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A vision of Britain through time
A vision of Britain from 1801 to now.
Including maps, statistical trends and historical descriptions.
WEARE, a village and a parish in Axbridge district, Somerset. The village stands on the river Axe, 1½ mile SSW of Axbridge, and 6 NNE of Woolavington r. stations; was once a market-town; sent members to parliament in the time of Edward I.; consists of two parts, Lower W. and Upper W.; and has a post-office under Weston-super-Mare. The parish contains also three hamlets, and comprises 2,146 acres. Rated property, £3,764. Pop., 677. Houses, 146. The property is much subdivided. Badgworth Court is the seat of Col. Luttrell. The living is a vicarage in the diocese of Bath and Wells. Value, £420* Patrons, the Dean and Chapter of Bristol. The church is later English. There are three dissenting chapels, and two endowed schools with £15 and £5 a year.
(John Marius Wilson, Imperial Gazetteer of England and Wales (1870-72))
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| Feature Description: | "a village and a parish" (ADL Feature Type: "populated places") |
| Administrative units: | Weare AP/CP Axbridge RegD/PLU Somerset AncC |
| Place: | Weare |
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