Huntspill
Huntspill is a village and former civil parish on the Huntspill Level in Somerset, England. It lies on the A38 road, 1.5 miles south of Highbridge. The village is the principal settlement in the civil parish of West Huntspill.Photo: ChurchCrawler, CC BY-SA 2.0.
- Type: Village with 1,130 residents
- Description: village in Somerset, England, UK
- Also known as: “Huntspill (civil parish), Somerset”
Places of Interest
Highlights include St Peter’s Church, West Huntspill and River Brue.
St Peter’s Church, West Huntspill
Church
Photo: ChurchCrawler, CC BY-SA 2.0.
The Church of St Peter in Huntspill, Somerset, England, was established by 1208, rebuilt around 1400, and extended in the early to mid-15th century. It was gutted by fire in 1878 and restored over the next two years.
River Brue
River
The River Brue originates in the parish of Brewham in Somerset, England, and reaches the sea some 50 kilometres west at Burnham-on-Sea. It originally took a different route from Glastonbury to the sea, but this was changed by Glastonbury Abbey in the twelfth century.
Highbridge and Burnham railway station
Railway station
Photo: Geof Sheppard, CC BY-SA 4.0.
Highbridge and Burnham railway station is situated on the Bristol to Exeter line in the town of Highbridge, Somerset and also serves the neighbouring town of Burnham-on-Sea.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Stretcholt and Burnham-on-Sea.
Stretcholt
Hamlet
Photo: Adrian and Janet Quantock, CC BY-SA 2.0.
Pawlett is a village and civil parish 4 miles north of Bridgwater, in the English county of Somerset. The parish includes the hamlet of Stretcholt. The village has Roman or Saxon origins.
Burnham-on-Sea
Town
Photo: Wikimedia, CC BY-SA 2.0.
Burnham-on-Sea is a seaside town in Somerset, England, at the mouth of the River Parrett, upon Bridgwater Bay. Burnham was a small fishing village until the late 18th century when it began to grow because of its popularity as a seaside resort. Burnham-on-Sea is situated 2½ miles north of Huntspill.
Puriton
Village
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Puriton is a village and parish at the westerly end of the Polden Hills, in Somerset, England. The parish has a population of 1,968. The local parish church is dedicated to St Michael and All Angels. Puriton is situated 2½ miles south of Huntspill.
Huntspill
- Categories: civil parish and locality
- Location: West Huntspill, Sedgemoor District, Somerset, West Country, England, United Kingdom, Britain and Ireland, Europe
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Latitude
51.20402° or 51° 12′ 15″ northLongitude
-2.98851° or 2° 59′ 19″ westPopulation
1,130Elevation
23 feet (7 metres)Open location code
9C3V6236+JHOpenStreetMap ID
node 311785336OpenStreetMap feature
place=villageGeoNames ID
2646377Wikidata ID
Q2655982
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Satellite Map
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In Other Languages
From Chinese to Swedish—“Huntspill” goes by many names.
- Chinese: “Huntspill”
- Dutch: “Huntspill”
- Irish: “Huntspill”
- Ladin: “Huntspill”
- Min Nan Chinese: “Huntspill”
- Polish: “Huntspill”
- Spanish: “Huntspill”
- Swedish: “Huntspill”
- “Huntspill”
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Notable Places Nearby
Highlights include West Huntspill Methodist Church and West Huntspill Memorial Playing Fields.
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