Blagdon
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Blagdon is a village and civil parish in the ceremonial county of Somerset, within the unitary authority of North Somerset, in England. It is located in the Mendip Hills, a recognised Area of Outstanding Natural Beauty. According to the 2021 census it has a population of 1,184. The village is about east of Weston-super-Mare and 12 miles (19 km) south west of Bristol, on the A368 road to Bath.
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Place details
- Locality
- Blagdon
- Region
- England
- Country
- United Kingdom
- Population
- 1,001
- Timezone
- Europe/London
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Key facts
- UK place.static_image_name
- Blagdon.JPG
- UK place.static_image_caption
- Blagdon with the lake in the foreground
- UK place.country
- England
- UK place.official_name
- Blagdon
- UK place.population
- 1,116
- UK place.population_ref
- (2011)
- UK place.unitary_england
- North Somerset
- UK place.lieutenancy_england
- Somerset
- UK place.region
- South West England
- UK place.constituency_westminster
- Wells and Mendip Hills
- UK place.post_town
- BRISTOL
- UK place.postcode_district
- BS40
- UK place.postcode_area
- BS
- UK place.dial_code
- 01761
- UK place.os_grid_reference
- ST500589
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Encyclopedic overview
18 sectionsContents
- History
- Romans
- Saxons
- Norman feudal barony
- The Blagdon Controversy
- Physical history
- Blagdon in the twentieth century
- Governance
- Geography
- Demographics
- Transport
- Religious sites
- Culture
- Famous residents
- Listed buildings
- References
- Bibliography
- External links
Blagdon is a village and civil parish in the ceremonial county of Somerset, within the unitary authority of North Somerset, in England. It is located in the Mendip Hills, a recognised Area of Outstanding Natural Beauty. According to the 2021 census it has a population of 1,184. The village is about east of Weston-super-Mare and 12 miles (19 km) south west of Bristol, on the A368 road to Bath.
== History == The village was called Blachedon in the 1086 Domesday Book and the name comes from the Old English bloec and dun meaning 'the black or bleak down'.
Excerpted from Wikipedia’s “Blagdon” article, available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 licence.
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