Descriptive gazetteer entries

In 1870-72, John Marius Wilson's Imperial Gazetteer of England and Wales described Polden Hill like this:

POLDEN HILL, a sub-district in Bridgewater district, Somerset; containing Moorlinch, Greinton, and Ashcott parishes, and most of Shapwick. Acres, 16, 150. Pop., 3, 704. Houses, 842.

This is the only descriptive gazetter entry we have found, but you may be able to find further references to Polden Hill by doing a full-text search here.


Travel writing

Sorry, but no mentions of this place can be found.

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Place Mentioned in Travel Writing Mentioned in Hist. Gazetteer
Moorlinch 0 2
Shapwick 0 2
Catcott 0 2
Edington 0 2
Chilton Polden 0 2
Sutton Mallet 0 2
Greinton 0 3
Stawell 0 2
Ashcott 0 2
Cossington 0 2
Burtle 0 2
Whitley 0 2
Westhay 0 2
Woolavington 0 2
Bawdrip 0 2
Walton 0 2
Chedzoy 0 2
Pennypound 0 2
Middlezoy 2 2
Westonzoyland 0 2