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3 unusual facts about Ilchester


Elizabeth Singer Rowe

Born in Ilchester, Somerset, England, she began writing at the age of twelve and when she was nineteen, began a correspondence with John Dunton, bookseller and founder of the Athenian Society.

Ilchester Friary

Ilchester Friary was founded between 1221 and 1260 as a Dominican monastery in Ilchester Somerset, England.

Ilchester Nunnery

Ilchester Nunnery, in Ilchester, Somerset, England, was founded around 1217-1220 as the "White Hall Hospital of the Holy Trinity", (Latin: Alba Aula, French: Blanche Halle/Blanchesale) after the gift of a house and other property by William "The Dane" of Sock Dennis manor, Ilchester (Norman-French: Le Deneis etc., Latinised to Dacus (the adjectival form of Dacia being mediaeval Latin for Denmark) modernised to "Dennis").


Englishcombe

The south eastern boundary of the parish follows the route of the Fosse Way a Roman road that linked Exeter (Isca Dumnoniorum) in South West England to Lincoln (Lindum Colonia) in the East Midlands, via Ilchester (Lindinis), Bath (Aquae Sulis), Cirencester (Corinium) and Leicester (Ratae Corieltauvorum).

Fosse Way

Other minor Roman roads lead from Ilchester and Lydford-on-Fosse towards Street and the A39 route along the Polden Hills, leading to Roman salt works on the Somerset Levels, and ports at Combwich, Crandon Bridge and Highbridge.

Hundred of Tintinhull

The Hundred of Tintinhull consisted of the ancient parishes of: Ilchester, Kingston, Montacute, Northover, Stoke-under-Hamdon, Thorne Coffin, and Tintinhull.

Ivelchester and Langport Navigation

Ilchester was a Roman garrison town, built at the point where the Fosse Way crossed the River Ivel, and there is evidence that the Romans built quays on the river.

Joseph Putzer

Joseph Putzer (4 March, 1836, Rodeneck, County of Tyrol, Austrian Empire - 15 May, 1904, Ilchester, Maryland, USA) was an Austrian Redemptorist theologian and canonist.


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