Downhead
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| Downhead | |
  Downhead shown within Somerset |
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| Population | 112[1] |
|---|---|
| OS grid reference | |
| District | Mendip |
| Shire county | Somerset |
| Region | South West |
| Constituent country | England |
| Sovereign state | United Kingdom |
| Post town | Radstock |
| 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 | |
Downhead is a village and civil parish close to Leigh-on-Mendip in the Mendip district of Somerset, England.
It is close to the Asham Wood Site of Special Scientific Interest.
All Saints church is a grade II* listed building with a 14th century tower and 18th century nave and chancel.[2] The church tower contains three bells cast in 1782, by William Bilbie of Chew Stoke. In 2007 funding from the levy on nearby quarries was obtained to pay for repair and restoration work on the bells by Matthew Higby[3]
[edit] References
- ^ Mendip Parish Population Estimates 2002. Somerset County Council. Retrieved on 2006-11-25.
- ^ Church of All Saints. Images of England. Retrieved on 2007-05-02.
- ^ Let the Bells ring. May 2007. Mendip Times. Retrieved on 2007-05-02.
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