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Ashbrittle is a village and civil parish in Somerset, England, situated nine miles west of Taunton and close to the River Tone and the route of the Grand Western Canal in the Taunton Deane district. The village has a population of 225.〔 〕 ==History== The parish of Ashbrittle was part of the Milverton Hundred.〔(【引用サイトリンク】url=http://www.genuki.org.uk/big/eng/SOM/Miscellaneous/ )〕 A 3-4,000 year old〔(【引用サイトリンク】url=http://www.somersetroutes.co.uk/userfiles/downloads/7/Ashbrittle%20Yew%20Leaflet%20small.pdf )〕 Yew tree (''Taxus baccata'') in the village was among the Great British Trees list that included 50 trees selected by the Tree Council in 2002 to spotlight trees in Great Britain in honour of the Queen's Golden Jubilee. The tree is growing on the top of a Bronze Age Bowl barrow. It is no longer one solid tree having divided into seven separate trunks in a circle with a diameter of . Court Place Farmhouse was built in the late 15th century and has undergone several renovations and extensions since. It is a Grade II listed building. The film ''Luna de Miel'' received its first UK showing in its restored form, in the village, after restoration by Charles Doble, on 21 June 2003.〔(Screening of Luna de Miel )〕 The novels ''Two Cows And A Vanful Of Smoke'' and ''Isabel's Skin'' by Peter Benson, who lived in Ashbrittle during the 1970s, are set in the village and its surrounding area. 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「Ashbrittle」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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