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| |constituency_westminster= ] | |constituency_westminster= ] | ||
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|post_town= BRIDGWATER | ||
| |postcode_district = TA5 | |postcode_district = TA5 | ||
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| |os_grid_reference= ST173449 | |os_grid_reference= ST173449 | ||
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| '''Lilstock''' is a hamlet in the ] of ] within the ] district of ], ]. It is {{convert|12|mi|km|0|lk=on}} north |
'''Lilstock''' is a ] in the ] of ] within the ] district of ], ]. It is {{convert|12|mi|km|0|lk=on}} north-west of ], and {{convert|8|mi|km|0}} north-east of ]. It on the coast of ] on the ], near the ] nuclear power stations. | ||
| It was recorded as Lytel-Stoke<ref name="waite">{{cite book |title=Portrait of the Quantocks |last=Waite |first=Vincent |authorlink= |coauthors= |year=1964 |publisher=Robert Hale |location=London |isbn=0709111584 |pages= }}</ref> or Lulestock in the ], and rendered at one time as Little Stock or Little-stoke. Its name is said to have meant "the stoc of Lylla and his people".<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.exmoorholiday.co.uk/_L/Lilstock.php |title=Lilstock, West Somerset |accessdate=2008-01-01 |format= |work=Everything Exmoor }}</ref> | It was recorded as Lytel-Stoke <ref name="waite">{{cite book |title=Portrait of the Quantocks |last=Waite |first=Vincent |authorlink= |coauthors= |year=1964 |publisher=Robert Hale |location=London |isbn=0709111584 |pages= }}</ref> or Lulestock in the ], and rendered at one time as Little Stock or Little-stoke. Its name is said to have meant "the stoc of Lylla and his people".<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.exmoorholiday.co.uk/_L/Lilstock.php |title=Lilstock, West Somerset |accessdate=2008-01-01 |format= |work=Everything Exmoor }}</ref> | ||
| ==Coast== | ==Coast== | ||
| ] | ] | ||
| The ] provides an outstanding series of sections through the ] ], spanning the ] and ] |
The ] provides an outstanding series of sections through the ] ], spanning the ] and ] stages and named the "Lilstock Formation". This sequence and the good ] succession beneath are repeatedly affected by faulting,<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.english-nature.org.uk/citation/citation_photo/1003759.pdf |title=Blue Anchor to Lilstock Coast SSSI |accessdate=2007-12-31 |format=PDF |work=English Nature }}</ref> making it of interest to ] and ] hunters. It also displays coastal geomorphology which demonstrates a particularly well-developed series of intertidal shore platforms varying in width from about 200-600 m. The cliff and beach are rich in ] remains, including complete skeletons. Lilstock also yields ]s, shells and fish remains.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.lilstock.ukfossils.co.uk/ |title= Lilstock Fossils and Fossil Collecting |accessdate=2007-12-31 |format= |work=UK Fossil Network }}</ref> A unique specimen of an ], named ''Excalibosaurus costini MacGowan'', in which the lower jaw is shorter than the upper, was found in the ] ], Lower Lias beds on the foreshore at Lilstock and is now in the ].<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.bristol.gov.uk/ccm/content/Leisure-Culture/Museums-Galleries/fossils-bivalves-city-museum-and-art-gallery.en?page=7 |title=Collections - Geology - page 7 - Reptiles |accessdate=2007-12-31 |format= |work=Bristol City Museum }}</ref> | ||
| ==Harbour== | ==Harbour== | ||
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| Lilstock appears to have been the old port of the ] settlement of ].<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.somerset.gov.uk/somerset/cultureheritage/heritage/projects/eus/stogursey/ |title=A brief history of Stogursey |accessdate=2007-12-31 |format= |work=Somerset County Council }}</ref> | Lilstock appears to have been the old port of the ] settlement of ].<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.somerset.gov.uk/somerset/cultureheritage/heritage/projects/eus/stogursey/ |title=A brief history of Stogursey |accessdate=2007-12-31 |format= |work=Somerset County Council }}</ref> | ||
