Visit Bawdrip Places

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The Walkfo guide to things to do & explore in Bawdrip

  

Bawdrip Places Overview: History, Culture & Facts about Bawdrip

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Bawdrip history

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Domesday Book recorded a settlement at Bagetrepe with 27 households and one mill, and another at Hursi with 19 households, both in North Petherton hundred. Lime was being extracted and processed in the extreme western tip of the parish under Puriton Hill by 1886 and until 1973 in association with the cement works at Dunball. Salt was extracted in the early 20th century.

You can visit Bawdrip places with Walkfo Bawdrip to hear history at Bawdrip’s places whilst walking around using the free digital tour app. Walkfo Bawdrip has 22 places to visit in our interactive Bawdrip map, with amazing history, culture & travel facts you can explore the same way you would at a museum or art gallery with information audio headset. With Walkfo, you can travel by foot, bike or bus throughout Bawdrip, being in the moment, without digital distraction or limits to a specific walking route. Our historic audio walks, National Trust interactive audio experiences, digital tour guides for English Heritage locations are available at Bawdrip places, with a AI tour guide to help you get the best from a visit to Bawdrip & the surrounding areas.

“Curated content for millions of locations across the UK, with 22 audio facts unique to Bawdrip places in an interactive Bawdrip map you can explore.”

Walkfo: Visit Bawdrip Places Map
22 tourist, history, culture & geography spots

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Bawdrip historic spots	Bawdrip tourist destinations	Bawdrip plaques	Bawdrip geographic features
Walkfo Bawdrip tourism map key: places to see & visit like National Trust sites, Blue Plaques, English Heritage locations & top tourist destinations in Bawdrip

  

Best Bawdrip places to visit

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Bawdrip has places to explore by foot, bike or bus. Below are a selection of the varied Bawdrip’s destinations you can visit with additional content available at the Walkfo Bawdrip’s information audio spots:

Sydenham House, Somerset Sydenham House, the manor house of the ancient manor, is a grade II listed building, constructed in the early 16th century and refronted and rebuilt after 1613. In 1937 British Cellophane Ltd set up production and built extensive factories on 59 acres of land (“Sydenham Manor Fields”) adjacent to the house. Production ceased in 2005 and between 2010 and 2015 the industrial site was razed to the ground.

Down End Castle Down End Castle was a motte-and-bailey castle at Down End, north of Dunball in the parish of Puriton, Somerset. It has been designated as a Scheduled Ancient Monument.

ROF Bridgwater Royal Ordnance Factory (ROF) Bridgwater was a factory between the villages of Puriton and Woolavington in the Sedgemoor district of Somerset, UK that produced high explosives for munitions. It was slightly above sea level, between the 5 and 10 metre contour lines on Ordnance Survey maps.

Church of St Michael and All Angels, Bawdrip The Anglican Church of St Michael and All Angels in Bawdrip, Somerset, was built in the late 13th or early 14th century. It is a Grade II* listed building.

Church of St Mary, Cossington The Anglican Church of St Mary in Cossington, Somerset was built in the 13th century. It is a Grade II* listed building.

Church of St Francis, Stawell The Anglican Church of St Francis in Stawell, Somerset, was built in the 13th century. It is a Grade II* listed building.

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