East Chinnock
A small friendly village in Somerset, set halfway between Crewkerne and Yeovil, south facing on the side of East Chinnock Hill.
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The Feoffees
22 August 2021
East Chinnock Poor’s Land Charity which owns the Village Hall and Old School House as well as a field at the bottom of the village, currently leased to the Seyfrieds of Broad Lane.
The...
Emigration from East Chinnock in the 1840
17 October 2020
For several centuries before the 1840s Britain had sought to reduce its population by encouraging emigration. Schemes had been devised by many with the hope of riches and settlements ...
East Chinnock's Famous Salt Spring
17 October 2020
Barrows Farm was once an important place, an outpost of Montacute Priory and the site of a valuable salt spring.
References to the "Salt Spring" may be found in the following b...
Tales From The Archives
17 October 2020
Village Tensions Spilled Over Into Stabbing Attack
The "dancing party" in the Hare and Hounds Inn at East Chinnock on Shrove Tuesday 16 February, 1858, brought young men and women from the v...
East Chinnock In The News
17 October 2020
Farmer’s Ploughing Mishap Cuts Off Water Supply
3rd September 2009
Several East Chinnock residents were left without water last weekend after a...
East Chinnock - Village Echoes
17 October 2020
There are 125 pages
It's full of history, pictures & stories not available on this web site.
Published at the turn of the Millennium to celebrate the history of East Chinnock in t...
Armed Forces Support
10 October 2020
Service in Afghanistan
Armed Forces Support
Several military personnel from East Chinnock served in Afgha...
East Chinnock and D-Day WW2
10 October 2020
The 6th June this year (2014) will be the 70th anniversary of the D-Day of Operation ‘Overlord’, the invasion of German-occupied France by the Western Allies; the long-awaited ‘Se...
The Memorial Seat
17 October 2000
A selection of photos from the installation and dedication of The Memorial Seat.
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Somerset Farm Trouble
27 June 1913
Western Gazette Friday June 27th 1913
Stoke-under-Ham is experiencing a labour dispute of an uncommon nature in the West of England, and there’s a grave possibility th...
Schools and Schooling in East Chinnock
17 October 1787
From medieval times education in East Chinnock is likely to have been undertaken in some form by monks from Montacute Priory and continued spasmodically until we have written records.
An ear...
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World War 1
World War 1
The Queen's Diamond Jubilee Celebrations
When the Queen came through the Village