quarry, which lies to the north-west of the village at grid reference ST731479 and is said to be one of the largest in Europe. It is owned by Hanson plc and has been the object of protests against its impact on the environment.
The gatehouse at Manor farm was built around 1500 and is a Grade I listed building.
The hamlet of Lower Whatley is to the south of the village.
The hamlet of Chantry lies 1 mile to the west. It is one of the Thankful Villages which suffered no casualties in the First World War. Chantry Park is Grade II* listed: The Chantry is a neoclassical villa built c. 1825 to the design of Bath architect John Pinch the elder. The Chantry Estate and school were established by the family of James Fussell, an iron magnate operating the Old Iron Works, Mells in Vallis Vale between Mells and Great Elm.
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