Ashbrittle

The parish of Ashbrittle was part of the Milverton Hundred. A 3- 4,000 year old Yew tree (Taxus baccata) in the village was among the Great British Trees list that included 50 trees selected by the Tree Council in 2002 to spotlight trees in Great Britain in honour of the Queen’s Golden Jubilee. The tree is growing on the top of a Bronze Age Bowl barrow. It is no longer one solid tree having divided into seven separate trunks in a circle with a diameter of 42 feet (13 m).

Court Place Farmhouse was built in the late 15th century and has undergone several renovations and extensions since. It is a Grade II listed building.

The novels Two Cows And A Vanful Of Smoke and Isabel’s Skin by Peter Benson, who lived in Ashbrittle during the 1970s, are set in the village and its surrounding area.