A vision of Britain through time
A vision of Britain from 1801 to now.
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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.
WILTON, a parish in Taunton district, Somerset; partly within Taunton borough. It includes a SW suburb of Taunton, and contains Somerset county jail. Post town, Taunton. Acres, 700. Real property, £5,034. Pop. in 1861, 1,030,-of whom 818 were within T. borough, and 121 in the county jail. Houses, 157. The living is a vicarage in the diocese of Bath and Wells. Value, £138.* Patron, J. H. Kinglake, Esq. The church is early English. Charities, £8.
(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: | Wilton Ch/CP Taunton RegD/PLU Somerset AncC |
| Place: | Wilton |
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