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Updated: May 22, 2025
One of the bells dates from pre-Reformation times, and has the inscription Virginis egregiae vocor campana Mariae. To the N.E. of the village is Solsbury Hill, with a British camp on the summit. It probably gets its name from the British goddess Sul, who seems, from the inscriptions in Bath Museum, to have been identified by the Romans with Minerva. Bathford is a village 3-1/2 m.
The interior contains piscinas in chancel and on S. wall, and a circular Norm. font. In the churchyard is the base of a cross. Shipham, a village on the Mendips 2 m. The church is modern. Skilgate, a village 5 m. E. from Dulverton. The church has been rebuilt . Solsbury Hill. See Batheaston. SOMERTON, a small town of nearly 2000 people, 7 m.
The real history of Bath begins as early as A.D. 44, when it is known to have been a Roman station. Its Latin name was Aquae Sulis, Sul being a local divinity, whose name appears on several inscriptions in the Museum, and may have some connection with the neighbouring hill of Solsbury.
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