Donyatt
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 The Blessed Virgin Mary Church, Donyatt |
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| Donyatt shown within Somerset | |
| Population | 347 (2011) |
| OS grid reference | ST335145 |
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| Country | England |
| Sovereign state | United Kingdom |
| Post town | ILMINSTER |
| Postcode district | TA19 0 |
| Dialling code | 01460 |
| Police | Avon and Somerset |
| Fire | Devon and Somerset |
| Ambulance | South Western |
| EU Parliament | South West England |
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Donyatt is a village and civil parish in Somerset, England, situated at the source of the River Isle 5 miles (8.0 km) north of Chard in the South Somerset district. The village has a population of 347.
The village was recorded as Dunnyete meaning Dunna's gate in 725.
In the Domesday Book a park at Donyatt was held by Drogo from the Count of Mortain.
Donyatt was part of the hundred of Abdick and Bulstone.
In 1328 it was the birthplace of William Montacute, 2nd Earl of Salisbury, whose family held the manor and built a castle or fortified manor house. It had a manorial chapel and it is from this that a Sheela na Gig was recovered and is now incorporated into a private house.
The almshouses in Church Street date from 1624, and were founded under the will of John Dunster of London (died 1625). Next to them is the old school house, which was built in the early 19th century, and the old school which dates from 1871.
The Old clay puddling house, a circular thatched building, is a former pottery dating from the 18th century, when there were also woollen-mills in the village. Thirty-three examples of pottery from Donyatt have been identified from five sites in Virginia and Maryland. They were part of a wider pottery industry during the 17th and 18th centuries. Sites from which were excavated in the 1960s and 1970.
The "Sea Bridge" carries the road over a stream. IT was built in the 18th century with three semi- circular arches.
Donyatt has been listed by English Heritage as a Conservation Area at risk with a current condition status of Very Bad.
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