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  Evercreech shown within Somerset |
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| Population | 2170[1] |
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| OS grid reference | |
| District | Mendip |
| Shire county | Somerset |
| Region | South West |
| Constituent country | England |
| Sovereign state | United Kingdom |
| Postcode district | BA |
| Police | Avon and Somerset |
| Fire | Devon and Somerset |
| Ambulance | South Western |
| European Parliament | South West England |
| UK Parliament | Wells |
| List of places: UK • England • Somerset | |
Evercreech is a village and civil parish 3 miles south east of Shepton Mallet, and 5 miles north east of Castle Cary, in the Mendip district of Somerset, England.
The Church of St Peter dates from the 14th century and is a grade I listed building. The three-stage tower has set-back buttresses ascending to pinnacles, with a very tall transomed 2-light bell-chamber with windows on each face The embattled parapet has quatrefoil piercing, with big corner pinnacles and smaller intermediate pinnacles. The 4-light west window has extensively restored tracery. This tower is of the East Mendip type. [2] On the north wall of the tower is a roll of honour to victims of World War I. It is within a rectangular wooden case with a glazed door crowned by a triangular pediment and plaque below.[3] The clock face features an unusual mistake as it is missing the XI (11) and instead has two XII (12).
Evercreech has only one pub within it which is The Bell Inn. The Pecking Mill is within a very short distance to the south. Historically, the most popular and beloved of the local pubs, The Brewers Arms, celebrated New Years Eve with fireworks but greeted faithful locals the very next day, new years day 2005, with notice that it had closed forever. Rumours were rife around the reasons for the closure (most likely due to the non-profitability of such a local enterprise) - popularly noting that the real estate value of the site was extremely high. The Shapway Inn has now closed and is up for sale.
Evercreech Junction railway station was a railway station on the Somerset and Dorset Joint Railway. This was replaced by Evercreech New railway station from 1874 to 1966 when it closed.
References
- ^ "Mendip Parish Population Estimates 2002". Somerset County Council. Retrieved on 2006-11-25.
- ^ "Church of St Peter". Images of England. Retrieved on 2006-11-25.
- ^ "Church of St Peter and churchyard, Evercreech". Somerset Historic Environment Record. Retrieved on 2008-03-05.
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