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Cothelstone is a village and civil parish in Somerset, England, situated in the Quantock Hills six miles north of Taunton in the Taunton Deane district. The parish, which includes the hamlet of Toulton, has a population of 111.〔 The view from Cothelstone with a telescope on a fine day is said to include 14 counties and 150 churches. ==History== There are several bowl barrows on Cothelstone Hill. The manor of Cothelstone was given to the Stawell family after the Norman conquest of England in 1066.〔 The parish of Cothelstone was part of the Taunton Deane Hundred.〔(【引用サイトリンク】url=http://www.genuki.org.uk/big/eng/SOM/Miscellaneous/ )〕 During the English Civil War, Sir John Stawell of Cothelstone had raised a small force at his own expense to defend the King. When Taunton fell to parliamentary troops and was held by Robert Blake he attacked Stawell at Bishops Lydeard and imprisoned him. After the restoration, Charles II conferred the title of Baron Stawell on Sir John's son, Ralph.〔 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「Cothelstone」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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