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A vision of Britain through time
A vision of Britain from 1801 to now.
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BERROW, a parish in Axbridge district, Somerset; on a bay of its own name, on Bristol channel, 4 miles NNW of Highbridge r. station, and 9½ WSW of Axbridge. Post Town, Burnham, under Bridgewater. Acres, 6,563; of which 4,410 are water. Real property, with Breane, £7,994. Pop., 489. Houses, 112. The property is divided among a few. A great extent of sand, called Berrow flat, is alternately covered and abandoned by the tide; and this forms most of Berrow bay, which is simply an open narrow belt, extending 8 miles northward from the mouths of the Parret and the Brue. The living is a vicarage in the diocese of Bath and Wells. Value, £186.* Patron, the Archdeacon of Wells. 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: | Berrow AP/CP Axbridge RegD/PLU Somerset AncC |
| Place: | Berrow |
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