Litton
Litton is a small village and civil parish between Chewton Mendip and West Harptree in the Chew Valley and Mendip Hills, Somerset, England. The parish includes the hamlet of Sherborne. Very close to the village are the Litton Reservoirs.| Tap on a place to explore it |
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- Type: Village with 228 residents
- Description: village and civil parish in Somerset, UK
- Also known as: “Litton, Somerset”
Places of Interest
Highlights include St Mary’s Church, Litton and Litton Reservoirs.
St Mary’s Church, Litton
Church
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The Church of St Mary in Litton, Somerset, England, dates from the 13th century. It is a Grade I listed building. There is some evidence for the existence of a Saxon church on the site before the Norman Conquest.
Litton Reservoirs
Reservoir
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Litton Reservoirs are two reservoirs near the village of Litton, Somerset, England. They are operated by Bristol Water. They lie on the boundary between Bath and North East Somerset and Mendip districts.
Church of St Mary Magdalene, Chewton Mendip
Church
Photo: Adrian and Janet Quantock, CC BY-SA 2.0.
The Church of St Mary Magdalene in Chewton Mendip, Somerset, England, was built in the 1540s and has been designated as a Grade I listed building. It is dedicated to Jesus' companion Mary Magdalene.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Hinton Blewett and Cameley.
Hinton Blewett
Village
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Hinton Blewett is a village and civil parish in Somerset, England, 5 miles north of Wells and 15 miles south of Bristol on the northern slope of the Mendip Hills, within the designated Area of Outstanding Natural Beauty and in the Chew Valley near the source of the River Chew.
Cameley
Hamlet
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Cameley is a village in the civil parish of Temple Cloud with Cameley, within the Chew Valley in Somerset, and on the northern slopes of the Mendip Hills, in the Bath and North East Somerset Council area just off the A37 road. Cameley is situated 2 miles northeast of Litton.
Farrington Gurney
Village
Photo: ChurchCrawler, CC BY-SA 2.0.
Farrington Gurney is a village and civil parish in Somerset, England located at the foot of the Mendip Hills on the junction of the A37 and A362. It has a population of 901. Farrington Gurney is situated 2 miles east of Litton.
Litton
- Categories: civil parish and locality
- Location: Litton, Mendip District, Somerset, West Country, England, United Kingdom, Britain and Ireland, Europe
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Latitude
51.29001° or 51° 17′ 24″ northLongitude
-2.58206° or 2° 34′ 55″ westPopulation
228Elevation
381 feet (116 metres)Open location code
9C3V7CR9+25OpenStreetMap ID
node 29674375OpenStreetMap feature
place=villageGeoNames ID
2644212Wikidata ID
Q2070137
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In Other Languages
From Cebuano to Turkish—“Litton” goes by many names.
- Cebuano: “Litton”
- Chinese: “Litton”
- Dutch: “Litton”
- French: “Litton”
- Irish: “Litton”
- Ladin: “Litton (Somerset)”
- Ladin: “Litton”
- Min Nan Chinese: “Litton (Somerset)”
- Persian: “لیتون، سامرست”
- Polish: “Litton”
- Swedish: “Litton, Somerset”
- Swedish: “Litton”
- Turkish: “Litton, Somerset”
- “Litton”
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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 “Litton”. Photo: Rodw, Public domain.