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About Old Sodbury:
Old Sodbury is a small village in the valley
of the River Frome just below and to the west of the Cotswold escarpment
and to the east of Chipping Sodbury and Yate in South Gloucestershire,
England. Its name is recorded in Anglo-Saxon (in the dative case) as
Soppanbyrig = "Soppa's fort" and in Domesday Book as Sopeberie.
The name may refer to the Iron Age hill fort just to the north-east of
the village. The fort, perched on the edge of the Cotswold escarpment,
is enclosed on three sides by two parallel earthworks, and is open to
the west, commanding an impressive view of the Frome Valley, Severn Vale
and the Welsh mountains. The earth walls enclose an area of 11 acres
(45,000 m2), and are usually kept mown by the local farmer (the fort is
in private hands, but accessible). The fort can be reached by footpath
from the A46 road, and through the village from below via the Cotswold
Way. Below the fort are a group of ancient pillow mounds which are
supposed to have been created by people who hoped rabbits would develop
warrens there - providing a source of meat.
The Romans strengthened the fort for use as a camp to support their
western frontier. In AD 577 the Saxon army used the fort as a camp
before the battle of Dyrham, a few miles to the south. King Edward IV
camped here in 1471 before attacking the army of Margaret of Anjou at
the Battle of Tewkesbury.
The village extends from Chipping Sodbury in the West to the Cotswold
Edge in the East and is on the Cotswold Way. The Badminton Road (A432)
winds eastwards through the village, up to its junction with the A46,
which broadly follows the line of the Fosseway and runs along the top of
the Cotswold escarpment (from Bath to Stroud). The historic Cross Hands
Hotel stands on the North-Eastern corner of the crossroads.
It has two primary schools (Old Sodbury CofE Primary School, and the
privately run Overndale School), a church (the 900-year-old Church of
Saint John the Baptist), two hotels, and two pubs, The Bell Hotel and
The Dog Inn. The village has a petrol station, a football pitch and a
playground, but sadly no longer a post office since the last round of
closures in 2008, although the village shop still survives in the same
premises on the Badminton Road.
The Church of Saint John the Baptist is late Norman or Transitional. It
has two effigies of knights. One is late 14th century, carved in wood,
and the other is dated to 1240, carved in stone, and featuring a very
large shield. These two are considered to have been lords of the local
manor.
In the churchyard at Old Sodbury are a number of old bale-tombs; these
were tombs for rich merchants. Some of the gravestones date back to the
early 19th century. Just outside the churchyard on the hillside is a
topograph (a large stone with an engraving), installed to commemorate
the second millennium, that shows Old Sodbury in relation to its
geographical surroundings.
There is a crenellated tower on the escarpment immediately above and to
the East of the village, resembling a rook chesspiece, visible from the
main road, that performs the function of a ventilation shaft (the first
of six) for the Chipping Sodbury Tunnel, on the main line from South
Wales, via Bristol Parkway to London Paddington). These shafts were
designed by Isambard Kingdom Brunel for the Great Western Railway, which
runs through the village and under the hill above it. The line
originally ran between Chipping Sodbury and Badminton stations, which
were closed around the time of the Beeching axe. Now, the nearest
station is Yate on the main line from Bristol to Birmingham, which
intersects the Great Western Railway to the South of Yate.
Lyegrove House is 17th century in origin, altered in the 19th and 20th
centuries. The Lodge is Gothic of 1835 by Charles Dyer of Bristol.
The village lies on an old coaching route, and is much more ancient than
its westerly neighbour, Chipping Sodbury: hence the name 'Old' Sodbury.
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