Wookey, Somerset

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Wookey is a village in Somerset

Other current and historical names

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

Wookey in historic gazetteers

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

Wookey, par. and vil. with ry. sta., Somerset - par., 3420 ac., pop. 1017; vil., 2 miles W. of Wells; P.O., and P.O. at Wookey Hole, a noted cavern 2 miles from vil., and said to communicate with the Cheddar cliffs. The Wookey Hole Paperworks are in vicinity.

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