Wenhaston

Roman coins, pottery and building materials unearthed in local fields indicate the existence of a settlement at Wenhaston from the first century AD, and indeed this was probably a market of some importance between 80 and 350 AD. The first written record of its existence is to be found in the Domesday Book of 1086, when it was noted that the village of Wenadestuna possessed a mill, a church and woodland sufficient to feed 16 hogs. The place-name Wenhaston means 'Wynhaeth's town'. ]] Historical sites in the village include the Wenhaston Doom in St Peter's Church, a sixteenth-century (pre-Reformation) panel painting depicting the Last Judgement. This rare work of art was discovered during…