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Weare and Lower Weare are small villages in Somerset, England, on the River Axe, south of the Mendip Hills. The parish comprises the villages of Upper and Lower Weare, and the hamlets of Alston Sutton, Brinscombe and Stone Allerton. ==History== The name of the village may come from a weir on the River Axe. After the Norman conquest the manor was granted to Walter of Douai and then passed to the Gaunt, Gourney and Brythemore families. The Gourneys established a borough original called Nether Weare and later Lower Weare, and were granted the right to hold fairs and even sent members to the Parliament of England. This new borough declined after 1316; however a borough court was still being held in Lower Weare in 1603.〔 Alston Sutton was a separate manor at the time of the Domesday Book in 1086. The name means ''Aethelnoth's settlement'' and was held in 1286 by Walter de Sutton. The village declined by 1548 and was largely demolished soon afterwards.〔 Weare was part of the hundred of Bempstone.〔(【引用サイトリンク】url=http://www.visionofbritain.org.uk/relationships.jsp?u_id=10152689 )〕 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「Weare, Somerset」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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