Penselwood

Penselwood
Stone building with square tower.
Penselwood is located in Somerset
Penselwood
Penselwood
Location within Somerset
Population273 (2011)[1]
OS grid referenceST755315
District
Shire county
Region
CountryEngland
Sovereign stateUnited Kingdom
Post townWincanton
Postcode districtBA9
PoliceAvon and Somerset
FireDevon and Somerset
AmbulanceSouth Western
UK Parliament
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51°04′56″N 2°21′04″W / 51.0822°N 2.3511°W / 51.0822; -2.3511

Penselwood is a village and civil parish in the English county of Somerset. It is located 4 miles (6.4 km) north east of Wincanton, 4 miles (6.4 km) south east of Bruton, 4 miles (6.4 km) west of Mere, and 5 miles (8.0 km) north west of Gillingham. The south-east of the parish borders Zeals and Stourhead in Wiltshire, and Bourton in Dorset. In 1991 the parish occupied 523 hectares (1,292 acres).[2]

  1. ^ "Statistics for Wards, LSOAs and Parishes — SUMMARY Profiles" (Excel). Somerset Intelligence. Retrieved 4 January 2014.
  2. ^ Baggs, A P; Siraut, M C (1999). Currie, C R J; Dunning, R W (eds.). "'Penselwood', A History of the County of Somerset: Volume 7: Bruton, Horethorne and Norton Ferris Hundreds". pp. 184–192. Retrieved 6 August 2019.