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Churchill is a village and civil parish in Somerset, England. It is located in the unitary authority of North Somerset, on the western edge of the Mendip Hills about east of Weston-super-Mare. The parish, which includes the village of Lower Langford and the hamlet of Upper Langford has a population of 2,235. The village has a post office with shop and tea rooms, a fish and chip shop, a memorial hall, a doctor's surgery, a hotel, a number of bed and breakfasts, a sports centre with swimming pool, a dry ski slope and outdoor pursuits centre and four pubs: ''The Crown Inn'', ''The Nelson Arms'', ''The Stag and Hounds'' and ''The Churchill Inn''. ==History== The Churchill family, who gave rise to the first Duke of Marlborough and later Sir Winston Churchill, derives its name from the parish. They had historical connections with it. The village is around the junction of the A38 and A368 and is overlooked by Dolebury Warren, a biological Site of Special Scientific Interest (SSSI)〔(English Nature citation sheet for the site ) (accessed on 16 July 2006)〕 which has evidence of occupation of the site during the Iron Age,〔(【引用サイトリンク】 work=Somerset County Council Archaeological Projects )〕 and Romano-British materials.〔(【引用サイトリンク】 work=Roman Britain )〕 In addition to the remains of double ramparts of an Iron Age hill fort still being visible there is also evidence of a medieval rabbit warren. At Dinghurst south of the village is the site of an Iron Age univallate hill fort and Roman fort.〔(【引用サイトリンク】 title=Dinghurst )〕 The parish was part of the Winterstoke Hundred.〔(【引用サイトリンク】url=http://www.genuki.org.uk/big/eng/SOM/Miscellaneous/ )〕 The Jubilee Clock Tower was built in 1897 by Foster and Wood of Bristol and was restored in 1977. Over Langford Manor, (also known as The Old Courthouse (of the infamous Judge Jeffreys) in Upper Langford is a Grade II listed building dating from the late 15th century. Jenny Jones, Britain's Olympic snow boarding medalist trained at the Churchill dry ski slope. She was the first Briton ever to win an Olympic medal for a snow event.〔(Jenny Jones wins snowboard slopestyle bronze medal at Sochi 2014 Winter Olympics ), The Telegraph, retrieved 9 February 2014〕 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「Churchill, Somerset」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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