Berrow, Somerset

Description
Berrow, a parish in Somersetshire, on a bay of its own name, on the Bristol Channel, 2 miles from Burnham station on the Somerset and Dorset Joint railway, and 9 1/2 WSW of Axbridge. It has a post office under Burnham, which is the money order and telegraph office. Acreage, 2221; population, 413. A great extent of sand, called Berrow Flat, is alternately covered and abandoned by the tide, and this forms most of Borrow Bay, which is simply an open narrow belt extending 8 miles northward from the mouths of the Parret and the Brue. The living is a vicarage in the diocese of Bath and Wells; net value, £233 with residence. Patron, the Archdeacon of Wells. The church is an interesting one of the 13th century. It has been well restored, and the chancel much improved by being paved with encaustic tiles, and by the addition of a beautifully carved reredos. The altar is of oak, of much historical interest, being formerly in Wells Cathedral. The pulpit and desk are also of oak, and are fine specimens of Jacobean work. There is a Wesleyan chapel