# Butleigh > Mediated Wiki article. Canonical URL: https://mediated.wiki/source/Butleigh > Markdown URL: https://mediated.wiki/source/Butleigh.md > Source: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Butleigh > Source revision: 1295754789 > License: Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 International (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/) {{Short description|Village and civil parish in Somerset, England}} {{Use dmy dates|date=February 2025}} {{Use British English|date=August 2012}} {{Infobox UK place | country = England | coordinates = {{coord|51.099|-2.678|type:city(1000)_region:GB|display=inline,title}} | official_name = Butleigh | civil_parish = | population = 876 | population_ref = (2021){{Cite web |last= |first= |title=Butleigh (parish): population statistics, 2021 Census |url=https://www.citypopulation.de/en/uk/southwestengland/admin/somerset/E04008547__butleigh/ |website=CityPopulation.de |date= |access-date=15 June 2025}} | unitary_england = [Somerset Council](/source/Somerset_Council) | lieutenancy_england = [Somerset](/source/Somerset) | region = South West England | constituency_westminster = [Glastonbury and Somerton](/source/Glastonbury_and_Somerton_(UK_Parliament_constituency)) | post_town = GLASTONBURY | postcode_district = BA6 | postcode_area = BA | dial_code = 01458 | os_grid_reference = ST525335 | static_image_name = Butleigh Village Green - geograph.org.uk - 167880.jpg | static_image_alt = Grassy area with trees in the foregound and a terrace of stone houses, one white fronted, in the background | static_image_caption = Butleigh Village Green | static_image_2_name = Butleigh Cross - geograph.org.uk - 444059.jpg | static_image_2_width = | static_image_2_caption = Butleigh Cross | website = {{URL|https://butleighvillage.co.uk/|Parish Council}} }} '''Butleigh''' is a small village and [civil parish](/source/civil_parish) in [Somerset](/source/Somerset), England. The nearest village to it is [Barton St David](/source/Barton_St_David), and it lies a short distance from [Glastonbury](/source/Glastonbury) and [Street](/source/Street%2C_Somerset). The parish population at the 2021 census was 876. Butleigh has a church, a small [village shop](/source/village_shop), a [Church of England](/source/Church_of_England) primary school[http://butleighprimary.co.uk Butleigh Primary School] and Butleigh Nursery School. ==History== Butleigh was mentioned in the [Domesday Book](/source/Domesday_Book), belonging to [Glastonbury Abbey](/source/Glastonbury_Abbey). It had two separate entries, with the names ''Bodeslege'' and ''Boduchelei''.{{cite web|title=Butleigh|work=Open Domesday|access-date=22 August 2019|url=https://opendomesday.org/place/ST5233/butleigh/}}{{cite web|title=St Leonard's Church, Butleigh|work=A Church Near You|access-date=22 August 2019|url=https://www.achurchnearyou.com/church/10974/about-us/}} The parish of Butleigh was part of the [Whitley](/source/Whitley_(hundred)) [Hundred](/source/Hundred_(county_subdivision)).{{cite web|title=Somerset Hundreds|url=http://www.genuki.org.uk/big/eng/SOM/Miscellaneous/|publisher=GENUKI|access-date=22 October 2011}} Butleigh Court, which was abandoned for many years and has now been brought back into use, is noted for its architecture including the tall carved chimney stacks, which are all different. The house was built in 1845 by [J. C. Buckler](/source/J._C._Buckler), for Henry Neville-Grenville, on the site of an earlier building.{{NHLE | desc= Butleigh Court | num=1058743 | accessdate=24 October 2007}} The village history is told in a slim book, ''Butleigh: One Thousand Years of an English Village'', by E. F. Synge, a former vicar at the parish church. A reconstruction of life of one farm worker, John Hodges, who lived in the village during the [Victorian era](/source/Victorian_era), is illustrated at the [Somerset Rural Life Museum](/source/Somerset_Rural_Life_Museum) in Glastonbury. The lofty column of the [Admiral Hood Monument](/source/Admiral_Hood_Monument) was raised to the memory of [Sir Samuel Hood](/source/Sir_Samuel_Hood%2C_1st_Baronet) on Combe Hill near Butleigh, and in Butleigh Church is another memorial,{{NHLE | desc= Hood family monument | num=1175612 | accessdate=24 October 2007}} with an inscription written by [Robert Southey](/source/Robert_Southey). The village had a 16th-century pub called The Rose and Portcullis, which closed in 2020. ==Governance== The [parish council](/source/Parish_council_(England)) has responsibility for local issues, including setting an annual precept (local rate) to