Descriptive Gazetteer Entry for Nailsea

Nailsea, par. and vil. with ry. sta., Somerset, 8 miles S.W. of Bristol, 2771 ac., pop. 1852; P.O., T.O.; has glass-works, corn mills, tanneries, collieries, and stone quarries.


(John Bartholomew, Gazetteer of the British Isles (1887))

Linked entities:
Feature Description: "parish and village with railway station"   (ADL Feature Type: "populated places")
Administrative units: Nailsea Ch/CP       Somerset AncC
Place: Nailsea

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