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East Cranmore

Cranmore
Stone building with arched porchway. Prominent square tower to the left hand end of building. In the foreground gravestones and crosses on grass.
Church of St Bartholomew, Cranmore
Cranmore is located in Somerset
Cranmore
Cranmore
Cranmore shown within Somerset
Population 667 (2011)
OS grid reference ST665435
District
Shire county
Region
Country England
Sovereign state United Kingdom
Post town SHEPTON MALLET
Postcode district BA4
Dialling code 01749
Police Avon and Somerset
Fire Devon and Somerset
Ambulance South Western
EU Parliament South West England
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England
Somerset
51°11′23″N 2°28′43″W / 51.1896°N 2.4787°W / 51.1896; -2.4787Coordinates: 51°11′23″N 2°28′43″W / 51.1896°N 2.4787°W / 51.1896; -2.4787

Cranmore is a village and civil parish east of Shepton Mallet, in the Mendip district of Somerset, England. The parish includes the hamlets of Waterlip, East Cranmore and Dean where Dean farmhouse dates from the 17th century, as does The Old Smithy, just off the A361 which was originally two residential dwellings before being finally "knocked through" to just one.

The name comes from Crane Mere, the Lake of the Cranes.

The parish of Cranmore was part of the hundred of Wells Forum. East Cranmore was part of the hundred of Frome.

It is the base of the East Somerset Railway which plays host to a variety of preserved diesel and steam locomotives. It operates the line between Cranmore railway station, Cranmore West, Merryfield Lane Halt and Mendip Vale. The section between Cranmore and the mainline is used for heavy quarry traffic to the nearby Merehead Quarry. The quarry, which is also known as Torr Works, covers an area of some 200 hectares, including 60 hectares which have been landscaped to blend with the surrounding countryside. It is operated by the Foster Yeoman Company employing over 200 people and produces 6 million tonnes of limestone annually which is carried directly from the quarry by Mendip Rail.


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