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West Harptree is a small village and civil parish in the Chew Valley, Somerset within the unitary district of Bath and North East Somerset. The parish has a population of 439.〔 The village is south of Bristol and from Bath. It is just south of Chew Valley Lake on the A368. The village has a pub and several shops including a post office. With its close neighbour East Harptree the villages are collectively known as the Harptrees. == History == According to Stephen Robinson it is listed in the 1086 Domesday Book as ''Herpetreu'' meaning 'The military road by the wood' from the Old English ''herepoep'' and ''treow''. Between 1154 and 1172 an estate at West Harptree was granted by William FitzJohn to the Knights Templar. The shape of some of the existing fields with cross-slope and down-slope field banks and cultivated ridges forming an interleaving irregular mosaic suggest they are of medieval origin.〔(【引用サイトリンク】 work=Somerset County Council Archeological Projects )〕 The parish was part of the hundred of Chewton.〔(【引用サイトリンク】url=http://www.genuki.org.uk/big/eng/SOM/Miscellaneous/ )〕 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「West Harptree」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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