Yeovilton, Somerset

Yeovilton is a village and civil parish in Somerset, England, situated 1mi east of Ilchester, 5mi north of Yeovil, in the South Somerset district. The village has a population of 1, 226. The parish includes the village of Podimore (also known as or Puddimore or Milton Podimore) and the hamlets of Speckington and Bridgehampton. The village is home to the RNAS Yeovilton (HMS Heron) and the associated Fleet Air Arm Museum. HistoryYeovilton is close to the route of the Fosse Way a Roman road that linked Exeter in South West England to Lincoln in the East Midlands, via Ilchester, Bath, Cirencester and Leicester. There is evidence of a Romano-British farmstead under what is now the airfield.

Yeovilton is a village and civil parish in Somerset, England, situated 1mi east of Ilchester, 5mi north of Yeovil, in the South Somerset district. The village has a population of 1, 226. The parish includes the village of Podimore (also known as or Puddimore or Milton Podimore) and the hamlets of Speckington and Bridgehampton. The village is home to the RNAS Yeovilton (HMS Heron) and the associated Fleet Air Arm Museum. HistoryYeovilton is close to the route of the Fosse Way a Roman road that linked Exeter in South West England to Lincoln in the East Midlands, via Ilchester, Bath, Cirencester and Leicester. There is evidence of a Romano-British farmstead under what is now the airfield.