| The ] were the ]. Around 1820 Sir ] built a boat house on the beach with a pier and breakwater to form Lilstock harbour.<ref name="somharbours">{{cite book |title=Somerset Harbours |last=Farr |first=Grahame |authorlink= |coauthors= |year=1954 |publisher=Christopher Johnson |location=London |isbn= |pages=117-118 }}</ref> Coal was brought from ] for domestic use on the Acland estate,<ref name="SHER"/> and to fire the large ] on the cliff.<ref>{{cite web | title=Limekiln Complex | work=Images of England | url=http://www.imagesofengland.org.uk/search/details.aspx?id=265255 | accessdate=2007-12-31}}</ref><ref>{{cite web |url=http://webapp1.somerset.gov.uk/her/details.asp?prn=34099 |title=Lime kiln and buildings |accessdate=2007-12-31 |format= |work=Somerset Historic Environment Record }}</ref> Pit props were the main export along with lime. By 1848 there were resident coastguards, and by 1855 a customs officer. About 1860 a stone pier was built from the north side of the harbour wall. By 1866 warehouses were standing beneath the cliff beside the southern harbour wall. The limestone carrier the ''Richard'' was wrecked at Lilstock in 1881.<ref name="somharbours"/> A plan for a ship canal from ] in ] to terminate at Lilstock was considered by the ] in 1888. The harbour was apparently abandoned and the pier subsequently destroyed after the ].<ref name="SHER">{{cite web |url=http://webapp1.somerset.gov.uk/her/details.asp?prn=34098 |title=Lilstock harbour |accessdate=2007-12-31 |format= |work=Somerset Historic Environment Record }}</ref> | The ] were the ]. Around 1820 Sir ] built a boat house on the beach with a pier and breakwater to form Lilstock harbour.<ref name="somharbours">{{cite book |title=Somerset Harbours |last=Farr |first=Grahame |authorlink= |coauthors= |year=1954 |publisher=Christopher Johnson |location=London |isbn= |pages=117-118 }}</ref> Coal was brought from ] for domestic use on the Acland estate,<ref name="SHER"/> and to fire the large ] on the cliff.<ref>{{cite web | title=Limekiln Complex | work=Images of England | url=http://www.imagesofengland.org.uk/search/details.aspx?id=265255 | accessdate=2007-12-31}}</ref><ref>{{cite web |url=http://webapp1.somerset.gov.uk/her/details.asp?prn=34099 |title=Lime kiln and buildings |accessdate=2007-12-31 |format= |work=Somerset Historic Environment Record }}</ref> Pit props were the main export along with lime. By 1848 there were resident coastguards, and by 1855 a customs officer. About 1860 a stone pier was built from the north side of the harbour wall. By 1866 warehouses were standing beneath the cliff beside the southern harbour wall. The limestone carrier the ''Richard'' was wrecked at Lilstock in 1881.<ref name="somharbours"/> A plan for a ship canal from ] in ] to terminate at Lilstock was considered by the ] in 1888. The harbour was apparently abandoned and the pier subsequently destroyed after the ].<ref name="SHER">{{cite web |url=http://webapp1.somerset.gov.uk/her/details.asp?prn=34098 |title=Lilstock harbour |accessdate=2007-12-31 |format= |work=Somerset Historic Environment Record }}</ref> | ||
| ==Gunnery range== | ==Gunnery range== | ||
| ] | ] | ||
| The sea off Lilstock has been used as an air gunnery practice range connected to ]. Lilstock Royal Navy Range |
The sea off Lilstock has been used as an air gunnery practice range connected to ]. Lilstock Royal Navy Range served as a practice bombing range for fixed-wing aircraft using inert ordinance until 1995, when it was redesignated as a helicopter gunnery range.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.publications.parliament.uk/pa/cm200304/cmhansrd/vo040329/text/40329w02.htm |title=Kilve Bend Range |accessdate=2007-12-31 |format= |work=Hansard 29 Mar 2004: Column 1142W—continued }}</ref> | ||
| ==Church== | ==Church== | ||
| ] | ] | ||
| The small Church of ], with only two rows of pews, features a 14th |
The small Church of ], with only two rows of pews, features a 14th-century ] arch. This arch is the only remaining portion of the earlier church which was demolished in 1881 when the present structure was erected. The church was declared redundant in 1980, and the ] font removed to ] Church in 1981.<ref>{{cite web | title=Church of St. Andrew | work=Images of England | url=http://www.imagesofengland.org.uk/search/details.aspx?id=265254 | accessdate=2007-12-31}}</ref> The church was restored around 1993 but only holds one service a year. The most recent baptism in the church was in 1881 and the most recent wedding was in 1834.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://wsomparreg.mysite.orange.co.uk/ |title=West Somerset Parish Register Transcriptions |accessdate=2008-01-01 |format= |work= }}</ref> | ||
| == References == | == References == | ||
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Human settlement in EnglandLilstock is a hamlet in the civil parish of Stringston within the West Somerset district of Somerset, England. It is 12 miles (19 km) north-west of Bridgwater, and 8 miles (13 km) north-east of Williton. It on the coast of Bridgwater Bay on the Bristol Channel, near the Hinkley Point nuclear power stations.
