Somerset

Somerset Towns & Parishes

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Wembdon

"WEMBDON, a parish in the hundred of North Petherton, county Somerset, 1 mile N.W. of Bridgwater, within which borough it is situated. The parish is bounded on the E. by the navigable river Parret, and on the S. by the road from Bridgwater to Dunster. The living is a vicarage in the diocese of Bath and Wells, value £615. The church is dedicated to St. George. The local charities produce about £6 per annum. There is a village school." From The National Gazetteer of Great Britain and Ireland (1868) Transcribed by Colin Hinson © 2003

Archives and Libraries

• Postcards of Wembdon

• Details of Somerset Record Office holdings relating to this parish.

Maps

• The Ordnance Survey 1:10560 County Series 2nd edition (c.1900) map of the area provided by Somerset Record Office.

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