Stogumber
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Stogumber () is a village and civil parish in Somerset, England, on the eastern flank of the Brendon Hills. Besides Stogumber village itself, the parish includes the hamlets of Ashbeer, Capton, Escott, Higher Vexford, Kingswood, Lower Vellow, Lower Vexford, Preston, and Vellow. The village is on the route of the Samaritans Way South West.
Key facts
- UK place.static_image
- Stogumber the village from the west - geograph.org.uk - 152336.jpg
- UK place.static_image_width
- 240px
- UK place.country
- England
- UK place.official_name
- Stogumber
- UK place.population
- 702
- UK place.population_ref
- (2011)
- UK place.unitary_england
- Somerset
- UK place.lieutenancy_england
- Somerset
- UK place.region
- South West England
- UK place.constituency_westminster
- Tiverton and Minehead
- UK place.post_town
- Taunton
- UK place.postcode_district
- TA4
- UK place.postcode_area
- TA
- UK place.dial_code
- 01984
- UK place.os_grid_reference
- ST095375
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- Population
- 702
- Image
- Stogumber the village from the west - geograph.org.uk - 152336.jpg
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- Stogumber
- OS grid reference
- ST095375
- postal code
- TA4
- P8168
- Karel Štěpánek
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Stogumber () is a village and civil parish in Somerset, England, on the eastern flank of the Brendon Hills. Besides Stogumber village itself, the parish includes the hamlets of Ashbeer, Capton, Escott, Higher Vexford, Kingswood, Lower Vellow, Lower Vexford, Preston, and Vellow. The village is on the route of the Samaritans Way South West.
==History== The name comes from the Old English Stoke, meaning 'place' or 'dairy farm', with the addition in 1225 of the personal name Gunner.
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