Mudford

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title: "Mudford" type: doc version: 1 created: 2026-02-28 author: "Wikipedia contributors" status: active scope: public tags: ["villages-in-south-somerset", "civil-parishes-in-somerset"] description: "Village in England" topic_path: "general/villages-in-south-somerset" source: "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mudford" license: "CC BY-SA 4.0" wikipedia_page_id: 0 wikipedia_revision_id: 0

::summary Village in England ::

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Field	Value
official_name	Mudford
country	England
static_image_name	Mudford church.jpg
static_image_alt	Stone building with square tower. In the foreground is a road.
static_image_caption	Church of St Mary, Mudford
population	696
population_ref	(2011)
os_grid_reference	ST575195
post_town	YEOVIL
postcode_area	BA
postcode_district	BA21
dial_code	01935
constituency_westminster	Glastonbury and Somerton
unitary_england	Somerset
lieutenancy_england	Somerset
region	South West England
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|official_name= Mudford |country = England |static_image_name= Mudford church.jpg |static_image_alt= Stone building with square tower. In the foreground is a road. |static_image_caption= Church of St Mary, Mudford | population = 696 | population_ref = (2011) |os_grid_reference= ST575195 |post_town= YEOVIL |postcode_area= BA |postcode_district = BA21 |dial_code= 01935 |constituency_westminster= Glastonbury and Somerton | unitary_england = Somerset | lieutenancy_england = Somerset | region = South West England |coordinates = Mudford is a village and parish in Somerset, England, situated 3 mi from Yeovil in the South Somerset district on the River Yeo. The village has a population of 696. The parish includes the hamlets of Mudford Sock, West Mudford and Up Mudford.

The village lies on the Monarch's Way, a 615 mi{{cite news|url=http://www.monarchsway.50megs.com/|publisher=The Monarch's Way Association|title=The Monarch's Way|date=February 2, 2006

History

At the time of the Domesday Book in 1086 there were five manors. The largest which was given with the church to Montacute Priory in 1192, became Mudford Monachorum (of the monks) and was centred on the present hamlet of Up Mudford. The parish of Mudford was part of the Stone Hundred.

At the eastern end of the parish on the border with Dorset, the village of Nether Adber was held by Siward the Fowler before and after the Battle of Hastings, and had a chapel in 1351 but the village was totally abandoned in the mid-16th century.

Manor Farm House, the Manor house of Up Mudford, was built in 1630 on the site of an earlier building after a fire.

Governance

The parish council 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 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 purposes, since 1 April 2023, the parish comes under the unitary authority of Somerset Council. Prior to this, it was part of the non-metropolitan district of South Somerset (established under the Local Government Act 1972). It was part of Yeovil Rural District before 1974.

It is also part of the Glastonbury and Somerton county constituency represented in the House of Commons of the Parliament of the United Kingdom. It elects one Member of Parliament (MP) by the first past the post system of election.

Religious sites

Mudford is served by the church of St Mary The Virgin, which dates back to the 12th century and is a Grade I listed building. It has a three-stage tower divided by string courses with clasping corner buttresses, a battlemented parapet with small corner and intermediate pinnacles, and corner gargoyles. There is a stair turret on the north-east corner with a weathervane finial, and a clock face on the east side. It contains five bells dated 1582, 1621, 1623, 1664 and 1666, all by the Purdue family of nearby Closworth. It was granted by Montacute Priory to the Bishop of Bath and Wells in 1339.

References

References

1. "Statistics for Wards, LSOAs and Parishes — SUMMARY Profiles". Somerset Intelligence.
2. (2005). "The Monarch's Way". The Quinton Oracle.
3. Bush, Robin. (1994). "Somerset: The complete guide". The Dovecote Press Ltd.
4. "Somerset Hundreds". GENUKI.
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6. "Yeovil RD". University of Portsmouth.
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