A vision of Britain through time
A vision of Britain from 1801 to now.
Including maps, statistical trends and historical descriptions.
A vision of Britain through time
A vision of Britain from 1801 to now.
Including maps, statistical trends and historical descriptions.
BLACKFORD, a chapelry in Wedmore parish, Somerset; between the rivers Axe and Brue, 2¾ miles N by E of Edington Road r. station, and 4½ S of Axbridge. It has a post office under Weston-super-Mare. Pop., 677. Houses, 147. The chapelry was constituted in 1844 The manor belonged to H. Saxey, and was given by him to Bruton hospital. The living is a vicarage in the diocese of Bath and Wells. Value, £300.* Patron, the Vicar of Wedmore. The church is modern.
(John Marius Wilson, Imperial Gazetteer of England and Wales (1870-72))
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| Feature Description: | "a chapelry" (ADL Feature Type: "countries, 4th order divisions") |
| Administrative units: | Wedmore CP/AP Somerset AncC |
| Place: | Blackford |
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