Everything about Dundry totally explained
Dundry is a
village and
civil parish, situated on
Dundry Hill in the northern part of the
Mendip Hills, between
Bristol and the
Chew Valley Lake, in the
English county of
Somerset.
The church of St Michael at Dundry is a prominent feature in its hilltop position with its tower visible for many miles around. The four stage tower was erected by the Society of
Merchant Venturers of
Bristol as a landmark and is visible from many parts of
Avon.
To the east of Dundry lies the smaller settlement of East Dundry.
According to Robinson the name means 'The hill that's dry' from the old English
dun and
dryge.
The origins of Dundry village lie in stone; with the yellow oolitic sandstone quarried in local quarries such as
Dundry Main Road South Quarry, found at Cardiff Castle, a fort originally built by the Romans in defence against Anglo-Saxon invasions. The stone was commonly used in Medieval Bristol; a most notable example of this is
St Mary Redcliffe, an Anglican Church in the central Bristol area. A large cube of stone (approximately 1.5m a side) still stands in the Church graveyard, usually considered to be an old-fashioned advertisement for Dundry stone.
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