Blackford
Blackford is a village in the civil parish of Compton Pauncefoot, in the county of Somerset, England, beside the A303 road, 4 miles south west of Wincanton.| Tap on a place to explore it |
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- Type: Village
- Description: village in South Somerset, Somerset, England
- Also known as: “Blackford, Somerset”
Places of Interest
Highlights include Church of St Michael and Church of St Peter and St Paul.
Church of St Michael
Church
Photo: Dave Lowther, CC BY-SA 2.0.
The Anglican Church of St Michael in Blackford, Somerset, England was built in the 11th or 12th century. It is a Grade II* listed building.
Church of St Michael, North Cadbury
Church
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The Church of St Michael in North Cadbury, Somerset, England, dates from 1417, although the tower was built a few years earlier. It has been designated as a Grade I listed building.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Compton Pauncefoot and South Cadbury.
Compton Pauncefoot
Village
Photo: Mike Searle, CC BY-SA 2.0.
Compton Pauncefoot is a village and civil parish in Somerset, England, situated beside the A303 road, 5 miles south west of Wincanton in the South Somerset district.
South Cadbury
Village
Photo: Martin Bodman, CC BY-SA 2.0.
South Cadbury is a village and former civil parish, now in the parish of South Cadbury and Sutton Montis, in the Somerset district of the ceremonial county of Somerset, England. South Cadbury is situated 1½ miles west of Blackford.
North Cadbury
Village
Photo: Celiakozlowski, CC BY-SA 3.0.
North Cadbury is a village and civil parish 5 miles west of Wincanton, by the River Cam, in Somerset, England. It shares its parish council with nearby Yarlington and its civil parish includes the village of Galhampton, which got its name from the settlement of the rent-paying peasants, and the hamlet of Woolston. North Cadbury is situated 1½ miles northwest of Blackford.
Blackford
- Category: locality
- Location: Compton Pauncefoot, South Somerset, Somerset, West Country, England, United Kingdom, Britain and Ireland, Europe
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Latitude
51.03348° or 51° 2′ 1″ northLongitude
-2.48943° or 2° 29′ 22″ westElevation
236 feet (72 metres)Open location code
9C3V2GM6+96OpenStreetMap ID
node 29674548OpenStreetMap feature
place=village
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In Other Languages
From Dutch to Swedish—“Blackford” goes by many names.
- Dutch: “Blackford”
- Irish: “Blackford”
- Japanese: “ブラックフォード”
- Persian: “بلکفورد (سامرست)”
- Persian: “بلکفورد”
- Polish: “Blackford”
- Spanish: “Blackford”
- Swedish: “Blackford, Compton Pauncefoot”
- Swedish: “Blackford”
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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 “Blackford”. Photo: Dave Lowther, CC BY-SA 2.0.