Rimpton

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Rimpton
Rimpton (Somerset)
Rimpton

Rimpton shown within Somerset
OS grid reference ST609218
District South Somerset
Shire county Somerset
Region South West
Constituent country England
Sovereign state United Kingdom
Post town Yeovil
Postcode district BA22
Dialling code 01935
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

Coordinates: 50°59′40″N 2°33′28″W / 50.9944, -2.5579

Rimpton is a village and civil parish 5 miles (8 km) north west of Sherborne, and 6 miles (10 km) north east of Yeovil on a tributary of the River Parret in the South Somerset district of Somerset, England.

The Church of Saint Mary dates from the early 13th century and has been designated by English Heritage as a grade I listed building.[1]

The parish transferred from Dorset to Somerset in 1896.

[edit] References

  1. ^ Church of Saint Mary. Images of England. Retrieved on 2008-02-08.

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