OS grid reference ST075225 Country England Postcode district TA21 Shire county Somerset | Region South West Sovereign state United Kingdom Police Avon and Somerset District Taunton Deane | |
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Kittisford is a village and former parish and manor in Somerset, England, situated 7 miles (11 km) west of Taunton in the Taunton Deane district. It is now within the parish of Stawley.
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Map of Kittisford, Wellington, UK
The parish church was built around 1500 altered in the mid 17th century and was restored in 1875. It is a Grade II* listed building dedicated to St Nicholas. In the church survives a monumental brass to Richard Bluett (d.1524) and his wife Agnes Verney.
Gerald Gardiner took the title "Baron Gardiner of Kittisford" when he was made a life peer.
Historic estates
The Manor of Kittisford, of which the manor house is known as Kittisford Barton. The building was constructed in the late 15th or early 16th century.
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Kittisford Wikipedia(Text) CC BY-SA