Crewkerne, Somerset

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Crewkerne is a town in Somerset

Other current and historical names

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

Crewkerne in historic gazetteers

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

Crewkerne (the Place of the Cross), market town and par. with ry. sta., mid. Somerset, in the valley of the Axe and Parret, 15 miles SE. of Taunton and 132 miles SW. of London, 5331 ac., pop. 4986; P.O., T.O., 2 Banks, 2 newspapers.Market-day, Saturday; has a grammar-school (1499) and some mfrs. of sailcloth, sacking, dowlas, and stockings.

Crewkerne in the Domesday Book

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

Two manors recorded in Domesday.

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