[4] The building is a tin tabernacle erected in 1892 as a chapel of ease to the parish church of St Mary Magdalene at Ditcheat.

C. E. Leir, determined to supply a chapel for Alhampton, in particular to serve those who struggled or were unable to get to the parish church, such as the elderly and sick.

[7] After it closed in late 2022, a community initiative supported by the Plunkett Foundation was set up to reopen the pub, and this was successfully achieved in August 2023.

[15] Alhampton is located close to the A37 road, linking Bristol and Bath to the north with Yeovil and Dorchester to the south; and to the A371 between Shepton Mallet and Castle Cary.

The village is 1.5 miles (2.4 km) from Castle Cary station, on the main rail line between Exeter St. Davids and London Paddington.