Approaching Wyke Champflower
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Approaching Wyke Champflower
Image: © Tim Heaton Taken: 2 Feb 2022
A village of a few scattered houses and farms. Its name presumably derives from 'Wyke' (previously 'Week') = 'the dwelling' https://www.oxfordreference.com/view/10.1093/acref/9780199609086.001.0001/acref-9780199609086-e-14382?rskey=PO03sW&result=14561 and ownership by the Champflower family from Normandy, who settled in Somerset after the Conquest https://somerset.epexio.com/records/DD/SG/1
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Image Location
Latitude
51.109332
Longitude
-2.484048