St Peter’s Church, West Huntspill
The Church of St Peter in Huntspill, Somerset, England, was established by 1208, rebuilt around 1400, and extended in the early to mid-15th century. It was gutted by fire in 1878 and restored over the next two years.Photo: ChurchCrawler, CC BY-SA 2.0.
- Type: Church
- Denomination: Anglican
- Description: church in West Huntspill, Sedgemoor, Somerset, England, UK
- Also known as: “St Peter & All Hallows”, “St Peter and All Hallows Church, West Huntspill”, and “West Huntspill Church”
Places of Interest Nearby
Highlights include River Brue and Highbridge and Burnham railway station.
River Brue
River
The River Brue originates in the parish of Brewham in Somerset, England, and reaches the sea some 50 kilometres west at Burnham-on-Sea. It originally took a different route from Glastonbury to the sea, but this was changed by Glastonbury Abbey in the twelfth century.
Highbridge and Burnham railway station
Railway station
Photo: Geof Sheppard, CC BY-SA 4.0.
Highbridge and Burnham railway station is situated on the Bristol to Exeter line in the town of Highbridge, Somerset and also serves the neighbouring town of Burnham-on-Sea. Highbridge and Burnham railway station is situated 1½ miles northeast of St Peter’s Church, West Huntspill.
Church of St John the Baptist, Pawlett
Church
Photo: Celiakozlowski, CC BY 3.0.
The Church of St John the Baptist in Pawlett, Somerset, England dates from the 12th century and has been designated as a Grade I listed building. The Norman church of St John the Baptist replaced an earlier Saxon structure and the church is thought to have been a popular station on medieval pilgrimages from Watchet to Glastonbury. Church of St John the Baptist, Pawlett is situated 2 miles south of St Peter’s Church, West Huntspill.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Huntspill and Stretcholt.
Huntspill
Village
Photo: ChurchCrawler, CC BY-SA 2.0.
Huntspill is a village and former civil parish on the Huntspill Level in Somerset, England. It lies on the A38 road, 1.5 miles south of Highbridge. The village is the principal settlement in the civil parish of West Huntspill.
Stretcholt
Hamlet
Photo: Adrian and Janet Quantock, CC BY-SA 2.0.
Pawlett is a village and civil parish 4 miles north of Bridgwater, in the English county of Somerset. The parish includes the hamlet of Stretcholt. The village has Roman or Saxon origins.
Steart
Hamlet
Photo: Chris Andrews, CC BY-SA 2.0.
Steart, historically also called Stert, is a small village in Somerset, England. It lies in an isolated position on the Steart Peninsula on the Bristol Channel coast, about 6 miles north of Bridgwater. Steart is situated 2 miles west of St Peter’s Church, West Huntspill.
St Peter’s Church, West Huntspill
- Categories: building, place of worship, and religion
- Location: West Huntspill, Sedgemoor District, Somerset, West Country, England, United Kingdom, Britain and Ireland, Europe
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Latitude
51.20415° or 51° 12′ 15″ northLongitude
-2.99653° or 2° 59′ 48″ westOpen location code
9C3V6233+M9OpenStreetMap ID
way 458254605OpenStreetMap feature
amenity=place_of_worshipOpenStreetMap feature
building=churchOpenStreetMap attribute
denomination=anglicanWikidata ID
Q5117694
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In Other Languages
“St Peter’s Church, West Huntspill” goes by many names.
- Egyptian Arabic: “كنيسه القديس بطرس”
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