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History of Weston-Super-Mare

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Weston's oldest structure is Worlebury Camp, on Worlebury Hill, dating from the Iron Age. Castle Batch was a castle that once stood overlooking the town. The present site has an earthwork mound of 160 feet (49 m) in diameter which is believed to be the remains of a motte.

The parish was part of the Winterstoke Hundred.

The medieval church of St John has been rebuilt, but its preaching cross survives. The former rectory is an early 19th-century structure with later additions. Though it remains adjacent to the church it has not been a parsonage house since the end of the 19th century. Today it is

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