A vision of Britain through time
A vision of Britain from 1801 to now.
Including maps, statistical trends and historical descriptions.
A vision of Britain through time
A vision of Britain from 1801 to now.
Including maps, statistical trends and historical descriptions.
CHEW-STOKE, a parish in Clutton district, Somerset, 4½ miles SW of Pensford, and 5½ SSE of Bourton r. station. It has a post office under Bristol. Acres, 2, 092. Real property, £5, 097. Pop., 758. Houses, 173. The property is much subdivided. Limestone and building-stone occur. A small nunnery was founded here by Elizabeth de Santa Cruce. The living is a rectory in the diocese of Bath and Wells. Value, £305.* Patron, the Rev. W. P. Wait. The church is ancient but good. There is a Wesleyan chapel. A school has £91 from endowment; and other charities £29. Lord Mayor Champneis was a native.
(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: | Chew Stoke AP/CP Clutton RegD/PLU Somerset AncC |
| Place: | Chew Stoke |
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