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West Bagborough is a village and
parish in
Somerset,
England, situated north of
Taunton in the
Taunton Deane district. The village has a
population of 394
History
The origin of the village name is open to some debate and is thought to either come from the name "Begas Barrow" (meaning badgers hill) or from an amalgamation of the family name "Baga" and the Old English word for hill "beorg", In either case by 1086, when the
Domesday book was compiled, the name had become Bageberge.
Enclosure of lands within the parish was authorised by an act of parliament in 1806.
In October 2001 a hoard of
4th century Roman silver was discovered in the village. The 681 coins included two
denarii from the early
2nd century and 8
Miliarense and 671
Siliqua all dating to the period AD 337 – 367. The majority were struck in the reigns of emperors
Constantius II and
Julian and derive from a range of mints including
Arles and
Lyons in
France,
Trier in
Germany and
Rome.
Church
The village church, St Pancras, dates from the 15th century, with the north aisle being added in 1839, and further restoration in 1872. It has been designated by
English Heritage as a Grade II*
listed building. Further work was undertaken in the 1920s under the guidance of Sir
Ninian Comper. The church stands high above the main village, and allegedly owes this separation to the black death which reduced the population to below one hundred souls in the
fourteenth century. In an attempt to rid themselves of this plague the villagers abandoned the original settlement and re-built, away from the church. The
lychgate is dedicated to the memory of
Robert Brooke-Popham.
The old rectory is now known as Little Court.
Bagborough House
Bagborough House was built in 1739 by the
Popham family and now lived in by Diana and Philip Brooke-Popham, and enlarged in 1820 and 1900.
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