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TICKENHAM, a parish, with a straggling village, in Bedminster district, Somerset; 2½ miles NNW of Nailsea r. station, and 9 W by S of Bristol. Post town, Clevedon. Acres, 1,627. Real property, £3,342. Pop., 401. Houses, 82. The manor belongs to Sir J. H. G. Smyth, Bart. T. House is the seat of R. M. Bernard, Esq. Cadbury barrow crowns a hill; and a Roman camp is supposed to have been there. The living is a vicarage in the diocese of Bath and Wells. Value, £165.* Patron, the Bishop of Worcester. The church is ancient. there are a Brethren's chapel, and a national school.
(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: | Tickenham CP/AP Long Ashton RegD/PLU Somerset AncC |
Place: | Tickenham |
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