Descriptive Gazetteer Entry for CAMELEY

CAMELEY, a parish in Clutton district, Somerset; 5½ miles WNW of Radstock r. station. It contains Temple Cloud village, with post office under Bristol. Acres, 1,633. Real property, £3,808. Pop., 526. Houses, 102. Bath stone is quarried. The living is a rectory in the diocese of Bath and Wells. Value, £256.* Patron, J. Hippisley, Esq. The church is ancient. There are a national school and charities £21.


(John Marius Wilson, Imperial Gazetteer of England and Wales (1870-72))

Linked entities:
Feature Description: "a parish"   (ADL Feature Type: "countries, 4th order divisions")
Administrative units: Cameley AP/CP       Clutton RegD/PLU       Somerset AncC
Place: Cameley

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