Rode

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Rode






Statistics
Population:	848<ref>Mendip Parish Population Estimates 2002. Somerset County Council. Retrieved on 2006-11-25.</ref>
Ordnance Survey
OS grid reference:	ST805540
Administration
District:	Mendip
Shire county:	Somerset
Region:	South West England
Constituent country:	England
Sovereign state:	United Kingdom
Other
Ceremonial county:	Somerset
Historic county:	Somerset
Services
Police force:	Avon and Somerset
Fire and rescue:	Somerset
Ambulance:	South Western
Post office and telephone
Post town:
Postal district:
Dialling code:
Politics
UK Parliament:
European Parliament:	South West England
Image:Flag of England.svg

See also: Røde Microphones

Rode (also spelt Road) is a village in Somerset, located five miles south-west of Trowbridge at grid reference ST805540.

There was a murder in Rode in the 19th century.

Facilities in the village include a village school, shop, post office and a cricket club which was founded circa 1895.

There used to be a mill in the vilage which has now been converted into the The Mill pub. Other pubs in Rode are The Cross Keys<ref>Cross Keys. Images of England. Retrieved on 2006-11-25.</ref> and The Bell<ref>The Bell Inn. Images of England. Retrieved on 2006-11-25.</ref>. Until the 1960s there was a brewery, the site of which is now a housing development, as is the site of the Tropical Bird Gardens, which closed in 2000.

[edit] Church

The church of St Lawrence dates from the late 14th and early 15th century. It was restored 1874 by C E Davis and is a grade I listed building<ref>Church of St. Lawrence. Images of England. Retrieved on 2006-11-25.</ref>.St Lawrence Rode