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Wiveliscombe
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Wiveliscombe (, ) is a town and civil parish in Somerset, England, situated west of Taunton. The town has a population of 2,893. The Square, fronted by several listed structures, held the former market. The parish includes the nearby hamlet of Maundown.
Key facts
- UK place.static_image_name
- Wiveliscombe houses.jpg
- UK place.static_image_alt
- Street scene with buildings and shops. The three storey building on the left has a sign saying The Courthouse.
- UK place.static_image_caption
- Court House, Wiveliscombe, built by the Hancock family (a local brewing family) in 1881
- UK place.country
- England
- UK place.official_name
- Wiveliscombe
- UK place.population
- 2,893
- UK place.population_ref
- (2011)
- UK place.civil_parish
- Wiveliscombe
- UK place.unitary_england
- Somerset Council
- 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
- ST080279
via Wikipedia infobox
Wikidata facts
- Instance of
- market town
- Country
- United Kingdom
- Located in
- Somerset West and Taunton
- Population
- 2893
- Official website
- www.wiveliscombe.com
- Image
- 5-7 The Square Wiveliscombe - geograph.org.uk - 1520021.jpg
- Dialing code
- 01984
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- Commons category
- Wiveliscombe
- postal code
- TA4
- OS grid reference
- ST080279
- P8168
- action painting
- described by source
- Encyclopædia Britannica 11th edition
via Wikidata · CC0
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Encyclopedic overview
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Wiveliscombe (, ) is a town and civil parish in Somerset, England, situated west of Taunton. The town has a population of 2,893. The Square, fronted by several listed structures, held the former market. The parish includes the nearby hamlet of Maundown.
==History== thumb|left|Wiveliscombe Town Hall Settlement in the neighbourhood is of long standing. The Neolithic hillfort at King's Castle is east of the town. North west of the town is Clatworthy Camp, an Iron Age hillfort. Nearby is Elworthy Barrows, an unfinished Iron Age hillfort, rather than Bronze Age barrows. A rectangular enclosure south of Manor Farm is the remains of a Roman fort; in the 18th century, vestiges of its fortifications and foundations were identified as being of Roman origin, and it was locally called "the Castle". In the 18th century a hoard of about 1600 Roman coins of third and fourth century dates was uncovered.
Excerpted from Wikipedia’s “Wiveliscombe” article, available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 licence.
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