Yarlington
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 Church of St. Mary, Yarlington |
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| Yarlington shown within Somerset | |
| Population | 123 (2011) |
| OS grid reference | ST655295 |
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| Country | England |
| Sovereign state | United Kingdom |
| Post town | Wincanton |
| Postcode district | BA9 |
| Police | Avon and Somerset |
| Fire | Devon and Somerset |
| Ambulance | South Western |
| EU Parliament | South West England |
Yarlington is a village and civil parish, near the source of the River Cam, in the English county of Somerset.
Administratively, Yarlington shares a parish council with nearby North Cadbury and forms part of the district of South Somerset.
The village gives its name to the Yarlington Mill cider apple.
The village hosts the Yarlington Wassail which has been recently revived.
It was known as Gerlincgetuna, meaning the settlement of Gerla's people, in the Domesday Book of 1086. The manor passed in the 12th century to the Montagues, who later became the earls of Salisbury.
Henry VIII gave the manor to his last wife Katherine Parr in 1544 and, in 1547, her brother William Parr, Marquis of Northampton, sold the reversion by licence to Thomas Smyth (Smythe/Smith). Thomas Smith was knighted in 1548. Sir Thomas Smith was described as ‘of Ankerwicke, in the county of Berks, Knight’ when by deed of 6 July 1556, he sold the manor and advowson to William Rosewell, of Loxton, in the county of Somerset, gentleman, and William Rosewell, his son and heir apparent. This William Rosewell became the Solicitor-General to Queen Elizabeth and lived at the manor until about 1562.
In 1573, a William Rosewell is presented to the Rectory of Yarlington by William Rosewell, of Loxton. As William Rosewell of Loxton died in 1570 the presentation must have been made by the executors of his estate. The presentee was probably the youngest son of William Rosewell (1499-1568), of Dunkerton, and brother of Thomas Rosewell (1533-c.1602) of Dunkerton who is listed as patron in the presentation. The living was held by William Rosewell until his death in 1627.
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