DISCLOSURE: This page may contain affiliate links, meaning when you click the links and make a purchase, we may receive a commission.
UK Genealogy Archives logo

Wembdon (St. George)

WEMBDON (St. George), a parish, in the union of Bridgwater, hundred of North Petherton, W. division of the county of Somerset, 1½ mile (N. W.) from Bridgwater; containing 370 inhabitants. The parish is bounded by the navigable river Parret on the east, and by the road from Bridgwater to Dunster on the south. It comprises 2198 acres, of which 590 are arable, and 92 in orchards. The upper part is hilly land, adapted for growing corn; the soil of the lower grounds is alluvial, and very rich pasture, particularly near the river. The living is a discharged vicarage, valued in the king's books at £9. 16. 10.; income, £612; patron, the Rev. C. W. H. Alston; impropriator, J. Credland, Esq. The church is a small structure.

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

Advertisement

Advertisement