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A vision of Britain through time
A vision of Britain from 1801 to now.
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WEMBDON, a parish, with a village, in Bridgewater district, Somerset; 1½ mile WNW of Bridgewater r. station. Post town, Bridgewater. Acres, 2,471; of which 8 are water. Real property, £4,177. Pop. in 1851, 819; in 1861, 934. Houses, 187. The property is much sub-divided. There are a brewery, a mineral spring, and a stone quarry. The Bridgewater cemetery also is here, and has two chapels. The living is a vicarage in the diocese of Bath and Wells. Value, £612.* Patron, the Rev.W. H. Alston. The church is ancient but good. There are a parochial school, and charities £6.
(John Marius Wilson, Imperial Gazetteer of England and Wales (1870-72))
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| Feature Description: | "a parish, with a village" (ADL Feature Type: "populated places") |
| Administrative units: | Wembdon CP/AP Somerset AncC |
| Place: | Wembdon |
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