tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3287675141745937676.post2510720037382445188..comments2024-03-20T23:43:28.613+00:00Comments on Caroline's Miscellany: Brendon HillCarolineLDhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00197813252586559665noreply@blogger.comBlogger5125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3287675141745937676.post-89227579426090335782009-10-07T12:15:17.249+01:002009-10-07T12:15:17.249+01:00Thanks, Caroline, for the ref to oil production @ ...Thanks, Caroline, for the ref to oil production @ Kilve, as never had an inkling about it. Thank heavens it failed! Kilve Pill's a gloriously tranquil place to walk by the sea (and, yes, look for the odd ammonite - although youm gotter watch out for them glatts, moi maid, luurk!). And inland there's a beautiful, semi-ruined mediaeval chantry chapel since incorporated into a farmhouse (where cream teas may be had ;-)).Minniehttp://minniebeaniste.wordpress.comnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3287675141745937676.post-80944657798840878662009-10-02T23:00:35.632+01:002009-10-02T23:00:35.632+01:00I didn't know that, Chris - what great naming!...I didn't know that, Chris - what great naming! Along with the biblical names - it's funny how we can take them for granted, yet they're actually quite strange. As a child, I thought 'Elim' was meant to be 'mile' backwards!<br /><br />Thank you, Minnie - even having lived there, I forget how much industrial history Somerset has. One of my favourite bits is the planned oil production at <a href="http://englishbuildings.blogspot.com/2009/03/kilve-somerset.html" rel="nofollow">Kilve</a>.CarolineLDhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00197813252586559665noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3287675141745937676.post-27383144465191209822009-10-02T22:33:10.094+01:002009-10-02T22:33:10.094+01:00What I like about the Brendon Hills is that the na...What I like about the Brendon Hills is that the name has several layers, deriving from the OE Bruna meaning 'dark hill', the OE Dune meaning 'hill' and the English word Hill. So the name means Hill Hill Hill.Chris Partridgehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14883064324795042491noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3287675141745937676.post-76333714143401674822009-10-02T12:15:38.666+01:002009-10-02T12:15:38.666+01:00Fascinating, Caroline - had never heard of this pi...Fascinating, Caroline - had never heard of this piece of West Somerset history. Thank you for the excellent coverage, which does indeed make the date on the chapel very poignant.<br />There's a fair bit of scope for industrial archaeology in Somerset,it seems.Minniehttp://minniebeaniste.wordpress.comnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3287675141745937676.post-36932740511336620782009-10-02T08:25:35.627+01:002009-10-02T08:25:35.627+01:00Chapel names always fascinate me. Biblical place n...Chapel names always fascinate me. Biblical place names abound- Bethesda, Bethel, Zion (my grandfather was the Pastor of the one in Wisbech), and not just on places of worship- Mount Ephraim in Tunbridge Wells comes to mind.Peter Ashleyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00027878122724846472noreply@blogger.com