cover the council's operating costs and producing annual accounts for public scrutiny. The parish council evaluates local planning applications and works with the local police, district council officers, and [neighbourhood watch](/source/Neighbourhood_Watch_(UK)) groups on matters of crime, security, and traffic. The parish council's role also includes initiating projects for the maintenance and repair of parish facilities, as well as consulting with the district council on the maintenance, repair and improvement of highways, drainage, footpaths, public transport and street cleaning. Conservation matters (including trees and listed buildings) and environmental issues are also the responsibility of the council. For [local government](/source/local_government_in_England) purposes, since 1 April 2023, the parish comes under the [unitary authority](/source/Unitary_authorities_of_England) of [Somerset Council](/source/Somerset_Council). Prior to this, it was part of the [non-metropolitan district](/source/non-metropolitan_district) of [Mendip](/source/Mendip_District) (established under the [Local Government Act 1972](/source/Local_Government_Act_1972)). It was part of [Wells Rural District](/source/Wells_Rural_District) before 1974.{{cite web|title=Wells RD|url=http://www.visionofbritain.org.uk/unit/10061581|work=A vision of Britain Through Time|publisher=University of Portsmouth|access-date=4 January 2014}}) The village forms part of the 'Butleigh and Baltonsborough' [Wards and electoral divisions of the United Kingdom](/source/Wards_and_electoral_divisions_of_the_United_Kingdom). From ''Butleigh'' the ward goes east to [Baltonsborough](/source/Baltonsborough) then south to [Lydford-on-Fosse](/source/Lydford-on-Fosse). The total population of the ward as at the [2011 census](/source/2011_United_Kingdom_census) was 2,198.{{cite web|url=http://www.ukcensusdata.com/butleigh-and-baltonsborough-e05006763#sthash.s6hH2Ri1.dpbs|title=Butleigh and Baltonsborough ward 2011|access-date= 7 March 2015}} It is also part of the [Glastonbury and Somerton](/source/Glastonbury_and_Somerton_(UK_Parliament_constituency)) [county constituency](/source/county_constituency) represented in the [House of Commons](/source/British_House_of_Commons) of the [Parliament of the United Kingdom](/source/Parliament_of_the_United_Kingdom). It elects one [member of parliament](/source/member_of_parliament) (MP) by the [first past the post](/source/first_past_the_post) system of election. ==Religious sites== [[File:St Leonard Butleigh.JPG|thumb|left|[St Leonard's Church](/source/Church_of_St_Leonard%2C_Butleigh), Butleigh, Somerset]] The [Church of St Leonard](/source/Church_of_St_Leonard%2C_Butleigh) dates from the 14th century, and was [restored](/source/Victorian_restoration) and extended in the middle of the 19th century by J. C. Buckler. It has been designated as a Grade II* [listed building](/source/listed_building).{{NHLE|desc=Church of St. Leonard|num=1058773|accessdate=24 October 2007|fewer-links=yes}} Butleigh Cross is a medieval [wayside cross](/source/wayside_cross) base (14th–15th century) and is incorporated in the 20th-century war memorial. ==Notable people== Vice-Admiral [Sir Samuel Hood, 1st Baronet](/source/Sir_Samuel_Hood%2C_1st_Baronet) (1762–1814) had family connections with Butleigh. [William Robert Cornish](/source/William_Robert_Cornish) (1828–1896), born in Butleigh, was a physician who served in India for more than thirty years and became the [Surgeon-General](/source/State_Surgeon_General)—head of medical services—in the [Madras Presidency](/source/Madras_Presidency).{{Citation | last = Obituary | title = Surgeon-General Cornish C.I.E. | journal = The Journal of the Royal Society for the Promotion of Health | year = 1897 | volume = 18 | pages = 656–61 | doi=10.1177/146642409701800412}} ==References== {{Reflist}} ==External links== {{Commons category|Butleigh}} *[https://butleighvillage.co.uk/ Butleigh Parish Council] *[https://www.butleigh.org/ Butleigh family History] *[https://www.heritagegateway.org.uk/Gateway/Results_Single.aspx?uid=df12c326-5f79-4a82-9487-4b103d83e04f&resourceID=19191/ Heritage Gateway entry on the War Memorial (medieval cross - base only)] Category:Villages in Mendip District Category:Civil parishes in Somerset --- Adapted from the Wikipedia article [Butleigh](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Butleigh) by Wikipedia contributors ([contributor history](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Butleigh?action=history)). 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