Leigh Girth
Leigh Girth is a locality in Mells, Mendip District, England. Leigh Girth is situated nearby to the hamlet Soho, as well as near the village Vobster.Places of Interest
Highlights include Halecombe and Church of St Giles, Leigh-on-Mendip.
Halecombe
Quarry
Halecombe is a limestone quarry near Leigh-on-Mendip on the Mendip Hills, Somerset, England. The quarry exhibits pale to dark grey well-bedded Carboniferous Limestone, about 350-320 million years old, dipping steeply and consistently northwards and numerous "fist-sized" calcite inclusions within the limestones both solid and hollow with internal calcite crystal growth.
Church of St Giles, Leigh-on-Mendip
Church
Photo: ChurchCrawler, CC BY-SA 2.0.
The Church of St Giles in Leigh-on-Mendip, Somerset, England, dates from around 1350, and was rebuilt around 1500. It is a Grade 1 listed building, with an unusual faceless clock.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Kilmersdon and Nunney.
Kilmersdon
Village
Photo: Maurice Pullin, CC BY-SA 2.0.
Kilmersdon is a village and civil parish on the north eastern slopes of the Mendip Hills in Somerset between the towns of Radstock and Frome. It is located on the B3139 between Wells and Trowbridge in Wiltshire. Kilmersdon is situated 2½ miles north of Leigh Girth.
Nunney
Village
Photo: Nabokov, CC BY-SA 3.0.
Nunney is a village and civil parish in the English county of Somerset. It is located 3 miles south-west of Frome and the parish includes the hamlet of Holwell. Nunney is situated 3 miles southeast of Leigh Girth.
Haydon
Hamlet
Photo: Maurice Pullin, CC BY-SA 2.0.
Haydon is a village lying between Radstock and Kilmersdon in Somerset, England. It is 1 mile south-west of Radstock and 1.5 miles north-east of Kilmersdon. Haydon is situated 3½ miles north of Leigh Girth.
Leigh Girth
- Type: Locality
- Location: Mells, Mendip District, Somerset, West Country, England, United Kingdom, Britain and Ireland, Europe
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Latitude
51.23282° or 51° 13′ 58″ northLongitude
-2.43175° or 2° 25′ 54″ westOpen location code
9C3V6HM9+48OpenStreetMap ID
node 9407254134OpenStreetMap feature
place=locality
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