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Carhampton is a village and civil parish in Somerset, England, to the east of Minehead. Carhampton civil parish stretches from the Bristol Channel coast inland to Exmoor. The parish has a population of 865 (2011 census).〔 ==History== Iron Age occupation of the parish is evident from the remains of Bat's Castle hillfort and associated earthworks. Archaeological excavation in the mid-1990s suggested the existence of early Christian settlement and burial to the east of the village, which had previously been the site of a metalworking settlement. Carhampton is thought to have been the centre for a Saxon royal estate. The king and his court would locate temporarily to Carhampton as part of a visiting circuit. One function was that officials of the royal court operated from Carhampton to collect taxes from surrounding estates. The village was subjected to Viking raids. The ''Anglo-Saxon Chronicle'' state that, in 836, King Egbert fought the crews of 35 ships at Carhampton.〔 With the Danes in possession of the battlefield, the ''Chronicle'' recount a great slaughter. Carhampton was part of the hundred of Carhampton.〔(【引用サイトリンク】url=http://www.domesdaymap.co.uk/hundred/carhampton/ )〕 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「Carhampton, Somerset」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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