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Milverton is a village and civil parish in Somerset, England, situated in the valley of the River Tone west of Taunton in the Taunton Deane district. The village has a population of 1,438.〔 The parish includes the hamlet of Preston Bowyer. It has one public house, ''The Globe'' (The ''White Hart'' public house closed in March 2008), a convenience store, a piano dealership and workshop, a post office and a hairdresser. ==History== The name of the village is believed to come from the Old English and mean ''settlement at the mill ford''. There is evidence of a mill within the parish from the Domesday Book of 1086. These referred to the site of the Town Mills on Hillfarrence Brook. Neolithic flint arrowheads have been found to the west of the village and Bronze age axe heads were discovered when the bypass, which opened in 1975, was being built.〔 Just before the Norman Conquest Milverton was granted by Edith of Wessex to Bishop Gisa of Wells Cathedral, but this was reversed by William the Conqueror. The manor was then united with Torrington in Devon passing in 1212 to William Briwere.〔 The parish was part of the Milverton Hundred,〔(【引用サイトリンク】url=http://www.genuki.org.uk/big/eng/SOM/Miscellaneous/ )〕 The Old House is a Grade II * listed building dating from the late 14th and early 15th century. It was built as a residence for the archdeacon of Taunton and was once the home of Thomas Cranmer.〔(【引用サイトリンク】url=http://www.bristol.ac.uk/news/2011/7444.html )〕〔(【引用サイトリンク】url=http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england-somerset-12306904 )〕 While the house was being renovated in the early 21st century a Tudor wall painting of Henry VIII was discovered underneath the plaster and is the only one of its kind in a domestic dwelling.〔(【引用サイトリンク】url=https://www.spab.org.uk/cornerstone-magazine/articles-from-cornerstone/every-inch-a-king/ )〕 It has been speculated that there is a secret message in the image., which has been dated to around 1541. In 1708 there was a fire which destroyed 13 properties.〔 Trade was largely based on cloth manufacture and in 1819 Lamech Swift established a silk throwing factory which employed up to 300 women and children.〔 The village used to have a station on the Devon and Somerset Railway, which closed in 1966. 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「Milverton, Somerset」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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