Ditcheat

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.

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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: 01749
UK place.os_grid_reference: ST625365

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Wikidata facts

Population: 725
Image: Ditcheat church.jpg
Dialing code: 01749

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Commons category: Ditcheat
OS grid reference: ST625365
postal code: BA4
P8168: Saint-Priest-sous-Aixe

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History
Governance
Religious sites
Community facilities
Sport
Notable people
References
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==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.