'Edington' is a rural
village, situated on the north side of the
Polden Hills in the
Sedgemoor district of
Somerset.
Either side of it lie the villages of
Chilton Polden and
Catcott, and north of it is the small village of
Burtle. There is a
12th century church, but the nearest primary school is in the village of Catcott.
Edington has a surgery and an active village hall where the annual
pantomime is held. At the north end of the village is a Holy Well which, since recent drainage work was carried out for
Wessex Water, no longer functions.
Edington was once linked to the
towns of
Bridgwater and
Burnham-on-Sea by a branch of the
Somerset and Dorset Joint Railway, opened in
1890.
Edington railway station was known as Edington Junction between 1890 and 1953 changing to Edington Burtle on the closure of the Bridgwater line and closing on March 7, 1966.
Sources
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Railway information
External links
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VCH entry
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GENUKI(tm) page
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