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LANGFORD-BUDVILLE, a village and a parish in Wellington district, Somerset. The village stands on the river Tone, near the Western canal, 1½ mile NW of Wellington r. station; and has a post-office under Wellington, Somerset. The parish comprises 1,853 acres. Real property, £3,420. Pop. in 1851,577; in 1861, 457. Houses, 100. The property is divided among a few. The manor and much of the land belong to E. A. Sandford, Esq. Bindon House is a lunatic asylum. The living is a p. curacy, annexed to the vicarage of Milverton, in the diocese of Bath and Wells. The church is later English; and consists of nave, aisle, and chancel, with a tower. There is a national school.
(John Marius Wilson, Imperial Gazetteer of England and Wales (1870-72))
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Feature Description: | "a village and a parish" (ADL Feature Type: "populated places") |
Administrative units: | Langford Budville Ch/CP Wellington RegD/PLU Somerset AncC |
Place: | Langford Budville |
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