Church of St John the Baptist
The Church of St John the Baptist in Carhampton, Somerset, England is a Grade I listed Anglican church. The first church in the village stood to the east of the present church and was dedicated to St Carantoc a Welsh monk of the 6th century.| Tap on a place to explore it |
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- Type: Church
- Denomination: Anglican
- Description: church in West Somerset, England, UK
- Also known as: “Church of St John the Baptist, Carhampton” and “St John the Baptist, Carhampton”
- Address: Carhampton
Places of Interest Nearby
Highlights include The Butchers Arms and Dunster Castle.
Dunster Castle
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Dunster Castle is a former motte and bailey castle, now a country house, in the village of Dunster, Somerset, England. The castle lies on the top of a steep hill called the Tor, and has been fortified since the late Anglo-Saxon period. Dunster Castle is situated 1¼ miles northwest of Church of St John the Baptist.
Blue Anchor railway station
Railway station
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Blue Anchor railway station is situated in the seaside village of Blue Anchor, Somerset, England, close to the larger village of Carhampton. It is on the West Somerset Railway, a heritage railway, and it houses one of the two museums of the West Somerset Railway Heritage Trust. Blue Anchor railway station is situated 1 mile northeast of Church of St John the Baptist.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Carhampton and Blue Anchor.
Carhampton
Village
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Carhampton is a village and civil parish in Somerset, England, 4 miles to the east of Minehead. Carhampton civil parish stretches from the Bristol Channel coast inland to Exmoor. The parish has a population of 865.
Blue Anchor
Village
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Blue Anchor is a seaside village, in the parish of Old Cleeve, close to Carhampton in Somerset, England. The village takes its name from a 17th-century inn; the bay, Blue Anchor Bay, was previously known as Cleeve Bay.
Dunster
Village
Photo: Arpingstone, Public domain.
Dunster is a village and civil parish in Somerset, England, within the north-eastern boundary of Exmoor National Park. It lies on the Bristol Channel 2.5 miles southeast of Minehead and 20 miles northwest of Taunton.
Church of St John the Baptist
- Categories: building, place of worship, and religion
- Location: Carhampton, West Somerset District, Somerset, West Country, England, United Kingdom, Britain and Ireland, Europe
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Latitude
51.17456° or 51° 10′ 28″ northLongitude
-3.41854° or 3° 25′ 7″ westOpen location code
9C3R5HFJ+RHOpenStreetMap ID
way 612385943OpenStreetMap feature
amenity=place_of_worshipOpenStreetMap feature
building=yesOpenStreetMap attribute
denomination=anglicanWikidata ID
Q5117444
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In Other Languages
“Church of St John the Baptist” goes by many names.
- Egyptian Arabic: “كنيسه القديس يوحنا المعمدان”
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Highlights include Carhampton Recreation Hall and Carhampton Village Hall.
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