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Over Stowey Information
Images and facts regarding the parish of Over Stowey
- Over Stowey is a small village and civil parish in the Sedgemoor district of Somerset, South West England.
- Over Stowey sits in the foothills of the Quantock Hills.\
- The limited area of level ground in the parish dictated the pattern of medieval settlement. At least four ancient routes run beside or across the parish.
- There were 115 adult males in the parish in 1641 and in 1801 the population was 468.
- The castle may have been the caput of the estate of Alfred d’Epaignes at Stowey in the later 11th century.
- The parish includes the hamlets of Plainsfield, Aley, Adscombe, Friarn and Bincombe.