Thorne St Margaret

Human settlement in England

Wellington Without

Unitary authority

Somerset

Somerset

Region

South West

CountryEnglandSovereign stateUnited KingdomPost townWELLINGTONPostcode districtTA21Dialling code01823Police Avon and Somerset Fire Devon and Somerset Ambulance South Western UK Parliament

Taunton Deane

List of places: UK; England; Somerset

50°58′54″N 3°17′10″W / 50.9818°N 3.2861°W / 50.9818; -3.2861

Thorne St Margaret is a village in the civil parish of Wellington Without in the Taunton Deane district of Somerset, England. It is situated 3 miles west of Wellington, between the river Tone and the Bristol and Exeter railway.^[1] The village of Holywell Lake is nearby, which is one of the Thankful Villages which lost no men in World War I.^[2]

The parish of Thorne St Margaret was part of the Milverton Hundred.^[3]

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 times.^[4] It has been designated by English Heritage as a Grade II* listed building.^[5]

Civil parish

In 1961 the parish had a population of 82.^[6] On 1 April 1986 the parish was abolished.^[7]

Thorne Manor

References and external links

^ "Thorne St Margaret". GenUK. Retrieved 7 February 2008.
^ "Holywell Lake". Thankful villages. Retrieved 13 December 2008.
^ "Somerset Hundreds". GENUKI. Retrieved 17 October 2011.
^ "Church of St Margaret website". Wellington Team Churches. Retrieved 21 November 2010.
^ Historic England. "Church of St Margaret (1180128)". National Heritage List for England. Retrieved 7 February 2008.
^ "Population statistics Thorne St Margaret Ch/CP through time". A Vision of Britain through Time. Retrieved 3 August 2023.
^ "Taunton Deane Registration District". UKBMD. Retrieved 3 August 2023.