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.
WEEK-ST. LAWRENCE, a parish in Axbridge district, Somerset; at the mouth of the river Yeo, 2 miles NNW of Banwell r. station, and 4½ NE by N of Weston-super-Mare. Post town, Worle, under Weston-super-Mare. Acres, 1,900; of which 370 are water. Real property, £4,768. Pop., 270. Houses, 50. Woodspring priory, partly a ruin, and partly converted into a farmhouse, is adjacent. There is a coastguard station. The living is a p. curacy, annexed to Congresbury. The church is ancient. There is a parochial school.
(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: | Axbridge RegD/PLU Somerset AncC |
| Place: | Wick St Lawrence |
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