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National Gazetteer (1868) - Nyland
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The National Gazetteer of Great Britain and Ireland - 1868
"NYLAND, a parish in the hundred of Glaston-Twelve-Hides, county Somerset, 3 miles S.E. of Axbridge, and 6 N.W. of Wells. The parish, which is inconsiderable, includes the hamlet of Batcombe. It had a church, dedicated to St. Andrew, which King Kenewalch gave to Glastonbury Abbey in 670. It is now considered to belong to Glastonbury parish."[Description(s) from The National Gazetteer of Great Britain and Ireland (1868)"BATCOMBE, a tything in the parish of Nyland, and hundred of Glaston-Twelve-Hides, in the county of Somerset, 5 miles from Wells."
Transcribed by Colin Hinson ©2003]