Wedmore, Somerset

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Wedmore is a village in Somerset

Other current and historical names

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

Wedmore in historic gazetteers

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

Wedmore, par. and vil., Somerset, 4½ miles S. of Axbridge, 9986 ac., pop. 3060; P.O., T.O., 2 Banks; King Alfred had a summer palace here; the Peace of Wedmore, between King Alfred and Guthrum of East Anglia, was concluded in 878.

Wedmore in the Domesday Book

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

Two manors recorded in Domesday.

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