Ditcheat
Sign in to saveDitcheat is a village and civil parish south of Shepton Mallet, and north-west of Castle Cary, in Somerset, England. Besides the village, the parish has four hamlets: Wraxall, Lower Wraxall, Alhampton and Sutton.
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Place details
- Locality
- Ditcheat
- Region
- England
- Country
- United Kingdom
- Population
- 370
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Key facts
- UK place.static_image
- File:Ditcheat Post Office - geograph.org.uk - 454919.jpg
- UK place.static_image_caption
- Ditcheat post office (since closed)
- UK place.country
- England
- UK place.official_name
- Ditcheat
- UK place.population
- 725
- UK place.unitary_england
- Somerset Council
- UK place.lieutenancy_england
- Somerset
- UK place.region
- South West England
- UK place.constituency_westminster
- Frome and East Somerset
- UK place.post_town
- SHEPTON MALLET
- UK place.postcode_district
- BA4
- UK place.postcode_area
- BA
- UK place.dial_code
Wikidata facts
- Instance of
- civil parish
- Country
- United Kingdom
- Population
- +725
- Image
- Ditcheat church.jpg
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Ditcheat is a village and civil parish south of Shepton Mallet, and north-west of Castle Cary, in Somerset, England. Besides the village, the parish has four hamlets: Wraxall, Lower Wraxall, Alhampton and Sutton.
==History== In the Domesday Book of 1086, Ditcheat belonged to Glastonbury Abbey and contained 36 families. The parish of Ditcheat was part of the Whitstone Hundred.