COMPTON DANDO

'Compton Dando' () is a small village on the River Chew in the Chew Valley, Somerset. It is 7 miles from Bristol, 8 from Bath, and 3 from Keynsham.

Contents

History

Government and politics

Demographics

Church

Manor House

Other Grade II listed buildings

References

External links

History

It is on the route of the ancient Wansdyke.
According to Robinson it is listed in the 1086 Domesday Book as ''Comtuna''. A compton was originally a 'valley enclosure'. In 1297 the name Dando was added after Godfrey or Geofrey de Anno.^[1]
The village was held by Alexander de Alno in the 12th century.

Government and politics

Compton Dando is part of the Farmborough Ward which is represented by one councillor on the Bath and North East Somerset Unitary Authority which has wider responsibilities for services such as education, refuse, tourism etc. The village is a part of the Wansdyke constituency, which will become North East Somerset at the next general election and part of the South West England constituency of the European Parliament.

Demographics

According to the 2001 Census the Farmborough Ward (which includes Woollard and Chewton Keynsham), had 1,111 residents, living in 428 households, with an average age of 44.5 years. Of these 71% of residents describing their health as 'good', 21% of 16-74 year olds had no qualifications; and the area had an unemployment rate of 1.0% of all economically active people aged 16-74. In the Index of Multiple Deprivation 2004, it was ranked at 22,100 out of 32,482 wards in England, where 1 was the most deprived LSOA and 32,482 the least deprived.^[2]

Church

The church, dedicated to St. Mary, is a small edifice in the Gothic style, with square tower. It has a date of 1735 on the chancel, but is mostly Victorian,^[3] although Wade and Wade in their 1929 book "Somerset" suggest "''The church is of 14th-cent. workmanship, but the chancel and S. porch respectively bear the dates 1793 and 1735 (probably referring to repairs). Within is a piscina and Norm. font. The churchyard contains a good sundial.''". It is a Grade II listed building ()

Manor House

The 16th Century Manor House is a Grade II
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References

1. Somerset Place Names, , Stephen, Robinson, The Dovecote Press Ltd, 1992,
2. Neighbourhood Statistics LSOA Bath and North East Somerset 016B Farmborouch
3. The Buildings of England : North Somerset and Bristol, Pevsner, Nikolaus, , , Penguin Books, 1958, ISBN 0-14-071013-2

External links

★ Chew Valley web site

★ River Chew Web Site

★ Photos of Compton Dando in 3d (Anaglyphs)