Descriptive Gazetteer Entry for STOWELL

STOWELL, a parish in Wincanton district, Somerset; 1½ mile W of Temple-Combe r. station, and 4½ SSW of Wincanton. Post town, Wincanton, under Bath. Acres, 902. Rated property, £1,279. Pop., 133. Houses, 31. The property is subdivided. The living is a rectory in the diocese of Bath and Wells. Value, £220. Patrons, the Representatives of W. M. Dorrington, Esq. The church was built in 1834.


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

Linked entities:
Feature Description: "a parish"   (ADL Feature Type: "countries, 4th order divisions")
Administrative units: Stowell AP/CP       Wincanton RegD/PLU       Somerset AncC
Place: Stowell

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