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Alford

village and civil parish in Somerset, UK
Place village Q4722145
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Alford

Summary

Alford is a village[1]. Alford ranks in the top 0.45% of village entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (6 views/month, #229 of 50,837).[2]

Key Facts

  • Alford is located in Somerset[3].
  • Alford is in the country of United Kingdom[4].
  • Alford's image is recorded as Alford church.jpg[5].
  • Alford's instance of is recorded as village[6].
  • Alford's instance of is recorded as civil parish[7].
  • Alford's Commons category is recorded as Alford, Somerset[8].
  • Alford's OpenStreetMap relation ID is recorded as 2903997[9].
  • Alford's OS grid reference is recorded as ST6032[10].
  • Alford's coordinate location is recorded as {'lat': 51.08, 'lon': -2.57}[11].
  • Alford's Freebase ID is recorded as /m/06vhx1[12].
  • Alford's GSS code is recorded as E04008657[13].
  • Alford's population is recorded as {'amount': '+90'}[14].
  • Alford's GeoNames ID is recorded as 2657511[15].
  • Alford's GeoNames ID is recorded as 7301206[16].
  • Alford's BBC Things ID is recorded as acefb945-87dc-44b8-bcd4-98e2eb0001bc[17].
  • Alford's GNS Unique Feature ID is recorded as -2588078[18].
  • Alford's OpenDomesday settlement ID is recorded as ST6032/alford[19].
  • Alford's TOID is recorded as 7000000000010472[20].
  • Alford's TOID is recorded as 4000000074551150[21].
  • Alford's Vision of Britain unit ID is recorded as 10417533[22].
  • Alford's Vision of Britain place ID is recorded as 12309[23].
  • Alford's KEPN ID is recorded as Somerset/Alford[24].
  • Alford's BBC News topic ID is recorded as cxrlk204r87t[25].
  • Alford's Who's on First ID is recorded as 1360799599[26].
  • Alford's historic county is recorded as Somerset[27].

Body

Geography

Alford is in the country of United Kingdom[4]. Alford is located in Somerset[3].

Physical Characteristics

Alford's population is recorded as {'amount': '+90'}[14].

Designation and Status

Recorded instance of include village[6] and civil parish[7].

Why It Matters

Alford ranks in the top 0.45% of village entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (6 views/month, #229 of 50,837).[2] Alford has Wikipedia articles in 6 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.[28]

Related Entities

United Kingdom

References

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Direct Wikidata claims

  1. [4] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  2. [5] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  3. [6] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  4. [7] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  5. [3] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  6. [8] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  7. [9] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  8. [10] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  9. [11] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  10. [12] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  11. [13] ↑ . Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  12. [14] ↑ . nomisweb.co.uk. Retrieved . nomisweb.co.uk. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  13. [15] ↑ . GeoNames. wikidata.org.
  14. [16] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  15. [17] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  16. [18] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  17. [19] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  18. [20] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  19. [21] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  20. [22] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  21. [23] ↑ . Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  22. [24] ↑ . Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  23. [25] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  24. [26] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  25. [27] ↑ . wikidata.org.

Class ancestry

  1. [1] ↑ . Wikidata. wikidata.org.

Aggregate / graph-position facts

  1. [2] ↑ . Wikimedia Foundation. dumps.wikimedia.org.
  2. [28] ↑ . Wikidata sitelinks. wikidata.org.

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  1. 5w ago · Steinsky · 2026-05-01 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Instance of → —
    Located in the administrative territorial entity → South Somerset, Somerset
    Population → —
    Coordinate location → {'lat': 51.08, 'lon': -2.57}
    + 8 other properties edited (see Wikidata diff for full list)
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