Withycombe

Withycombe

infobox UK place
country = England
latitude= 51.1336
longitude= -3.6807
official_name= Withycombe
population =
shire_district= West Somerset
shire_county = Somerset
region= South West England
constituency_westminster= Taunton
post_town= TAUNTON
postcode_district = TA24
postcode_area= TA
dial_code=
os_grid_reference= SS825385

Withycombe is a village and civil parish convert|2.5|mi|km|0|lk=on south east of Dunster, and convert|5|mi|km|0 from Minehead within the Exmoor National Park in the West Somerset district of Somerset, England.

The Church of St Nicholas dates from the 13th century and has been designated by English Heritage as a grade I listed building. [cite web | title=Church of St Nicholas | work=Images of England | url=http://www.imagesofengland.org.uk/search/details.aspx?id=265396| accessdate=2008-02-02] Hidden in a wall recess is a figure of an unknown man with long hair and a hat, which is one of the earliest church monuments to include a hat. He is carrying a heartcase to show he died elsewhere and only his heart was brought to the church for burial.cite book |title=Curiosities of Somerset |last=Leete-Hodge |first=Lornie |authorlink= |coauthors= |year=1985 |publisher=Bossiney Books |location=Bodmin |isbn=0906456983 |pages=55-57 ]

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