Descriptive Gazetteer Entry for UPHILL

UPHILL, a parish, with a village, in Axbridge district, Somerset; on the coast at the month of the river Exe, and on the Bristoland Exeter railway, 2½ miles S of Weston-super-Mare. It has a post-office under Weston-super-Mare. Acres, 1,697; of which 620 are water. Real property, £3,175. Pop., 447. Houses, 85. The manor, with U. Castle, belongs to T. T. Knyfton, Es . U. House is the seat of the Rev. W. R. Crotch. Axium is supposed to have been a Roman settlement; was the shipping-place of mining produce from the Mendip hills; and was, for some time, the residence of the historian Gildas. U. cavern is a bone cave; was discovered in 1826; and was then replete with remains of sheep, oxen, pigs, horses, elephants, rhinoceroses, bears, and hyænas. The living is a rectory in the diocese of Bath and Wells. Value, £300.* Patron, T. Bennett, Esq. The old church crowns a hill, commanding an extensive view, serves as a notable landmark; shows almost every style, from Norman to late perpendicular; and is crumbling to. decay. The new church was built in 1843, and is in the later English style. There are a Wesleyan chapel and a parochial school.


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

Linked entities:
Feature Description: "a parish, with a village"   (ADL Feature Type: "populated places")
Administrative units: Uphill CP/AP       Axbridge RegD/PLU       Somerset AncC
Place: Uphill

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