Clavelshay

Clavelshay is a locality in North Petherton, Sedgemoor District, England. Clavelshay is situated nearby to the village Thurloxton, as well as near the hamlet Farringdon.

Places of Interest

Highlights include St Augustine’s Church, West Monkton and Church of St Edward King and Martyr, Goathurst.

St Augustine’s Church, West Monkton

Church

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The Church of St Augustine in West Monkton, Somerset, England, dates from the 13th century and has been designated as a Grade I listed building. The parish church has an 88 feet tower, of four stories, with no pinnacles or fancy tracery on the windows, giving the tower a slender, austere look compared to the medieval Somerset towers of churches in nearby Taunton, for example. St Augustine’s Church, West Monkton is situated 2 miles south of Clavelshay.

Church of St Edward King and Martyr, Goathurst

Church

Photo: Derek Harper, CC BY-SA 2.0.

The Church of St Edward King and Martyr in Goathurst, Somerset, England, dates from the 14th century and has been designated as a Grade I listed building. Church of St Edward King and Martyr, Goathurst is situated 2 miles north of Clavelshay.

Ruborough Camp

Archaeological site

Ruborough Camp is an Iron Age hill fort on the Quantock Hills near Broomfield in Somerset, England. The name comes from Rugan beorh or Ruwan-beorge meaning Rough Hill. It is a Scheduled Ancient Monument and on the Heritage at Risk Register. Ruborough Camp is situated 2 miles northwest of Clavelshay.

Places in the Area

Nearby places include Thurloxton and Shearston.

Thurloxton

Village

Photo: Martin Southwood, CC BY-SA 2.0.

Thurloxton is a village and civil parish 5 miles north-east of Taunton, and 5 miles south-west of Bridgwater on the south-eastern slopes of the Quantock Hills in the county of Somerset, England.

Shearston

Hamlet

Photo: Jonathan Billinger, CC BY-SA 2.0.

North Petherton is a town and civil parish in Somerset, England, lying on the edge of the eastern foothills of the Quantocks, about 2.5 miles south of Bridgwater; in the east, the parish extends into the Somerset Levels. Shearston is situated 1½ miles east of Clavelshay.

West Monkton

Village

Photo: Celiakozlowski, CC BY-SA 4.0.

West Monkton is a village and civil parish in Somerset, England, situated 2 miles north east of Taunton. The parish includes the hamlets of Monkton Heathfield, Bathpool, and Burlinch and the western parts of Coombe and Walford, and had a population of 2,787 at the 2011 census. West Monkton is situated 2 miles south of Clavelshay.

Clavelshay

Type: Locality
Location: North Petherton, Sedgemoor District, Somerset, West Country, England, United Kingdom, Britain and Ireland, Europe
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Latitude

51.07521° or 51° 4′ 31″ north

Longitude

-3.06682° or 3° 4′ 1″ west

Elevation

538 feet (164 metres)

Open location code

9C3R3WGM+37

GeoNames ID

13281411

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