A vision of Britain through time
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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.
DECUMANS (St.), a parish in Williton district, Somerset; on the coast, at the Watchet terminus of the West Somerset railway. It contains the town of Watchet, the chapelry and workhouse of Williton, and the hamlets of Eagrove, Lyddymore, Doniford, Ridon, Stickland, Wibble, Wibblegate, Highbridge, Watering-Place, Five Bells, Churchtown, Whitehall, Stream, Yard, Timwood, Hayne, Bardon, Tomblands, Shelves, and part of Washford. Post town, Watchet, under Bridgewater. Acres, 4, 281; of which 520 are water. Rated property, £7, 176. Pop., 3, 196. Houses, 522. The property is all in one estate. Orchard-Wyndham was the seat of the late Earl of Egremont. Williton was the residence of Sir Reginald Fitz-Urse, one of the murderers of Thomas à Becket. The living is a vicarage in the diocese of Bath and Wells. Value, £134. Patron, the Bishop of Bath and Wells. The church is large; occupies a commanding site; and has ancient monuments of the Wyndhams, and the tomb of the late Earl of Egremont. The churchyard contains an ancient cross. The p. curacy of Williton is a separate benefice. There are chapels for Independents, Baptists, and Methodists, and charities £77.
(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: | St Decumans AP/CP Williton RegD/PLU Somerset AncC |
| Place names: | DECUMANS ST | ST DECUMANS |
| Place: | St Decumans |
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