HUNSTRETE

'Hunstrete' () is a small village on the River Chew in the Chew Valley, Bath and North East Somerset, England. It is 8 miles from Bristol, and Bath, and 5 from Keynsham.
Hunstrete is believed to mean 'The hundred road' from the Old English ''hund'' and ''street''.^[1]

Contents

Government and politics

Demographics

Hunstrete House

Grade II listed buildings

References

External links

Government and politics

Hunstrete is part of the Farmborough 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. 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 Compton Dando, Marksbury, 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]

Hunstrete House

Hunstrete House is a grade II listed building^[3] In its ground are Hunstrete Lake and an ice house which is also a listed building.^[3]

Grade II listed buildings

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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 Farmborough
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External links

★ Photos of Hunstrete in 3d (Anaglyphs)