Descriptive Gazetteer Entry for NORTON-FERRIS

NORTON-FERRIS, a tything and a hundred in Somerset. The tything is in Kilmington parish, and lies 6 miles S of Frome. The hundred contains Kilmington parish, seven other parishes, and parts of twoothers. Acres, 17, 602. Pop. in 1851, 5, 674; in 1861, 5, 441. Houses, 1, 196. .


(John Marius Wilson, Imperial Gazetteer of England and Wales (1870-72))

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Feature Description: "a tything and a hundred"   (ADL Feature Type: "countries, 4th order divisions")
Administrative units: Somerset AncC
Place: Norton Ferris

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