Thornfalcon
Thornfalcon is a village and civil parish in Somerset, England, situated 4 miles east of Taunton. The village has a population of 119. The parish includes the hamlet of Ash.| Tap on a place to explore it |
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- Type: Hamlet with 123 residents
- Description: village in Somerset, England, UK
- Also known as: “Thorne Falcon” and “Thornfalcon, Somerset”
Places of Interest
Highlights include Church of the Holy Cross, Thornfalcon and St Michael’s Church.
Church of the Holy Cross, Thornfalcon
Church
Photo: Chris Downer, CC BY-SA 2.0.
The Church of the Holy Cross in Thornfalcon, Somerset, England dates from the 14th century and was restored in 1882 by Benjamin Ferrey. It has been designated as a grade I listed building.
St Michael’s Church
Church
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Creech St Michael and Stoke St Mary.
Creech St Michael
Village
Photo: Chris Downer, CC BY-SA 2.0.
Creech St Michael is a village and civil parish in Somerset, three miles east of Taunton. The parish straddles the M5 motorway and includes several scattered settlements.
Stoke St Mary
Village
Photo: Derek Harper, CC BY-SA 2.0.
Stoke St Mary is a village and civil parish in Somerset, England, situated 2 miles south east of Taunton.
West Hatch
Hamlet
Photo: Derek Harper, CC BY-SA 2.0.
West Hatch is a hamlet and civil parish in Somerset, England, situated 5 miles south east of Taunton. It has a population of 306. West Hatch is situated 2 miles south of Thornfalcon.
Thornfalcon
- Categories: village, civil parish, and locality
- Location: Thornfalcon, Taunton Deane District, Somerset, West Country, England, United Kingdom, Britain and Ireland, Europe
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Latitude
51.00904° or 51° 0′ 33″ northLongitude
-3.02496° or 3° 1′ 30″ westPopulation
123Elevation
79 feet (24 metres)Open location code
9C3R2X5G+J2OpenStreetMap ID
node 117246467OpenStreetMap feature
place=hamletGeoNames ID
2635990Wikidata ID
Q2471602
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Satellite Map
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In Other Languages
From Cebuano to Turkish—“Thornfalcon” goes by many names.
- Cebuano: “Thornfalcon”
- Chinese: “Thornfalcon”
- Dutch: “Thornfalcon”
- French: “Thornfalcon”
- Irish: “Thornfalcon”
- Ladin: “Thornfalcon”
- Min Nan Chinese: “Thornfalcon”
- Polish: “Thornfalcon”
- Swedish: “Thornfalcon”
- Turkish: “Thornfalcon”
- “Thornfalcon”
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Localities in the Area
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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 “Thornfalcon”. Photo: Chris Downer, CC BY-SA 2.0.