Steart

Steart
St Andrews Church, Steart
Steart  Steart shown within Somerset
OS grid reference	ST270458
Civil parish	Otterhampton
District	Sedgemoor
Shire county	Somerset
Region	South West
Country	England
Sovereign state	United Kingdom
Post town	BRIDGWATER
Postcode district	TA5
Dialling code	01278
Police	Avon and Somerset
Fire	Devon and Somerset
Ambulance	South Western
EU Parliament	South West England
UK Parliament	Bridgwater and West Somerset
List of places UK England Somerset

Coordinates: 51°12′29″N 3°02′31″W / 51.208°N 3.042°W

Steart (pronounced Ste-art), historically also called Stert, is a small village in Somerset, England. It lies in an isolated position on the Steart Peninsula on the Bristol Channel coast, about 6 miles (10 km) north of Bridgwater.

The toponym is derived from the Old English steort, meaning "tail, projecting piece of land".^[1] Steart was historically in the ancient parish of Stockland Bristol, except for the foreshore on the Bristol Channel coast, which was in the parish of Stogursey. In 1885 it was transferred to the civil parish of Otterhampton.^[2]

A medieval chapel at Steart was disused by 1611. The church of St Andrew was built in 1882.^[3] The Bethel Congregational church was open between 1847 and 1938.

The West Somerset Coast Path and River Parrett Trail both start at Steart.

References

1. Watts, Victor, ed. (2010), "Steart", The Cambridge Dictionary of English Place-Names, Cambridge University Press
2. Vision of Britain website
3. A P Baggs and M C Siraut (1992). "Stockland Bristol: Churches". A History of the County of Somerset: Volume 6. Victoria County History. pp. 129–131. Retrieved 2015-01-24.

External links

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