Seavington St Mary

infobox UK place
country= England
latitude= 50.9292
longitude= -2.8562
official_name= Seavington St Mary
population= 361
shire_district= South Somerset
shire_county = Somerset
region= South West England
constituency_westminster= Yeovil
post_town= ILMINSTER
postcode_district = TA19
postcode_area= TA
dial_code= 01460
os_grid_reference= ST399147

Seavington St Mary is a village in the south of the county of Somerset in England.

Situated about 3 miles east of Ilminster, Seavington St Mary and the neighbouring village of Seavington St Michael comprise to form the civil parish of The Seavingtons. Seavington St Mary is the larger of the two with some 163 dwellings and 361 inhabitants at the 2000 census.

The villages lie in a hollow within a larger area of low-lying hills and valleys running broadly east-west. A part of the South Petherton Hundred , originally the area included seven settlements (seven tons) which have gradually merged or vanished; even in the last century Seavington Abbots was recognised as a separate entity.

ee also

* Seavington St. Mary SSSI, Somerset

External links

* [http://www.theseavingtons.org Website for The Seavingtons - the villages of Seavington St Mary and Seavington St Michael]