Ditcheat
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| Ditcheat | |
  Ditcheat shown within Somerset |
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| Population | 747[1] |
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| OS grid reference | |
| District | Mendip |
| Shire county | Somerset |
| Region | South West |
| Constituent country | England |
| Sovereign state | United Kingdom |
| Postcode district | BA |
| Police | Avon and Somerset |
| Fire | Devon and Somerset |
| Ambulance | South Western |
| European Parliament | South West England |
| UK Parliament | Somerton and Frome |
| List of places: UK • England • Somerset | |
Ditcheat is a village and civil parish 4.5 miles (7 km) south of Shepton Mallet, and 2.5 miles (4 km) north west of Castle Cary, in the Mendip district of Somerset, England. The Parish of Ditcheat incorporates three hamlets, Wraxall, Alhampton and Sutton.
Its primary infrastructure connections consist of the A37, 1.5 miles (2 km) west, connecting Bristol and Yeovil or the A371, 1 mile (2 km) east, connecting Shepton Mallet and Wincanton. It is situated near the River Brue which is crossed by Ansford bridge which dates from 1823. [2] Boulter's Bridge which spans the River Alham is of medieval origin.[3] The parish is close to the Roman Fosse Way.
It is home to Barber's Farmhouse Cheesemakers located at Maryland Farm.
The Abbey is a large house (formerly known as The Priory), built as the rectory by John Gunthorpe who was rector of Ditcheat, Dean of Wells and Lord Privy Seal, in 1473. The house was altered in 1667 for Christopher Coward; and given a new facade and rearranged internally in 1864-68, probably by James Piers St Aubyn for Rev. William Lier. The exterior is now mostly his Victorian neo-Tudor; inside there are reused fragments and some original 15th and 17th work – coffered ceilings and the arch-braced roof of the ‘chapel wing’, but most of the elaborate Gothic work dates from the 1860s.[4]
The Church of St Mary Magdalene has 12th century origins. It has been designated by English Heritage as a grade I listed building.[5]
Ditcheat House, or Ditcheat Manor is a 17th century manor house but has now been divided into flats.[6]
[edit] References
- ^ Mendip Parish Population Estimates 2002. Somerset County Council. Retrieved on 2006-11-25.
- ^ Ansford Bridge. Images of England. Retrieved on 2008-03-20.
- ^ Boulter's Bridge. Images of England. Retrieved on 2008-03-20.
- ^ The Priory. Images of England. Retrieved on 2008-03-20.
- ^ Church of St Mary Magdalene. Images of England. Retrieved on 2008-03-20.
- ^ Ditcheat House, or Ditcheat Manor. Images of England. Retrieved on 2008-03-20.
