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Wedmore, Somerset

Historical Description

Wedmore, a village and a parish in Somerset. The village stands on a rising-ground 3 miles from Draycott station on the G.W.R., and 5 S of Axbridge. It has a post, money order, and telegraph office under Weston-super-Mare. It is nominally a borough governed by a portreeve, and has two annual fairs. Acreage of the civil parish, 10,280; population, 2891; of the ecclesiastical, 1801. For parish council purposes it is divided into three wards, and has a council of twelve members. The manor belonged formerly to the Dean of Wells, and belongs now to the Baileys. Much Cheddar cheese is made. A pot of Anglo-Danish coins was found in the churchyard in 1851. The living is a vicarage in the diocese of Bath and Wells; gross value, £310. Patron, the Bishop of Bath and Wells. The church is ancient, cruciform, and has been restored. In 1890 a handsome west window was erected in memory of King Alfred, Wedmore being near the historic spot where he and a few faithful followers harassed the victorious Danes. Eleven chapels were anciently in different parts. There are Baptist and Wesleyan chapels, a reading-room, and charities.

Transcribed from The Comprehensive Gazetteer of England & Wales, 1894-5

Administration

The following is a list of the administrative units in which this place was either wholly or partly included.

Ancient CountySomersetshire 
Ecclesiastical parishWedmore St. Mary 
HundredBempstone 
Poor Law unionAxbridge 

Any dates in this table should be used as a guide only.


Church Records

Ancestry.co.uk, in association with Somerset Archives & Local Studies, have images of the Parish Registers for Somerset online.


Civil Registration

For general information about Civil Registration (births, marriages and deaths) see the Civil Registration page.


Directories & Gazetteers

We have transcribed the entry for Wedmore from the following:


Maps

Online maps of Wedmore are available from a number of sites:


Newspapers and Periodicals

The British Newspaper Archive have fully searchable digitised copies of the following Somerset papers online:


Visitations Heraldic

The Visitation of Somersetshire, 1623 is available on the Heraldry page.

DistrictSedgemoor
CountySomerset
RegionSouth West
CountryEngland
Postal districtBS28
Post TownWedmore

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