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PENNYPOUND, a place in the centre of Somerset; on Sedgemoor, near Weston-Zoyland, 4¼ miles S E of Bridgewater. Fairfax encamped here, in 1645, after the battle of Langport; and the Duke of Monmouth was beaten here, in 1685, by the Earl of Feversham.
(John Marius Wilson, Imperial Gazetteer of England and Wales (1870-72))
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| Feature Description: | "a place" (ADL Feature Type: "populated places") |
| Administrative units: | Somerset Ancient County |
| Place: | Pennypound |
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