Stringston, Somerset - St. Mary the Virgin Church - postcard c.1970s

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• Picture / Image:  St. Mary the Virgin, Stringston [Somerset]
• Publisher: Status, Minehead
• Postally used: no
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Text from the free encyclopedia WIKIPEDIA may appear below to give a little background information (internal links may not  work) :

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Stringston is a village and civil parish on the northern edge of the Quantock Hills in the English county of Somerset. The village is 10 miles (16 km) west of Bridgwater, and close to the villages of Holford, Kilve and Stogursey. In 2002, the parish was estimated to have a population of 116.^[1]

Besides the village of Stringston itself, the parish includes the settlements of Lilstock and Kilton. Administratively, the civil parish falls within the West Somerset local government district within the Somerset shire county, with administrative tasks shared between county, district and parish councils.^[2]

The Church of St Mary dates from the 17th century and has been designated by English Heritage as a Grade II listed building.^[8] Within the churchyard is a cross dating from the 14th century,^[9] which is on the Heritage at Riskregister.^[10]

The Church of St. Nicholas in Kilton has a 14th-century chancel, with the lower stages of the tower and nave being added in the late 15th or early 16th century.^[11]