Stocklinch

Stocklinch

infobox UK place
country= England
latitude= 50.9536
longitude= -2.8769
official_name= Stocklinch
population=
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= ST385175
Stocklinch is a village and civil parish convert|3.5|mi|km|0|lk=on north east of Ilminster in the South Somerset district of Somerset, England.

The village is one Somerset's eight Thankful Villages (from a total of 32 villages in England) [Arthur Mee, "Somerset", Hodder and Stoughton (1941)] , in which all of the men who served in the great war came home.

The Church of St Mary Magdalen dates from the 13th century and has been designated by English Heritage as a grade I listed building, [cite web | title=Church of St Mary Magdalen | work=Images of England | url=http://www.imagesofengland.org.uk/search/details.aspx?id=264002 | accessdate=2008-02-08] while the Church of St Mary the Virgin, which is of the same vintage is grade II* listed. [cite web | title=Church of St Mary the Virgin | work=Images of England | url=http://www.imagesofengland.org.uk/search/details.aspx?id=264009 | accessdate=2008-02-08] In 1931 the two parishes they served, Stocklinch Ottersey and Stocklinch Magdalen, were combined into one parish. [cite web |url=http://www.fylde.demon.co.uk/TV/stocklinch.htm |title=Stocklinch |accessdate=2008-02-08 |format= |work=Thankful villages ]


=References=

External links

* [http://www.stocklinch.org.uk/ Stocklinch village web site]
* [http://www.stocklinch.org.uk/MedievalHouses.htm Medieval houses of Stocklinch]


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