A vision of Britain through time
A vision of Britain from 1801 to now.
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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.
COMPTON-BISHOP, a parish in Axbridge district, Somerset; on the river Axe, under the Mendip hills, 2 miles W of Axbridge, and 4 SE of Weston-super-Mare Junction r. station. It contains Cross and the Axbridge workhouse; and its post town is Axbridge, under Weston-super-Mare. Acres, 2, 535. Real property, £4, 754. Pop., 663. Houses, 88. The property is divided among a few. A part of the Mendip hills, within the limits, has bone-caves. The living is a vicarage in the diocese of Bath and Wells. Value, £185.* Patron, the Prebendary of Compton-Bishop. The church is partly Norman; has a stone pulpit and a font; and is very good. An endowed school has £10 a year.
(John Marius Wilson, Imperial Gazetteer of England and Wales (1870-72))
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| Feature Description: | "a parish" (ADL Feature Type: "countries, 4th order divisions") |
| Administrative units: | Compton Bishop AP/CP Axbridge RegD/PLU Somerset AncC |
| Place: | Compton Bishop |
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