Kittisford

Kittisford

St Nicholas Church
Kittisford
 Kittisford shown within Somerset
OS grid referenceST075225
DistrictTaunton Deane
Shire countySomerset
RegionSouth West
CountryEngland
Sovereign stateUnited Kingdom
Postcode district TA21
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Fire Devon and Somerset
Ambulance South Western
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Coordinates: 50°59′40″N 3°19′10″W / 50.9944°N 3.3194°W / 50.9944; -3.3194

Kittisford is a village and former parish and manor in Somerset, England, situated 7 miles (11 km) west of Taunton in the Taunton Deane district. It is now within the parish of Stawley.

The parish church was built around 1500 altered in the mid 17th century and was restored in 1875.[1] It is a Grade II* listed building dedicated to St Nicholas. In the church survives a monumental brass to Richard Bluett (d.1524) and his wife Agnes Verney.[2][3]

Gerald Gardiner took the title "Baron Gardiner of Kittisford" when he was made a life peer.

Historic estates

The Manor of Kittisford, of which the manor house is known as Kittisford Barton. The building was constructed in the late 15th or early 16th century.[4]

References

  1. ↑ "Church of St Nicholas". National Heritage List for England. Historic England. Retrieved 23 August 2015.
  2. ↑ "Kittisford St. Nicholas". Dawson Heritage. Retrieved 23 August 2015.
  3. ↑ "Bluett Family Seats". Britania. Retrieved 23 August 2015.
  4. ↑ "Kittisford Barton". National Heritage List for England. Historic England. Retrieved 23 August 2015.
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