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Calendar of Treasury Books and Papers
… Treasury from John Oldmixon, late Collector of Customs at Bridgwater. For relief from certain rent and tax charges …
Alumni Oxonienses
… Inns of Court Reg. Webber, Alexander s. Thomas, of Bridgwater, Somerset, pleb. Magdalen Coll., matric. 13 May, …
A Topographical Dictionary of England
… though on a limited scale. The Grand Western canal, from Bridgwater to Tiverton, passes near the place, and affords …
A Topographical Dictionary of England
… George) WEMBDON ( St. George), a parish, in the union of Bridgwater, hundred of North Petherton, W. division of the county of Somerset, 1 mile (N. W.) from Bridgwater; containing 370 inhabitants. The parish is bounded … navigable river Parret on the east, and by the road from Bridgwater to Dunster on the south. It comprises 2198 acres, …
A History of the County of Somerset
… of the ancient parish of Wembdon lay close to the town of Bridgwater on the north-west side. 25 A small part of it was within Bridgwater borough from 1835, 26 and the southeast corner has … map on p. 192. This article was completed in 1988. V.C.H. Som. ii. 347, 352. S.R.O., tithe award. O.S. Map 6", Som. …
A History of the County of Somerset
… licensed to alienate the advowson to St. John's hospital, Bridgwater. 74 The hospital appropriated the rectory in 1285 … casual fees, small tithes, and an allowance of grain from Bridgwater hospital. 91 By 1535 the grain allowance had been … 457; above, manors (rectory). P.R.O., C 142/492, no. 121; Som. Wills, ed. Brown, vi. 94-6. Above, Goathurst, manors. …
A History of the County of Somerset
… century had extended their holding to Wembdon tithing and Bridgwater. 2 Walter Michell bought well over 100 a. in … and West Perry manors in Wembdon parish and other lands in Bridgwater, Cannington, Durleigh, and Chilton, partly … within the later parish: cf. above, manors. V.C.H. Som. i. 484-5, 494-5, 499, 520. S.R.S. xii. 79; Pole MS. 523, …
A History of the County of Somerset
… at the junior school. 40 Christchurch Unitarian church, Bridgwater, established a school for c. 130 infants in … as Wembdon High School. 45 Part of St. Margaret's school, Bridgwater, was housed in Wembdon Road by c. 1967, and … Educ. Enq. Abstract, p. 827. Nat. Soc. Inquiry, 1846-7, Som. 18-19. P.O. Dir. Som. (1861). S.R.O., D/P/wem 1/1/3, …
A History of the County of Somerset
… into the churchyard. 71 The parish became part of the Bridgwater poor-law union in 1836 and part of Bridgwater rural district in 1894. The whole ancient parish, including the parts that had been taken into Bridgwater borough, became part of Sedgemoor district in …
A History of the County of Somerset
… his claim to c. 120 a. in Wembdon, Chilton, and Bridgwater. 39 William Coker of Wembdon was referred to in … 1348. 40 James, son and heir of William, had a burgage in Bridgwater in 1362, 41 and Matthew and probably another James … abbey had a close of land in Wembdon in 1535. 92 V.C.H. Som. i. 499. P.R.O., DL 25/299. Cal. Inq. p.m. vii, pp. 878; …