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©Stuart and Fiona Jackson

Near the Ring 'o Bells.
The roof at the bottom belongs to Combe Hill Farm.
Away on the horizon, very faint, stands the wind generator near Shooter's Bottom Farm [[ST5950]]

©Maurice Pullin

Dist:0.2km<br/>The River Cam has its source in the valley. Looks like wheat in the first field over.

©Maurice Pullin

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©Dr Duncan Pepper

Dist:0.4km<br/>The Ring 'o Bells is round the corner.

""HINTON-BLEWETT, a parish in the hundred of Chewton, county Somerset, 8 miles N.E. of Wells, and 9 S. of Bristol. It contains the hamlet of South Widcombe. The village is small and wholly agricultural. The tithes have been commuted for a rent-charge of �155. The living is a rectory* in the diocese of Bath and Wells, value �238. The church is dedicated to All Saints." From The National Gazetteer of Great Britain and Ireland (1868) Transcribed by Colin Hinson � 2003 "

The above was copied from: http://www.genuki.org.uk/big/eng/SOM/HintonBlewett/index.html

©Maurice Pullin

Dist:0.4km<br/>Found this fine specimen in Upper Road and was unable to resist it.
The white version of the more common montana rubens, best for brightening up a dull corner or puts on a fine show in full sun.

©Maurice Pullin

Dist:0.5km<br/>No doubt named after the sound of church bells from the church visible behind the pub.

©Dr Duncan Pepper

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©David Purchase

Dist:0.5km<br/>"Archetypal village green pub with sensational views and food and beers to match. Idyllically located betwixt the Mendip Hills and the beautiful Chew Valley ( the Lake District of Somerset! ), in countryside that lies between Bristol and Wells."

It says in: http://www.ringobellshinton-butcombe.com/about/ The bits I was able to check are true.

From family history I know this pub is at least 150 years old and probably much older than that.

©Maurice Pullin

Dist:0.5km<br/>The barn behind may belong to Hinton Field Farm.

©Maurice Pullin

Dist:0.5km<br/>From Litton, heading north.
A fine oak tree overhangs the road with an ash this side of it.

©Maurice Pullin

Dist:0.6km<br/>Not far from Hinton Blewett either.
The headwaters of the Cam Brook are to be found in these fields.
The cattle are grazing a field which has recently been cropped for hay or silage.

©Maurice Pullin

Dist:0.6km<br/>The village was known in the Domesday Book as Hantone, the Blewett part of the name coming from the Bluet family in the fourteenth century.

©Stuart Buchan

Dist:0.6km<br/>This lane leads north towards Bishop Sutton.

©David Purchase

Dist:0.7km<br/>Will the errant traveller ever find their way to the charmingly named Temple Cloud?

©Dr Duncan Pepper

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