Descriptive Gazetteer Entry for Midsomer Norton

Midsomer Norton, town and par. with ry. sta., Somerset, 1½ mile W. of Radstock and 10 miles SW. of Bath, 3922 ac., pop. 4422; P.O., T.O., 1 Bank; has a large trade in malting and brewing, and in coal, and is the seat of a Roman Catholic College (1814), with observatory.


(John Bartholomew, Gazetteer of the British Isles (1887))

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Feature Description: "town and parish with railway station"   (ADL Feature Type: "cities")
Administrative units: Midsomer Norton AP/CP       Somerset AncC
Place: Midsomer Norton

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