Priddy
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Priddy is a village in Somerset, England in the Mendip Hills, close to East Harptree and north-west of Wells.
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Place details
- Locality
- Priddy
- Region
- England
- Country
- United Kingdom
- Population
- 0
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Key facts
- UK place.static_image
- alt=Large area of green grass with stone farm buildings behind. In the centre is a small thatched wooden building.|240px
- UK place.static_image_caption
- Priddy Green
- UK place.country
- England
- UK place.official_name
- Priddy
- UK place.population
- 624
- UK place.population_ref
- (2011)
- UK place.lieutenancy_england
- Somerset
- UK place.unitary_england
- Somerset Council
- UK place.region
- South West England
- UK place.constituency_westminster
- Wells and Mendip Hills
- UK place.post_town
- WELLS
- UK place.postcode_district
- BA5
- UK place.postcode_area
- BA
- UK place.dial_code
- 01749
- UK place.os_grid_reference
- ST527508
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Wikidata facts
- Instance of
- civil parish
- Country
- United Kingdom
- Located in
- Mendip
- Population
- 598
- Image
- Priddy.jpg
- Dialing code
- 01749
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- Priddy
- OS grid reference
- ST527508
- postal code
- BA5
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- Toponymy
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Priddy is a village in Somerset, England in the Mendip Hills, close to East Harptree and north-west of Wells.
The village lies in a small hollow near the summit of the Mendip range of hills, at an elevation of above sea-level, and has evidence of occupation since Neolithic times. There are remains of lead mining activities and caves in the limestone beneath the village.
Excerpted from Wikipedia’s “Priddy” article, available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 licence.
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