UPHILL, a parish in the hundred of WINTERSTOKE,
county of SOMERSET, 8 miles (N. W. by W.) from Axbridge,
containing 270 inhabitants. The living is a discharged
rectory, in the archdeaconry of Wells, and diocese
of Bath and Wells, rated in the king's books at
£11. 7., and in the patronage of John Fisher, Esq. The
church, dedicated to St. Nicholas, has a central tower,
and occupies the summit of a lofty eminence south of
the village. There is a place of worship for Baptists.
The river Ax bounds the parish on the south, and falls
into the Bristol channel at the village, the proximity
of which to Weston-Super-Mare (of late become a
fashionable bathing place) has induced capitalists to
purchase a considerable portion of land in the neighbourhood,
with a view to erect houses upon it. Fuel
is very abundant and cheap here. A cave was discovered
a few years ago, similar to those in the same
ridge of hills at Burrington and Banwell.