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.
BREANE, a parish in Axbridge district, Somerset; on the river Axe and on the coast, 4 miles SW by S of Weston-super-Mare Junction r. station, and 8 W of Axbridge. Post Town, Uphill, under Weston-super-Mare. Acres, 3,167; of which 2,000 are water. Real property, £2,389. Pop., 145. Houses, 27. The property is divided among a few. Breane-Down is 300 feet high-;-and projects into a promontory 1¼ mile long, westward from the mouth of the river Axe. Cliffs, with abundance of samphire, are on the coast; and a great extent of sandy beach lies below. An act was passed in 1862 for the construction of harbour, piers or jetties, at Breane-Down, and for the formation of a railway thence to the Bristol and Exeter railway. The living is a rectory in the diocese of Bath and Wells. Value, £216.* Patron, W. Willes, Esq. The church is good.
(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: | Brean AP/CP Axbridge RegD/PLU Somerset AncC |
| Place: | Brean |
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