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A vision of Britain through time
A vision of Britain from 1801 to now.
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PRESTON-PLUCKNETT, a village and a parish in Yeovil district, Somerset. The village stands 1 mile N N E of Yeovil r. station; and has a post-office, of the name of Preston, under Yeovil. The parish comprises 790 acres. Real property, £2, 409. Pop., 363. Houses, 73. Most of the property belongs to LadyJ. Fane and R. Tucker, Esq. The living is a p. curacy, annexed to the vicarage of Yeovil, in the diocese of Bath and Wells. The church is early English, and has a tower. Charities, £7.
(John Marius Wilson, Imperial Gazetteer of England and Wales (1870-72))
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| Feature Description: | "a village and a parish" (ADL Feature Type: "populated places") |
| Administrative units: | Preston Plucknett CP/Ch Yeovil RegD/PLU Somerset AncC |
| Place names: | PRESTON | PRESTON PLUCKNETT |
| Place: | Preston Plucknett |
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