Descriptive Gazetteer Entry for Axbridge

Axbridge, par. and small town with ry. sta., mid. Somerset, 9½ miles NW. of Wells, 540 ac., pop. 718; P.O., T.O., 2 Banks. Market-days, Tuesday and Saturday.


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

Linked entities:
Feature Description: "parish and small town with railway station"   (ADL Feature Type: "cities")
Administrative units: Axbridge Parish       Somerset Ancient County
Place: Axbridge

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