Descriptive Gazetteer Entry for HEYDON-DOWN

HEYDON-DOWN, an eminence on the W border of Somerset; 3½ miles W by N of Wiveliscombe. It is a link in a chain of hills extending eastward from Exmoor; and it commands an extensive view.


(John Marius Wilson, Imperial Gazetteer of England and Wales (1870-72))

Linked entities:
Feature Description: "an eminence"   (ADL Feature Type: "mountains")
Administrative units: Somerset AncC

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