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In 1870-72, John Marius Wilson's Imperial Gazetteer of England and Wales described Biddisham like this:
BIDDISHAM, a parish in Axbridge district, Somerset; on the river Axe, 3 miles W by S of Axbridge, and 5 SE of Weston-super-Mare Junction r. station. Post Town, Axbridge, under Weston-super-Mare. Acres, 574. Real property, £1,740. Pop., 147. Houses, 29. The property is much subdivided. The living is a rectory in the diocese of Bath and Wells. Value, £152.* Patron, the Bishop of London. The church is tolerable.
Biddisham is now part of SOMERSET Unitary Authority. Click here for graphs and data of how SOMERSET has changed over two centuries. For statistics about Biddisham itself, go to Statistics.
How to reference this page:
GB Historical GIS / University of Portsmouth, History of Biddisham in Somerset | Map and description, A Vision of Britain through Time.
URL: https://www.visionofbritain.org.uk/place/12461
Date accessed: 08th April 2026
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