Chew Valley. It's a beautiful day to be out walking. #ukhiking #peakdistrict #chewvalley
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Happy St Kew's Day!

A Welsh saint, Kew lived in the 500s or 600s and travelled to Cornwall via Somerset to visit her brother.

She has 2 links to Somerset. The 1st is that Chew Valley might be named after her. The 2nd is a village near Weston-super-Mare called Kewstoke, which could mean Kew’s hamlet.

Pictured is Chew Valley Lake, which was artificially created in the early 1950s but does its name originate with St Kew?

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