Pitminster
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Pitminster is a village and civil parish in Somerset, England, situated south of Taunton. The parish has a population of 956. The parish also includes the villages of Angersleigh and Blagdon Hill. The village of Blagdon is now officially known as Blagdon Hill to distinguish it from Blagdon in North Somerset. Hillside hamlets in the parish comprise Feltham and Woodram, those on the lower plain in the north are Sellicks Green which is contiguous with Blagdon Hill, Duddlestone and Poundisford.
Key facts
- UK place.static_image_name
- Pitminster, The Blagdon Inn - geograph.org.uk - 195110.jpg
- UK place.static_image_caption
- Blagdon Hill
- UK place.country
- England
- UK place.official_name
- Pitminster
- UK place.population
- 956
- 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
- Taunton and Wellington
- UK place.post_town
- TAUNTON
- UK place.postcode_district
- TA3
- UK place.postcode_area
- TA
- UK place.dial_code
- 01823
- UK place.os_grid_reference
- ST225195
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Pitminster is a village and civil parish in Somerset, England, situated south of Taunton. The parish has a population of 956. The parish also includes the villages of Angersleigh and Blagdon Hill. The village of Blagdon is now officially known as Blagdon Hill to distinguish it from Blagdon in North Somerset. Hillside hamlets in the parish comprise Feltham and Woodram, those on the lower plain in the north are Sellicks Green which is contiguous with Blagdon Hill, Duddlestone and Poundisford.
==History== The name Pitminster means ''the minster or mother church of Pippa's people''.
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