Descriptive Gazetteer Entry for THEALE

THEALE, a chapelry in Wedmore parish, Somerset; 4¼ miles NNE of Shapwick r. station, and 5½ W of Wells. It was constituted in 1844; and it has a post-office under Wells, Somerset. Pop., 743. Houses, 173. The living is a p. curacy in the diocese of Bath and Wells. Value, £300.* Patron, the Vicar of Wedmore. The church is modern.


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

Linked entities:
Feature Description: "a chapelry"   (ADL Feature Type: "countries, 4th order divisions")
Administrative units: Wedmore CP/AP       Somerset AncC
Place: Theale

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