Sandford, Somerset
| Sandford | |
| Somerset | |
|---|---|
 All Saints Church | |
| Location | |
| Grid reference: | ST425595 |
| Location: | 51°19’54"N, 2°49’36"W |
| Data | |
| Post town: | Winscombe |
| Postcode: | BS25 |
| Dialling code: | 01934 |
| Local Government | |
| Council: | North Somerset |
| Parliamentary constituency: |
Weston-super-Mare |
Sandford is a village in Somerset between Churchill and Banwell on the A368 road.
The civil parish of Winscombe and Sandford, centred on the Parish Church of Saint James, includes the villages of Barton, Oakridge, Sandford, Sidcot and Woodborough.
The Sandford Parish Church of All Saints was built in 1883–85 by Hans Price, and is a Grade-II listed building.[1] It was constructed as a Chapel of Ease to St James the Great in Winscombe.
It is believed the name Sandford means 'The sand ford' from the Old English sand and ford.[2]
Sandford is home to one of the region's main cider producers, Thatchers Cider.
Sandford once had its own railway station on the Cheddar Valley line, which ran from Yatton to Wells. The now-disused station is a Grade-II listed building.[3]
The Railway Inn is the only public house in Sandford.
References
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("Wikimedia Commons" has material about Sandford, Somerset) |
- ↑ "Sandford Church of All Saints". Images of England. http://www.imagesofengland.org.uk/details/default.aspx?pid=2&id=33285. Retrieved 2007-01-30.
- ↑ Robinson, Stephen (1992). Somerset Place Names. Wimborne, Dorset: The Dovecote Press Ltd. ISBN 1-874336-03-2.
- ↑ "Former Sandford Station". Images of England. http://www.imagesofengland.org.uk/details/default.aspx?pid=2&id=33291. Retrieved 2007-03-09.
