Bawdrip

Some sources claim that in 1800, the iron age Polden Hill Hoard was found on Knowle Hill in the parish of Bawdrip, although other sources suggest the hoard was found in the near by village of Edington. The hoard is held in the British Museum's collection. In 1086, Domesday Book recorded a settlement at Bagetrepe with 27 households and one mill, and another at Hursi with 19 households, both in North Petherton hundred. There may have been quarrying on the hillside in the 15th century and lias was dug in the early 19th. Lime was being extracted and processed in the extreme western tip of the parish under Puriton Hill by 1886 and until 1973 in association with the cement works at Dunball. Salt…