Thorne St Margaret is a village in the
civil parish of
Wellington Without
Wellington Without is a civil parish in the Somerset West and Taunton district of Somerset, England.
It lies south of Wellington and has a population of 727. The parish includes the hamlet of Ford Street or Fordstreet.
Governance
The parish c ...
in the
Taunton Deane
Taunton Deane was a local government district with borough status in Somerset, England. Its council was based in Taunton.
The district was formed on 1 April 1974, under the Local Government Act 1972, by a merger of the Municipal Borough of Ta ...
district of
Somerset, England. It is situated 3 miles west of Wellington, between the river Tone and the Bristol and Exeter railway. The village of Holywell Lake is nearby, which is one of the
Thankful Villages which lost no men in
World War I.
The parish of Thorne St Margaret was part of the
Milverton Hundred.
The
Church of St Margaret serves a parish population of about 50. The church has a 15th-century tower with three bells. The rest of the church was rebuilt in 1865, with a west window, with stained glass, added in 1907. The church is built of hard red sandstone and has a baptismal font dating to
Saxon
The Saxons ( la, Saxones, german: Sachsen, ang, Seaxan, osx, Sahson, nds, Sassen, nl, Saksen) were a group of Germanic
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peoples whose name was given in the early Middle Ages to a large country (Old Saxony, la, Saxonia) near the Nor ...
times.
It has been designated by
English Heritage as a Grade II*
listed building.
Civil parish
In 1961 the parish had a population of 82. On 1 April 1986 the parish was abolished.
References and external links
External links
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Villages in Taunton Deane
Former civil parishes in Somerset