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FORSCOTE, or Foxcote, a parish in Frome district, Somerset; near the Bath canal, 6½ miles SW by S of Bath r. station. Post town, Midsomer-Norton, under Bath. Acres, 580. Real property, £799. Pop., 46. Houses, 11. The property is divided among a few. The living is a rectory in the diocese of Bath and Wells. Value, £150.* Patron, Sir J. Smyth, Bart. The church is recent.
(John Marius Wilson, Imperial Gazetteer of England and Wales (1870-72))
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Feature Description: | "a parish" (ADL Feature Type: "countries, 4th order divisions") |
Administrative units: | Foxcote AP/CP Frome RegD/PLU Somerset AncC |
Place names: | FORSCOTE | FORSCOTE OR FOXCOTE | FOXCOTE |
Place: | Foxcote |
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