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.- 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
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 Thomas A Becket
Church
The Church of St Thomas à Becket is the Anglican parish church for the ancient village of South Cadbury in Somerset and is dedicated to Thomas Becket. Today it is one of the 'Camelot Churches' of South Somerset in the Diocese of Bath and Wells and has been a Grade II* listed building since 1961. Church of St Thomas A Becket is situated 1½ miles west of Blackford.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Compton Pauncefoot and South Cadbury.
Compton Pauncefoot
Village
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
South Cadbury is a village in the civil 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
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
- Categories: civil parish and 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″ north
Longitude
-2.48943° or 2° 29′ 22″ west
Elevation
236 feet (72 metres)
Open location code
9C3V2GM6+96
OpenStreetMap ID
OpenStreetMap feature
place=village
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In Other Languages
From Dutch to Urdu—“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”
- Urdu: “بلیک فورڈ، سمرسیٹ”
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