Descriptive Gazetteer Entry for BADGWORTH

BADGWORTH, a parish in Axbridge district, Somerset; 3 miles SW of Axbridge, and 10 SE of Weston-super-Mare Junction r. station. Post Town, Axbridge near Weston-super-Mare. Acres, 1,815. Real property, £2,568. Pop., 279. Houses, 63. The property is sub divided. The living is a rectory in the diocese of Bath and Wells. Value, £482. Patron, SirMordaunt. The church is good.


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

Linked entities:
Feature Description: "a parish"   (ADL Feature Type: "countries, 4th order divisions")
Administrative units: Badgworth Parish       Axbridge Poor Law Union/Registration District       Somerset Ancient County
Place: Badgworth

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