Descriptive Gazetteer Entry for Banwell

Banwell, par. and vil. with ry. sta., E. Somerset, 4 miles NW. of Axbridge, 4829 ac., pop. 1717; P.O., T.O., 3 Banks. On the skirts of Banwell Hill are two caverns in which fossil remains occur.


(John Bartholomew, Gazetteer of the British Isles (1887))

Linked entities:
Feature Description: "parish and village with railway station"   (ADL Feature Type: "populated places")
Administrative units: Banwell CP/AP       Somerset AncC
Place: Banwell

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