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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 village of Holywell Lake is nearby, which is one of the Thankful Villages which lost no men in World War I.[2]
Thorne St Margaret | |
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![]() Bazeley Farmhouse | |
![]() Limekiln near Piley Copse | |
Location within Somerset | |
OS grid reference | ST098210 |
Civil parish | |
Unitary authority | |
Shire county | |
Region | |
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 |
UK Parliament | |
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 the 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]
In 1961 the parish had a population of 82.[6] On 1 April 1986 the parish was abolished.[7]
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