West Quantoxhead

proper noun

A village and civil parish in Somerset, England, previously in Somerset West and Taunton district (OS grid ref ST1141).

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Meanings

proper noun
  1. A village and civil parish in Somerset, England, previously in Somerset West and Taunton district (OS grid ref ST1141).
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    West Quantoxhead, 1½ miles to the south-west, has some handsome houses and an imposing mansion, St Audries - now a girls' school - built in the Tudor style in the 19th century, at the same time as the pinkish-buff stone Church of St Ethelreda - also called St Audrey - which has an elegant tapering spirelet.

    1980, AA Book of British Villages, Drive Publications Ltd, page 160

Origin

Named for its position at the north end of the Quantock Hills.

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