Stretcholt
Pawlett is a village and civil parish 4 miles north of Bridgwater, in the English county of Somerset. The parish includes the hamlet of Stretcholt. The village has Roman or Saxon origins.Photo: Adrian and Janet Quantock, CC BY-SA 2.0.
Places of Interest
Highlights include Church of St John the Baptist, Pawlett and St Peter’s Church, West Huntspill.
Church of St John the Baptist, Pawlett
Church
Photo: Celiakozlowski, CC BY 3.0.
The Church of St John the Baptist in Pawlett, Somerset, England dates from the 12th century and has been designated as a Grade I listed building. The Norman church of St John the Baptist replaced an earlier Saxon structure and the church is thought to have been a popular station on medieval pilgrimages from Watchet to Glastonbury.
St Peter’s Church, West Huntspill
Church
Photo: ChurchCrawler, CC BY-SA 2.0.
The Church of St Peter in Huntspill, Somerset, England, was established by 1208, rebuilt around 1400, and extended in the early to mid-15th century. It was gutted by fire in 1878 and restored over the next two years.
River Brue
River
The River Brue originates in the parish of Brewham in Somerset, England, and reaches the sea some 50 kilometres west at Burnham-on-Sea. It originally took a different route from Glastonbury to the sea, but this was changed by Glastonbury Abbey in the twelfth century. River Brue is situated 2½ miles north of Stretcholt.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Huntspill and Steart.
Huntspill
Village
Photo: ChurchCrawler, CC BY-SA 2.0.
Huntspill is a village and former civil parish on the Huntspill Level in Somerset, England. It lies on the A38 road, 1.5 miles south of Highbridge. The village is the principal settlement in the civil parish of West Huntspill.
Steart
Hamlet
Photo: Chris Andrews, CC BY-SA 2.0.
Steart, historically also called Stert, is a small village in Somerset, England. It lies in an isolated position on the Steart Peninsula on the Bristol Channel coast, about 6 miles north of Bridgwater. Steart is situated 2 miles northwest of Stretcholt.
Puriton
Village
Photo: Wikimedia, Public domain.
Puriton is a village and parish at the westerly end of the Polden Hills, in Somerset, England. The parish has a population of 1,968. The local parish church is dedicated to St Michael and All Angels. Puriton is situated 2 miles southeast of Stretcholt.
Stretcholt
- Type: Hamlet
- Description: hamlet in Somerset, England
- Category: locality
- Location: Pawlett, Sedgemoor District, Somerset, West Country, England, United Kingdom, Britain and Ireland, Europe
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Latitude
51.1914° or 51° 11′ 29″ northLongitude
-3.0085° or 3° 0′ 31″ westElevation
23 feet (7 metres)Open location code
9C3R5XRR+HHOpenStreetMap ID
node 306409696OpenStreetMap feature
place=hamlet
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In Other Languages
“Stretcholt” goes by many names.
- Polish: “Stretcholt”
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