Charlynch

Infobox UK place
country = England
latitude = 51.1333
longitude = -3.0892
official_name = Charlynch
population =
shire_district = Sedgemoor
shire_county = Somerset
region = South West England
constituency_westminster = Bridgwater
post_town = BRIDGWATER
postcode_district = TA5
Postcode_area = TA
dial_code = 01278
os_grid_reference = ST238376

Charlynch (or Charlinch) is a village near Spaxton, convert|3|mi|km|0|lk=on from Bridgwater in Somerset, England.

Around 1850 Henry James Prince the founder of the Agapemonites was ordained to the curacy of Charlinch,, where he had sole charge in the illness and absence of the rector, the Rev. Samuel Starkey.

The Church of St. Mary was an Anglican Parish Church, but has now been deconsecrated. It dates from the 11th century with a tower probably of 1867. It has been designated by English Heritage as a grade I listed building. [cite web | title=Church of St. Mary | work=Images of England | url=http://www.imagesofengland.org.uk/search/details.aspx?id=269403 | accessdate=2008-01-31] It contains monuments and tablets to the family of Admiral Robert Blake.

References

External links

* [http://www.british-history.ac.uk/report.aspx?compid=18564 Charlinch at British History Online]