Orchard Portman
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| Orchard Portman | |
  Orchard Portman shown within Somerset |
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| Population | 150[1] |
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| OS grid reference | |
| District | Taunton Deane |
| Shire county | Somerset |
| Region | South West |
| Constituent country | England |
| Sovereign state | United Kingdom |
| Post town | TAUNTON |
| Postcode district | TA3 |
| Dialling code | 01823 |
| Police | Avon and Somerset |
| Fire | Devon and Somerset |
| Ambulance | South Western |
| European Parliament | South West England |
| UK Parliament | Taunton |
| List of places: UK • England • Somerset | |
Orchard Portman is a village and parish in Somerset, England, situated two miles south of Taunton in the Taunton Deane district. The village has a population of 150.[1]
The parish includes the hamlet of Thurlbear and the nearby Thurlbear Wood and Quarrylands Site of Special Scientific Interest.
The parish church of St. Thomas at Thurlbear shows clear signs of the Norman church upon which later structures were built. Pevsner cites the Norman arcades and narrow aisles characteristic of that era and "never enlarged to satisfy later medieval taste." He dates the church to "hardly later than c.1110."[2] The Churches Conservation Trust launched a program of conservation repairs at the church, with the Somerset County Council conducting an archeological recording and survey in conjunction with these efforts. [3]
[edit] References
- ^ a b 2002 Population estimates. Somerset County Council. Retrieved on 2008-04-11.
- ^ Pevsner, Nikolaus (1958 - Reprinted by Yale Univ Press, 2003). The buildings of England, South and West Somerset. Penguin Books.
- ^ Dunning, Robert; Robert Croft and others (2007). Somerset Churches and Chapels, Building, Repair, and Restoration. Wellington, Somerset: Halsgrove. ISBN 9781841145921.
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