Ansford
Ansford is a village and civil parish in Somerset, England, on the northern edge of Castle Cary, with a population of 1,175. The village lies on the A371, close to Castle Cary railway station and the River Brue, where the bridge dates from 1823.Photo: Stewart Gould, CC BY-SA 2.0.
- Type: Locality with 1,180 residents
- Description: village and civil parish in Somerset, United Kingdom
- Also known as: “Ansford, Somerset”
Places of Interest
Highlights include Castle Cary railway station and The Round House.
Castle Cary railway station
Railway station
Photo: Geof Sheppard, CC BY-SA 4.0.
Castle Cary railway station is on the Reading to Taunton line 115.25 miles south west of London Paddington and the Bristol to Weymouth line 47.75 miles south of Bristol Temple Meads.
Church of All Saints, Castle Cary
Church
Photo: J Tucker, CC BY-SA 2.0.
All Saints Church in Castle Cary in the English county of Somerset dates from 1470 and is notable for its high steeple. It is a Grade II* listed building. The parish is within the benefice of Castle Cary with Ansford which is part of the archdeaconry of Wells.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Bruton and Yarlington.
Bruton
Town
Photo: Nigel Freeman, CC BY-SA 2.0.
Bruton is a small market town, and civil parish in Somerset, England, on the River Brue and the A359 between Frome and Yeovil. It is 7 miles south-east of Shepton Mallet, just south of Snakelake Hill and Coombe Hill, 10 miles north-west of Gillingham and 12 miles south-west of Frome. Bruton is situated 3 miles east of Ansford.
Yarlington
Village
Photo: Trish Steel, CC BY-SA 2.0.
Yarlington is a village and civil parish, near the source of the River Cam, in the English county of Somerset. Administratively, Yarlington shares a parish council with nearby North Cadbury. Yarlington is situated 2½ miles south of Ansford.
North Barrow
Village
Photo: Mike Searle, CC BY-SA 2.0.
North Barrow is a village and civil parish 8 miles to the north-east of Ilchester in the county of Somerset, England. North Barrow is situated 3 miles southwest of Ansford.
Ansford
- Categories: village and civil parish
- Location: South Somerset, Somerset, West Country, England, United Kingdom, Britain and Ireland, Europe
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In Other Languages
From Bulgarian to Turkish—“Ansford” goes by many names.
- Bulgarian: “Ансфорд”
- Cebuano: “Ansford”
- Chinese: “Ansford”
- Dutch: “Ansford”
- French: “Ansford”
- Irish: “Ansford”
- Ladin: “Ansford”
- Min Nan Chinese: “Ansford”
- Polish: “Ansford”
- Swedish: “Ansford”
- Turkish: “Ansford”
- “Ansford”
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