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.
BRENT (South), a village and a parish in Axbridge parish, Somerset. The village stands under BrentKnoll, adjacent to the Bristol and Exeter railway, 3 miles N by E of Highbridge station, and 7½ SW of Axbridge; and has a post office under Weston-super-Mare. -The parish includes also the hamlet of Week. Acres, 3,426. Real property, £10,594. Pop., 905. Houses, 200. The property is much subdivided. The manor belonged formerly to the abbots of Glastonbury. The living is a vicarage in the diocese of Bath and Wells. Value, £548.* Patron, the Archdeacon of Wells. The church is partly Norman; and contains a large monument to a Somerset of 1663. There are a Bible Christian chapel, a national school, and charities £8.
(John Marius Wilson, Imperial Gazetteer of England and Wales (1870-72))
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| Feature Description: | "a village and a parish" (ADL Feature Type: "populated places") |
| Administrative units: | Brent Knoll CP/AP Somerset AncC |
| Place names: | BRENT | BRENT SOUTH | SOUTH BRENT |
| Place: | Brent Knoll |
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