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.
WORLE, a parish, with a village, in Axbridge district, Somerset; 1¾ mile W of Banwell r. station, and 2¾ ENE of Weston-super-Mare. It has a post-office under Weston-super-Mare. Acres, 1,810. Real property, with Kewstoke, £12,194. Pop., 980. Houses, 195. The manor belongs to J. Stephens, Esq. W. Hill is noticed in our article on Weston-super-Mare. Limestone and calamine abound. The living is a vicarage in the diocese of Bath and Wells. Value, £312.* Patron, the Lord Chancellor. The church is later English. There are Wesleyan, U. free Methodist, and Bible Christian chapels, and a national school.
(John Marius Wilson, Imperial Gazetteer of England and Wales (1870-72))
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| Feature Description: | "a parish, with a village" (ADL Feature Type: "populated places") |
| Administrative units: | Worle AP/CP Axbridge RegD/PLU Somerset AncC |
| Place: | Worle |
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