Descriptive Gazetteer Entry for NORTON-ST. PHILIP

NORTON-ST. PHILIP, a village and a parish in Frome district, Somerset. The village stands 2½ miles W of the boundary with Wilts, 4 S S W of Freshford r.station, and 6 S by E of Bath; contains an old inn, a very curious building of the 15th century; and has a post-office under Bath. The parish comprises 1, 527acres. Real property, £3, 500. Pop. in 1851, 788; in 1861, 672. Houses, 168. The decrease of pop. arose mainly from the removal of coal carriers, consequent upon the opening of the railway . The property is much subdivided. Norton House is the residence of Mrs. Gutch. The skirmish between the army of the Duke of Monmouth and the King's troops under Feversham, resulting in the repulse which drove Monmouth to the fatal field of Sedgemoor, took place near the village. There are several malting-houses, a brewery, and a corn mill. The living is a vicarage in the diocese of Bath and Wells. Value, £110.* Patron, the Bishop of Bath and Wells. The church is later English; was restored in 1847; and consists of nave, aisles, and chancel, with porch and loftytower. There are Baptist and Wesleyan chapels, an endowed school with £50 a year, and charities £25.


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

Linked entities:
Feature Description: "a village and a parish"   (ADL Feature Type: "populated places")
Administrative units: Norton St Philip CP/AP       Frome RegD/PLU       Somerset AncC
Place: Norton St Philip

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