West Chinnock

West Chinnock
West Chinnock is located in Somerset
West Chinnock
West Chinnock
Location within Somerset
Population592 [1]
OS grid referenceST467136
Civil parish
  • West and Middle Chinnock
Unitary authority
Shire county
Region
CountryEngland
Sovereign stateUnited Kingdom
Post townCREWKERNE
Postcode districtTA18 7
Dialling code01935
PoliceAvon and Somerset
FireDevon and Somerset
AmbulanceSouth Western
UK Parliament
List of places
UK
England
Somerset
50°55′12″N 2°45′30″W / 50.9200°N 2.7583°W / 50.9200; -2.7583

West Chinnock is a village and former civil parish, now in the parish of West and Middle Chinnock, in the Somerset district, in the ceremonial county of Somerset, England. It is 4 miles (6.4 km) north east of Crewkerne. It occupies a central position east of the road that links Crewkerne to the A303 road and is mainly south of a brook that feeds nearby into the Parrett. The village forms the civil parish of West and Middle Chinnock with the neighbouring village of Middle Chinnock. The parish has a population of 592 (2011 census).[1]

West Chinnock was a separate civil parish until 1884.[2] It then absorbed the parish of Middle Chinnock. In 2003 the parish was renamed West and Middle Chinnock.[3] In 1881 the parish (prior to the merge) had a population of 418.[4]

  1. ^ a b "Statistics for Wards, LSOAs and Parishes — SUMMARY Profiles" (Excel). Somerset Intelligence. Retrieved 4 January 2014.
  2. ^ Vision of Britain website: Middle Chinnock
  3. ^ "District Council notices of the change of name of a parish 2003" (PDF). Office of the Deputy Prime Minister. Archived from the original (PDF) on 19 May 2011. Retrieved 7 May 2011.
  4. ^ "Population statistics West Chinnock CP/Ch through time". A Vision of Britain through Time. Retrieved 3 August 2023.