Dundry - a hill that is dry - from the old English dun and dryge. It was an area of stone quarrying many years ago, with the stone used in medieval Bristol, most notably in the “...Fairest parish church in all of England...”, St. Mary, Redcliffe,but quarrying has ceased a long time ago, as far as I am aware. Today I was up on Dundry, on the northern edge of the Mendips, close to the Monarch's Way, a 615 mile long footpath, apparently used by Charles ll after his defeat at the Battle of Worcester in 1651 – there you are some other trivia for the day! Anyway I saw a very pleasant 'stone' built house, although the stone used here was probably a reconstituted 'Bradstone', or similar. No real problems, except that in the adjoining garden were four of the largest beech trees that I have ever seen. I suspect they may have Tree Preservation Orders on them. In summer they will prevent most of the sunlight getting into the garden let alone the house and in winter they will deposit vast amounts of leaves all over the garden. Of course I have pointed this out to my Clients but there could be an awful lot of leaves to clear up each year, a long time doing all that...   more »