Bishops Lydeard, United Kingdom
Bishops Lydeard is a town of 2,040 people in England, United Kingdom.
Why visit Bishops Lydeard
Townapedia lists 6 museums and landmarks, 3 parks and trails, 11 places to eat, 3 places to stay and 2 attractions in and around town.
Highlights include Pixford Fruit Farm (Higher Barn), Bishops Lydeard Mill, The Mill House and Bishops Lydeard Association Football Club.
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About 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 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.
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Things to do2
Pixford Fruit Farm (Higher Barn)
Farm and orchard · 0.8 mi
Raleighs Cross Road, Taunton
Mo-Su 10:00-18:00
Museums and landmarks6
Combe Florey War Memorial
Monument and historic site · 1.5 mi
Boxed Latin cross on square plinth, rising from sloping base and platform.
Parks, trails and playgrounds3
Bishops Lydeard Association Football Club
Sports field and stadium · 0.5 mi
Cothelstone Road, Taunton
Restaurants and cafes11
Bird in Hand
Bar and pub · Regional
34 Mount Street, Taunton
Mo-Su 12:00-23:00
Daisy Cottage Tea Rooms
Cafe · Cream Tea
5 Church Street, Taunton
Tu-Sa 10:00-16:30; Su-Mo off
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 parish of Bishops Lydeard was part of the Kingsbury Hundred.
Cotford St Luke is a large new village, built in the southern part of Bishops Lydeard parish (2 km or over 1 mile south of Bishops Lydeard), which became a separate civil parish in 2011, splitting off from Bishops Lydeard.
From the History section of Bishops Lydeard on Wikipedia, under CC BY-SA 4.0.
Where to stay3
Churches and places of worship16
Shopping1
Gas and EV charging1
Schools, colleges and libraries2
Healthcare4
Map of Bishops Lydeard
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Getting there and nearby towns
Royal Naval Air Station Yeovilton (YEO) is the nearest airport with scheduled flights listed in OpenStreetMap, 24 miles away.
- Milverton 4 mi southwest, about 6 min by car
- Taunton 5 mi southeast, about 8 min by car
- Wiveliscombe 6 mi west, about 9 min by car
- Nether Stowey 6 mi north, about 10 min by car
- Creech Saint Michael 7 mi east, about 11 min by car
- Bridgwater 9 mi northeast, about 15 min by car
- Westonzoyland 12 mi east, about 19 min by car
- Puriton 12 mi northeast, about 19 min by car
- Uffculme 12 mi southwest, about 20 min by car
- Burnham-on-Sea 15 mi northeast, about 24 min by car
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Photo credits
- Church of StPeter and StPaul, Alex Williams, CC BY-SA 3.0
- St Bartholomew's Church, Oake 04, Simon Burchell, CC BY-SA 4.0
- Fitzgead church, Martin Bodman, CC BY-SA 2.0
- Kingstmarychurch, David Bown, CC BY 3.0
- Bishops Lydeard Mill, Jim Woodward-Nutt, CC BY-SA 2.0
- Street-level photo, ukchris, CC BY-SA 4.0
- Street-level photo, ukchris, CC BY-SA 4.0
- Street-level photo, ukchris, CC BY-SA 4.0
- Street-level photo, ukchris, CC BY-SA 4.0
- Street-level photo, ukchris, CC BY-SA 4.0
- Street-level photo, southglos, CC BY-SA 4.0
- Street-level photo, southglos, CC BY-SA 4.0
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