Stoke St Gregory
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 St Gregory's parish church |
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| Stoke St Gregory shown within Somerset | |
| Population | 942 (2011 Census) |
| OS grid reference | ST3427 |
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| Country | England |
| Sovereign state | United Kingdom |
| Post town | Taunton |
| Postcode district | TA3 |
| Dialling code | 01823 |
| Police | Avon and Somerset |
| Fire | Devon and Somerset |
| Ambulance | South Western |
| EU Parliament | South West England |
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| Website | Stoke St Gregory |
Stoke St Gregory is a village and civil parish in Somerset, England, about 7 miles (11 km) east of Taunton in the Taunton Deane district. The village is on a low ridge of land between the River Tone to the north and West Sedgemoor to the south. The 2011 Census recorded the parish's population as 942.
The parish of Stoke St Gregory was part of the North Curry Hundred. The manor was held, with North Curry, from 1190 by the dean and chapter of Wells Cathedral.
The parish includes the Willows and Wetlands visitor centre which offers tours of more than 80 acres (0.12 sq mi) of withies, willow yards and basket workshops and explains the place of willow in the history of the Somerset Levels. Lovell's Farm has a withy boiler that was built in 1906.
Slough Farmhouse, formerly called Slough Court, was built in the late Middle Ages as a fortified manor house. It is a Grade II* listed building.
The civil parish has a parish council. The parish is in the Non-metropolitan district of Taunton Deane and the non-metropolitan county of Somerset, governed by Somerset County Council. Taunton Deane District was formed on 1 April 1974 under the Local Government Act 1972, having previously been part of Taunton Rural District.
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