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Chard is a town and a civil parish in the English county of Somerset.It lies on the A30 road near the Devon and Dorset borders, 15 miles (24 km) south west of Yeovil.The parish has a population of approximately 14,000 and, at an elevation of 121 metres (397 ft), Chard is the southernmost and one of the highest towns in Somerset.
The house was acquired by the nation and was given to the National Trust in part-payment for death duties in 1960. The Elton family is still resident in the house, which is now open to the public. In addition to the main house, the grounds include a selection of walls and outbuildings, some of which date back to the 13th century.
Forde Abbey is a privately owned former Cistercian monastery in Dorset, England, with a postal address in Chard, Somerset.The house and gardens are run as a tourist attraction while the 1,600-acre (650 ha) estate is farmed to provide additional revenue.
The parish of Thorncombe is over 5,200 acres (21 km 2) in extent and is principally agricultural land.It lies within the Dorset National Landscape.To the east, across the valley of the River Synderford, is the ridge of Blackdown Hill, traversed by the Jubilee Trail, from which there are extensive views of the village and the area.
Fore Street [2] in Chard, Somerset, England was built in the late 16th and early 17th century, following a fire which destroyed much of the town in 1577. [3] [4]Fore Street is a main shopping street and thoroughfare with open water channels on either side. [5]
In the 17th century the Browne family leased it to the Sealy family, who purchased it in 1697, thereafter descendants of the Sealy family held it until it was sold to a Chard solicitor, Edward Clarke, in 1859. [5] In the grounds are an 18th-century former stables and coach house, [6] ice house [7] and various other outbuildings. [8]
Wambrook is a village and civil parish in the Blackdown Hills, Somerset, England. The village lies about 2 miles (3 km) southwest of the town of Chard. The parish includes the hamlets of Higher Wambrook and Lower Wambrook which is sometimes known as Haselcombe. Ferne Animal Sanctuary is in the west of the parish.
South Somerset shown within Somerset and England South Somerset is a local government district in the English county of Somerset. The South Somerset district occupies an area of 370 square miles (958 km 2), stretching from its borders with Devon and Dorset to the edge of the Somerset Levels. The district has a population of about 158,000, and has Yeovil as its administrative centre. In the ...