Chilcompton
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| Chilcompton | |
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| Statistics | |
| Population: | 1918 |
| Ordnance Survey | |
| OS grid reference: | ST645515 |
| Administration | |
| District: | Mendip |
| Shire county: | Somerset |
| Region: | South West England |
| Constituent country: | England |
| Sovereign state: | United Kingdom |
| Other | |
| Ceremonial county: | Somerset |
| Historic county: | Somerset |
| Services | |
| Police force: | Avon and Somerset |
| Fire and rescue: | Somerset |
| Ambulance: | South Western |
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| European Parliament: | South West England |
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Chilcompton is a village in Somerset, England, situated in the Mendip Hills two miles south of Midsomer Norton. The village has a population of 1,918 (2002 estimate). The village is situated one mile west of the Fosse Way Roman road and Downside Abbey, and one mile north east of Blacker's Hill fort.
There were four pubs in the village some time ago, currently there are two left - The Somerset Wagon (previously The Railway) and The Redan Inn. The Britannia and Naishes Crossing had been the other two - The Britannia being the later of the two to close its doors one last time in the 80s.
[edit] Railways
The village used to have a station on the Somerset and Dorset Joint Railway, which closed in 1966.
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