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Whatley is a small rural village and civil parish near Frome in the English county of Somerset. ==History== According to Robinson, it was called ''Watelei'' in the Domesday Book of 1086, when the tenants of the Abbot of Glastonbury Abbey were Walter Hussey and John the Usher. He suggests the village name means 'The wet meadow' from the Old English ''woet'' and ''leah''. The parish was part of the hundred of Frome.〔(【引用サイトリンク】url=http://www.genuki.org.uk/big/eng/SOM/Miscellaneous/ )〕 The village gives its name to Whatley Quarry, which lies to the north-west of the village at and is said to be one of the largest in Europe. It is owned by Hanson plc and has been the object of protests against its impact on the environment. The gatehouse at Manor farm was built around 1500 and is a Grade I listed building. The hamlet of Lower Whatley is to the south of the village. The hamlet of Chantry lies 1 mile to the west. It is one of the Thankful Villages which suffered no casualties in the First World War. Chantry Park is Grade II * listed: The Chantry is a neoclassical villa built c. 1825 to the design of Bath architect John Pinch the elder.〔(【引用サイトリンク】 work=Images of England )〕 The Chantry Estate and school were established by the family of James Fussell, an iron magnate operating the Old Ironstone Works, Mells in Vallis Vale between Mells and Great Elm. 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「Whatley, Mendip」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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