Place:


Bannerdown  Somerset

 

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

BANNERDOWN, a tract containing the meeting point of Wilts, Gloucester, and Somerset. The point is 1¼ mile NW of the Box tunnel of the Great Western railway, and 4¾ miles W of Corsham. It was marked, for upwards of a century, by three small stones; but is marked now by a cromlech, set up in 1858.

Additional information about this locality is available for Batheaston

Bannerdown through time

Bannerdown is now part of Bath and North East Somerset district. Click here for graphs and data of how Bath and North East Somerset has changed over two centuries. For statistics about Bannerdown itself, go to Units and Statistics.

How to reference this page:

GB Historical GIS / University of Portsmouth, History of Bannerdown in Bath and North East Somerset | Map and description, A Vision of Britain through Time.

URL: https://www.visionofbritain.org.uk/place/24970

Date accessed: 28th April 2024


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