Descriptive Gazetteer Entry for BREWHAM (South)

BREWHAM (South), a parish in Wincanton district, Somerset: on the Wilts and Somerset railway; 2½ miles NE by N of Bruton. It has a post office under Bath. Acres, 2,671. Real property, with North Brewham and Eastrip, £6,394. Pop., 519. Houses, 121. The property is subdivided. The living is a vicarage, with North Brewham, in the diocese of Bath and Wells. Value, £102. Patron, Sir H. Hoare, Bart. The church is good; and there are a Wesleyan chapel and a national school.


(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: Brewham CP       South Brewham CP       Wincanton RegD/PLU       Somerset AncC       Wiltshire AncC
Place names: BREWHAM     |     BREWHAM SOUTH     |     SOUTH BREWHAM
Place: South Brewham

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