Muchelney
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Muchelney () is a clustered village and civil parish in Somerset, England, extending for from the south bank of the River Parrett. The village lies about south of Langport and south west of Somerton. The hamlets of Thorney and Muchelney Ham are in the south of the parish.
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Place details
- Locality
- Muchelney
- Region
- England
- Country
- United Kingdom
- Population
- 0
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Key facts
- UK place.static_image
- Muchelney.JPG
- UK place.static_image_caption
- The tower of St Peter and St Paul church rises above Muchelney
- UK place.country
- England
- UK place.official_name
- Muchelney
- UK place.population
- 195
- UK place.population_ref
- (2011 census)
- UK place.area_total_km2
- 6.44
- UK place.region
- South West England
- UK place.constituency_westminster
- Glastonbury and Somerton
- UK place.post_town
- Langport
- UK place.postcode_district
- TA10
- UK place.postcode_area
- TA
- UK place.dial_code
- 01458
- UK place.os_grid_reference
- ST429249
- UK place.unitary_england
- Somerset
- UK place.lieutenancy_england
- Somerset
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Wikidata facts
- Instance of
- civil parish
- Country
- United Kingdom
- Located in
- Somerset
- Population
- 191
- Area
- 6.44
- Shares border with
- Langport
- Image
- Village Cross Muchelney - geograph.org.uk - 1260610.jpg
- Dialing code
- 01458
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- Muchelney
- postal code
- TA10
- OS grid reference
- ST429249
- P8168
- Rethel
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Muchelney () is a clustered village and civil parish in Somerset, England, extending for from the south bank of the River Parrett. The village lies about south of Langport and south west of Somerton. The hamlets of Thorney and Muchelney Ham are in the south of the parish.
==History== A small settlement was recorded at Micelenie in the Domesday Book of 1086, meaning 'the increasingly great island' from the Old English micel and the Norsk Øe. The -ey or -y suffix served as the old English designation for "island", and thus is common to many of the villages in this area of the Somerset Levels, which stood as islands just above the marshes, which have since been drained.
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