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STOWEY (Over), a parish, with a village, in Bridgewater district, Somerset; 8¼ miles W by N of Bridgewater r. station. Post town, Nether Stowey, under Bridgewater. Acres, 3,647. Rated property, £2,291. Pop., 613. Houses, 142. The manor, with Quantock Lodge, belongs to Lord Taunton. The living is a vicarage in the diocese of Bath and Wells. Value, £153.* Patron, the Bishop of B. and W. The church is later English and good. There are a national school, and charities £21.
(John Marius Wilson, Imperial Gazetteer of England and Wales (1870-72))
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| Feature Description: | "a parish, with a village" (ADL Feature Type: "populated places") |
| Administrative units: | Over Stowey Parish Somerset Ancient County |
| Place names: | OVER STOWEY | STOWEY | STOWEY OVER |
| Place: | Over Stowey |
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