Lydford-on-Fosse

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Lydford-on-Fosse
Lydford-on-Fosse (Somerset)
Lydford-on-Fosse

Lydford-on-Fosse shown within Somerset
Population 464[1]
OS grid reference ST565305
District Mendip
Shire county Somerset
Region South West
Constituent country England
Sovereign state United Kingdom
Postcode district BA
Police Avon and Somerset
Fire Devon and Somerset
Ambulance South Western
European Parliament South West England
UK Parliament Somerton and Frome
List of places: UKEnglandSomerset

Coordinates: 51°04′20″N 2°37′20″W / 51.07217, -2.62225

Lydford-on-Fosse is a village and civil parish in the Mendip district of Somerset, England. The parish includes the hamlet of East Lydford.

Lydford-on-Fosse straddles the Fosse Way, an ancient Roman road which linked the cities of Lincoln and Exeter.

The Church of St. Mary was built in 1866 by Benjamin Ferrey for Rector J. J. Moss. It is a grade II listed building.[2]

[edit] References

  1. ^ Mendip Parish Population Estimates 2002. Somerset County Council. Retrieved on 2006-11-25.
  2. ^ Church of St. Mary. Images of England. Retrieved on 2006-11-25.

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