Beckington
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Beckington is a village and civil parish in the Mendip district of Somerset, England, about three miles north of Frome. According to the 2001 census it had a population of 956. It has a Norman Church and a Castle, which housed Ravenscroft School between 1945 and 1970. The Abbey, Beckington is a former monastic grange and college for priests later adapted as a house.
Beckington is mentioned in the Domesday Book, and archers from Beckington were present at the Battle of Agincourt. The cottages along Church Street date from around 1720
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