History
There is some evidence of a possible wooden enclosure from the Iron Age known as Stowey Castle. There is also some evidence of an ochre crushing mill used for making pigment for marking sheep.
The parish was part of the hundred of Chew.
The early Lords of the Manor were the FitzRichard family. In the early 17th century it was held by the Jones family who held it until 1840 when it was sold to sir Edward Strachey.
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