Museums · South West England
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
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Plan your visit
- Typical visit
- 1.5 h–3 h
- Best time of year
- Year-round
- Family-friendly
- Limited wheelchair access
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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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
- 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, in the United Kingdom — coordinates 51.0615°, -3.1872°.
- Is Bishops Lydeard wheelchair accessible?
- Partially — OpenStreetMap notes limited wheelchair access at Bishops Lydeard. Check ahead for specific facilities.