Whitelackington
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Whitelackington is a village and civil parish on the A303 one mile north east of Ilminster, in Somerset, England. The parish includes Dillington Park and the hamlets of Atherstone and Ashwell.
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Place details
- Locality
- Whitelackington
- Region
- England
- Country
- United Kingdom
- Population
- 0
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Key facts
- UK place.static_image
- alt=Stone church with square tower. In the foreground are a path and gravestones|240px
- UK place.static_image_caption
- Church of St Mary the Virgin, Whitelackington
- UK place.country
- England
- UK place.official_name
- Whitelackington
- UK place.population
- 209
- 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
- Yeovil
- UK place.post_town
- ILMINSTER
- UK place.postcode_district
- TA19
- UK place.postcode_area
- TA
- UK place.dial_code
- 01460
- UK place.os_grid_reference
- ST385155
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Whitelackington is a village and civil parish on the A303 one mile north east of Ilminster, in Somerset, England. The parish includes Dillington Park and the hamlets of Atherstone and Ashwell.
==Toponymy== The village's name is from Old English and is composed of two elements: the Old English personal name Hwitlāc and tun meaning "farm" but here in the sense of "estate, village". The name was recorded as Witelecintone in 1127.
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