Morebath
Morebath is an upland village in the county of Devon, England. It is mostly given over to sheep-farming, and situated on the southern edge of Exmoor. An account of life in Morebath in the 16th century can be read in The Voices of Morebath: Reformation and Rebellion in an English Village by Eamon Duffy.| Tap on a place to explore it |
Photo: Steve Rigg, CC BY-SA 2.0.
- Type: Village with 326 residents
- Description: village in Devon, England, UK
- Also known as: “Morebath, Devon”
Places of Interest
Highlights include St George’s Church and Bampton Castle.
St George’s Church
Church
Photo: Simon Burchell, CC BY-SA 4.0.
St George's Church, Morebath is a Grade II* listed parish church in the Church of England Diocese of Exeter in Morebath, Devon. It is part of the Hukeley Mission group of parishes, which also includes St Michael & All Angels Bampton, St Peter's in Clayhanger, St Petrock's in Petton and All Saint's in Huntsham.
Bampton Castle
Castle
Photo: Lobsterthermidor, Public domain.
Bampton Castle in the parish of Bampton, Devon was the seat of the feudal barony of Bampton. It is located on a spur that overlooks the River Batherm.
Bury Castle
Archaeological site
Photo: David Smith, CC BY-SA 2.0.
Bury Castle near Brompton Regis in the English county of Somerset was an Iron Age univallate hillfort which was reused with the creation of a motte after the Norman Conquest. It has been designated as a scheduled monument. Bury Castle is situated 1½ miles northwest of Morebath.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Exebridge and Bampton.
Exebridge
Village
Photo: Eugene Birchall, CC BY-SA 2.0.
Exebridge is a village that lies on the border between Devon and Somerset, England. It lies at the confluence of the Barle and Exe rivers. Exebridge is named so because of the bridge over the River Exe that also marks the border between Devon and Somerset. Exebridge is situated 1½ miles west of Morebath.
Bampton
Town
Photo: Roger Cornfoot, CC BY-SA 2.0.
Bampton is a small town and parish in northeast Devon, England, on the River Batherm, a tributary of the River Exe. It is about 6 miles north of Tiverton, 19 miles north of Exeter and the parish borders Somerset on its north-east and north-west sides. Bampton is situated 1½ miles south of Morebath.
Shillingford
Village
Photo: Lewis Clarke, CC BY-SA 2.0.
Shillingford is a village two miles northeast of Bampton on the River Batherm in Mid Devon, England, close to the border with West Somerset. It is near the Exe Valley. Shillingford is situated 1½ miles east of Morebath.
Morebath
- Categories: civil parish and locality
- Location: Morebath, Mid Devon District, Devon, West Country, England, United Kingdom, Britain and Ireland, Europe
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Latitude
51.01444° or 51° 0′ 52″ northLongitude
-3.49092° or 3° 29′ 27″ westPopulation
326Elevation
522 feet (159 metres)Open location code
9C3R2G75+QJOpenStreetMap ID
node 31670978OpenStreetMap feature
place=villageGeoNames ID
2642217Wikidata ID
Q2416263
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In Other Languages
From Bulgarian to Welsh—“Morebath” goes by many names.
- Bulgarian: “Моребатх”
- Cebuano: “Morebath”
- Chinese: “Morebath”
- Dutch: “Morebath”
- French: “Morebath”
- Irish: “Morebath”
- Italian: “Morebath”
- Ladin: “Morebath”
- Min Nan Chinese: “Morebath”
- Persian: “موربث”
- Polish: “Morebath”
- Swedish: “Morebath”
- Welsh: “Morebath”
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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 “Morebath”. Photo: Steve Rigg, CC BY-SA 2.0.