Descriptive Gazetteer Entry for Winscombe

Winscombe, par. and vil. with ry. sta., Somerset, 2 miles NW. of Axbridge, 4140 ac., pop. 1259; has an endowed school.


(John Bartholomew, Gazetteer of the British Isles (1887))

Linked entities:
Feature Description: "parish and village with railway station"   (ADL Feature Type: "populated places")
Administrative units: Winscombe AP/CP       Somerset AncC
Place: Winscombe

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