Blessed Virgin Mary Churchyard in Kingston St Mary, Somerset

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Coordinates: 51.06103, -3.11043
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Kingston St Mary is a village and parish in Somerset, England, situated at the southern end of the Quantock Hills 4 miles north of Taunton in the Taunton Deane district.

The Church of St Mary in Kingston St Mary dates from the 13th century but the tower is from the early 16th century and was re-roofed in 1952, with further restoration 1976–8. It is a 3-stage crenellated tower, with crocketed pinnacles and bracketed pinnacles set at angles, decorative pierced merlons, and set back buttresses crowned with pinnacles.The decorative "hunky-punks" are perched high on the corners. They may be so named because the carvings are hunkering (squatting) and punch (short and thick). They serve no function, unlike gargoyles which carry off water. The churchyard includes tombs of the Warre family who owned nearby Hestercombe House.