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Withypool (formerly Widepolle, Widipol, Withypoole) is a small village in Somerset, England, near the centre of Exmoor National Park and close to the border with Devon. The word Withy means Willow. The civil parish, known as Withypool and Hawkridge, covers , includes the village of Hawkridge and has a population around 201.〔 Withypool is in the Barle Valley on the River Barle. The village lies on the route of the Two Moors Way and the Celtic Way Exmoor Option. To the southwest of the village lie Withypool Common and Withypool Hill. ==History== The area around Withypool has been inhabited since the Bronze Age and a stone circle can still be seen on top of Withypool Hill. The Brightworthy barrows lie on the Common; of three original, two survive.〔(【引用サイトリンク】title=Brightworthy Barrows )〕〔(【引用サイトリンク】title=Withypool circle )〕 Withypool is mentioned in the Domesday Book as being tended by three foresters: Dodo, Almer and Godric.〔(【引用サイトリンク】title=Withypool )〕 The parishes of Hawkridge and Withypool were part of the Williton and Freemanners Hundred.〔(【引用サイトリンク】url=http://www.genuki.org.uk/big/eng/SOM/Miscellaneous/ )〕 In the 14th century, Geoffrey Chaucer was in charge of the village in his duties as forester of North Petherton. 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「Withypool」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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