Holford
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 A view of Holford |
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| Holford shown within Somerset | |
| Population | 392 (2011) |
| OS grid reference | ST155412 |
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| Region | |
| Country | England |
| Sovereign state | United Kingdom |
| Post town | BRIDGWATER |
| Postcode district | TA5 |
| Dialling code | 01278 |
| Police | Avon and Somerset |
| Fire | Devon and Somerset |
| Ambulance | South Western |
| EU Parliament | South West England |
| UK Parliament | |
Holford is a village and civil parish in West Somerset within the Area of Outstanding Natural Beauty, and about 10 miles (16 km) west of Bridgwater and 6 miles (10 km) east of Williton. The village has a population of 392. The village is on the and Coleridge Way footpaths. The parish includes the village of Dodington.
The River Holford which runs through the village flows to the sea at Kilve.
The parish of Holford was part of the Whitley Hundred. Holford Glen was once the site of a Huguenot silk factory.
The tannery was built by James Hayman, in the 16th century and is now a hotel. The waterwheel which powered the tannery is still present.
Alfoxton House (now Alfoxton Park Hotel) was built as an 18th-century country house and occupied by poet William Wordsworth and his sister Dorothy, between July 1797 and June 1798, during the time of their friendship with Samuel Taylor Coleridge.
Dodington was an ancient parish, within the Williton and Freemanners Hundred.
The 15th century Dodington Hall manor house contains the mechanism of a water driven spit in the cellar below the kitchen, and also has heraldic glass dating back to 1485 in parlour wing.
Dodington was the site of the Buckingham Mine where copper was extracted. The mine was established before 1725 and followed earlier exploration at Perry Hill, East Quantoxhead. It was financed by the Marquis of Buckingham until 1801 when it was closed, until various attempts were made to reopen it during the 19th century. The remaining engine house is now a listed building.
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