Danesborough, Somerset
Historical Description
Danesborough, an ancient British camp on one of the Quantock Hills, 2 miles W of Nether Stowey, in Somerset. It has double ramparts, is situated 1022 feet above sea-level,. and was the place where the Romans defeated the Belgse.
Transcribed from The Comprehensive Gazetteer of England & Wales, 1894-5
Church Records
Ancestry.co.uk, in association with Somerset Archives & Local Studies, have images of the Parish Registers for Somerset online.
Maps
Online maps of Danesborough are available from a number of sites:
- Bing (Current Ordnance Survey maps).
- Google Streetview.
- National Library of Scotland. (Old maps)
- OpenStreetMap.
- old-maps.co.uk (Old Ordnance Survey maps to buy).
- Streetmap.co.uk (Current Ordnance Survey maps).
- A Vision of Britain through Time. (Old maps)