Church of St Mary the Virgin, East Stoke

The Church of St Mary the Virgin at East Stoke in Stoke-sub-Hamdon, Somerset, England dates from the 12th century. It has been designated as a Grade I listed building.

Photo: Mike Searle, CC BY-SA 2.0.

Type: Church
Denomination: Anglican
Description: church in Stoke Sub Hamdon, Somerset, England, UK
Also known as: “Church of St Mary the Virgin”, “St Mary the Virgin”, and “St Mary the Virgin’s Church, Stoke-sub-Hamdon”

Places of Interest Nearby

Highlights include Ham Hill Hillfort and Ham Hill.

Ham Hill Hillfort

Protected area

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Ham Hill Hillfort is an Iron Age hillfort located on Ham Hill, Somerset, England. It was also occupied during the Mesolithic and Neolithic periods and later during Roman and medieval eras. Ham Hill Hillfort is situated 2,100 feet west of Church of St Mary the Virgin, East Stoke.

Ham Hill

Peak

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Ham Hill is a geological Site of Special Scientific Interest, Scheduled Ancient Monument, Iron Age hill fort, Roman site, Local Nature Reserve and country park, to the west of Yeovil in Somerset, England.

Montacute House

Manor estate

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Montacute House is a late Elizabethan mansion in Montacute, South Somerset, England. An example of English architecture created during a period that was moving from the medieval Gothic to the more classically-inspired Renaissance style, Montacute is one of the few prodigy houses to have survived almost unchanged from the Elizabethan era. Montacute House is situated 1 mile east of Church of St Mary the Virgin, East Stoke.

Places in the Area

Nearby places include Stoke-sub-Hamdon and Montacute.

Stoke-sub-Hamdon

Village

Photo: Mike Searle, CC BY-SA 2.0.

Stoke-sub-Hamdon, also known as Stoke under Ham, is a large village and civil parish in Somerset, England. It is situated 5 miles west of Yeovil, with which it is linked by the A3088 road.

Montacute

Village

Photo: Jim Champion, CC BY-SA 2.0.

Montacute is a village and civil parish in Somerset, England, 4 miles west of Yeovil. The village has a population of 831. The name Montacute is thought by some to derive from the Latin "Mons Acutus", referring to the conically acute St Michael's Hill dominating the village to the west.

Norton-sub-Hamdon

Village

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Norton-sub-Hamdon is a village and civil parish in the South Somerset district of the English county of Somerset, about ten miles west of Yeovil. The population of the parish at the 2021 census was 727.

Church of St Mary the Virgin, East Stoke

Categories: building, place of worship, and religion
Location: Stoke Sub Hamdon, South Somerset, Somerset, West Country, England, United Kingdom, Britain and Ireland, Europe
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Latitude

50.95259° or 50° 57′ 9″ north

Longitude

-2.73609° or 2° 44′ 10″ west

Open location code

9C2VX737+2H

OpenStreetMap ID

way 359894535

OpenStreetMap feature

amenity=place_of_worship

OpenStreetMap feature

building=church

OpenStreetMap attribute

denomination=anglican

Wikidata ID

Q5117591

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