Blagdon
Sign in to saveBlagdon 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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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
Wikidata facts
- Instance of
- civil parish
- Country
- United Kingdom
- Population
- +1116
- Image
- Blagdon.JPG
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- Émile Mbouh
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Article
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'.