Somerset
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West Monkton

West Monkton

West Monkton is a village and civil parish in , England, situated 2 miles north east of . The parish includes the hamlets of Monkton Heathfield, Bathpool, and Burlinch and the western parts of Coombe and Walford, and had a population of 2,787 at the 2011 census.
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  • Type: Village with 5,940 residents
  • Description: village in Somerset, England, UK
  • Also known as: “West Monkton, Somerset”

Places of Interest

Highlights include St Augustine’s Church, West Monkton and St George’s Church, Ruishton.

Church
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The Church of St Augustine in West Monkton, , England, dates from the 13th century and has been designated as a Grade I listed building. The parish church has an 88 feet tower, of four stories, with no pinnacles or fancy tracery on the windows, giving the tower a slender, austere look compared to the medieval Somerset towers of churches in nearby , for example.

Church
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The Church of St George in , , England was built in the 14th to 16th centuries and has been designated as a grade I listed building. The south chapel was built in the 14th and 15th centuries. is situated 2 miles south of West Monkton.

Church
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The Church of St Michael, which stands next to the in , , England dates from the 13th century and has been designated as a Grade I listed building. is situated 2 miles southeast of West Monkton.

Places in the Area

Nearby places include Cheddon Fitzpaine and Thurloxton.

Village
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is a village and civil parish in , England, situated on the 2 miles north of . The village is situated near the Bristol and Exeter Railway, the Bridgwater and Taunton Canal, and the and has a population of 1,929.

Village
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is a village and civil parish 5 miles north-east of , and 5 miles south-west of on the south-eastern slopes of the in the county of , England.

Hamlet
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is a village and civil parish in , England, situated on the A361 road 5 miles north east of and 6 miles south of . The parish lies on undulating ground between the lowest slopes of the and the valley of the at the Curry and Hay Moors. is situated 2 miles east of West Monkton.

West Monkton

Latitude
51.04953° or 51° 2′ 58″ north
Longitude
-3.05417° or 3° 3′ 15″ west
Population
5,940
Elevation
200 feet (61 metres)
Open location code
9C3R2WXW+R8
Open­Street­Map ID
node 86862964
Open­Street­Map feature
place=­village
Geo­Names ID
2634339
Wiki­data ID
Q949458
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In Other Languages

From Bengali to Urdu—“West Monkton” goes by many names.
  • Bengali: “দক্ষিণ মঙ্কটন”
  • Cebuano: “West Monkton”
  • Chinese: “West Monkton”
  • Chinese: “西默克頓”
  • Chinese: “西默克顿”
  • Dutch: “West Monkton”
  • French: “West Monkton”
  • German: “West Monkton”
  • Gujarati: “પશ્ચિમ મોન્કટન”
  • Irish: “West Monkton”
  • Italian: “West Monkton”
  • Japanese: “西モンクトン”
  • Kannada: “ವೆಸ್ಟ್ ಮಾಂಕ್ಟನ್”
  • Korean: “웨스트 몽크턴”
  • Ladin: “West Monkton”
  • Lithuanian: “Vest Monktonas”
  • Min Nan Chinese: “West Monkton”
  • Persian: “وست مونکتون”
  • Polish: “West Monkton”
  • Portuguese: “West Monkton”
  • Russian: “Вест-Монктон”
  • Spanish: “West Monkton”
  • Swedish: “West Monkton”
  • Tamil: “மேற்கு மோங்கடன்”
  • Telugu: “పశ్చిమ మొంక్టన్”
  • Turkish: “West Monkton”
  • Urdu: “ویسٹ مونکٹن”
  • “West Monkton”

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About Mapcarta. Data © OpenStreetMap contributors and available under the Open Database License". Text is available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 license, except for photos, directions, and the map. Description text is based on the Wikipedia page “West Monkton”. Photo: Celiakozlowski, CC BY-SA 4.0.