Descriptive Gazetteer Entry for Highbridge

Highbridge.-- eccl. dist. and vil. with ry. sta., Burnham par., mid. Somerset--dist., pop. 1643; vil., on river Brue, 6 miles N. of Bridgwater; P.O., T.O., 3 Banks, 1 newspaper.


(John Bartholomew, Gazetteer of the British Isles (1887))

Linked entities:
Feature Description: "ecclesiastical district and village with railway station"   (ADL Feature Type: "populated places")
Administrative units: Somerset Ancient County
Place: Highbridge

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