Compton Pauncefoot

Compton Pauncefoot
Church of the Blessed Virgin Mary
Compton Pauncefoot is located in Somerset
Compton Pauncefoot
Compton Pauncefoot
Location within Somerset
Population139 (2011) [1]
OS grid referenceST645265
Civil parish
  • Compton Pauncefoot
District
Shire county
Region
CountryEngland
Sovereign stateUnited Kingdom
Post townYEOVIL
Postcode districtBA22
Dialling code01963
PoliceAvon and Somerset
FireDevon and Somerset
AmbulanceSouth Western
UK Parliament
List of places
UK
England
Somerset
51°02′12″N 2°30′27″W / 51.0367°N 2.5076°W / 51.0367; -2.5076

Compton Pauncefoot is a village and civil parish in Somerset, England, situated beside the A303 road, 5 miles (8.0 km) south west of Wincanton in the South Somerset district. The parish had a population of 139 in 2011. The civil parish also includes the village with Blackford (located one mile to the east) and therefore population is based on the two villages together. Blackford parish was merged with Compton Pauncefoot on 1 April 1933.[2] The civil parish holds a Parish Meeting twice a year and has no Parish Council.

There are approximately 35 houses in the village of Compton Pauncefoot and a similar number in Blackford. Compton Pauncefoot is a designated Conservation Area.[3] The civil parish is in the Blackmore Vale ward of South Somerset District Council and Somerset County Council.

  1. ^ "Parish population 2011". Retrieved 18 October 2015.
  2. ^ "Relationships and changes Compton Pauncefoot AP/CP through time". Vision of Britain. Retrieved 18 June 2018.
  3. ^ "Conservation Area". Communigate. Archived from the original on 20 June 2010. Retrieved 14 November 2010.