Descriptive Gazetteer Entry for Mendip Hills

Mendip Hills, in NE. of Somerset; extend from near Weston-super-Mare 20 miles SE. to vicinity of Shepton Mallet, and attain in Block Down, 2½ miles NE. of Axbridge, an alt. of 1067 ft.


(John Bartholomew, Gazetteer of the British Isles (1887))

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Administrative units: Somerset AncC
Place: Mendip

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