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Rowberrow (St. Michael)

ROWBERROW (St. Michael), a parish, in the union of Axbridge, hundred of Winterstoke, E. division of Somerset, 4 miles (N. E. by N.) from Axbridge; containing 369 inhabitants. The parish is situated in a highly romantic district, and the village is of very pleasing aspect. The substratum formerly abounded with lapis calaminaris, of which extensive mines were in operation, but the works have been discontinued. The living is a discharged rectory, valued in the king's books at £7. 10.; net income, £134; patron, the Bishop of Gloucester and Bristol. There is a place of worship for Baptists.

Transcribed from A Topographical Dictionary of England, by Samuel Lewis, seventh edition, published 1858.

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