Horsey, Somerset

Horsey, Somerset

infobox UK place
country = England
latitude= 51.151347
longitude= -2.944212
official_name= Horsey Hamlet
static_

static_image_caption = Horsey Bus stop
population =
shire_district= Sedgemoor
shire_county = Somerset
region= South West England
Ambulance= South Western
constituency_westminster= Bridgwater
post_town= BRIDGWATER|postcode_district = TA7
postcode_area= TA |dial_code= 01278
os_grid_reference= ST3239

Horsey is a hamlet to the north of Bridgwater in the english county of Somerset. [OS Explorer Map, Quantock Hills & Bridgwater, ISBN 9780319237007] The Hamlet is 1.9 miles north east of the town of Bridgwater and is located near the M5 motorway. The Hamlet is within the civil parish of Bawdrip and the population of the parish is 485 (2001 Census) [ [http://neighbourhood.statistics.gov.uk/dissemination/LeadTableView.doa=3&b=799126&c=Bawdrip&d=16&e=15&g=483430&i=1001x1003x1004&m=0&r=1&s=1201821311188&enc=1&dsFamilyId=779] Parish Headcount]

History

Horsey is mentioned in the Domesday Book and formerly had a manor house and chapel but these are no longer in existence.

ee also

Horsey is the name of several places in England. The name comes from Anglo-Saxon "hors-eg" and means horse-island.

There is also a Village called Horsey in the county of Norfolk

Reference


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