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BLACKFORD, a parish in Wincanton district, Somerset; 4½ miles WS W of Wincanton r. station, and 5 N by W of Milborne-Port. Post Town, North Cadbury, under Bath. Acres, 578. Real property, with Compton and Pauncefoot, £2,839. Pop., 164. Houses, 37. The living is a rectory in the diocese of Bath and Wells. Value, £177.* Patron, B. H. Hunt, Esq. The church is early English, with a fine Norman entrance-arch. There are a Wesleyan chapel and a national school.
(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: | Blackford CP/Ch Wincanton RegD/PLU Somerset AncC |
Place: | Blackford |
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