Descriptive Gazetteer Entry for BOROUGHBRIDGE

BOROUGHBRIDGE, a hamlet in the parishes of Ling, Othory, and WestonZoyland, Somerset; at the confluence of the rivers Tone and Parret, 5 miles NW of Langport. It has a post office under Bridgewater. Pop., 93. A ruined chapel here crowns a seemingly artificial mound, and belonged to Athelney Abbey.


(John Marius Wilson, Imperial Gazetteer of England and Wales (1870-72))

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Feature Description: "a hamlet"   (ADL Feature Type: "populated places")
Administrative units: Somerset AncC
Place: Burrowbridge

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