Hinton Blewett

Hinton Blewett is a village and civil parish in Somerset, England. It is situated 5 miles (8.0 km) north of Wells, 15 miles (24.1 km) south of Bristol on the northern slope of the Mendip Hills within the designated Area of Outstanding Natural Beauty (AONB) and in the Chew Valley near to the source of the River Chew. The parish has a population of 308.
History
The village was known in the Domesday Book as Hantone, the Blewett part of the name coming from the Bluet family in the fourteenth century. Hantone is believed to mean 'A poor enclosure' from the Old English hean and tun.
The parish was part of the hundred of Chewton.
The name of the village is sometimes spelled as Hinton Blewitt. There is a village green outside the pub and church, sometimes known as the "Barbary".
William Rees-Mogg took the title of Baron Rees-Mogg, of Hinton Blewett, when he was made a life peer in 1988, although in 1998 he and his...