Benter

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Benter
Benter (Somerset)
Benter

Benter shown within Somerset
OS grid reference ST6449
District Mendip
Shire county Somerset
Region South West
Constituent country England
Sovereign state United Kingdom
Postcode district BA3
Police Avon and Somerset
Fire Devon and Somerset
Ambulance South Western
European Parliament South West England
List of places: UKEnglandSomerset

Coordinates: 51°14′N 2°31′W / 51.23, -2.51

Benter is a village close to Nettlebridge in the civil parish of Stratton-on-the-Fosse which is part of the Mendip district of Somerset, England.

Land just south of Benter Cross which contains the remains of coal mines from around 1700 are owned by the Somerset Wildlife Trust to be managed for grassland species.[1]

Benter House is a small country house dating from 1829. It has been designated by English Heritage as a grade II listed building.[2]

[edit] References

  1. ^ Mining-related earthworks, Stratton Common, Nettlebridge. Somerset Historic Environment Record. Retrieved on 2008-03-12.
  2. ^ Benter House. Images of England. Retrieved on 2008-03-12.