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Mendip may refer to: *Mendip District, a former local government district of Somerset, England *Mendip Hills, a group of hills in Somerset, England ** Mendip Way, a footpath across the Mendip Hills **Mendip TV Mast, a transmitter in the Mendips area * Forest of Mendip, an ancient forest in Somerset, England * Baron Mendip, a short-lived title of the Peerage of Great Britain **Welbore Ellis, 1st Baron Mendip (1713–1802) * Mendip Power Group, micro electricity generation in the Mendip area *Mendip Rail, freight operating railway company * HMS ''Mendip'' (L60), a Royal Navy destroyer See also *Chewton Mendip, a village in the Mendip Hills *'' Mendip Times'', a monthly magazine in the Mendip and Somerset area * Mendip Vale railway station, western terminus of the East Somerset Railway *Mendips (other) The Mendips or Mendip Hills are a group of hills in Somerset, England. Mendips may also refer to: *251 Menlove Avenue 251 Menlove Avenue is the childhood home of the Be ...
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Mendip District
Mendip was a local government district of Somerset in England. The district covered a largely rural area of with a population of approximately 112,500, ranging from the Wiltshire border in the east to part of the Somerset Levels in the west. The district took its name from the Mendip Hills. The administrative centre of the district was Shepton Mallet but the largest town was Frome. The district was formed on 1 April 1974 under the Local Government Act 1972 by a merger of the municipal boroughs of Glastonbury and Wells, along with Frome, Shepton Mallet, and Street urban districts, and Frome Rural District, Shepton Mallet Rural District, Wells Rural District, part of Axbridge Rural District and part of Clutton Rural District. On 1 April 2023, the district was abolished and became part of Somerset Council, a unitary authority. Toponymy Several explanations for the name ''Mendip'' have been suggested. Its earliest known form is ''Mendepe'' in 1185. One suggestion is tha ...
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Mendip Hills
The Mendip Hills (commonly called the Mendips) is a range of limestone hills to the south of Bristol and Bath, Somerset, Bath in Somerset, England. Running from Weston-super-Mare and the Bristol Channel in the west to the River Frome, Somerset, Frome valley in the east, the hills overlook the Somerset Levels to the south and the Chew Valley and other tributaries of the River Avon (Bristol), Avon to the north. The highest point, at above sea level, is Beacon Batch which is the summit area atop Black Down, Somerset, Black Down. The hills gave their name to the former local government district of Mendip District, Mendip, which administered most of the local area until April 2023. The higher, western part of the hills, covering has been designated an Area of Outstanding Natural Beauty (AONB), which gives it a level of protection comparable to a national park. The hills are largely formed from Carboniferous Limestone, which is quarried at several sites. Fraxinus, Ash–maple woodl ...
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Mendip Way
The Mendip Way is an long-distance footpath across the Mendip Hills from Weston-super-Mare to Frome. It is divided into two sections. The West Mendip Way was opened in 1979 and starts at the Bristol Channel at Uphill Cliff. It climbs the Mendip escarpment affording views over the Somerset Levels. It then crosses the central Mendip plateau leading down to Cheddar Gorge and on to Wells. Most of the western section is within the Mendip Hills Area of Outstanding Natural Beauty. From there the East Mendip Way continues through Shepton Mallet to Frome. The Mendip Way connects with the Macmillan Way, Monarch's Way, and Samaritans Way South West. The western trailhead of the Limestone Link is within of the Mendip Way near Shipham. Route description The Mendip Way starts at the village of Uphill on the southern outskirt of Weston-super-Mare. The route skirts Uphill Cliff, upon which the remains of a windmill and a Norman church are located, then crossing over the Bristol to Exeter l ...
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Mendip TV Mast
The Mendip transmitting station is a broadcasting and telecommunications facility on the summit of Pen Hill, part of the Mendip Hills range in Somerset, England, at above sea level. The station is in St Cuthbert Out civil parish, approximately north-east of Wells. Its mast, high, was built in 1967 and is the tallest structure in South West England. The mast broadcasts digital television, FM analogue radio and DAB digital radio, and had broadcast analogue colour television from 1967 until 2010. Description The station is owned and operated by Arqiva (which acquired National Grid Wireless, previously Crown Castle). Until 2008 a GRP aerial cylinder, containing the analogue television transmitting antennas, was mounted at the top of the mast, bringing the total height of the structure to . With a mean height of above sea level, these antennas were among the highest in the UK. They were removed in 2010, the antenna cylinder being replaced with a new antenna assembly, read ...
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Forest Of Mendip
The Hundred of Wells Forum is one of the 40 historical Hundreds in the ceremonial county of Somerset, England, dating from the Anglo-Saxon era before the Norman conquest. Each hundred had a ''fyrd'' which acted as the local defence force, and a court which was responsible for the maintenance of the frankpledge system. The hundred also formed a unit for the collection of taxes. The role of the hundred court was described in the Dooms (laws) of King Edgar. The name of the hundred was normally that of its meeting-place. The name Wells Forum was derived from the city of Wells, which lies within its limits, to which was added the word Forum, referring to Wells' market place. These were generally called ''Fora Venalia'' in Roman times, and this term added to a proper name denotes a market or borough town (e.g. Blandford Forum). The hundred of Wells Forum encompassed the ancient Forest of Mendip, which occupied the northern part; and extended to the south into the lowlands of East Se ...
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Baron Mendip
Baron is a rank of nobility or title of honour, often hereditary, in various European countries, either current or historical. The female equivalent is baroness. Typically, the title denotes an aristocrat who ranks higher than a lord or knight, but lower than a viscount or count. Often, barons hold their fief – their lands and income – directly from the monarch. Barons are less often the vassals of other nobles. In many kingdoms, they were entitled to wear a smaller form of a crown called a ''coronet''. The term originates from the Latin term , via Old French. The use of the title ''baron'' came to England via the Norman Conquest of 1066, then the Normans brought the title to Scotland and Southern Italy. It later spread to Scandinavian and Slavic lands. Etymology The word '':wikt:baron, baron'' comes from the Old French , from a Late Latin">-4; we might wonder whether there's a point at which it's appropriate to talk of the beginnings of French, that is, when it wa ... , ...
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