A vision of Britain through time
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A vision of Britain through time
A vision of Britain from 1801 to now.
Including maps, statistical trends and historical descriptions.
BUCKLAND-SORORUM, or B. Minchin, a locality in Durston parish, Somerset; 4½ miles W of Taunton. A house of regular canons was founded here, in 1167, by William de Erleigh; but soon suppressed. The property of it was given, in 1180, to the Knights Hospitallers. A nunnery and a preceptory succeeded the monastery; and the former consisted at first of the sisters of the Knights Hospitallers, but afterwards was separated from them and became Augustinian. The property was given, at the dissolution, to Alexander Popham and William Halley.
(John Marius Wilson, Imperial Gazetteer of England and Wales (1870-72))
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| Feature Description: | "a locality" (ADL Feature Type: "populated places") |
| Administrative units: | Somerset AncC |
| Place names: | B. MINCHIN | BUCKLAND SORORUM | BUCKLAND SORORUM OR B. MINCHIN |
| Place: | Buckland Sororum |
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