Meare

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Meare is a small rural village in the Somerset Levels of southwest England, known for its low-lying wetland landscape and historic links to nearby Glastonbury.

All labels observed (3)

Label Occurrences
Meare canonical 4
Meare Heath 1
Meare village 1

How this entity was disambiguated

Statements (47)

Predicate Object
instanceOf civil parish
village
ceremonialCounty Somerset
civilParishIncludes Meare
Oxenpill
Stileway
Westhay
contains Meare Heath
linked to: Meare

Meare village
linked to: Meare

Westhay
country England
dialCode 01458
distanceToGlastonbury approximately 3 miles west
district Somerset Council
formerDistrict Mendip district
governingBody Somerset Council
hasCharacteristic low-lying and prone to flooding historically
hasGeographicalFeature drainage rhynes
peat moors
wetlands
hasHistoricalEconomicActivity agriculture
peat extraction in surrounding area
hasParishChurch Church of St Mary
hasPrimarySchool Meare Village Primary School
hasTransportLink B3151 road nearby
hasTypeOfSettlement rural village
historicallyAssociatedWith Glastonbury Abbey
historicalRegion Isle of Wedmore area
linked to: Isle of Wedmore
landscapeType low-lying wetland
liesWestOf Glastonbury
locatedIn Somerset
Somerset Levels
locatedNear Avalon Marshes
Ham Wall
Shapwick Heath
near Glastonbury
notableFor archaeological remains in surrounding peat moors
wetland nature reserves nearby
OSGridReference ST455425
parishChurchDenomination Church of England
parishChurchListingStatus Grade I listed building
parliamentaryConstituency Wells
postcodeArea BA
postcodeDistrict BA6
postTown Glastonbury
region South West England
linked to: southwest England
traditionalCounty Somerset

How these facts were elicited

Referenced by (6)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

River Brue flowsNear Meare
Mendip district contains Meare
Meare contains Meare village
linked to: Meare
Meare contains Meare Heath
linked to: Meare
Meare civilParishIncludes Meare