St Augustine’s Church, West Monkton
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.Photo: Celiakozlowski, CC BY-SA 4.0.
- Type: Church
- Denomination: Anglican
- Description: church in West Monkton, UK
- Also known as: “Church Of St Augustine”, “Church of St Augustine, West Monkton”, and “St Augustine”
- Address: Doster’s Lane, West Monkton, Taunton, TA2 8QT
Places of Interest Nearby
Highlights include St George’s Church, Ruishton and St Michael’s Church.
St George’s Church, Ruishton
Church
Photo: Geof Sheppard, CC BY-SA 4.0.
The Church of St George in Ruishton, Somerset, England was built in the 14th to 16th centuries and has been designated as a grade I listed building. The south chapel was built in the 14th and 15th centuries. St George’s Church, Ruishton is situated 2 miles south of St Augustine’s Church, West Monkton.
St Michael’s Church
Church
Hestercombe Gardens
Building
Places in the Area
Nearby places include West Monkton and Cheddon Fitzpaine.
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.
Cheddon Fitzpaine
Village
Photo: Derek Harper, CC BY-SA 2.0.
Cheddon Fitzpaine is a village and civil parish in Somerset, England, situated on the Quantock Hills 2 miles north of Taunton. The village is situated near the Bristol and Exeter Railway, the Bridgwater and Taunton Canal, and the River Tone and has a population of 1,929.
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.
St Augustine’s Church, West Monkton
- Categories: building, place of worship, and religion
- Location: West Monkton, Taunton Deane District, Somerset, West Country, England, United Kingdom, Britain and Ireland, Europe
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Latitude
51.05066° or 51° 3′ 2″ northLongitude
-3.05278° or 3° 3′ 10″ westOpen location code
9C3R3W2W+7VOpenStreetMap ID
way 367439873OpenStreetMap feature
amenity=place_of_worshipOpenStreetMap feature
building=churchOpenStreetMap attribute
denomination=anglicanWikidata ID
Q5117369
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In Other Languages
“St Augustine’s Church, West Monkton” goes by many names.
- Egyptian Arabic: “كنيسه القديس اوجسطين”
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