Descriptive Gazetteer Entry for ORCHARD-WYNDHAM

ORCHARD-WYNDHAM, a seat in St. Decumans parish, Somerset; in a pleasant vale, ¾ of a mile W of Williton. It belonged formerly to the Wyndhams, and belongs now to the Countess of Egremont; has a chapel, built in 1490, by Sir John Sydenham; and stands in well-wooded and picturesque grounds.


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

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Feature Description: "a seat"   (ADL Feature Type: "residential sites")
Administrative units: St Decumans Parish       Somerset Ancient County

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