Bishops Lydeard
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![Bishops Lydeard Mill and Rural Life Museum](/Images/godic/202412/24/Bishops_Lydeard_Mill3203.jpg")
Bishops Lydeard is a village and civil parish located in Somerset, England, 5 miles (8 km) north-west of Taunton in the district of Taunton Deane. The civil parish had a population of 2,839 persons as recorded in the 2011 census; this figure however includes the village (and now separate parish) of Cotford St Luke.