Descriptive Gazetteer Entry for NYNEHEAD, or Ninehead

NYNEHEAD, or Ninehead, a parish, with a scatteredvillage, in Wellington district, Somerset; on the river Tone near the Bristol and Exeter railway, 1½ mile N by W of Wellington r. station. Post-town, Wellington, Somerset. Acres, 1, 448. Real property, £3, 142. Pop., 321. Houses, 66. The property is divided among a few. Nynehead Court is the seat of E. A. Sanford, Esq.; and stands in a charming well-wooded park. The river Tone traverses the park; and was artificially altered by the late W. A. Sanford, Esq., so as to form cascades and a beautiful lake. The living is a vicarage in the diocese of Bath and Wells. Value, £200.* Patron, E. A. Sanford, Esq. The church comprises aisles and chancel, with porch and tower; and contains some handsome monuments to the Sanford family. There is a free school.


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

Linked entities:
Feature Description: "a parish, with a scatteredvillage"   (ADL Feature Type: "populated places")
Administrative units: Nynehead AP/CP       Wellington RegD/PLU       Somerset AncC
Place names: NINEHEAD     |     NYNEHEAD     |     NYNEHEAD OR NINEHEAD
Place: Nynehead

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