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Bazeley Farmhouse |
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Limekiln near Piley Copse |
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Thorne St Margaret
Thorne St Margaret shown within Somerset |
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| OS grid reference | ST098210 |
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| District | Taunton Deane |
| Shire county | Somerset |
| Region | South West |
| Country | England |
| Sovereign state | United Kingdom |
| Post town | WELLINGTON |
| Postcode district | TA21 |
| Dialling code | 01823 |
| Police | Avon and Somerset |
| Fire | Devon and Somerset |
| Ambulance | South Western |
| EU Parliament | South West England |
| UK Parliament | Taunton Deane |
| List of places: UK • England • Somerset | |
Thorne St Margaret is a village in the civil parish of Wellington Without in the Taunton Deane district of Somerset, England. It is situated 3 miles west of Wellington, between the river Tone and the Bristol and Exeter railway.[1] The parish includes Holywell Lake which is one of the Thankful Villages which lost no men in World War I.[2]
The parish of Thorne St Margaret was part of the Milverton Hundred,[3]
The Church of St Margaret serves a parish population of about 50. The church has a 15th-century tower with three bells. The rest of church was rebuilt in 1865, with a west window, with stained glass, added in 1907. The church is built of hard red sandstone and has a baptismal font dating to Saxon times.[4] It has been designated by English Heritage as a Grade II* listed building.[5]
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