We could not match "Bath and North East Somerset" in our simplified list of the main towns and villages, or as a postcode. There are several other ways of finding places within Vision of Britain, so read on for detailed advice and 16 possible matches we have found for you:

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• If you are looking for hills, rivers, castles ... or pretty much anything other than the "places" where people live and lived, you need to look in our collection of Historical Gazetteers. This contains the complete text of three gazetteers published in the late 19th century — over 90,000 entries. Although there are no descriptive gazetteer entries for placenames exactly matching your search term (other than those already linked to "places"), the following entries mention "Bath and North East Somerset":

  Place name	County	Entry	Source
  BATH	Somerset	North parade, and in 1754 the Circus; and in 1769 his son designed the Royal crescent. Bath now was the summer rendezvous of persons of all classes, and even the occasional resort of members of the Royal family. Fielding and Smollett linked it with the stories of their heroes; Lord Chesterfield was often at it; the great Chatham took to it for the healing of his gout; and Anstey, in his famous sarcastic "New Bath Guide," satirised its follies. Structure. —Bath is strikingly beautiful. Its site, in the hollow and up the sides of a sort of amphitheatre	Imperial
  BATH and WELLS	Somerset	BATH and WELLS , a diocese comprehending all Somerset except Bedminster. Acres, 1,043,059. Pop., 422,527. Houses, 83,600. The see sprang from a college at Wells, founded in 704 by King Ina; was constituted there, in 905, by Edward the Elder; was removed to Bath, in the time of William Rufus, by John de Villula; was for some time designated of Bath only, and altogether administered there; but in the 13th century, after long contention, was reconstituted of both Bath and Wells, with cathedral at each. It numbers among its bishops, Lord Chancellor Burnell, Lord Treasurer	Imperial
  BRIDGEWATER, or Bridgwater	Somerset	BRIDGEWATER , or Bridgwater, a town, a parish, a subdistrict, and a district in Somerset. The town stands in a level	Imperial
  BRISTOL	Gloucestershire Somerset	BRISTOL , a city, with special jurisdiction, on the mutual border of Gloucester and Somerset. It includes eighteen town parishes, and	Imperial
  BRUTON	Somerset	Somerset. The town stands on the river Brue, adjacent to the East Somerset railway, among a cluster of hills, 10½ miles SSW of Frome. It is a place of considerable antiquity. A Benedictine monastery was founded at it, in 1005, by Algar, Earl of Cornwall; changed into a priory of black canons, in 1142, by William de Mohun, Earl of Somerset; raised to the dignity of an Abbey, in the time of Henry VIII., at the instance of the then prior, who was coadjutor to the Bishop of Bath and Wells; and given, at the dissolution, to Sir Maurice	Imperial
  CHELSEA	London Middlesex	CHELSEA , a London suburb, a parish, and a district in Middlesex. The suburb lies on the Thames, opposite Battersea and	Imperial
  DINDER	Somerset	Somerset; on the river Brue, and the East Somerset railway, 2 miles SE of Wells. Post town, Wells. Acres, 1, 071. Real property, £2, 129. Pop., 244. Houses, 47. The property is divided among a few. The manor belongs to the Somervilles. The living is a rectory in the diocese of Bath and Wells. Value, £184.* Patron, the Bishop of Bath and Wells. The church consists of nave, chancel, and north	Imperial
  FROME	Somerset	FROME , a town, a parish, a sub-district, a district, and a hundred, in Somerset. The town occupies abrupt hillocks	Imperial
  GLASTONBURY	Somerset	GLASTONBURY , a town, a parish, and a sub-district, in Wells district, Somerset. The town stands on a peninsular tract	Imperial
  GLOUCESTERSHIRE, or Gloucester	Gloucestershire	GLOUCESTERSHIRE , or Gloucester, an inland, but partly maritime, county of England; bounded, on t he NW, by Herefordshire and Worcestershire	Imperial
  Leith	Midlothian	Leith (anc. Let or Inverlet ), the sixth largest town in Scotland, a seaport, a police and parliamentary burgh, and seat	Groome
  LONDON	London London	LONDON , the metropolis of England. The centre of it is London city or London proper; the centre of that is	Imperial
  MARLBOROUGH	Wiltshire	MARLBOROUGH , a town, two parishes, and a district in Wilts. The town stands on the river Kennet, at the terminus	Imperial
  OXFORD	Berkshire Buckinghamshire Oxfordshire Wiltshire	OXFORD , a city and a university in Oxfordshire, partly also in Berks, and a diocese comprehending nearlyall Oxfordshire and Berks	Imperial
  SOMERSET, or Somersetshire	Somerset	SOMERSET , or Somersetshire, a maritime county; bounded on the NW, by the Bristol channel; on the N, by Gloucestershire; on	Imperial
  WILTS, or Wiltshire	Wiltshire	East Avon, the Wiley, the Nadder, the Bourne, the Kennet, and some head-streams of the Thames. Upper oolite rocks prevail in the NW; and upper cretaceous rocks in all other quarters. Portland stone is quarried at Swindon, Tisbury, and Fonthill; Kimmeridge clay ranges from Swindon to the W of Devizes; coral rag extends from Highworth to Bromham: Oxford clay forms a level tract, with many mineral springs; Kelloways rock takes name from predominating at Kelloways near Chippenham; cornbrash is worked, in the neighbourhood of Malmsbury, for building; and forest marble is converted, in several places, into coarse tiles	Imperial

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