Wanstrow

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Wanstrow
Wanstrow (Somerset)
Wanstrow

Wanstrow shown within Somerset
Population 465[1]
OS grid reference ST715415
District Mendip
Shire county Somerset
Region South West
Constituent country England
Sovereign state United Kingdom
Post town Shepton Mallet
Postcode district BA4
Police Avon and Somerset
Fire Devon and Somerset
Ambulance South Western
European Parliament South West England
UK Parliament Somerton and Frome
List of places: UK • England • Somerset

Coordinates: 51°10′19″N 2°24′33″W / 51.17202, -2.40904

Wanstrow is a village and civil parish 6 miles south west of Frome in the Mendip district of Somerset, England. The parish includes the village of Cloford.

The Church of St Mary dates from the 15th century and is a grade II* listed building.[2]

It is the birthplace of Joseph Harding "father of Cheddar Cheese"

[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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