Marston Moat

Marston Moat is the site of a fortified manor house in the parish of Trudoxhill, Somerset, England. It has been designated as a Scheduled Ancient Monument. It is now on the Heritage at Risk Register due to animal burrowing. The 23 feet (7.0 m) wide moat which measures 108 feet (33 m) by 188 feet (57 m) has a 10 feet (3.0 m) wide and 1 foot (0.30 m) high bank on its south and east sides.

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Marston Bigot

Marston Bigot is a small village and former civil parish, now in the parish of Trudoxhill in the Somerset district, in the ceremonial county of Somerset, England. It is near Nunney and 3 miles south of Frome. In 1931 the parish had a population of 117.

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Marston Bigot Park

Marston Bigot Park encompasses approximately 222 hectares and includes Marston House, Marston Pond and the remains of the medieval shrunken village of Lower Marston. It is in the village of Marston Bigot within the English county of Somerset, England. The house is a Grade II* listed building.

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Selwood, Somerset

Selwood is a civil parish in Somerset, England, which takes its name from the ancient Selwood Forest. The parish almost entirely surrounds the town of Frome, and includes the villages of East Woodlands, West Woodlands and Rodden, and the hamlets of Alder Row and Blatchbridge. In 2011 the parish had a population of 798.

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Blatchbridge

Blatchbridge is a hamlet within the civil parish of Selwood in Somerset, England, on the B3092 road from Frome to Maiden Bradley. It formerly had a blacksmith's shop, on the Frome side of the River Frome. It has a public house called the Cross Keys, which was built in the early 19th century and has been designated as a Grade II listed building. A former Methodist chapel, now converted to a private dwelling, is halfway up the hill towards Frome.

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Church of St Katherine, East Woodlands

The Anglican Church of St Katherine in East Woodlands, Selwood, Somerset, England was built around 1712. It is a Grade II* listed building.

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It is situated east of the River Frome. The site was held by the Bigot family of Marston Bigot before 1195. There is some evidence that they fortified it without a licence to crenellate from Edward II. As a result of this and an insult to the King's messenger Richard Bigot lost his titles to land, which were assigned to William de Meriet and John de Meriet. It was leased as a farmhouse by the reign of Edward IV however none of the stone remains, and no full excavation has ever been carried out.