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A vision of Britain through time
A vision of Britain from 1801 to now.
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STANTON-DREW, a parish, with three tythings, to Clutton district, Somerset; under Dundry Beacon, and on the Bristoland North Somerset railway, adjacent to Pensford, 7 miles S by E of Bristol. It has a post-office under Bristol. Acres, 2,075. Real property, £5,711. Pop., 523. Houses, 116. The property is subdivided. The manor, with S. Court, belongs to P. E. Coates, Esq. Belluton House belonged once to the father of the philosopher Locke, and is now the seat of G. Smithson, Esq. Copper works were formerly here, but have been relinquished. Numerous remarkable antiquities, of the kind called Druidical, are near the church and in another locality, and gave rise to the suffix-name, Drew. The living is a vicarage, united with Pensford, in the diocese of Bath and Wells. Value, £300.* Patron, the Archdeacon of Bath. The church was restored in 1848. There are a Wesleyan chapel, endowed schools with £140 a year, and charities £8.
(John Marius Wilson, Imperial Gazetteer of England and Wales (1870-72))
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| Feature Description: | "a parish, with three tythings" (ADL Feature Type: "populated places") |
| Administrative units: | Stanton Drew CP/AP Somerset AncC |
| Place: | Stanton Drew |
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