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BISHOPS-LYDEARD, a village, a parish, and a subdistrict, in the district of Taunton, Somerset. The village stands near the Quantock hills, adjacent to the Taunton and Watchet railway, 5 miles NNW of Taunton; and has a station on the railway, a post office‡ under Taunton, and a fair on 5 April. The parish includes the tythings of Lydeard-Punchardon, Town, Church, East Bagborough, Quantock-Hill, East Coombe, CamesAsh, Ash-Week, and Free, and the hamlet of Kenley-Bottom. Acres, 4,686. Real property, £9,086. Pop., 1,459. Houses, 292. The property is divided among a few. The living is a vicarage in the diocese of Bath and Wells. Value, £120.* Patrons, the Dean and Chapter of Wells. The church has a very beautiful tower, in perpendicular English, of the time of Henry VII.; and was repaired in 1860. There are two sculptured crosses in the churchyard, an Independent chapel, a parochial school, a petty sessions courthouse, ten alms-houses with £126 a year, and other charities £40. The Rev. F. Warre, who became vicar in 1836, is known for learned local researches.-The subdistrict contains nine parishes. Pop., 4,030. Houses, 811.
(John Marius Wilson, Imperial Gazetteer of England and Wales (1870-72))
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| Feature Description: | "a village, a parish, and a subdistrict" (ADL Feature Type: "populated places") |
| Administrative units: | Bishops Lydeard AP/CP Bishops Lydeard SubD Somerset AncC |
| Place: | Bishops Lydeard |
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