South Somerset
South Somerset was a local government district in Somerset, England, from 1974 to 2023. The district covered an area of 370 square miles ranging from the borders with Devon, Wiltshire and Dorset to the edge of the Somerset Levels.| Tap on a place to explore it |
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- Type: Locality with 166,000 residents
- Description: former local government district in Somerset, England
- Also known as: “Yeovil”
Places of Interest
Highlights include Lindinis and Church of St Margaret, Tintinhull.
Lindinis
Archaeological site
Photo: Steve Barnes, CC BY-SA 2.0.
Lindinis or Lendiniae was a small town in the Roman province of Britannia. Today it is known as Ilchester, located in the English county of Somerset in the United Kingdom.
Church of St Margaret, Tintinhull
Church
Photo: Nigel Mykura, CC BY-SA 2.0.
The Church of St Margaret in Tintinhull, Somerset, England, dates from the 13th century and has been designated as a Grade I listed building. There was a church in the village during the 12th century which was replaced by the present building.
Montacute House
Manor estate
Photo: Mike Searle, CC BY-SA 2.0.
Montacute House is a late Elizabethan mansion in Montacute, South Somerset, England. An example of English architecture created during a period that was moving from the medieval Gothic to the more classically-inspired Renaissance style, Montacute is one of the few prodigy houses to have survived almost unchanged from the Elizabethan era. Montacute House is situated 2 miles south of South Somerset.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Ilchester and Martock.
Ilchester
Village
Photo: Chris Heaton, CC BY-SA 2.0.
Ilchester is a village and civil parish, situated on the River Yeo or Ivel, five miles north of Yeovil, in the English county of Somerset. Originally a Roman town, and later a market town, Ilchester has a rich medieval history and was a notable settlement in the county; around the 12th and 13th centuries it was effectively the county town.
Martock
Village
Martock is a large village and civil parish in Somerset, England. It is situated on the edge of the Somerset Levels, 7 miles north-west of Yeovil in the South Somerset district. Martock is situated 2½ miles west of South Somerset.
Stoke-sub-Hamdon
Village
Photo: Mike Searle, CC BY-SA 2.0.
Stoke-sub-Hamdon, also known as Stoke under Ham, is a large village and civil parish in Somerset, England. It is situated 5 miles west of Yeovil, with which it is linked by the A3088 road. Stoke-sub-Hamdon is situated 3 miles southwest of South Somerset.
South Somerset
- Category: non-metropolitan district
- Location: Somerset, West Country, England, United Kingdom, Britain and Ireland, Europe
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Satellite Map
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In Other Languages
From Azerbaijani to Welsh—“South Somerset” goes by many names.
- Azerbaijani: “Cənubi Somerset”
- Bavarian: “South Somerset”
- Belarusian: “Паўднёвы Сомерсет”
- Bulgarian: “Южен Съмърсет”
- Catalan: “South Somerset”
- Cebuano: “South Somerset District”
- Chinese: “South Somerset”
- Chinese: “南萨默塞特”
- Dutch: “South Somerset”
- French: “South Somerset”
- German: “South Somerset”
- Irish: “Somerset Theas”
- Italian: “South Somerset”
- Japanese: “サウス・サマセット”
- Korean: “사우스서머싯”
- Min Nan Chinese: “South Somerset”
- Norwegian Bokmål: “South Somerset”
- Norwegian: “South Somerset”
- Persian: “سامرست جنوبی”
- Polish: “South Somerset”
- Portuguese: “South Somerset”
- Romanian: “South Somerset”
- Russian: “Саут-Сомерсет”
- Russian: “Южный Сомерсет”
- Slovenian: “South Somerset”
- Slovenian: “Yeovil”
- Spanish: “South Somerset”
- Swedish: “South Somerset District”
- Swedish: “South Somerset”
- Ukrainian: “Південний Сомерсет”
- Ukrainian: “Саут-Сомерсет”
- Urdu: “جنوبی سامرسیٹ”
- Welsh: “De Gwlad yr Haf”
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Highlights include St Michael’s Hill and Hedgecock Hill.
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