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Burrowbridge Mump
The church on top of the Mump was probably first built in Saxon times, dedicated to St Michael - it was not far downriver from the Saxon western summer capital of Somerton. It was the site of a famous retreat by the Saxon king Alfred against the Vikings in 878, and it saw action again in the Civil War in the 1640s. Over time it was variously under the aegis of Athelney Abbey and Glastonbury Abbey. The present chapel was built in the 1830s.
Burrowbridge Mump
The church on top of the Mump was probably first built in Saxon times, dedicated to St Michael - it was not far downriver from the Saxon western summer capital of Somerton. It was the site of a famous retreat by the Saxon king Alfred against the Vikings in 878, and it saw action again in the Civil War in the 1640s. Over time it was variously under the aegis of Athelney Abbey and Glastonbury Abbey. The present chapel was built in the 1830s.