A vision of Britain through time
A vision of Britain from 1801 to now.
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A vision of Britain through time
A vision of Britain from 1801 to now.
Including maps, statistical trends and historical descriptions.
Burnham, coast par. and vil. with ry. sta., mid. Somerset, 7½ miles N. of Bridgwater and 146¾ miles SW. of London -- par., 3872 ac. land and 430 water, pop. 3645; vil., pop. 1904; P.O., T.O., 2 Banks; is a much-frequented watering-place, and has a fine sandy beach; the sea recedes 4 miles at low water; at E. side of entrance of river Parret are 2 lighthouses 99 and 36 ft. high, with intermittent and fixed lights (Burnham, within Bridgwater Bar) 91 and 23 ft. above high water and seen 15 and 9 m.
(John Bartholomew, Gazetteer of the British Isles (1887))
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| Feature Description: | "coastal parish and village with railway station" (ADL Feature Type: "populated places") |
| Administrative units: | Burnham CP/AP Somerset AncC |
| Place: | Burnham |
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