Moorlinch
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Key facts
- UK place.country
- England
- UK place.official_name
- Moorlinch
- UK place.population
- 408
- UK place.population_ref
- (2011)
- UK place.unitary_england
- Somerset Council
- UK place.lieutenancy_england
- Somerset
- UK place.region
- South West England
- UK place.constituency_westminster
- Wells and Mendip Hills
- UK place.post_town
- BRIDGWATER
- UK place.postcode_district
- TA7
- UK place.postcode_area
- TA
- UK place.dial_code
- 01458
- UK place.os_grid_reference
Wikidata facts
- Instance of
- civil parish
- Country
- United Kingdom
- Population
- +408
- Image
- St. Mary's Church, Moorlinch - geograph.org.uk - 253048.jpg
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- John le Carré
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Moorlinch is a village and civil parish where the Polden Hills meet the Somerset Levels in Somerset, England.
==History== The village was known as Mirieling in 971 and the name is believed to come from the Saxon myrge and hlinc meaning pleasant hill.