Descriptive Gazetteer Entry for FITZHEAD

FITZHEAD, a parish in Wellington district, Somerset; 3 miles ENE of Wiveliscombe, and 3½ WSW of Bishops-Lydiard r. station. It has a post office under Taunton. Acres, 1, 208. Real property, £2, 283. Pop., 309. - Houses, 62. The property is divided among a few. The living is a rectory in the diocese of Bath and Wells-Value, £200. Patron, the Vicar of Wiveliscombe. The church is good.


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

Linked entities:
Feature Description: "a parish"   (ADL Feature Type: "countries, 4th order divisions")
Administrative units: Fitzhead Ch/CP       Wellington RegD/PLU       Somerset AncC
Place: Fitzhead

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