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.
CAMERTON, a parish in Clutton district, Somerset: on the Fosse way and the Radford canal, 5½ miles SSW of Twerton r. station and 6½ SW of Bath. An act was passed in 1863 to construct a railway from the Great Western at Bristol to Radstock, with a branch to Camerton. The parish includes part of Carlingcott hamlet; and its Post Town is Timsbury, under Bath. Acres, 1,748. Real property, £6,532. Pop., 1,368. Houses, 279. The property is divided among a few. Camerton Park is the seat of John Jarrett, Esq. Coal is worked. Roman pottery, glass, and other relics, and remains of Roman villas, have been found. The living is a rectory in the diocese of Bath and Wells. Value, £481.* Patron, John Jarrett, Esq. The church is good; and contains several very fine tombs of the Carews. There are chapels for Baptists and Wesleyans.
(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: | Camerton AP/CP Clutton RegD/PLU Somerset AncC |
| Place: | Camerton |
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