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.
CATHERINE (St.), a parish in Bath district, Somerset; on the verge of the county, 3½ miles WNW of Box r. station, and 3¾ NE by N of Bath. Post Town, Batheaston, under Bath. Acres, 1,040. Real property, with Easten-Amoril, £11,106. Pop., 84. Houses, 23. The manor belonged to the abbots of St. Peters, Bath; and their residence, an edifice of 1499, with a porch added in the time of Charles I., is still standing. The living is a p. curacy, annexed to the vicarage of Batheaston, in the diocese of Bath and Wells. The church was built about the same time as the abbots' residence; and contains a carved pulpit, a Norman font, and an altar-tomb of 1631.
(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: | St Catherine Ch/CP Bath RegD/PLU Somerset AncC |
| Place names: | CATHERINE ST | ST CATHERINE |
| Place: | St Catherine |
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