Chewton Mendip
Chewton Mendip is a village and civil parish in Somerset, England. It is situated 4 miles north of Wells, 16 miles south of Bath and Bristol on the A39 very close to the A37.| Tap on a place to explore it |
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- Type: Village with 572 residents
- Description: village and civil parish in Somerset, UK
- Also known as: “Chewton Mendip, Somerset”
Places of Interest
Highlights include Church of St Mary Magdalene, Chewton Mendip and St Mary’s Church, Litton.
Church of St Mary Magdalene, Chewton Mendip
Church
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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.
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.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Litton and Farrington Gurney.
Litton
Village
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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.
Farrington Gurney
Village
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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 northeast of Chewton Mendip.
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. Hinton Blewett is situated 2½ miles north of Chewton Mendip.
Chewton Mendip
- Categories: civil parish and locality
- Location: Chewton Mendip, Mendip District, Somerset, West Country, England, United Kingdom, Britain and Ireland, Europe
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Latitude
51.27566° or 51° 16′ 32″ northLongitude
-2.57455° or 2° 34′ 28″ westPopulation
572Elevation
479 feet (146 metres)Open location code
9C3V7CGG+75OpenStreetMap ID
node 216214OpenStreetMap feature
place=villageGeoNames ID
2653195Wikidata ID
Q1970308
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In Other Languages
From Cebuano to Turkish—“Chewton Mendip” goes by many names.
- Cebuano: “Chewton Mendip”
- Chinese: “Chewton Mendip”
- Dutch: “Chewton Mendip”
- French: “Chewton Mendip”
- Irish: “Chewton Mendip”
- Japanese: “チュートン・メンディップ”
- Ladin: “Chewton Mendip”
- Min Nan Chinese: “Chewton Mendip”
- Polish: “Chewton Mendip”
- Swedish: “Chewton Mendip”
- Turkish: “Chewton Mendip”
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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 “Chewton Mendip”. Photo: Rodw, Public domain.