Description
Bleadon, a parish in Somersetshire, on the river Axe, 1 mile from Bleadon and Uphill station on the G.W.R., 139 miles from London, and 4 1/2 SE of Weston-super-Mare. It includes the hamlets of Oldmixon and Shiplet, and has a post office under Weston-super-Mare, which is the money order and telegraph office. Acreage, 2962; population, 563. Remains of an ancient British camp are on Bleadon Hill, and bones, coins, and armour have been found. The living is a rectory in the diocese of Bath and Wells; net value, £450 with residence. Patron, the Bishop of London. The church was repaired in 1859. M. Casaubon was for some time rector.
Transcribed from The Comprehensive Gazetteer of England and Wales, 1894-5
