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{{Short description|Village in Somerset, England}}
{{Use dmy dates|date=October 2019}}
{{Use British English|date=June 2025}}
{{Infobox UK place
|country = England
|coordinates = {{coord|50.9162|-2.7517|display=inline,title}}
|static_image=Middle Chinnock from Brympton Hill (geograph 4552184).jpg
|static_image_width=250px
|static_image_caption = Middle Chinnock from Brympton Hill
|official_name= Middle Chinnock
|civil_parish = [[West and Middle Chinnock]]
| population =
| population_ref =
| unitary_england= [[Somerset (district)|Somerset]]
| lieutenancy_england= [[Somerset]]
|region= South West England
|constituency_westminster= [[Yeovil (UK Parliament constituency)|Yeovil]]
|post_town= CREWKERNE
|postcode_district = TA18 7
|postcode_area= TA
|dial_code= 01935
|os_grid_reference= ST473133
}}

'''Middle Chinnock''' is a village in the [[civil parish]] of [[West and Middle Chinnock]], in [[Somerset]], England, {{convert|3|mi|km|1}} north east of [[Crewkerne]]. It lies {{convert|0.3|mi|km|1}} east of the larger village of [[West Chinnock]].

In 1881 the parish had a population of 150.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://visionofbritain.org.uk/unit/10438895/cube/TOT_POP|title=Population statistics Middle Chinnock CP/AP through time|publisher=[[A Vision of Britain through Time]]|accessdate=3 October 2023}}</ref> Middle Chinnock was an [[ancient parish]], which became a [[civil parish]] in 1866. The civil parish was abolished on 25 March 1885 and absorbed into the parish of West Chinnock.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.ukbmd.org.uk/reg/districts/yeovil.html|title=Yeovil Registration District|publisher=UKBMD|accessdate=3 October 2023}}</ref> In 2003 the parish was renamed West and Middle Chinnock.<ref name="name change 2004">{{cite web|url=http://www.communities.gov.uk/documents/localgovernment/pdf/151840.pdf |title=District Council notices of the change of name of a parish 2003 |publisher=Office of the Deputy Prime Minister |format=PDF |access-date=2011-05-07 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110519082840/http://www.communities.gov.uk/documents/localgovernment/pdf/151840.pdf |archive-date=2011-05-19 }}</ref>

==History==
[[File:S 1539 Will of Wynflæd, circa AD 950 (11th-century copy, BL Cotton Charters viii. 38).jpg|thumb|left|350px|Will of [[Wynflaed|Wynflæd]], circa AD 950, mentions land at ''Cinnuc'' (11th-century copy, [[British Library]] Cotton Charters viii. 38)<ref>Charter [http://www.esawyer.org.uk/charter/1539.html S 1539] at the Electronic Sawyer</ref>]]
The origin of the name Chinnock is uncertain. It may be derived from the [[Old English]] ''cinu'' meaning ''ravine'' or ''cinn'' meaning ''a chin shaped hill'', with the addition of ''ock'' meaning ''little''.<ref>{{cite book|last=Bush|first=Robin|author-link=Robin Bush (historian)|title=Somerset: The Complete Guide|publisher=Dovecote Press|year=1994|pages=[https://archive.org/details/somersetcomplete0000bush/page/91 91]|isbn=1-874336-26-1|url=https://archive.org/details/somersetcomplete0000bush/page/91}}</ref> An alternative derivation may be an old hill-name of Celtic origin.<ref>{{cite book |last1=Mills|first1= A.D. |last2=Room|first2= A. |title=A Dictionary of British Place-Names |date=2003 |publisher=[[Oxford University Press]] |location=Oxford |isbn= 0-19-852758-6 |at=Chinnock }}</ref>

A Roman burial was found at Higher Farm, Middle Chinnock.<ref>{{cite book|last=Bush|first=Robin|title=Somerset: The Complete Guide|publisher=Dovecote Press|year=1994|pages=[https://archive.org/details/somersetcomplete0000bush/page/143 143]|isbn=1-874336-26-1|url=https://archive.org/details/somersetcomplete0000bush/page/143}}</ref>

The Chinnocks were held as one estate in Saxon times by Wynflaed under [[Shaftesbury Abbey]] but by the time of the [[Norman Conquest]] in 1066 [[East Chinnock]], West Chinnock and Middle Chinnock had been separated.

