Ilminster
Ilminster is a town of 5,800 people in Somerset. The town has the buildings of a 16th-century grammar school, the Ilminster Meeting House, which acts as the town's art gallery and concert hall. There is also a Gospel Hall.| Tap on a place to explore it |
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- Type: Town with 5,810 residents
- Description: town in Somerset, England
- Also known as: “Ilminster, Somerset”
Places of Interest
Highlights include Dillington House and St Mary’s Church, Ilminster.
Dillington House
College
Photo: Roger May, CC BY-SA 2.0.
Dillington House is a Grade II* listed manor near Ilminster in the parish of Whitelackington, Somerset, England. The present house, which dates from the 16th century, is owned by Lord Cameron of Dillington and operated by Somerset Council.
St Mary’s Church, Ilminster
Church
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The Church of St Mary in Ilminster, Somerset, England, dates from the 15th century and has been designated as a Grade I listed building.
Church of St Mary the Virgin
Church
Photo: Derek Harper, CC BY-SA 2.0.
The Anglican Church of St Mary the Virgin in Whitelackington, Somerset, England was built in the 14th and 15th centuries. It is a Grade II* listed building.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Whitelackington and Kingstone.
Whitelackington
Village
Photo: Derek Harper, CC BY-SA 2.0.
Whitelackington is a village and civil parish on the A303 one mile north east of Ilminster, in Somerset, England. The parish includes Dillington Park and the hamlets of Atherstone and Ashwell.
Kingstone
Village
Photo: Derek Harper, CC BY-SA 2.0.
Kingstone is a village and civil parish in Somerset, England, situated near Ilminster, 5 miles north east of Chard in the South Somerset district. The village has a population of 83.
Dowlish Wake
Village
Photo: Derek Harper, CC BY-SA 2.0.
Dowlish Wake is a small village and civil parish in Somerset, England, 2 miles south of Ilminster and 5 miles northeast of Chard. With a population of 277, it has several thatched houses and a pub, the New Inn. Its post office closed in 1991.
Ilminster
- Categories: civil parish, market town, and locality
- Location: South Somerset, Somerset, West Country, England, United Kingdom, Britain and Ireland, Europe
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Latitude
50.9267° or 50° 55′ 36″ northLongitude
-2.9103° or 2° 54′ 37″ westPopulation
5,810Elevation
154 feet (47 metres)United Nations Location Code
GB IMROpen location code
9C2VW3GQ+MVOpenStreetMap ID
node 143973705OpenStreetMap feature
place=town
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Satellite Map
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In Other Languages
From Asturian to Welsh—“Ilminster” goes by many names.
- Asturian: “Ilminster”
- Basque: “Ilminster”
- Bengali: “ইলমিন্সটার”
- Cebuano: “Ilminster”
- Chinese: “Ilminster”
- Chinese: “伊尔明斯特 (英格兰)”
- Chinese: “伊尔明斯特”
- Chinese: “伊爾明斯特 (英格蘭)”
- Chinese: “伊爾明斯特”
- Dutch: “Ilminster”
- French: “Ilminster”
- German: “Ilminster”
- Gujarati: “ઇલમિન્સ્ટર”
- Irish: “Ilminster”
- Italian: “Ilminster”
- Japanese: “イルミンスター”
- Kannada: “ಇಲ್ಮಿಸ್ಟರ್”
- Korean: “리미스터”
- Ladin: “Ilminster”
- Latin: “Ilminster”
- Lithuanian: “Ilminsteris”
- Min Nan Chinese: “Ilminster”
- Norwegian Bokmål: “Ilminster”
- Norwegian Nynorsk: “Ilminster”
- Norwegian: “Ilminster”
- Persian: “ایلمینستر”
- Polish: “Ilminster”
- Portuguese: “Ilminster”
- Romanian: “Ilminster”
- Russian: “Илминстер”
- South Azerbaijani: “ایلمینستر”
- Spanish: “Ilminster”
- Swedish: “Ilminster”
- Tamil: “இல்மின்ஸ்டர்”
- Telugu: “ఇల్మిస్టర్”
- Turkish: “Ilminster”
- Urdu: “یلمینستیر”
- Volapük: “Ilminster”
- Welsh: “Ilminster”
- “Ilminster”
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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 Wikivoyage page “Ilminster”. Photo: Jules & Jenny, CC BY 2.0.