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COSSINGTON, a parish in Bridgewater district, Somerset; near the Bristol and Exeter railway, 4 miles NE of Bridgewater. It has a post office under Bridgewater. Acres, 1, 380. Real property, £2, 790. Pop., 252. Houses, 58. The property is divided among a few. The surface is picturesque. The living is a rectory in the diocese of Bath and Wells. Value, £254.* Patrons, E. and G. Broderip, Esqs. The church is later English, with a tower, and good; and there are charities £18.
(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: | Cossington CP/AP Somerset AncC |
Place: | Cossington |
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