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In 1870-72, John Marius Wilson's Imperial Gazetteer of England and Wales described Over Stowey like this:
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.
Over Stowey is now part of SOMERSET Unitary Authority. Click here for graphs and data of how SOMERSET has changed over two centuries. For statistics about Over Stowey itself, go to Statistics.
How to reference this page:
GB Historical GIS / University of Portsmouth, History of Over Stowey in Somerset | Map and description, A Vision of Britain through Time.
URL: https://www.visionofbritain.org.uk/place/13283
Date accessed: 08th April 2026
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