It was recorded as Lytel-Stoke or Lulestock in the Domesday book, and rendered at one time as Little Stock or Little-stoke. Its name is said to have meant "the stoc of Lylla and his people".
Coast
The Blue Anchor to Lilstock Coast Site of Special Scientific Interest (SSSI) provides an outstanding series of sections through the Early Jurassic Lower Lias, spanning the Hettangian and Pliensbachian stages and named the "Lilstock Formation". This sequence and the good Rhaetian succession beneath are repeatedly affected by faulting, making it of interest to geologists and fossil hunters. It also displays coastal geomorphology which demonstrates a particularly well-developed series of intertidal shore platforms varying in width from about 200-600 m. The cliff and beach are rich in reptile remains, including complete skeletons. Lilstock also yields ammonites, shells and fish remains. A unique specimen of an ichthyosaur, named Excalibosaurus costini MacGowan, in which the lower jaw is shorter than the upper, was found in the Lower Jurassic Sinemurian Stage, Lower Lias beds on the foreshore at Lilstock and is now in the Bristol City Museum and Art Gallery.
Harbour
Lilstock appears to have been the old port of the Saxon settlement of Stogursey.
The Acland Baronets were the lords of the manor. Around 1820 Sir John Acland built a boat house on the beach with a pier and breakwater to form Lilstock harbour. Coal was brought from Wales for domestic use on the Acland estate, and to fire the large limekiln on the cliff. Pit props were the main export along with lime. By 1848 there were resident coastguards, and by 1855 a customs officer. About 1860 a stone pier was built from the north side of the harbour wall. By 1866 warehouses were standing beneath the cliff beside the southern harbour wall. The limestone carrier the Richard was wrecked at Lilstock in 1881. A plan for a ship canal from Seaton in Devon to terminate at Lilstock was considered by the Board of Admiralty in 1888. The harbour was apparently abandoned and the pier subsequently destroyed after the First World War.
Gunnery range
The sea off Lilstock has been used as an air gunnery practice range connected to RNAS Yeovilton. Lilstock Royal Navy Range served as a practice bombing range for fixed-wing aircraft using inert ordinance until 1995, when it was redesignated as a helicopter gunnery range.
Church
The small Church of St Andrew, with only two rows of pews, features a 14th-century chancel arch. This arch is the only remaining portion of the earlier church which was demolished in 1881 when the present structure was erected. The church was declared redundant in 1980, and the Norman font removed to Stogursey Church in 1981. The church was restored around 1993 but only holds one service a year. The most recent baptism in the church was in 1881 and the most recent wedding was in 1834.
References
- Waite, Vincent (1964). Portrait of the Quantocks. London: Robert Hale. ISBN 0709111584.
{{cite book}}: Cite has empty unknown parameter:|coauthors=(help) - "Lilstock, West Somerset". Everything Exmoor. Retrieved 2008-01-01.
- "Blue Anchor to Lilstock Coast SSSI" (PDF). English Nature. Retrieved 2007-12-31.
- "Lilstock Fossils and Fossil Collecting". UK Fossil Network. Retrieved 2007-12-31.
- "Collections - Geology - page 7 - Reptiles". Bristol City Museum. Retrieved 2007-12-31.
- "A brief history of Stogursey". Somerset County Council. Retrieved 2007-12-31.
- ^ Farr, Grahame (1954). Somerset Harbours. London: Christopher Johnson. pp. 117–118.
{{cite book}}: Cite has empty unknown parameter:|coauthors=(help) - ^ "Lilstock harbour". Somerset Historic Environment Record. Retrieved 2007-12-31.
- "Limekiln Complex". Images of England. Retrieved 2007-12-31.
- "Lime kiln and buildings". Somerset Historic Environment Record. Retrieved 2007-12-31.
- "Kilve Bend Range". Hansard 29 Mar 2004: Column 1142W—continued. Retrieved 2007-12-31.
- "Church of St. Andrew". Images of England. Retrieved 2007-12-31.
- "West Somerset Parish Register Transcriptions". Retrieved 2008-01-01.