A vision of Britain through time
A vision of Britain from 1801 to now.
Including maps, statistical trends and historical descriptions.
A vision of Britain through time
A vision of Britain from 1801 to now.
Including maps, statistical trends and historical descriptions.
These other entries in our collection of descriptive gazetteers are also about Wells. You may be able to find further references to Wells in the descriptive gazetteers by doing a full-text search here.
| Place | Type of entry | Source | WELLS | a city, a liberty, a parish, a sub-district, and a district | Imperial | Wells Forum | hundred | Bartholomew | WELLS-FORUM | a hundred | Imperial |
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This additional information from our descriptive gazetteers is for locations within the parish or parishes associated with Wells.
| Place | Type of entry | Source | CHILCOTT | a tything | Imperial | Horrington | ecclesiastical district | Bartholomew | HORRINGTON (EAST and WEST) | two tythings | Imperial | MILTON | a tything | Imperial | POLSHAM | a hamlet | Imperial | WATER (East) | a tything | Imperial | WORMINSTER | a tything | Imperial |
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This website includes the complete texts of books describing journeys around Britain, written between the twelfth and nineteenth centuries. Selecting one of the links below will take you to the first reference to Wells within the selected text. This will not always be a description of a visit: travellers often mention places other than where they are, for example as a basis for comparison.
| Traveller | Section | No. of Refs. | William Camden | Dorset and Somerset | 7 | Daniel Defoe | Letter 4, Part 2: Somerset and Wiltshire | 4 | Celia Fiennes | 1698 Tour: Bristol to Plymouth | 3 | Daniel Defoe | Letter 7, Part 2: East Midlands | 2 | William Camden | The Division of Britaine | 1 | Daniel Defoe | Letter 5 (London), Part 1: Overview and Suburbs | 1 | Daniel Defoe | Letter 10: Lancashire, Westmorland and Cumberland | 1 | George Head | Visiting Mull | 1 |
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This website includes two large libraries, of historical travel writing and of entries from nineteenth century gazetteers describing places. We have text from these sources available for these places near your location:
| Place | Mentioned in Travel Writing | Mentioned in Hist. Gazetteer |
|---|---|---|
| Coxley | 0 | 2 |
| Horrington | 0 | 3 |
| Dinder | 0 | 2 |
| Easton | 0 | 2 |
| North Wootton | 0 | 3 |
| Wookey | 3 | 2 |
| Castle | 0 | 2 |
| Croscombe | 0 | 1 |
| Henton | 0 | 2 |
| Green Oare | 0 | 1 |
| Priddy | 0 | 2 |
| Westbury | 0 | 3 |
| Glaston Twelve Hides | 0 | 2 |
| Pilton | 0 | 2 |
| West Pennard | 0 | 3 |
| Mendip | 6 | 3 |
| Chewton Mendip | 1 | 2 |
| Godney | 2 | 2 |
| Shepton Mallet | 8 | 2 |
| Emborough | 0 | 2 |