Fiddington

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Fiddington
Fiddington (Somerset)
Fiddington

Fiddington shown within Somerset
OS grid reference ST215405
District Sedgemoor
Shire county Somerset
Region South West
Constituent country England
Sovereign state United Kingdom
Post town BRIDGWATER
Dialling code 01278
Police Avon and Somerset
Fire Devon and Somerset
Ambulance South Western
European Parliament South West England
UK Parliament Bridgwater
List of places: UKEnglandSomerset

Coordinates: 51°09′30″N 3°07′26″W / 51.1583, -3.1239

Fiddington is a village and civil parish 2.5 miles (4 km) north east of Nether Stowey, and 6 miles (10 km) north west of Bridgwater in the Sedgemoor district of Somerset, England. The parish includes the hamlets of Bonson and Whitnell.

The Church of St Martin dates from the 11th century and has been designated by English Heritage as a grade II* listed building.[1] On the south wall of the nave is a 12 inches (30 cm) Sheela na Gig.[2][3]

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  1. ^ Church of St Martin. Images of England. Retrieved on 2008-02-02.
  2. ^ Adkins, Lelsey; Roy Adkins (1992). A field guide to Somerset archeology. Wimbourne: Dovecote Press. ISBN 0946159947. 
  3. ^ The Fiddington Sheela Na Gig. Sheela Na Gig Project. Retrieved on 2008-02-02.

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