Broadway, Somerset

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Broadway
Broadway, Somerset (Somerset)
Broadway, Somerset

Broadway shown within Somerset
Population 616[1]
OS grid reference ST321154
District South Somerset
Shire county Somerset
Region South West
Constituent country England
Sovereign state United Kingdom
Post town ILMINSTER
Postcode district TA19
Dialling code 01460
Police Avon and Somerset
Fire Devon and Somerset
Ambulance South Western
European Parliament South West England
UK Parliament Yeovil
List of places: UKEnglandSomerset

Coordinates: 50°56′04″N 2°58′02″W / 50.9345, -2.9673

Broadway is a village and civil parish in Somerset, England, situated three miles west of Ilminster and five miles north of Chard in the South Somerset district. The village has a population of 616.[1] The parish includes the nearby hamlet of Hare.

The Church of St. Aldhelm and St. Eadburgha dates from the 13th century, and has been designated by English Heritage as a grade I listed building.[2]

Everys Almhouses date from the late 16th or early 17th century.[3]

[edit] References

  1. ^ a b 2002 population estimates. Somerset County Council. Retrieved on 2007-09-29.
  2. ^ Church of St Aldhelm and St Eadburgha. Images of England. Retrieved on 2007-09-29.
  3. ^ Everys Almhouses. Images of England. Retrieved on 2007-09-29.