Temple Cloud

Temple Cloud

The Temple Inn
Temple Cloud
Temple Cloud shown within Somerset
Population approx. 1,000
OS grid reference ST621580
Unitary authority
Ceremonial county
Region
Country England
Sovereign state United Kingdom
Post town BRISTOL
Postcode district BS39
Dialling code 01761
Police Avon and Somerset
Fire Avon
Ambulance South Western
EU Parliament South West England
UK Parliament

Temple Cloud (grid reference ST621580) is a village within the Chew Valley in Somerset in the Bath and North East Somerset Council area on the A37 road. It is located 10 miles from Bristol and Bath, very close to Clutton. The nearest town is Midsomer Norton [5 miles]. The village of Cameley is also very close.

The Temple in the place name relates to the Knights Templar who held the manors of Cameley and Cloud around 1200.[1] Cloud is thought to come from the personal name Cloda.[2]

There were several coal mines in and around the village as a part of the Somerset coalfield, but these have all since closed.

Government and politics

Temple Cloud is part of the Mendip Ward, which is represented by one councillor on the Bath and North East Somerset Unitary Authority, which has responsibilities for services such as education, refuse, tourism etc. Mendip ward stretches from Temple Cloud to East Harptree. The total population of the ward taken at the 2011 census was 2,683.[3]

The village is a part of the North East Somerset constituency and part of the South West England constituency of the European Parliament.

Demographics

According to the 2001 Census, the Mendip Ward (which includes West Harptree and Hinton Blewett), had 1,465 residents, living in 548 households, with an average age of 39.0 years. Of these 79% of residents describing their health as 'good', 22% of 16- to 74-year-olds had no qualifications; and the area had an unemployment rate of 1.5% of all economically active people aged 16–74. In the Index of Multiple Deprivation 2004, it was ranked at 25,387 out of 32,482 wards in England, where 1 was the most deprived LSOA and 32,482 the least deprived.

Church

Temple Cloud is included in the Anglican parish of Clutton with Cameley.[4]
Its church is located in the centre of the village; built in the 1920s, it was dedicated to St Barnabas in 1926.[5]

Notable buildings

Temple Cloud has a number of buildings that are listed for their historical or heritage value, including the Temple Inn.

The Old Court is a Grade II listed former magistrates' court house with police cells, built in 1857 in baronial style.

References

  1. ↑ Faith, Juliet. The Knights Templar in Somerset. The History Press. pp. 59–86. ISBN 9780752452562.
  2. ↑ Robinson, Stephen (1992). Somerset Place Names. Wimborne, Dorset: The Dovecote Press Ltd. ISBN 1-874336-03-2.
  3. ↑ "Mendip ward 2011". Retrieved 8 March 2015.
  4. ↑ "Parish of Clutton with Cameley - St Barnabas". Retrieved 27 June 2016.
  5. ↑ "A Church Near you - St Barnabas". Retrieved 27 June 2016.
  • Historic England. "Bridge House (32743)". Images of England.
  • Historic England. "Prospect House (32749)". Images of England.
  • Historic England. "Temple Bridge Farmhouse (32742)". Images of England.
  • Historic England. "Court House and Police Station (32747)". Images of England.
  • Historic England. "Temple Inn (32748)". Images of England.
  • Historic England. "Walcott Cottage (32745)". Images of England.
  • "Rural Landscapes of Bath and North East Somerset - A Landscape Character Assessment" (PDF). Bath and North East Somerset. Retrieved 2016-07-19.
  • "SouthWest Heritage: Archives relating to Temple Cloud". Somerset Archives and Local Studies (work in progress). Retrieved 2016-06-27.
  • "Drawing of The Refuge and Walcott Cottage, 1789 by Samuel Hieronymus Grimm". British Library. Retrieved 2016-06-27.
  • ^ "Neighbourhood Statistics LSOA Bath and North East Somerset 021D Mendip". Office for National Statistics 2001 Census. Retrieved 2006-04-25.
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