East Pennard

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East Pennard
Statistics
Population: 383[1]
Ordnance Survey
OS grid reference: ST595375
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
Post office and telephone
Post town:
Postal district:
Dialling code:
Politics
UK Parliament:
European Parliament: South West England

East Pennard is a village and civil parish 4 miles north west of Castle Cary, and 5 miles south of Shepton Mallet, in the Mendip district of Somerset, England.

The church, dedicated to All Saints, dates from the 14th century with a tower containing a clock and five bells. It contains a Norman font and several stained-glass windows, also an altar screen and monuments of the Martines and Napiers. It is a grade I listed building.[2]

[edit] References

  1. ^ Mendip Parish Population Estimates 2002. Somerset County Council. Retrieved on 2006-11-25.
  2. ^ Church of All Saints. Images of England. Retrieved on 2006-11-25.