Axbridge is a town in Somerset, England, situated in the Sedgemoor district on the River Axe, near the southern edge of the Mendip Hills. The village has a population of 2,024 (2002 estimate). Image File history File links Download high resolution version (1802x2589, 189 KB) File history Legend: (cur) = this is the current file, (del) = delete this old version, (rev) = revert to this old version. ... Image File history File links Download high resolution version (1802x2589, 189 KB) File history Legend: (cur) = this is the current file, (del) = delete this old version, (rev) = revert to this old version. ... The British national grid reference system is a system of geographic grid references commonly used in Great Britain, different from using latitude or longitude. ... Main street in Bastrop, Texas, a small town In American English, a town is usually a municipal corporation that is smaller than a city but larger than a village. ... Somerset is a county in the south-west of England. ... Royal motto (French): Dieu et mon droit (Translated: God and my right) Englands location within the UK Official language English de facto Capital London de facto Largest city London Area - Total Ranked 1st UK 130,395 km² Population - Total (mid-2004) - Density Ranked 1st UK 50. ... Sedgemoor is a local government district of Somerset in England. ... The River Axe is a river in south west England. ... The Mendip Hills as seen from Crook Peak. ... 2002 is a common year starting on Tuesday of the Gregorian calendar. ...
Axbridge grew in the Tudor period as a centre for cloth manufacture, but its decline led to stagnation and the preservation of many historic buildings in the town centre. These include King John's Hunting Lodge (actually a Tudor building) and the thirteenth centuryparish church. The Tudor dynasty or House of Tudor (Welsh: Tudur) is a series of five monarchs of Welsh origin who ruled England from 1485 until 1603. ... A variety of fabric. ... Tudor architecture is the architecture of the Tudor period, ie. ... (12th century - 13th century - 14th century - other centuries) As a means of recording the passage of time, the 13th century was that century which lasted from 1201 to 1300. ... A parish church is the church which acts as the religious centre of a parish, the basic administrative unit of episcopal churches. ...
Village or Town?
In contrast to the much larger settlement of Cheddar immediately to the southeast that remains a village, Axbridge is a town. This apparently illogical situation is explained by the relative importance of the two places in historic times. While Axbridge grew in importance as a centre for cloth manufacture in the Tudor period and gained a charter from King John, Cheddar remained a more dispersed dairy-farming village until the advent of tourism and the arrival of the railway in the Victorian era. This situation is unlikely to change in the near future, with the residents of both Axbridge and Cheddar proud of their settlement's respective status and the inevitable friendly local rivalry between the two. Cheddar Village circa 1907 Cheddar is a village in Somerset, England, situated on the edge of the Mendip Hills nine miles north west of Wells. ... The Tudor dynasty or House of Tudor (Welsh: Tudur) is a series of five monarchs of Welsh origin who ruled England from 1485 until 1603. ... John (December 24, c. ... Queen Victoria (shown here on the morning of her Accession to the Throne, 20 June 1837) gave her name to the historic era The Victorian era of Great Britain is considered the height of the British industrial revolution and the apex of the British Empire. ...
Axbridge is a town in Somerset, England, situated in the Sedgemoor district on the River Axe, near the southern edge of the Mendip Hills.
Axbridge grew in the Tudor period as a centre for cloth manufacture, but its decline led to stagnation and the preservation of many historic buildings in the town centre.
While Axbridge grew in importance as a centre for cloth manufacture in the Tudor period and gained a charter from King John, Cheddar remained a more dispersed dairy-farming village until the advent of tourism and the arrival of the railway in the Victorian era.
AXBRIDGE, an ancient corporate town in the hundred of Winterstoke, county of Somerset, seated in a rich level close under the Mendip Hills, 130 miles W. by S. of London, and 10 miles N.W. of Wells.
Axbridge, as already noticed, is a corporate town : the members of the corporation are a mayor, recorder, town clerk, ten aldermen, and twenty-two burgesses ; out of whom are chosen a sheriff, serjeant-at-mace, and constables.
Axbridge sent members to parliament in the reigns of Edward I, II, and III, and was then excused at its own desire.
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