Descriptive Gazetteer Entry for WRITHLINGTON

WRITHLINGTON, a parish, with a village, in Frome district, Somerset: 1 mile ENE of Radstock railway station. Post town, Radstock, under Bath. Acres, 772. Real property, £4,363; of which £3,000 are in mines. Pop., 367. Houses, 65. The manor belongs to B. Naish, Esq. The living is a rectory in the diocese of Bath and Wells. Value, £166.* Patron, the Prebendary of Writhlington. The church is ancient. There is a national school.


(John Marius Wilson, Imperial Gazetteer of England and Wales (1870-72))

Linked entities:
Feature Description: "a parish, with a village"   (ADL Feature Type: "populated places")
Administrative units: Writhlington CP/AP       Frome RegD/PLU       Somerset AncC
Place: Writhlington

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