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Zeals
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Also known as Zeals, Wiltshire

Zeals is a village and civil parish in southwest Wiltshire, England. The village is about west of Mere, next to the A303 road towards Wincanton, and adjoins the villages of Bourton, Dorset and Penselwood, Somerset. Its name comes from the Old English sealh meaning a small willow or sallow.

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Place details

Locality
Zeals
Region
England
Country
United Kingdom
Population
658
Timezone
Europe/London

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Key facts

UK place.official_name
Zeals
UK place.country
England
UK place.static_image_name
Zeals - geograph.org.uk - 5446.jpg
UK place.static_image_caption
House at Zeals Row
UK place.civil_parish
Zeals
UK place.population
658
UK place.population_ref
(2011)
UK place.unitary_england
Wiltshire
UK place.lieutenancy_england
Wiltshire
UK place.region
South West England
UK place.constituency_westminster
South West Wiltshire
UK place.post_town
Warminster
UK place.postcode_district
BA12
UK place.postcode_area
BA
UK place.dial_code
01747
UK place.os_grid_reference
ST780317

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Wikidata facts

Instance of
civil parish
Located in
Wiltshire
Population
658
Image
Zeals - geograph.org.uk - 5444.jpg
Dialing code
01747
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Commons category
Zeals
OS grid reference
ST780317
postal code
BA12
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Encyclopedic overview

8 sections
Contents
  • History
  • Notable buildings
  • Church and chapels
  • Amenities
  • Notable people
  • Zeals airfield
  • References
  • External links

Zeals is a village and civil parish in southwest Wiltshire, England. The village is about west of Mere, next to the A303 road towards Wincanton, and adjoins the villages of Bourton, Dorset and Penselwood, Somerset. Its name comes from the Old English sealh meaning a small willow or sallow.

The civil parish includes the hamlets of Long Cross, White Cross, Lower Zeals and Wolverton. The River Stour forms the west boundary of the parish.

Excerpted from Wikipedia’s “Zeals” article, available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 licence.

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