Museums · South West England
Bishops Lydeard
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Bishops Lydeard () is a village and civil parish located in Somerset, England, 5 miles (8 km) north-west of Taunton. The civil parish encompasses the hamlets of East Lydeard and Terhill, and had a pop
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Plan your visit
- Typical visit
- 1.5 h–3 h
- Best time of year
- Year-round
- Nearest railway station
- Bishops Lydeard · 1.0 km
- Family-friendly
- Limited wheelchair access
Getting there & planning your visit
To visit Bishops Lydeard museum, the nearest railway station is Bishops Lydeard, located 1 km away. The postcode for sat-nav is TA4 3DJ. Please note that wheelchair accessibility is limited.
About
Bishops Lydeard () is a village and civil parish located in Somerset, England, 5 miles (8 km) north-west of Taunton. The civil parish encompasses the hamlets of East Lydeard and Terhill, and had a population of 2,839 persons as recorded in the 2011 census; this figure, however, includes the village (and now separate parish) of Cotford St Luke. The village has been bypassed, since 1967, by the A358 road; the West Somerset Railway also runs through the area. The hamlet of East Lydeard is less than a mile to the east of the village; Terhill is about two miles north, while west of the village is Sandhill Park, an eighteenth-century country house.
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Protected designations
- Area of Outstanding Natural Beauty: Quantock Hills
Designations sourced from Natural England open data under OGL v3.
From the Wikipedia article
Bishops Lydeard () is a village and civil parish located in Somerset, England, 5 miles (8 km) north-west of Taunton. The civil parish encompasses the hamlets of East Lydeard and Terhill, and had a population of 2,839 persons as recorded in the 2011 census; this figure, however, includes the village (and now separate parish) of Cotford St Luke. The village has been bypassed, since 1967, by the A358 road; the West Somerset Railway also runs through the area. The hamlet of East Lydeard is less than a mile to the east of the village; Terhill is about two miles north, while west of the village is Sandhill Park, an eighteenth-century country house.
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Background
History
The name of the village probably relates to Gisa, Bishop of Wells, who was its principal tenant and one of the major episcopal landowners in Somerset at the time of the Domesday Book in 1086. Lydeard is a compound of two Saxon personal names: Lide (cognate with "Lloyd"), a derivative of the Brythonic word meaning grey (llwyd in modern Welsh), and Geard, the latter remaining as a local name, "Yarde". As well as being a personal name, geard means "a fence, enclosure, courtyard or dwelling", again of Brythonic origin, as in the modern Welsh word, garth (enclosure, ridge etc.), or personal names, Garth or Gareth. Thus "grey enclosure" or "ridge" seem to be plausible alternative meanings. The…
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- Coordinates
- 51.0615, -3.1872
- District
- Somerset
- Parish
- Bishop's Lydeard
- Postcode
- TA4 3DJ
- Parliamentary constituency
- Tiverton and Minehead
- Nearest railway station
- Bishops Lydeard — 1 km
- Official site
- www.somersetintelligence.org.uk
Sources
- wikipedia: Bishops Lydeard (CC BY-SA 4.0)
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Frequently asked questions
- Where is Bishops Lydeard?
- Bishops Lydeard is in South-West England, United Kingdom (postcode TA4 3DJ), in the parish of Bishop's Lydeard.
- What is Bishops Lydeard?
- Bishops Lydeard () is a village and civil parish located in Somerset, England, 5 miles (8 km) north-west of Taunton. The civil parish encompasses the hamlets of East Lydeard and Terhill, and had a pop
- How do I get to Bishops Lydeard?
- The nearest railway station is Bishops Lydeard, about 1.0 km away. Drivers can use postcode TA4 3DJ.
- Is Bishops Lydeard a protected site?
- Yes — Bishops Lydeard is part of the Quantock Hills National Landscape (AONB).
- How do I get to Bishops Lydeard?
- The nearest railway station is Bishops Lydeard, about 1.0 km away. Drivers can navigate to postcode TA4 3DJ.