Banwell, North Somerset

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Banwell is a village in North Somerset

Other current and historical names

Location and coordinates are for the approximate centre of Banwell within this administrative area. Geographic features and populated places may cross administrative borders.

Banwell in historic gazetteers

Gazetteer of the British Isles (Edinburgh: Bartholomew, 1887). John Bartholomew

Banwell, par. and vil. with ry. sta., E. Somerset, 4 miles NW. of Axbridge, 4829 ac., pop. 1717; P.O., T.O., 3 Banks. On the skirts of Banwell Hill are two caverns in which fossil remains occur.

Banwell in the Domesday Book

A village in Winterstoke hundred, in the county of Somerset.

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