Descriptive Gazetteer Entry for SWELL

SWELL, a parish in Langport district, Somerset; 4 miles SW of Langport r. station. Post town, Taunton. Acres, with West Sedgmoor, 891. Rated property, £1,230. Pop., 110. Houses, 19. The manor belongs to J. S. Drax, Esq. The living is a vicarage, annexed to Fivehead. The church was repaired in 1859.


(John Marius Wilson, Imperial Gazetteer of England and Wales (1870-72))

Linked entities:
Feature Description: "a parish"   (ADL Feature Type: "countries, 4th order divisions")
Administrative units: Swell AP/CP       Langport RegD/PLU       Somerset AncC
Place: Swell

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