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Bishop's Hull, Taunton — Area Guide & Where to Stay
Bishop's Hull is a village and civil parish in the western suburbs of Taunton, Somerset, gathered around the Church of St Peter and St Paul.
About Bishop's Hull
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Taunton holds the rooms, and Bishop's Hull sits close enough to its western edge that the parish works as an address rather than a base. Rumwell, Rumwell Park, Roughmoor and Longaller are the named parts, each of them houses and lanes, with the River Tone running past the ground they share. Netherclay is a hamlet.
Anyone out this way walks to the Church of St Peter and St Paul and the Bishop's Hull War Memorial, then drives for the rest.
About Bishop's Hull
What are the main landmarks in Bishop's Hull?
Listed houses do most of the work here. Barr House, Haydon House, Laurel House, Bridge House, The Cottage and Upcott House, Netherclay House and Roughmoor House all carry entries, along with a Manor House. The Church of St Peter and St Paul anchors the village.
Norton Fitzwarren adds the Church of All Saints next door, and the Circular Memorial Chapel at Taunton Deane Crematorium and the Bishop's Hull War Memorial complete what the parish has on record.
What is the history of Bishop's Hull?
The civil parish dates from 1885. Its formal title is Bishop's Hull Without, and the ground it covers takes in Rumwell, Rumwell Park, Roughmoor, Longaller and the hamlet of Netherclay on the western side of Taunton. Listed houses trace the older village.
Barr House, Haydon House, Laurel House, Bridge House and the Manor House stand among the lanes, while the Bishop's Hull War Memorial records the parish's dead.
Where is Bishop's Hull?
The parish spreads west of Taunton toward the River Tone, taking in Rumwell, Rumwell Park, Roughmoor, Longaller and the hamlet of Netherclay.
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Updated September 2026