==Governance==
The West and Middle Chinnock [[Parish councils of England|parish council]] has co-responsibility for some local issues so sets an annual precept (local rate) to cover its costs and makes annual accounts for public scrutiny. It can submit its evaluation report into all planning applications and works with police, other councils' officers, and [[Neighbourhood Watch (UK)|neighbourhood watch]] groups on matters of crime/security, traffic and highways. Conservation matters (including trees and listed buildings) and the environment can be in its reports and initiatives. It maintains and repairs some of, and consults with both higher-tier councils, as to more of, sports/leisure facilities, verges, parks, surface water drainage, paths, public transit and street cleaning.

For [[local government in England|local government]] purposes, since 1 April 2023, the parish comes under the [[Unitary authorities of England|unitary authority]] of [[Somerset Council]]. Prior to this, it was part of the [[non-metropolitan district]] of [[South Somerset]] (established under the [[Local Government Act 1972]]). It was part of [[Yeovil Rural District]] before 1974.<ref name=yeovilrd>{{cite web|title=Yeovil RD|url=http://www.visionofbritain.org.uk/unit/10186286|work=A vision of Britain Through Time|publisher=University of Portsmouth|access-date=4 January 2014}}</ref> It is in the 'Parrett' [[Wards and electoral divisions of the United Kingdom|electoral ward]]. This stretches from [[Chiselborough]] in the north, via [[East Chinnock]] to [[North Perrott]] in the south. The ward population at the [[United Kingdom Census 2011|2011 census]] was 2,336.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.ukcensusdata.com/parrett-e05006844#sthash.ZNxmyGR2.dpbs|title=Parrett ward 2011|access-date= 5 March 2015}}</ref>

It is served by the [[Yeovil (UK Parliament constituency)|Yeovil]] [[county constituency|seat]] in the [[British House of Commons|House of Commons]] of the [[Parliament of the United Kingdom]].

==Church==
{{main|Church of St Margaret, Middle Chinnock}}
Ecclesiastically, the parish of Middle Chinnock is now part of the united benefice of [[Norton Sub Hamdon|Norton-sub-Hamdon]], West Chinnock, [[Chiselborough]] and Middle Chinnock.<ref>[http://www.bathandwells.org.uk/index.cfm?fuseaction=about.parish&parishid=26346 Diocese of Bath and Wells website]</ref>

The parish [[Church of St Margaret, Middle Chinnock|Church of Saint Margaret]] has 12th-century origins. The tower and south porch were built in the 14th or 15th centuries with most of the remainder of the building being rebuilt in phases during the 19th century. It has been designated as a Grade II* [[listed building]].<ref>{{NHLE|num=1057169|desc=Church of Saint Margaret|access-date=2009-02-08}}</ref>

==Notable residents==
* [[Vic Marks|Victor James Marks]], former [[Somerset CCC|Somerset]] and [[English cricket team|England]] [[cricket]]er was born in Middle Chinnock in 1955.
* [[Stirling Voules]], England cricketer, born in Middle Chinnock in 1843.
*Retired navy captain John Warde (1851–1936) CBE, JP died a resident of Middle Chinnock.<ref>"Osborne, Captain John Warde, (1851–3 Aug. 1936), JP; RN (retired)." WHO'S WHO & WHO WAS WHO. December 01, 2007. Oxford University Press. Date of access 10 Dec. 2020, <https://www.ukwhoswho.com/view/10.1093/ww/9780199540891.001.0001/ww-9780199540884-e-215016></ref>
*Retired navy captain Arthur E P Welman (1893–1966), awarded the Croix de Guerre and Legion of Honour, one-term vice-president of the Royal Free Hospital and for life a governor. Died a resident of Middle Chinnock.<ref>"Welman, Captain Arthur Eric Pole, (1893–7 March 1966)." WHO'S WHO & WHO WAS WHO. 1 Dec. 2007; Accessed 10 Dec. 2020. https://www.ukwhoswho.com/view/10.1093/ww/9780199540891.001.0001/ww-9780199540884-e-54722.</ref>

==References==
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==External links==
{{Commons category-inline|Middle Chinnock}}

{{South Somerset}}

[[Category:Villages in South Somerset]]
[[Category:Former civil parishes in Somerset]]

Middle Chinnock - Revision history

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