Map sources for East Coker at grid reference ST542123

East Coker is a village and parish in Somerset, England, situated two miles south of Yeovil in the South Somerset district. The village has a population of 1,781.^[1] Image File history File links Dot4gb. ... Image File history File links Gb4dot. ... The British national grid reference system is a system of geographic grid references commonly used in Great Britain, different from using latitude or longitude. ... A parish is a type of administrative subdivision. ... Somerset is a county in the south-west of England. ... Motto: (French for God and my right) Anthem: God Save the King/Queen Capital London (de facto) Largest city London Official language(s) English (de facto) Unification    - by Athelstan AD 927  Area    - Total 130,395 km² (1st in UK)   50,346 sq mi  Population    - 2006 est. ... A mile is a unit of length, usually used to measure distance, in a number of different systems, including Imperial units, United States customary units and Norwegian/Swedish mil. ... Statistics Population: 41,871 Ordnance Survey OS grid reference: ST552164 Administration District: South Somerset Shire county: Somerset Region: South West England Constituent country: England Sovereign state: United Kingdom Other Ceremonial county: Somerset Historic county: Somerset Services Police force: Avon and Somerset Police Ambulance service: {{{Ambulance}}} Post office and telephone Post... South Somerset is a local government district in Somerset, England. ...

Famous residents include the actor Trevor Peacock (who plays Jim Trott in the BBC sitcom The Vicar of Dibley). Trevor Peacock is a British character actor who has breathed life into such famous roles as Jim Trott in The Vicar of Dibley, Rouault in Madame Bovary (opposite Keith Barron) and Old Bailey in Neverwhere. ... The Vicar of Dibley is a British sitcom created by Richard Curtis and written for its main lead, Dawn French. ...

The churchyard is the final resting place of the ashes of T. S. Eliot, whose ancestors came from the village. He named one of his "Four Quartets" poems 'East Coker'. Thomas Stearns Eliot, OM (September 26, 1888 – January 4, 1965) was a poet, dramatist and literary critic. ... Four Quartets is the name given to four related poems by T. S. Eliot, collected and republished in book form in 1943 (ISBN 0156332256). ... Poetry (ancient Greek: poieo = create) is an art form in which human language is used for its aesthetic qualities in addition to, or instead of, its notional and semantic content. ...

It is also the birthplace of the legendary buccaneer William Dampier. William Dampier (1652 – March, 1715) was an English buccaneer, sea captain, author and scientific observer. ...

George Bush's daughter's were famous for making an itinerary coke stop here.

References

1. ^ Somerset County Council, 2002. Population estimates.

External links

• www.eastcoker.com - The East Coker Society