Place:


Over Stowey  Somerset

 

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

STOWEY (Over), a parish, with a village, in Bridgewater district, Somerset; 8¼ miles W by N of Bridgewater r. station. Post town, Nether Stowey, under Bridgewater. Acres, 3,647. Rated property, £2,291. Pop., 613. Houses, 142. The manor, with Quantock Lodge, belongs to Lord Taunton. The living is a vicarage in the diocese of Bath and Wells. Value, £153.* Patron, the Bishop of B. and W. The church is later English and good. There are a national school, and charities £21.

Over Stowey through time

Over Stowey is now part of Sedgemoor district. Click here for graphs and data of how Sedgemoor has changed over two centuries. For statistics about Over Stowey itself, go to Units and Statistics.

How to reference this page:

GB Historical GIS / University of Portsmouth, History of Over Stowey, in Sedgemoor and Somerset | Map and description, A Vision of Britain through Time.

URL: https://www.visionofbritain.org.uk/place/13283

Date accessed: 28th March 2024


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